to whom it may concern - a newborn baby was in the room.

RevMc

посредством текстовете на валери валериев, стамена дацева и калин петров
by the texts of валери валериев, стамена дацева и калин петров

благодарности / thanks to "Versus" publishing

прочит

Obstinacy Does Not Redeem Anyone is the second track in Hate Devours Its Host, a brand new full-length by Valance Drakes, and its third for Amek. Pre-order up here until September 29: https://amekcollective.bandcamp.com/album/hate-devours-its-host

Four years lay between An Angel In Alliance With Falsehood and Hate Devours Its Host, Valance Drakes’s brand new full-length for Amek Collective. This deeply personal record sets the producer on yet another path of narrative-driven musical alchemy. Without a doubt, Hate Devours Its Host is Valance Drakes’ most atmospheric work to date. Multilayered ambient soundscapes and spiraling melodic debris are used not as a backdrop but as the backbone of the record. The producer's signature intricate rhythmic structures, subterranean basslines, and hypnotizing sample manipulation are entangled in this drifting sonic environment. All these elements become an inseparable and emotionally intense whole.

We watched this album grow and unfold. As with all things Valance Drakes, the music in Hate Devours Its Host seems that it can be experienced in a breath but truly grasping everything that lies within requires patience and attention to detail. All elements in Hate Devours Its Host are carefully considered, meticulously organized, and purposeful. This full-length is another showcase not just of Drakes' sound design and compositional craftsmanship but an honest representation of life as beautiful or punishing as it can get.

Produced by Valance Drakes
Mastered by Marius Costache
Artwork by Nikola Kostov

Amek Collective

Valance Drakes - Obstinacy Does Not Redeem Anyone

името на строежа / pazardzhik blues II

жива композиция за sofia experimental 14.10.2023
live composition for sofia experimental 14.10.2023

преизпълнена и записана вкъщи 16.10.2023
replayed and recorded at home 16.10.2023

ars memoria is about art as remembering.

ars memoria

За всички низвергнати, вечно мразени, неразбрани синове и дъщери на грозния свят. Тези, които винаги взимат грешния избор, пропити с вина и себеотрицание. Танцуващите по върха на острието, безкомпромисни и с бездънни сърца. Когато лягането вечер не е достатъчно и събуждането крещи неволя. Последното оръжие е искреността.

www.offbeatsofia.com/shows/bezdaren

BEZDAREN 19.10.23

"Pre-Memory Fatal" is the opening track of Vanishing Standards III. The third installment of our compilation series releases on December 18 on tape & digital at: http://amekcollective.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Nikola Kostov.
Mastering by Marius Costache.

Vanishing Standards III

Deffektegg - Pre-Memory Fatal

Vanishing Standards III releases on December 18 on cassette & digital at: http://amekcollective.bandcamp.com

Invisible Monsters

Composed for On Air On Site 2024

"The Eternal City," existing between physical and temporal space, is a translation of a mind map depicting the city of Sofia and its current soundscape. This piece offers a transcription of a physical walk transformed into sound, capturing the essence of places in the present moment, based on my inner perception of the city. This process facilitated the amplification of certain characteristics that would otherwise remain unnoticed.
Growing up in Sofia, I became intimately familiar with it, knowing its streets and landmarks like the palm of my hand. However, since leaving the city nine years ago, I have been forced to deconstruct my memories of places, routes, textures, trees, and sounds. Stepping back into the city now, a wave of nostalgia washes over me. Although I no longer have a physical home there, it still holds a place in my heart.
This piece draws inspiration from Bulgarian poet Elena Deneva and is named after her poem "La Città Eterna." Her words convey the weight of eternal cities in one's memory and evoke the idea of temporal and physical displacement, which served as the foundation for this map.

La Città Eterna

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@SynaesthesiaCollective
@SofiaUnderground

името на строежа / pazardzhik blues II

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