Drowned By Locals marks its fifth anniversary with a three-volume digital anthology and a limited printed manifesto, Black Circle, written by Ian Bruner and published by Drowned By Public.

drownedbylocals.bandcamp.com/album/porn…c-tantalus

Rather than serving as a retrospective, the anthology traces the label’s evolving sound, its expanding cohort of misfits, and its unfolding trajectory. Across the three volumes, DBL assembles new works, long-buried material, and contributions from artists connected to the label through releases, radio, dormant ideas, or future intentions. Taken together, they form a portrait of the label’s instinctive curatorial logic — pairing worlds that should not, by any reasonable measure, coexist.

Release Schedule 
Volume I: Pornographic-Time, Vol. I — The Pornographic-Tantalus — November 28, 2025 
Volume II: Pornographic-Time, Vol. II — The Continuous Present — December 19, 2025 
Volume III: Pornographic-Time, Vol. III — The Horizonless Interface — January 30, 2026

All volumes draw their titles and thematic direction from Black Circle. The manifesto describes “pornographic-time” as a condition in which desire is continuously activated but never fulfilled. It’s the experience of being pulled outward by images, demands, and expectations faster than one can return to oneself. You remain visible, but rarely seen.

Each volume adopts a different facet of this state.

Volume I — The Pornographic-Tantalus
“Each gesture toward conclusion makes the object recede. Tantalus stands beneath bowed fruit trees, but as she moves to consume, the branch bends away. With each pang of thirst, the water ebbs further.”

Volume II — The Continuous Present
“Because of its accelerated pace, pornographic-time both appears and vanishes instantly—a cybernetic loop, a continuous present. Overfull and empty. Life collapses into micro-moments that disappear as soon as they arrive.”

Volume III — The Horizonless Interface
“Both the targeted individual and the pornographic-Tantalus occupy the time-space of the horizonless interface, hived in algorithmic neurological pathways and pathologies, resulting in a bare life layered with compulsive and neurotic loops of behavior.”

Black Circle expands these ideas into print, combining Bruner’s text with visual contributions from more than twenty artists. Released in a hand-numbered run of 100 copies, it will be available independently or bundled with the anniversary T-shirt. All physical editions include the full three-volume digital anthology.

releases November 28, 2025

Mastered by Rashad Becker at Clunk Studio, Berlin
Artwork & design by Giovanni Murolo
Curation by Laith Demashqieh
Manifesto: Black Circle — text by Ian Bruner (published by Drowned By Public, printed edition: hand-numbered run of 100 copies)

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Pornographic-Time, Vol. I: The Pornographic-Tantalus

Betty Hammerschlag - Wiggle Wiggle

Sam Bell is a musician and visual artist from the south coast of the UK. Sam has long been a part of the scene, starting labels such as videogamemusic and oob, as well as having a show on NTS. Last year, he released album of imagined minecraft music for the label quern. Following his tradition of quietly self-releasing music and his love for video games, he released ‘hey’ in August 2024. Weaving through video game OSTs and piano roll tutorials, Sam Bell manipulates and stretches audio into a sound all his own. Now, we will be re-releasing this beautiful project on Portraiture! 

100% of profits from this release will be split between Refugee Action, supporting refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK, & Hope Not Hate, a charity tackling the rise of organised far-right movements and the issues and policies responsible.

www.refugee-action.org.uk
hopenothate.org.uk

samb_rules - medium

@sagacharlotte

'November is Groupers month. Breaking blending ambient mix and Grouper.'

Harold Budd, Brian Eno – Lost in The Humming Air
Eli-O – The Night When the Moon Turns Blue
Oliver Coates – Swimming pool - sky
Oliver Coates – Bus
Tim Hecker – No Drums
410 – Alice [only first few seconds]
William Basinski – Melancholia III
Grouper – Living Room
klein – gate of return
Grouper – No Other
Grouper – Being Her Shadow
saga charlotte – Living Room (Grouper cover)

Portrait 005 - saga charlotte - looking for the place the spirit meets the skin

tracklist:
New Recording 190
New Recording 191
New Recording 192
New Recording 194
New Recording 197
New Recording 198
New Recording 199
New Recording 200
New Recording 201
New Recording 202
New Recording 204
New Recording 205
New Recording 206
New Recording 208

a way

phantom step

healsong

workbooks

inferior design brings wips, many rips and that whooshey ear-throb sound your blood makes (think ear infection though) to Kiosk. Maybe some music too!

In Unison w/ inferior design @ Kiosk Radio 16.12.2025

essential

http://www.maxisciences.com/l%E9zard/le-lezard-jesus-christ-un-etonnant-reptile-qui-peut-courir-sur-l-039-eau_art33260.html (turn the sound off please)

basilic (video in description)

✎ run Biome Tapes 
Ϣ 1/2 ASP Doze

➵ upcoming gigs:

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➵ past gigs:

• 25/07/2026 : Glomere Berg fest (Rorà, IT) w/ G. Erasmus
• 02/05/2024 : Brasserie Illegaal (Bxl, BE)
• 11/05/2024 : Container City (NeueSchachtel, DE)
• 12/05/2024 : Zurich (CH) 
• 13/05/2024 : La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH)
• 15/05/2024 : Diamant d'Or (Strasbourg, FR)
• 17/11/2023 : Rumsteek, Brussels (be)
• 24/09/2023 : i.u Tales vol.3 release, the Hague (ndl)
• 02/08/2023 (w/ ASP Doze) : La Magie Saint-Arnoult 41 (Fr)
• 19/07/2023 w/ ASP Doze : Illegaal (bxl)
• 25/06/2023 w/ ASP Doze : ZK (bxl)
• 04/2023 IT/FR tour w/ Pairi Daiza & Apulati Bien
• 20/01/2023 : Sterput (Bxl, Be)
• 15/10/2022 w/ ASP Doze : Atoma (Forest, Bel)
• 17/09/2022 w/ ASP Doze : GC De Kroon (Berchem-saint-Agathe, Be)
• 02/08/2022 : Buvette du parc Josaphat (Schaerbeek, Belgique)
• 15/06/2020 : chaussée de Drogenboos (Drogenboos, Belgique) 
• 23/11/2019 : IVECO NU (Noisy-le-Sec, France)
• 07/11/2019 : w/ Fiona Le tipi (Molenbeek, Belgique)
• 20/10/2019 : w/ Gemini Headset Le Student (Schaerbeek, Belgium)
• 29/09/2019 : Jardin C (Nantes, France)
• 28/09/2019 : le Forum (Brest, France)
• 27/09/2019 : Papier timbré (Rennes, France)
• 04/08/2019 : the Jardinade 2 (Lieu-dit Castex, Gratens, France)
• 03/07/2019 : 13 rue Hector-Denis (Brussels)
• 21/06/2019 : ISAC festival, Brigittines (Brussels) 
• 04/05/2019: Studio City Gate (Brussels)
• 23/04/2019: Dizonord (Paris)
• 08/ 11/2018 : Het bos (Antwerp, Belgium)
• 28/07/2018 : Montvalent festival (Montvalent, France) 
• 25/05/2018 : le Zorba (Paris, France)
• 21/06/2018 : Nadine (Molenbeek, Belgium)
• 30/03/2018 : Av. Jan Stobbaerts 96 (Schaarbeek, Belgium)
• 23/03/2018 :  ERG open (Saint-Gilles, Belgium)
• 19/03/2018 : Rumsteek (Anderlecht, Belgium)
• 22/02/2018 : Gouvernement (Ghent, Belgium)
• 13/02/2018 : la Serre (Ixelles, Belgium)
• 20/01/2018 : Brasserie Atlas (Belgium)
• 21/01/2018 : BAM (Lille, France)
• 31/12/2017 : rue Hector Denis (Ixelles, Belgium)
• 16/11/2017 : Carrefour Stalle (Belgium)

basilic (video in description)

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