In June 2021, an unmarked package arrived at the Psychic Liberation headquarters. The small box, which had no return address, contained three items: a thumb drive, a printed message from a notes app, and a small satchel of what seemed to be carambola seeds. The note reads: “We were raised in the ashes of time. This is a philosophy of live. Made while sailing the seas of chaos on our humble houseboat, a place you’ll come to know. But do not seek us out. We are gone.”


Unwilling to risk a computer virus, or humor what was maybe a prank, the thumb drive sat on a shelf for a number of weeks. Eventually, label head Nick Klein decided to take it to the Royal Library of the Netherlands and open its contents on a computer there, just in case.


The thumb drive was titled jd swift. It’s unclear whether this is the artist’s name, the title of the album, or both. The recording opens with an alien spaghetti western: a chopped voice and wobbly single note, signaling that this is a strange place. The percussion is directionless at first, but warbled samples, including the nostalgic clink of getting a coin in Donkey Kong, give way to mutant structure.


Distorted twinkles, dubby hats, and big paranoid kicks occasionally swirl into lo-fi hurricanes, but mostly this music resides in the calm but weirdly charged eye of the storm.


Though little can be assumed about the context of these sonic creations, they seem to be the result of extended jams. The toolbox includes broken arpeggiations and fuzzed bells, air horns and watery pannings. This is twisted globalism, a nexus of serenity and catastrophe, a series of unrecognizable landscapes that read like field recordings though they are intentional creations. The inscrutability of their delivery captures perfectly the sense that artists are no longer individuals or collectives—they are circuits of larger machinery.


Meandering between sounds, these sui generis recordings don’t quite fit the categories of contemporary electronic music. Junk ambient, marginal acid… it’s a struggle to appropriately describe the sounds. Part of this difficulty comes from the artist’s (or artists’) purposefully self-effacing strategy, a circumventing of the systems that edify and circulate art based on identity, practice, and vision. Indeed, this is one of the reasons PL was strangely attracted to these recordings in the first place.


All eight of the individual pieces that make up jd swift are untitled, but are labelled with the time at which they start in the recording. The first track is titled 0:00. Does this hint at new beginnings, or a stance against time itself? If you find yourself on a coast, keep an eye out for a houseboat. Its occupants may know the answer. 
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releases October 7, 2021

Mastered by Glyn Maier

Graphic Design and Art by Germán Enrique Caceres Cueto

Psychic Liberation, in operation since 2018, is an experimental music label started in Brooklyn, New York, currently based in Berlin, Germany.

DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES BY FANTASTIQUE LLC.

JD SWIFT

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JD SWIFT -  0:00 (PLIB011)

Amazonian Secrets – Original Soundtrack is an immersive collection of cinematic music inspired by the mysteries and power of the Amazon rainforest. Blending tribal percussion, atmospheric textures, and orchestral intensity, this soundtrack is designed to bring depth and authenticity to action-adventure games and cinematic experiences.

Featuring a wide variety of looping tracks, the album covers epic boss fights, stealth tension in the jungle, mystical rituals, exploration themes, and climactic final showdowns. Each composition is crafted to seamlessly integrate into gameplay, enhancing immersion and storytelling.

Perfect for developers, filmmakers, and creators looking for a unique soundtrack that balances cultural richness with blockbuster cinematic energy.

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Heavenly Zion – Songs of Eternity - Dance of the Cherubim

Sourdonk, Sheffield bassline, and bleepy grime from a rising UK artist.

Download and tracklisting: https://www.xlr8r.com/podcasts-podcast-587-rian-treanor

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XLR8R Podcast 587: Rian Treanor

​​Early June 2019 Frankfurt based Label MMODEMM unleashes DRUMS, their second vinyl release after MDM01 (feat. Privacy, Chinaski, Dj Slyngshot, Nick Klein, Umberto) and several different cassette formats such as Machine Woman’s residency tape (conclusion of a series of 3 weeks studioresidencies at Mousonturm Frankfurt) or their "cassingle box“ edition of five 5 minute tapes MDM A - MDM J.
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​​DRUMS is the first of a series of compilations following the concept of signature sounds – an hommage to soundlibraries, a deconstruction of your favorite preset soundgroups. It is to be complemented by the later releases BELLS , VOICES and SLAPBASS.
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​​DRUMS is featuring a proggy composition by Macadam Mambo´s EVA GEIST, a jacking hi hat inferno with agitating spanish lyrics by CIENFUEGOS, known thru his releases on L.I.E.S., a dancefloor drumsolo straight out of >Ireland by LUMIGRAPH, who was already featured on MMODEMMs MDM E box and should be known from his Opal Tapes and Mr. Saturday Night releases a few years ago. PEDER MANNERFELT delivers a trippy, drunk masterclass drumlesson, taking house apart with his "Dumb Drums".

DRUMS

Peder Mannerfelt - Dumb Drums

tb released October 28th, 2019

luxxuryproblems - Stevia
luxxuryproblems - Xylit
luxxuryproblems - Xylit (Jondo Remix)
Garland - Aelita
Garland - Heliacal

Written & Produced by luxxuryproblems & Garland
Remix by Phillip Jondo
Mastered by Rashad Becker & Kassian Troyer
Artwork by Kieran Kaul
Picture by Sarah Santos

SPA003: luxxuryproblems x Garland - preview

let it all out rn
today is not tomo
release it

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Rinse France Podcast

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carin kelly invite ZULI - 27 Juillet 2020

Recorded in Cologne/Dresden by @france_98 & @droneoperator

SPA#14: DRONE OPERATØR & FRANCE '98 for NTS Radio

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Tracklist: 
Aera - Clay
Nick Malkin - Through A Rain-Streaked Window
The Blessed Kitty - blood sugar
AV Moves - So Say So
Etelin - Hour Here Hour There
Brian Eno - Innocenti
Masashi Kitamura + Phonogenix - Variation・III
Andrew Pekler - mirror structures (mirrored)
Hamish Lang - The Will Of Water

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Mix for the @editedarts Correspondence Series (1st December, 2019). Layout by @shbadr.

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Tracklist:
Amä - Perihal 
Auspicious Family - Malcontent
S280F - 1 6-exxYOUR
FITNESSS - DIVINER
Lachrin - II XVIII XII IV III
HIDE - 999
Serration - Deconfliction
mutate3k - xbow
adammmmmmmmmmmm - grrrr....
Judgitzu - Umeme
Sunik Kim - Independ
Klein - For What Worth ft. Matana Roberts
xin - Crrrash!
Salac - Euphoria
Only Now - Perpetual Slaughter
Pelada - Ajetreo
S S S S - Venlafaxine Withdrawals
TRIIM - -
SSIEGE - Regina
Ice_Eyes - Skin ft. Carina Obukhova
Croatian Amor & Varg2TM - Body of Carbon
hmurd - Clip That (Alec Pace Remix)
HOUSE OF SUNS - WANE
Cassius Select - Essence
Kane Ikin - Warehouses
Abul Mogard - I Watched The Sea, The Fields, The Sky
BLEEDING HEART - The Gate Has Opened
Ka Baird - A Love Supreme
Gonzo - Ruídos (à Portuguesa)
FRKTL - Eigenspace
Claude Speeed - 800 Super NYC
SUGAI KEN meets G禁禁禁禁 - 芥 - AKUTA 
Celestial Trax - Invisible Machine
Lenticular Clouds - Schumann Resonance 
DJ Nigga Fox - Talanzele 
Nazar - Warning Shots
HDMIRROR - METAL150

Edited Arts Correspondence 009 — FRKTL

Weird Erotic Tension

An online community featuring sensual podcasts: spoken word, poetry, ASMR, field recordings, and explorations of sonic sexuality.

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