'Obscure Faces' is an experimental ambient project made with phrases & ideas I have created over the past few years. These tracks are centered around the use of hardware synthesis to evoke a strong sense of emotion.

This debut album is a reflection of a point in time and a direct insight of my own experiences and thoughts, let these tracks resonate with you too.

Enjoy,
Novakova.

Formation


In this collaboration, Radboud Mens and I explore the tension between stasis and movement. Operating within the realm of drone and electroacoustic music, we construct a sonic landscape where sustained tones and microscopic events constantly shape and reshape each other. What initially appears static reveals itself to be rich with detail: tiny acoustic shifts breathe life into apparent stillness, inviting focused and attentive listening.

The album emerged from a process where sound research, improvisation, and sound design merge. Self-built instruments, the search for timbre and texture, and recordings of the learning process itself form the foundation of these compositions. Rather than following a traditional musical structure, the result is a sonic field in which the minimal continually transforms depending on the listener’s perspective. This is a layered and handcrafted album that doesn’t narrate, but questions. Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point is not a boundary. It’s an invitation to listen differently.


released June 9, 2025

All music by Ard Janssen & Radboud Mens
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung
Artwork & design by Ard Janssen

Manufactured by Record Industry
Distributed by Clone Distribution

Spirit Level I

Original composition by https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi
soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/zaubergesang
https://marcolucchi.bandcamp.com

Marco Lucchi : analog synth, found sounds, tape and treatments
Remixed by Liquid House at Hadean Studio (June 2020)

Carl Oscar Borg - On the Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Headphones recommended !

Zaubergesang (Remix)

Gaian Mind (Single)

Gaian Mind (Original Mix)

Video - https://youtu.be/nJCF2EG3sGY
More about the project - lonelysounds.art/en/about/
Featuring bulbul tarang performance by Lend Me Your Underbelly  https://soundcloud.com/lend-me-your-underbelly
Everything else made from the sounds of the machines recorded by:
Juliusz Lewandowski
Daniel Kusak
Anna Porzyc
Anita Jackowska
Dariusz Jackowski

Realized as part of Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage grants programme - Culture in the network.

Machines feat. Lend Me Your Underbelly

Equipment:YAMAHA Reface CP,Cooper Fx Outward V2,Chase Bliss Audio MOOD,Chase Bliss Audio Blooper,Electro Harmonix Analogizer,BOSS RV-5

lukewarm

Soundscape inspired by the Indian Subcontinent

Message

Photo by wonderful Billy&Hells
https://www.billyandhells.com

"Alive In The Dream" by D'ark Tha Murky

27Aug20

My naviarhaiku347 submission;
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/08/26/naviarhaiku347-two-voices-that-sound-alike/
:D

Boson Spin - Through clouds of blossoms [naviarhaiku347]

The Endless Happy-Sad Stream(NaviarHaiku349)

4Dec20

My naviarhaiku361 submission

abandoned farmhouse
off the snow-piled roof
gusts of ghosts

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/12/02/naviarhaiku361-abandoned-farmhouse/

Boson Spin - Gusts Of Ghosts [naviarhaiku361]

Explorations and experiments,  in sound, image, and animations . influenced by  interests from Organic Gardening to Neuroscience, Basic Electronics  and Mechanical Invention, Re-purposing Transforming and Recycling of Domestic Devices, Permaculture, Ecology,  Ambient and Noise music. Animated Sound and Image- Experimental,Animated and Visual Music Short films,installations and live audio visual performances with custom built interfaces such as the disco-microwave,midi-vacuum cleaner, and prepared ironing board.see more at 
www.paulfletcherartwork.com
and at vimeo
vimeo.com/album/188779sound music noise ambience

The Endless Happy-Sad Stream(NaviarHaiku349)

Ed Mundio