"Acorn Barnacle" by @margg-names is the opening track of Vanishing Standards II. Out on tape limited to 150 copies & digital on December 14, 2021. If you are in Sofia join us for a premiere listening party at Koncept Space. RSVP: https://facebook.com/events/267102792111485/

Musical Statues - Acorn Barnacle

"Ten of Swords" by Niandraz & Ivan Shopov is part of Vanishing Standards II out Dec 14 via @amekcollective on tape limited to 150 copies & digital.

Niandraz & Ivan Shopov - Ten Of Swords

"Laminar Flow" is the opening track of "Palimpsest", the debut album of the trio Shentov, Simitchiev, Lukanov due via Amek Collective on July 4 on tape & digital. Mastered by Marius Costache (Studio 148). Artwork by Silvana Ilieva.

On July 1 Shentov, Simitchiev, Lukanov will be playing КРИК 07 Festival in Museum for Contemporary Art Skopje, Macedonia. RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/850408722586430/

Palimpsest

Shentov, Simitchiev, Lukanov - Laminar Flow

"II" is the first track we're revealing from "Lachrymorph", a collaborative full-length album by Petar Petkov and Bartosz Borzeszkowski. To be released on tape & digital on November 25 at http://amekcollective.bandcamp.com

To create their first collaborative full-length “Lachrymorph”, guitarist Petar Petkov and drummer Bartosz Borzeszkowski embarked on a journey to the Unknown – both physically and creatively. Having successfully collaborated in the studio (check out “Scape I", released in "Vanishing Standards II"), the artists felt the need to dig deeper in their mutual audial explorations, which curiously enough stem from their quite different musical backgrounds with Petkov coming from the world of classical guitar and Borzeszkowski - from the field of jazz.

In “Lachrymorph”, Petkov and Borzeszkowski don’t hold preliminary discussions to lead the music the desired way, they do not map their explorations but rely on intuition. Creating in a small cottage in the deep forests of Cassubia, Poland, they seem to have not only opened their own worlds to one another's contributions, but have left the door wide open for all that lurked around to further nuance and deepen their sound. Scattered across the pieces are field recordings, captured during the duo’s walks in the surrounding areas, that further flesh out the world surrounding Petkov and Borzeszkowski's creative process.

“Lachrymorph” is a varied listen, more of a collection of musical snapshots than a narrative-driven experience. Some tracks (“I”, “IV”, “VII”) are deep and captivating soundscape works that make you lose a sense of the actual instruments that went into their creation. Others(“V” and “VI”) are more straightforward and act as a sort of wake-up call, not letting you disintegrate entirely in the hazy musical territories of the record. Most of the music, however, inhabits the intriguing zone between these two polarities, neither direct nor surreal, like glimpses from one world to another. 

Music by Petar Petkov and Bartosz Borzeszkowski
Recorded and mixed by Bartosz Borzeszkowski
Mastered by Michał Jan Ciesielski
Design and artwork by Kamil Frąkewicz (@szklanymózg)

Petkov/Borzeszkowski - II

In 2023 Bulgarian DIY booking crew and label Amek Collective celebrate their 15th anniversary. On this occasion, theyʼve prepared 60 minutes of unreleased music by artists and friends. This Amulet of Tears exclusive mix features new studio tracks by some of the label mainstays alongside various live recordings, sketches, and untitled bits from deep within the Amek vaults.

Amulet of Tears 032: Amek Collective

Music: @amekcollective

Artwork: @anasisana

Amulet 032: Amek Collective

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Melancholy & Noise w/ Fashiongore invites Petar Petkov (13.07.23)

"Endless Pit" is the fifth track of Amek's "Vanishing Standards III" compilation. 

Featuring vocals from my main project @niandraz .
Visualizer: https://youtu.be/QUM7u7ANGaE

Vanishing Standards III:
"The third installment of our bi-annual Vanishing Standards compilation series closes the year of our fifteenth anniversary. As usual, we wanted to have as many members of our extended family aboard as possible, as well as welcome new ones into it. Of course, they are in the company of Amek regulars, whom, whenever we could, we tried to inspire to work in new collaborations and configurations. The result is not only the shortest volume in the series but also the first one dominated by atmospheric, yet noisy, tracks that are punctuated with some unexpected heavy hitters."

credits
released December 18, 2023

Mastered by Marius Costache
Artwork by Nikola Kostov

This is amek070.
https://amekcollective.bandcamp.com/album/vanishing-standards-iii

погледни / отрази / черни дни / пропадни .

Vanishing Standards III

Endless Pit (ft. Niandraz)

__Boar's tooth _ Deer's antlers  __ Dog's skull

DOG DEER BOAR  V _

A mixtape drawing together contributions from friends around the world, including folks running independent record labels, record producers, poets, community radio producers, musicians and others. 

All these tracks were recorded directly, drawn from community radio producers and collected directly from the artists, or through direct communication with some independent record labels. All the works were pulled together with the intention of sharing a mix that can point in a tiny way to the depth of different artistic and activist voices from around the world who have Palestine in their hearts. 

This mix was originally broadcast on Radio AlHara on Sunday, Feb. 16, 7am-11am eastern time, 2-6pm Palestine time, live on radioalhara.net

Thank you for listening. - Stefan Christoff

01. Saadet Türköz & Beat Keller @beat_keller - Yarkent
02. Shalabi Quintet - Artists Against Apartheid (Montréal Session) - 01 Artists Against Apartheid, Montr​é​al Session – Part I, excerpt (released by @aosmosis)
03. 2/5BZ - MENi TENKS (2002)
03. Ana Quiroga @ana_quiroga - We Exist, We Resist [fabric Originals]
04. Notnef Greco - Sirens Off the Clock
05. Pelada @pelada420 - Cerdo
06. Pelada - Pilas
07. Badawi - A Better Place (reprise)
08. Midland @midland  - Drift In The Algorithm
09. Adriaan de Roover - Nudge forward
10. Aidan Baker & Stefan Christoff - Januar Part I (released by @time-released-sound)
11. Amirali @amirali_ofc - Nemesis
12. Andy Aquarius @andyaquarius - Kyrie
13. anthéne @anthene - Lightbox
14. ate & NOWA ZIEMIA @nowa-ziemia - Substrate A
15. Bernadette Devlin McAliskey - Speaking at a National Demonstration For Palestine (English language, recorded in Ireland) - 13.01.24
16. Sana Moussa and Naseem Alatrash - duet clip
17. Sabr from Gaza (Arabic language, thank you to Ewa Jasiewicz for the audio)
18. Charbel Haber @charbel-haber - We Spend Our Days In The Fog Of Your Nightmares
19. Zoë Mc Pherson @zoemcpherson - Chaos
20. Bauer + Katharina Schmidt - Engines
21. DC BLOB - Untitled (practice recording excerpt)
22. Evitceles @evitceles - Ethereal Force
23. Dali de Saint Paul + Maxwell Sterling - 2
24. Demetrio Cecchitelli @cecchitellidemetrio - Oxygen
25. Budapest Blacklights - Forma Nera (via @moonvillain)
26. Fifths - Long gone
27. Grim Beverage - A Point in Space
28. Leon Louder @leonlouder - Mockingbird
29. Leo singing in Mexico City at ObreraCentro
30. Lighter - Acid Release
31. Lucille Cornelius & Michel Banabila @michel-banabila - The People United Will Never Be Defeated
32. M01E - So Many, So Little- - DOWNER - why we hide behind a screen 叹 (excerpt)
33. Matteo Uggeri - ...for Mother and Father
34. Melodies In My Head - I World
35. Mireya Bayancela Ordonez (poetry reading in Spanish and French)
36. Badawi - Al-Aziz (Dhikr Wave Mix)
37. Enrico Coniglio @enricoconiglio - Waterfront (excerpt)

The accompanying image is a film photo snap taken by Rickie Leach at a Palestine solidarity protest in London.

Palestine at the heart of it all

MoonDrunk part I & II

Limits

Fredrik Rasten - e-bowed acoustic guitar, compostion
Vilde Sandve Alnæs - violin
Torstein Lavik Larsen - trumpet
Inga Margrete Aas - viola da gamba

Recorded live at the Norwegian Academy of Music on the 28th of May 2019 by Espen Reinertsen and Torstein Lavik Larsen