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Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon

Pre-order now available: https://handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/upward-eyes-kindred

Handstitched* is thrilled to announce the next installment of the split-artist series, Ian Hawgood and Fields We Found feature alongside each other for an outing of outstanding musical composure and tranquility. 

Ian's music needs little introduction, with many releases and collaborations under his belt on numerous well-known labels - to say he's prolific is pretty close to the mark. Ian also curates the wonderful Home Normal label, here in the UK. "upward eyes" is seriene, slow-moving and hauntingly subtle, prolonged space fills the moments we frequently overlook and leaves time for reflection during a quiet time spent in an open space. We are honoured to have his debut EP "upward eyes" featuring on Handstitched*. 

Fields We Found has just released his outstanding album "Distance" on the lovely Seil Records, which has been on constant rotation here at Handstitched* over the past month - and the new EP "kindred" is equally as moving, graceful and bewitching. The equilibrium and expression within "kindred" is harmonious - and at the same time, quietly sonorous.

Fields We Found and Ian Hawgood are both welcomed to Handstitched* with many thanks and admiration for their respective musical works as part of the split-artist series, it's great to have them visiting Handstitched* for this special release.

Limited to 50 copies. Released on mini CD-r and sage green cassette with hand-made packaging, tape O-cards and unique designs for each CD package. [HS45/45T]. 

Released August 12.

Ian Hawgood / Fields We Found - upward eyes/kindred [HS45/T S4mpl3r]

Taken from '10' (MFM066)
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Just Ducking Around

B2. Terekke – Just Ducking Around

Noah - Plerumque

From Album "Bird at Sunrise" (epcd 137)
February 14, 2025 on sale

more info : https://7ep.net/item/epcd137/

Bird at Sunrise

Kid Wave

I Am Robot And Proud / Kid Wave

Pre-order now available: https://handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/vikande-bl-nuages

Handstitched* is thrilled to announce the next split-artist EP in the series by two always consistent artists in their own rights; Old Amica and Aiko Takahashi have both released music which has been well-received on well-respected labels, such as IIKKI and Dronarivm, their contrasts in sound compliment each other with a calmness running throughout both the artists' work.

"Vikande blå” & "Nuages" is issued on dual-format, limited edition tape and mini double CD featuring individually hand-bound and hand-cut collage CD wallets made from vintage materials, washi tape and papers, a special print edition of four unique designs for the [tape] O-cards to house the c45 cassettes. Each CD copy is hand-numbered and packed inside glassine bags, tape copies are packed inside a clear eco bag.

Vikande blå / Nuages - S4mpl3r [HS57]

with @scottg_ailey

live recording @ becky way, salt spring island, bc. 

you're me - lucidity

MIX FOR DAZED DIGITAL

All DMX vocals affected by @LILINTERNET unless noted as "DRY"

1.  "Lord Give Me A Sign" A Capella
2.  DMX Prayer 1 / Dark Side of the Audio System- Loop 8
3.  DMX Prayer 2 / William Baskinski- El Camino Real
4.  DMX Prayer 3 / Leyland Kirby- The Sound of Music Vanishing
5.  DMX Prayer 4 / Mark Fell- Multistability 4
6.  DMX Prayer 5 / Devastated by @LILINTERNET
7.  DMX Prayer 6 / Dry, Video Interview Rip

DMX PRAYER MONUMENT AMBIENT MIX FOR DAZED DIGITAL

Sleepless

Our third release will be this meditative masterpiece by Takashi Kokubo. 

Containing three tracks from the Sanyo air conditioner classic 'Get At The Wave' with a previously unreleased 15 minute 'Ocean Breeze' on the b side. 

Available for pre-order @ www.lagrecords.com

Underwater Dreaming

Available on vinyl, CD and digital formats: https://bbemusic.lnk.to/Tachibana
The desire to discover and delve into new and unexplored areas of music has turned attention on the Japanese jazz scene of the 1970s, often regarded as its gilded age. The recent ground-breaking sell-out BBE compilation J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz from Japan 1969-1984 threw much needed light on this fascinating era and presented a range of artists and music that surprised and delighted all who heard it. A key track on the compilation was one of the rarest and least known: Dead Letter by the Tohru Aizawa Quartet, taken from ‘Tachibana’, an album so elusive that some pondered whether it even existed.

The album, Tachibana, was recorded in 1975 and, until included on the J Jazz compilation, was unknown except to a small group of obsessive Japanese jazz collectors.  The privately pressed record was the only album made by the Quartet, four amateur musicians who were university students at the time. The session was financed by a local businessman, Ikujiroh Tachibana, who pressed up a few hundred copies to use as a business card. In the intervening 40 odd years since its recording, few copies have surfaced, making it an in-demand yet elusive artefact from the golden age of Japanese jazz. BBE Records are honoured to present a fully authorised reissue of this holy grail, licensed directly from the band themselves.

Tachibana has all the necessary components of a cult album: pressed in small numbers, a few mysterious and vague details about its origins, languishing in obscurity for decades and, above all, superb musical craftsmanship and skill. It can now be enjoyed by a new audience around the world.
The album opens with the dynamic percussion work-out Philosopher’s Stone written by the then law-student and drummer Tetsuya Morimura. It propels along with the band at full pelt, showcasing Morimura’s well-developed drumming style. For a teenage amateur player to compose and perform such an accomplished and impressive piece is a testament to the talent that the band contained. Philosopher’s Stone is followed by Sacrament, an epic modal composition by saxophonist Kyoichiro Morimura that fans of Wayne Shorter, Pharoah Sanders and late-era John Coltrane will appreciate. After an extended intro the band drop into a heavy, churning groove, Morimura’s saxophone scorching above the volcanic rhythm section.
Dead Letter, written by Aizawa himself, is an epic piano led symphony of spiritual jazz. Think McCoy Tyner at his imperial finest and you’ll get a flavour: impact, emotion and power all suffuse to create a overwhelming experience. Amazingly, this is still the only Aizawa composition yet to be recorded.
The Tachibana album also includes two cover versions, both Latin flavoured numbers delivered with élan and brio: La Fiesta by Chick Corea and the classic Samba de Orfeu by Luiz Bonfá.

So, just five tracks in total, the sole existing evidence of an astonishing band, the Tohru Aizawa Quartet.

The long-awaited reissue of this mythic album will include new liner notes and photos, plus fully translated notes from the original Japanese text. The album will be presented in an authentic thick card gatefold sleeve in a faithful reproduction of the original sleeve design.

Tohru Aizawa Quartet - La Fiesta

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Artwork by Joseba Eskubi.
https://jazebaqti.bandcamp.com/

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We're pleased to announce our last physical single of 2018 - a double a-sided 7" from Souleance aka Soulist & FULGEANCE. "François" and "Sète" (premiered by Huey Morgan on BBC 6 Music this weekend) are from the forthcoming 'French Cassette' release, dropping next year on First Word Records. This one is out next Friday 30th November on digital and vinyl from all good record shops. 
artwork © Alice Dufay / mastered by Blanka

Pre-Order: kud.li/fw184
Bandcamp > souleance.bandcamp.com/album/fran-ois-s-te

François 7"

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François

The Vernon Spring - Another

** DIGITAL RELEASE 01/06/2020 - VINYL RELEASE 18/06/2020 **

The Underwater Island is a collection of four tracks from Grenoble based producer Denis Morin. Philosopher, gardener, father and sonic explorer. Our friendship dates back over a decade, with some of this music first shared during a visit to Glasgow almost 5 years to the day - when 12th Isle the label was but an idea. For ISLE009, Vague Imaginaires gifts us with autobiographical field recordings, FM synthesis and skilled sound design inspired by the ocean and the Drac river which flows through the mountains of his city. Harmonising natural sound sources with digital realms, he navigates through minimalism, ambient techno and flashes of dub inspiration. Morin combines these musical ideas with Roland TR-8, 303 emulations, hydrophone recordings and vocal fragments from Tunisia, Morocco and Vercors Massif.

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/l-le-sous-leau

Vague Imaginaires - L'Île Sous l'Eau (ISLE009)

'Atan' & 'Stel' snippets by Atoris, a Japanese electronic impro-trio consisting of Yudai Osawa, Kohey Oyamada and H. Takahashi.

MUSIC & MASTERING by H.Takahashi, Yudai Osawa & Kohei Oyamada
RISOPRINT by Risiko Press, ARTWORK by Jj funhouse , PUBLISHED by Jj funhouse, 2020

http://www.jjfunhouse.com/catalogue/jj021

Atoris - Atoris (JJ021 preview) (Releasedate: 30.06.2020)

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