The 42nd release of katharsis is the collaborative album “Soft Space” by label founder jjjacob and various other artists from around the world, coming out on May 31st. The album works as a sequel to his previous full-length release "Brutal Nature" from 2022, both in terms of the collaborational dogma in production but also in the thematic connection and contrast between the brutality of nature and the softness of space. All tracks emerged as infantile jjjacob sketches, then taking more form and gaining inspirational matter from the collaborating artists' conduct and care, before finally being concluded by the final touches of jjjacob again.

The result is as the title suggests smooth and gentle at most times, but it does though have more wicked and harsh moments and aspects throughout the album. The emotional journey of the album keeps pendulating between the pleasant floating sensations of celestial emptiness and the brute mysticality of the unknown. At times it feels aerodynamic or dissolving, at others it tastes crispy and anthemic, but the overall output is definitely ethereal and cosmic.

releases May 31, 2024
artwork & mastering by jjjacob

Soft Space

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The 42nd release of katharsis is the collaborative album “Soft Space” by label founder jjjacob and various other artists from around the world, coming out on May 31st. The album works as a sequel to his previous full-length release "Brutal Nature" from 2022, both in terms of the collaborational dogma in production but also in the thematic connection and contrast between the brutality of nature and the softness of space. All tracks emerged as infantile jjjacob sketches, then taking more form and gaining inspirational matter from the collaborating artists' conduct and care, before finally being concluded by the final touches of jjjacob again.

The result is as the title suggests smooth and gentle at most times, but it does though have more wicked and harsh moments and aspects throughout the album. The emotional journey of the album keeps pendulating between the pleasant floating sensations of celestial emptiness and the brute mysticality of the unknown. At times it feels aerodynamic or dissolving, at others it tastes crispy and anthemic, but the overall output is definitely ethereal and cosmic.

releases May 31, 2024
artwork & mastering by jjjacob

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premiere: jjjacob & dvdv - Touching Time

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The 42nd release of katharsis is the collaborative album “Soft Space” by label founder jjjacob and various other artists from around the world, coming out on May 31st. The album works as a sequel to his previous full-length release "Brutal Nature" from 2022, both in terms of the collaborational dogma in production but also in the thematic connection and contrast between the brutality of nature and the softness of space. All tracks emerged as infantile jjjacob sketches, then taking more form and gaining inspirational matter from the collaborating artists' conduct and care, before finally being concluded by the final touches of jjjacob again.

The result is as the title suggests smooth and gentle at most times, but it does though have more wicked and harsh moments and aspects throughout the album. The emotional journey of the album keeps pendulating between the pleasant floating sensations of celestial emptiness and the brute mysticality of the unknown. At times it feels aerodynamic or dissolving, at others it tastes crispy and anthemic, but the overall output is definitely ethereal and cosmic.

releases May 31, 2024
artwork & mastering by jjjacob

premiere: jjjacob & LÉO - Flower Flood (La Pluie Efface)

@jjjacob @hlodowigekdahl
The 42nd release of katharsis is the collaborative album “Soft Space” by label founder jjjacob and various other artists from around the world, coming out on May 31st. The album works as a sequel to his previous full-length release "Brutal Nature" from 2022, both in terms of the collaborational dogma in production but also in the thematic connection and contrast between the brutality of nature and the softness of space. All tracks emerged as infantile jjjacob sketches, then taking more form and gaining inspirational matter from the collaborating artists' conduct and care, before finally being concluded by the final touches of jjjacob again.

The result is as the title suggests smooth and gentle at most times, but it does though have more wicked and harsh moments and aspects throughout the album. The emotional journey of the album keeps pendulating between the pleasant floating sensations of celestial emptiness and the brute mysticality of the unknown. At times it feels aerodynamic or dissolving, at others it tastes crispy and anthemic, but the overall output is definitely ethereal and cosmic.

releases May 31, 2024
artwork & mastering by jjjacob

Late Laments (feat. Hlodowig Ekdahl)

jjjacob & Hlodowig Ekdahl - Late Laments

@jjjacob @yakayaka
The 42nd release of katharsis is the collaborative album “Soft Space” by label founder jjjacob and various other artists from around the world, coming out on May 31st. The album works as a sequel to his previous full-length release "Brutal Nature" from 2022, both in terms of the collaborational dogma in production but also in the thematic connection and contrast between the brutality of nature and the softness of space. All tracks emerged as infantile jjjacob sketches, then taking more form and gaining inspirational matter from the collaborating artists' conduct and care, before finally being concluded by the final touches of jjjacob again.

The result is as the title suggests smooth and gentle at most times, but it does though have more wicked and harsh moments and aspects throughout the album. The emotional journey of the album keeps pendulating between the pleasant floating sensations of celestial emptiness and the brute mysticality of the unknown. At times it feels aerodynamic or dissolving, at others it tastes crispy and anthemic, but the overall output is definitely ethereal and cosmic.

releases May 31, 2024
artwork & mastering by jjjacob

Glory Gloom (feat. Yaka)

jjjacob & YAKA - Glory Gloom

@jjjacob @iamxato @0i8ndx78ay8s
The 42nd release of katharsis is the collaborative album “Soft Space” by label founder jjjacob and various other artists from around the world, coming out on May 31st. The album works as a sequel to his previous full-length release "Brutal Nature" from 2022, both in terms of the collaborational dogma in production but also in the thematic connection and contrast between the brutality of nature and the softness of space. All tracks emerged as infantile jjjacob sketches, then taking more form and gaining inspirational matter from the collaborating artists' conduct and care, before finally being concluded by the final touches of jjjacob again.

The result is as the title suggests smooth and gentle at most times, but it does though have more wicked and harsh moments and aspects throughout the album. The emotional journey of the album keeps pendulating between the pleasant floating sensations of celestial emptiness and the brute mysticality of the unknown. At times it feels aerodynamic or dissolving, at others it tastes crispy and anthemic, but the overall output is definitely ethereal and cosmic.

releases May 31, 2024
artwork & mastering by jjjacob

Someday Somewhere (feat. xato &amp; W.ANNA.W)

jjjacob, xato & W.ANNA.W - Someday Somewhere

music from the pond, for the pond

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album: https://soundcloud.com/inner-most/sets/yaka-somewhere-in-that-water
buy: https://inner-most.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-in-that-water

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music: @yakayaka
mastering by @inner-most
art: insta: bugdumb

premiere: Yaka - bog dub [label: Inner Most]

evo-lation five is evo-natura's fifth fundraising compilation, featuring Werner Levant, 111X, Hajj, Softmatter, Ice_Eyes, MIRA新伝統, Zaumne.

Focusing on natural sounds, the project skilfully blends field recordings, drones, and electronics, with each artist sonically reflecting towards the subject.

All profits made will be donated to Eden Reforestation Projects. (www.edenprojects.org)

Artwork & Cassette Design by Ronja-Elina Kappl
Curated & Mastered by Ioannis Nafpliotis

evo-lation five

Cassette / Digital

Hajj - Running In Madness, Dying With Hate

Accustomed to delivering doom and gloom since 2009, French label @dawnrecords now unveils its 21st corrosive release with "Modern Grief," the latest toxic alloy from their new in-house project, @gargantuan-collapse.

Set for a CD release on November 13, the "Modern Grief" LP offers ten dystopian tracks drenched in harsh noise, blending cutting-edge metal, heavy bass, grimy trap, and emo-tinged IDM.

https://dawnrecords.bandcamp.com/album/modern-grief-dawn0021

Modern Grief

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℘ཞɛɱıɛཞɛ ≈ Gargantuan Collapse - Je Sauvegarde (feat. HAJJ) [Dawn Records]

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Inspired by the iconic tradition of the sample pack, the Source Folder series seeks to explore the diversity of interpretations, paths and offsprings that might emerge from a common resource. In each installment, a member of the Global URL Nation provides a sample pack from which other artists are invited to create a new track.

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For this second edition, we welcome long-time collaborator Bademjan - a French artist blending heavily processed instruments with arcane atmospheres and raw emotions to unveil the sublime in their delicate intricacies.

For the project, he drew inspiration from early video game music, challenging 14 artists to collaboratively imagine the soundtrack of an ethereal, otherworldly video game. At the heart of the project is a collection of 25 custom-designed instruments – a unified palette of ambient washes, celestial leads, and weathered textures – that served as the exclusive sound source for the tracks, reminiscent of the creative limitations of the 16-bit era.

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The result is a compilation of 14 tracks by aeria, B E N N, commun des mortels, False Self, Guenter Råler, Indigoblue, jjjacob, Léo Dubois, Levier, Lukann, Peow Beow, Sçlé, Sioban and Sopoorific.

Each track feels like a gateway to its own unique realm, a portal to its own liminal space, where wistful melodies and haunting textures intertwine. While some tracks evoke a tender nostalgia, wrapping the listener in bitcrushed warmth, others explore darker, more mysterious tones – all coming together beautifully as an immersive journey through uncharted dreamscapes.

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The source folder containing the sampled instruments is available for anyone to use at this link : 
https://clublatemusic.com/resources

Cover and visual works by Yann Le Frit
https://www.instagram.com/ynhame_lefrit/

Mastering by Bademjan
https://www.instagram.com/_bademjan/




premiere: jjjacob - Dragol Steps [label: Club Late Music]

TRYCE @3yyccee and Xenia Reaper @xeniareaper collaborate on Dream-Fighter, a limited 7" lathe cut, due for release on Unguarded February 14th.

Drawing from a collection of recordings made throughout 2021, the two producers bring to life a cold, icy two-track single spanning precision-cut breaks, breezy pads and fluttering digital arpeggios, laced together by laser tight impacts.

Written, produced & mixed by TRYCE & Xenia Reaper
Mastered by Tim Roth
Artwork by TRYCE
Cut by Disc Archive

Fighter (Echo Mix)

With her debut album Zagareddre, Lyon-based artist Aracoeli weaves a web between her dreams and the imaginary world of tarantismo, a cathartic ritual from Italian folklore designed to expel both psychological torments and the venom of spider bites.
@aracoeli-276043990


Influenced by classical and Hindustani music, the singer, violinist, and producer navigates between trip-hop, folk, pop, and electronica. Throughout the album’s seven tracks, string instruments, layered vocals, synthesizers, and electronic experiments intertwine—like multicolored silk ribbons, the zagareddre, evoking the hues of the tarantulas that have bitten you.
releases February 26, 2025

ARACOELI - ZAGAREDDRE
(DAWN022)
50 limited copies
CD
Produced by Aracoeli
Mastered by Lastrack
Artwork & Design by g.riv.e
Dawn 2025

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Don't talk 2 much

Biemsix – Her (Willem Feltzer Awake Mix)

time to say goodbye ft. V1OLA (prod. metlast x nihil)

flint dust 2 (bombing rubble)

Meowington - Returning Home to You

explore my journey through your imagination
contact/booking: jacobfosgrau@gmail.com
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katharsis is a label founded by @jjjacob focusing on the purification and purgation of emotions through music.

contact: jacobfosgrau@gmail.com

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