Maps and Diagrams - Occupying Space

The Doldrums is an ambient mix series hosted by Drax. Each series welcomes an up and coming artist to showcase an hour of their own productions.

For episode 1 we have Sebby Kowal from Poland. 

Sebby Kowal
Spotfiy: https://open.spotify.com/artist/40SmMxP2v17wOhYcA1f56H?si=WkPcR8PgQG2NvVzdjyQTqA 
Soundcloud:
https://on.soundcloud.com/9wYY7 


Drax
Spotfiy:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2NGYqzh5E0e9QRpEBPBEbA?si=B2Eq_uw4T2uCF8X_SJgdrw 
Soundcloud:
https://on.soundcloud.com/qiBBK

For more shows: https://soundcloud.com/threadsradio ~ Listen live: www.threadsradio.com

The Doldrums w/ Sebby Kowal (*Stoke Newington) - 15-Nov-23

Excerpt of the first five minutes from the forthcoming vinyl re-issue of 'Topography of The Lungs' - one of the key recordings in the development of free improvisation and originally the first release on Incus, the label founded by Evan Parker, Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley to document the music. 

This vinyl issue caps off a year celebrating Evan Parker's 70th Birthday. Evan plays a week of concerts at Cafe OTO and The Vortex from the 20-26 October. 

Release Date: 15 December 2014

Liner notes by Evan Parker (for the 2014 re-issue):

‘The Topography of the Lungs’ was the first recording I made as a "leader" - in the somewhat antiquated terminology of the times. What this means in simple terms is that I set up the date and invited Han and Derek to participate - after that it was a matter of open interaction.

The original notes make clear my enthusiasm for the work that Derek Bailey and Han Bennink had done as a duo and it was good of them to share their discoveries with me. It was the first release on Incus, a label that I set up with Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley with financial assistance from music journalist Michael Walters.  No accurate history of Incus Records has yet been written. After parting company  and when the conditions of my agreement with Derek Bailey had been met, it was issued as a CD, thanks to Martin Davidson, on my label psi.

Musicians of my generation were very happy when the CD superseded the LP. I remember clearly the initial argument that CD was an elitist format... Times and attitudes have changed and the LP has made a serious return, especially in the documentation of marginal musics. OTOroku is run by and, perhaps, largely for, a new generation of listeners who have an affection for the LP format that reminds me of my youth.

I am very happy that a label associated with one of the most important music venues in London is overseeing this release.

I often travel along Dawes Road in Fulham and pass the building where the recording was made.  It is on the first floor by a bus stop and was a small space with a dead acoustic, probably ideal for making low-budget rock demos, which encouraged very analytical listening.

The engineer, Bob Woolford, was not shocked by what we were doing. On the contrary he was then, and remains, one of the great engineers, along with Adam Skeaping and Michael Gerzon who enjoyed the challenges of recording alternative musics.

In the intervening forty-odd years since its first release, the idealism of the original notes has been battered almost sense-less by the Neo-Liberal (Neo-Fascist would be a more accurate term) moves to global hegemony. I take heart from the environ-mental, Occupy and anti-war movements and would encourage all younger listeners to find a way to live their lives as far as possible without interference and control by decisions made in corporate boardrooms. May the music here give you energy and fuel your imaginations.

					          EP  (August, 2014)



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Evan Parker / Derek Bailey / Han Bennink 'Topography of the Lungs' [Excerpt] (ROKU(RE)001)

Tracklist

01. Lorenz Weber - A Wounded Bird
02. Observatories - Picking Up Stones
03. Marcus Fischer + The OO-Ray - Cold Spring
04. Scott Campbell - Innermost
05. Steve Pacheco - Eventide
06. Tomáš Šenkyřík - 1344
07. Tomoyoshi Date - 土 Tsuchi (33 rpm)
08. Alex Bober - Betray Me, Crush Me
09. América Analógica - Cortezas (i)
10. Celer - Melancholy Movement III
11. Francisco Sonur - Bosque de Alerces

361. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tierro Cosmico - Botanical Mood [AR022] preview

Full album/CD: https://atlantearecords.bandcamp.com/album/botanical-mood

Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/7DvHrHGdbD2haLU2TcR1hA?si=Vg5h5XwxTui4vaWQ3AP97A

Written and produced by @tierrocosmico
Mastered by Pheek // audioservices.studio
Visual art and photography by Å Asher-Yates

Botanical Mood

Tierro Cosmico - Botanical Mood [AR022] preview

Un mix qui explore les sonorités électroniques de caractère minimaliste en combinaison avec la nature, avec des artistes tels que Scandinavian Star, Celer, Alexandra Spence, Christina Giannone et mes propres enregistrements.

@lvcas

La Messe - Lucas Alvarado (25.02.24)

"Two Sides of Tranquility" is a soothing journey through serene soundscapes, blending gentle piano melodies, atmospheric textures, and natural ambiance. Each track invites listeners to unwind—evoking the quiet beauty of dawn and the peaceful calm of a starlit night. Perfect for relaxation, meditation, or peaceful reflection, the EP creates a comforting space where tranquility unfolds on both sides of day and night.

Sleep Among Starlit Fields

Feeling good with sound and embracing beauty 

Love in all her splendor

vånda - saga w/ syra

https://vinnyvortex.bandcamp.com/album/perceptions

Perceptions

Flux

Free @ Bandcamp

Flux (Perceptions EP)

Part of the piece - 2 Kinetic studies, made during the residency at the Spatial Sound Institute in Budapest in 2016: https://soundcloud.com/svetlanamaras/sets/2-kinetic-studies

Study no.1 is guided by the principle of symmetry. The central spot of the composition is in the middle of the room - half the way on both horizontal X- and Z-axis. Each object always moves through both halves of at least one of the X- or Z-planes. The element which is being doubled, is followed by the same-pace movement of the element on the opposite side of the axis, but the movement is being reversed: element no.6 positioned on Z-4 goes from X-5 to X+5 while at the same time in the same speed element no.7 at Z+4 goes from X+5 to X-5. 
There are three elements which are the musical nucleus of the composition (1, 2, 3). These sounds are airy (noisy) but they have a recognisable pitch and form a minor triad. All other elements are tuned to these three elements which define the tonal center of the piece. This kind of interpretation of the harmonic aspect of the composition, parallels the interpretation of ‘symmetrical’ in spatial domain. 

This is a stereo mixdown of the piece.

VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/210260544

Study No.1

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