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The Aquatic-Wind Waves

We are very pleased to welcome 'X or Size' (Josiah Wolfson) to the Good Morning commune.  @xorsize

Currently residing in New York City, Josiah owns the incredible esoteric vortex that is Aeon Bookstore - where by chance we first met a few solar cycles ago. (https://www.aeonbookstore.com/)

During that visit to Aeon (just like the open hearted & friendly soul that we've come know) he kindly gifted us with a cassette of his own original productions - painstakingly & mindfully crafted over many years, of which we are very excited to present to you now, alongside some of his newly conceived pieces of grand(heart)expansion.  

Some honest words below from X or Size on this amazing EP....

"Covert ID consists of 7 tracks spanning 7 years, 7 planetary bodies distinct in climate and chemistry but all spun around the same sun, the core of which comes from the search for a specific sound sensed in adolescence, a sound which began to meet its potential around the start of this period.  This time was marked by a series of transformational events, starting with the end of a band and leading up to the founding of Aeon Bookstore in New York City.  Alongside those events these years were marked by a time of deep personal realignment, including a strongly rekindled interest in Eastern Mysticism that had been fostered at age 14, a return to visual art practice left dormant (culminating in the creation of the collage which adorns the cover), as well as the discovery of the dance floor and the revelation of liberation that came from it.  In some ways a debut, with very limited releases under various names more than 10 years in the rearview, this was a period of total rebirth and regeneration, a stripping away of expectations more closely situated with the childlike curiosity that first came about with the purchase of a 4 track and drum pad at age 11, the 4-track being the ideal space to escape the alienation of youth and a world all too real for an already oblique mind.  

That foundational feeling is distilled here through an anomalous approach that has developed naturally since then and which is rediscovered and realigned each time within the act of creation itself.  An array of analogue elements are foraged to form a loose lattice which congeals at its own pace through musical practice as a daily method of meditation, sculpting around the pulse of a work-in-progress as a form of centering on a kind of breath, informing and informed by the pursuit of peace, presence, and personal growth. This runs through the course of the work, as the tape opens with a piece that was initially conceived in a moment of purest bliss only to be refined throughout a period bleakly bedridden by injury, with all energy focused on sound as both escape from and expression of existential acceptance.  That balancing act reached its peak in the title track, first formed in the face of lockdowns and worked on bit by bit each day for several months as the dread in the air would dissipate and rise again, on the one hand embracing the harsh reality as a platform for reflection and on the other hand allowing this as the only space to remain free from it's baggage. These pieces were all cauldrons of self-discovery and self-recovery during times of great upheaval and ecstasy, a pivot point to be lost and found through hypnotic sublimation, finding root for regeneration in repetitive rhythm and a means for mystery in the minutiae which orbit the origin.  An exercise in focus, and exorcism of attachments, X as the unknown, cut to Size but always allowing for either/or, one foot on earth the other in the aether." 

The 'Covert ID' EP is available now on cassette via our online store & coming soon to our supportive stockists.

Cover Artwork by Josiah Wolfson

GMT41 X or Size - Covert ID (Snippets)

We are very pleased to welcome back 'Full Circle' (Alexis Le Tan & Joakim), our admirable psychonauts from Knowhere.

Like any good stimulant, this mixtape comes on fast, picking you up swiftly and taking you away to outer realms of an imaginary dance floor odyssey.

Filled with some of their own hazy hypnotic edits of sun baked discs, this mix continues on in similar vein to their highly praised & now sort after 'Trip to Knowhere' cassette from last year....recorded in true space commando style, live in one take at Full Circle HQ.

Needless to say, this tape is gonna fly out the window, so be quick its a good time guaranteed.

Available now via our online store and coming soon to Boomkat, Out of Joint & Commend.

GMT44 Full Circle - Back to Knowhere (Snippets)

We are very honoured to open our circle and join hands with our UK based travellers, Pataphysical. @pataphysicaltransmission

Kindly introduced to us by the friendly crew at @12th-isle, who released their amazing debut album 'Periphera' a year ago, these masters of modern ambience gift us with another selection of sonic mind travellers.

"These are tracks we developed between 2013-2021 and have featured heavily in our live performances, evolving over the years. The live show is the core of our project, creating specific listening environments for the experience of imaginary solutions and possible worlds. We've taken this to marshes, forests, woods, quarries and churches, sometimes with big audiences, sometimes just with a handful of close friends. Recent events forced us to take a pause from live performance and gave us time to compile this record, which reflects the range of moods and tones that feature in the shows. Hopefully we'll be able to return to performing soon. In the meantime we hope you enjoy the sounds. "This world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through.” - Pataphysical

Available now via our Online Store & coming soon to Boomkat, Out Of Joint & Commend.

GMT45 Pataphysical - Hapticality (Snippets)

"Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality." ~ Robin Sharma, author of "The Monk Who Sold His Ferarri" This week you're guided on a journey to feel comfortable with stillness. It can take a little practice to begin to feel at home with stillness. We launch into the series with an interview with one of your fellow meditators, Vidhu, from India. Vidhu shares how she overcame hopelessness with inner stillness. She shares her favorite meditation techniques and tips and challenges you to ask yourself 2 questions when you begin to feel hopeless or overwhelmed: 1) "Can I do everything? The answer is no." 2) "Can I do something? The answer is yes." You can say hello to Vidhu @booksandmore20 on Instagram. She'd love to answer any questions about her meditation ritual and lifestyle habits.&nbsp;&nbsp;  This is day 2 of a 7-day meditation series, The Art of Stillness, episodes 2390-2396.   YOUR WEEKLY CHALLENGE  Live in the Moment Quest  Every day ask yourself these 2 questions: 1) "Can I do everything? The answer is no." 2) "Can I do something? The answer is yes."   MEDITATION TECHNIQUES:  Day 1:&nbsp; Visualization&nbsp; Day 2: &nbsp;Affirmation Day 3:&nbsp; Breathing Technique Day 4:&nbsp; Mudra Technique Day 5:&nbsp; Chakra Technique Day 6:&nbsp; Layer Meditation Techniques Day 7:&nbsp; Reflection + Introspection &nbsp; THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR MINDFUL AND MODERN! Look no further if you're searching for a meditation cushion that is comfortable, beautiful, and sustainably produced.&nbsp; &nbsp; Mindful and Modern is a company that is focused solely on meditation. They offer exceptionally tailored meditation products that are sustainably sourced. Their meditation cushions are my favorites -- produced with 100% cotton batting or natural buckwheat hulls. &nbsp; Receive a generous discount of 15% off your total purchase when you enter the discount code MEDITATEDAILY at MindfulandModern.com. The discount code never expires and can be used once per customer.&nbsp;  &nbsp; SHARE YOUR MEDITATION JOURNEY WITH YOUR FELLOW MEDITATORS &nbsp; Let's connect and inspire each other! Please share a little about how meditation has helped you by reaching out to me at  or better yet -- direct message me on . We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual!&nbsp;  WAYS TO SUPPORT THE DAILY MEDITATION PODCAST SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss a single episode. Consistency is the KEY to a successful meditation ritual. SHARE the podcast with someone who could use a little extra support. I'd be honored if you left me a podcast review. If you do, please email me at  and let me know a little about yourself and how meditation has helped you. I'd love to share your journey to inspire fellow meditators on the podcast! SURVEY: Help us get to know more about how best to serve you by taking our demographics survey:  FOR DAILY EXTRA SUPPORT OUTSIDE THE PODCAST  Each day's meditation techniques shared at:   sip.and.om Instagram   sip and om Facebook     SIP AND OM MEDITATION APP  Looking for a little more support? If you're ready for a more in-depth meditation experience, allow Mary to guide you in daily 30-minute guided meditations on the Sip and Om meditation app. Give it a whirl for 7-days free! Receive access to 2,000+ 30-minute guided meditations customized around a weekly theme to help you manage emotions. Receive a Clarity Journal and a Slow Down Guide customized for each weekly theme.&nbsp;  2-Week's Free Access on iOS  All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com.

Affirmation to Slow Down, Day 2 The Art of Stillness

We're very proud to offer Volume 3 in our ongoing "All Welcome" vinyl compilations - celebrating the musical output of another six members of our diverse GMT family.

Available now via our online store & Boomkat.

GMT15 Various Artists - All Welcome 3 (Snippets)

Joel Vandroogenbroeck - Group Meditation

Brannten Schnüre  - Die Milchlinse. Taken from the album "Muschelsammlung" released on Enfant Terrible / Vrystaete  (Vrystaete06 / 2017).

More information and sound previews here: http://www.enfant-terrible.nl/releases/brannten-schnure-muschelsammlung/

Brannten Schnüre - Die Milchlinse

Indian Flute Music for Yoga: Bansuri music, Instrumental music, Calming music, Yoga music

This classic minimal music album is now available again on vinyl for the first time since the 70s.

https://www.aguirrerecords.com/collections/aguirre-records/products/terry-riley-persian-surgery-dervishes-2xlp

Californian composer Terry Riley’s In C, first issued on vinyl in 1968, is widely acknowledged as a Minimalist landmark that altered the course of twentieth-century music. His influential album A Rainbow In Curved Air, which appeared the following year, is a vivid fusion of rock and raga, jazz and psychedelia realised through overdubbing on an 8-track machine which had recently been installed at the studios of Columbia Records.  

By the early 70s Riley had come to feel that scores were a distraction. Faithful interpretation of an already written piece was a deviation from the true purpose of making music, which was spiritual quest. Fortunately, some of those live performances, personal journeys towards a state of transcendence, were captured on tape. Persian Surgery Dervishes, issued initially on the French label Shandar, features two such concerts for electric organ and reel-to-reel delay, one recorded in Los Angeles on 18th April 1971, the other in Paris on 24th May 1972.

At the start of that decade Riley became a dedicated student of the great Hindustani singer Pandit Pran Nath. Looking into North Indian classical tradition he found correspondences to modal and cyclic ideas that he was already working on. In 1971, as a way to learn more, Riley himself started teaching Indian music at Mills College, in Oakland. That experience fed directly into his solo keyboard performances, but other influences were also shaping the music heard on Persian Surgery Dervishes. Personal research into ancient Persian culture and the poetry of Rumi lit up his imagination, while the repetitive swirling of Sufi devotional music from North Africa, which Riley had first encountered in Europe during the early 60s, reverberates through these performances. Jazz, as conceived by such masters such as Bill Evans and John Coltrane, is also present as an enduring source of inspiration. 

The Californian version of Persian Surgery Dervishes starts with low dark tones, dense and brooding like a huddled human figure, deep in introspection. But as the improvisation unfolds Riley’s buoyant spirit asserts itself, spiralling out in ecstatic coils, as though liberated from the grip of body consciousness. The Parisian concert conveys a different mood, brighter and more open in texture, more relaxed from the outset and breathing with greater freedom as it takes flight. 

Echoes of Terry Riley’s inspired music have spread far and wide - into progressive rock, New Age and ambient soundings, film soundtracks, blissed-out electronica and dance-floor trance. His fluent and hypnotic keyboard playing can be heard as part of a continuum, transmitting energies from ancient and distant musical sources into the living here and now. Persian Surgery Dervishes is a significant part of that picture, a mesmerising record of a vital stage in Riley’s ongoing quest for connection with the universal mind and the sublime music that flows ceaselessly from it. 

“Music is my spiritual path. It’s my way of finding out who I am.”  Terry Riley, in 1976

Terry Riley - Persian Surgery Dervishes - Performance 02 Part 1

ISLE008 (https://soundcloud.com/12th-isle)

Purlo

While being best known for creating deeply immersive live psychoacoustic experiences, the London based Pataphysical have allowed us to use 'Periphera', the fruits of their debut studio work, as the label's eighth musical oblation. It would have been an excercise in futility to try and replicate the immediacy of their live performances on this record, but we feel that across these 8 disparate tracks inner worlds have been rendered real. Through the careful positioning of field recordings and the creation of soundscapes somewhat reminiscent of heyday Mille Plateau the group have held fast to a desire to craft involved and captivating synthesis.

Pataphysical - Periphera LP (ISLE008)

A low frequency dragnet of crestless waves and radar sweeps, London-based experimentalists Pataphysical brings a massively captivating soundscape to 12th Isle.

'Periphera' is out June 16th on 12th Isle.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2ZlaugD

@pataphysicaltransmission
@12th-isle

Premiere: Pataphysical - Energen [12th Isle]

upsammy - Bend - Dekmantel - DKMNTL087

a1. Flutter
a2. Spat
b1. Worm
b2. Metallic

vinyl & merch: https://dekmantel.com/shop/records/upsammy-bend
digital: https://upsammy.bandcamp.com/album/bend

Following 2020’s debut album ‘Zoom’, upsammy returns to Dekmantel with a dualistic four-tracker called 'Bend', incorporating familiar sonic palettes and novel paths carved out in times of isolation.

Where Zoom channelled upsammy’s conceptual depth, Bend leans into artistic intuition, juxtaposing the floral and martial, propelling along her signature sound of textured electronica. Lilac chimes rise and fall along the melodic Flutter and Metallic, while the sinister creeps from Spat and Worm’s spacious cracks. All in all, Bend discloses upsammy’s versatility yet again, ever-shifting as the ambiguous modernity she continues to wander - an artist able to shift through the complexity of modernity with rare grace.

DKMNTL087 // upsammy - Bend

Introducing @Saphileaum, a kind, gifted earth spirit, transmitting his cosmic energy out of Tbilisi, Georgia.

'Transpersonal Experience' is a state in which the sense of identity or self extends beyond the individual or personal to encompass wider aspects of humankind, life, cosmos.

It is a beautiful expedition where you lose yourself in order to become one with all the existence. To meld with the whole and dance with it, all in sync.

"My Grandfather, who played a grand role as one of the Masters in my upbringing, introduced me to Omar Khayyam, Rumi, Nizami Ganjavi, Saadi and other Persian philosophers and poets. Basically the whole Sufi poetry, teaching, vision and being is the major and vibrant source of a dancing inspiration for the album."

Much like Saphileaum's forementioned inspirations, 'Transpersonal Experience' has an instant transcending effect on the listener - invoking a sense of clear focus & tranquility, yet subtly pulsing with the tribal rhythm of dance. It's the perfect mood enhancer.

Mastered by Krikor Kouchian

Now available on cassette via our Online Store.

GMT40 Saphileaum - Transpersonal Experience EP (Snippets)

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GMT45 Pataphysical - Hapticality (Snippets)

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