absent x omniscuro - not a hymn

We’re happy to announce the welcoming of Heather Woods Broderick to our roster with her new album Domes. The album will be released on May 13th 2022 on vinyl, tape and digital. After having released solo albums on Western Vinyl and Preservation, Domes presents the first entirely instrumental work of the California based multi-instrumentalist.

Domes is a collection of meditative pieces based around the cello. While not being her primary instrument, the cello holds a very special place for the artist. Throughout the past 2 years, Heather often felt the need to find moments of respite in response to the chaotic and turbulent times we all faced in that period. Her days started or ended with the cello. A single melody initiated a process in which new elements were gradually added to the initial loop until the sounds filled her up. This process and the instrumental nature of these pieces opened the path for self-reflection and enabled her to express emotions outside the world of words or lyrics:
 
“The cyclical nature of the loop combined with the sound feeling like it’s surrounding me feels serene and safe. My hope is that listeners experience this as well.” - Heather Woods Broderick
 
Domes is a documentation of that period and offers 7 pieces which to the artist feels like dense masses – strong grounding sounds that can hold weight or be used to disperse weight - in an emotional sense. The album title, Domes, reflects this idea as domes are made out of triangles – the strongest shapes in the physical world. Coincidentally, there are 7 different triangles. As such, the pieces on Domes each reflect a different triangle, a different strongest shape which offers the listener a solid basis to find rest and calmness.

Artwork by Femke Strijbol
Mastered by D. James Goodwin

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Heather Woods Broderick - Figura

Sacrificial Anode

Одного літнього дня два роки тому зустрілись на пиво Антон Шитель та Павло Олефіренко. І в якийсь момент Антон каже: «Давай я перезведу твою пісню "Скажи наркотикам ні"?» А Павло йому відповів: «Давай!» А потім Антон самовіддано трудився над міксом, щоб «ні!» наркотикам звучало ще чіткіше, якісніше та впевненіше. І от нарешті Павло дозрів показати це вам!
Ця пісня входить до ще одного архівного альбому "Будь ласка не змушуйте мене займатись продажем своєї музики", який теж скоро буде опублікований.

Ця композиція про усвідомлення спокус та легкого задоволення. Інколи це прикрашує життя, але дуже часто діє як засіб ескапізму і поступово, як не парадоксально, забирає можливість до радості, спокою та здорового задоволення життям.

Скажи наркотикам ні

A collaborative double A-side 7" release by Tokyo-based singer Moskitoo (Sanae Yamasaki) and NYC/Montreal-based trio Sontag Shogun.
Mixed by Scott Solter. 
Mastered by Lawrence English. 
Sculpture by Stephen Somple. 
2017

A) The Things We Let Fall Apart

This piece was produced by Aliya Pabani, Allie Graham, Jess Shane and Jesse Perlstein (Team 'The Radio Mommies') as part of The 24-Hour Radio Race from KCRW's Independent Producer Project. 

Featuring Kirsten Dahlin Nolan @Howtoloveabeast

KCRW Radio Race 2018: Through Windows

Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone performing a new piece live at Ibeam Music. Recorded by Stereophonic Solutions.  

Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone Duo - new work

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Sweet Tooth

Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature, in response to Emily Dickinson's poem 'Hope is the thing with feathers'.

In this edition, Axel Kacoutié offers a story about a man's journey home, which interweaves with the discovery of a lesser-known truth about hope.

LINK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dzwy

Between The Essays: Paradise by Axel Kacoutié

This month's mix comes from the talented trio, @sontagshogun who've released multiple records on @youngbloods. They prepared a fantastic mix, upbeat and soulful, perfect for this summer month of July. Music from Moses Sumney, Sade, FKA Twigs, alongside the more experimental sounds of Christina Vantzou, and of course some of their own material as well.

Tracklist + interview: subtempo.com/mixes/sontag-shogun

Tracklist + Interview

Subtempo Mix 025 - Sontag Shogun

Jessica Pavone "Tired Soul"

Jesse Perlstein is a musician/sound artist from New York, focusing mostly on sound design concerning field recording, vocal harmonizations and digital manipulations. His main attention is to memory and how it is the confluence of reality and fantasy. You can hear most of his work as a member of Sontag Shogun.

Sacrificial Anode

Jesse Perlstein // absent (warrior)