Atsuko Hatano is a contemporay classical Viola player who works with electronics to add textures and layers to her sound. Located in Tokyo, Japan, she is a commanding instrumentalist and composer who constructs innovative compositions with strings and layered electronics.

Cells #5 is an orchestral collection and sequel to her previous album Cells #2 which will also be released on cassette via Imprec’s Cassauna label. Cells #5 required three years to complete and the work features the artist’s signature methodology where the instrumental performances are gradually enveloped by multiple layers of a string orchestration. 

When not playing solo Atsuko is extremely active recording, collaborating and playing live with Jim O’ Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi, Mocky and many more acts.  


Atsuko Hatano: Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Piano (track 1), Xylophone, Oscillator and Chorus
Guest Musicians: 
Eiko Ishibashi: Piano, Marimba, Vibraphone
Yuko Ikoma: Accordion 
Natsumi Kudo: Horn and flugelhorn
Icchie: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet
Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: Snare Drum
Composed and Mixed by Atsuko Hatano
Mastered by Jim O’Rourke 
Cover by Saskia Griepink

Atsuko Hatano  - Tidal Currents - from Cells #5 cassette

TR193 - Alya Al-Sultani & Mariam Rezaei - 'SISTER' [excerpt]

This was originally issued in a pic disc LP boxset in an edition of 250 as part of the Prints of Darkness exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers. This exhibition is still touring and LPs can be purchased from Edinburgh Printmakers.

"People Like Us illuminates this dark visual ride with ‘This Is Light Music’, an exclusive full-length picture-disc album in a limited edition of only 250. This record is available as part of a lavish limited edition boxed-set publication which houses the record and a pull-out poster in a gatefold sleeve, and includes essays by People Like Us and co-curator Norman Shaw. This publication is on sale throughout the exhibition, together with specially commissioned t-shirts and badges by the participating artists."

People Like Us - This Is Light Music - "Lavender White"

Paradiso Infernal is a new electronics and guitar duo from Vienna, comprising of members  Christina Nemec and Christian Schachinger.
Schachinger and Nemec have previously collaborated in the trio Shampoo Boy with Peter Rehberg, a powerful alloy of extreme noise, dark drones, luminous ambience and fundaments of rock (Blackest Ever Black).
Schachinger was involved in the 90s Indieband OCCIDENTAL BLUE HARMONY LOVERS, the Schlager Coverband DER SCHEITEL and various projects over the years, most notably PETERLICKER a noise rock band feat. Rehberg (Editions Mego).
Nemec's background is in avant-rock and industrial outfits such as BRAY and the feminist performance group SV DAMENKRAFT. She remains highly active as a solo artist and composer, both as CHRA and under her own name. Her lates solo album »Seamons« was released on Editions Mego in 2020. Chra's music is abstract and enigmatic, she creates dark, raw electronic soundscapes that don't want to "please" at any moment.
PARADISO INFERNAL

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyBlBchQpxc

PARADISO INFERNAL spark off  abstract electronic/guitar noise-layers  in reminiscence of avantgarde composer Giacinto Scelsi

Christina Nemec - electronics, field recordings, effects
Christian Schachinger - electric guitar, effects

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Mit freundlicher Unterstützung und Förderung der Stadt Wien/ MA7 & BMKOES.

INVITRA w/ PARADISO INFERNAL(live) 29/01/22

Track from the Drowning Guides -- the new double album by K. Leimer and Marc Barreca scheduled for release in early April. Look for it at Midheaven, Boomkat and other retailers.

DROWNING GUIDES

FALSE HORIZON

MIDHEAVEN

DROWNING GUIDES : FALSE HORIZON

releases March 16th, 2022

threeop.bandcamp.com/music

Written and produced by Rob Curulli
Mastering by Nil Hartman
Picture by Andrew Bates
Artwork by Rob Curulli

isometry

0F.digital - isometry (3OP007)

B2 Pocket Fred (Clip)

In the past few years, Clarice Jensen has forged her own path. Recently, her focus has shifted to film scoring, successfully recording work for three feature films between 2020 and 2021. At the same time, Clarice continues to serve as artistic director of the American Contemporary Music Ensemble, while continually collaborating with an impressive array of musicians, such as Max Richter, Björk and Stars of the Lid, to name a few.

That being said, it was her 2019 tape release on Geographic North, Drone Studies, that initially caught the attention of a wider audience, with the work showcasing a compelling assembly of deeply immersive drones, and elegantly orchestrated compositions, in which neoclassical elements collide with electric density.

Three years later, the work has lost none of its innovative character and appeal. It also documents a turning point in Clarice's career, one where her classically trained background started to converged and overlap with her interests in improvisational electronics and drone music. As a result, the aptly titled Drone Studies shows Clarice at her most exploratory, introspective, and daring, channeling her areas of interest into a collage of richly textured timbers, and cello movements of sublime tension.

Now for the first time, the original album can be experienced through an expanded vinyl reissue, mastered by Rafael Anton Irissari, and carefully adjusted for vinyl by Ian Hawgood. The new reissue also features an additional track by Clarice called Platonic Solids 2, which was originally conceived around the same time as Drone Studies, and which has now been made available exclusively for the vinyl edition and on the Vaagner Bandcamp.

We hope that this new reissue will aid in introducing Clarice's groundbreaking Drone Studies to a new crowd of listeners through this expanded edition.

Purchase: https://vaagner.bandcamp.com/album/drone-studies

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irissari & adjusted for vinyl by Ian Hawgood
Art and design by O.R
Releases May 6th, 2022

Links:
@vaagner
@clarice-jensen
https://www.instagram.com/vaagner.archive/
https://www.instagram.com/claricejensen/

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Premiere - Clarice Jensen - Platonic Solids 2 (Vaagner)

Peace

sentinel

confrontational yet emotional. 8 tracks of dark ambient and harsh noise. made from the deepest part of my heart.

born from a wish

Kerry Leimer has been producing music and experimental sound since the mid- 1970s. One of the early independent Seattle labels, he founded Palace of Lights in late 1979 as a means to release his work and that of others, free of commercial concern. In addition to PoL his recordings are available on the Autumn, Cherry Red, First Terrace, Invisible Inc., Les Giants, Longform Editions, RVNG, and VOD labels. PoL currently represents works by K. Leimer, Marc Barreca, Barreca | Leimer, Steve Peters, Savant, Gregory Taylor, and Three Point Circle. Palace of Lights releases are distributed exclusively by Revolver and represented by First Terrace Publishing. His work is included in the collection of The British Library.

DROWNING GUIDES : FALSE HORIZON

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