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FLORAS

STRAYN

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jjjacob - STRAYN

FLORAS is the new album from katharsis founder jjjacob, releasing on May 21st to mark the five-year anniversary of the label’s first output. A celebration shaped by time, patience, and transformation, FLORAS is an assemblage of seven tracks - each with its history. The oldest dates back to 2018; the newest bloomed only months ago. Initially intended for other projects or collaborations that never fully took root, these compositions have been reworked, reimagined, and refined - transformed by years of quiet attention. Stylistically, the release moves between the physical and the introspective - crushed drumbreaks, poignant basslines, grand synth melodies, and obscure granular vocals.

Each track is like an ancient, fluorescent flower rediscovered in a distant cave, alien in form yet deeply familiar. Cyclical in structure, they mirror the seasonal processes: emerging, flourishing, decaying, returning. There’s a strange botanical logic at play, as patterns and shapes reappear like genetic echoes, and even discarded stems sprout new life. Melodic ideas and textural procedures reverberate across tracks like shared ancestral material, connecting them like a hidden underground network. Some tracks still bear traces of feedback or collaboration that never fully materialized - ghost limbs and branches that helped shape the whole.

Built from ambient textures, hard-hitting percussion, and sonic details that reward deep listening, FLORAS is a meditation on growth, time, and potential. The release reflects not only a shift in jjjacob’s personal process, but also a new chapter for katharsis itself: after five years of near-monthly releases, the label now turns toward a slower rhythm - giving each release more space to breathe, settle, and take root before moving on.

releases May 21, 2025

artworks & mastering by jjjacob

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jjjacob - VRETCH

FLORAS is the new album from katharsis founder jjjacob, releasing on May 21st to mark the five-year anniversary of the label’s first output. A celebration shaped by time, patience, and transformation, FLORAS is an assemblage of seven tracks - each with its history. The oldest dates back to 2018; the newest bloomed only months ago. Initially intended for other projects or collaborations that never fully took root, these compositions have been reworked, reimagined, and refined - transformed by years of quiet attention. Stylistically, the release moves between the physical and the introspective - crushed drumbreaks, poignant basslines, grand synth melodies, and obscure granular vocals.

Each track is like an ancient, fluorescent flower rediscovered in a distant cave, alien in form yet deeply familiar. Cyclical in structure, they mirror the seasonal processes: emerging, flourishing, decaying, returning. There’s a strange botanical logic at play, as patterns and shapes reappear like genetic echoes, and even discarded stems sprout new life. Melodic ideas and textural procedures reverberate across tracks like shared ancestral material, connecting them like a hidden underground network. Some tracks still bear traces of feedback or collaboration that never fully materialized - ghost limbs and branches that helped shape the whole.

Built from ambient textures, hard-hitting percussion, and sonic details that reward deep listening, FLORAS is a meditation on growth, time, and potential. The release reflects not only a shift in jjjacob’s personal process, but also a new chapter for katharsis itself: after five years of near-monthly releases, the label now turns toward a slower rhythm - giving each release more space to breathe, settle, and take root before moving on.

releases May 21, 2025

artworks & mastering by jjjacob



premiere: jjjacob - DANXAL

Listen to "CHANG" by jjjacob taken from "FLORAS" out on May 21st via katharsis

Pre-order: https://katharsis-label.bandcamp.com/album/floras

FLORAS is the new album from katharsis founder jjjacob, releasing on May 21st to mark the five-year anniversary of the label’s first output. A celebration shaped by time, patience, and transformation, FLORAS is an assemblage of seven tracks - each with its history. The oldest dates back to 2018; the newest bloomed only months ago. Initially intended for other projects or collaborations that never fully took root, these compositions have been reworked, reimagined, and refined - transformed by years of quiet attention. Stylistically, the release moves between the physical and the introspective - crushed drumbreaks, poignant basslines, grand synth melodies, and obscure granular vocals.

Each track is like an ancient, fluorescent flower rediscovered in a distant cave, alien in form yet deeply familiar. Cyclical in structure, they mirror the seasonal processes: emerging, flourishing, decaying, returning. There’s a strange botanical logic at play, as patterns and shapes reappear like genetic echoes, and even discarded stems sprout new life. Melodic ideas and textural procedures reverberate across tracks like shared ancestral material, connecting them like a hidden underground network. Some tracks still bear traces of feedback or collaboration that never fully materialized - ghost limbs and branches that helped shape the whole.

Built from ambient textures, hard-hitting percussion, and sonic details that reward deep listening, FLORAS is a meditation on growth, time, and potential. The release reflects not only a shift in jjjacob’s personal process, but also a new chapter for katharsis itself: after five years of near-monthly releases, the label now turns toward a slower rhythm - giving each release more space to breathe, settle, and take root before moving on. 


Links:
jjjacob
https://soundcloud.com/jjjacob
https://jjjacob.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/jjjacobdk
katharsis
https://soundcloud.com/katharsislabel
https://katharsis-label.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/katharsislabel

artworks & mastering by jjjacob

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jjjacob - CHANG (katharsis)

Tracklist:
1. Initiative Overture - 7:09
2. Precedings - 2:57
3. Flint Intermezzo - 3:00
4. Hidden Camera - 3:43
5. Initiative Postlude - 2:31

Credits:
MDX View - production, voice, violin, clarinet, psaltery, trumpet

Initiative

@aulicveil

Artwork: Alexander Turovsky (www.instagram.com/alexanderturovsky/)
Mastering: Christoff Riedel (@riedelchristoff) 
Catalogue Number: cime010 
Release Date: June 16th, 2025

https://cime-world.ban

Aulic Veil - H3ILIG3RHAIN

soundcloud.com/azzrell
instagram.com/_azrel._
https://azrel1.bandcamp.com

soundcloud.com/hqlorenzi
instagram.com/7orenzi
https://hqlorenzi.bandcamp.com

Cover art by @ecovoron
instagram.com/ecovoron

Due to a recent law in Hungary, made to limit the right of assembly, amongst other minorities, the LGBTQ community and Budapest Pride face uncertain times.
The only answer to this, is to unite and let our voices be heard.
We need to safeguard queer spaces.

Electronic music has always been a safe space for the queer community, so Marmint is launching a compilation in solidarity with Budapest Pride on the 28th of June, 2025.
The digital release is going to be accessible on Soundcloud, Nina Protocol, Bandcamp and other streaming services.

All proceeds go to Budapest Pride (Szivárvány Misszió Alapítvány)
budapestpride.hu/tamogass-rendszeres-tamogatas-adjukossze

Support

Azrel & Lorenzi - Nature Morte

zonedout - NEON PRISM (prod. phntmzn bR)

MEMORIZING (Ultra Slowed)

Requiem

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

premiere: jjjacob - DANXAL

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