Partial Holograms is the latest album by US-based artist Todd Gautreau, who records under the moniker Tapes and Topographies. Since launching the project in 2014, Todd has crafted a distinct form of Ambient music which is built around quietly expressive and cinematic textures. He has released on respected imprints such as Past Inside the Present, Dronarivm, Rohs!, Shimmering Moods his own label Simulacra Records. This is his third record for Whitelabrecs, following Amplitudes (2021) and Floating World - Reflections on 36 views of Newland Island (2022) in which he collaborated with painter Jonathan S Hooper. His practice blends analogue and digital processes, drawing from a background in guitar, hardware pedals and synthesizers. His artistic worldview is shaped by the shadowy, poetic sensibilities of filmmakers like Ingmar Bergman and Jean Cocteau.

In Partial Holograms, Todd shifts his usual methods by intentionally removing one of his most familiar tools: the guitar. Though there are timbres that mimic stringed instruments, none were recorded in the traditional sense. Instead, this work leans more heavily into software processing, filtering Ambient textures and melodic fragments through a deliberately limited palette. This approach is typical of Todd’s ethos which is to change direction from one project to the next, by excluding previously used techniques. This creates a sense of evolution without abandoning the core aesthetic of Tapes and Topographies.

Initially, Partial Holograms was conceived as a more melodic record, one that incorporated piano, strings and even brass. This was the version which reached the mixing stage, but something essential felt absent; its atmosphere, its texture. Most of the material was set aside, with only two tracks surviving into the final sequence. What emerged from the second attempt was more immediate, with ideas flowing freely and a final product that strikes a thoughtful balance between melody and abstraction.

While there was no set narrative concept guiding this album, recurring themes began to surface during its creation, of isolation, dreams, memory and loss - all hallmarks of the Tapes and Topographies’ sound. Sometimes these themes are consciously woven in and at other times, they only become apparent in hindsight, or through the interpretations of others. As with his previous work, Partial Holograms invites the listener to drift between real and imagined spaces, forming connections in the half-light of memory and meaning.

Credits:
Written and produced by Todd Gautreau
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Artwork by nkl
Art and design by Andrew Heath

Partial Holograms

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Released August 29, 2020

Mastered by árni grétar

https://neotantra.bandcamp.com/album/t-ntr-viiii

Slowtempest / For Madeline

Slowtempest

Slowtempest (tʌntrə VIIII)

Tracklist

01. Silent Vigils - Mokugomi
02. Thme - Axis Matters
03. The Green Kingdom - Heron Flight
04. Halftribe - Debris
05. Glåsbird - Staryye Doma -старые дома-
06. Anthéne - Succession
07. Ishmael Cormack - Sister On The Shoreline
08. Carter - Quiet City
09. Shuttle358 - Dirty Sunkiss
10. The Humble Bee & Benoît Pioulard -  Honesty
11. Gurun Gurun - io

197. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Part of the EP 'In Dreams' ↠ https://ludvigcimbrelius.bandcamp.com/album/in-dreams 

Written and recorded by Ludvig Cimbrelius in the Spring of 2019

Released by Sonder House – www.thesonderhouse.com

Artwork by Ludvig Cimbrelius
Design by Matt C. White – www.mattcwhitecreative.com
Mastering by Trevor Case – www.casemastering.com

Special thanks to Nicola Taylor for drawing the leaves

In Dreams

Winds and the Wonder

Bentin Phoam returns to the label with more minimal and Drone Ambient to please the ears. Releasing on the next Bandcamp Friday. Sublime atmospheres on the album titled Tin. Photo by Sage Taylor.

Bentine Phoam - Tin [Playthrough II] Out now!

Here's a teaser of the forthcoming Kraut Sounds album, due to be released in Spring 2021.

Kraut Sounds - Fjorden

Tracklist

01. Moskitoo - Night Hike
02. Wil Bolton - Unravelling
03. Andrew Tasselmyer - Impulses
04. The Inventors of Aircraft - The Distance In Miles From Here
05. Taylor Deupree - Rusted Oak
06. Andrew Heath -  In Anticipation of Sorrow
07. Gallery Six - Dilemma (Original Mix)
08. Gareth Dickson -  Snag With The Language
09. Mi Cosa de Resistance - A recollection of...
10. Christopher Bissonnette - Wayfinding - 04 Thoughts

206. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01. James Murray - Unbroken Lines
02. Illuha -  Vertical Staves Of Line Drawings And Pointillism
03. Norihito Suda - In the Faraway Distance
04. Lake Mary - Junglessa
05. Sokkyo - Balcones De Gracia
06. Richard Ginns - The Hidden Yellow Fields
07. r beny - Takoma
08. Hakobune - Salvia Greggi Broken
09. Federico Durand -  Una Vision Entre Los Arboles

207. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01. Hiroshi Ebina - Empty beach
02. Simeon Walker - Froze
03. Andrew Heath - Tree Cathedrals
04. Kinder Scout - Epilogue
05. Simon Scott - Apart F
06. The Green Kingdom - Somber System
07. Hipnotic Earth - Repose (Longplay Remix)
08. Christina Vantzou - Staircases
09. Moss Covered Technology - Gen #4
10. r beny - and fall, standing alone again
11. Josh Mason - S51

216. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

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