Transcending dimensions

White Picket Fence

Tuhka, like its titular cinder or ash symbolises new beginnings, fertile ground and creativity after a long lapse. In the same vein, the tracks on this edition were created after a long fallow period. 

Tuhka was created out of archival snippets and new vocal loops created on the sunny top floor of Merlijnstraat in early 2022. Late lockdown there was spent writing on the balcony and walking or playing in nearby parks. This creative but relaxed time is embodied in the feeling on ’Tuhka,’ a release wrapping itself around the core of two long-form tracks:

Kärpässieni is a soft, pensive number, with an archival cheap synth track and a chopped-up mystery field recording mingling with a simple subdued vocal loop. There is a titular reference to amanita mushrooms, a fungi encompassing the mystery and the melancholy bitterness present in the track. The feeling is akin to a frosty morning spent on a walk to the Mercatorplein library and feeling your toes start numbing.

Varisevalehti means ’shudderingleaf’ and it consists of an airy, optimistic voice loop that progresses and winds around the length of the track. Alongside it, at times you can hear tape-manipulated samples from a ’learn Italian’ record I used to own. The feeling is more of a wander around Westerpark when the blossoms have started come loose and fly around in the air, forming soft pink deposits in the corners of streets. 

Thanks to Haron Aumaj for enduring support and for the copious quantities of Banjaan borani.

Tuhka

Cucina Povera - Kärpässieni (excerpt)

Forsaken Emblems

Slowly Forgetting, Barely Remembering

Souvenir

Liten Karin

Premiere of the track "Free Love" by the Greek artist Matriarchy Roots, taken from his upcoming debut album on Strange Therapy.
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Artist: Matriarchy Roots @restive_plaggona
Track: "Free Love"
Album: "The Merge"
Label: @strangetherapy
Format: Limited Edition Cassette + Digital
Release date: July 25, 2023
Pre-order: matriarchyroots.bandcamp.com/album/the-merge

Written and produced by Dimitris Doukas
Sculpture by Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya // rubenulisesrodriguezmontoya.com
Mastered by Dadub Mastering

"Picturing a portrait of a woman’s independence through noxious electronics.“The Merge” is balancing brutal beauty and confronting auras with fractured emotions while each track gives another perspective on eternal dilemmas. Who do you turn to and are you satisfied with your life?"

Premiere: Matriarchy Roots - Free Love [ST021]

"In 2018 in Bogotá, producer Halb Maschine and artist Ela Vann joined forces to bring Dot Drama to life. After several years of collaboration, they present their EP "Surcos" on Pildoras Tapes. The EP features 6 tracks that explore the sounds of Synthwave, incorporating distorted vocals, classic drum machines, and saxophones that evoke the industrial sound of the 1980s.

We are pleased to introduce these types of releases that delve into different genres of electronic music. That's why we decided to invite Filmmaker, Spinal, Tarqvino, and Panama Papers for the B-side of the tape, creating new versions more focused on the dance floor."

Artist: Dot Drama
Title: Surcos
Label: Pildoras Tapes
Format: Cassette - Digital
Catalogue: PIT026
Release Date: August 23, 2023

Pildoras Tapes Bandcamp: https://pildorastapes.bandcamp.com/

PREMIERE • Dot Drama - Surcos [Pildoras Tapes]

Artist: SG (Andrew Pekler) 
Title: For Lovers Only / Rain Suite  
Cat#: faitiche 33
Release: Oct 6th 2023
Format: LP/DL

SG is none other than Andrew Pekler returning to faitiche with an album of sentimental guitar escapism. For Lovers Only / Rain Suite features ten tracks made using only an electric guitar and a handful of effects pedals (plus some additional recordings of rain) and finds Pekler once again attempting to reconicile his tendencies towards kitsch, experimentation and minimalism.   What does Pekler's pseudonym SG stand for? Sentimental Guitar? Sound Gallery? Shy Guy? Sad Gnosis? Saudade Glamour? Soft Goth? We don't know, but we asked notorious Chicago romantic Sam Prekop for his take on the album – his reply:

It’s a wonder where the rivers go and far, how fast or slow. 

Just seconds to remember, who can forget,
when you are lost. 

I think to recount every step, in both hands, eyes open, the clouds unfold, one two three. 
Every other step, just as well.

Where the moss is soft, you know strong. How many hours, days?
I could have been careful, did I forget? 

Never mind. 
Waking up, in these arms, where the rivers go, slow. 
One two three, one two three.

SG (Andrew Pekler): Sentimental Guitar Dream

Desertshore

Janitor Of Lunacy

Delphosound is a multi-genre DJ producer from Costa Rica, his productions include genres such as,
Techno, hardtechno, EBM, Industrial and downtempo, with sounds inspired by the 80s and 90s,
combining these sounds with electric guitars and dark synths.
He was part of two metal bands in his country, this led him to develop an interest in exploring the production of electronic music,
including analog and digital elements, as well as distorted guitars in many of his productions.
The project has always focused on exploring all types of rhythms adapted to a more powerful and darker atmosphere,
including within their own productions, remixes for artists of genres such as classic hip hop, industrial metal and pop.

[PREMIERE] Delphosound - The Creator (Invalid User Mix) [REVOLTE]

07. C4AT - Child Of Tomorrow

syntakt -> marantz pmd430 (sony metal sr 90 (1996)), no dolby/dbx

happy pre-halloween

108 hop fuck

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Mathenesserdijk

YAMA

WORD EP

DROW

This is an attempt to make a virtual choir sing long, slowly developing words. Not the easiest task.

DISCLAIMER: This track is an experiment in virtualization of an acoustic piece via samples. It is only intended for didactical purposes, and should fall in the fair use doctrine.

Cucina Povera - Kärpässieni (excerpt)

Infinite Greyscale

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