Improvisación

Injazero is a forward-thinking boutique label straddling Instanbul and London via the impeccable mind of Siné Buyuka. And I’m not just saying that because she also released my album. The diverse and boundary-pushing output of the imprint includes music by Matt Emery, C. Diab, Heinali, KMRU, Hinako Omori, and most recently a collaboration between Tegh & Adel Poursamadi. So I’m always tuned into what Injazero is up to. And this time, I am more than pleased with their latest! Halina Rice is a London-based electronic musician and AV artist, with a debut, titled REDUX released back in 2017. It may have just slipped passed my ears, but it only takes one listen for them to prick up! This is modern electronic music at its finest. Deep rolling bass, sharp synthy stabs, and incredible atmospherics make up this cinematic journey into a mind expressed through ELISION – a fusion of the abstract and real worlds, combining synthetic with organic in music, art, and technology. “The idea is to evoke places that don’t exist – like a surreal parallel world,” says Rice about her sophomore release. “Fracture” is one of my favourite pieces, which is why I selected to premiere it for you here today – it encompasses the fragmentation of reality through jittery and elastic elements, which seem to come in like waves, to unsettle and heal. Further on the album, Rice explores sound through a range of styles, anywhere from experimental IDM to dancefloor hitters, with a nod to artists such as Rival Consoles, Max Cooper, and Jon Hopkins. And if any of these names tickle your fancy, you’ll be in love with Halina Rice.

Elision

Fracture

TRACK PREMIERE : Halina Rice - Fracture

Travail avec Meredith Monk

VALSINHA (mazurka)

PRE-ORDER 7" VINYL
https://bloto.bandcamp.com/album/szlam-cieki

Listen on all streaming platforms
https://orcd.co/Bloto-Szlam

CREDITS:
Wuja HZG - synth, bg
Latarnik - synth, p
OlafSaxx - synth, as
Cancer G - dr, dr mach


Recorded at Studio Pasterka in Warsaw, 29-31.01.2023.
Recording Engineer: Piotr Zabrodzki
Mix / Mastering: Marcin Kwazar
Executive Producer, A&R, Manager: Sebastian Jóźwiak
Graphic Designer: Animisiewasz
Illustration: Niebieski Robi Kreski
www.astigmaticrecords.com


A lot of water has flown under the bridge since Błoto released their last album. Sadly, in Polish rivers it wasn't just water flowing, but also all sorts of sewage of unknown origin, which destroyed the condition of these once vibrant bodies of water; it eventually led to a real catastrophe on the Odra River, which, after all, surrounds the entire city of Wroclaw, the band's birthplace. It is time for a decisive response. Błoto is making a comeback with a seven-inch vinyl and their first singles in over two years - "Szlam" and "Ścieki".

Climate change had already led to a permanent hydrological drought, which was echoed on Erozje LP. Today, as many as 91.5 percent of Poland's rivers are in very poor condition. It is not only drought that threatens rivers, but also excessive salinity. This is precisely the kind of disaster that happened on the Odra river. It resulted in 360 tonnes of dead fish and death of the river along a stretch of almost 500 km, and the reason for that was short-sighted human activity that could have been avoided. Still, the decision was made to turn the river into a cesspool.

Two years of hiatus is far too long. During this time, reality has not let up for a moment, providing new inspiration. Szlam (eng. sludge) is the sediment that forms on the river bed and sometimes the river banks. The Polish word derives from German (Schlamm), which means swamp - or mud. Szlam is therefore a sticky and unsettling remorse that rests somewhere at the bottom of the human consciousness.

In "Szlam" and "Ścieki" tracks, you will not only hear references to Erozje, but also to Kwasy i Zasady LP. For it is also a metaphor for everything that pours out of the media, smartphones, and then flows into one's head. The constant bickering, conflicts and dirty play in political campaigns, scandals to which we are already numb. On top of this, hate speech, low-quality stupefying influencer content, resulting in an ever-decreasing cultural capital of a society that breeds conformists, individualistically-minded egoists and mindless consumers. This state of affairs spawns a society of egoists, incapable of critical reflection, questioning and rebelling against reality.

The sound and genres explored by the band are, as usual, difficult to pigeonhole. These two musical miniatures contain a lot of anxious and neurotic sounds, as well as synth glitches evoking emotions such as fear, anger, sadness and guilt. The quartet consisting of Wuja HZG, OlafSaxx, Cancer G and Latarnik managed to distill this mental state by encapsulating it in shades of breakbeat ("Szlam"), and broadly defined house music ("Ścieki").

The 7" vinyl will be released on December 22, 2023 by Astigmatic Records. A limited edition of the vinyl single, limited to 600 copies, will be available for pre-order from December 1, 2023 on Bandcamp. Mixing and mastering was done by the ever reliable Kwazar, and Niebieski Robi Kreski is behind the wacky cover art. What's more, the long-awaited repress of Błoto's debut album, Erozje, will be available for sale at the same time.

Szlam / Ścieki

PRE-ORDER 7"

A1. Błoto - Szlam

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The Road with You

AEP004

Track 1: Lost
Track 2: Found

Baru:
@barubass
www.facebook.com/barubass

Akumandra:
www.facebook.com/akumandra

AEP004 (Mastered by Alexander Torti in New York)
Artwork by Marco Velasco "Encuentro #73" 
http://velascomartinezmar.wix.com/marcovelasco


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Baru - Lost

In seinem Buch Hand und Wort zeichnet der französische Paläologe André Leroi-Gourhan die Evolution von Technik, Spra-
che und Kunst anhand von Fossilien (Schädeln / Skeletten / Faustkeilen), Graphismen, Handabdrücken und Höhlenmale-
reien nach. Die Differenzierung von Händen und Füßen durch den aufrechten Gang und die Übertragung von Schneide-,
Reiss- und Schlagfunktionen des Gebisses durch den Gebrauch von Werkzeugen auf die Hände sind nur die ersten Stadien,
die die enge Verknüpfungen zwischen Werkzeug und Sprache, Hand und Gesicht, Geste und Wort begründen.
„Die Hand hat ihre Sprache, deren Ausdruck sich auf den Gesichtssinn bezieht, das Gesicht hat seine Sprache, die an den
Hörsinn geknüpft ist – die Geste interpretiert das Wort, und dieses wiederum kommentiert den Graphismus.“
Die Cuica ist eine brasilianische Reibetrommel, verwandt mit Brummtopf, Löwengebrüll und Waldteufel. Der Variabilität
ihrer klangfarblichen Möglichkeiten – vor allem ihrer Ähnlichkeit zu (Tier)stimmen – steht die Schwierigkeit gegenüber,
diese zu kontrollieren.


HANDNEGATIVE 2015 by Roman Pfeifer - for Cuica and Zuspiel-Pina Bausch Konzert 2016 - Jaime Moraga

'Exoterra' is the first work of Dustcraft, the new project by Michael Cottone/The Green Kingdom, focused on dub techno and ambient sounds and also includes remixes by Mind over MIDI and WNDFRM.

Tracklist:

01- Earthbound
02- Solar Wind 
03- Hypersleep
04- Interstellar Dust
05- Fathoms
06- Exoplanetary Oceans
07- A New Home
08- Hypersleep (Mind Over MIDI Remix)
09- Exoplanetary Oceans (WNDFRM's Solaris Dub)


Written and Produced by Michael Cottone.
Additional Remixes by Mind Over MIDI and WNDFRM.
Mastering by Zzzzra.
Archives25 // ArchivesCD007
Archives / 2016


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Dustcraft - Fathoms

nymad’s 'Pace' EP features his experiments with synthesizers and percussion instruments from around the globe, adding the flavor of life in Latin America to the dynamic beats of the UK. It includes a collaboration with friend and singer Jade Parker. @nymad is the down-tempo electronica alias of drummer & producer Jose Wills. Hailing from Colombia and now based in Manchester, his music seamlessly blends the folkloric with the electronic, creating a distinctive sound which spans influences in world, trip-hop, house and drum ‘n bass. KROOKS Records is proud to release this beautiful EP. With artwork by Florin Mocanu. For more info on the EP: www.krooks-records.com/album/nymad-pace-ep/

Pace

Heartbound

nymad - Heartbound

Dead Can Dance - Song of the Stars (edit)

ANDI OTTO & F.S.BLUMM: ENTANGLELAND
LP out via @pingipung April 2020
Artwork by Total Eclipse Of The Heart.
https://andiottofsblumm.bandcamp.com/album/entangleland

@f-s-blumm enters Andi Otto's studio with a bag of strings and a mission to create quirky, peaceful soundscapes...

Entangleland

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Andi Otto & F.S.Blumm: Yukiyama Lost Beat

Remix I did for Monk Mix, Meredith Monk's album of remixes: 

http://www.meredithmonk.org/media/monkmix-1.html

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Graous Kimmel

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