Italian artist Jolanda Moletta returns following her acclaimed 2022 album Nine Spells, which reconnected her with her female ancestors with a new album called Night Caves. This is a transformative album that delves deep into themes of ancestry, nature, and inner exploration. Through field recordings and vocal performances captured inside ancient sea and mountain caves in Italy, Jolanda forged a profound connection between her music and the land, weaving a sonic narrative of healing, self-discovery, and belonging.

Caves, as symbols of the unconscious, serve as the album’s central motif. Jolanda describes them as sanctuaries for humanity, offering insights into ancient spirituality and creative expression. In these spaces she confronted her own shadow-self, fears, and hidden treasures, ultimately rediscovering the creative fire within. The album’s artwork features photos of these caves, interwoven with black-and-white self-portraits which reflect the duality of light and shadow, serving as portals to the inner and outer worlds. Jolanda's art bridges these realms, inviting listeners to explore their own subconscious and creative potential.

At the heart of Night Caves lies Jolanda’s artistic philosophy. She describes her work as 'Sonic and Visual Spells,” which connect the audience to their own intuition and inner world. Drawing inspiration from archetypes and shared cultural symbols, Jolanda’s creations transcend the boundaries of time, space, and tradition. Her holistic approach integrates music, imagery, and symbolism to craft immersive experiences that inspire transformation. The human voice, she believes, is a bridge between the visible and the invisible, with the power to evoke emotions, spark imagination, and connect listeners to their deeper selves.

Jolanda’s journey as an artist has been marked by critical acclaim. Her 2022 album Nine Spells, crafted entirely with her voice, earned her a performance at Le Guess Who? Festival in the Netherlands and was featured on Bandcamp Daily, Spotify’s Best of Ambiente 2022, and prominent radio platforms such as KEXP and Soho Radio. In Night Caves, Jolanda expands on her commitment to blending sound and visuals, offering listeners not just an album, but an invitation to experience art as a sacred, transformative ritual.

Credits:
Written and produced by Jolanda Moletta
Mastering by Rafael Anton Irisarri
Artwork by Jolanda Moletta
Design by Andrew Heath

Night Caves

wlr177 Jolanda Moletta - Night Caves

Glow

prophet 08 -> lofi junky -> el capistan -> big sky -> ears

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Les nuits étoilées ne nous voient plus

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Here's my musical resonance to this week's haiku from @naviar-records. 
A two-note bell ringing above a flowery meadow.

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku580-quiescence/

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Quiescence (naviarhaiku580)

They hid Redwake Station so deep in the mountains that even the mapmakers conveniently forgot it. Snow muffles everything around it, but the structure hums faintly beneath the frost, as if it never learned how to sleep. The upper tower leans like it’s listening for something in the treeline, while the house below sags under the weight of too many winters and too many secrets.

Red lanterns still burn along the walkway, a holdover from the early containment protocols. Their glow isn’t meant to guide visitors. It’s meant to warn whatever lies inside not to wander too far.

The researchers who once lived here were convinced they’d isolated a frequency older than human breath, a vibration hidden in the bedrock of the world. They called it the Deep Pulse. When played aloud, it rearranged thoughts, then memories, then will.

Redwake was built to study the phenomenon. Or maybe to quarantine it. The documents never agree.

What’s certain is this: one night the station sent a final transmission, a distorted tone that rattled across nearby settlements, followed by a single word rendered untranslatable by every modern system. After that, silence.

Now the lights glow again. The snow around the stilts is disturbed.

The Void Remembers. 

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Redwake Station Part 3 - Deep, Sci-fi, Nature Ambient [Sleep/Study/Relaxation]

"Means of Knowing" is an exchange with the world, an effort to know it and ourselves more deeply. Like a long walk on a favorite path and the introspection and observation that such a journey inspires, it is an album full of constantly evolving interplay between natural and imagined sound sources. Tactile sounds from the physical world combine with textured, processed synthesis to evoke the depth of experience available to us every day. 


All music written and recorded by Hotel Neon 
Additional mixing by Matt Kidd 
Mastering by Rafael Anton Irisarri 
Vocals in 'Referent' & 'Unseen Landscapes' by Lacey Tasselmyer 
Artwork by Steven Kemner 
CD Photography by Alexander Kopatz 

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