track 1 from “Before Sleep” by KeepSleep
https://stereoscenic.bandcamp.com/album/before-sleep

Before Sleep

KeepSleep - Before Sleep

Forgotten Summer

Throughout history, alchemists have captivated our minds with their quests to turn base materials into gold and seek the philosopher's stone. Their work was shrouded in metaphor and mystery, embodying a desire to understand the universe's hidden truths. Similarly, this collection of sounds endeavors to evoke the essence of that magical process. Each composition is a carefully crafted distillation of emotions, imagery, and ideas, resonating with the transformative powers attributed to the alchemical arts.

In Alchemies, Paul Beaudoin blends orchestral textures with glitch and noise elements, creating a sonic alchemy that mirrors the ancient quest for transformation. These contrasting sound worlds—organic and synthetic, refined and raw—come together in a seamless dialogue, embodying the fusion of disparate materials that the alchemists sought.

The album weaves through an auditory landscape, transporting you to the Fire of Calcination, where raw elements are purified, or the ethereal Black Sun, where shadows and light intertwine. As you listen, imagine the delicate Golden Transmutation—the alchemical transformation of sound and silence into rich tapestries of experience. Each track is an invitation to engage with the mysteries at the intersection of sound and spirit, reminiscent of the alchemist’s laboratory, filled with curiosity and wonder.

Join Ambient Cat on this journey as we explore the tenets of alchemy through sound, delving into the Salt of the Earth and emerging into the Albedo Phase, where clarity and illumination reign. Each piece is a gateway into an imaginative realm where transformation and transcendence occur—much like the alchemists sought, through their craft, to unlock the hidden potential of the universe. 

Produced and mastered by Paul Beaudoin
Cover art by Paul Beaudoin
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Alchemies

Distillation of Light

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Joachim Spieth is a German electronic music producer known for his deep, highly textural, atmospheric ambient music and deconstructed, sometimes dubby, hypnotic techno. His sound encompasses everything I love about Kompakt, where he initially appeared as part of the celebrated Pop Ambient series. In 2007, Joachim founded his Affin imprint, on which he showcases many of his own works, collaborations (with Markus Guentner, warmth, and, yes, zakè), and other solo artists (Gustavo Lamas, rhubiqs, Droneghost, to name a few). 

I covered plenty of Affin releases on HC, and I highly recommend getting lost in the discography on Bandcamp. I also interviewed Joachim exactly a year ago (in December of 2024) and published this In the studio with Joachim Spieth on Headphone Commute. But today I want to share with you his latest piece, titled Rephrase, a single track (for now), which Joachim offered up exclusively to this community [and yes, he's lurking here in the background].

"This piece emerged during preparations for a live set. It is composed of fragmented elements drawn from various previously released tracks, intricately interwoven and transformed through a series of modulators evolving over time. While certain passages may sound familiar, the result is not a “version” of any existing work, but rather a hybrid composition — a fusion of multiple fragments recontextualized into a new and autonomous form."
 -- Joachim Spieth

HEADPHONE COMMUNITY EXCLUSIVE: Joachim Spieth - Rephrase

Unwatchable

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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track 4 from “how we heal : addendum” by awakened souls (@awakenedsouls )

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how we heal : addendum

awakened souls - pause

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