The Ongoing Sounds of The AM 2021

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Bursting from the collective genius of some of the most promising new artists on our radar—and together with many treasured friends of the label—Futures Vol. 7 is a dutiful assemblage of soulful lo-fi, chill-out, and jazz-infused beats. Compiled for those wishing to gently reinvigorate their focus and reacquaint themselves with the optimist within, this latest edition of Futures is especially for you.

Behind the scenes, our level of enthusiasm for this high-caliber effort is markedly high. Enjoy Kazumi Kaneda’s super swinging remix of Carsten Rubeling’s Great Divide. Energize your evening with tracks from Illa J & Atamone, Green Piccolo, and Sleepover. Sink into the raw and hypnotic groove on Take It by jus. featuring Yutaka Hirasaka. And be filled with lo-fi light beams from Gloamie, steezy prime & Devon Rea, Konteks, Tenda Senda, Peter Bark, and so many other talented collaborators.

With beautiful artwork by Vladimir Hadzic, Futures Vol. 7 is available for you to enjoy on double cassette, digital, and double LP vinyl formats. And of course on Apple Music, Spotify, and the streaming service of your choice. 

Artwork By: Vladimir Hadzic

Tracklist
SIDE A
Carsten Rubeling & Kazumi Kaneda - Great Divide
Telemakus - Isolation (ft. Tommaso Cappellato)
Isak Gaines - Wistful (ft. Aron Caceres)
Es-K, Kurt Stewart & STEEN - Pieces of Mind
Santa Rita - Malachite
Gas Lab - Late
Metic - By The Creek
Illa J & Atamone - Late Night Banger
Jabbu & Howiewonder - Permanently in that Frame of Mind
ARVO TO ME - tfw
Sleepover - Oleada
Green Piccolo - Green Light
Peter Bark - Abandoned Pool
Awlnight - Rare Footage
Dominic Pierce - Drag
Drips Zacheer - 14her
  
SIDE B
PRGMAT - Places to Be
Tenda Senda - Swing a Little
sftspkn - yesterday
David Chief - Kief FIngers
Mindeliq - Kairos
steezy prime & Devon Rea - Fantasy
Gloamie - Sookie
Konteks - Quarteto
Altitude. - yesterday, tomorrow
jus. - Take It (ft. yutaka hirasaka)
Doctor Guave - Infinity
Grumpysnorlax - Good Vibes
Qaett - Army of One
Just Big Hills - Acacia
yutaka hirasaka - Sun Shower
baechulgi - believe
Dokkodo Sounds - With u in the clouds

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Lo-fi / Chillhop / Trip Hop / Beats

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MIX TAPE for CO_BA #2 : BEATS

Lofi Hip Hop [beats to study/relax] Inner Ocean Records

'Phonoglow' is a serene vocal lo-fi collaboration between Mum Child and Hi Noon. The dreamy vocals and trance-like guitars help you to escape and effortlessly transport away from your worldly problems (to a place where dolphins fly in the sky 🐬). 

📀 Download/Stream 'Phonoglow'!
→ cmrecords.co.uk/phonoglow

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Spotify: spoti.fi/2MhaAAy
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/mumchild
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mumchildmusic
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mumchildmusic

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hinoon.music/

Mum Child & Hi Noon - Cincinatti

Doom

Hope ya'll enjoi my latest project!
Make sure to head to my bandcamp if you want to support me directly 
much luv<3

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ijustwow

salubrious

luvhiatus

Today i have a new song that's released as a small treat for you all before the journey of my new album - This one is a standalone from the project and only a gift to you all listeners for showing support & playing my music. ⁣
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The album that's being released is titled 'Warm Feelings' and you will hear the first track 'Dream Park' being released on June 7th. Then along with 3 other singles that's included in the full length album.

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Hello Again

Kazumi Kaneda remixes Carsten Rubeling's "Great Divide"
Single from the compilation FUTURES Vol. 7

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Carsten Rubeling & Kazumi Kaneda - Great Divide

Metic's single from the compilation FUTURES Vol. 7

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Metic - By The Creek

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Berlin-based producer DYVN (“dive-in”) celebrates releasing with Hip Dozer for the first time, coming in hot with a bouncy electronic lo-fi banger called “Sunbeams. The multi-faceted instrumentalist captures a nostalgic, yet futuristic feel that features crunchy drums and lush synthesizers, driven by one of his signature bouncy bass lines and topped by a cheeky flute lead. The track will leave you feeling uplifted and positive – just like the touch of warm sun rays on your face. Perfect for driving with the top down on a sunny spring day.

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DYVN - Sunbeams

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Artwork by Michal Kvac

Hope

far gone

Single from the FUTURES Vol. 7 compilation 
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Es - K & Kurt Stewart & STEEN - Pieces Of Mind

Single from the FUTURES Vol. 7 compilation
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Santa Rita - Malachite

Single from the compilation FUTURES Vol. 7

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Dokkodo Sounds - With U In The Clouds

Gas Lab - Late

MUST ONE PERSON'S TRIUMPH BE ANOTHER'S HUMILIATION?

With a boom-boom bap, Saï T is back — now with more lofi crunch. This head-knocking beat is the second instalment in Inner Ocean’s Lofi Snacks series and has the hallmarks of a Saï T beat, influenced by greats like Dilla and Stlndrms; hypnotically chopped samples, scintillating swing, and a sprinkle of Sp 404 flavour. Originally produced for a daily beat video series on his Instagram, the beat is more than just a one-off — it’s also emblematic of a time where the love of beats took precedence over producing and selling beats online to fit an industry standard. Doing it for the fun of it: not overrated in the least.

The French-born producer Saï T, now based in Reunion Island, has built a signature sound with guitar and drums at the center without relying on rigid rules for how good beats are born. One day it may be creatively chopping samples, the other might be about picking up a guitar and writing a simple chord progression. The free-flowing of inspiration is afforded to musicians gifted with a natural intuition and an early-grown discipline for music-making. The result of which is a varied and expressive catalogue, full of infectious personality.

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Saï T - Gemini

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Format: Digital / Streaming 

We all want a vacation. To turn off our brains and let our natural inclinations bend toward what gives us inspiration. With Tenda Senda and PiPou’s Alphabet EP we get our time away. It’s a lush fantasy, created from clear-headed arrangements of guitar, keyboard, and bass. The chosen single Six Pack is a slow build for the senses, where sunny dispositions and an appreciation for simplicity well up inside. The evocative title-track Alphabet is determined to keep us in our feelings, stretching them out into a warm meditation. And with the dream-like Tyavu, the entire project occupies the lovely space between chill-out, lofi, and electronica.

Tenda Senda X PiPou - Alphabet

Format: Streaming // Digital

'gone get ya' is gone get ya, tiny.blips has made sure of it. The South Florida-based, Delaware-born artist is a huge talent (despite the tiny name), playing every instrument, singing, and producing on the track, all in his honed-in, lofi-soul style. It’s a recipe for undeniably groovy and psychedelic bedroom pop. Oh, and we’ve included the tasty instrumental version, too. See you on the other side.

tiny.blips - gone get ya

For our first edition of Lofi Snacks, we welcome Komachi: a Japanese artist living in Europe with a love for lofi’s warmth and easy-going nature. Komachi opens up the Snacks series with two tender and nostalgia-laden tracks, the second in collaboration with Czech beat-maker, Enoki. Smile and hit play for a 10% happier day.

Komachi is a new arrival on the lofi scene and an accomplished artist who values his anonymity. He’s traversed many electronic styles over the years, embracing a natural curiosity along the way. When you hear Komachi’s music, it’s easy to appreciate this enthusiastic approach. It’s just pure and honest fun.

Komachi & Enoki - Magokoro

Into Change is an album about letting go. While home is always home, sometimes leaving it is the only way to dive into new possibilities and leave behind a life of stagnation. For Arvo to me, this meant literally moving to an island town off the Swedish mainland to study and let inspiration take hold, welcoming new events, feelings, and friends. The space between old and new is often so gradual to be lusciously liminal, a feeling of dreamy optimism and slow momentum fully felt on tracks like kolhii (with Midnatt), critic, and diver. Altogether, it’s an imaginative and scintillatingly chill album to excite every pixel of the mind.

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Into Change

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ARVO TO ME - Diver

old beat, up on bandcamp. 

o.g. - https://goo.gl/Ad4XbG

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summer's day. [v2]

Hey guys this EP has been an on and off 7 months of work, but the grind has finally paid off! Enjoy the EP and donate or pay if you enjoyed it!

Big thanks to Arcadian for the guitar work on Essence!
His Soundcloud can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/arcadianuk

Monochrome

Okinawa Sunset

This album was a partial endeavour into all branches of trip hop, spanning all of the eras of music. I said in my Hidden Gems Vol.I EP that i would make a jazz EP, but it proved more difficult that once thought! It still happening though; I've just got to get my music theory up to par. I think there also might be a return to Drum & Bass/Electronic genres, in the form two/three different EP's.

In the one year period since the release of Hidden Gems Vol.I, I have also been learning Ableton as well, which has been interesting (Primarily used to be FL only). I think looking at workflow and attempting to refine it is a must for any artist. It brought me to the realization of just how much workflow affects the sound of the output you create. Trying to refine a process while still retaining the exact same sound is a difficult process! :P

The concept behind the EP is multi faceted. Everything from the cover to the names to the audio content inside the tracks themselves tells a story. I've used a lot of layering inside the tracks and have really tried to provide emphasis and tension where i felt necessary to create amazing moments in a track. There is more information about the thought process of making this EP in the behind the scenes text file if you download the EP from bandcamp. I would love to hear what your understanding of the songs were, feel free to send me an email or message!

Animus

Atmos

Sunset

Kikazaru

lotus blossoms

@afternoon
thought i might release it here cause it didn't get much love

check out tender
https://soundcloud.com/dreameasycollective/tender-ep

artwork by m1saka

let's fall in love (w/ afternoon) [from Dream Easy's Tender]

my track from the ikigai beattape by @dreameasycollective

much luv <3

delusion [from ikigai beattape]

ocean waves

🌴 Once again the first rays of Summer are upon us, and with it comes our latest essentials offering for 2019. Arguably the smoothest Chillhop compilation to date, comprising of 24 uplifting compositions from a carefully selected roster of talented artists, this is guaranteed to be the momental musical companion you need for the months ahead. Whatever you have planned for the holiday season, this seamless release will smoothly transport your thought path straight to the warmest of outlooks, without a care in the world.

🙌 Follow the artists 
・ Yasper » https://soundcloud.com/yasperrr 
・ sleepy fish » https://soundcloud.com/sleeepyfish 
・ Dontcry » https://soundcloud.com/dontcrybby 
・ Nokiaa » https://spoti.fi/2QCYJ4l
・ Deauxnuts » https://soundcloud.com/deauxnuts
・ Azec » https://www.soundcloud.com/azecbeats 
・ Toonorth » https://soundcloud.com/countbazzy-2 
・ chief. » https://soundcloud.com/chiefslc 
・ clap cotton » https://soundcloud.com/clapcotton 
・ Evil Needle » https://soundcloud.com/itsmeneedle 
・ Misha » https://soundcloud.com/mishabeatsyou/ 
・ cocabona » https://soundcloud.com/cocabona 
・ quickly, quickly » https://soundcloud.com/quicklyquickly 
・ Louk » https://spoti.fi/2C5WoGQ
・ Fabich » https://soundcloud.com/fabichmusic 
・ No Spirit » https://soundcloud.com/nospiritmusic 
・ TESK » https://soundcloud.com/tesk
・ B-Side » https://soundcloud.com/b-side-production
・ junior state » https://soundcloud.com/juniorstate 
・ Ruck P » https://www.soundcloud.com/ruckp 
・ Cap Kendricks » https://www.soundcloud.com/cap-kendricks 
・ Monma » https://soundcloud.com/monmabeats 
・ Saint WKND » https://soundcloud.com/wknd 
・ Osvaldo » https://soundcloud.com/osvaldo_la 
・ Stan Forebee » https://soundcloud.com/stan-forebee 
・ Cloudchord » https://soundcloud.com/cloudchord 
・ Sebastian Kamae » https://soundcloud.com/sebastiankamae 
・ Hanz » https://soundcloud.com/hanzbeats 
・ middle school » https://soundcloud.com/yungmiddleschool 
・ Aso » https://soundcloud.com/aricogle 
・ Leavv » https://soundcloud.com/leavv 
・ Blue Wednesday » https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday

🎨 Artwork by Tristan Gion
▪ www.behance.net/tristan-gion

💿 Released by Chillhop Music
▪ @Chillhopdotcom

Summer Essentials 2019

Song For The Sun

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Song For The Sun (w/ Cloudchord)

We are excited to announce Bell Orchestre's first full-length album in over a decade: House Music — an immersive ecosystem created by the acclaimed Montreal-based outfit, which include Arcade Fire’s Sarah Neufeld and Richard Reed Parry — out March 19.

Stream & pre-order the album on LP · CD · DL: https://idol.lnk.to/HouseMusic

House Music unfolds as one long piece, a recorded-then-sculpted improvisation that vastly expands their work, coalescing classical and electronic instrumentation in the creation of genre-defying musical worlds.

After having shared the short film IX: Nature That’s It That’s All. — which layered archival visuals of blissed-out crowds at a carnival over one of the later, dreamier sections of House Music — Bell Orchestre presents a video for the one-track album’s most anthemic and explosive segment, V: Movement, directed by band-member Kaveh Nabatian.

In the album’s liner notes, the group recalls countless moments when, in kinetic moments of improvisation, “a nuanced piece of music would emerge organically, completely formed, without any plan or discussion or rational thought” — and then be lost because it wasn’t recorded. In conceiving a new album, they decided to celebrate the spontaneous and accidental, to centrally situate the act of collaborative, democratic creation in their finished work. With the legacies of improvisation-exploring greats like Talk Talk, The Orb, Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis and the late Ennio Morricone in mind, on House Music, Bell Orchestre captures the impulsive, connective, mysterious poetics of musical invention happening in real-time.

House Music

V: Movement

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Bell Orchestre - V: Movement

Nightshift - Power Cut

Lofi Beats

All We Had to Do Was Follow the Damn Train CJ

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Cadillac Mountain

Brock Berrigan - Secret

Dutch composer Rutger Hoedemaekers makes his debut solo release with a stunning album that marks the culmination of a decade spent in the hyper-creative studio environment he co-founded in Berlin, including four years working closely alongside Jóhann Jóhannsson. Sonically rich, emotionally deep, and immaculately handled, 'The Age Of Oddities’ showcases a brilliant new talent, its cinematic eloquence bearing witness to Rutger’s experiences composing for film alongside Oscar-winner Hildur Guðnadóttir and Jóhannsson, for whom the album is partly a eulogy.

Whilst paying homage to Jóhannsson, ‘The Age Of Oddities’ sees Hoedemaekers forging his own sound and vision. It’s a bold and forward-thinking record, with a rich, hybrid sound seeing vocals processed and blurred alongside brass parts and a wall of strings shadowed by Rutger’s understated, textural electronics. Beautifully scored, immaculately performed and recorded, the album utilises the power of Budapest Art Orchestra’s 23-piece string ensemble conducted and co-orchestrated by Viktor Orri Árnason, alongside vocals (Kira Kira, Theatre of Voices’ Else Torp and Laura Jansen), horn (Morris Kliphuis), trombone (Hilary Jeffery) and violin (Una Sveinbjarnardóttir and Viktor Orri Árnason), with Hoedemaekers contributing trumpet, piano, keyboard and electronics.

Born out of a shared creative environment during a time of personal as well as social change, ‘The Age Of Oddities’ is a powerful and emotive work that closes a deeply productive yet also dark and heavy period for its creator.  It sees Hoedemaekers finally stepping out into the spotlight after many years working behind the scenes, revealing a hugely talented new composer who is surely one to watch in coming years.

The Age Of Oddities

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Rutger Hoedemaekers - Not For That Hour, Nor For That Place

Taken off 'Transmission' (HH133), an expansive 10-track remix collection of songs originally featured on ISKRE's 2020 self-released sophomore album 'Intermission'

IKSRE / Soundcloud - @iksremusic
Super Magic Hats / Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/supermagichats

Transmission

BANDCAMP

IKSRE - Wylah (Super Magic Hats Remix)

its my birthday, so its time to release something while im working on a larger project. 

made this earlier last year and left it sitting around, so pardon the mastering/mixing

hope you enjoy and thanks for listening

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For After

Inner Ocean Records is a platform and collective for emerging artists to release music and visual art. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the label was conceptualized in 2012 as a vehicle for artists to have their music heard and seen, to build a community of passionate people.  We designed the label to be what we would have loved to have as artists ourselves, redefining the rules in an ebb and flow to the changing landscape of music. We have made a conscious commitment to be transparent, adaptable and always for the people.

We are a label for artists, by artists. 

We’ve built the backbone of this label around great sound and feeling; laid back, honest and forever chill. We have released a lot of different sounds; Ambient, Lofi Hip Hop, RnB, Modern Funk, Future Soul and Indie. Since our inception, we have prioritized natural evolution and organic growth in the music – we value the process and accept change.  Expect the unexpected; we want to delightfully surprise you;)