All tracks performed and recorded by Frederic Mancini on FMI analog synthesizers 
-> instagram.com/feeric.mancini.industries

Ass Tuning

The fourth episode of the Test Pressing series compilations includes tracks from such artists as Memotone, Giuseppe Ielasi, Andrew Pekler, Roméo Poirier, Nikolaienko, Felix Kubin, Jake Muir, Felicity Mangan, Star Searchers, and Tarotplane. 
The first episode was released in 2012 as a debut Muscut record named so and intended to become a label trial, a test of the audience to check whether the world needs one more label with the following episodes in 2018 (Test Pressing II) and 2020 (Test Pressing III). 

Format: 12” LP / DL
Cat. No.: Muscut 30
Series: Test Pressing
Edition: 300 (hand-stamped, hand-numbered)
File under: Ambient, Experimental, Electronic
Release date: August 4, 2023

Tracklist:

(Side A)
01 Memotone - False Cobra
02 Giuseppe Ielasi - Untitled, February 2023
03 Andrew Pekler - Neon Nocturne 
04 Roméo Poirier - Haut Lieu
05 Nikolaienko - Ambianta VI
06 Felix Kubin - Spukflattern

(Side B)
07 Jake Muir - Spindle
08 Felicity Mangan - Wings
09 Star Searchers - Previsual Stingray Motion FX
10 Tarotplane - We Stutter Between


Mastering by: Giuseppe Ielasi 
Graphic design by: (DN) daynight.info
Distribution by: N.E.W.S. (BE) 
Website: www.muscut.org

Test Pressing IV

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VA Test Pressing IV (Muscut 30, 12" comp) excerpts

In a world where violence cloaks itself in speed, hyper-individualism parades as strength, and the superficial is endlessly magnified, Safe Places, Pt. 1 embraces quiet defiance. This is not music for quick consumption but a relationship—unfolding with each listen, revealing new textures and hidden specters over time.

Two years in the making, Safe Places, Pt. 1 is a slow-simmered sonic tapestry, featuring twenty-four acts from across Europe and the UK. This release is a collision of minds, geographies, and imaginations that defy easy categorisation. Some tracks are born from singular, unrepeatable encounters—spontaneous collaborations that resist replication. It stands as a testament to a slow-curated process, where unpredictability and communal creativity reign.

Gritty blends of electronic dirt pop and deconstructed soundscapes, where rhythmic lurches and fragile melodies intertwine in unexpected ways / Vocals dissolve language, and pop elements are warped by loop pedals, creating a unique sonic experience that disorients and captivates / The tracks embody a raw, near-ugly beauty, teetering on the edge of collapse yet unified by a confident melancholic undertone.
At its heart is Natasja Mabesoone’s Leaky Vessel, a white UV print on the cassette case, drawn from Anne Carson’s The Gender of Sound.

“The girl with no door on her mouth” defies patriarchal efforts to silence women—an ancient belief that women’s two mouths (speech and sexuality) must be locked away. Mabesoone’s raw lines channel sirens and Ursula, letting words, paint, or protest spill forth and challenge constraints on the minoritised voice.

Much like these soundscapes, her imagery elevates the overlooked, recasting it as powerful and transformative. Through her art, Mabesoone invites us to reconsider the boundaries between personal and political, ephemeral and enduring.

This double cassette release embodies Swallowing Helmets’ philosophy of music as a vessel for discovery, dialogue, and risk. Safe Places, Pt. 1 favours slow, deep engagement over instant gratification—embracing the leaky, unpredictable paths where things seep, spill, and transform.

We are deeply grateful to all the artists for placing their trust in us and for their incredible patience throughout this journey.
A heartfelt thank you to Natasja Mabesoone for contributing her powerful artwork, which encapsulates the spirit of this release.

Concept and Design: Maarten Raskin
Artwork: Natasja Mabesoone
Mastering: A.P. Mastering and Post
Duplication: Headless Duplicated Tapes
Catalogue Number: SH18
Release Date: 13 February 2025 

Orphids - Dark Surfing

Another Request

Album: Lise Barkas & Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy [Notions de Confort] (CD)
Release Date: October 1, 2025

[Tracklist]
1. Notions de Confort 1
2. Notions de Confort 2
3. Notions de Confort 3
4. Notions de Confort 4
5. Notions de Confort 5
6. Tu sauras mieux après
7. Notions de Confort 6

Lise Barkas: Hurdy-gurdy, telephone, 14 and 20 inches bagpipes, brother 210 typewriter
Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy: Floor tom, drum stick, metal tray, tape, Blooper pedal, Zoia pedal, Fun pedal by Feeric Mancini. Recording and mixing.

Mastering by Julien Sénélas.

Thanks to:
Confort Moderne team, Nage Libre / Jazz à Poitiers team, Hélène Marian, Leo Okagawa, and the French toasts

Lise Barkas & Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy / Notions de Confort 4 (excerpt)

Rébecca Bonté - La fin du début

Deeat Palace -No host

Un corps froid allongé au milieu de la salle, 
la lumière de la fenêtre d'un bleu irréelle obscurcit l'intrus.
Vous l'observez depuis l'entrée, vous éforcant de saisir son identité:
Il reste indéterminable mais étrangement familier.
Vous vous approchez lentement et vous rend compte, avec surprise, qu'il n'y avait rien.
Vous ne pouvez pas retourner en arrière, la mort vous attends.
On ne voit rien ici.
- @bintahaha

Dada Chen! - Thus Things Flow Away 逝者如斯 (2015)
NYZ - MTNAM_6_SRi::stationONE_is_ON (2017)
Kuniaki Haishima - Melody Of The Underworld (2008)
Osvaldo Coluccino - Atto 1 (2012)
Naaahhh - Blooz (2017)
Laurent Fairon - The Elocunionist (2016)
Esther Vonrooy & Lander Gyselink - So It Goes (2012)
Yximallo - Retrocomission (1986)
Forbidden Siren Comercial (Long Version) (2003)
Saori Kobayashi - Fall Of The Ancient World (2002)
Untold - The Messenger (2014)
Susumu Ueda - Fukashigi Na Sign (2003)
Swaggerjack - Act 1 (2015)
Cibo Matto - Clouds (1999)
Nick James Scavo & Xander Seren - Glandasein (2017)
Akira Yamaoka - White Noiz (2001)
Perception - Mirage (1998)

Spirit Theatre #5 - Something reachable (Bintahaha, December 2017)

The need to inform has transformed seamlessly into a desire to contribute. Platonics 01 reflects our long-term alertness to our surroundings, it is an impulse to reassess our priorities. Some things cannot be left for tomorrow.

Gin&Platonic is the common sense of the long-abandoned extroverts, the newfound introverts, and of those constantly in-between. It's comfortable but challenging at times. A matter of intuition. It's something sentimental about being cynical. It is a state of double-edged irony.

***
respectful but aware
medium and the moment
raw imprint
collecting artifacts & archievements as treats
share & outline
out of a soapbox
long run with a back-up plan
the virgo season

***
Mastered by Dominik Suchý
released July 1, 2018

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Bintahaha – Vuivre

Quantum Natives - Nu Horizons
(QNKK001)

BUY HERE (all proceeds go to refugee charities)
https://quantumnatives.bandcamp.com/album/nu-horizons

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