This track's been a work in progress for a really long time and we're really excited to be finally getting this out into the world. Obviously we're huge fans of The Nameless Vagrant's work and it's awesome to have him on this track.

pay what you want download link: http://astralbird.bandcamp.com/track/loosen-up

-Jake & Benn

Cover Art by William Horikawa 
https://soundcloud.com/masayajunior

Astral Bird & The Nameless Vagrant - Loosen Up (DOWNLOAD IN DESCRIPTION)

Loud Places (by Jamie XX) in Tokyo

don't like wav files? here ya go, https://astralbird.bandcamp.com/track/dressed-in-all-black

mouth noises by Ghostface Killah
other mouth noises by The Grateful Dead
guitar noises by Kim Jung Mi
other guitar noises by Elvis Depressedly
arrangement of noises by benn and jake (us!)
art for noises by benn

Dressed in all black

We are very happy to have Antoine aka Monolithe Noir returning to KODX for the second time this year. 
“Modern Nothing” is a very personal EP as all tracks were composed, arranged and mixed in Antoine’s apartment in Brussels. This is not only reflected in obvious things like for example track names- Le Saint Guidon is the name of a neighbourhood Antoine almost lived in. The EP also allows us to be part of Antoine’s research about what he wants to do, feel and make other people feel when listening to his tracks.  
Everything in “Modern Nothing” is based on improvisation and Le Saint Guidon is the first track Antoine composed with his modular synth. “It was the moment when I discovered I needed to use some particular tools to have the harsh sound I wanted from now”, Antoine tells us.
He actively decided to keep things rough and not “overmix the whole thing”. 
“I also wanted to prevent myself from doing songs (like classical pop songs) with a real structure. I wanted things to be long, even too long for me; without wanting to know what it would feel to listen to those tracks in terms of length.” 
We think that Antoine wonderfully managed to stick to this very philosophical approach and can just agree with what his final statement for the EP is: 
“I was trying to make it lively, but keeping the tracks like weak glows in the deep dark.”

To form a contrast to the “decided minimalism” Monolithe Noir went for, KODX’s very own Max Dahlhaus layered more levels on and around the base of Le Saint Guidon. With his remix of the track, Max creates a completely different angle to the original piece making it more detailed without losing the primal soul of the track. 

01 Monolithe Noir - Le Saint Guidon

ee cummings - anyone lived in a pretty how town
Jacques - Tout est magnifique

anyone lived

La Begum (rough mix)

"Seasons Change" is our new mix for the crisp days of Autumn as Winter approaches and the daylight get shorter and shorter. It's a collection of melancholy tunes we put together while driving through the Northeastern States this past October to fit the moods that come with the changing of seasons.

Track List here: http://poolsidemusic.com/seasons-change-track-list