Astrokid Mini Pack – Dawn Over the Kingdom

Dawn Over the Kingdom - Track 36

While you’re Lying next to him (Mixdown)

comme le vieux volcan, comme le feu sous la glace, tous les souvenirs de nos amours

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Written & produced by Ludvig Cimbrelius
Mastered by Pheek / audioservices.studio

Photography by Glenn Carstens-Peters / unsplash.com/@glenncarstenspeters

https://purl.bandcamp.com/

Seraphine Wings

A preview of Fossil Hunting Collective's emotionally poignant new offering, Vacancy.

CDs and digital available here: bit.ly/2DHB528

Immediately recognisable as the pensive foundation of the Still Harbours palette, Vacancy delivers Jones’ trademark emotional complexity but to an even deeper, more uncompromising end. Reminiscent in its expression, its pieces take on a mournfully nostalgic feel, each delivering a fragment of solemn memory or deserted space. And yet, atmospheric backdrops of ghost-like sustain work to retain a degree of comfort, a hint of reassurance that what has been may well be again.

There is an unparalleled emotive quality to Fossil Hunting Collective’s sound, sober and reflective, inimitable in its expression. Vacancy showcases this in earnest, with an attention to detail that is as lucid as it is compassionate.

Vacancy

Fossil Hunting Collective - Vacancy (Album Mini-Mix)

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Well... you've heard the news already. The UK is going into another lockdown in just a few days, for about a month [more like six months, really], that is if the insanity which is actively scheduled to explode in the divided states tomorrow, does not leak its vile venom into the rest of the world [which, of course, it will]. Meanwhile, everyone on this side of the pond is preparing [sort of speak] to go into a house arrest. At least we've got the toilet paper, and the books, and the newly arrived synthesizers [mine is the Waldorf Iridium, which should keep me busy]. And of course, most importantly, we've got this music. "In a moment in which traveling has become a little more complicated, we have curated a collection of songs that encourage you to wander with the mind, aided by the exploratory sounds of ambient music." On December 4th, the German label group !K7 will release a 20-track compilation from artists around the world on its 7K! imprint. This is in line with their previous thematic collections, such as String Layers and Piano Layers, designed to showcase the amazing talent defining their respective genres. Ambient Layers compiles some of the top names from the scene, including Adam Wiltzie, Ryan Teague, Robert Lippok, Michel Banabila & Machinefabriek, Pjusk, and many others [I've got another surprise for you before the release date]. Today, however, I'm excited to premiere the opening piece by Roger Goula, titled "Ontology Of Things."

"Even if for a short period of time during lockdown, Nature started to breathe and to find its own balance again, thanks to human inactivity. Drawing on Timothy Morton’s theories, “Ontology of Things” is a reflection on how humans and non-humans interact. The acoustic strings sit on analogue electronics written using a probability algorithm, creating a quasi-dysfunctional symbiosis between them, simultaneously attracting and resisting each other." --Roger Goula

album, Overview Effect, was released in 2016 on Cognitive Shift (in partnership with One Little Independent imprint). His further credits include film scores and soundtracks for Shock Head Soul (2012), Make Us Dream (2018), and Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2020). So it would be of no surprise if you connect the cinematic atmospherics with the acoustic treatments on this piece. It’s a beautiful opener for the subsequent nineteen pieces, and there are many more new artists to explore! Stay tuned for more reveals!

Ambient Layers

Ontology Of Things

TRACK PREMIERE : Roger Goula - Ontology Of Things

2020 plays out to the sound of "Ghost Sounds" by Polaroid Notes, who returns to the British label Whitelabrecs following 2017’s ‘Unsung Memories’.

"Ghost Sounds" treads the cinematic lines of atmospheric piano and electronic ambient music, with unsettling undercurrents which occasionally creep into view. It has been in production since November 2019 as the sound of Polaroid Notes was pushed to develop a wider variety. The recording methods, effects and techniques were painstakingly adapted through experimentation and some truly spooky moments were captured. From here, "Ghost Sounds" became an obvious working title for the album.

The basic approach behind Polaroid Notes album is an attempt to deal with our weird and uncertain times in politics, health, social separation, isolation and cocooning. "Ghost Sounds" tries to capture this strange atmosphere - somewhere between deep despair, silent hope and the wish to wake up from restless and unfullfillable dreams.

The album artwork features photographs by Polaroid Notes shot during heavy snowfall in the first few winter days of 2020 in the Black Forest.

Tracklist:
1. Remember How It Is To Float / 2. We Burn Like Stars / 3. Ghost Sounds / 4. Mute Signals / 5. Beyond The Dark / 6. Silent Dreams / 7. Stellar / 8. When The Moon Dies Again / 9. Night Tunes / 10. Drifting Slowly Towards Infinity / 11. And Morning Comes

Written and produced by Polaroid Notes
Mastering by James Edward Armstrong
Photos by Polaroid Notes
Artwork by Harry Towell

Digital download and limited edition CD available @ https://polaroidnotes.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-sounds

Release Date: 21st Nov 2020
Whitelabrecs WLR 084

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Polaroid Notes - Snippets of Ghost Sounds (Album)

This morning I am spending some time in the company of Pleq (that’s Bartosz Dziadosz) and Hakobune (Takahiro Yorifuji). Their 2012 album, titled Adrift, was originally released by the Nomadic Kids Republic sublabel of Home Normal, and now, eight years later, it’s not only remastered [and textured] by Ian Hawgood but also complemented with reworks by Olan Mill, Polar M, and the remix I am premiering for you today, by Jason Corder, aka offthesky. So yeah, a bunch of characters on this one. Adrift is an album of organic ambiance, warm texture, and minuscule glitch that sounds as gorgeous and regal as it did back when it was first released. Well, maybe a little more regal. For this edition, Ian has painstakingly reworked the pieces “from the original masters to reel-to-reel for a wholly new, more open and nuanced experience.” All that expensive analog gear put to good use there, eh? The result is a showcase of modern ambiance that still sounds fresh and new, with Corder’s remix adding in a touch of sub-particle-sized arrangement in subtle sonics and reminiscent din. The whole package is rounded off with brand new cover art by Giulio Aldinucci, which is too beautiful not to include here in its larger form. Thank heavens for Home Normal.

Adrift (Remastered + Remixed)

Horizon Line

TRACK PREMIERE : Pleq & Hakobune - Adrift (offthesky Remix feat. Silverness)

Tracklist

01. Ian Hawgood - Fractural
02. Rhucle - Scape
03. Valotihkuu - Song Of The Rain
04. Morimoto Naoki -  Reo
05. Asuna + Tomoyoshi Date + Federico Durand - Lunch before farewell at the soba house
06. Federico Durand - Té de jazmín
07. Green House - Parlor Palm
08. Andrew Lang - Stark Light
09. Andrew Tasselmyer - In Passing
10. Sachi Kobayashi -  Waiting For The Wind To Blow
11. Forest Robots - Sustenance Comes From The Roots, Not The Height
12. James Osland - I Wanted You To See Me, That's Why I Shine Like This 
13. Melodía - Luna (en el hotel Am Bad, Tübingen)

213. Sleep Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01. Simeon Walker - Hush
02. The Seaman & The Tattered Sail - The Fallen Light
03. Thme -  A2. Silesco
04. Rhucle - As
05. Tomotsugu Nakamura - Library
06. Wouter van Veldhoven - First lullaby
07. Hymns57 - Apparition Psalm (ft. sp3ct3rs)
08. Federico Durand - Poesía inédita de Aina Adelborg
09. Norihito Suda - Transitoriness 3

215. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

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