When We Were Heroes

Brooke Olsen, presenter of Ears Have Ears on FBi Radio Sydney interviews Alessandro Cortini.

Alessandro Cortini is a force to be reckoned with in the electronic scene. Originating from Italy, Cortini eventually found his home in the USA where he began experimenting with analogue gear, modular synths, electronica, ambience and heavy looping. Perhaps best known for being a member of Nine Inch Nails since the late 2000s, Cortini has worked on various projects including SONOIO, Blindoldfreak, Modwheelmood and The Mayfield Four. His last solo LP Risveglio (Hospital Productions, 2015) received critical acclaim and now he is heading to Australia to present a new audio-visual work called Avanti at Open Frame Festival (June 29-30).

EHE 15.06.17 - Interview - Alessandro Cortini (Part 2)

extract from the forthcoming mini-digipak limited edition 3"cd-r / non-limited jewelcase edition 3"cd-r / digital release on taâlem (mid/end november).
it will also be part of the "kankyōbox" boxset. more details soon!

wetlands

wetlands (extract)

alm 116 - michiru aoyama - wetlands (extract)

Verdant & Poised

Track featured on the Dragon's Eye Recordings Twelfth Anniversary compilation (2018).

Steel: Dragon's Eye Twelfth Anniversary

Hidden Circuits

Slow Reveal is taken from "Paths", the new album by Darren Harper.

Limited edition cassettes and CD's in hand made packages available here: 

https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/paths

“A micro-world of textured electronics and voltage; a simple wind chime singing in a breeze” 
Created with a modular synthesizer and effect pedals, Paths is an account of missteps and error, a process of understanding; an unfolding. A discovery of oneʼs voice...a reflection of nature. 

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darren harper's latest work is a joyous collage for all seasons; a delicate record that soothes and refreshes the spirit. 

kaleidoscopic chimes and playful bells tumble against each other. twinkling notes drift down in little flurries, then melt away as sunlit chords push aside the clouds. 

low, thrumming bokeh echoes bring distant mountaintops intimately close, then curve down into hushed forest floors, winds whispering through leaves overhead. tiny layers of loops and quiet delays, jumbled melodies, sparse crackling branches, and somber swells invite contemplation of these fragile spaces. 

each moment is cherished, each song reveals new life: ephemeral, yet enduring. the ice breaks, slowly gliding away as the river shakes off its long slumber. 

never obscuring, always revealing; these intertwining paths abound with the hopeful promise that spring is coming. 


-- joshua saddler

Releases August 23, 2019 

W/P by Darren Harper 2018/19 
Mastered by Porya Hatami 
poryahatami.com

Pre Order

Darren Harper - Slow Reveal

Another beautiful track from this wonderful album from strië...to be re-released this month in a double 10" lathe cut package...in an edition of only 40 copies. Originally released by Time Released Sound on CD in 2012.

strië  "õhtul"...     sovn ll

Following on from several self-releases, along with 2018’s soundtrack for Make, Do Theatre’s Little Change, we’re excited to welcome Loui Binns’ Foetal Zulu into the Rural Colours fold.

Redolent, Lo-fi and warm, Tracts was created using only samples from a set of Bible audiobook cassettes that had been found on a wall in Halifax by Loui’s housemate a few years ago.  Using recordings made directly from the cassettes, as well as field recordings of the cassettes and cases themselves being hit on objects, and the occasional voice of confused passers-by, the EP places these found objects front and centre of the music, almost becoming religious icons in their own right. 

Despite the self-imposed limitations of the EP, Tracts is a rich and varied collection of pieces, combining ambient and soundscape composition with more classic electronic dance music elements.

Foetal Zulu / X71 taken from EP Tracts

From the album Third Album by Markus Floats

Markus Floats
Third Album
180gLP/CD/DL
CST152

cstrecords.com/cst152

Third Album

Markus Floats • "Forward Always"

A version of the soundscape produced by three balloon-assisted kite tail sound systems for the Air Matters exhibition, Waterman's Gallery, London 2019.

Ascending Composition 1 (For Planes) representative soundscape - Kate Carr

Zoltan Fecso is a composer based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. With previous releases on Hush Hush Records, Sonder House, The Slow Music Movement and Shimmering Moods, Whitelabrecs is thrilled to present Zoltan’s most restrained work to date on ‘Daylight in an Empty Room.’

Zoltan’s pointillist compositions combine single notes of varying lengths to form ever-changing patterns. A composition technique he’s been exploring since 2018, Pointillism borrows its name from the post-impressionist painting technique which uses individually coloured dots to form an image. Zoltan’s works are performed on a modified guitar, on which he captures fragments of notes, creating ever-shifting tonal permutations.

‘Daylight in an Empty Room’ is an album of solo guitar improvisations, in which Zoltan has aimed to create a more open, spacious sound than in previous records. Zoltan works closely with his partner and painter Claire Lefebvre, who created the artwork for this album. ‘Daylight in an Empty Room’ suggests finding new detail in simplicity.

Written and produced by Zoltan Fecso
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Artwork by Claire Lefebvre
Packaging design by Harry Towell

Daylight In An Empty Room

wlr077 Zoltan Fecso - Daylight In An Empty Room

FBi Radio's multi-award winning 
experimental show (2011 - last air date August 29, 2019)

Created by Brooke Olsen & Scarlett Di Maio.
fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/ears-have-ears