Holding the tension of opposites is a theme running throughout the work of Angelo Harmsworth, and the six pieces comprising Vent are certainly no exception. Inspired by the different and oftentimes clashing forces comprising our weather systems, the New Mexico-born but now Berlin-based musician and producer envisioned his “compositions as micro-ecologies,” wherein “powerful waves push off one another.” The patterns emerging from this captivating music represent some of Harmsworth’s most complex to date. Swells of foreboding frequencies and jarring maximalist textures may bear down on listeners, yet an undercurrent of bliss–so deeply submerged it borders on the subliminal–manages to infuse even the most tumultuous moments of Vent with a calming groundedness.


And also like the climate, especially in the age of the Anthropocene, this cassette unfolds in ways that are profoundly unpredictable. An artist known for his ability to span the divides separating underground noise, sound design, ambient and industrial, Harmsworth ensures that each successive piece makes a radical break from what preceded it. This quality becomes particularly apparent when contrasting sides. The nearly harsh-noise, distortion-charged moments punctuating Side A are nowhere to be found on Side B, which reveals moments of vast, spectral beauty that reflect his roots in the desert landscapes of the American Southwest.


Of course, this kind of sonic breadth only comes with experience, of which Harmsworth has plenty. Steadily recording and releasing experimental music since the early 2010s, he has worked with some of the sub-underground’s stand-out imprints, including Angoisse, Bathetic Records, Total Black, and Opal Tapes. Placed in the context of his impressive catalog, Vent can be seen as both a continuation of what came before and a bold new development.



Angelo Harmsworth is a musician & sound artist whose works tends to fluctuate between austerity and decadence. Currently based in Germany, he has been published by a network of experimental labels in addition to his own imprint, Lime Lodge.

releases July 26, 2022

Recorded by Angelo Harmsworth
Audio finalized by Glyn Maier
Artwork by Angelo Harmsworth
Design by RJM Vanderheyden
Text by Justin Farrar

VENT

ENXPL15- ANGELO HARMSWORTH - A1. AEROSOL

doubt

"Florian T M Zeisig’s splendid debut 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘚𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 was constructed out of 426 tape loops from Enya’s 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅. Using up to eight pitch-able tape players, the artist cut these loops and reassembled them, crafting captivating sound dialogues whose unforeseen and precise beauty emerges from a sense of curiosity and awe in the layered relationship between fragments. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

For the 5th anniversary of this work, Zeisig revisited the original archive of loops and created an absorbingly introspective second volume with loops that had not been previously used, following the same approach. 𝑨 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘚𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 was largely focused on technique and conceptual elaboration, but 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘚𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘐𝘐 is not so preoccupied with an overly intellectual quest. 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅. 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅.

Freeing itself from formal concerns as a guiding principle, the second volume unravels from a deeply emotional impulse towards artistic and personal honesty. 𝑨 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔, 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕.

While the first volume opened up spaces of unprecedented wonder, the second not only expands these spaces and stretches them out into landscapes: more importantly, it also dares to inhabit them. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔. A liberation from the mandate that artworks need to be “about something,” 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘚𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘐𝘐 stands as a mirror made of memories, offering a meaningful reflection of the last five years of the artist’s life. 𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒎𝒏𝒊𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒚𝒆: 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏."

- Marta Núñez Pouzols

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Florian T M Zeisig is an artist, producer, and musician. He has worked with such visionary artists as Kelela, Loraine James, More Eaze, and John Daniel, amongst many others.

His solo and collaborative work has been released by the labels Warp, enmossed, 3XL, Métron Records, ENXPL, anòmia, Important Records, Constellation Tatsu, and more.

I-VIII recorded in 2017
i-x recorded in 2022
audio finalized by Glyn Maier
design by Joe Bastardo
special thanks to Industrial Coast

You Look So Serious I + II

Florian T M Zeisig - x (ENMB-06-II)

Corin Ileto - Utom Summoning
AMORE & Dinamarca - Fight
Wahono - 3’20" 
BAGVS - CLD03.8035  
Arca - Else (Galtier Remix) 
Nova Varnrable - Dunk 
COLLO - Angel, Darling 
Koonduku - Lavender
Yaeji - After That 
Melalti ESP - KITA VS MEREKA (Salamanda Remix)
NEW YORK - Skinny Jeans
Maara - The Forbidden Plum
Janet Jackson - Rock With U 
Kidkanevil & Daisuke Tanabe - SGstep 
Melania Millenium - ZAINAL 
Silvio DJ - Stårs
séverine - HEAVENSGATE 
Frank Ocean - Start 
Skream, Kelis - Copy Cat 
Definé - Topia 
Cor2Pel - hyper careful sweet 
Ingrate - There Is… 
Marbelite - something in the water
KABLAM - Miasma (Mobilegirl remix)
Skrillex, Starrah & Four Tet - Butterflies   
Hey Arnold - I want ben bondy & dogs

CrunchyccRiccy

The obelisk at the center of Lukuss as the Vatican is at the center of Rome. The French proverb retorts ‘l’église au milieu du village’, in the center to always be in front of the citizens' eyes, to remind them that someone is always watching them.

https://soundcloud.com/arigto

ARIGTO presents: Obelisk

Taken from ‘Songs Of The Red Dragon’ byCroche [LP-PSR 4]

Out 10 June 2024

Pre-order : www.petya-sasser-rike.com

1. ‘Lying Down’
2. ‘Red Dragon’
3. ‘I Am A Stone’
4. ‘Aliens Calling’
5. ‘Falling Walls’
6. ‘Ange / I Am A Stone (Reprise)’
7. ‘Where Is My Mind’

Album art by Fregant Cloarec
Distributed by Office PSR (EU) & All Night Flight Records (UK)

Songs of the Red Dragon

Croche - Lying Down

Episøde 14 from our monthly radiø spam channel on Resonance Extra FM extra.resonance.fm/series/aa-plus-…-operator-radio (June 7, 2024)

Tracklist:

———— Gertie Adelaido - 30min. special guest mix ————

black dresses - lets be
death kneel - adaptive emotional use
galen tipton - honey
izzy spears - bleedinout
pissgrave - fields of scattered bones
snet - kun kadaver
the body - conspiracy privilege
the body - pseudocyesis
thou - something in the way
uli k - itami
unhuman - absurdity, privillege of men
__________________________________________________________

Drone Operator - Intrø
Drone Operatør - I dont believe u 
Vasco Morais IIII - Injecting New Dramas
Vasco Morais IIII - I Wasn't Made For These Times
Markus Stockhausen & Jasper Vant Hof - Aqua Sansa
Casper Brotzmann Massaker - live at les ateliers claus
Drone Operatør - The Coin
Jooklo Moe Rasmussen Band - Live at Schl8hof, Wels
John Zorn & Thurston Moore - 6th Floor Walk-up
Sprawl - Martyrium Und Genuss
John Zorn & Thurston Moore - 6th Floor Walk-up
Goo - song with luke petet (scary version + sad)
Dion Nataraja - Hyperkembangan
Oval - Sky
Ryoko Ono - Sunrise
Drone Operatør - Blue Heat (live at LUFF, Lausanne)
itselot - Solo impro, Macao, Jan 2019
Clara de Asis - Destiny 
Clara de Asis - Do Nothing extracts (Another Timbre)
itwasthewire - buchla explorations, vol 2
r369improv (Paul Mimlitsch) - cephalotus
Raphael Languillat - Electronic piece for stereo audio support
r369improv (Paul Mimlitsch)  - 50624
Drone Operatør Mega Collage - Elaine Mitchener & Evan Parker & Raphael Languillat & Insta Drum Girl Emma & Broken Piano & whatever
Domizil - Election + Bruno Raberg - Peripeteia 
Ziúr - Lacrymaturity + John Butcher - cracked Mercury 
Slobodan Kajkut - ? (latest pink 7“)
The Choir Invisible - In Heaven feat. Fay Victor (edit)
Chad M. Clark, Weasel Walter - Hot for an Arms Race
Thraakethraaeate - Thraithraake 
Pig Squeals Tutorial
Oliver Schwerdt - Training at the Bauhaus (edit) + Christoph Erb, Magda Mayas, Gerry Hemingway Trio - The Sourrounding Shore 
Nihiti - If the Color
Ocrilim - Charrid (exerpt) + John Butcher - cracked Mercury 
Herpetophonics - Arousal Forms of Minutiae
Günter Baby Sommer and the Lucaciu 3 - Dunkle Wolken
Vomitatrix - Mouth to Mouth Suffocation
Tom Weeks - Kazoo Sato
Thraakethraaeate - Thraithraake 
Nico Weber Kwartett - Why feat. Florian Trübsbach
Slobodan Kajkut - Terrible Fake 
Viktor Timofeev - Together on the Roof
Oùat - Alice
Drone Operatør - Mattusz Feeds The Singbirds
r369improv (Paul Mimlitsch) - 050624sc

DRONE OPERATØR RADIO #14 — feat. Gertie Adelaido

Filth

De-Escalator to Heaven

10-33 Reality Rifffft Actions

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