Darkside - Things Behind The Sun (feat. Tamara) (Nick Drake Cover)

Final 15 - A Ghostly 15 Playlist Curated by Michael Cina

"Anyone that knows me, knows that my main passion is music. I spend all day listening to music at work and my vinyl collection of 16k pieces greets me when I get home. I knew about Ghostly International before they contacted me in the early 2000’s and we would write off and on. They used to send me big packages of white labeled vinyl, it was decadent.

Late 2007 I got a call from Ghostly asking if I was up for designing a new single for Dabrye. It was a dream come true and I feel like I found a friend who really understood me. I have had the distinct privilege to design over 100 covers for Ghostly, and that is only the half of it.

When they asked me to do a compilation, I was all about it. I wanted to do three or more compilations because I wanted to segment it up into different sections (Ghostly, SMM and Spectral). It is impossible to reduce the entire label to 15 tracks. Ghostly is dynamic, they don’t fit one sound, genre or idea.

So I approached it as a mixtape of sorts. I tried to find a common thread that spoke to me and create a mood around that idea. Some of my favorite tracks are not on here. JDSY 'Horizon Line' makes my head spin. Choir of Young Believers 'Paralyse' takes me to another place. There are so many more.

What you are hearing some songs that have spoken to me over the years in a distinct way. I don’t feel like they are obvious choices but they all are nothing short of amazing. I hope this compilation helps you see a different side of one of the best labels to ever do it." - Michael Cina

KILN - Rustdusk

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02 SineRider - Multiply
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07 SineRider - In The Spring
08 Shingo Nakamura - Hakodate (SineRider Remix)

US-based producer SineRider presents his first original EP on Silk Music. Entitled "Twilight", this release features 7 new tracks, as well as a well-known remix of Shingo Nakamura.

Kicking off the release is "Together", featuring blissful melodies and subtle bassline notes in the background. Beautiful pads emerge later, the continuous variation of which renders this cut a melodic masterpiece. A soft piano line introduces "Multiply", which is later accompanied by lush synths and breathtaking melodies. A stunning breakbeat adds delicious texture later in the song. The title track, "Twilight", features stunning and dreamy rhodes melodies and subtle percussion elements in the background. Later, numerous pad layers create a hypnotizing atmosphere. In "South", an otherworldly soundscape is quickly established, which features mesmerizing pads, breathtaking melodies, and incredibly well-crafted percussion lines. "A Self Portrait" includes a unique piano lead with delicate pad lines, as well as subtle bassline notes beneath for additional texture. A beautiful piano melody introduces "To Care When No One Else Does", and fascinating pad layers emerge later. In the second half of the song, an elegant guitar line showcases new harmonies. As the last original track on this release, "In The Spring" takes off with hypnotizing piano melodies and soothing pad layers. Captivating synths and outstanding melodies are added as the song progresses. Previously featured on Silk Music in mixed form on Only Silk 03, SineRider's remix of Shingo Nakamura's "Hakodate" is now available in full length. Subtle, yet prominent bassline notes and intriguing melodies are at play in this one, as well as astonishing percussion work.
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South

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Pre-order the album 'Aforger' out October 14th on LP/CD/DL here: http://phonofile.link/aforger

In a digital age where memories are mimicked by pixels and identity is as malleable as static, Douglas Dare’s new album Aforger questions the boundaries between reality and fiction. 

Inspired by recent events and revelations encountered in his life these songs depict Dare at his most vulnerable, whilst simultaneously reflecting our own obsession with reality and technology back at us.  

Aforger was mixed at the iconic Abbey Road Studios and produced by long-time collaborator Fabian Prynn. In the following conversation Douglas strips back the personal journeys and realisations which preceded its recording.

In a conversation with Douglas Dare on July 11th 2016:

The album title plays with the idea of a forger – someone creating imitations or copies, and reimagines them as the creator of something that’s no longer real. Prior to writing the record, I came out to my father and came out of a long relationship, both were hugely challenging for me and questioned my idea of identity and reality. These thoughts leaked out into the record and formed the core of Aforger. I was determined not to write a break-up album or repeat what I’d done before..

I grew up on quite an isolated farm in Dorset, surrounded by fields and not much besides. My mother taught piano from home and we didn’t have a computer, or the internet or mobile phones. In fact, my family still chooses not to use these things. It’s worlds apart from my life now in London where technology seems to dominate everything I do.

After finding out my boyfriend had been leading this double-life, I became obsessed with the question of what is real and George Orwell’s 1984 felt appropriate for me to re-read. Orwell explains this idea of reality control and Doublethink, and it struck a chord with me. The idea that truth can be steered or changed, and we might be able to believe two contradictory things at once. In my case, ignorance was my protection from the truth and ignorance really is bliss, until you’re no longer ignorant.

Binary talks about the idea that technology is allowing us to live on after we’re gone. A relative of mine whose parent passed away kept a picture of them on their phone as a background image. A friend saw this and asked ‘how can you have that there to constantly remind you of your loss?’ They replied, ‘no I have to, it shows me that they’re still here’. This resonated with me and I thought ‘okay, this is just an image to me but to them it’s more than a reminder or a reassurance, it’s a reality’. At the same time, I was finding myself haunted by the digital reminder of my ex-partner and wishing they would disappear. I had to realise that it’s all just pixels on a screen. 

I think New York can be thought of as this fabricated, magical place. I was there with my boyfriend after touring the U.S., but when I came back to London I discovered all these lies and began questioning everything. I even questioned whether New York actually happened or not. New York is a song that’s literally describing that very real feeling of not knowing who or what to believe any more – scary and magical at the same time. 

Lyrically I wanted to be as honest as possible. The album deals with so much dishonesty, so I felt the lyrics had to be the counterbalance. I was inspired by Björk’s album Vulnicura and how everything is almost awkward in its honesty. Like my first album, Aforger started as poetry, but I consciously tried to be less poetic. For instance, Oh Father is an example of complete unambiguity. It’s certainly the most personal song I’ve put out there, and the realisation that people may hear it makes me feel very vulnerable. That’s the most real feeling of all for me right now. 

Aforger

Doublethink

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Douglas Dare - Doublethink

From a forthcoming album (we're still working on).

LYRICS
The truth you heard
The island of her youth
Down on the ice
The usual stars pass by

Along the shore
You look so cold
In the white winter sun
I couldn’t write another line

We fix our gaze
The single strand of light
Caught in the air
We’re captured in the glow

We stay out late
To catch the world we knew
We move farther away
Our sight failing in the low gray

Sometimes it comes in waves
Sometimes it comes, it comes in pieces
Soon they say, soon they say

(Hollie Kenniff)

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We Dream Of Eden - When I Looked Up

So psyched to announce our next LP release - Borealis, the debut collaborative LP from pianist / producer John Hayes and electronic musician Maxy Dutcher. Together they weave a lush tapestry of neo-classical sensibilities and driving electronic elements with influences from trance, dance, and abstract music. Their LP drops on September 25th and is now available for pre-order, along with the album's stunning lead single Arch Dance.

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