Warmth, Human Is Alive – Solitude

Dymmelonsdag is by all right the official day of the low pass gate. Deerhorn is muffled by the Shallow Water.

Dymmelonsdag

now available ...

https://handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/generational-drift-the-celestial-sphere

Handstitched* is happy to announce a new split-artist EP (hs53) is by two consistent artists and friends of Handstitched* - Darren Harper & Ümlaut, both well-known and respected within musical spheres and both have released music on an amazing array of well-respected labels over the years.

Darren Harper - "Generational Drift - A seasonal reflection in four movements" wanders through a tactile and circular movement of explorations and minimalistic patterns of generative structures, each arrangement allows itself to occupy its own space within the theme, and variations evolve with harmonious and unrestricted woven textures, subtly offering an openness and tranquillity. "Generational Drift" is a long-form piece that is a sonic tapestry of evolving beauty and internal perceptions.

Ümlaut - "The Celestial Sphere" in contrast to Darren Harpers' work is fractured, short-formed pieces adjoining each other with a disjointed tension, sometimes off-kilter but always focused with a thought-provoking structure. Ümlaut navigates his way through contrasting and conflicting elements and carries the listener through a maze of articulations and random jazz-infused electronic segments, choosing to avoiding traditional form and creating something uniquely dynamic and engaging, all wrapped-up inside a sonic cosmos.

Issued on dual-format, limited edition tape and mini double CD featuring individually hand-bound and hand-cut collage CD wallets made from vintage materials and papers, a special print edition of five x ten designs for the [tape] O-cards to house the c45 cassettes. Each CD copy is hand-numbered and packed inside glassine bags, tape copies are packed inside a clear eco bag.

Darren Harper / Ümlaut - Generational Drift / The Celestial Sphere S4mpl3r [HS53]

This week's haiku challenge:

I write, erase, rewrite
erase again, and then
a poppy blooms.

Haiku by Tachibana Hokushi

Submission deadline: 11th September 2024

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

I write, erase, rewrite (naviarhaiku557)

Taken from "Sunlight Was Peeled Away"
Out on 8.11.2024 on Shimmering Moods 
Pre orders now available: shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/music

Liz Helman and Darren McClure formed Longswarm in the summer of 2023, after randomly being brought together on another project. Residing in different parts of the globe, England and Japan respectively, their collaborations involve file exchanging and developing a shared soundpool of ideas that gradually build into finished pieces. Sunlight Was Peeled Away is the second album by the duo and consists of processed field recordings, ambient drones and smudged textures. 

Artists Biographies 

Liz Helman is a London based multi-disciplinary artist, working in time-based media. Her work, both visual and sonic, is a response to place and environment. By walking the streets, and experiencing different levels of sounds, she begins her process with field recordings, making immersive and mesmerising drone based compositions that explore layers of sound and texture. She very much likes working organically, following the thread of the sound to its ultimate destination, which she likes to think of as sonic alchemy. 

She has also released solo and collaborative work on a number of labels including Flaming Pines, Shimmering Moods, Midira Records and Kohlenstoff. 


Darren McClure is from Northern Ireland, now living in Matsumoto, Japan. His audio work focuses on texture, space and atmosphere. Sound sources are both analogue and digital, hardware and software, incorporating found sounds and field recordings to lend an organic, tactile quality to the material. His main intent is to create music to zone out to and zone into, a balance of widescreen drones and more minimal, abstract ambience. 

He has released solo and collaborative work on a number of labels, including Dragons Eye, Glistening Examples, Shimmering Moods and n5MD. His music has also been used in conjunction with video artwork and documentary shorts. 

Releases November 8, 2024 

All sounds by Liz Helman and Darren McClure. 
Thanks to Paul and Shimmering Moods. 

SHM 318 
Shimmering Moods 2024

Longswarm - Highway To The Orange Sky

The first release of a compilation of remixes from artists of the Ambient Cat label.

Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Ambient Cat Remixes, Vol. 1

Relief (Dionisaf Remix)

Paul interlude

Red Beginnings Intro Track- EqualEnergy

Cendre

* Patch performed live * No overdubs *

In this short improvisation, Detroit-based electronic artist, Erika, composes a celestial passage using a pair of Mother-32 analog synthesizers. An external reverb unit is used to add an astral quality to the patch.