Picking Things Up

The Gleam

Restlessly Towards

Gudrun Gut and Mabe Fratti have worked together on a powerful hybrid album, where taut rhythms fuse with haunted vocal melodies and spoken word, and field recordings meld with extended ambient pieces. Limited edition of 500 copies on Yellow Transparent vinyl LP, digital downloads and streamings.

As part of Umor Rex’s 15th anniversary, we here present an album that builds a dialogue between two lands and two unique artists. Mexico is the origin and conceptual residence of our label, while Germany is where we produce and manufacture our records (Berlin functions as the center of distribution and logistics, thanks to our friends at Morr Music). The intertwining imaginations belong to German producer Gudrun Gut (Malaria!) —a notable figure of the subculture and the German music scene since the early 80s, and also a founder of Monika Enterprise and recipient of the ‘Listen to Berlin’ Award in 2019— and singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer Mabe Fratti (originally from Guatemala, now based in Mexico City). We knew about “Let’s Talk About The Weather” from the beginning, and since the moment Gudrun and Mabe made us part of their project, our excitement could not be greater.

The process started with Gudrun and Mabe having long distance conversations, asking about their whereabouts and discussing the weather. This might seem rather commonplace, but it works as a key thematic component for the entire album. The weather as the new great unknown, perceived through the optics of everyday life. Sound files were methodically exchanged, with Mabe exploring words and vocals, and Gudrun working with field recordings taken from each city. In the end, this joint musical venture would provide a healing effect for both artists during life in quarantine.

“Aufregend”, the opening track of the album, reflects upon a general lack of excitement in modern life. It wonders what the future might hold. Is it cold? Is it warm? Will it be the same? “Air Condition” is an eerie, dazzling collision of climates: the hazy warmth of Mexico City, the deep cold of Uckermark. The last track, which gives the album its name, is a long ambient piece composed of four parts: sound sculptures, field recordings of city life, news and weather forecasts, and private conversations about the climate. It’s kind of a collaborative diary, obsessed with a single, all-encompassing subject.

Produced and recorded by Gudrun Gut and Mabe Fratti between Berlin, Uckermark, Veracruz and Mexico City. Mixed by GGut at Stern Studio Mastered by John Tejada in Sherman Oaks, USA. Artwork & photos by Daniel Castrejón in Mexico City.

Special thanks to Goethe Institute, who contributed to the creation of this album with a Virtual Partner Residency support.

Let’s Talk About The Weather

Gudrun Gut + Mabe Fratti — Aufregend

O'o - Indigo

Music For Growing Flowers

Music For Growing Flowers - Pt. 4

Underwater Lament

Ocean

Ocean (Glimpse)

pmxper

Lavender Milk

Artist: BITCHIN BAJAS
Album: Transporteur

Cat #: HITD 024
LP – 600 copies on black vinyl
CS – 100 copies
Release date: 4th May 2015

Cooper Crain, Daniel Quinlivan et Rob Frye : orgue électrique, synthétiseurs analogique, synthétiseur modulaire, basse électrique, flûte, clarinette basse et percussions

Artwork by Nick Ciontea
Mastering by Rashad Becker

Label, orders: www.handsinthedarkrecords.com

BITCHIN BAJAS - Marimba

Para los Pies Cansados

Lena Platonos - Shadow Of Blood

Stereolab_Nurse_With_Wound_Simple_headphone_mind.mp3

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There is a purpose behind ambient music: it is utility music. Brian Eno made that clear once and for all with ‘Music for Airports’ – the utilitarian nature of this music can already be found in the title. But way before that, in 1920, Erik Satie composed ‘Musique d’ameublement’ – furniture music. Satie created true background music as a reaction against the misuse of classical music as a carpet of sound. The purpose of his furniture music was also to bridge the awkward gaps in conversation in social situations. In turn, Eno’s airport music is meant to serve as background music while sounding interesting enough for listeners to become absorbed. If we go by Eno’s definition, the music on T.Raumschmiere’s new album is not ambient. Although – or in fact, because – each individual track on this album immediately and effortlessly generates atmospheres, it is impossible not to be drawn in. T.Raumschmiere sucks the listener into the perceptible endlessness of his pulsating sounds, even though the music does not actually expect anything from the listener. It is not demanding, it does not sound lofty or ethereal. It is in constant movement and evolution while sounding grounded at the same time. The tracks are not weightless; they have body.
A darkly beating pulse works like a machine through the surging pads of ‘Dampfer.’ Synths drone languidly on ‘Anker.’ T.Raumschmiere deftly manages to avoid succumbing to the kitsch that often arises from these kinds of sounds. ‘Grotznogg’ has an inner stillness within the rustling and scattered clattering and clanging. ‘Zwischenstopp’ provides the perfect soundtrack for a submarine ride, complete with depth sounder and an undercurrent of anxiety. The track ‘007’ is a post-industrial masterpiece – warm, heavy, and latently threatening. And the list goes on.
Clearly a new meaning of the term ambient is needed to describe the music on this album more accurately. It is music that never sounds deliberate yet at the same time is so compelling, which might have something to do with the fact that Shitkatapult label founder Marco Haas aka T.Raumschmiere is the one behind it. As T.Raumschmiere, Haas produces a sound with influences ranging from bass music and
punk rock to industrial; the names of his records speak best for themselves: Monstertruckdriver, Sick Like Me, I Tank U… everyone knows what the deal is here. It is only logical that his new album is just called ‘T.Raumschmiere.’ This record is certainly an excellent lubricant for dreams.
Haas is known for his take-no-prisoners approach to his live sets, which feature distorted beats, grueling basses, and steep descents. Now for the flipside, the negative image of the sound that made T.Raumschmiere famous, the sound that has allowed us to get closer to the understanding of this magic ambient music. The shadow of T.Raumschmiere does not come in with massive beats and basses, yet it
is so imposing and so dark that it seems within our grasp.
In addition to his duties as label manager, musician, and DJ, Haas has also worked as a producer for other artists such as Dieter Meier, Fraktus, Barbara Morgenstern, Das Bierbeben, and Ofrin over the past
few years. The new album by Shrubbn!!, his collaboration with Ulli Bomans, will be released on
Shitkatapult.

T.Raumschmiere

Sleeping Pills And Habits

Bootleg track :   Jon Hassell "Amsterdam blue"    Ursula Rucker' ghost track  "Secrets"

ANALOGIC MASHUP, NO SOFTWARE USED

Jon Hassell & Ursula Rucker - Amsterdam blue secrets

Tar (Jan Jelinek Remix)

My Remix of Holy Other's "Held". I started this last year when we toured together, and after a little while figuring out what to do with it, we just decided to get it mastered up and give it away. 16bit WAV, mastered and ready to go!

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Holy Other - Held (Fort Romeau Remix)

Prototype / Limit to Your Love

Since 2006, true to its motto “Easy music, for the hard to please,” InFiné is a European label orchestrating sonic utopias where genres collide and hybridize. Here, techno reinvents itself in philharmonic halls, pianos spin through space, and electronica carries traditional music into the unknown.
With roots in both Paris and Berlin, the independent label InFiné is a rare space that embraces the unfamiliar and builds a legacy for the future. It is a refuge that refuses to choose between intellect and sensuality, and believes in the urgency of “the necessity of being.”
It brings together a global community of artists for whom creating is an act of resistance—a committed vision for sustainable music, in service of diversity, innovation, and artistic freedom.
Among the label’s emblematic artists are Rone, Deena Abdelwahed, Vanessa Wagner, Blick Bassy, Léonie Pernet, Bruce Brubaker, UTO, Gaspar Claus, François & The Atlas Mountains, and Kaito.

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O'o - Indigo

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