Taken from 'Flower Knight' (G&P018) by hmurd, out June 27, 2021.

With acclaimed singles out on All Centre and TT, dozens of DJ and live gigs still resonating from the pre-pandemic era, and tracks frequently praised in shows by the likes of Rian Treanor or Beatrice Dillon, hmurd is one to watch. The rising London-based producer and co-founder of Cherche Encore oscillates from refined club-oriented tracks to beatless, code-leaning compositions, often drawing inspiration from computer games and their environments. Following the narrative of one of his latest self-released EPs 'The Grand Exchange', a collection of reworked themes from the cult MMORPG game RuneScape, he now presents a selection of songs from a soundtrack to a fictional game called 'Flower Knight'.

In this mini-album, hmurd documents glimpses of miscellaneous levels of the title game and its likely tricky challenges. Flower Knight is probably 2D. Well it might be 3D. The world is likely to be hostile to the player. It doesn’t exist so these things don’t need to be certain. Relaxed at times and thrilling the next, the captive nature of the gracefully composed collection underlines the relationship of simplicity and imagination. An immersivity fundamental of the sentiment we often hold of the well-aged titles like RuneScape or ICO, and of the relationships we build with the alternate realities they picture. Those endless runs to drop off your fully-loaded inventory, the sound of your catch cooking above the campfire, another gem obtained, a new level unlocked. One of the joys and satisfactions Flower Knight has to offer may lie in its reoccurrence - revealing itself slowly but steadily. Tone to tone, level to level, XP to XP.

Written, produced & mastered by Harry Murdoch (@hmurdoch)
hmurd.net

Artwork by Jiri Macku
jirimacku.tumblr.com

G&P018 🌸

Flower Knight

Digital & Cassette

hmurd - Forgotten Drawbridge

Type: Single
Format: Digital
Releasedate: May 13th 2021
Artwork: Bobbie0rkid
Written & mixed by d'Eon
A&R: Otis Dehaes
Cat. number: HOB26

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d'Eon — 'ECDHE' (HOB26)

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City & i.o - Chaos is God Neighbour [APP005]

01. Desolate Revenant (06:39)
02. Breach (06:27)
03. Omnistack (06:23)
04. Catacomb (05:38) [with Dis Fig]
05. Descendant Cross (05:28)[with x/o]
06. Bleak Chain (05:13) [with x/o]
07. Unkind (04:44) [with Dis Fig]
08. Bomb-blasted Stack (03:52) [with vvilms]
09. Atlatica (03:24)
10. Circling Orc (03:07)
11. Temprorare (02:22)
12. Marrow (02:20)
13. -20+20-20+20-20+20-20 (02:10)
14. Granular Heater (01:34)

Total running time: (59:59)

City & i.o are:
AW — Audio engineering, synth
FC — Vocals, accordion
MP — Drums, guitar, sampler
VX — Vocals, strings
WB — Guitar, synths, piano

Tracks 4 & 7 written by Dis Fig
Track 5 & 6 written by x/o, City & i.o
All lyrics written by the vocalists
Additional production on track 5 by Aaron Wharton
Track 8 features an extensive sample of an untitled piece by vvilms

Artwork by John Blanche
Additional artwork, design, and Tortured Cybernetic Abomination logo by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Sigil by Julian Butterfield
Mastered by Aaron Wharton

City & i.o are from British Columbia, Canada.

Chaos Is God Neighbour

City & i.o - Unkind (feat. Dis Fig)

...and the key hole sheds a small reflection of a light
just enough to illuminate the water´s surface and the ripples that it creates.
as i touch the surface with my finger to distract myself from the loud banging,
I feel a light tap on my shoulder, a light coldness on my back.
maybe its a ghost or maybe it's just a draft...

nothing is forever

Taken from 'Lullaby for the Dead' out July 8th.

@ange_halliwell

Ange Halliwell — 'Valentin' (SLA11)

Rushes
2nd extract of upcoming first album

Album release sept 2022

Video and cover image by Nil Fernandez
See the video here : https://youtu.be/hwe8_oluVn4

Mix & Mastering Lorenzo Targhetta
High Heal 2022

Pablo Altar - Rushes

Dark Descent

@d_viance
♪ ISENGARD presents: GUILDE 2 ♪

"The Isengard Guild is moving towards the light after two years into the shadows. They carried with them fragments from this long brusselian winter, whispered on the ear by several encounters.

Guilde 2 is a dark gem getting hit by the sun."

The tape is accompanied by a poster printed in risography.
We would like to thank all the artists and persons involved in this project.


Release 01/11/2022 on tape / 80 copies
Mastering by Lorenzo Targhetta / Design by Jules Rousselet and Vincent Bentolila
All rights reserved to ISENGARD GUILD3 © /46:08/

Guilde 2

Need Minerals

Dviance - Need Minerals

Ethereal voices and melodies floating through razor-sharp beats. French producer @Ytem has carved out his signature in the music community and continues to broaden his, and our, horizons. With the experience of playing shows from London to Shanghai this mix promises nothing but professional craftsmanship and new audible experiences. Enjoy! 

Tracklist:
Ytem - Choir Intro (demo)
Max Richter - Path 5 (Ytem MMM outro + more vocals edit)
Lorn - Acid Rain 'piano cover' (Ytem Remake + Edit)
Ytem - Masse v2
Ytem - 240920_2
Christopher Larkin - City of Tears (Ytem vocal edit)
Ytem - Fuschia (Ambient Mix) + vocals
Ytem - 030920 piano experiment
Ytem - Eco_3 LOUD

Cover art by @michelebry
Lay out by Oliva Rawlings

Valley Radio 047 - Ytem

version of cover by sega bodega & lafawndah:
https://soundcloud.com/segabodega/teardrop-ft-lafawndah

teardrop

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aircode's Surface Tension on The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/33450-tenniscoats-ryosuke-kiyasu-spykidelic-aircode-cassette-high-bias

aircode's Surface Tension on SilenceAndSound:
https://silenceandsound.me/2023/10/26/aircode/

aircode on Crucial Listening podcast:
https://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/crucial-listening-141-aircode/

SINERAW's MIMETIC FAUNA on SilenceAndSound:
https://silenceandsound.me/2023/08/28/sineraw/

paszka's lapton on The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/33125-the-quietus-best-albums-of-2023-so-far

Somaticae's Kleis among the best albums of 2022 on The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/32400-the-quietus-top-100-albums-of-2022-norman-records

Oroboro's SPIKYMEMORY video on If-Only:
https://ifonlyuk.com/video-premiere-oroboro-spikymemory/

Ursula Sereghy on SHAPE:
https://shapeplatform.eu/2023/ursula-sereghy-i-cant-hear-myself-in-a-city

Ursula Sereghy interviewed for The Wire Magazine: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/thinking-outside-the-box-milos-hroch-interviews-ursula-sereghy

Ursula Sereghy's OK Box among the best albums of 2021 on The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/30903-the-quietus-top-100-albums-of-2021

hmurd's Flower Knight reviewed on RA:
https://ra.co/reviews/34044

toiret status' liquid house on The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/30921-best-tapes-of-2021

toiret status' liquid house on Juno:
https://www.juno.co.uk/junodaily/2021/02/19/this-weeks-best-new-albums-7/

toiret status' liquid house on Paynomindtous:
https://paynomindtous.it/toiretstatus-sabiwa-gnp/

Kindohm's Deserted / Reclaimed on Boomkat:
https://boomkat.com/products/deserted-reclaimed

Forces' Epoch on SBVRSV.press:
http://sbvrsv.press/premiere-forces-world-is-going-to-burn-gp012/

julek ploski's śpie on toneshift.net:
https://toneshift.net/2019/11/25/spie-by-julek-ploski/

julek ploski's śpie on nowamuzyka.pl:
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Queimada's Eremocene on Paynomindtous:
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trngs' RLLY INTENSE .WAV FILES on Threshold:
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HIMERA featured on Ersa Magazine: http://ersamagazine.com/popnotes-penpals-three/

Strachkvas‘ mix of the month on A2larm: a2larm.cz/2018/11/mix-mesice-strachkvas/  

Kagami Smile’s Four Selves reviewed on RA: https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/23134

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