We’re happy to welcome Berlin based musician Midori Hirano to the label with her new album Soniscope. The album will be out on September 10th on a heavyweight vinyl edition and digital. Award winning composer Robot Koch provided a rework of the track Patterns under his recently announced new ambient project Foam and Sand.

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Midori Hirano - Patterns (Foam And Sand Remix)

система | system is proud to present a compilation of various Ukrainian artists and performers "SESTRO".

"SESTRO" is a compilation of electronic music from the Odesa-based label система | system, designed to bring together musicians from Ukraine who have been released on our label and performed at events we have organized. For many years we strive to cover a wide, diverse, and adventurous spectrum of Ukrainian music. The goal of the compilation is to directly financially support (ГО Сфера) Sphere (@womenspheresolidarity) which is a Kharkiv-based organization that actively helps women and LGBT+ people from eastern Ukraine in territories that are heavily affected by war. NGO Sphere (ГО Сфера) supplies crisis kits for women in frontline areas and also provides financial assistance to vulnerable groups of women, organizes legal and medical consultations, provides psychological assistance, informational campaigns, and activist events.

"We have never had an experience of working with women in conditions of stress, shock, and grief like today. Now we are trying to gather our experience and the experience of our colleagues from other countries to help deal with the terrible consequences of the survivors" - Anna Sharygina, a representative of NGO Sphere (ГО Сфера).

We believe that giving visibility to Ukrainian culture is an important part of our struggle, because Russia's war against Ukraine is imperialistic in nature, and for three centuries the works of Ukrainian authors have been denied and destroyed.
We will never agree to be dominated. We want, as artists, to give all possible support through our work to the brave volunteers now active in Ukraine, who are heroically fighting to save the most vulnerable.
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система | system з гордістю презентує компіляцію різних українських артисток та артистів "SESTRO"

"SESTRO" - це компіляція електронної музики від одеського лейблу система | system, яка покликана об'єднати музикантів_ок з України, що випускалися на нашому лейблі та виступали на організованих нами заходах. Протягом багатьох років ми прагнемо висвітлювати широкий та різноманітний спектр української музики. Мета компіляції — надати пряму матеріальну підтримку організації Сфера (@womenspheresolidarity) з Харкова, що наразі активно допомагає жінкам та ЛГБТ+ людям зі Сходу України на територіях, які сильно страждають від війни. ГО Сфера постачає кризові комплекти для жінок у прифронтових районах, а також надає фінансову допомогу вразливим групам жінок, організовує юридичні та медичні консультацій, надає психологічну допомогу, проводить інформаційні кампанії, активістські заходи.

“В нас ніколи не було досвіду роботи із жінками в умовах такого стресу, шоку і горя. Наразі ми намагаємося зібрати свій досвід і досвід наших подруг з інших країн, щоб допомогти впоратися з жахливими наслідками пережитих подій тим, хто вижив” - Анна Шаригіна, представниця ГО Сфера.

Ми вважаємо, що надання видимості українській культури є важливою частиною нашої боротьби, адже війна Росії проти України, має імперіалістичний характер і протягом трьох століть твори українських авторів_ок піддавали цензурі та знищували. Ми боремося проти Росії, що прагне нас колонізувати, ми боремося за нашу свободу, ми ніколи не погодимося, щоб над нами панували. Ми хочемо, як художниці_ки, своєю роботою надати всю можливу підтримку хоробрим волонтеркам, які діють зараз в Україні та відважно боряться за порятунок найуразливіших груп населення.
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"SESTRO" VA is supporting our sisters, Ukrainian women in areas affected by the war!
All the funds from this VA will be transferred to the Sphere, Women Association (@spherewa / Non-governmental organization (NGO)).
All transfers will be publicly released by система | system on our social media!
All the tracks are made, composed, recorded by the artists themselves
All the visuals are made by Lesha Mykhailov.

unwavemenot - excitatio

In the wet heat of a Japanese summer, legendary musician Ryuichi Sakamoto was joined on stage by Taylor Deupree and the duo of Corey Fuller and Tomoyoshi Date, known as Illuha. The Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media hosted the event as part of their 10 year anniversary which also included a captivating installation by Sakamoto called Forest Symphony. The days surrounding the concert brought the artists together for food, talk and exploration. Informal but meaningful moods that prepared them for performing together.

The performance, an improvised set for piano, guitar, pump organ, and synthesizers, ended up affecting the artists in a deep way. The four, having never played all together before, were taken aback by the level of listening and restraint that flowed between them. The audience sat in a breathless silence, the music offering a respite from the thick July air. As the last hushed note faded into blackness the artists knew right away it had been a deep journey.

It is a fortunate event when a moment like this is captured, as this concert was ( recorded in high quality DSD). Perpetual, named for the eternal and ageless quality of the music, is presented in three movements that traverse from soft layers of synthesizer and processed guitar, to open, airy sections of prepared piano and silence, to finally coming to rest in a most hauntingly delicate lullaby of lonely piano, crackling found objects and field recordings and tones suspended like mists.

Perpetual not only surrounds us and stretches through time but collects that expanse into a single memory, a record of a brief moment where time stood still and four musicians merged into one.

Perpetual

Movement, 3

Bright Belief

Once Was Ours Forever

Close To The Source

Angel

Moon Seed

Questo album raccoglie composizioni create in momenti diversi della vita dell’autore e oggi finalmente riunite in un unico percorso musicale. Ogni brano riflette una stagione interiore, un ricordo, un passaggio personale e professionale, restituendo un viaggio tra emozioni, luoghi e tempi differenti.

Lo stile unisce elementi neoclassici, ambient e cinematografici, con un linguaggio musicale intimo e contemplativo. I brani alternano nostalgia e luce, memoria e movimento, come un flusso continuo che accompagna l’ascoltatore lungo una narrazione personale e universale al tempo stesso. This album brings together compositions created at different moments in the composer’s life, now gathered into a single musical journey. Each piece reflects an inner season, a memory, or a personal transition, offering a path through emotions, places, and different periods of time.

The style blends neo-classical, ambient, and cinematic elements, with an intimate and contemplative musical language. The tracks alternate between nostalgia and light, memory and movement, flowing as a continuous narrative that guides the listener through a story that is both personal and universal.

Long time ago

Shadows II

Interior World est une parenthèse instrumentale, un voyage intérieur guidé par une énergie calme et profonde.
Dès les premières secondes, une atmosphère bleutée s’installe, comme une brume qui enveloppe l’esprit.
Les harmonies avancent avec douceur, laissant respirer chaque note et chaque silence.
On imagine un horizon lointain, un coucher de soleil qui se reflète sur l’eau, entre chaleur et mélancolie.
La mélodie évoque la mémoire, les pensées qui reviennent par vagues, sans jamais brusquer.
Des textures aériennes et cinématographiques donnent une sensation d’espace, presque méditative.
Le morceau progresse comme un pas lent dans un paysage inconnu, mais étrangement familier.
L’intensité monte par touches, en conservant une retenue élégante et immersive.
Interior World parle d’introspection, d’espoir discret, et de cette clarté qui apparaît quand tout ralentit.
Une musique pour se recentrer, rêver, et laisser le monde extérieur s’éloigner, le temps d’un instant.

Interior world

Experimental cinema sonics, electroacoustic research practice and shadowy wind instruments come together to form this unique interpretation of the mythical city of gold. Utilising rare, half forgotten Soviet era synthesisers Vladimir Karpov creates immersive soundscapes under the name XYR. The Formanta mini keytar and the Alisa 1377 lend Karpov’s music strange, seldom heard atmospheres which the St. Petersburg native then combines with field recordings, toy percussion and wood flute to further build upon his utopian narratives.

Part concept album, part nod to Popol Vuh, his attempt to channel the thematics of the ancient tale of the Muisca people through his modest home studio left a lasting impression on us here at 12th Isle and we’re proud to present a selection of the tracks on vinyl for the very first time. Originally confined to just 25 cassette tapes, for this edition we have assembled some of the most inspiring tracks from the sessions as well as the bonus closing piece ‘Aguirre Song’. Immediately engaging, sincerely heartfelt and strikingly original, these are recordings we have returned to time and time again.

Limited edition LP comes housed in screenprinted sleeve. ‘El Dorado’ recorded April – August 2014, originally released via Illuminated Paths (March 2015).

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/x-y-r-el-dorado

Close To The Source

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