SCULPTURE 1 / I cant sleep when i think of you

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For our second merchandise collaboration we team up with @opal-tapes to present a limited collection of premium organic tees and jumpers, adorned with a four-way print designed by Berlin-based musician, illustrator and artist @fredmannnn.

For the occasion, Stephen has recorded a 100% Opal Tapes retrospective label mix, providing a shape-shifting auditory journey through Opal Tapes' discography, composed entirely from music released on Opal Tapes and sub-labels Black Opal, VANILLA, and Zabte Sote.

In our interview, we discuss why Stephen founded the label, the importance of the work behind Opal Tapes' impeccable A&R, their considerations when reaching out to artists and supporting their craft, and sharing the story of how Opal came to release music from legendary artists Max Ravitz aka @PATRICIAAA and Brian Leeds aka @huerco_s — plus the story behind the simple yet enigmatic name.

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100% Opal Tapes

im fallin (4/5/2023)

Say Anything's upcoming album Hebrews comes out June 10th! Pre-order bundles with CDs, Vinyl, and new merch designs are available here: http://sayanything.merchnow.com

"Judas Decapitation" features guest vocals from Gareth and Kim of Los Campesinos!

Lyrics:
This is the tale of a bearded sloth who debases himself so they can get their rocks off. Recruits five skinny, better-looking men to play guitar parts he'll never play again. So it's lash after lash like a budget Christ from every blog or zine that took the chance to look twice. I'm not saying that this dude is me or speaking brutally of myself to gain traction. Action! There goes the camera. Click. American Indie-Rock is a game of pricks. They're the gods of what was independent rock and now is vaguely refined hogwash that I mock. Jacket patched up with a Wesleyan degree. Legs bound. Tongue out. Grinning as they piss on me but I don't care. It's what I'm known for. I'll take it gleefully. I'm wrong and you're right and that's my thesis here tonight with my gut and my bulge. I'll make the whole world scream, the whole room bleed. I'll lose for your gain if it'll spruce up my refrain. It's what they want. The band plays while the ship goes down. "I hate that dude now that he's married. He's got a baby on the way; poor Sherri. That's not apropos. He's not the wretch we know. Chop his family up so we can feed them to the front row. Spike his fifteenth espresso with drugs so he's convinced it's a manic delusion to know true love. Be 19 with a joint in hand. Never change the band. Never ever be a ...real man." This isn't for the ones who know what it really means. They just follow other people's dreams. They were told by a friend of a friend of a friend. Music made to be used and forgotten again like a whore, like a pair of washed out expensive retro boys underwear we can never repair.

Say Anything - Judas Decapitation

French Girls

From the composer: “Pufferfish can change their appearance by expanding or contracting their bodies at will by swallowing air or water. Known and respected for its dangerous toxicity, the pufferfish must be expertly prepared by a master sushi chef or the result can be a highly unpleasant or even fatal meal. On the other hand, if prepared properly it rewards the anxious diner with a delicious culinary experience accompanied by an overall feeling of well-being or euphoria.”

Things to think about:

Do you think the composer is trying to tell a narrative with these sounds?
How does repetition work in this piece to create structure and alter our understanding of certain sounds?

"Pufferfish" by Mark Wingate (1996)

Fragmentation // Eyot Soundscape

PUP - Reservoir

BS083 - Passage through the blue mist w/ Prince of Gosplan
@dekatmemwa

Prince of Gosplan (the alter-ego project behind the De Kat Memwa guestmix series) joins our own podcast with a sonic collage to explore and re-assess personal memories, emotions, events and places.
His "Passage through the blue mist" mix ties altogether classical music and jazz, melancholic poetry, Eurasian folk, spoken word and field recordings from his St. Petersburg native city. A blend of sorrow and hope: lending emotional depth while hinting at a spark of light in the darkest corners of the soul. Far from freezing you in time with cumbersome memories, this spiritual passage through the blue mist shall trace a movement from anxiety and loss toward an inner renewal.

Here are a few words from Prince of Gosplan about his mix:
"This is probably the most personal thing I’ve done under the Prince of Gosplan name. It’s a space where the imagined and the intimate blur — where I try to process memories, emotions, and places by shaping them into a kind of sonic essay. Maybe I’m overcomplicating it, and all these semiotics only make sense to me. In the end, it’s just a selection of tracks that were mixed in particular order, but the process itself feels strangely therapeutic to me. And that’s reason enough to keep doing it.
This particular mix was also shaped by impressions from reading diaries, works of autofiction, and essays — stories where protagonists face emotional challenges, yet eventually find the strength to move forward. That narrative arc resonated deeply with me. In fact, the cover of the mix features a frame from Hedgehog in the Fog by Yuri Norstein — a masterpiece that I see as a quiet meditation on getting lost, confronting inner fears, and coming out the other side altered, maybe softer, maybe stronger. Each sonic fragment in this collage carries part of that transformative journey. It flows through symbolic phases: drowning; resurrection; fragile and quiet joy; sadness and disorientation; then movement, searching, and finally rebuilding with a hope for better. And yes — blue is my favorite color. It holds sorrow and light at once, and to me, that’s where transformation begins."

Artwork taken from "Hedgehog in the Fog" (1975 Soviet animated film directed by Yuri Norstein).

BS083 - Prince of Gosplan

"I am not myself, I will never know why
Walking in circles, nothing passes me by
The world turns for me,
The oceans, the seas, are only as deep as my eyes let them be.
I'm not scared, I'm fucking fine
I witness nightmares, I'm not losing my mind.
Reality will never cease to be
More than the veil that's in front of me.

Sink beneath I feel so weak,
Takes the breath right out of me.

Swimming in the sea might swallow you whole consuming your dreams like it's out of control.
Trapped under ice and it's never been so thick.
I won't look back, I won't go back.
I know this time, that you're never gonna stop me.
Don't deny, you were preying on my heart beat hoping that won't survive.

I was sold sex so I bought some fries,
my girlfriend goes out and fucks other guys.
She believes it's what her spirit needs
Like ten things to do when you're twenty-five.

(Drown where you drink. Die in your sleep)
And they always come crawling back
(False prophet of true progress)
Asking for something. Offering nothing. With outstretched hands.

Your hearts there to guide you, Don't leave it beside you.
We feel for a reason and change with the seasons.
Your hearts there to guide you, Don't leave it beside you
We feel for a reason so don't commit treason.

Bury me by myself not in a mass grave
I won't live a lie and keep pretending.

The shade envy's the sunrise, because no one wait to see the shadows grow.
It's getting colder and you still don’t have anywhere to go.
I don’t mean to stare, I just know you'll always be there."

Sight

These Simulations
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It's clear to me what you are after
I'm blind, but I can see through all the lights
You're dear to me, but I'm an actor
I'm kind, but I do business on the side

Every day is a disaster
It's cold, and we're all running out of time
This species is filled with actors
We're old, and we haven't learned how to be kind

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track - La Dispute - Woman (In Mirror) from "Rooms of the House"

Rooms of the House

Woman (In Mirror)- Edit

Burning Sun

Tints (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

:: MaliFoliSofia ::
Mali is a country in Westafrica which Stini Arn has visited regularly over the past ten years. Foli means “music” or “rhythm” in Bambara. And Sofia adds a philosophical touch, Stini Arns personal attempt of an interpretation by composing the recorded sounds she heard in Mali. It shows her fascination for a world which is accoustically based on work rhythms, her fascination for the uninhibited and intentional use of repetitions, that create a magical event out of an action or a word, a meditative evocation, a meaningful act or in other words: music!

Stini Arn (CH)
| sound artist |
Stini Arn is a sound traveller that collects and researches sounds and uses them for her musical compositions for theater, film, radio plays and installations. For her performances she invents instruments that produce sound from daily objects and work tools. Koffertechnik is one of them that she made from a wheeled suitcase which contains the electronic device and serves at the same time as the sound producer with its wheels, handle and plastic shell. Webstall is her latest work which consists of a loom that transforms to a musical instrument by added electronical and mechanical elements that amplify and and modify the rhythmic sound of weaving. Her inspiration were several trips to Mali where there still don’t exist machines for most of the work and which makes the place very musical by the man-made rhythmical sounds. Especially the story about the pounding of the women with the mortar which was the inspiration for the men to create the drum, was a revelation for her.
WEB :: www.stiniarn.ch / www.taktstoff.com

Woman (In Mirror)- Edit

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