Markus Guentner - Crystal Castle 
Crystal Castle  [AFFINAMBIENT001 / Affin]

Produced by Markus Guentner
Mastered by Björn Scheurmann at Fassade Mastering
Artwork by Markus Guentner
Released by Affin from Germany
Published by Sony Music Publishing Germany
Original Release Date : April 18th. 2011
Reissue Release Date : December 15th. 2021
Format - CD and Digital

To mark its tenth anniversary, the album "Crystal Castle" by Regensburg-based artist Markus Guentner is now being released for the first time as a physical recording in limited quantities.
"Crystal Castle" has lost none of its topicality and beauty in this decade; the pieces stand for a musical and artistic quality.

The CD will be delivered in the next few weeks, but can already be pre-ordered.

Markus Guentner (Regensburg, Germany)
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Crystal Castle

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Markus Guentner - Crystal Castle [Affin]

Out now (Cassette + Digital) - https://naturalexpressions.bandcamp.com/album/distant-dream-of-a-clear-sky

Martin Jarl - Clouded Judgement

The second single from Sinemis' mini-album Dua...

"A loose soundtrack playing in my heavy head when walking down the streets of Kadıköy and finding myself in the middle of a neighbourhood bazaar...Created with found sounds from Istanbul, samples, ney recordings and soft modular synths."

Sinemis - The Bazaar

Neurophine

Release date: 11/02/19

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

Format: 2x12” 180g gatefold vinyl//mastered by Noel Summerville//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth//includes leaflet inside

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Dedicated to the life and work of Robert Lax (1915-2000), the American poet who lived on Patmos, Greece, as a self-exiled hermit since the sixties. Jack Kerouac called Lax “one of the great original voices of our times, a Pilgrim in search of beautiful innocence”. The Chi Factory would like to give special thanks to his good Patmian friends Ulf Knaus and Nikos Eliou, who showed us his house on Patmos (everything is still the same since he left) and also his favourite old wooden door (see leaflet). His great minimalistic poetry became a source of inspiration for the Mantra Recordings. His life on Patmos was far away from public attention - quiet and always surrounded by the skies, seas, cats and birds. Lax was a real dreamcatcher.

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Heavenchord - Shapeless

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Atmøsphäre - Leaving

Marcibagoly - Dubussy

In 2014 I started the Ambient Sessions. That was a good step in the right direction. After releasing every first sunday of the month in 6 years. It was time for a compilation. 29 selected ambient tracks are to be found here. As always in a diversity of artists and production.

New and the more advanced producers are compiled here. Everybody with there unqiue sound and vision on ambient music.
credits
released September 25, 2020

I would like to thank all artists involved. Without your music this compilation would not be possible.

Sebastian Paul
BJIKA
drfct
G. Strizzolo
R.Hz
Arkhis
Kyrro
Coma Conscience
In Vitro
Hedon
Alkini
Hypnos
Submersion
Martin Nonstatic
Vinny Vortex
@Discophone_
Asphalt Layer
Kraut sound
Le Code
Rob Velasquez
Substak
ALIENNA
Emerging Patterns
Shervaan Bergsteedt
Marcibagoly
Marco Uson
Sacred Seeds
Diarmaid Collins
Seramind


Big thanks goes to Rosto for all the mastering work he's done in the past few years.

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Martin Nonstatic - Deep Sightings Of A Whale

I have to admit, Joachim Spieth was not a name that I instantly recognized. Most of his recent full-length albums and EPs, including the one I am covering right now, were put out on his very own German Affin label [and its subsidiary, Affin LTD]. But listening further, and digging some more, I began to recognize the ethereal aesthetic, the ebb and flow, and the atmospheric textures that felt slightly familiar. It is only after reviewing his discography further that I realized that Spieth has appeared on numerous Total and Pop Ambient installments curated by Wolfgang Voigt for Kompakt. Following a glimpse of his individual contributions, I returned to this long-player, again and again, traversing its slow-stretching arc through the warm-filtered spectrum. His third album, Ousia, is a follow-up to his 2020 Tides, continuing the journey through dreamlike environments, deep and calm, wide and open, like a limitless ocean spreading into the outer and infinite, distant and unknown. Even this morning, as my anxiety fed by the unknown is making itself felt in my chest, neck, and shoulders, the gentle and soothing sounds of “Jiwa” spread through my mind and remind me to simply step back, take a breath, and put things in context. Here we are.  For another short day. For another brief moment. And as I gather this time to reflect on what it truly means to be here and now, I hope that this music connects you with me, and with Joachim, in the dispatch of sonic transmission.

"[OUSIA] creates imaginary spaces, translates ephemeral impressions, and condenses them into cinematic soundscapes. The eight pieces illustrate an intense and emotional journey that creates expressive relationships between external and internal perceptions."

The album is out in January 2021, on a 2×12″ vinyl, with a special edition featuring a booklet of photographs by Spieth. Recommended for fans of introspective, oceanic, and tidal ambiance, from the likes of Markus Guentner, Brock Van Wey, and Marsen Jules.

Ousia

TRACK PREMIERE : Joachim Spieth - Jiwa

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past:
19.05.24 @vhmnc - oxi, berlin
31.03.24 @vhmnc - oxi, berlin
29.03.24 rhythm research - beate uwe, berlin
29.01.24 @occultech_recordings - house of chapora, goa
28.01.24 indiranagar social, bengaluru
17.12.23 @vhmnc - oxi, berlin
17.11.23 rhythm research - beate uwe, berlin
07.09.23 @vhmnc - skopje
24.08.23 @vhmnc - oxi, berlin
19.05.23 @art-bei-ton x @thegodsplanet suicide, berlin
15.04.23  @affute atelier, berlin
25.02.23 @affute atelier, berlin
12.11.22    @affute atelier, berlin
18.09.21  @ritualcycles sounds garten, berlin

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