Oh, these ambient experimental sounds are so beautiful, so evocative of tranquility

Ears Have Ears features weekly exclusive contributions by experimental artists in the form of either an imaginary soundtrack, mixtape, live recording, in-studio performance or interview. This is a collection of content contributed to Ears Have Ears during 2017.

Ears Have Ears 2017

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Worriedaboutsatan - Circles I

The idea about these releases is to present a continuous mix of floating - experimental - ambient - techno - electronica pieces.....a perfect mix between styles...... 

Available as Limited Edition CD / 60 copies / Hand Numbered / Hand Made Packages / Various colored wallets with envelopes.......
https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/circles-i

Gavin recently mentioned this in a interview: 
The double album is a strange one. I made it when I first moved to this new house I’m currently in. It was sunny (a rare thing for this part of the world), and I was bored, so I just sat and made all this stuff. Some of it is quite sedate, more guitar based, and some is a bit more experimental and electronic. It kinda all fits though, so it’s not like a wild ride of disparate genres or anything! I wanted to do something a little different with them, so I’m doing them as sort of mixes instead of albums – they’re coming out as 1 track CDs, but made up of different songs, all sequenced together. I got the idea from that album ‘My Sister = My Clock’ by dEUS. They’re the Belgian band I took the satan name from (track 3 on their EP ‘Theme From Turnpike’ is called ‘Worried About Satan’), but basically they had loads of unfinished material from their first album, and their label wanted something to tide over fans until their second, so they took all the scraps they had, and put them all together as 1 giant track and interspersed it with weird field recordings of them on tour, or them in the studio. It’s really mad, and not massively listenable, but it’s an interesting curio nonetheless. I basically wanted to copy that, but make it more like you were listening to scraps of fully formed satan songs, all sandwiched together with a purpose. In fact, I remembered after all this dEUS stuff that one of my other favourite bands, Underworld, did a similar thing with their ‘Riverrun’ series (this being my favourite: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxK7AyNMUBQ) -which is all floaty ambience, gently shifting from one tune to another over 30 minutes. That was more what I wanted these things to sound like, but maybe they’re a perfect mix of the two approaches! 

Circles I 
I. Someone's Coming / II. Are You There? / III. Shells / IV. Figures / V. Speak To Me / VI. Flutter 

Circles I will be followed up by Circles II later this year. 

Releases June 4, 2021 

Artwork and music by Gavin Miller 
Mastering by Kris Illic (aka Lowering: lowering.bandcamp.com) 

Shimmering Moods Records 
SHM 158

Worriedaboutsatan - Circles I

Experimental musician and producer Katie Gately (@katiegately) returns with a fresh collage of captured sounds, announcing details of her new album 'Fawn / Brute' out on March 31st. Katie has shared four songs from the album to date, along with “Fawn” / “Brute” / "Cleave," here is "Howl"

The new album is 11 songs of innocence and experience exploring the light and dark of childhood energy following the birth of her first daughter. It is an album of two halves, that moves from the effervescence of early years to the defiance and turbulence of teenage angst.

The album is dedicated to Gately’s young daughter Quinn, born in 2021 and single "Fawn", taken from the first half of the album, is a love letter to her. Meanwhile accompanying single "Brute" embodies the darker second half of the record, its massive basslines constructed from the manipulated rattling of cardboard shoeboxes.

In typical maverick style, Gately plundered cartoon sound libraries magpie-like to build signature nests of sounds, integrating her own idiosyncratic sound recording strategies and sampling techniques, from shoeboxes to theremin and with a boisterous recurring saxophone.

Katie Gately - Howl

For more: http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/23894/1/kaitlyn-aurelia-smiths-synth-hero-mix

Tracklist:
Maggi Payne – "Gamelan"
Oskar Sala – "Concertando Rubato From Elektronische Tanzsuite"
Isao Tomita – "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair"
J.D. Emmanuel – "Part IV Expanding into the Universe"
Hugh Le Caine – "Dripsody"
Ray Lynch – "Celestial Soda Pop"
Harald Grosskopf – "Synthesist"
Mort Garson – "Plantasia"
Suzanne Ciani – "Lixiviation"
David Behrman – "On the Other Ocean"
Jurgen Muller – "Neeresbett Meditation"
Cool Maritime – "Gaze"
Donato Dozzy – "Vaporware 01"
Terry Riley – "Rainbow in Curved Air"
Suzanne Ciani - "The First Wave"
Laurie Spiegel – "Appalachain I"
Clara Rockmore – "The Swan"
Raymond Scott – "Sleepy Time"

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's Synth Hero Mix

SUGAI KEN is an electronic musician based in Kanagawa, Japan.
He combines synthesis with recordings of his daily surroundings to conjure the subtle and profound ambience of the Japanese nightscape.

 鯰上 - On The Quakefish is an immersive exploration displaying a rugged invention, compressed into short bursts of electrifying genius.

LFI001 will be released on vinyl as a limited edition on January 27th 2016

Album credits-
All tracks written and produced by SUGAI KEN
SUGAI KEN is performed by Ken Sugai
Mastered by Neel at EnnisLab Studio in Rome 
Translation assisted by Mariko Arimura
Cover artwork by Fred Fowler, design by Steele Bonus 



SUGAI KEN - 鯰上 -On The Quakefish -LFI001 (preview)

BUY VINYL: http://www.darkentriesrecords.com/store/dark-entries/bill-converse-meditationindustry-lp/

Immersed in the early days of the 90s midwest rave scene, Bill Converse began DJing at a young age in Lansing, Michigan. Luminaries such as Claude Young, Traxx, and Twonz were key early influences. Since moving to Texas in 1998, he has experimented with analog techniques in varied studio bunkers. Early techno, noise, ambient, tape, and paranormal processing are all part of his uncanny sound palette.

“Meditations/Industry” is Converse's debut vinyl release, collecting material from a cassette release on Obsolete Future. The tracks were recorded to tape with no overdubs in 2012-2013. As the title implies, the album places meditation inside tactile sonic processes. Bill is informed by his surroundings, influenced by scenes of desolation in nature, the sea, the desert, and places of industry, like power stations, old factories, and warehouses. The songs on this full length reveal a sublime influence from Detroit techno, early Chicago house, and Acid.

The album was recorded and mixed by Bill at his home studio in Austin and mastered by Dave Alex. All songs were EQed for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. A custom-made jacket designed by our in-house designer Eloise Leigh incorporates the abstract cobalt glaciers, reminiscent of blueprints, over a dark gray background. Each copy includes a postcard with notes and a photograph of a mountain range that looks like ocean waves. 

Bill Converse - Sea Bering

Taken from the album 'taking into account only a portion of your emotions' released as CD and Download

taking into account only a portion of your emotions

pinkcourtesyphone 'Reference Point Intermission 1' (EMEGO 236)

Rinse France Podcast

Collapsing Market w/ Carla dal Forno on Rinse France  - 8th December 2016

Merseyside musician-producer @ForestSwords creates a complimentary mix for his cinematic second album Compassion, bookended with an unreleased ANOHNI remix and a 45-minute rework of Björk.

Read more: http://bit.ly/2oMpTVC

1. ANOHNI – Four Degrees (Forest Swords remix)
2. Ivor Cutler – For Practice
3. Okzharp & Manthe Ribane – B U
4. Africa Hitech – Cyclic Sun
5. Phil Cohran & Legacy – Theme
6. Tricky – Overcome
7. The Tesco Bombers – Break The Ice At Parties
8. Ms Jade – She’s A Gangsta
9. Colin Stetson – Spindrift
10. Adrian Younge – The Concept of Love (instrumental)
11. Unknown – Unknown
12. Visible Cloaks – Circle
13. Forest Swords – The Highest Flood
14. Dawn of Midi – Ymir
15. Jean Ferris – Sound Patterns
16. Kayhan Kalhor – I Will Not Stand Alone
17. Benedikt Frey – Can’t Joke With Dxy
18. Zurkas Tepla – Way To The Bank Robbery (forthcoming Dense Truth)
19. Anna Homler/Steve Moshier – Ee Che
20. Forest Swords – Shrine Out
21. Björk – Stonemilker (Forest Swords 45min remix)

Dazed Mix

Dazed Mix: Forest Swords

'Ocean Sea' by Las Halles created exclusively for Ears Have Ears. 

France's Baptiste Martin has been crafting fragile pastures of pan flute, field recordings, and stargazing keys as Les Halles since 2012, inspired by a formatively nostalgic night alone "watching the summer sky, thinking of all the mystery." (- Not Not Fun records, June 2016)

Las Halles' piece is titled "Ocean Sea" after the Alessandro Baricco novel. Described as a soundtrack to this sentence: "This is the seashore. Neither land nor sea. It's a place that does not exist.", it was recorded upon completion of Martin's return from tour in Eastern Europe earlier this month as it uses elements from Las Halles live sets.

Listen back to the full broadcast here - http://fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/ears-have-ears/2017-06-29/

EHE 29.06.17 Les Halles (FRA) - Ocean Sea

Mix by @fefeatkinson curated by @am-agency

A field guide To Getting Lost’ Playlist

1. Félicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu Ledesma / ME / Comme Un Seul Narcisse
2. Alice Coltrane / Jai Rama Chandra / Turiy Sings
3. Delia Derbyshire & Barry Berman / The Dreams  
5. Colour (extract) / Inventions for Radio - Dreams
4. Michèle Mercure / The Intruder / Eye Chant
5. Ectoplasm Girls / Women at Loss / New Feeling Come
6. Joanna Brouk / Diving Deeper, Remembering Love / Hearing Music
7. Sarah Davachi / Wood Green / Barons Court
8. Stine Janvin Motland / Nuisance Body Liquids / In Labour
9. Félicia Atkinson / Valis / Hand in Hand
10. Christina Vantzou / Shadow Sun / N°3
11. Michele Mercure / Proteus and the Marlin / Eye Chant
12. Carla dal Forno / The Garden / The Garden
13. Tara Jane O’Neil / This Morning Glory / Where Shine New Lights
14. Kara-Lis Coverdale / Grafts (extract) / Grafts
15. Body Sculptures / Before She Allows The World to Judge her Face… / The base of All Beauty is the Body
16. La Nuit / Road Snakes / Desert Television
17. Grouper / I’m Clean Now / Paradise Valley

Felicia Atkinson Mix N°24

This week our feature soundtrack contribution comes from Shoshana Rosenberg, a bass clarinetist, composer and experimental musician, currently based in Adelaide.

Her practice champions the uniqueness and complexity produced by untrained musicianship and unpredictable sound sources. This includes her own lack of formal training, as well as her use of electronics and improvisation. Through her sounds and records she attempts to navigate and explore her relationship with God, gender, sexuality and mental illness. 

On her soundtrack: 

"Kibbush Nitzkhi (Eternal Occupation), for bass clarinet, gated reverb and Trogotronics. This soundtrack is inspired by Shoshana's experiences of growing up in Occupied Palestine aka Israel. In particular, the track focuses on the process of making sense of having one's body and identity inextricably linked with a history of forced settlement, displacement and murder. The track pits the bass clarinet against jarring electronics, forcing each to imitate the other and integrate. Whether the outcome is a success or a failure is up to the listener to decide." - Shoshana Rosenberg 

Photo by Shelly Horan

Find her on Instagram - @kneidellover
Support her Go Fund Me to fix her broken clarinet: https://www.gofundme.com/shosh

EHE 28.09.17 Shoshana Rosenberg - Kibbush Nitzkhi (Eternal Occupation)

This week our feature piece is by Berlin's legendary composer and musician Rashad Becker. 
 
Rashad Becker's compositions commonly explore multilayered narratives populated by an ensemble of sonic entities. You may be familiar with his Traditional Music Of Notional Species works, which were released across two volumes on pan_hq. Rashad is a mastering guru at Berlin’s famous Dubplates & Mastering and has mastered many of the releases we have played on our show over the last six years. He has also collaborated with the likes of Eli Keszler, Moritz von Oswald, Okkyung Lee, Andre Vida, Ashley Paul and Valerio Tricoli, just to name a few. 
 
More recently Rashard developed a new cycle of works called Based on a True Story. These works seek to generate scores from historical occurrences and processes that have had a significant impact on recent social history. Rashad has contributed a new chapter of this series to Ears Have Ears. Based on a True Story - Chapter G (Part 5) is a musical documentary with an associative score. This multi-art piece specifically references Sendero Luminoso of Peru and the life of Abimael Guzmán between 1982 and 1992. 

In his own words, Rashad describes it as referencing"the brute implications of revolutionary dialectics and the challenges these carry to the modernist economy of emotions and individual entitlement…..the confrontation and transcendence of the individual pursuit of happiness."

EHE 05.10.17 Rashad Becker (GER) - Based On A True Story - Chapter G (Part 5)

This is the second collaborative soundtrack from Shane and James created for Ears Have Ears, the previous being 'Her Golden Threads Burned for The Birth of Daylight'. The work was put together over a stay at Shane’s place in northern NSW and combines studio, home and field recordings to create it’s varied sound worlds. Like their previous soundtrack it combines the two’s complementary skills across composition, sound treatment and synthesis.

Listen back to the full program here - https://fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/ears-have-ears/2017-11-30/

EHE 30.11.17 Shane & James - Journey Towards Death

Richard Chartier's Pinkcourtesyphone is an emotionally grounded project that presents a more musical side of his artist work. Dark but not arch with a slight hint of humor, the project is amorphous, changing, and slipping in and out of consciousness. Operating like a syrup-y dream, this sounds strives to be both elegant and detached.

Beyond Pinkcourtesyphone, Richard Chartier is considered one of the key figures in minimalist sound art. Chartier’s works explore the inter-relationships between the spatial nature of sound, silence, focus, perception, and the act of listening itself.

EHE 14.12.17 Pinkcourtesyphone (Richard Chartier) - EHE Mix

Gas is the sometimes solo project of Sydney based artist and musician Del Lumanta. They coordinate 'Double Vision', a series of free-form gigs showcasing the practice of DIY, sound and other musicians and facilitate the program 'All Girl Electronic' at Information and Cultural Exchange, Parramatta. Their other music projects include Video Ezy (Paradise Daily), Skyline (Nice Music) and Basic Human. 

Diaspora Labyrinth is a collection of songs from musicians with alternate histories: Elysia Crampton (us), Various Asses (melb), Papaphilia (melb), Gas (syd) and poet Eunice Andrada (syd). Placing these songs in conversation hopes to generate narratives that bring identity into focus while simultaneously contemplating erasure and survival.

Tracklist: 
GAS - 'Ancient Vessels' 
Elysia Crampton - 'Wing'
Various Asses - 'Forever Baby' [GAS edit]
Papaphilia - 'Neoliberal ideology of Globalisation applied in a pacifistic manner;'
GAS & Eunice Andrada - 'Pacific Salt'

EHE 07.12.17 Gas (SYD) - DIASPORA LABYRINTH

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EHE 29.06.17 Les Halles (FRA) - Ocean Sea

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