Holding the tension of opposites is a theme running throughout the work of Angelo Harmsworth, and the six pieces comprising Vent are no exception. Inspired by the different and oftentimes clashing forces comprising our weather systems, the New Mexico-born but now Berlin-based musician and producer envisioned his “compositions as micro-ecologies,” wherein “powerful waves push off one another.” The patterns emerging from this captivating music represent some of Harmsworth’s most complex to date. Swells of foreboding frequencies and jarring maximalist textures may bear down on listeners, yet an undercurrent of bliss–so deeply submerged it borders on the subliminal–manages to infuse even the most tumultuous moments of Vent with a calming groundedness.

And also like the climate, especially in the age of the Anthropocene, this cassette unfolds in ways that are profoundly unpredictable. An artist known for his ability to span the divides separating underground noise, sound design, ambient and industrial, Harmsworth ensures that each successive piece makes a radical break from what preceded it. This quality becomes particularly apparent when contrasting sides. The nearly harsh-noise, distortion-charged moments punctuating Side A are nowhere to be found on Side B, which reveals moments of vast, spectral beauty that reflect his roots in the desert landscapes of the American Southwest.

Of course, this kind of sonic breadth only comes with experience, of which Harmsworth has plenty. Steadily recording and releasing experimental music since the early 2010s, he has worked with some of the sub-underground’s stand-out imprints, including Angoisse, Bathetic Records, Total Black, and Opal Tapes. Placed in the context of his impressive catalog, Vent can be seen as both a continuation of what came before and a bold new development.

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Angelo Harmsworth is a musician & sound artist whose works tends to fluctuate between austerity and decadence. Currently based in Germany, he has been published by a network of experimental labels in addition to his own imprint, Lime Lodge. 

releases July 26, 2022

Recorded by Angelo Harmsworth
Audio finalized by Glyn Maier
Artwork by Angelo Harmsworth
Design by RJM Vanderheyden

Vent

Angelo Harmsworth - Drag Net Capture (ENXPL15)

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pitter​-​patter, pit​-​pat, listen to the rain! pitter​-​patter, pit​-​pat, raining again​.​.​.

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Awe is something you feel when confronted with forces beyond your control: nature, the cosmos, chaos, human error, hallucinations. 
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Curio earworms and other obsessions from Krakow's Natalia Panzer. 
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Natalia Panzer 071224

2 years of loversinarms <3

Embaci, nudo Noche En Abril
African American Sound Recordings - Beat Happen
jenns old room
Oxhy - And we try
Shimz - Surplus ft. The Star
Michelle McAdorey and Eric Chenaux - Love don’t change
The Smashing Pumpkins - Translucent
Wowjean - Us
Matthew Muli - We left the hate by the wayside
Aoife Wolf - Bristle of Delusion
Baby bong - existencia
metaxu X jenn
Soria - Life Balm 
Innerinnerlife - simply red - fake

lovers in arms ep 13 ❅•<3

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[EP052] evo-natura presents: T2HDOF, an EP By Noah Rosa.

Aired via https://soundcloud.com/stegi-radio-athens.

Noah Rosa - Gentle rain, thunder, Ninh Binh
Music From Vietnam (Smithsonian Folkways) - Ho Ru Con (Lullaby)
Noah Rosa - Pure land 2022
Sequences - Hypnagogia 
Noah Rosa - Cicadas, distant motorcycles, Hanoi
Music From Vietnam (Smithsonian Folkways) - Doh Dam Mutai (Funeral Song)
Noah Rosa - Motorcycles, street sounds, Hanoi
Noah Rosa - An empty vessel
Richard Skelton - Threads across the river
Noah Rosa - Chickens, distant bikes, birds, Ninh Binh
Noah Rosa - Đàn đáy (Pham Dinh Hoang)
Tarawangsawelas - Selalu 
Leila Bordreuil - Sleep Cycle
Noah Rosa - Heavy rain, heavy wind, Hanoi
Noah Rosa - The lotus thorn
Noah Rosa - Rain, birds, AC, Hanoi
Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang - Ordered Pairs I
Noah Rosa - Loud street, garbage bell, sweeping, Hanoi
Noah Rosa - Metabolizing despair

Commissioned by Stegi Radio
Produced by Onassis Stegi

T2HDOF

Stegi | evo-natura presents: T2HDOF, an EP By Noah Rosa ― 28th January 2025

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