Common Ground, Vol. 1

Sung

CEREMONY1 REF MIX 3

Taken from @benbondy 's self-titled cassette, out 4/20/2022 on Quiet Time.

Ben Bondy 

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Ben Bondy - The Only Part of You I Ever Really Needed

In his debut release with Constellation Tatsu, Andy Aquarius takes us on a journey from the forest to the sea. Aquarius was in the process of writing another album, the follow up to ‘Chapel’ (Hush Hush, 2021), when multiple voices emerged, each of them holding a distinct energetic signature. Those incantations became ‘La Force Aquarienne,’ a collection of intuitive prayers.  

The first track, ‘U Lisi’ (Ukrainian for ‘In The Forest’), represents the connective and grounding tissue of our shared dimension. From there the space continues to open up to different layers and degrees, slowly moving into the forest’s polar opposite, the sea (or Nirvana, meaning ‘No Forest’). 

The Celtic harp, supported by the forces of nature and a subtle orchestration, moves through quiet territories, gently distributing and releasing resonance along the way.

Andy Aquarius - La Force Aquarienne

A Love Letter to Water is the instrumental debut EP by Colombian-born, Los Angeles based therapist and musician Alicia Ramírez, aka Inkarose.

Four sonic poems are dedicated to the Spirit of Water – its circular, shape-shifting motion spans from River and Ocean to Clouds and Rain, and then returns to River. This record explores the curative properties of Water; a precious inhale and exhale, the mantra and pranayama of the Forest. Woven with love, these tracks feature special field recordings from various natural environments, including the Tayrona Jungle in Santa Marta, the rainforest in Kauai, and surrounding soundscapes of Los Angeles and Bogotá.

This voyage of sound is graced by the loving touch and musical contributions of dear friends and loved ones, including Carlos Niño (percussion), Rumi Inoue (Alto and Soprano Flutes), Matt Little (Keys), Yeuda Ben-Atar (Flute Synth), and Ian Roller (Alto Sax).

A Love Letter to Water is a love letter to the Self.

Inkarose - Cloud Waltz (with Yeuda Ben-Atar [Flute Synth] and Carlos Niño [Percussion])

PRESS:

(transcribed from German)

The release of the compilation »Setting Thoughts On Fire« on the Berlin label Vaagner, the proceeds of which go to 'Kyiv Angles' and 'Helping to Leave', does not seem unusual at first. But the six pieces come exclusively from artists who could face serious repercussions in their home country of Russia for any kind of expression of solidarity. Perhaps it's no wonder that even an artist like Perila, who otherwise works intensively with her own voice, does without vocals on her track, just as her colleagues—including Pavel Milyakov, known as Buttechno, and X.Y.R., for example—largely do without the direct and obvious, i.e. without statements. Instead, they express a basic mood with electronic soundscapes and only rarely very discreetly used rhythms. But in the course of this stringently curated compilation, the atmosphere gradually changes and ends on a lighter note. Is all of this to be understood as a kind of wordless protest? Perhaps. But it most certainly offers musical visions of a world in which it would not even be necessary.

https://vaagner.bandcamp.com/album/setting-thoughts-on-fire

VAK58 | Perila – Setting Thoughts On Fire

This record was created over the span of 6 months, from January to June, 2022.

Blurt is about errors, glitches in life and in consciousness. Finding peace in the chaos, and drifting into dreams.

Here I'm exploring more beat led themes as well as ambient/experimental electronics.

The gear used was a Tascam portable recorder, Korg Electribe Sampler, Tascam Portastudio 414 MKII, Modular Synthesiser, Elektron Digitakt, Roland TB-03, Microphones and Ableton Live.

Ooooooooo

A commissioned cover of the Bee Gees classic, recorded for a walk down the aisle

Song arrangement starts about five minutes in

You can commission your own zone at:
https://benseretan.bandcamp.com/merch/personal-tone-zones

How Deep Is Your Love (zoned)

Crude

First time working with drums, second time finishing a track in FL.
Meant to be very stereotypical Lo-Fi.

Ooooooooo

Joy Helder

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