2017

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my jam

ambient / chill (tracks)

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Astrakan café( anouar brahem)

Ocoeur - North

Watch the new video: http://bit.ly/weightlesspart5

Marconi Union - Weightless Part 5

Out now: http://smarturl.it/ambientzone2

Following the success of 2013’s The Ambient Zone, ("an excellent compilation from the always interesting Just Music label" The Sunday Times) this is Just Music’s second beautiful journey into the immersive world of ambient electronica. The atmosphere over the 12 tracks of "winter music" perfectly encapsulates the approaching mood of quiet introspection, comfort in solitude and promise of the new to follow the long, dark, silent nights.

Alongside contributions from Jon Hopkins, Marconi Union and Dan Arborise, the album features nine brand new tracks created exclusively for the album in response to a beautiful series of carefully selected photo images. Each artist responded to the atmosphere of the photo, translating the feelings evoked in them by the image into an exquisite and fascinating piece of musical ambience.

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Digitonal - Sentinel

Ocoeur - Timeless

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Marconi Union - A Distant Light

This is a remix of Paper Unicorn from Ochre's album Isolette which actually turned into more of a cover version.  I've been a huge admirer of Chris' work right from his early demos - REM Sleep Research will always be somewhere in my all time top 10 electronica tracks.  

He's continued to release some of the most beautiful and intricate music in the field.  You can find the original of this track, and all his fantastic music at his bandcamp: http://bandcamp.ochremusic.com/

This cover version has been made available to download with the artist's permission.  Thanks to Chris, it's a wonderful piece and I had a lot of fun putting this together.

Unreleased

Paper Unicorn (Digitonal Transcription)

Ochre - Paper Unicorn (Digitonal Transcription)

Pre-order Opalescent on vinyl:
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Opalescent, the debut album from Mercury Music Prize and Ivor Novello award nominated artist Jon Hopkins has been remastered and reissued for the first time on vinyl for its 15 year Anniversary in a special edition 2 LP gatefold with liner notes. (Pre-order from the Just Music Store now).

Back in 2001, (the year of Opalescent’s original release) the process of creating the album was a joyful one. At the age of 20 Jon had just signed to Just Music, so we bought him a PC and with a hotch-potch of software and some basic equipment, he set to work. His only assistance came from friend and regular collaborator, (another Just Music alumni) Leo Abrahams, who plays Opalescent’s sparkling, plangent guitars.

It was a record which, in numerous, enthusiastic reviews, was filed in the then burgeoning “chill-out” genre. But Jon had no interest in making relaxing or therapeutic music, which may help explain why Opalescent still sounds so distinctive, musically and emotionally complex. It was never meant to be enjoyed passively. It is in the contradictions between beauty and bass, gentleness and volume, ecstasy and elegy, that Opalescent derives its enduring otherness. Even 15 years on, it is never quite what you think it is.

For all Hopkins enjoyed making Opalescent, this was an uncertain period in his life. He was a shy and reclusive musician adrift in London and, like any artist, prey to doubts and apprehension. At its most radiant and awe-inspiring (“Lost In Thought”, “Halcyon”), Opalescent is tinged with something wistful, even mournful. The chilly and hollow, piano-led “Apparition” or the lost-in-deep-space ambience of stand-out track, “Cold Out There” (listen below), contain a kind of universal longing, an ache for love or transcendence, that you can hear in instrumental music as diverse as Tangerine Dream and jazz pianist Bill Evans’s solo pieces.

But while Opalescent was a series of tentative steps, it is also already recognisably the work of Jon Hopkins. In the hypnotic minimalism of “Private Universe” (a precursor to “Light Through The Veins” on Insides), or the dense gloaming of the title track, elements of the drum ‘n’ bass, classical and soundtrack influences that have come to define Jon’s work were clearly asserting themselves. In its passages of drone music, its use of repetition, its cinematic scale, its stark piano lines, the album is an audible antecedent of the very different Immunity – Jon’s acclaimed, recent breakthrough album.

Hopkins currently has an audience waiting in anticipation for his fifth album, a work that he is determined to take as far out-there as he can – and Opalescent is the perfect primer.

Listen to the remastered version of Cold Out There:

Jon Hopkins - Cold Out There (Opalescent Vinyl 2016)

Taken from Grebenstein - Gloss EP coming Feb 2017 on Horo.
Limited Edition Crystal Clear 12" - http://found.ee/HOROEX3

Gloss is officially launched on 18.02.17 at OHM in Berlin with Grebenstein (live), Oake, Sam KDC, Presha, DiNT - https://www.facebook.com/events/1388610554523322/

Grebenstein is a producer, DJ and visual artist living in Kassel, Germany. After playing in several bands as a drummer and guitarist he made his solo-debut with a 4-track EP on the Regis helmed label - Downwards Records in November 2014. 

The ‘Gloss’ 4 track EP for Horo comes after his Downwards Records follow up ‘Strong, Proud, Stupid, & Superior’ with Seefried was released in October 2016.

Non club tracks for open minded clubs.

https://soundcloud.com/grebenstein
https://www.facebook.com/j.grebenstein/

Gloss

Grebenstein - Gloss

HOLOVR - You Belong 2

HOLOVR - Melody 4 Your Mind

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There is a purpose behind ambient music: it is utility music. Brian Eno made that clear once and for all with ‘Music for Airports’ – the utilitarian nature of this music can already be found in the title. But way before that, in 1920, Erik Satie composed ‘Musique d’ameublement’ – furniture music. Satie created true background music as a reaction against the misuse of classical music as a carpet of sound. The purpose of his furniture music was also to bridge the awkward gaps in conversation in social situations. In turn, Eno’s airport music is meant to serve as background music while sounding interesting enough for listeners to become absorbed. If we go by Eno’s definition, the music on T.Raumschmiere’s new album is not ambient. Although – or in fact, because – each individual track on this album immediately and effortlessly generates atmospheres, it is impossible not to be drawn in. T.Raumschmiere sucks the listener into the perceptible endlessness of his pulsating sounds, even though the music does not actually expect anything from the listener. It is not demanding, it does not sound lofty or ethereal. It is in constant movement and evolution while sounding grounded at the same time. The tracks are not weightless; they have body.
A darkly beating pulse works like a machine through the surging pads of ‘Dampfer.’ Synths drone languidly on ‘Anker.’ T.Raumschmiere deftly manages to avoid succumbing to the kitsch that often arises from these kinds of sounds. ‘Grotznogg’ has an inner stillness within the rustling and scattered clattering and clanging. ‘Zwischenstopp’ provides the perfect soundtrack for a submarine ride, complete with depth sounder and an undercurrent of anxiety. The track ‘007’ is a post-industrial masterpiece – warm, heavy, and latently threatening. And the list goes on.
Clearly a new meaning of the term ambient is needed to describe the music on this album more accurately. It is music that never sounds deliberate yet at the same time is so compelling, which might have something to do with the fact that Shitkatapult label founder Marco Haas aka T.Raumschmiere is the one behind it. As T.Raumschmiere, Haas produces a sound with influences ranging from bass music and
punk rock to industrial; the names of his records speak best for themselves: Monstertruckdriver, Sick Like Me, I Tank U… everyone knows what the deal is here. It is only logical that his new album is just called ‘T.Raumschmiere.’ This record is certainly an excellent lubricant for dreams.
Haas is known for his take-no-prisoners approach to his live sets, which feature distorted beats, grueling basses, and steep descents. Now for the flipside, the negative image of the sound that made T.Raumschmiere famous, the sound that has allowed us to get closer to the understanding of this magic ambient music. The shadow of T.Raumschmiere does not come in with massive beats and basses, yet it
is so imposing and so dark that it seems within our grasp.
In addition to his duties as label manager, musician, and DJ, Haas has also worked as a producer for other artists such as Dieter Meier, Fraktus, Barbara Morgenstern, Das Bierbeben, and Ofrin over the past
few years. The new album by Shrubbn!!, his collaboration with Ulli Bomans, will be released on
Shitkatapult.

T.Raumschmiere

Sleeping Pills And Habits

Dreams - Not Phazed EP (APRON33)

A1 Not Phazed
A2 Gut Bounce
B1 Blue Visions
B2 Underground Sky

Out 22nd Aug 2017.

"Producer, DJ and visual artist, Dreams, has become a standout voice in the Los Angeles electronic landscape. The following he’s amassed locally is due, in part, to his own imprint, Private Selection, who’s focus so far has been split between releasing music and throwing events. An ethos that runs through both the his music and parties is indebted in part to house and techno, but also industrial, resulting in a mutated take on dance life forms that is becoming increasingly recognizable in his own records and DJ sets.

Dreams’ first 12’, ‘Twisted Karma’, came out in 2015 via Private Selection. Most recently, he released a record which saw light through Greek Imprint Nous Disques, and now, Apron Records.

A1 Not Phazed

Pre-order the 12” now and receive 38th Parallel immediately : https://glasstalkrecords.bandcamp.com/

38th Parallel

Wilhelm - 38th Parallel

Available for sale: https://bitterfeld.bandcamp.com/releases

Guy Contact - Muting Rituals (B2) - BITTERFELD#01

The 4th release on Peach Discs is a debut EP from Toronto’s very own Cindy Li aka Ciel. She’s been DJing and running ‘Work in Progress’ a radio show and club night focused solely on showcasing emerging female identifying talent across the globe. It was about time for her first ethereal dreamy wicked 12’’ both perfect for chilling and dancing.

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PREMIERE : Ciel - Electrical Encounters

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Rings Around Saturn & Veranda Culture

Side A: Rings Around Saturn - Night Swim [PCLTD01]

01. Hotrod 001 [White Label]
02. Mark Seven - The Promised Land [World Building]
03. DJ E-Clyps - Pancakes [Classic Music Company]
04. Pink Lunch - Brown Love [White Label]
05. Norm Talley – Alright (Feat. L’Renee) [FXHE]
06. Johannes Albert - Duke Dynamics [Fine]
07. Pépé Bradock - Tresors [Braccio Docco]
08. Dave & Sam - You Da Shit (Girl) (Seven Davis Jr. Dub) [Classic Music Company]
09. Damiano Von Erckert - Tribute To A Hero [AVA.]
10. Decius - Cream Shudder [Decius Trax]
11. Clifton King - Family Prayer [Eskimo Belgium]
12. Divine Situation - Soul Revival [Moton]
13. Mark Barrott - Cascades (François K Mix) [International Feel]

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Release date:
4 December 2017
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Business As Usual December 2017: Luke Solomon, Ambivalent & Girls Of The Internet

DC Promo Tracks #126: "Dawn (Faze Action remix)" by Private Agenda @privateagenda is part of the upcoming release "Dusk & Dawn" on Nunorthern Soul @nunorthernsoul

Order: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/private-agenda-dusk-dawn/668131-01/

DC Promo Tracks #126: Private Agenda "Dawn" (Faze Action remix)

I was contacted by Grant of ZZK and AYA Records a while ago to remix a new Ecuadorian artist he had been working with, Grant has a knack for finding unique South American sounds way ahead of everyone else so I was immediately curious.  After my first listen I knew there was something special about this song, sound, artist, label, the whole of it felt refreshing and vibrant. I got to work right away. After a Poolside gig I had a day off to hang out with Vito & Druzzi in their studio in Brooklyn where we added the 303 line, live percussion, rototoms and more to fill it out.

Here's a found footage video put together by pal Colour Vision
https://youtu.be/fcEWQewz1_o

respiria remixed

Mateo Kingman - Sendero Del Monte (Jeffrey Paradise Remix)

gucci gang (extended version)

from 'S/t' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den294
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/nanookofthenorth]

Following a stunning recent Boiler Room performance, Nanook of the North take a deep sonic and conceptual trip northbound on their enchanting, eponymous debut album, via Denovali Records.

Nanook of the North are Stefan Wesołowski and Piotr Kaliński (also known as Hatti Vatti) - two acclaimed Polish musicians whose simpatico merging of compositional roles are blended as seamlessly as their use of acoustic and electronic sounds. Recording sessions broadly found Stefan playing violin and piano parts with additional synth touches and Piotr taking care of electronics, more synths and the final mix.

Upon being invited by the Sopot Film Festival next to their hometown of Gdansk to perform an improvised score to a film screening, the duo chose Robert J. Flaherty’s classic 1922 silent movie of the same name - ‘Nanook of the North’. Keen to maintain and nurture the initial ambient essence of the film, the duo travelled to Iceland where they recorded the album in Reykjavík and later mixed it in Greenland.

Despite the icy expansive isolation captured from the movie, the album is also transferrable in scenario and evocation, equally omitting the dangerous allure of dystopian cityscapes, or even the 80s sci-fi horror menace of Maurice Jarre, Howare Shore and Jay Chattaway.
 
‘Nanook of the North’ runs the gamut of images, scenarios and atmosphere akin to scenes in a film. Opening with a window into the unknown, the mood carries from the darkly foreboding, ‘Siulleq’ into the dank, dread-filled kosmische of ‘Tulleq’ over the slow nocturnal drive through a techno metropolis of ‘Afternat’ to the gargantuan foreboding awe of ‘Qulingat’, which seems to suggest the story is far from over.

Stefan Wesołowski is a violinist and composer best known for work with Jacaszek, his score to the BAFTA-nominated, Oscar-shortlisted Marlon Brando docu-film ‘Listen To Me Marlon’ and for his rapturous, critically acclaimed album ‘Rite of the End’.

Piotr Kaliński (also known as Hatti Vatti) - is one of the Polish underground's most vital figures. Renowned for for his analogue-focused sounds, this experimenter/explorer has been on a decade long excursion through vast and heterogeneous modern electronic realms.

Previous praise for Stefan Wesolowski:

        “Haunted, cavernous and horribly satisfying” Uncut

        “Awe-inspiring music that soars through dread, sorrow, joy and every emotion in between. A stunning and poignant inward journey” XLR8R

        “Instrumental evocations of loss and Decay, and monumental progressions through cavernous spaces. Wilting melodies are hemmed in by resonant menace, dissipated through drifting clouds of bowed tones or punctuated by ominous percussive thuds” The Wire

        “This is spiritual music; we hear this in the deliberate pacing, the yearning of the violins, the harmonic highs - but also in the droning lows, the earthly electronics, the tactile immediacy of the interface between heaven and earth” A Closer Listen


Previous praise for Hatti Vatti:

        "The record sees the producer combining a vast array of samples with his set-up of hardware and other tools, creating a record that covers numerous sounds, operating at times between ambient and bass-heavy genres such as footwork and juke” The Quietus

        “Hatti Vatti is an underground hero amongst an intricate scene. A musician with fine tact and attention to detail, pared back to its barest essentials. Well-crafted and listenable" The Ransom Note

Nanook of the North

Nanook of the North - Arfernat

Produced by: @Eindkrak
Label: @UnknownPrecept
Release date: 08.01.2018
Buy:  http://bit.ly/EindkrakBrullendStaal

Brullend Staal

Eindkrak - Deine Kuh

RAM - X-11 - A2 - Mor Elian - Gamma Gulch

Swiss artist and veteran producer Ripperton contacted the ESP Institute out of the blue mid-2017 to share a gorgeous mix of self-produced material, a collection of pieces made without any agenda outside of representing the self, not geared toward the dancefloor or a specific environment but simply a bi-product of introspective exploration. We were floored, the mix was on constant repeat in our world for weeks, then was subsequently pulled apart into separate titles to form this beautiful double LP, Ripperton’s debut with the label. The title 'Sight Seeing' speaks of someone stepping outside their current reality to look in the mirror, as if to ground themselves and keep sight of who they are in a world of extreme highs and lows. Inspired greatly by expansive landscapes and views from airplane windows (imagine your commute flying over the Alps every weekend), Ripperton describes this collection as postcards to himself, messages from his subconscious recorded on tape (both conceptually and literally), melancholy soundtracks to the Mondays that follow weekend journeys. While musical genres tend to cycle through bandwagon moments, the ESP Institute strives to operate independently of these, and while 'Sight Seeing' is undoubtably an Ambient album, we’re simply proud to revel in the chance moment where an esteemed artist such as Ripperton spreads his wings in a beautifully unexpected mode of expression.

[ESP072] Sight Seeing

[ESP072] RIPPERTON - B1 - Eloigné

Nicolas Jaar & Sasha Spielberg – Avalanche (Leonard Cohen Cover)
Just Friends project
Taken from Nicolas Jaar BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix

LYRICS:
Well I stepped into an avalanche,
It covered up my soul;
When I am not this hunchback that you see,
I sleep beneath the golden hill.
You who wish to conquer pain,
You must learn, learn to serve me well. 

When I am on a pedestal,
You did not raise me there.
Your laws do not compel me
To kneel grotesque and bare. 

I can feel you when you breathe.

Nicolas Jaar & Sasha Spielberg – Avalanche  //  (Leonard Cohen Cover) Just Friends project

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