Track from our compilation -64th Parallel North- released last year.
Full album at http://h-s-p.bandcamp.com !

"This is a collection of experiences originating from 64 degrees north of the equator. 13 artists bound together by their connection to Umeå, Sweden.

Together they individually and collectively create a patchwork summation of life during the darkest months of the year on the specific point on this circle of latitude, the 64th parallel north."

Elna Dani - Lju

From the Merg/Sumrak-split released last summer, full album at http://h-s-p.bandcamp.com !

"What started as a discussion on music for flowers collapsed on itself and out of the compost heap grew something completely else. HSP presents a pan-scandinavian split tape with focus on dense, textural sound work.

On the A-side, split into three segments, Merg guides us through murky basements, through moist ducts and tunnels with unknown terminus. Maybe getting lost for the sake of it, all the while mumbling muffled gibberish to themselves.

Sumrak on the B-side is more concerned with the expansive. Here we are faced with the comfort of solitude, pensive dwellings on the pastoral as well as the primeval. In essence, a rural landscape whispering forgotten words to those who dare to listen."

Merg - Den Grå Föreläsningssalen

B-side from the tape with Dror Feiler playing live at Gallery Verkligheten last summer. Available @ http://h-s-p.bandcamp.com !

Dror Feiler - Live på Verkligheten (Side B)

A-side of Apostrof's live gig in Korpilombolo last summer.
Full tape available at http://h-s-p.bandcamp.com !

"In the middle of July, in the north of Sweden, near the Finnish border, an old theatre stands almost abandoned in the small town of Korpilombolo. Somehow the keys to the theatre got handed to two men being stranded in 'Korpi for a week. What ensued is testamented on HSP-005."

Apostrof - Ode till en bergtäkt: Live i Korpilombolo (Side A)

Track from "lgh008" by Komaskrinet. Tape available @ http://h-s-p.bandcamp.com

"We ascend into lgh008 - apartment 8, situated somewhere at Möllan, Malmö. An invite to the inner workings of the domestic sphere, the comfort and the discomfort of everyday life, and to the importance of letting yourself dream away quietly by the kitchen table. All seen through the lens of Hans Tobias Duvefjord (Poetry, Cult Mondays, Ex-Plattenbau).

An offshoot of the usual HSP-output, Komaskrinet crafts a hybrid of it's own - combining influences from video game music, minimal wave, punky pop hooks and some disco thrown in for good measure.

Each track can be seen as it's own "level", where different types of zones are traversed and explored. Together the six tracks (plus a seventh bonus level on purchase!) make out the soundtrack of this exploration, unfolding a sense of place as the album progresses."

Komaskrinet - Veitsi

Snippet from the first track of our latest release, "NOA" by AAVTG. Full release out now on https://h-s-p.bandcamp.com/album/noa!

As if imprisoned in a corrupted digital realm, locked tight within some old obsolete software, AAVTG showcases something familiar, yet distant. There is a coldness present to the palette of sounds presented on NOA, it's not immediate, but slowly creeping out of the cracks. Behind the comforting tone of an ASMR voice, an alarm is screaming out, warning us of the true words being spoken.

AAVTG is the Stockholm-based duo of Annie Andersson and Villiam Törngren González. Together they work as a artist/performance duo, creating improvised sessions where carefully crafted sound worlds emerge, combining elements from forests, machine parks and internet culture to weave new mythologies.

AAVTG - ASMR Bullying

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