Pavel Milyakov & Yana Pavlova — strong-willed

sdr gtr

edek/
various ideas from last year:
délicatesse, la beauté se dévoile
out: 12/02/23

délicatesse

The Udacha label might have been away for a while but is now back with a vengeance. First up for this return is a new long player by the mighty fine Kurvenschreiber quarter, which is made up of Sergey Komarov, Vlad Dobrovolski, Ilya Sadovski and Alexey Grachev. These sound artists have been excelling in their field for some 10 years now and use synths as well as found sound objects to create their work. Magnetic tape loops, various instruments, pre-recorded loops, shortwave radios, transformers and much more give rise to this unique record which mixes up Boolean jazz, kurventronika and post-rock.

Artist: @kurvenschreiber
Label: @udacha
Buy vinyl: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/kurvenschreiber-licht-ausgang/934945-01/
Buy digital: https://udacha.bandcamp.com/album/licht-ausgang

releases July 12, 2023 

Music by Alexey Grachev, Vlad Dobrovolski, Sergei Komarov, Ilya Sadovsky 
Mastering by Andreas Kauffelt 
Cover by Ramon Keimig

PREMIERE: Kurvenschreiber — Schleifenkopf (Udacha, 2023)

bandcamp links for each found below

https://zikzak.substack.com/p/zikzak-end-of-year-mix-2023

Greg Foat & Gigi Masin - Lee
Spencer Doran - Title Screen
The Lifted Index - The Light Threw a Different Shadow
Troth - Autumnal Hymn
Beautiful One Day, Perfect The Next - Mallacoota 
Nina Harker -  ë
Ultramarine - Decima
Lise Barkas & Lisa Käuffert - Excerpt From Lo becat - Face B
Pefkin - The Drowned City
Martyna Basta - Podszepnik II
ZONDERWERK - DreamArp4+++
Annelies Monseré -  August
Abby Sundborn -  growth from dark
Eyes of the Amaryllis - The Room Fills With Smoke
Staran Wake -The Watcher
MinaeMinae - oder mit dem Rücken zur
D1G - And some
Ylia -Nuances Of Care
Hydromedusae -  Lands
Civilistjavel - Louhivesi (ft. Cucina Povera)
DJ Trystero - Ashlar
Den Osynliga Manteln - Lila Skog
mu-ziq - Burnt Orange
Doc Sleep -Under High Branches
Arovane - Ysste
Static Cleaner Lost Reward - Mirage Game
Miradasvacas - VII
Franciska - Excerpt Side B
Incipientium - Underg​å​ng (Mind / Body / Sound / Soul / Blind Spot / Reminiscence)
Other Joe  - jesus phone case (ft. J)
Cate Brooks -  II
Dudal - Première Partie
CV & JAB - Pottery fragments
This Floating World - As the dark birds sing
Purelink - Stadium Drive
Southfacing - Lichen
ACTE BONTÉ - La nuit j'occis
Jake Muir - excerpt From Cruisin' 87
Laurel Halo - Abandon
Lunaria - Amber
Kirk Barley - Gravity
Alberto Lizarralde - À l-'aube
M Sage -Tilth Dusk Drains
Kurvenschreiber - Niedrigstwertige Verbindung
MPU101 - nurMKS30

ITX027 - MPU103

Zikzak End Of Year Mix 2023

These are audio tracks recorded at The Seed stage, Mo:Dem Festival 2024. Annual demented week took place between 5 - 11 August .

w/ @eril-fjord

Play loud and enjoy until our next gathering.

•••

Mo:Dem Festival 2025 is scheduled for 4 - 10 August.

Tickets are available online: shop.modemfestival.com/tickets
Or from our Ambassadors: modemfestival.com/ambassadors/

Love. Passion. Commitment.
Mo:Dem Crew
https://modemfestival.com

ERIL FJORD @ The Seed | MoDem Festival 2024

cinquième narration

ancient mix . mostly oleg kostrow . 

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ranking ann - moonlight lover 
african head charge - dervish chant  
oleg kostrow - Охота
oleg kostrow - Y.O.U
DJ escrow - king david style 
axel larsen - l’été noir - dans la peau d’un simplist
oleg kostrow - Загадочный Пассажир
delroy edwards- bixby 
delroy edwards - empty pools 
machine girl - athoth a go go !!!
turkey - crown of shit 
pudding club - kitty’s midnight blessing
oleg kostrow - mole batman
squarepusher - i wish u could talk
sonic dragolo - bambi 
sora - etude:diagonal
oleg kostrow - epilog 
vile slime sm

micro mac

A GOOD SYSTEM IS A SOUNDSYSTEM #01 FULLL VINYL w/ France Paresse 22/11/25 (LOVEMASSIVE)

A GOOD SYSTEM IS A SOUNDSYSTEM #01 FULL VINYL  w/ Edouard Marc part 2. 22/11/25 (LOVEMASSIVE)

Valentina Goncharova - Recordings 1987-1991, Vol. 1
Cat. number: Shukai 03
Format: 2LP, Limited to 300
Pre-order: https://shukai.bandcamp.com/album/recordings-1987-1991-vol-1

Tracklist:
A1 Symphony Of Wind
A2 Insight
A3 Zen Garden
B1 Passageway To Eternity
B2 Maitreya
B3 Higher Frequencies
C1 Metamorphoses
C2 Contemplation
D1 Vigor
D2 Dynamics

Liner notes:
Historically informed violin player, prize-winning street musician, new age experimentalist, chamber ensemble performer and conservatoire deviant. The career of Valentina Goncharova (b. Kyiv 1953) shares parallels with those associated with the broader new music movement of the 20th century and the dissemination of home recording technologies. Valentina’s was a youth spent immersed in the world of classical music study under soviet rule, first in Kyiv and later in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) from the age of 16. With the supervision of professors M. Vayman and B. Gutnikov she learned concert violin and developed alternate playing styles alongside skilled pianists. A student of the Leningrad conservatoire during the years 1969 through to 1983, her repertoire included music for violin and later expanded to contemporary music composition. The improvisatory nature of free jazz and then-budding experimental rock circles also intrigued Valentina during this period in Leningrad. Departing from the rules of the conservatoire, she briefly performed in underground rock clubs alongside future members of the industrial group Pop-Mechanika (Popular Mechanics). This perpetual state of flux is central to the variety found within ‘Recordings Vol. 1’, though as opposed to any degree of uncertainty Valentina’s practice is one in flux by way of earnest curiosity.
						
Pushing further into an exploration of solo electro-acoustic sounds, she took to home taping on a modified Olimp reel to reel recorder. Intrigued by the manipulability of dubbing and the fresh sounds of DIY effects chains, Goncharova developed pickups alongside her husband Igor Zubkov. Her infatuation with the music of Stockhausen, Xenakis, Ganelin Trio and Pierre Boulez channels through considerations of space and erratic sound design, the three movements of ‘Metamorphoses’ embodying this textural approach to musique concrete. The compositional skills developed in Leningrad unfold in the romantic gestures of ‘Higher Frequencies’, whilst manipulated cello combines with synthesise keys across ‘Passageway To Eternity’. The slow, pulsating drone soundscapes recall the likes of Robert Rutman’s US Steel Cello Ensemble or even deep listening pioneer Pauline Oliveros.
						
The juxtaposition of written notation and improvisatory flare is central to Goncharova’s sound world. This period of home recording documents a confluence of minimalism, free form and flirtations with new age tropes (inc. bell chimes and cavernous vocal mantras). Experimenting with unusual performance techniques, such as shouting into amplified cello strings, Valentina’s home studio functioned as a place to foster full artistic and creative freedom away from any academic strictures.

Credits:			
Composed and arranged by Valentina Goncharova Recorded in Tallinn and London during 1987—1991
						
Mastered by @producedbyflaty
Compiled by Sasha Tsapenko, Dmytro Prutkin and Dmytro Nikolaienko 
Liner notes by Fergus Clark (@fergus_clark)
						
Master tapes courtesy by Valentina Goncharova
Photos by Igor Glazistov
Special thanks to Ats Luik and Martin Jõela

Valentina Goncharova - Recordings 1987-1991, Vol. 1 (excerpts)

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