Passing Through is about accepting what life offers to us, experience it, learn and let go.

releases August 31, 2021

W&P By Emanuele Pertoldi
Mastered @ organicaudio.it
Photo by William Vaccaro
Self Released in 2021

Passing Through

Manu - Passing Through (previews)

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Category 4 is a monthly broadcast concept from Michael Brunner [ @four4 ] for Great Circles Radio.

Each episode is broken into four segments, which are connected in some fashion, but routinely unique in many others. This allows for the drawing of comparisons between otherwise disparate concepts, while simultaneously creating enough creative restrictions to focus the musical selections.

The 15th episode comes to us courtesy of Grant Aaron (@insideout), founder of Mysteries of the Deep (@mysteriesofthedeep).

We invite our listeners to guess these categories during the show.
As an added incentive for participation, the first person to guess the categories during the broadcast will be eligible to win a prize. Each month brings new categories and prizes.

The theme for episode 15 was -- Fax, Phase I-IV.

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~~Tracklist~~
Phase I: ’92-’93

Sextant - Live At XSI
Pete Namlook - Namlook I
Crypt Corp - Greenpoint
Pete Namlook & Dr Atmo - Heaven (AW-Cut)
Subsequence - Healthy and Beautiful 

Phase II: ’94-’95

Tetsu Inoue - Speculative Vision
From Within - A Million Miles to Earth
Tetsu Inoue - Holy Dance
Pete Namlook & Atom Heart - Jet Chamber

Phase III: ’95-’96

Pete Namlook & Bill Laswell - African Virus, Pt. V
Pete Namlook & Tetsu Inoue - Free and Flowers
Pete Namlook & Tetsu Inoue - Rich Dreams
Pete Namlook & Tetsu Inoue - Inouecent and Sirius

Phase IV: ’97-’99

Brian Eno - Long SQ
Pete Namlook & Higher Intelligence Agency - Secret Location
Jochem Paap - Dtnd-Jn
Machine Drum Circle - Dada

Category 4 w/ Grant Aaron - Episode 15: Fax, Phase I-IV

Under both of his aliases—Widow for deep, atmospheric techno and Cicada for mostly longform ambient compositions—multimedia artist and writer @widowbeats specializes in telling stories and building complex, layered cinematic worlds. At Monument Magazine, and as a founder of Studio 72 & Provoke (a party series alongside A.M.D in NYC), he helps explore and elevate the stories of other artists, too. His mix for Spontaneous Affinity is musical world-building at its best, driven by subtle percussion, expansive textures, and a sense of mystery.

"This mix can be considered a direct representation of my artistry as a whole: Deep, Dark, Mysterious, Absolute.
All in all, it can be considered organized chaos.

Even though the main bulk of the recording is from mixing on a normal 2 channel Pioneer controller. You’ll hear a lot of atmospherics that was also mixed in via my audio workstation."

Read the full interview:
https://spontaneous.zone/040-widow.html

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Interview

Spontaneous Affinity #040: Widow

“Upon the lips of babes asleep I saw light embracing light and so allowed my syllables to rest there as a prayer they might sing in their dreams...”

Abyssal sonance by @philyeah

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MFIS XXVII ✢ Phil Yeah

This month marks the second anniversary of Bright Patterns! What better way to celebrate than with a captivating contribution from Matthew Patterson Curry? He’s been source of inspiration and camaraderie since way before the show’s humble beginnings. When you’re not bewitched with these two hours of sonic bliss, there’s a treasure trove of his music to dive into on SoundCloud (@safetyscissors) and Bandcamp https://matthewpattersoncurry.bandcamp.com

IG: @matthewpattersoncurry

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Bright Patterns With Matthew Patterson Curry @ The Lot Radio 11 - 11 - 2021 - Vicki Siolos

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This month Annexia presents a mix by Berlin via Detroit legend Eric Cloutier. We challenged him to make the most peculiar and unhinged mix he could, so expect scuttling ASMR synthesis, ethereal ambient, omniscient narration and the awful trumpet.

Annexia w/ Eric Cloutier - 15.04.22

Capping off a strong run of guests on Bright Patterns is a collaborative set by brothers Karl & Ken Meier. Though these exceptional humans are immensely talented as individuals, it’s an honor to hear them perform together and in this experimental, ambient zone curated for the morning. As cofounders of Standards & Practices with Jonathan Krohn (Stave), Karl and Ken will feature forthcoming music from their label, plus unreleased tracks on like-minded imprints such as Downwards and Monastral. Standards & Practices continues this year with new releases by Krohn/Mjolsness and Stave.

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Bright Patterns with Karl & Ken Meier @ The Lot Radio 04 - 28 - 2022

For our second entry in the PPRZ Podcast series, we have a mix from @lvtsounds!

LVT often plays techno and deep chuggy tracks that bend the mind and body. She's also a curator of a well-loved Vancouver venue called Dolly and has been a promoter for nearly a decade, with many amazing well attended shows under her belt, both organized and performed at.

If you enjoyed LVT's podcast, please consider donating to their charity of choice https://thehaven.lgbt

PPRZ Podcast 2 - LVT

The second part in A Walking Contradiction's Demi Monde series. The creative imprint from Basel, mostly known for its releases by Varuna, hereby welcomes the next pair of friends to complete their two-part Half World project. Helsinki AWC affiliate Lemont explores dense and icy deepness with two slow-rolling ambient trips.

Monument premieres Lemont`s track "Submerged" from the upcoming release "Demi Monde 2/2", which will be released on the 24th of October.

Buylink: https://awalkingcontradiction.bandcamp.com/album/demi-monde-2-2

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MNMT Premiere: Lemont - Submerged

Recorded by Unheard-of//Ensemble in San Antonio, Texas, August 2025.

Ford Fourqurean — clarinet
Matheus Souza — violin
Iva Casian-Lakoš — cello
Daniel Anastasio — piano

Sculpture Inspiration: Stomping Ground, by Orly Genger

Stomping Ground is based on Orly Genger’s sculpture at the McNay in San Antonio. Genger fabricated the sculpture out of brightly colored recycled lobster rope and fashioned them into large mounds with which you can climb over, sit on, and physical interact. This piece takes inspiration from the kinetic, extroverted, and playful quality of the sculpture and references its construction material with field recordings of lobsters communicating, underwater soundscapes, stomping, balls and other objects bouncing, children playing, and vibrant synths and groovy percussion intermingling with the live instruments. The sculpture’s inventive world captured my imagination; in building a sonic corollary to the sculpture, I fashioned a mystical and wild narrative path with which the listener can freely associate elements of their experience viewing and interacting with the sculpture.

Stomping Ground

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rest of world: mike@berytus.art

Erika hosts Jazz Til Noon on WCBN - February 28, 2005

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