https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/colour-kinetica-bc095

The Dormon brothers have been honing their craft since the 90's. Releasing a raft of albums and EPs on some great labels like Piehead, Lom, Senton, Progerik and the seminal Toytronic, over the years. "Toytronic" in particular, was one of the labels that inspired what we do here at Bricolage. It had a huge impact on me as a teenager and the Multiplex "Pinghaus Frequencies" album from the label was constantly on rotation in my bedroom. It's pretty surreal that now, more than twenty years after hearing that album, we can welcome them onto the label. The world works in magical ways.

"Multiplex recordings are far from the standard studio format, as we build up the tracks on two sets of music equipment, in two countries, with two biased opinions of what the final result should be. But instead of fighting for control of the studio and the mix, we surrender control of our ideas to each other, which has worked well so far."

The result makes for raw, analogue chaos. When they go hard they go all in but there's also the other side that seeps through with their more textured electronica that breezes along so smoothly.

The "Colour Kinetica" album has all the Multiplex hallmarks. Abrasive yet vibrant melodies, cyber basslines and elastic rhythms. They take the genre's bleeps and bass elements and put them through their own audio grinder to create a unique brand of head spinning electro.

"Colour Kinetica" is their first new album in quite some time and it's safe to say it's been worth the wait as we get to enter into an innovative sonic realm. 


https://soundcloud.com/user-64321338

Colour Kinetica

Multiplex - Citra21 (from the "Colour Kinetica" album)

Multiplex - The Long Way Ohm (from the "Colour Kinetica" album)

this is my contribution to the 10-year anniversary compilation album released by Bricolage (https://soundcloud.com/bricolage-g5) - available here - https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/x-bc094

I have been a big fan of this label for a long time, as well as the founder John whose music you can find here https://soundcloud.com/fragilex
it takes a very special commitment and love for music to do this for 10 years - identifying and highlighting great talent across the SC community - and John exemplifies that.

this track was made for this release, and is a bit of snapshot into where I am right now. more to follow.

made, as always, with Reason 13 on a Panorama P6, apogee duet, and sennheiser HD-650. 
this uses instruments from spitfire audio, klevgrand, and reasonstudios.
final mastering done by Bricolage. 

note: this is not available to download as it's part of the overall release. please consider buying the full compilation from bandcamp as it has some really great artists on it.

troubled (part of Bricolage X compilation)

Ambient minimalism is gaining momentum. Some would argue that evoking atmosphere is harder than sequencing beats, and Fragments of Silence is proof. Laden with lush textures and ambient leanings, the album invites deep listening.

This 8-track LP marks the debut collaboration between Synthbiont, Anassimandrus, and Sacred Seeds: three artists with distinct sensibilities, united by a shared affinity for ambient, experimental, and dub techno sounds. Their convergence sets the tone for a singular, immersive experience.

Fragments of Silence is not background music. It’s a serious body of work that commands attention. It’s an hour-long descent into a vacuum chamber. An environment that evolves, coils, shifts, and builds toward dissonance and stillness.

Each track is grounded in a strong atmospheric character, unfolding with deliberate progression. The album leans heavily into experimental minimalism, imagine dark tunnels, ominous energy fields, and brooding landscapes.

Fragments of Silence is one of those albums that explores the intersection of distinct creative temperaments, marked by structure, mood, and experimentation. The result is an album that flows with intention and feeling, creating a space that listeners can fully sink into.

Description by SreeLakshmy 

Sacred Seeds is an ambient electronic music project by Wasim, founded in 2014 in Calicut, Kerala (India). Blending synthesis, field recordings, and experimental sound design, Sacred Seeds’ music explores the interplay between organic and electronic textures.

Sacred Seeds has performed at renowned festivals such as Magnetic Fields, Hilltop Festival, and Bloom in Green, sharing the stage with influential artists like Gaudi, OTT, Suduaya, and Symbolico, and many more.

Synthbiont & Anassimandrus is the ambient/experimental/dub techno project born at the end of 2018 by the collaboration between Nicolò Faggiani and Tommaso Gobbo. Their musical background comes from different musical experiences as DJs, vinyl collectors, and founders of EMC series. Their performances and music are composed through the elaboration of different digital and analog sources, processed field recordings, and sampling to create unique soundscapes.

Produced and mixed by Nicolò Faggiani and Tommaso Gobbo (Synthbiont & Anassimandrus) (1,2,5,6) and Wasim Raja (Sacred Seeds) (3,4,7,8)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Krishnan (Kiss in Silence, Shot on Kodak Tri-X 400, Nikon F100 / 2019, Karnataka)
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Fragments of Silence

Warmth in Silence (Synthbiont & Anassimandrus Rework)

Gray Acres has always been a space for subtlety and restraint, distinct from the denser, more cinematic atmospheres of Hotel Neon. Where that project often explores process, technique, and narrative arcs, Gray Acres tends to be produced "in the moment" and stays still. It lets you think for yourself. Soft Erasure especially embraces that characteristic stillness.

This is the first full-length Gray Acres album since 2021’s “Dreams and Phantoms.” It’s a project that came together slowly with an intentionally light touch…more about dissolving sounds than constructing them. Subtraction vs. addition.

The title Soft Erasure came about as we noticed a recurring quality across the recordings: a sense of tangible things like guitars, pianos, and strings fading, softening, and slipping just out of reach as we shaped and processed them. The music feels like it’s constantly on the verge of vanishing, or being gently wiped away into an indistinct atmosphere. That idea of erasure not as violence, but as gentleness, decay, or transformation, felt like the right metaphor to latch on to. It speaks to memory, distance, and time, and how all of those forces shape and reshape our perception of sound and self.

Musically, this album is built mainly from resampled acoustic instruments: delicate piano lines, sustained strings, frozen and looped guitar textures. Much of the source material was recorded clean, then stretched, blurred, and layered until it became something abstract…like an impression of a song, or a half-remembered phrase. In some ways, we were trying to find the most washed-out and ephemeral version of each sound. The result is a record that is designed less for narrative and more for immersion.

If you’ve followed this project before, I think you’ll hear a natural continuation of its aesthetic. But if you’re new to Gray Acres, this is a great entry point. It’s music that tries not to demand attention, but rewards those who tune in closely for a while.

Gray Acres - Soft Erasure
Music by Andrew & Michael Tasselmyer
Mastered by Alex at Quiet Details

Gray Acres - Vestige

Whitelabrecs presents the debut album by pianist and composer Catherine Tang. She was born in Basel, Switzerland to a Serbian mother and Chinese father, and her music reflects this richly varied cultural background. Beginning with classical piano at the age of four, Catherine later discovered Jazz in her teens, a path that led to studies at the Jazzcampus in Basel where she completed both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Catherine has since established herself as an active presence within the Swiss Jazz scene, performing at major festivals including Montreux Jazz Festival, Gurtenfestival and Offbeat Jazz Festival. Beyond her role as a pianist and composer, she is also bandleader of the quintet ASRA, whose debut album Nocturnal Journey was released by Berlin’s XJAZZ! Music.

Catherine’s work is characterised by an emotional sensitivity to atmosphere and texture, inspired by her surroundings and daily life. Speaking about her process, she explains: “I draw inspiration from the people and everyday moments around me. Simple melodies often come to me through my voice - it’s my way of capturing fleeting ideas and emotions. My approach to composing is very emotional; I need to live and experience things deeply before I can translate them into music. For me, music is a way to process life, to turn raw emotions and experiences into something tangible and meaningful.”

‘Where Do Your Dreams Fly?’ marks Catherine’s first solo release under her own name. Recorded at CopShop studio in Berlin over three days with producer Michael Haves, the sessions centred around an old upright piano which imbued its warm and intimate character throughout the record. Rather than polishing away imperfections, Catherine embraced the mechanical noises of the piano and even the creak of the chair, giving the listener a sense of being present in the room. Additional layers came from expressive synthesizers including the Osmose, Moog Grandmother and Prophet Rev2, carefully woven into the arrangements to expand the depth of the recordings without losing their human touch.

The title was inspired by a line encountered in Shirley Horn’s ‘I Watch You Sleep’ which became the album’s guiding theme. For Catherine, Where Do Your Dreams Fly? is about letting go of self-doubt and external expectations, allowing the music to follow its own path. That openness also found its way into the recording process; the album’s closing piece ‘Nocturnal Returnal’ was captured spontaneously in a final take at the end of the session. It may have been completely unplanned but it became one of Catherine’s favourite pieces for its raw honesty.

Dreamy, textural and immersive, this debut showcases the full extent of Catherine’s deeply personal artistry. It invites the listener into an intimate space that balances fragility with expansiveness, whilst quietly posing a central, open-ended question: where might your own dreams take you, if you were given the freedom to fly? 

Credits
Written and produced by Catherine Tang
Recorded, produced and mixed by Michael Haves at The Cop Shop, Berlin
Mastered by Martin Ruch, at the Control Room in Berlin
Photography by Jérémie Luke Dubois
Artwork by nkl
Art and design by Andrew Heath

Realised with the support of GGG Kulturkick and Sulger-Stiftung.

Where Do Your Dreams Fly?

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wlr195 Catherine Tang - Where Do Your Dreams Fly?

The Volume Settings Folder is the work of Italian artist M. Beckmann from a small town on the outskirts of Padua, in the country’s North-East. His musical journey began in 2004 following two parallel paths; a brief flirtation with progressive and nu-metal and a more enduring exploration into Folk Electronica and Post Rock sounds, gradually leading him to Ambient and Drone music. In 2011 he launched The Volume Settings Folder, self-releasing and also appearing on Organic Industries, EKAR Records, Oscarson, Fallen Metropolis and Whitelabrecs, with the 17th edition of Home Diaries back in 2017. The project has drawn inspiration from an eclectic palette; from Electronica giants such as Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada and Autechre to the Scandinavian nu-jazz of Arve Henriksen and Nils Petter Molvær; drone pioneers such as Rafael Anton Irisarri and the Modern Classical works of Max Richter and Nils Frahm.

The creative process remains rooted in improvisation. Tracks often begin with fragments of guitar, samples, field recordings or synths, layered live using looping techniques, hardware and pedals. Recording is immediate, committing ideas in the moment with minimal post-production. For this latest album entitled ‘Corporate Shamanism’, sessions took place throughout 2023 and 2024, using an array of instruments and tools including acoustic and electric guitar, kalimba, cassette and reel-to-reel tape, hardware including an OP-1 Field, monome norns and a carefully curated chain of pedals and effects. Recordings were captured to handheld devices before being shaped in Ableton Live with only subtle adjustments.

This provocatively titled album ‘Corporate Shamanism’ is free from a strict concept, yet the album carries with it a strong sense of place and time; an impressionistic reflection of autumn and winter by the sea, filtered through nostalgia and calmness. Polaroid photographs from these colder seasons inform the mood, with the music evoking shifting coastal light, perishing temperatures and quiet transformation.

For the artist, these pieces trace connections to landscapes tied to childhood memories and the way they shift with the changing seasons. The result is a deeply atmospheric work that invites stillness, contemplation, and a lingering sense of the familiar. The title ‘Corporate Shamanism’ hints at the pressures of modern life which is a striking contrast to the nostalgic warmth of Polaroid photographs and reel-to-reel tape. Yet in many ways, this album seeks to offer a quiet antidote to an overstimulated world.

Credits
Written and produced by M. Beckmann
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Photography by Filippo Bordigato
Artwork by M. Beckmann
Art and design by Andrew Heath

Corporate Shamanism

wlr194 The Volume Settings Folder - Corporate Shamanism

Dear listeners and lovers of ambient music, mz collection titled Fern Stories was released yesterday on the young and very interesting label Sumbur. The label is aimed at an ambient audience. I am sure you will enjoy it.

Here is the link:

https://sumbur.bandcamp.com/album/fern-stories

Thank you!

Best regards, Ilya

blue light of dew

Masta IQ

A special mix featuring the tracks from the latest album Plato.
https://scapeone.bandcamp.com/album/plato

Plato (Album Mix)

Track taken from the new album 'Dropped Pianos' released through Kranky.

Fluid Radio review:

www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2011/10/dropped-pianos/

Tim Hecker - Sketch 4

Focusing on experimental genres, we aim to provide a space to share in the creative process and spread the experience of inner exploration through musical expression.

Tim Hecker - Sketch 4

Fluid Audio