Taken from 'Fringe' LP/Download (E064, Ecstatic 03/09/2021)

A gorgeous swell of intimate soundscaping from Felisha Ledesma on this simmering stunner for Ecstatic, despatching two extended, richly absorbing pieces weft from everyday detritius; synths, strings, voicemail, found sounds - hitting a similar spot for us as Ulla’s diaristic 'inside means inside me’ but with a more defined play of sound-as-light that gently and memorably tugs at the earlobes and heartstrings. 

Exploring a music of presence and ultra subtle inference, ‘Fringe’ is the 2nd release by Ledesma, student of Berlin's estimable Universität der Künste, following from a debut for Enmossed x Psychic Liberation earlier this year. Using AMQR - a software synthesiser built by Ledesma together with Ess Mattisson - both pieces here shimmer with elusive timbres that occupy a realm that feels lost between worlds - neither electronic nor acoustic, but more a sort of observational sound that radiates togetherness and warmth. 

Operating at insightful levels of synaesthesia, Ledesma poetically turns ostensibly humdrum sources into clouds of smoke - emails, voicenotes, walking along the water, a poem attached to an email, walking alone in New York during lockdown, going for a swim at sunset in the desert - all turn into a smudge of memory. When ‘Beamsplitters’ opens with a tangible human presence - a voicemail from a friend - it startles with its earthly pull, eventually getting lost in a tangled spool of found sound leaving just a trace of iridescent, intimate reverie. 

On ‘Golden Mirror’ Felisha gently diffracts a lonesome guitar phrase into a humming thizz with a steeply uncanny ability to jog the memory in a similar way to how olfactory stimulus can conjure feelings of nostalgia. It’s a trick familiar from an emergent new realm of lower case composers creating something like submerged, small scale symphonies that work counter to notions of classical excess or anodyne ambient, instead focusing on microcosmic, highly peronalised sort of worldbuilding that’s impenetrable, yet somehow entirely open.

Felisha Ledesma - Golden Mirror [E064]

here not somewhere else

Malibu is a French electronic musician whose work sails between ambient and ethereal music.
Forever inspired by soft reverbed vocals and melodious chord progressions, Malibu’s music is an immersive nostalgic journey in a sea of synthetic strings and choirs. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/malibu/episodes/malibu-21st-december-2023

United In Flames w/ Malibu 211223

Relaxing & spiritual sounds with Copenhagen-based composer & producer Sofie Birch. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/sofie-birch/episodes/sofie-birch-11th-march-2024

Ambient Abracadabra w/ Kasper Skov 110324

Elena Colombi helps to keep Mondays weird - expect a diverse range of up-and-at-'em records: from techno to post-punk, through EBM, industrial and -wave... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/elena-colombi/episodes/elena-colombi-13th-may-2024

ELENA COLOMBI W/ Valentina Magaletti & Fanny Chiarello 130524

Sounds from the rave margins to the weirdo afters with Hesska and guests. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/castles-in-the-sky/episodes/castles-in-the-sky-16th-may-2024

Castles In The Sky w/ Hesska 160524

Name: Gerald Lombano
Alias: DGERAL (@dgeral)
Pronouns: THEY/THEM
Location: Stockholm, Sweden 

Influences: South American afro percussions, salsa, cumbia, italo disco, techno & house 

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects:
SWEAT Collective/ Miniteka / Fomo Club

Favorite Quote: "Echale semilla a la maraca pa' que suene!"

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
If you fall, Get up! work hard & feel it! 
PROTECT TRANS KIDS!

About the mix: Some tracks that I have been keeping for an special occasion :) some of my friends Dj producers also in there, like Shero, Lauren Flax, Gavnlig, People You May Know, Phran & Gee Lane

With this mix DGERAL asks for you to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS): The National Society’s mission is to provide humanitarian assistance as well as health and social services to Palestinians whenever and wherever needed. It works towards preventing and allaying human suffering, protecting life and health, ensuring the respect of human dignity, preventing disease, and promoting health, social care and volunteering both in times of peace and war as well as during emergencies, crises and disasters. (https://www.palestinercs.org/en) (info@palestinercs.org)
❁ Transammans: Transammans is an association for trans people and their families (chosen or otherwise). We work for the rights of trans people and create change through support, influence and education. (https://transammans.se/english/) (info@transammans.se)

Read more and tracklist - https://thedaisychain.club/2024/06/11/daisychain-334-dgeral/

Daisychain

Daisychain 334 - DGERAL

Recording of D. Tifanny's set at Lentekabinet 2024.

D. Tifanny (live) at Lentekabinet 2024

Para este segundo encuentro alterado y poroso invitamos a Le Parody el proyecto musical de Sole Parody, malagueña-granaina con muchos años en Madrid y ahora “de exilio voluntario” en los campos de Castilla. Le Parody interrelaciona en su producción pop, folclores tribales, flamenco y electrónica. Hace canciones de amor y desamor, de revoluciones, cuerpos y bailes comunitarios, las que cabrían en el hueco que separa una verbena de una rave. Hace tan solo unos meses que Le Parody sacó su nuevo disco Remedios que se siente más luminoso que los anteriores y es que en él confluyen influencias del continente africano, letras pop y desde lo pequeño, pequeños remedios que nunca consejos ni grandes discursos para la resiliencia y para mejorar este mundo.

Contamos también con la compositora, productora y pianista Hara Alonso desde Estocolmo y hablamos del cine de los cuidados y del mundo rural que hace Maddi Barber. La playlist viene con la música minimalista y ambient porque la electrónica se baila, pero también se escucha y desde aquí te animamos a descubrir a un buen número de sus creadoras.

#2_Le Parody_Desde lo pequeño. En torno a la exposición "Ría" de Jorge Satorre.

Playlist correspondiente al  segundo encuentro de Escuchas alteradas y Prácticas porosas- una propuesta a muchas voces para el Museo CA2M- que lleva por título Desde lo pequeño. En torno a la exposición de Jorge Satorre. TRACKLIST- 00-Menhir: Mirror Lullaby. 01-Hara Alonso: Breaths Pulsations Murmurs. 02- Mabe Fratti: El sol sigue ahí, el sol brilló no tenía alternativa. 03-Le Parody: Nanas de Mayrit. 04- Sara Persico: Voices Organ. 05- Hara Alonso: Covered in Noise. 06- Dania: Calmed by Marvelous Hands. 07- Caterina Barbieri- Perennial fantas. Bonus Track_Andrew Bird_You Woke Me Up!.

#2 Playlist_Segundo encuentro_Desde lo pequeño. En torno a la exposición de Jorge Satorre

Hara Alonso (SE/ES) is a pianist and composer based in Stockholm. Her music blends electronic and instrumental elements generating complex and imaginative sonic universes.

Her creative practice questions the hegemonic narratives around music and technologies by resignifing its tools and knowledge. By means of improvisation, somatics, physicality, DIY interfaces and coding, Hara composes new sonic systems and languages.