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“I could hear everything, together with the hum of my hotel neon. I never felt sadder in my life.” - Jack Kerouac, “On the Road” (1957)

In chapter 13 of Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,” we find Sal in a Los Angeles hotel room with his new girlfriend, Terry, soon after they’ve decided to hitchhike back to New York with the $10 they share between them. Staring out the window in a sleepless fit, Sal observes a domestic dispute across the street: the humming neon sign of the hotel is an audible element amidst the police’s questioning, family’s sobbing, and city’s howling sirens, all of them blending together in an oddly poignant moment. 

This idea of sound adding context and emotion to human experiences is the foundation of Hotel Neon. The project formed in 2012 under far less desperate conditions than Sal’s, but it has always been anchored in the practice of recording musical responses to the current moment. The chord progression of “A Lament,” for instance, was recorded in the hours following the breaking news out of Sandy Hook on December 14, 2012. Ever since then, we have continued to create soundtracks for specific settings and situations in our lives.

“Hotel Neon 10: Reworks” is a reflection on the 10th anniversary of our debut self-titled album, which was released on July 30, 2013 in a batch of 100 cassettes. Initially a loose collection of minimal drone experiments with no intention for follow-up after the tapes ran out, Hotel Neon has morphed into the central musical identity for each of us, leading to friendships, experiences, and purpose that we could never have imagined at the time.

This is not simply a remaster or remix; HN10 has been entirely reworked from the ground up. You will notice that some of the essential elements and structures from the original songs come through, but we made a concerted effort to build on those early ideas and present a new album with our current tools, techniques, and experience.

We deeply appreciate your support, and thank you for listening.

Music: Hotel Neon (Andrew Tasselmyer, Michael Tasselmyer, Steven Kemner)
Mastered: Rafael Anton Irisarri
Design Daniel Crossley

Hotel Neon 10: Reworks

Hotel Neon - Dust And Drag

Espera

A Familiar Place

Impossible Valleys

Lowland

Every Time

Tracklist

01. Anthéne -  Balance (featuring Fields We Found)
02. Glåsbird - Kata
03. Old Amica - Signal
04. Tomotsugu Nakamura - Heliotrope
05. Will Samson - Beatrijs' Theremin
06. Far away Nebraska - Lei
07. Jason Calhoun -  Small Circle
08. 't Geruis - In Purple
09. Arovane - Endett
10. Sonmi451 -  Hyperbole
11. Shuttle358 - Meteor heart

349. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Ether, in the literary sense, can be defined as 'the clear sky; the upper regions of air beyond the clouds.', or more informally as 'air regarded as a medium for radio'. Music, as well as the inspiration for it, are ephemeral in nature. In making this album, I often thought about the manner in which the sounds and patterns that form a piece of music are brought in to existence from nothingness. They drift into the listener's space, evolve over time, and drift off like clouds on the wind.

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Mist

I mean this is 100% the vibe of creeping home solo after a berloiin night. No field-recordings in here!

first two tracks live-recorded with a zoom field-recorder audio, coming from the internal speakers of the Sonicware LIVEN Ambient Ø at an open window of a hotel in central berlin last summer.
slighty processed in FL Studio.
Me resonating my emotios in between my surrounding and music.
Me finally in peace.

The picture has been shot by myself, i don't know the person in front of me. I am sorry to them

suburban sound syndicate

A cinematic trip-hop journey through shadowed harmonies, slow pulse, and evolving textures.

Arcana Sempiterne blends acoustic elements, analog bass, and orchestral atmosphere into a dark, hypnotic soundscape -timeless, introspective, and quietly intense.

Arcana Sempiterne

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I write music for film and record as Helios, Mint Julep, Goldmund.

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A Familiar Place

Keith Kenniff