“Still Lives” is the third solo full length by the Finnish composer Marja Ahti, following a pair of releases on the Hallow Ground imprint. As a collection, it may be seen as a series of studies on the liminality of the listening act and an investigation into the physicality of sound. Ahti forges vivid electroacoustic environments from field recordings, analog synthesizers, acoustic feedback, magnetic tape and digital processing, resulting in a set of articulate, prickly, and surprising compositions. In the artist’s words, “These pieces could be conceived of as vanitas paintings of a kind – selections of mundane or archetypal objects, sounds that have their own distinct qualities, but exist only by virtue of being temporary events. From another angle, one could think of them as shrines – objects assembled and set in a particular relationship to each other, charging each other in their given constellations.” Marja Ahti (b. 1981) is a musician and composer based in Turku, Finland. Originally from Sweden, Ahti has been a part of the Finnish experimental music scene for more than ten years in different constellations. She is currently active in the duo Ahti & Ahti with her partner and as a member of the Himera artist/organizer collective.

Shrine (Still Life With Glass Bottle, Flower and Microphone)

From the LP GEDULDIG (with Kónni Behrendt), out now on Ana Ott.

Geduldig

Steffen Roth - Geduldig

Excerpts from Sprækker (Cracks) - dance performance / installation, DK, 2021

Release: arbitrary, TBA, 2022

http://madsemilnielsen.dk/SPRAKKER-CRACKS

Sprækker / Cracks - excerpts

https://flux-tracks.bandcamp.com/album/2op-obx-sqidg-ph

SqidG PH

Manuel Chittka, Kroccoli

from Heavy Earth - out March 15 2024 Leaving Records All Genre
https://leavingrecords.com/heavy-earth
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Hailing from Chicago, M.A. Tiesenga is a musician, composer, and multidisciplinary visual artist presently living and working in Los Angeles. As prolific as they are autodidactic, Tiesenga’s creative practice includes not only composition, but print-making, pen and ink drawing, visual scores, and participation in numerous musical groups, including, notably, the Eastman Saxophone Project (“ESP”)—of which they are a founding member—and the grammy-nominated collective Wild Up. Across mediums, Tiesenga balances a rigorous attention to craft, procedure, and structure while simultaneously inaugurating the requisite space for spontaneity, play, and the stranger fruits of creative mysticism.

ltd cassette

M.A. Tiesenga - Vik / Wyoming (edit)

LLYN Y CWN - 'Megaliths' CD

Step into the shadows of ancient mysticism as Llyn Y Cwn, the maestro of Welsh dark ambient, unveils the mesmerising odyssey that is "Megaliths". A profound exploration of the sacred resonance embedded within stone circles, capturing years of field recordings from the silent and enigmatic monuments that stand as timeless witnesses to the ebb and flow of existence.

Ben Powell has crafted a sonic voyage that mirrors the sacred spaces marked by stoic pillars of rock, each track representing a specific site. Delving deep into the esoteric significance of stone circles, the album portrays these structures not merely as historical relics but as religious ceremonial sites where the veil between our world and the eternal realm becomes tantalisingly thin.

Extracting ambient soundscapes from burial chambers, Ben has utilised convolution reverbs to replicate the ominous ambiance of these ancient spaces. A veteran of stone circle exploration, Ben's decades-long journey has yielded field recordings that capture the haunting whispers of wind and the solemn caws of crows, enveloping the listener in a ghostly atmosphere that transcends the ordinary.

Guided by the wisdom found in Julian Cope's "The Modern Antiquarian" and Aurbrey Burl's "A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain", Llyn Y Cwn embarks on a sonic pilgrimage across the country, exploring the remote bleakness of these sites. The album transitions from the cramped, gloomy chambers of tombs to the unroofed, wide rings - a journey from darkness to light, from the dead to the living, and from the grave to the sky.

"Megaliths" is a ritual, a sonic séance that beckons listeners to commune with the ancient energies that saturate these sacred circles - an atmospheric descent into the heart of mysterious realms, where the boundaries between the earthly and the spiritual blur into an indistinguishable, haunting atmosphere. Embrace the darkness, and let the stones speak. The journey begins now.

CD presented in a 6-panel flood-printed digipak with breathtaking photography by the artist. Out 29th March 2024.

Order CD: https://coldspring.co.uk/csr334cd

https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/megaliths-csr334cd

Digital: https://orcd.co/csr334cd

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/sets/llyn-y-cwn-megaliths

LLYN Y CWN:

https://llynycwn.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/llyn-y-cwn
https://facebook.com/llynycwn
https://instagram.com/llynycwnmusic
https://coldspring.co.uk/llyn-y-cwn

LLYN Y CWN Bryn Cader Faner

In Practice

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Cloud Cover from the album Beauty Data Pollution by Perfume.

Melbourne, June 2018.

Full album available at:  https://perfume.bandcamp.com/album/beauty-data-pollution

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Cloud Cover

From TRACED, Sonic Pieces, Pattern Series, 2017

Boundless Informant

Recorded live at Home Studio.

Gear used: Technics ST-S1L, ЛМ 1229, DL-301A, Yamaha DX7, Alesis Midiverb 2, Mackie CR-1604, Akai GXC-725D.

Open for release proposals. More records on request.

August 2020.

Abiocoen — Venue

Bookings: MO@MEDIA-LOCA.COM
Electronic composition across music and art contexts.

Boundless Informant

Jasmine Guffond