Botanical Dimensions

distortions, inversions of all this chamber made music to replace nightlong shakings between white or red horrors, fermented words; an imperfection being committed, beneath helpless intoxication, searching for a safe side of distance, libera, dreadful mourning. a spark of hope to all, bearing in mind a massive silence to be stopped by cheering from all around. 

when russia invaded ukraine it altered everything. writing music in these troubled days, during these historical events has become more sublimated than it has ever been; habitual leisure has been replaced by volunteering, the territorial defense of hometown, or the front line in the army. despite everything, music remains a significant part of our lives and continues to be the voice of history, communication, time, and memory. 

all revenues go to the ukrainian charities and defense forces.

cover designed by ratx.cc 
mastered by all options

xtclvr - july_23 dub

BI-MONTHLY (EVERY 2 MONTHS)
[Live] Excursions into sound and dissonance.
on www.nts.live/

W/ BOLI GROUP & XTEREA 
2 DISTINCT HEART RATES
HOUR 1 - BOLI GROUP 
HOUR 2 - XTEREA 

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boli group - soundcheck
Choir of Young Believers - Hollow Talk (piano cover)
Yakub - Posh Spice
slauson malone - The Wake Pt. 3&2 (see page 87 58 and 48)
Greta Eacott - Strings
Miles Davis & Marcus Miller - Submission
James Ferraro - Empty City
Hanne Darboven - Requiem
LOL beslutning - Outro
Värmland-forsamlingen af 2016 - Lovefool
Pelle Gudmundsen Holmgreen - Your Silence/Din Tavshed
Heith & Leonardo Rubboli - Lettera 4
Loren Connors - Mother & Son
Abdullah Miniawy X HVAD - Notice a tiny scratch for the blue behind
Heith - Ensemble For Somnambulists (feat. Aase Nielsen)
Jonna & Aase - Untitled
Klein - The Haunting of Grace
Clube Da Nova Manhã - Patio Piece
Bo Khat Eternal Troof Family Band - I HAVE SEEN ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE UNDER THE SUN; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind

Guyver - race through hell 
Shitmat  ‘94 abyss
Sonic subjunkies - central industrial 
Biobreaks - move 
Syndicate - ride the riddim 
Nasenbluten - check the sound 
Vocoda - dead man walking 
Jackal & hide - in bed with hanin 
Somatic responses - vaster 
Steve Shit - hard sucka 
Alec empire - the destroyer part 2
Steve shit - whatzz da prob?
Syndicate - lower level 
Model - surroundingz 
Xterea - untitled 
Rebel x - blunted 
Ruff & tumble crew - innocence (1994)
Syndicate - prisoner of war 
Xterea - untitled
Opus 28 - pour la liberte des milles universes

NTS RADIO - FEB 21ST 2023 W/ BOLI GROUP & XTEREA

~ IIKKI 020 ~

music : Akhira Sano
photography : David Nissen
album : Shadow's Praise
durations : 37.40 mn (LP) / 43.31 mn (CD)
date : April 20th 2023

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All production by Akhira Sano

Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Artwork by David Nissen
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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edition :
vinyl: limited to 300 copies / marble (crystal, silver and white) LP / hand numbered  / pantone
cd: limited to 200 CD / hand numbered / pantone
book: limited to 500 copies hand numbered / embossed / selective UV varnish / hand stamped 

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pre-order : March 03rd, 2023 / official release : April 20th, 2023

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Links :
https://iikki.bandcamp.com/
https://www.iikki-books.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://linktr.ee/Akhira_Sano
https://www.davidnissenphoto.com/

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Akhira Sano - Nakazu

https://soundcloud.com/angelkiiin

touching back down with some grade-a industrial scuzz courtesy of Angelkin. she tore it up at last years sludge.systems party and this mix carries through with the same spirit

we get plenty of subbass growl, white noise spatter and bristled texture, cycling from gothic ambience thru downtempo brawn to cruddy steppers

it’s all kept distinctly punk and left of left

when i first heard her consistently brilliant noods show (must check!!) i thought it was exactly the sort of thing i’d love to have on sludge, so super glad to be sharing this

thank you marissa :))))

sludge.009_Angelkin

Doris als Musikerin. 
Dass Doris tödlich ist, ist ihr selbst gar nicht so klar. Denn sie liebt eigentlich alle Menschen. Sie war sozusagen auf einem humanistischen Gymnasium, wo sie natürlich auch Musikunterricht hatte. Musik mag sie gerne, wie alles. Ob sie jetzt gar kein Instrument oder alle beherrscht, ist egal; sie findet es toll, wenn Menschen Musik machen. Doris versteht sich nicht direkt als Musikerin; das würde sie als eine Einschränkung für sich sehen. Zum Glück gibt es so viele die das Musikmachen für sie erledigen. Trotzdem ist sie keine Dirigentin. Doris singt ganz gerne, ihre Lieblingsinstrumente sind Sirenen.

 

Doris as a musician. 
That Doris is deadly, is also for herself not so clear. She actually loves all people. She was, so to say, on a humanistic high school where she, of course, also had music lessons. She likes music, as she likes everything. It does not matter at all if she does not master any instrument or all; she enjoys when people make music. Doris does not see herself as a musician; she would see that as a restriction. Luckily, there are so many who do the music making for her. Nevertheless, she is not a conductor. Doris loves to sing, her favorite instruments are sirens.

Erik Satie - Gnossienne 4
Marlene Dietrich - Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte
Wire - Heartbeat
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
Throbbing Gristle - Something came over me
Adriano Celentano -  Prisencolinensinainciusol
Mauricio Kagel - 10 Märsche, um den Sieg zu verfehlen, Marsch Nr. 5
Jozéf Orliński - Cold Song
Hawkind - Silver Machine
Devo - [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction
Die Dominas – Die Wespendomina
Brian Eno - Kurt‘s Rejoinder
Can - Spoon
Grace Jones - I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
Amanda Lear - My Alphabet
The Velvet Underground & Nico - I’ll Be Your Mirror

Wavering Forms 52 - Die Tödliche Doris

you're finally home

In this factory, the human seed for the future is produced and prepared. It's not a pretty place, but it's necessary for the future.

(Dark Ambient Drone) Facility 18

Wald der Tränen

A track from the album Music for Tomato Plants out now on Constellation Tatsu.

Loris S. Sarid - O Like A Tomato

NORMAN WESTBERG & JACEK MAZURKIEWICZ, First Man in the Moon - LP
Release date - March 12th 2021
Catalogue nr. - HG2101
Format - Vinyl / digital
Hallow Ground
Vinyl / digital, catalogue nr. HG2101

hallowground.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
What Is Good For The Goose (09:35)
That Was Then (08:29)
First Man In The Moon (06:45)
Falsely Accused (06:33)
Oxnard (05:47)

Credits:
Recorded at Studio Diamentowy Pies
Damian Pielka, engineering
Piotr Mazurek, engineering assistance
Jacek Mazurkiewicz, mix
Lawrence English, mastering
John Fell, photographs
Greenpointless, design

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An unlikely meeting of two like-minded spirits, »First Man in the Moon« sees the former Swans guitarist and Hallow Ground regular Norman Westberg and the prolific double bass player Jacek Mazurkiewicz collaborate for five evocative tracks. The pair finds common ground beyond the boundaries of atmospheric drone, abstract jazz and experimental music and blurs the lines between the acoustic and the electronic. 

The two first met when the composer Mazurkiewicz supported Swans with his solo project 3FoNIA on their 2014 European tour. »I really enjoyed his approach,« says Westberg about the Polish musician’s blending of the acoustic qualities of his instrument with electronically generated sounds. A decision to collaborate was made and when the US-American musician returned to Eastern Europe to support Michael Gira on his solo tour in late 2019, Mazurkiewicz reached out to him with the idea of booking some studio time before Gira’s two concerts in Warsaw. »Recording was very fun and easy,« remembers Westberg. »It was just two people enjoying hearing and reacting to what the other is doing.«

»First Man in the Moon« is not however a plain document of these improvised sessions, but also shaped by Mazurkiewicz’s approach as a composer. Once the recordings were finished, he selected and edited the recorded material, refining the peculiar dialogue between the guitarist’s meditative drones and bright chords and his own rhythmic yet subtle approach to playing the double bass, sometimes plucking the strings and occasionally using his bow to underscore Westberg’s fleeting melodies, but also using the instrument in unconventional ways to generate sound. 

A feeling of weightlessness prevails throughout the aptly-titled »First Man in the Moon.« Even at their most abstract however, these five improvisations-turned-compositions remain tangible, lively, and joyfully explorative. It is a record that you wouldn’t expect from either of these musicians, but the logical result of two idiosyncratic minds sharing not only space and time, but also their respective visions with each other.

NORMAN WESTBERG & JACEK MAZURKIEWICZ - What Is Good For The Goose (HG2101)

edition project focused on some dialogues between some visuals artists and music artists which works with 3 publishings by year dispatched in 2 physical imprints: a disc (vinyl/cd) and a fine art book.