'One Of The Receivers’ is an 8-track adaptation of the text, ‘Notes From A Pandemic’, released by August Skipper in 2020, a collection of poetry and abstract musings on the nature of shared delusion and collective psychosis in the face of extraordinary historical events. The music takes the form of heavy, cinematic drones, interspersed with moments of explosive sound design, a shifting base upon which a narrative unfolds that is at once dream-like, bizarre, foreboding and intimate.

In October of 2020 August Skipper released his text “Notes From A Pandemic” in book format. With text sleekly inlaid on a cloth bound cover, black on black, the materiality of the book contextualizes itself within the historically tense environment it came to fruition within. Hand numbered and signed, a limited edition of 200 copies, the gesture of intimacy between writer and reader is reflective. Skipper advertised the book as a reflection on “the psychic implosion resulting from the initial European quarantine”. Two years past the global phenomena that was, and for some still is, COVID-19 Skipper's negotiation of angst, vulnerability, and confusion was a prescient illustration of what would come to be a particularly turbulent world event.

November 12, 2023 sees the release of “One Of The Receivers”, a re-examination of Skipper’s text within an aural framework. Not simply a spoken word recanting of the text, Skipper uses “One Of The Receivers” as a new setting for dramaturgical collaboration and tonal placement of his writings. Skipper enlists fellow artists Cunce, Angelo Harmsworth, Luna Vassarotti, Samuel Savenberg, Wan, and Ireen Amnes to engender the uneasy surreality that is the post-pandemic zeitgeist into hallucinatory auditory landscapes. Skipper’s voice floats with dramatic affect over his collaborators’ sonic palettes, stylistically challenging his utility as both narrator and sound source in the environments that “One Of The Receivers” inhabits.

Skipper’s journal of uncertainty resonates in a new capacity from its initial inception both in time and media format. Curiously, the recycled investigation within his musings give pause for reflection that, in fact, we are perhaps in no further illuminated a space. Sitting amidst an interstitial contemporary reality of dread, boredom, and confusion we collectively yearn for a new kind of catharsis, one that seems, as yet, beyond our immediate grasp.

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Pre-elease: October 18, 2023
Release: November 13, 2023

Final mixdown: August Skipper
Mastered by Conor Dalton at Glowcast Mastering

August Skipper - One Of The Receivers [IOD062]

What if I tell you that each realms are divided by narratives? Simple words such as 'love', 'hate', "forgiveness", 'harbour', 'memories' to one human being can be a deciding factor into the inner dynamics of someone not raised by the words 'love', but in actions, actions of absolute terror that never needed words to begin with. But  in a reality, ruled by words, not by actions, which world should perish and which world should continue if you consider each simple words that holds you together? Possibly not important for others but important to you? But what really makes the world move? Are they simple basic words as 'love', 'hate', 'forgiveness', 'harbour' or good or bad 'memories invested into time, earlier on? What stays and what leaves? The more powerful and effective the machines and its machinations, can rip trough those words, words that have created the divisions or camaraderie of an existing world. It's symbiosis of memories that keeps them moving in motion, endlessly rotating in axis like a pendulum. So whether you are in Islamabad or Hyderabad, Wollongong or Irkutsk, Tesseract or Candeleria, and some of those hard to pronounce places, you live in a realm, a literal dome castle, a fortress, an armored mesh that can be tightened or loosened but very difficult to remove and replace in battle, because it will render any host body completely defenseless while in the process of removing the older armor mesh and replacing it with a new one, it takes few minutes in the Dark Ages, and in that few minutes, a rain of arrows could have killed the host body. These mesh of narratives holds us all together or seperates us like invisible force fields. We all walk inside it. An organism will not last without it. How do you look at one beautiful painting and see each brush strokes and all of its meanings? You see one thing in your visors, and normally, the rest sees the same like cogs endlessly rotating in motion,

Cogs of Novar

Third Follower

This is a remix of Reven track, more minimalist and orchestral.
Deep with many differents moods inside the track, the string get lot of depth

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Reven (orchestral Version)

August Skipper & Samuel Savenberg - Wound Blooms In Slow Motion

August Skipper & Luna Vassarotti - Reflecting Upon Time Spent On The Greek Island, Tinos

August Skipper & Angelo Harmsworth - One Of The Receivers

August Skipper - The Human Shaped Hole

August Skipper & Cunce - Soundtrack To The Following Events

Labyrinth

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"Duality non-Duality
Love always Unites

"Two Lovers" is part of my Powerhouse Spirit hop sessions. I hope you can enjoy it and use it for your meditations, sound journeys, yoga; to bring focus, calm, and peace or rest from this duality non-duality modern life.

"Two Lovers" can be a representation of love as a bridge to connect your mind with your heart and your heart with your mind; your soul with your body, your body with your soul, your feminine with your masculine, your masculine with your feminine; your shadow with your higher self; and so on... a union through love, always.

This song came out through me when I was healing my soleus muscle from a 3/4 full break tear. Unable to walk for one month and a half, with a lot of pain; this process brought me closer to the perception that our body has its own natural dynamics and processes to understand and connect in balance with our mind, spirit, and consciousness. Being in balance.

Hope your flow is in beauty.
Inti

Two Lovers

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Reach down into the water, close your eyes

Sentient - Reach Into The Water

Bersarin Quartett  Es kann nicht ewig Winter sein...

Buy / Stream Album: https://lnk.to/wsmsettlers

Follow WSM on Bandcamp: http://westernskiesmotel.bandcamp.com
 
'Settlers' is the new album from Western Skies Motel in a limited edition of 170 gatefold 180gram vinyl, CD and digital formats.  'Settlers' was mastered for vinyl and digital by Taylor Deupree, with master lacquers cut by Roger Siebel at SAE.  The first 50 Vinyl & CD's ordered come with a bonus EP, 'Generations' mastered by Kirk Marrison of Kiln.

In the dry desert of Arizona that Lost Tribe Sound calls home, a letter is received from guitarist René Gonzàlez Schelbeck who’s eager to share a collection of intimately composed songs, titled 'Settlers'. Upon listening, we are immediately enthralled. There’s a timeworn, arid, and almost badlands quality to Schelbeck’s hypnotic, cyclical guitar style. It seems to perfectly capture the lonely, barren landscape of the American West. 

Yet, there are curious dynamics at play here as Schelbeck, who makes music under the alias Western Skies Motel, is from Denmark and far removed from any upbringing in the rough-hewn Americana style of folk guitar. Conceivably, his music has more in common with the lonesome, calculated tone of Berlin's modern classical scene or the rainy day folk of the UK. Those are intriguing parallels, since the collective mood of Western Skies Motel's music would adapt so well to either environment. 

Words hardly do justice to the rich, immersive experience of 'Settlers'; yet a few may help to set the stage. Schelbeck is a remarkably well rounded instrumentalist, who spent his early days losing his hearing in local punk rock bands. This youthful love for walls of sound and discordant guitar squalls survives in his modern sound palette. However, a more mature approach to these techniques brings moments of palpable tension, adding in uneasy waves of guitar feedback and droning harmonium. 

But ultimately, the truth of what Schelbeck hopes to convey through his music may rest rmly in his subconscious. In hindsight, 'Settlers' is about moving between worlds: not in the dimensional sense, but more as a constant change in form. Each influence and sound Schelbeck incorporates into his music feels native to the delicate ecosystem of these songs and each turn feels as organic and nuanced as that of the natural world. Just as a tree’s leaves wither and fall; a fire sparks and expands only to expend its last bit of fuel, extinguished and left for ash. So true are the parallels we find in our own existence, the complex ritual of growing old and returning to dirt. Decay is inevitable for all life, yet through this it becomes the rich soil for all things proceeding. Western Skies Motel's weighty instrumental mantras may root in this and other meanings yet to be culled. One thing is clear, this music contains signicant power, and, regardless of our conceived themes or geographic locations, it tells a story that is lasting and instantly familiar. 

'Settlers' sees a 180-gram heavy weight gatefold release very similar to the recent Mute Forest debut, 'Deforestation'. The acetate and test pressings were scrutinized for anomalies on world-class vinyl setups at Arizona’s esteemed audio dealer, Arizona Hi-Fi.

Western Skies Motel is building upon a busy year in 2015, having released two very different full-length albums 'Prism' (Preserved Sound) and 'Buried and Resurrected' (Twice Removed).

Settlers

Whirl

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Western Skies Motel - Whirl (from Settlers)

AEP009

Track 1: Maga
Track 2: Niebla

NILLO:
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San José, Costa Rica

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AEP009 (Mastered by Alexander Torti in New York)
Artwork by Diego Cintora

NILLO - Niebla

Digits

Electric - or perhaps more fittingly electrifying - are the sounds emanating from the loudspeakers.  And all of it is unplugged.  The sounds are created by sonic.art - not only one of the finest saxophone quartets but also perhaps the most compelling chamber music formation anywhere. Featuring works by Philip Glass and Michael Nyman.

Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 3 - sonic.art Saxophone Quartet

An interpretation of an Erik Satie piece I wrote together with RAI

Rafael Anton Irisarri: Electronics (http://irisarri.tumblr.com/)
Goldmund: Piano (http://www.unseen-music.com)



Rafael Anton Irisarri and Goldmund - Gnosienne No.1

Experimental, techno, noise label based in Berlin.

August Skipper & Samuel Savenberg - Wound Blooms In Slow Motion

Instruments of Discipline