I wanted to create tracks that implied motion, but a subtle motion in otherwise stillness, like the illusion of fluidity in a heat haze. Mostly, I wanted to make an album of unhurried music that was happy taking its time, each track existing in the moment, slowing up and speeding down.

Slow Up, Speed Down

Darren McClure - Filed As Flies

Generative Tape Test #4

Tracklist

01. Lorenz Weber - A Wounded Bird
02. Shuta Yasukochi - Cave
03. Observatories - Snow And Stars Danced Through The Night
04. Andrew Tasselmyer - The Other Side
05. David Cordero & Kenji Kihara - Sobremesa en Berango
06. Machinefabriek -  Goor Koor
07. Christopher Bissonnette - Red Sky At Night
08. Glacis & The Humble Bee - Five (V4) 
09. Darren Harper - Wooded

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01.  Ishq - Shandar Summer
02.  Atmøsphäre & Sacred Seeds - Rainbow Memories [9:40]
03.  Aglaia - Imaginative Stars [16:00]
04.  PJS - Inter [25:30]
05.  zakè + Ossa + Fax - Nex [35:35]
06.  Tomasz Bednarczyk - Life On The Moon [41:30]
07.  Arborescence & Robert Davies - Tears Upon the Dawn Sky [42:30]
08.  Mind Groove - Elevation [49:30]
09.  Halftribe - For The Summer, Or Forever [54:30]

Driftsun (Ambient Mix)

Tracklist

01. Daily Rituals - Winter morning pastoral
02. Ian Hawgood - Movement IX
03. Stefano Guzzetti - A distant point in the sky
04. Taylor Deupree - Something That Looks Like Stars (Sleep Version)
05. Mi Cosa de Resistance & Ciro Berenguer - El antiguo Parque de MontJuic
06. Sonmi451 - A Nice Little Quandary
07. Ned Milligan - Firefly Symphony
08. Andrew Tasselmyer - November 10th
09. Arovane - Flood
10. James Osland - We Were Happy Here
11. Federico Durand - Música para Manuel I

339. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01. Seawind of Battery - sidestepping
02. Ian Hawgood & David Cordero - An influx of dreams curtailed by the softest of voices
03. Ian Hawgood - Map Rusu (A Tape for Craig)
04. Sonmi451 - Hyperbole
05. Arovane - Clavnt
06. The Lifted Index - Vehicles of Meaning
07. Imprints -  Overworld
08. Morimoto Naoki - Loof
09. Darren Harper - Patina
10. Yuya Ota -  Snacks and Zombie Movie
11. Ishmael Cormack - Weaver

340. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01. Fortresses - Hear
02. Katharina Schmidt - February. all-night donut shop
03. Ian Hawgood & David Cordero -  An influx of dreams curtailed by the softest of voices
04. Sonmi451 - A Taste For Vicarious Pleasure
05. Harry Towell - Laurus nobilis
06. Memory Scale - A Suivre
07. Daily Rituals -  Self-portrait under rusting sun
08. Andrew Heath - Eulogy
09. James Osland - I Am Because Of You
10. Imprints - Overworld
11. Richard Skelton -  Hypervelocity

341. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Earlier this year, I launched [or, rather, repurposed] a new column called Flashbacks, in which I revisit music I covered 15, 10, and 5 years ago by going through my archives, selecting a favourite of each month, and updating the relevant content. What has become a bit striking and slightly unnerving about this process is the reflection on the passage of time. I couldn’t believe that many of my favourite albums were already over a decade old! It feels as if only yesterday I discovered a new artist and hailed their debut, but, in reality, it was ten years ago. Ten years! Can you fathom the difference between being 12 years of age and then becoming 22? It feels like a lifetime of memories [during that particular time], which we are all still reliving throughout the years. Ten years ago is when two brothers, Andrew and Michale Tasselmyer, and a friend, Steven Kemner, formed a project they called Hotel Neon, taking its name from a quote in Jack Kerouack’s book “On The Road”. In the summer of 2013, they released a batch of 100 cassettes collecting “a loose collection of minimal drone experiments.” Two years later, the album was remastered by Ian Hawgood and re-released on his Home Normal, which got noticed by Stationary Travels and subsequently, yours truly. Today, I am happy to premiere a track from an upcoming 10-year celebration of this project, with each track being entirely reworked from the ground up to be unique and familiar.

Mastered, this time, by the one and only Rafael Anton Irisarri, the album will be released on July 31st via the beloved Fluid Audio. Please take note that the Book Edition is strictly limited (only 100 unique copies of each!), stamped, hand-numbered, and even scented (!) to create a cherished little package. More details on the contents, and of course, a link to pre-order, can be found on this Fluid Audio page: https://hcdi.gs/44KeNE2

Hotel Neon 10: Reworks

Deprivation

TRACK PREMIERE : Hotel Neon - Deprivation

Honey, I love you

ACultureBuiltOnRotCanNeverLast

Beknownst

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