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Despite his status as a key figure in the history of Japanese ambient music, Hiroshi Yoshimura's music remains tragically under-known outside of his home country. Empire of Signs – a new imprint co-helmed by Maxwell August Croy and Spencer Doran – is proud to reissue Yoshimura's debut Music for Nine Postcards for the first time outside Japan in collaboration with Hiroshi's widow Yoko Yoshimura, with more fully licensed reissues of Hiroshi's work to follow in the future.

Working initially as a conceptual artist, the musical side of Yoshimura's artistic practice came to prominence in the post-Fluxus scene of late 1970s Tokyo alongside Akio Suzuki and Takehisa Kosugi, taking many subsequent turns within Japan’s bubble economy afterward. His sound works took on many forms - commissioned fashion runway scores, soundtracking perfume, soundscapes for pre-fab houses, train station sound design - all existing not as side work but as logical extensions of his philosophy of sound. His work strived for serenity as an ideal, and this approach can be felt strongly on Music for Nine Postcards.

Home recorded on a minimal setup of keyboard and Fender Rhodes, Music for Nine Postcards was Yoshimura’s first concrete collection of music, initially a demo recording given to the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art to be played within the building's architecture. This was not mere background music in the prior Japanese “BGM” sense of the word, but “environmental” music, the literal translation of the Japanese term kankyō ongaku [環境音楽] given to Brian Eno’s “ambient” music when it arrived in late 70's Japan. Yoshimura, along with his musical co-traveler Satoshi Ashikawa, searched for a new dialog between sound and space, a new way of listening: sound not as an absolute, but as something that interlocks with a physical environment and shifts the listener’s experience within it. Erik Satie's furniture music, R. Murray Schafer's concept of the soundscape and Eno’s ambience all greatly informed their work,  but the specific form of tranquil stasis presented on releases like Nine Postcards is still difficult to place within a specific tradition, remaining elusive and idiosyncratic despite the economy of it's construction. This record offers the perfect introduction to Hiroshi's unique and beautiful worldview: it's one that can be listened to - and lived in - endlessly.

Music for Nine Post Cards

Hiroshi Yoshimura (吉村弘) - "Dance PM" from Music for Nine Post Cards (EOS01) OUT 11/17/2017

Hiroshi Yoshimura (吉村弘) - "Water Copy" from Music for Nine Post Cards (EOS01) OUT 11/17/2017

November issue of Ancient Realms.

Many thanks to all the artists and their wonderful music. 

Pax, DJ Lorn

Tracklist 

01. Cell - Audio Deepest Night 00:00 
02. Lars Leonhard - Slow Motion 09:55 
03. Scann-Tec - Quantum Evo 15:02 
04. Forgotten Future - Taking Shape 20:28 
05. JBC Arkadii & Konstantin Zhirov - Meteor Fall 24:19 
06. StereOMantra - Orchidea 30:04 
07. Solar Fields - Insum (remix) 35:31 
08. CJ Catalizer - Waves Geometry 39:21 
09. Gabriel Shadid & Tobias Marberger - I Still Have a Soul 44:28 
10. Grains of Sound - The Dome 45:45 
11. Santiago Nino - Manipulation 50:24 
12. Bob Tracker - 17 Grand Way 53:55 
13. Jupiter Head - Moon Dust 59:31 
14. Psyfactor - Retro Scientific 01:06:43 
15. The Amygdala - Native 01:12:19 
16. Uth - Haze Of Reality 01:18:33 
17. Lumiere d'abstraction - Without Affection 01:24:09 
18. Hideyo Blackmoon - Eyes of Earth 01:27:31 
19. SiJ - There Is No Life Without Love (r.roo remix) 01:35:50 
20. Transquatix - Human Space 01:41:07 
21. Dyodho - Aragon 01:47:50 
22. Gateway 721 - Through the looking Grass 01:52:38 
23. Rukirek - Illusions Of Happiness 01:58:43

Ancient Realms - Depths Unknown (November 2018)

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Depths Unknown (November 2018)

Altar Records proudly presents the third chillout album from Suduaya, titled 'Loveology'. 
A full-length exploration of ambient and downtempo, containing fresh productions previously unreleased.

Pre-order already available, full release 30.11.2018

FULL ALBUM DOWNLOAD

Suduaya - Open Your Eyes (remix 2018)

Buy/Stream: https://KompaktRecords.lnk.to/PopAmbient2019SD

Boum Boum Boum! 25 years of KOMPAKT. When a record label still thrives after a quarter of a century thanks to a focus of what was expected to be a short lived music phenomenon called TECHNO, then it stands to prove two things; that it techno has taken its place amongst serious, multilayered musical genres like rock’n’roll, pop and folk music. And that KOMPAKT has never been only for techno, but KOMPAKT stands as a broad-minded, genre-defying entity that has set out to cross-pollinate all kinds of musical inventions within the realm of electronic music. Through its course, KOMPAKT has sent “Around The World”, all kinds of sub-genres, concept series and crossover adventures based on the non- negotiable 4/4 beat. And back again.

Without a doubt, the 100% kickdrum-free POP AMBIENT series is the most endearing and enduring concept that I have had the pleasure to curate. From the start, I felt there was a strong need to add a certain pop- elegance - ensouled by discourse as much as hedonism - to a sound that was recognized as “Chill Out” music that could be heard in seedy techno club back rooms and forgotten festival areas. Over the years, I like to imagine that POP AMBIENT has crystallized into a highly recognizable trademark sound and a multi-facetted musical universe of its own.

So once again, I had the pleasure to put together this year’s edition by plowing through an ocean of sonic jewelry that had been submitted from all over the world by new and old friends. The task was clear: for this special edition, I must create a homogenous listening experience that would both appeal to our trusting followers, to continue our tradition while integrating new micro facets , variations and influences from neighboring musical universes as possible. Obligatory while being innovative. Conspirative while being cosmopolitan. Albeit the headline “Ambient” might sound a little too humble for a compilation that encompasses aspects of neo classic, atonal music and the most beautiful aural kitsch imaginable, it still helps as a necessary means of orientation in the best possible sense. Same goes for another dear tradition: Veronika Unland’s abstract-floral cover design that keeps on pleasing our sore eyes year after year.

Although each and every POP AMBIENT edition doesn’t shy away from diving into the relevant question of “What is contemporary discourse music” – in the end it all boils down to that elevated moment where all theory dissolves into ambient air, into a higher state of cosmic bliss. POP AMBIENT is sacral music for non-believers.

Wolfgang Voigt Cologne, October 2018

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The Black Frame - The Uncertainty Principle

Peaceful and calm ambient music with piano you might use as instrumental background music during your morning or day, while working, as study music, for your weekend, on the beach, while relaxing or daydreaming ;)

Title: Sydalen | Artist: relaxdaily

Downloads and project support:
www.patreon.com/relaxdaily

Have a great week!
Michael (relaxdaily composer)

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N°139 - Sydalen

Recorded in 2016 as the background music for a guided meditation, Mari has been remixed and remastered as  instrumental only in 2018 . Featured on an album entitled Music For Goddesses Vol.1 , this will also be a collection of reimagined tracks originally composed for guided meditations but remixed with additional music.

©2018 Paul Landry Music
All Rights Reserved

Music For Goddesses

Mari

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Mari | New Age Music

Tracklist 

01. R Beny - In The Violet And Lingering Winter Dusk
02. James A. McDermid -  Quand Il M'a Touchée
03. Tomoyoshi Date - Unfurling Of Young Leaves
04. Illuha - Structures Based On The Plasticity Of Sphere Surface Tension
05. Sawako - H u g b u g
06. Sima Kim - Subsidence
07. Masaya Kato - A Sphere
08. Anthéne - Colour Field
09. Ben Rath - Reasonable Doubt
10. Darren McClure - Dawn Movements
11. Sound Awakener & Gallery Six - Dreamlike Twilight

101. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01. Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Ligne De Fuite
02. Halftribe - False Goodbyes
03. Pepo Galán - Growing Seed
04. Tone Color - Autumn
05. Illuha - Structures Based On The Plasticity Of Sphere Surface Tension
06. Pechblende - Tear Away
07. Arash Akbari - Passing Flares
08. Kate Carr - Dawn chorus, Tarragindi, Australia
09. Jose Soberanes - Can't Wire You
10. Jake Muir -  Untitled
11. William Basinski - Worry

105. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist 

01. Glåsbird - Tundra
02. Darren Harper - A Thousand Tiny Heartbreaks
03. Christina Vantzou -  Garden of Forking Paths
04. Ludvig Cimbrelius - Ships (For B.Young)
05. Anthéne  - Surfacing
06. Norihito Suda + Stijn Hüwels - Kamo
07. James Osland - The Mountain Will Forever Be My Home
08. Murkok - Step Back
09. Rhucle - Work In Progress
10. Tone Color - Autumn
11. Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Snow Flakes
12. Sawako - From Sea Shell

111. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

https://www.nts.live/shows/luke-mele

JONNY NASH - MAROON CRISP
TEMPELHOF, GIGI MASIN - PHANTOM SHIP
MKWAJU ESEMBLE - HOT AIR
MAXXXBASS - UNTITLED
GIUSEPPE LEONARDI - EVERY TREE AND CREATURE
CLUSTER, ENO - SCHÖNE HÄNDE   
PAULINE ANNA STROM - THE UNVEILING
ÆOLUS - MYSTERIES OF MUSIC PARK
EKOLALI - DOGGERLAND
DONATO DOZZY - K1

NTS Radio Jan. 23 ('19)

https://www.nts.live/shows/luke-mele

IOSAS - LUEENA COAST
SAM MCCLELLAN - WOOD
BEARNS & DEXTER - TIMELESS LOVE
ANCIENT FUTURE - ZZAJ 
ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDER - BROTHERSHIP
DAVID CASPER - WHEN WE DID
SIVAKUMAR SARMA - PAHÁDI DHUN 
DON CHERRY - RESA 
DANDO SHAFT - IN THE COUNTRY 
MUSYL & JOSEPPA - FOLLOW ME
BEVERLY COPELAND - GOOD MORNING BLUES 
DAVID CROSBY - TRACTION IN THE RAIN

NTS Radio Feb. 20 ('19)

"Seasons Change" is our new mix for the crisp days of Autumn as Winter approaches and the daylight get shorter and shorter. It's a collection of melancholy tunes we put together while driving through the Northeastern States this past October to fit the moods that come with the changing of seasons.

Track List here: http://poolsidemusic.com/seasons-change-track-list

Poolside - Seasons Change Mixtape

Tickets for Asian Tour dates are on sale now at: youarestars.com/shows.  

Be a part of Stars' tour to Asia with the PledgeMusic campaign here: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/stars

2/16 - Manila, Philippines - Metrotent
2/19 - Singapore, Singapore - Kallang Theatre
2/20 - Taipei, Taiwan- Legacy Taipei
2/22 - Seoul, South Korea - V-Hall

Asleep (The Smiths Cover)

I recently found a whole bunch of mixes I did between 1992 and 1997 and started the long process of ripping the cassettes to mp3.
As I work through them in no particular order I’ll put them up here for download.
Remember, the sound quality isn’t great as they were all recorded through a mixer with no EQ and committed to cassette on a shabby home stereo…But what the hell, it’s that authentic 90s sound through and through, with a needle-skip and everything.

<b>Tracklist:</b>
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Carlito: Heaven
Phaze One: Natural
Souljah: Down With The Lites
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Unknown (Leaf Recordings)
PFM: One & Only
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Doc Scott: Drumz 95
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Goldie: Kemistry (Doc Scott VIP)
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Randall & Andy C: Sound Control
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Trace: By Any Means Necessary
Essence of Aura: So This Is Love (Omni Trio Remix)
School of Hard Knocks: Kan Ya Feel It
SS: MA2 remix
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SS: Black VIP
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Big Bud: Temptation

Get more Blu Mar Ten mixes

Blu Mar Ten - From the Vaults Vol 7 - Drum & Bass Mix - 1995

Elm Records is an independent record label specialising in ambient and experimental music.