~ LAAPS 011 ~ [SEQ.02 - LP11]

artists : Stijn Hüwels + Tomoyoshi Date
album : 遠き火、遠き雲 (A Distant Fire, A Distant Cloud)
durations : 34.12 mn
 date : May 27th, 2021

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / grey colored vinyl / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 200 copies / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : May 07th, 2021 / official release : May 27th, 2021
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All music and sounds by Tomoyoshi Date & Stijn Hüwels. 
Recorded 2020/2021 in Japan and Belgium.

Tomoyoshi Date: piano, harmonium, synths, field recordings. 
Stijn Hüwels: guitar, pedals.

Mixed by Tomoyoshi Date.
Mastered by Chihei Hatakeyama.
Artwork by Lynn Pollard
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

Tōki hi, tōki kumo 遠き火、遠き雲’ (A distant fire, a distant cloud) is a poem by Tadahito Ichinoseki.

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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.facebook.com/laaps.records
https://stijnhuwels.bandcamp.com/

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Stijn Hüwels + Tomoyoshi Date - 朝空に閃く光の粒子（Particles Of Light Flashing In The Morning Sky)

The distilling of sketches = Ōe
credits
released October 26, 2021 

Music - Ishmael Cormack 
Mastering - Fallow Recordings 
Artwork - A reel, open scanned 









For quiet rooms

Ishmael Cormack - Ōe

Taken from the album 'Mind of Winter'.
Release date: February 25, 2022 on Hidden Vibes.

Hidden Vibes on web:
hiddenvibes.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/hidevibes

anthéne & Simon McCorry - Mind Of Winter

~ LAAPS 023 ~ [SEQ.03 - LP23]

artist : Seabuckthorn
 album : Of No Such Place
duration : 39.34 mn
 date : November 04th, 2022

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / solid silver LP / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 200 copies / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : October 07th, 2022 / official release : November 04th, 2022
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Guitars, field recordings, clarinet, tongue drum, cymbals, effects and mixing by Andy Cartwright.
Double bass on 1,2,3,5,6 by Phil Cassel.
Recorded at home between March and April 2022 in Veynes, France.

Mastered by Ian Hawgood
Cover photo taken by Andy Cartwright in Le Dévoluy in Oct 2021.
 Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/
https://seabuckthorn-music.com/

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Seabuckthorn - Hand In The Upward Sky

picture no. 1 | Album 'PICTURES, MINUTES AND SECONDS'

SNOWFALL

Shortly after releasing his highly acclaimed ‘The Benoît Pioulard Listening Matter’(Kranky), Pioulard left on tour to Europe in order to promote the album. This tour took him to several distinctive places ranging from urban Brussels to rural France and the mystic capital city of Iceland, Reykjavik.

Once returned to Seattle, these new impressions and memories formed the inspiration to make ‘Slow spark, soft spoke’. Not surprisingly, the album continues in the same vein as his tour cd ‘Lignin Poise’ - which was repressed on vinyl by Beacon Sound - and is characterized by slowly moving lo-fi ambient textures. The album reveals Pioulards most melancholic side and once again shows his capabilities to bring beautiful sonic narratives with only a few instrumental layers.

‘Slow spark, soft spoke’ was initially released on tape on Dauw but sold out quickly during pre-order. After having received only sublime reviews and tons of request to re-issue the album, we now decided to give it a well deserved vinyl repress.

 “'Never, just as you wanted' is a timeless odyssey of complete transcendence with gradual bliss of guitar tones – and meticulously crafted sounds – that somehow map the ocean swell of human emotions – of the innermost kind – embedded deep within us all." (Fractured Air)

For this vinyl edition, Pioulard decided to add 2 totally new tracks in addition to the 4 initial ones. These new tracks are presented as the single 'Athanasy, 1993' which will be released and announced with the vinyl pre-order on October 4th. All together, the initial EP and the new single form a consistent full length which adds to his impressive and ever growing catalogue.

‘Slow spark, soft spoke’ will be released on October 26th on a limited  vinyl edition (200 heavyweight clear vinyl) and digitally. The tape comes with original hand-printed artwork by Femke Strijbol and will be accompanied by a unique polaroid taken by Benoît Pioulard (limited to 50 only).

Athanasy, 1993

With this, I disappear

Reprise 214

This is a series of sketch-like works that arose out of the need for me to create an atmosphere when working in the studio. A loop would be made then I'd start the prep work for that session. The loop may even inspire the output and work created for that day.

The release is pay what you like and I'd appreciate if you took a moment to go over to Dewtone and check this out.

Many thanks and I really hope you enjoy this small and beautiful release with artwork from photographer Courtney Smith and mastering by Pheek over at audioservices.studio.

Hope you enjoy it.

'Untitled Quiet Loop #1' - Quiet Loops - [Dewtone Recordings, 2020]

From the album: Hotel Neon - Moments

Physical copies and digital downloads available here:
http://soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com

Sound In Silence is proud to welcome Hotel Neon to its family, presenting their new album Moments.

Hotel Neon is an ambient trio, geographically spread between Philadelphia, Baltimore and Virginia Beach, USA. Formed in 2013 as a duo by twin brothers Andrew and Michael Tasselmyer, Hotel Neon expanded into a trio when Steven Kemner joined them in 2015. To date they have released five albums on labels such as Home Normal, Fluid Audio and Archives, a 10” vinyl split with Endless Melancholy on Thesis, and a single on Past Inside The Present. They have also self-released a remix album, two tour cassettes and four singles, two of which collaborating with Slow Meadow and one with Blurstem. Hotel Neon have toured with the likes of Benoît Pioulard, Lowercase Noises, Slow Meadow, Loscil, The Sight Below, Marcus Fischer and Christopher Tignor, filling a variety of performance spaces from galleries to cathedrals with their densely layered walls of sound, while all three members have also been active either as solo artists or in groups and projects such as The Sound Of Rescue, Gray Acres, Solidarity Hymn, Mordançage and Transient Sounds.

Moments, Hotel Neon’s sixth full-length album and first for Sound In Silence, consists of seven evocative tracks with a total duration of something more than 36 minutes. Recorded in the span of just eight weeks and done remotely, Moments is definitely one of the more minimal and textural albums Hotel Neon have ever made. Proving that they avoid repeating themselves with every album, on Moments there is certainly a stronger presence of more orchestral sounds than on their previous albums. Widening their sound palette with more swelling strings, moving orchestral elements, and subtle piano melodies, along with their usual textured layers of hazy guitars, glassy drones, soothing pads and field recordings, Hotel Neon offer one of their best albums to date.
Mastered by Taylor Deupree, Moments is a truly touching masterpiece which appeals to all fans of artists such as Stars Of The Lid, Hammock and A Winged Victory For The Sullen.

Moments comes in two distinct editions.

The first one is a deluxe limited edition of 100 handmade, hand-stamped and hand-numbered collectible copies. The disc of this edition includes an exclusive eighth bonus track, mastered by George Mastrokostas (aka Absent Without Leave), not included in the other edition or the digital download. It is packaged in a lovely sewn fabric envelope, which includes a 4 panel insert sheet containing tracklist and information printed on a 250 gsm smoky grey recycled cardboard and the front cover image printed on a polaroid style photo paper. It also comes bundled with a download code coupon and a Sound In Silence card.

The second one is a limited edition of 200 handmade and hand-numbered collectible copies. It is packaged in a lovely hand-stamped 127mm x 127mm 250 gsm smoky grey recycled cardboard envelope with the front cover image printed on a polaroid style photo paper and an insert sheet containing tracklist and information printed on a 120 gsm greyish white recycled cardboard. It also comes bundled with a download code coupon and a Sound In Silence card.

Hotel Neon - nov 3

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Polar Seas Recordings | Stereoscenic Records

picture no. 1 | Album 'PICTURES, MINUTES AND SECONDS'

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