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Flying with the Wind (#1)

With the Hollow at My Feet is the debut single from Tiny Leaves forth-coming Mynd album. The music combines field recordings with minimal instrumental sounds to create a portrait of a particular valley in Shropshire's Long Mynd.

With The Hollow At My Feet

Time On My Hands

Limitless (Lo-Fi Version)

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Greyscale's 29th full length release is here for you to soak up. 'Anchorage' is the name of personal journey of survival for the new to Greyscale artist 'Phases of Gravity'. An audio scrapbook or audible journal of a special challenging time that they recount where when this Hungarian artist conducts and orchestrates their 'rebirth'. The sounds are stripped down to their primal essence like you hear in the title track. 'Coast Lining' adds the uncertainty and drama that provides a tense soundtrack to the inner journey. There are plenty of atmospheric and odd sounds to get lost in along the way like in the unsettling but highly addictive broken sound of 'Inhabiting the Forest'. A track that seems to be out of key off kilter but uniquely ties to an ancient dub sound that is all too familiar for the old skool heads - roots dub. Many of the rhythms are heavily tribal like in 'The Variety of Experience'. Deeply organic and ancient, they strike a core with all of our past roots. Other tracks take on a heavy human emotion of life like in 'Thickness of Soil' which is one of our early favorite's here at Greyscale. The vibe is eerie and thick with drone undertones. Yet, a strange funk seeps out to lead the track out safely to a close. Late in the album, 'Pathfinder' seems to us, the turning point in the album where optimism has finally taken root in the struggle of life that the author produces. Building blocks have an industrial sound while the atmosphere fills up the soundscape like a breath of fresh air. The artist isn't fully out of the woods yet as 'Wind-bound' takes on a fight or flight motif leading to 'Flutter' which leaves you still uncertain of the future. Phases of Gravity presents a striking album of tracks here that support a real-life dramatic story. And it succeeds at it brilliantly. Available on CD or digitally. 


Written & produced by Tibor Sulyok
Mastering by grad_u
Photography by Rima Prusakova
Layout by Artūras Kirslys
Package design by Arthur Nikitin
Write-up by Tim Humphrey


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Anchorage

To The Reef

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With this album, Glåsbird's 'A Sonic Expedition' draws to its close. It began at the North Pole, in the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean and it ends at the South Pole, on the world's least populated continent; the ice-capped desolate grandeur that is Antarctica. It had been suspected that this land existed long before it had been discovered and many had died in their pursuit to find it. Some may even have died as a consequence of accidentally discovering it, through detoured voyages striking into glaciers.

The music here in Antarctica returns to Modern Classical, as the artist comes full circle. Echoes of 2019's debut album set in Greenland can be felt in places, as soaring violin and cello collide. However, these 8 tracks gather up the compositional and technical learning throughout the series, as Glåsbird looks forward to the challenges of the future.

The photography in this album is from Oceanographer Neha Ramsarup, who traveled on the South African polar vessel SA Agulhas II, deploying instruments and collecting seawater samples along the voyage from Cape Town (South Africa) to South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE IV). These trips are joined by a range of marine scientists, whose keen interests lie in ocean properties such as sea ice and weather as well as mammals, birds, whales and penguins who call these polar regions home.

This series of 8 albums has been a world of discovery for this anonymous composer, as their work etches into sound the hours of inspiration drawn from vintage maps, documentaries, Google Earth explorations and countless articles. Along the way, a familiar theme threads through the work as at every turn, Glåsbird's studies led to the events of climate change. The devastating effects are real, with melting glaciers, rising seas, disintegrating ice caps, wild fires, war and warming seas unintentionally finding their way into the concepts of this series.

As a clear juxtaposition to this, the sheer beauty of our world is also uncovered, with the work of visual artists helping bring this to life through the album covers and packaging imagery. There's an enormity and poignant feel to the music too, as melancholy classical notes extend through an eerie chill, or sun-bleached tapes explore hidden islands and tropical climes. The natural beauty of our world can be felt throughout this collection alongside a sense of despair too, at its apparent demise. Humans are doing what they can to build a momentum of awareness on our tired old planet, through education and urgency. It is hoped through this series that it can add to this movement somehow even if in a small way, to build a sense of care for our planet.

releases October 14, 2023

Written and produced by Glåsbird
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Photography by nehar63 - www.instagram.com/nehar63/
Art and design by Andrew Heath

Antarctica

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As Good As It Gets

The Other Side Of Melancholy

Jacob Vermeulen is a Masterful pianist and singer whose passion and life circumstances moved him to explore and deepen into the profound therapeutic effects of music, in particular, the human voice.

He's been teaching his innovative healing practices for nearly 10 years, guiding thousands of students around the world through their own deep inner healing work.

He has facilitated workshops and retreats in Europe, the USA and South Africa. His innovative approach to vocal sound healing is creating a significant ripple in the field of self development and healing.

Flying with the Wind (#1)

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