CS/DL : f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/upstream-ensemble

@forms-of-minutiae and TBA21–Academy present "upstream ensemble", a communal happening and aqueous sound piece initiated and composed by field recordist, artist, and f–o–m co-founder Pablo Diserens (@pablodiserens)

During the 2022/23 digital residency hosted by TBA21–Academy’s Ocean-Archive.org, Pablo Diserens launched an open call inviting members of its online platform ocean comm/uni/ty (and external enthusiasts) to venture into the world and record aqueous sonic encounters. The aim of this collective liquid attuning was to gather sound recordings from various wet ecologies while stimulating listening and field recording gestures regardless of any previous experience.

Recordings from 35 contributors were woven into the long-form sound composition "upstream ensemble" which navigates between the multiplicity of the water cycle as a sounding body. The work moves upstream through oceans, rivers, pipe networks, ponds, and glaciers while investigating the continuous flow of water and the environments that surround it. Listeners encounter drifting habitats trickling with the songs of sea lions, dolphins, blue whales, humpback whales, Arctic terns, and algae photosynthesis – as well as with the invasive hums of submarines’ sonars, boats, and naval industries. With "upstream ensemble" some of the world’s aqueous fauna, flora, geologies, and technologies mingle into a synchronized motion that documents the sonic articulations of these wet zones.

In resonance with Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening practice and inspired by Rachel Carson’s exploration of the intertidal zone in her book "The Edge of the Sea", this project contributes to an ever-expanding list of works that propose a focus on listening as a way of engaging and existing with the planet’s waters. By stimulating shared listening and attuning practices, Pablo Diserens aims to develop a sense of interconnectedness by blurring the boundaries between species as well as environments. Experiencing aqueous biomes both individually and collectively acts as a way of rethinking our relationships with the world. Despite these being mostly solitary experiences, Pablo believes that field recording and listening are communal and environmental practices that form gateways for earthly synchronicity and world mapping in time and space. Thus listening in turn can become a political act that sparks emotional bonds with the world and its biotic communities.

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concept: Pablo Diserens and Fiona Middleton (TBA21–Academy)

composition and mixing: Pablo Diserens

with sound contributions by: Alëna Korolëva, Alexandros Maragkoudakis, Bence Kovács-Vajda, Christopher Dean, Cyane Findji, Damian Pace, Elise Rigot, Eliza Collin, Fiona Middleton, Francesco Previtali, Ilù Seydoux, Irene Mansoldo, Isabel Val, Jakob Köchert, Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy, Joana Moher, Katy Lewis Hood, Kosmas Phan Dinh, Kseniya Lushnikova, Leo Maassen, Ludwig Berger, Mat Eric Hart, Mathias Arrignon, Matty Yeomans, Mélia Roger, Moritz Zeisner, Nikos Sotirelis, Nina Blume, Ocean Networks Canada, Pablo Diserens, Sem Zeeman, Slavek Kwi, Surrealich, Thibault Noirot, Varoujan Cheterian.

all profit of the release will be donated to the Blue Marine Foundation.

listening with good speakers or headphones is recommended as the piece features a large range of frequencies (notably blue whales' subsonic calls).

cassette mastering by Mathieu Bonnafous

graphic design by Cecilia Murgia

cassettes pictures by Camille Blake

duration: 30’29’’ — C60
piece repeats on both sides — limited edition of 100
published by forms of minutiae & TBA21–Academy — fom09 — 2023

special thanks to all the contributors, Fiona Middleton, Markus Reymann, Michal Kucerak, Petra Linhartova, TBA21, Madelyn Byrd, Diane Barbé, Lou Croff Blake, Thom Lucero, and Mélia Roger.

cassette & digital

pablo diserens & the ocean comm/uni/ty — upstream ensemble [fom09]

From the album "New Environments & Rhythm Studies" - out on June 27th .
andrewpekler.bandcamp.com/album/new-en…ythm-studies

Fabulation For K

jamming with my friend in Baires, i play drums, KA on max msp
released on CREWQ <3

https://www.ninaprotocol.com/releases/music-for-various-artists-works

yeko_2 (feat KA)

short version
The time is 06:45 in the morning.
27 March 2025

Dawn Chorus in the Early Days of Spring at Hodul, Balikesir

bluebubble with  星星 - 21/04/2025

From 'Aboyer au mauvais arbre', by ARBORE, out 6th June on Somewhere Between Tapes

ARBORE is Laure Boer & Diane Isadora
@laureboer
@dianeisadorabarbe

ARBORE - La main sur la corde (SBT07)

LOFS026

mega:oba is a collaborative project from LOFS co-founders Jamie Genome and Number One. The project explores the intersection between their tastes and provides the freedom to manoeuvre through different sounds and sonics from across dance music.

001 marks the project's first exploration—a focus into textured rhythm and atmospheric weight. Influenced by the spatial echoes of dub techno and the stillness of ambient, the release is shaped by the afterglow of transformative sets experienced at Draaimolen Festival. 

Mixed by Oshi Moon, Jamie Genome and Number One
Mastered by Oshi Moon
Artwork by Adam Bentham @adambentham


Bloom (feat. eleu)

SSIEGE - Virgo Obscura
Time is Away - turn on Arabic radio oscura
Nekomachi - pre-subscription / カニうまい
agraybé -  Crepuscular Ray
King Softy - Gen Comp
nnirror - chemic travers f8 [al]
yeyo - feel it
99LETTERS - Byakuya
Credo Zone - Clearing Fog
Shinetiac - K2 Spiritual
Pamela_and her sons - untilted ft Deflector
Unknown - ytss;;sssd
Obeth - Told
inkscreen - menthol
av moves - Vowl80
usof - stay longer


sonic arrayz

Vvanya Samokrutkin - First Hawk of July

We are premiering "in the Haze", a track from the new @arigto album "Lungs".

"This album emerges from the rediscovery of an accordion following the loss of a close relative-
an instrument that had been a constant companion throughout their life, weaving itself

into the fabric of childhood memory. At its core lies the recognition that both human and
accordion share the same essential act: breathing.
The accordion becomes a meditation on mortality and memory, its bellows expanding
and contracting like "lungs", its air valve releasing pure breath without melody—the raw

pneumatic essence of life itself. Every sound originates from this single instrument, largely un-
processed, preserving the intimate relationship between human touch and mechanical response.

It’s an investigation of how an instrument can hold the memory of hands that no longer play
it. The mechanical whispers, the subtle articulations of metal and leather and wood become
a language of remembrance, breathed rather than spoken."

https://arigto.com/


Premiere: ARIGTO - In the Haze [Self-release]

𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜̈𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠
_A new podcast, mix and sound collage
by 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭  (@makinist-0)
62'

image collage by 𝐓. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐬 (@t-eaux)

"Le doppelgänger - de l'allemand "doppel" (double) et "gänger" (spectateur) - fait toujours réapparaître la dure réalité selon laquelle, peu importe l'intention avec laquelle nous nous accrochons à nos vies intimes et nos personnages publics, la personne que nous pensons être est fondamentalement vulnérable à des forces en dehors de notre contrôle.
Ce mix/collage est une étape de recherche sur ce concept. J'y utilise le double comme guide à travers des extraits d'archives et de morceaux étudiés dans ma thèse sur l'inquietante étrangeté dans le néoliberalisme." Adrien Ordonneau, aka Makinist

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Tracklist :

1 – Max Headroom Incident
2 – Olor Acre – Harvest DNA Ballets
3 – Sleep Clinic – XIZTIM0.5
4 – Tsone – Modular World_09052021
5 – 6RME – 15MM
6 – Makinist – Forensic rip
7 – Philéas Or – Ode to ugly
8 – 0ZERO0SILENCE0 - 0̴͚̞̞̬͙͚̜̩͙̼͚̐̊͌̽̍͌͜F̶̧̢̛̛͚̹͔̱̰̤̺͙̤̮̺̫͔̆͑̔͒̒̇ͅ0̸̛͑ - 04 0NORTH0OF0FOREVER0 
9 – Shinra Knives – Some of Y'all Don't
10 – The Eric Andre Show - James Van Der Beek
11 –  Schneider – Eric’s Nightmare
12 – Ghost Low – Holdum (Gunnar Handsome Remix)
13 – RXM Reality – No.1 in the world
14 – SOFARSOFBAD – Bleach 12
15 – Valance Drakes – Obliterated in the waves
16 – Goa the Arsonist – Horsehoe
17 – Kawakami Kohei – Tail
18 – diedlony, etsu – fever dream (slowed)
18 – Kevin Spacey – Let me be Franck
19 – Ronce – Lésions (feat. Séraphim)
20 – TAR – ALPARR RMX (feat. Bug)
21 – Mazerot – Risk
22 – IC3PEAK – THIS WORLD IS SICK
24 – Культ Злые Клоуны - 7 грехов
25 – halvnægten – vi så
26 – Deep glens – Dxtape Berlin
27 – Daniel M Karlsson – Exploratory Narratives
28 – Philip Larkin – Aubade (intrerpreted by Stephen McKinley in Devs)

Image list :

- David Lynch, photogram, Rabbits, 2002
- Max headroom incident, photogram, 1987
- The Eric Andre Show, screenshot, season 2, ep, 5 stage, 2013
- Mahmoud Illean/AP, photography, The Tell al-Sultan archeological site, located just outside of Jericho, Palestine, 2023
- Dostoïevski and Jean-Claude Götting, backcover excerpt, The Double, Gallimard (Futuropolis), 1989
- Alaa Mansour, instagram screenshot, republished by Zines for Falastin, 2025
- Unknown author, botanical drawing (planche n°27), milk thistle
- Strochnis, pad computer drawing, milk thistle

𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 - 𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜̈𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠

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