@grasps
The 23rd release of katharsis is the collaborative album “Brutal Nature” by label founder jjjacob and various other artists. The idea of the project, which has been in progress for several years, was to extend the artistry to a more conversational form than the classic introverted style of the electronic music composer. The album shaped itself through several exchanges of ideas and stems between jjjacob and the numerous artists of the project.

The final product of the collaborations has a common theme of finding solace in the darkness and brutality of nature. This could be exemplified by the deep melancholy infused with an inner peace of losing a loved one in the mourning song “Threnody” with Hajj, or in the overcoming and healing of both internal and external wounds by the catharsis of music and art on the eloquent track “Trauma” with Bungalovv and Odete. As an introduction to the album, jjjacob and the local Beham created an auditory interpretation of self-blame with movie samples and abrasive low-end explosions, and to conclude it jjjacob and Slikback created the bass-heavy club lullaby “Bonum Nocte”.

The album follows jjjacob's previous two EPs on katharsis from last year, “Journey Before Destination” and “Internal Presence”, but it is his first full-length album since “Body Without Organs” released on the Spanish label Sweat Taste in 2020. The album artwork is a collaboration between jjjacob and Emil Stephensen, with the main motive being a painting by the latter.

Brutal Nature

jjjacob & Grasps - Lurking

@swanpalace' s 2019 archive track

Stream & Download: https://push.fm/fl/u17zjtyk

Produced by Swan Palace
Mixed by Swan Palace
Artwork by Nezpera & Swan Palace
Mastering by @dj_ghepard

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Swan Palace - Hold Me Like A Harness

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Rain Sounds (20 Hour Loop)

1. Kyyberwall - Not Far From The Tree

you're not a ghost you're in my head (charli x salem)

One of MONTAGE’s most cherished artists, épong, returns with a new album. Eating The Ceiling delivers 50 minutes of generously bombastic chaos: breaks colliding with melodies, deconstructed beats weaving through grandiose synthlines. Addiction, grief, anger, and frustration are channeled into relentless drums — a workout for lost souls and a salute to Brussels’ underground.

All production by Juul J. J. Verschraegen
Mastered by Ugo Olivari
Artwork by Jeroen Bocken

épong - TARAKANA

The third installment of our Songs From The Gutter series comes as a mini-EP featuring two tracks! It's a baffling 2-tracker, consisting of mangled synthlines and slammed breaks by Brussels' producer Tristan Bründler. These distorted sounds are conceived as environments where intensity reigns supreme.
By blending materials and references drawn from his memories, Tristan seeks to explore the genesis of the musical structures that surround him. Without a fixed plan, he establishes a dialogue between his ear and the sonic matter, intertwining contrasting concepts: gentleness and hostility, primitivity and preciousness, dance and mental trance.
credits

Mastering by Ugo Olivari
Artwork by Laura Conant

Tristan Bründler - Brain

£1 for the whole album - Buy Now!
https://dariobarnes.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-horizons

Infinite Horizons

Knight Fall

smirking dog type beat ACUSTIC VER

The AmbiFoS and FdE Series are experiments and interpretations based on the 24 variations of Les Folies d‘Espagne by Marin Marais. Installation Music is what is says it is – typically for an art installation which often increase in intensity as you passage through. The ‘Starter For’ series are experiments in music for stuff like event openings/beginnings. The ‘Lift Music’ Series are usually palindromic and can be played forwards or backwards – up or down. #RNDOriginal #rednemesisdog :- ‘Original’ musical evolutions and experiments using a Polyend Tracker and/or Polyend Mini. With samples from: #teenageengineering #polyend #ep1320 #polyendtracker #akaimpkmini #stylophone #hawaiiangosling #polyendmini 

AmbiFoS 5of24 5IVE

Ship Sket

Jester

explore my journey through your imagination
contact/booking: jacobfosgrau@gmail.com
1/2 of @jsliwa - founder of @katharsislabel
obscurities @bazura