Ambient Selections

Searing, tormented darkside f**kery from Miles Whittaker and Sean Canty’s Demdike Stare on their rinse and run Testpressing series. On the A-side ‘Fail’ is a slowly descending panic attack of pealing hi-end frequencies and impending bass doom reaching a pit of noisy no return. On the flip, ‘Null Results’ bruks loose with a scything jungle attack; frantic 16th note hi-hats and cone-crumpling subs laced with a rudeboy mentasm to incite warehouse capoeira. Come test.

Null Results

This braindance compilation is a companion piece to the zine series A Compendium of Classic Disques (vol. 3). 

Available for download here: https://samsonandpress.bandcamp.com/album/a-compendium-of-classic-disques-vol-3

The artists involved are a veritable Avenger Squad of world-class talent that we at Samson & Press are so fortunate to be able to work with. The album is free and any donations will be donated to charity. 

Full risograph zine series is available here: www.samsonandpress.com/bookstore 

A Compendium of Classic Disques (volume 3) is a collection of record reviews culled from the personal files of mysterious author, activist investor, and film director Rik Pollen. Each album under review is widely considered to be a canonical piece of music; together with Mr Pollen’s famous wit and inisght, the collection is truly a gift to the field of artistic criticism, as well as to music snobs everywhere. 

Review written by Rik Pollen 
Music & Words Edited by Cymru Roberts 
Album mastered by Julien Stazma at Electric Voyage Studio
Most rights reserved. ©2030 Samson & Press

A Compendium of Classic Disques (vol. 3) *Snippets*

xenoplex.bandcamp.com/album/magical-assistance-2

xenia reaper - just honest

Panoptikon is a suite of vocal & electronic music composed by Maria W Horn for an installation in the disbanded Vita Duvan panoptic prison (The White Dove Prison) in Luleå, Sweden.

Längtans Vita Duva

crochet disques and notte brigante, transatlantic collaboration :
https://nottebrigante.bandcamp.com/album/nb05t-paloma-flash-bed-songs

the world takes selfies, tweets and spills its guts / a hushed, low-key atmosphere for sunday lovers / lovers of holidays and gentle strolls / gentian bitterness and spring glow / technology manufactures the future in quantity / minimum set-up for maximum vibes :)

a1 - bed intro 00:51
a2 - brigitte blues 02:49
a3 - mode d'emploi 02:34
a4 - interlude 00:39
a5 - bed africa 01:27
a6 - la nuit s'agite 02:45
b1 - bed dub 02:21
b2 - bed exo 02:32
b3 - bed inter cri 00:52
b4 - quelques minutes 02:20
b5 - interlude chelou 00:45
b6 stereophonie 02:31
 
C25 Bed Songs, edition of 50 cassettes

zZz....zZzz....

NB05t - Paloma Flash - Bed Songs

Buy limited edition on white vinyl
https://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-159-caroline-k-now-wait-for-last-year-lp

Mannequin Records is proud to present the official reissue of Caroline K's outstanding 1987 album, "Now Wait For Last Year."

This haunting, wistful work of post-industrial synthesizer music sees the late Nocturnal Emissions co-founder only solo record. The music on "Now Wait For Last Year" seems to exist firmly outside of it.

Tags like industrial, minimal synth or proto-techno can't really do justice to the richly cinematic sound-world that Caroline K describes: from the sustained ambient tension of sidelong opener "The Happening World" to the future-primitive rhythms and stately piano flourishes "Animal Lattice", and the melancholic, deep-frozen synth sequences of "Cheart"."

release: July 5, 2024

All selections composed, arranged and played by Caroline K
Recorded and produced by Caroline K

Photograph by Jake Kirkwood
Design by Nigel Ayers

The first five tracks of Now Wait For Last Year were originally released as a vinyl LP by Earthly Delights in 1987

The bonus track Don’t Believe It’s Over was composed, arranged and played by Caroline K and Beverly Ireland, with vocal by Beverly Ireland.

Edited and remastered by Nigel Ayers in July 2020.

Now Wait The Last Year

Caroline K - Animal Lattice

Weightless

oqbqbo - The Way Of Tea

Hydrangea

No Edges to Bind

IFONLY001 Awakened Whisperer by Nur Jaber

1. Awakened Whisperer
2. In Search of the Sun
3. Young & Free
4. Black Potion
5. Blue Waters

Artwork by Amelie Prevoteau
Mastered by Conor Dalton at Glowcast Mastering
Digital only

IFONLY001 | Awakened Whisperer - Nur Jaber (SNIPPETS)

Llyr brings his debut EP release on Mesh and the next issue in the 3D Reworks series, following the second binaural experiment by Reid Willis in June ’20.

The 3D Reworks series aims to challenge artists to express their work and expand their creative awareness to enable every listener to experience high-definition immersive audio. The EP comprises three tracks of headphone surround sound, immersive audio at it's most powerful. 

Experience: shifting scenes with trains thundering past; teleportation into a futuristic virtual reality headphone rave; and an escape to a digital dream-like state. Llyr presents music created using a mixture of binaural recordings captured of an eerily daunting present-day London by award-winning sound designer Will Cohen and a series of personal answer phone recordings left for him by Crystal Tassels, a renowned burlesque singer from the Berlin performance art underground

Digital Tracklist 
01 Depersonalised 3D
02 Powergraze 3D
03 Dream Sequence 3D

Release schedule 
5th Feb - Released on Bandcamp
26th Feb - Available across all major stores 

Contacts
Label: anthony@thewildseeds.com
Press: mt@tailored-communication.com 

The release is available for free download/pay what you want from Bandcamp for one week only.
 
Llyr
"In keeping with Mesh's 3D Reworks series this was originally conceptualised for headphone listening. I used binaural (‘3D’) recordings and lots of binaural (and other spatial) processing techniques. It should translate fairly well to regular speakers too, but you'll be missing out on some of the fun. I tried to create dense, dynamic mixes with a rich audio environment to explore. The intention is that with repeat listens you can discover different things buried in the music. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed creating it."

Max Cooper
"Llyr aka Gareth Williams has been a long-time advisor and tutor of my own work for many years, and demonstrates his breadth of knowledge with this treat of a surround-audio package optimised for headphone listening. I was also excited to see the involvement of award-winning sound designer Will Cohen of 'String and Tins' studio. The result being an enveloping abstracted wander through dream space, beautiful sweeping harmonies, and even a delve into the dancefloor where we get a more centralised punch before returning to the outer edges of sound around our heads. It's a pleasure to hear and get lost amongst, many thanks Llyr.


Credits
Written, mixed and produced by Llyr (Gareth Williams) 
Mastered by Chris at Blacklisted Mastering Ltd
Additional binaural recordings by Will Cohen
Answer phone recordings by Crystal Tassels
Artwork by Tyler Hobbs
(P) Mesh (C) Gareth Williams (Llyr) 2021

01. Llyr - Depersonalised 3D (Binaural Version - Headphones Only)

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Lawrence Le Doux - Compassion Lake EP - Nous'klaer 021 (previews)

Forever Chemicals / Lambent Rag

Lambent Rag

🌸«HYDRANGEA»🌼 new album w/Holly Childs out on 20 November, on Subtext Recordings. 
Lyrics Videos and Pre-Order: linktr.ee/subtext

No Edges to Bind

Holly Childs & Gediminas Žygus

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