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

Prepare your airwaves to electrify with the wisdom of Chosen1 b2b Cyanotic System , synthesisers of eldritch frequencies, keepers of the ardent energy, as they bring fourth an hour of mind churning hellscapes from the angsty rumblings of London hard dance.

https://www.nts.live/shows/gutterring/episodes/gutterring-28th-june-2023

Gutterring w/ Chosen1 & Cyanotic System 280623

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
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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

formforum.bandcamp.com/album/running-on-envy

Ujstin Echno - Running On Envy (Glazmo Mix)
Ujstin Echno and Tony Perez - Boquila
Ujstin Echno - Running On Envy (Ponk Mix)

Boquila: @romanian_soundbath + @t0nyp3re
Glazmo Mix mastered by @oliver_torr

Ujstin Echno - Boquila (w/ Tony Perez) [formforum, 2024]

The Sleeping Cave w/ Sonia Surma - 13/06/2023

FROM CLAM018 | LIFEPOD5 - The Bravest Selfie Ever

https://clam-pressure.bandcamp.com/album/the-bravest-selfie-ever

@adrianocava

LIFEPOD5 - IG AUTO-FEED

Passkey Radio invites Poison Damage - 14/06/2024

Terms & Conditions

Lyrics and Vocals by Oscar Lindberg.
This death metal track weaves brutal intensity with sweeping cinematic elements, creating a haunting journey through damnation and redemption. A descent into hell—both literal and metaphorical—drives the narrative, as the protagonist confronts their past sins in a desperate search for absolution.

Confession (Feat. Oscar Lindberg)

Static Tongue Communion

Originally composed for livestreaming events during the ongoing lockdown of 2020, Felisha Ledesma presents two extended pieces as a debut album, “Sweet Hour”. Ledesma’s first full length release arrives after much experience in creating collaborative works with artists such as Isabella and Angelo Harmsworth, site-specific installations, and high-profile festival performances.

Both pieces were realized using a new software synthesizer, called “AMQR”, which Ledesma built for personal use in collaboration with Ess Mattisson. Contrary to many digitally-based compositions, a distinctly warm and organic palette pervades these recordings. An almost playful leisurely pace is employed, engaging the listener to listen deeper; the pieces gracefully evolve with special attention to subtle shifts in stereo field and sonic coloration.

The time-of-day titles illustrate the two distinct moods conveyed: "7:00 AM" integrates field recordings and a hardware modular synthesizer, taking the listener through a psycho-acoustic journey exploring various nooks and crannies of subdued auditory rivulets: perhaps a hidden woodland brook, a sunny glen, a crunchy gravel walkway. "2:00 AM" harkens to the memories of nightclubs, opening with a synthesized arpeggio which could lead into a dancefloor-ready stomper. But instead, Ledesma steps back, allowing the arpeggio to develop into an encompassing ASMR-like timbral massage. The two compositions are united in a slightly melancholic grasping for connection; are they unfolding or are they unraveling? Ledesma does not answer the question outright, but instead finds joy in superposition and sublimation - while creating a space for the listener to inhabit, to live in, and to re-connect.

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Felisha Ledesma is a multi-disciplinary artist currently based in Berlin, GER. In Portland, OR, Ledesma co-founded and directed numerous organizations focused on experimental sound and community engagement such as S1 (an artist-run space) and the Synth Library (a lending library for electronic music equipment). Most recently Felisha co-founded Fors (fors.fm), creating "novel instruments that are elegant to use and adventurous in sound" in collaboration with Ess Mattisson and is studying sonic arts at Universität der Künste, Berlin. 

releases January 29, 2021

mastering :: Ess Mattisson

cover artwork :: Felisha Ledesma

design ++ layout :: Robin JM Vanderheyden

all proceeds to Equitable Giving Circle :: www.equitablegivingcircle.org

Sweet Hour

Felisha Ledesma - 7:00 AM [Excerpt] (ENXPL04)

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