'An ode to springs arrival, a swan song to winters end'

Fortune's Brine are up next on VACAST, presenting a cassette only mix which was originally aired on Noods radio and features recent publications from Clandestine Compositions, Holy Geometry, Opal Tapes, Strange Rules and Summer Isle and upcoming compositions on Vaknar.

VACAST 02 // FORTUNES BRINE

taken from my "Sic Ergo Ludens" album released on Holy Geometry in May 2018
Cat: HG013

Hand-cut collage by Ryan Kent

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Sic Ergo Ludens

Zhe Pechorin - In Fieri [HG013]

FOLLOW TARA IN TIBET

Mix.27 – Tara in Tibet (Live)

Artist: Victorine Meurent
Track: Young Cherry Trees II
Album: Pastorale

'This work is an attempt to 'deal' with a period of violent change.'

Victorine Meurent's Pastorale is an album in transition. Recorded as the author moved from an urban to a rural environment, from winter into summer, it also represents a defining chapter in the work of the Australian artist. Perfecting a deft blend of field-recordings and minimal ambient drone, Pastorale seems to project a quiet confidence in its arrangements; a confidence that produces one of Holy Geometry's most assured and satisfying releases to date. 

The entirety of side B is the stand-out here, with tape manipulated field recordings wrapping around a melancholic piano segment and eerie string and drone arrangements to create something not quite of this realm. 

A1. Dust on a Bowl of Rose Leaves
A2. Untitled (Pastorale)
B1. Young Cherry Trees II
B2. Bucolic (Two Movements)

Cat: HG017

Recorded July - December 2017,
Maitland, NSW, Australia.

Arranged by Jarrod Skene.

Thanks to Ryan Kent.

Pastorale

Victorine Meurent - Young Cherry Trees II

Taken from Keys to the Fields 27: Various Artists "The White Madonna"

Victorine Meurent _ Untitled

Sofia Ozdravovna _ How a City Sings from November to November

Claustrophobic yet boundless, elegant yet harsh. Divorce Ring's A Testament is a masterclass in restraint; a tape layered with contrasting tones and opposing atmospheres yet one structured so delicately as to appear seamless. Another very strong release in the oeuvre of the New Orleans based artist.

A1. Partitions
A2. Head And Chest Of A Lover
B1. A Testament
B2. Procession (Half-Light)

Order via: https://www.holygeometry.store/product/divorce-ring-a-testament

Premiere: Divorce Ring - Head And Chest Of A Lover [Holy Geometry]

Artist: Pulp Extortion
https://holygeometrytapes.bandcamp.com/album/arteries-of-the-asylum

Track: Lace On The Mouth
Album: Arteries Of The Asylum

Released: 21st December
Cat: HG024

Pulp Extortion - Lace On The Mouth

Pre-order here: https://italianolympics.bandcamp.com/album/esc-chame-cabr-n-v-a

..........Italian Olympics 3.......... 

¡Escúchame, Cabrón! is a limited-edition C50 cassette announced for pre-order on International Women's Day and made up exclusively of female artists or groups and collaborations featuring a strong female presence. 

The purpose of the release is to bring to light, in our own small way, the systemic violence and oppression of women in Spain and around the world and to highlight the incredible female voices present in industrial and synthwave music today. 

Spain is a country close to our hearts. It's a beautiful, historic, energetic and culturally-rich nation. Today, the problems women have to face in a society that is generally a privileged population are completely unnecessary. Problems such as being cross-examined in rape trials, gang rape cases being downgraded to sexual assault and an abundance of domestic violence. An average of one woman in killed by her partner per week.

In 2017 Spanish courts received more than 166,000 gender violence complaints against woman - a 16% increased on the year before. Spain is certainly not an exception. Some national studies show that up to 70 per cent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime.

NO ES NO.

On ¡Escúchame, Cabrón!, Side A's cold and synthwave vibes contrast with Side B's raw industrial atmospheres to produce a devastatingly excellent release.

Featuring...

Leere
Cadena Nacional
Slow Glass
Synths Versus Me
Sopoorific
Sun Dogs
Morgane Metal
Egzotikka feat. Trikse
Golpe Erotico
Baglover

No digital-only sales, digital files provided upon request after purchase.

¡Escúchame, Cabrón!

V/A - ¡Escúchame, Cabrón!

First proper release from Utmarkens Viking Jews, one of Gothenburgs most promising new acts for the moment. Hannes Norrvide explores the beauty of the endless summer with three droney tracks. Melancholic and very youthful stuff with sweet melodies. Warm and nostalgic. Wheel Bite has Concrete Surfing from his first tape as well as two new(er) tracks added. 24 minutes. LP on RTB to follow. 50 copies.
Utmarken#25.


Viking Jews - Wheel Bite

Following Heat Absorber on Opal Tapes in 2018, and a recent split with Quiet Evenings on fellow Berlin label @vaagner, @Monotronique returns with a follow up EP on @holygeometry, Come Here And Touch This Darkness; four tracks of dark, spacial ambient.

Recorded out of Ukraine in 2017 Come Here And Touch This Darkness finds comfort in its dark eastern European origins; a mystical, industrial work giving voice to a mystical, industrial landscape.

A1. Come Here And Touch This Darkness
A2. Is That What You Looking For
B1. Grey Mountain With A Smoke Around Landscape
B2. The Imagination River

https://holygeometrytapes.bandcamp.com/album/come-here-and-touch-this-darkness

Come Here And Touch This Darkness

Support Artist

Monotronique - Is That What You Looking For (Holy Geometry) / PREMIERE

TOMORROW IS FOREVER

Berlin-based cassette label focusing on electronic and experimental music and aesthetics.

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