The first track on our upcoming album, titled “The Quiet Companion”, is called “Together But Apart” (featuring Julia Gjertsen). It will be released on October 13th, 2023.

The Quiet Companion

Shimmering Moods

Sven Laux & Logic Moon - Together But Apart (with Julia Gjertsen)

9-5 by Fvlklvre taken from the forthcoming album "Thank you"

Pre orders start Friday 5.4.2024, release date 12.4.2024

Format: Digital / CD

Fvlklvre - 9 - 5

Artist: ZOE EFSTATHIOU
TITLE: SOLO PIANO : EDGE OF CHAOS
FORMAT: LP & DIGITAL
CATALOGUE NO: iDEAL232
RELEASE: APRIL 2024

Zoe Efstathiou, pianist and electro-acoustic composer, originally from Greece, has lived in Sweden since 2015. Her interest shifts between the intricate relationships of the overtones of acoustic instruments, electro-acoustic textures, and the sonic potential of light installations. Her music interpolates the momentary with the ever-evolving, exploring ideas related to time, expectation and memory. There are connections to what is going on in the music of some of the 60s minimalists, where beauty and harshness meet naturally. This is Efstathiou’s debut solo album.

”In the core of the album’s creation, lies my fascination with unveiling the piano overtones by harnessing the properties of complex systems, which emerge when competing oscillations of strings interact with room acoustics, microphone placements, the piano's pedals, and its soundboard. Through long forms, incremental gestures, and nuanced timbral artifacts, the album aims to distort the perception of time and invite an introspective experience of multiple and expanded temporalities.” - Zoe Estathiou.

ZOE EFSTATHIOU - AMVRACIA (iDEAL232 LP)

Tracklist

01. Braulio Lam - XR 50
02. Runaway Horses - Mirrored Self
03. Rhucle - To Next
04. Myles O'Reilly - Deep Breaths of Morning Air
05. Michael Santos - Hollowing Out
06. David Cordero - West Wind
07. Federico Durand - Sueño De Una Polilla De Seda
08. Jogging House - Corner
09. Naps - Pictures
10. Observatories - Our Recently Acquired Knowledge
11. Far away Nebraska - La prima luce del mattino
12. Pruski - Same
13. Jens Pauly - Ohne

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"A Brief Love Affair"
Valhjim

Like bright drizzle from above, the day opens with gentle low tones: clouds open in sine waves, bass leisurely strolls about, sound waves echo in the distance. The future is here. Brief encounter that leads to intimacy, where the night opens and the stars appear overhead to eavesdrop on human love. Whispers in the dusk. Tender touch. 

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Valhjim: synthesizers, samplers.

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© 2025 Valhjim. All rights reserved. Original music by Valhjim.

A Brief Love Affair

(2025)Ethereal Dreams🌍 (New improvised work, inspired from Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese, Jerome Froese, Christopher Franke, Johannes Schmoelling, Peter Baumann, Vangelis, Moby and Brian Eno in progress, not finished!)
*🎹 Software instruments: Synapse Audio "DUNE 3", Arturia "Analog Lab V", Kompose Audio, Roland JD-800 and Roland JV-1080. Korg M1, Korg Wavestation and Waldorf-PPG 3V. 
Edited 20 sec sample from Tangerine Dream's "Hyperborea" from 1983 at the end. 
*Hardware instrument: "Arturia Keystep 37". 
*Inspired by: Kosmische musik/Cosmic music, Floataway, Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese, Jerome Froese, Christopher Franke, Johannes Schmoelling, Peter Baumann, Klaus Schulze, Thorsten Quaeschning, Gary Numan, OMD, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno, Roedelius, Moebius, Moby, Vangelis, Bladerunner, Jean-Michel Jarre, Rupert Hine, New Age, Tony Levin, Kate Bush, Terry Riley, Ralph Lundsten, Ludwig Göransson, Pink Floyd, Enigma, Genesis, Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, David Bowie, Hans Zimmer, Robert Fripp and Larry Fast/Synergy. 
Photo: NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim.

Ethereal Dreams(2025)🌍

All Music and Notes by Nirgoona aka Heavenchord
Mixed by Bumani - Berlin Cocktail Bar

Playlist:


1) Nirgoona aka Heavenchord - Dandelion Field
2) Nirgoona aka Heavenchord - Explorations Part 1 Reshape 
3) Nirgoona aka Heavenchord - See The Light
4) Nirgoona aka Heavenchord - Explorations Part 7 Reshape
5) Nirgoona aka Heavenchord - Night Reflection
6) Nirgoona aka Heavenchord - Star Harbour
7) Nirgoona aka Heavenchord - Singing Wind 
8) Nirgoona aka Heavenchord - Beginning 
9) Nirgoona aka Heavenchord - Sadness
10) Nirgoona aka Heavenchord - Melancholy 
11) Nirgoona aka Heavenchord - Ice Reflection 

Thanks so much
Peace, Love & Dub


@nirgoona
http://hellostrange.bandcamp.com
 Facebook
 vk.com/id184250362
 feedoptions.ru/pages/artists/heavenchord.html
 silent.com.md/nirgoona-project-aloft-slnt068/
 www.axiomatic-records.com/
 kissthesound.bandcamp.com/
 axiomatic-records.bandcamp.com/album/sub-echoes-lp
 SoundCloud
 feedoptions.bandcamp.com/album/va-2
 coldtear.com/heavenchord-in-chain-reaction/

Pic by Bumani

Berlin Cocktail Bar Mixed by -  Nirgoona aka Heavenchord

Words : Vor fünf Jahren habe ich einen Mix mit dem Titel "From Krautrock to Kosmische Musik"erstellt. Während der Arbeit entdeckte ich das Buch "Krautrocksampler" von Julian Cope. Als Ambient-Liebhaber und hingebungsvoller "cosmic traveller" im musikalischen Sinn erregte ein bestimmtes Kapitel zum Thema "Kosmische Musik" meine Aufmerksamkeit.
Zwei Jahre später bestellte ich eine Ausgabe des bereits lange vergriffenen Buches und las es in einem Stück, da es nicht nur auf faszinierende Weise erstaunliche Einblicke in Aspekte deutscher Kultur und Musik bot, sondern, was noch wichtiger war, nachvollziehbar machte wie die Musik handwerklich geschaffen wurde und von wem genau.

Ich hatte schon längere Zeit Krautrock gesammelt und fühlte mich nunmehr eher der "kosmischen" Bewegung verbunden als dem eher rhythmuslastigen Krautrock-Stil. Musiker wie Klaus Schulze, Popol vuh, Ashra, Edgar Froese (RIP), Harmonia  und natürlich auch Tangerine Dream. So formte sich in mir die Idee, einen Mix mit der vom Beat befreiten deutschen Musik zu gestalten, die heute als "Kosmische Musik" bekannt ist. Ich kramte meine Lieblingsalben zusammen und ging an die Arbeit. Ich habe Tangerine Dream zwei Mal live erleben dürfen und würde den Mix gerne der Arbeit des späteren Edgar Froese widmen. Auch wenn er nicht mehr unter uns weilt - seine Musik bleibt bestehen.

So lade ich Euch ein, für über eine Stunde zusammen "very cosmic" zu sein!

Dies ist für all meine deutschen Freunde!

Funky Jeff aka Jeff Chill - 2016

1)    Danyel Galaxy : Cybernetic Permutations In The Key Of A
2)    Edgar Froese : NGC 891 (Aqua / 1974)
3)    Tangerine dream : Rubycon part 1 (Rubycon / 1975)
4)    Tangerine dream : The keep (The Keep / 1983)
5)    Edgar Froese : Epsilon in Malaysian (Epsilon In Malaysian Pale/1975)
6)    Klaus Schulze : Alles ist gut (Alles Ist Gut (Concert 1975)
7)    Mergener & Weisser : Rainbow (Beam-scape / 1984)
8)    Tangerine dream : Phaedra (Phaedra / 1974)
9)    Ashra : Ocean of tenderness (New Age of Earth / 1976)
10)    Harmonia : Sehr kosmisch (Musik von Harmonia / 1974)
11)    Ashra : Nightdust (New Age of Earth / 1976)
12)    Popol Vuh : Ich mache einen spiegel (Affenstunde / 1970)
13)    Cluster & Brian Eno ‎: Old Land (Old Land / 1985)

Five years ago, I made a mix called From Krautrock to kosmische musik. As I was making the mix, I discovered Julian Cope's book called ''Krautrocksampler'' In that book lies a section which is quite interesting for me, as an avid cosmic traveller and ambient buff. The section is about ''Kosmische music''. Two years ago, I ordered the long out of print book and read it all so quickly, fascinated by this amazing insight in German culture, music and more importantly, how the music came to be crafted and by whom. I had started collecting Krautrock before, but I found myself more drawn towards the cosmic movement than the rhythm based motorik style known as Krautrock. Musicians like Klaus Schulze, Popol vuh, Ashra, Edgar Froese (RIP), Harmonia  and of course, Tangerine dream. So came the idea of making a mix on beatless cosmic german tracks known as ''kosmische musik''. I gathered my favorite albums, and made the mix. I have seen Tangerine dream live twice and would like to dedicate this mix to the late Edgar Froese. The man may be no longer on Earth with us, but his music will live on forever... And let yourself be ''very cosmic'' (Sehr kosmisch) for over an hour together !

Dedicated to all my German friends !

https://www.discogs.com/style/berlin-school

Funky Jeff aka Jeff Chill - 2016

Sehr kosmisch

~ IIKKI 007 ~

music : Federico Durand
photography : Albarrán Cabrera (Angel Albarrán & Anna Cabrera)
album/book : Pequeñas Melodías
duration : 38.24 mn
date : November 2018

edition : 
vinyl : limited to 300 copies, DDM Cut, 180 gm, hand numbered 
cd : limited to 200 cd (glass mastered) hand numbered
book : limited to 500 copies hand numbered + hand stamped

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pre-order : October 11th, 2018 / official release : November 08th, 2018

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Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Albarrán Cabrera
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

Recorded in La Cumbre, Argentina, on tape loops and cassettes with a Sony TCM200-DV, Fostex X-18 & Macbook, using acoustic guitar, music boxes, synthesizer, electric piano, Rhodes piano sampling, Roland Space Echo RE-201, CT5, EHX 2880 and a small modular sampler (Morphagene, Clouds, 2hp LFO, 2hp RND, Bastl Ciao).

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Links :
https://federicodurand.bandcamp.com/
http://albarrancabrera.com/
https://www.iikki-books.com/

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