A beautiful summer ambient dream of sonic soundscapes!

I'm back from my summer vacation, folks! Did you miss me? I spent about a week on a beach [in Italy] doing absolutely nothing. I don't think I even listened to music much [okay, I think there was some early 2000 trance - In Search Of Sunrise]. And now it's time to buckle up and catch up to new music as the labels prepare to unleash the usual torrent of releases before the year's end. And, once again, it is the labels that I have to trust here. And so, today, I turn to the French imprint InFiné, curated by Alexandre Cazac and Yannick Matray, “to pulse with love and passion", which previously brought us Bruce Brubaker, Francesco Tristano, Vanessa Wagner, Murcof and Rone. It's a nice collective of contemporary classical crossover with electronica, and I'm always curious about what they put their stamp of approval on next. Today, it's Japanese electronic musician Hiroshi Watanabe, who records under the alias of Kaito and previously put out half a dozen releases on Kompakt in the early 2000s. The Kanji character, for his moniker, represents and captures the act of "unravelling the enigmas of the universe." And this is what he tends to explore with his music in the latest Collection - a handful of EPs and singles from the last few years compiled on this upcoming release. There are some beat-driven versions in this selection, but I seem to mostly connect with the drifting ambience of this "Summer Ocean", and I hope that you do as well!

Collection

Summer Ocean

TRACK PREMIERE : Kaito - Summer Ocean

Noises From Above: A Study in Quiet Intrusions is an album shaped around the small, persistent sounds that leak into our private spaces—those half-heard murmurs from neighbours, the distant thrum of traffic, the creaks and hums of a building settling into its own rhythms. The tracks capture a different facet of the world that slips past walls and doors, turning everyday disturbances into textures, moods, and emotional landscapes. It’s an exploration of how these subtle intrusions colour our solitude, interrupt our thoughts, and quietly become part of the soundtrack of living in close proximity to others.

White Noise Transmission

Styx

In noctem

Pre-Order from the fabric website:         http://www.fabriclondon.com/store/save-fabric.html 
Pre-Order from Bandcamp: http://found.ee/savefabric-BC

artist: Various
title: #savefabric
label: fabric Records & Houndstooth
date: 4th November 2016
cat.#: FABHTH001
format: 111 track - Digital Compilation

The closure of fabric has seen a reaction that has been completely humbling and overwhelming to all of us on the team here, from over 150,000 signing a petition of support to raising in excess of £300,000 in donations to help our legal fight. 

Support has come from every corner of the industry, with fundraising events at a number of different venues being held up and down the UK. This response perfectly encapsulates everything the electronic music community represents.

Both fabric Records and our artist led label Houndstooth decided a release that embodies this spirit would be a further powerful way to demonstrate the collective power of our community. We asked artists associated with both labels to donate a track to the cause, needing to act fast we gave a deadline of just 3 weeks in total, from inception to final master. The brief was simple, we asked for a previously unreleased track, either brand new or an alternative version of an old classic.

The response has been far greater than we could have ever anticipated, with an array of amazing artists delivering stunning tracks. Given this generosity every track that has been submitted is featured on the release, meaning an incredible 111 tracks make up the final running order, presented in alphabetical order.

Due to touring and time constraints many more artists could and would have like to have been involved, and we can’t give enough thanks to all the labels that have generously allowed their artists to contribute.

In the era of the playlist, this compilation represents a comprehensive overview of electronic music from the outer fringes of experimental explorations right through to music aimed squarely at the dancefloor.

Ahead of the court date which will determine the long term future of fabric nightclub we’d like to present this compilation as a document of this moment in time but also as the perfect embodiment of everything fabric is and stands for.

FABHTH001. ℗ & © 2016 fabric Records / Houndstooth. The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owned by fabric Records.

Abul Mogard - Patterns Of Our Own Times [#savefabric]

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Lost Days, Open Skies and Streaming Tides

April Trees Daydream

Brock Van Wey (bvdub) revives his cult Earth House Hold alias for A Strangely Isolated Place, with his slow-burning, House-music-inspired, long play, ‘Never Forget Us’. 

Only Suns Rise is the first track taken from the album, released April 9th, now available to preorder.https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/never-forget-us

Earth House Hold - Only Suns Rise (ASIPV011)

I Saw Waves Coming

Part of 'Wildlife Addendum'.
Forthcoming.

Mastering by Taylor Deupree
Photography by Alexander Kopatz
www.go70north.com
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Here are some original solo piano pieces...  some mixes from my podcast... some exclusive track premieres...  and some tracks from the albums I review on Headphone Commute... Enjoy!

TRACK PREMIERE : Kaito - Summer Ocean

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