surrounded by silence - believe in love

Produced slowly and meticulously over the last 12
months, these seven tracks are the closet thing we've
had to a new album from Andy Stott since the release
of his debut full-length Merciless five years ago.
Taking influence from an array of seemingly incoherent
noises, from the indefinable and unforgettable mindtricks
of Arthur Russell to the slowhouse of Kassem
Mosse, from the alternate VHS realities of James
Ferraro and Jamal Moss to the Linn Drum classics of the
vintage Prince era - these seven tracks create their own
pace and agenda, largely shying away from the
dancefloor in favour of something more complex and
hard to define.
Following on from the tribal malfunctions of opening
intro Signature, New Ground heads into a chasm of
layered loops, creating a decimated and re-wired funk
template coloured in with frayed percussion and
dislodged vocal samples. North To South starts off from
similar ground but adds a shuffling vibe at a deceptively
intoxicated 110 bpm.
Intermittent is something altogether different, taking
perfectly formed Boogie templates and screwing with
them until nothing quite fits, brittle elements floating in
and out of time yet somehow keeping it together,
before Dark Details delivers the most dancefloor
compatible six minute stretch of the set, all clanging
stabs and dense percussion, somewhere between
Shackleton and Bam Bam.
Execution and Passed Me By end things off on a slowed
down tip, the former deploying an anaesthetised and
padded 4/4 template sunk deeper into the abyss by
deformed, time-stretched vocals, the latter ending off
proceedings with a more delicate palette, letting go of
all that pent-up emotion with nothing but that rumbling
low-end and some strings for company.

Intermittent

Tracklist:

IRVING BERLIN, PRO MUSICA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, ROBERT ASHLEY - Remember (edit)
KARRIEM RIGGINS - daooooh!!
field recording Cidrerie 2022
JONATHAN SCHERK - A6 (reverse)
EXCERPT OF LICHT - Stockhausen's Legacy
MARK FELL - Intra-3
LEAFAR LEGOV - Fade (Jan Jelinek remix)
FRANÇOIS BAYLE - Journal (edit)
ANDREW PEKLER - Love You You Know
J DILLA - Jay Dee (Instrumental 16)
JONNY GREENWOOD, KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI - Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima (edit)
THELONIOUS MONK - Ugly Beauty
JEFF PARKER - Ugly Beauty
MASAYOSHI FUJITA - Moonlight (Jan Jelinek remix)
field recoding Liège 2022
JAN JELINEK - Corridors III
HARETON SALVANINI - Salamandras
JAN JELINEK - Silver Circle
Shortwave clips from 1982 Tape 1
ANTOINE BERJEAUT - Frontera (loop)
GUY REIBEL - Canon sur une trompe africaine
STEPHAN MATHIEU - Day Is Young
CHRISTINA VANTZOU - Wild Beast
JAN JELINEK - Western Mimikry
GEORGIA SPIROPOULOS - Brut (edit)
BRIAN WILSON - Oh Lord
TERRE THAEMLITZ - A-Program
Steve Albini cutting and splicing tape
PANORAM - Bad Request
DAVID VERSACE - Awake For You
ROBERT ASHLEY - She Was A Visitor (edit)
ROMÉO POIRIER, PHILIPPE POIRIER - Gibs
AMERICAN CREAM BAND - Magic Spells Reunite
DAPHNE ORAM - Melodic Group Shape III
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - Zure
PHILIP GLASS - Einstein On The Beach: Knee Play 5
ORFF: CATULLI CARMINA - Stravinsky: Les Noces (The Wedding) (1923 Version): Part 1 Scene 1: The Bride’s chamber

©Lamiral Poirier

https://lyl.live/episode/romeo-poirier

Roméo Poirier - lyl radio 20.12.2023

info + tracklist: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/guests-205-xalt-xcess
https://repulsexplosif.bandcamp.com/album/diamond-stars
https://soundcloud.com/xaltxcess

GUESTS

GUESTS 205 – Xalt Xcess

The intro track off the forthcoming album, 'Me, With You' by @jonnnah – a gentle collaboration with Pavel Milyakov (@buttechno)

Still Here, Playing Gtr (feat. Pavel Milyakov)

Escorial

Babylon Kisses

A deep dive into ethereal soundscapes and fading memories.

“Until the Light Forgets Us” drifts between warmth and melancholy — an ambient journey beyond time and form.

Enjoy listening and have a beautiful day!!!

Until the Light Forgets Us

No matter where you are, if you were ever in Eridanus, you will never forget it, by day or by night.

This song belongs to the big arc about the haunting exoplanet Eridanus, located in the constellation of the same name.

Eridanus Dreams: In The Night

Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Trust the Guide and Glide
2LP VINYL: bit.ly/1prTyCy

It's Now! Eternally! Easy, Tender, Loving Sound.
The Guide is You. The Glide is Life. Be Yourself, Live Fully - 
That's what the Vibrations are Encouraging, Echoing, 
Waving, Glowing, Singing, Rippling, Radiating.

Matthewdavid's Mindflight is Heart Music. It's a record
of beauty that has evolved from explorations into his 
deepest emotions, visions and imagination. The Flights 
were most directly inspired by his profound connection 
with Michael Stearns' Planetary Unfolding (Continuum 
Montage 1981). You can feel that Trust is it's Brother. 
Stearns speaks of Dreams, Resonance, Unity, and Ecstasy. 
Matthew adds that this journey has been one of Healing, 
Discovery, Finding, and Transformation. The two and
their kindred are wondrous Sonic-Energetic-Midwives
helping to usher in this age of Expanded Consciousness.

The process and source are Extra and Terrestrial, 
Synthesized, Improvised (Live on Dublab Radio) Meditations. 
Sourced from the well of spiritual expression, these 
recordings were further realized in Ableton. You're flying 
through the mystical world of Gilbert William's cover, 
the software technology is dancing with circuitry, Flute, 
Harp, Hulusi, Water, Sonar, Quasar, and microtonal 
language are Tied and Dyed in the moment.

The Mind is programmed by the Heart. With an open 
Heart the Mind can apply our gifts. I asked Matthew 
what he's seen on / in his Mindflights: "Unconditional Love! 
Stillness - Centeredness," he replied. "I've seen and felt 
my ancestors, I've heard the songs of humanity . . ."

Welcome, Listen, Hear, Here, Now, Celebrate!

Joyously Written with Trust the Guide and Glide on repeat,
Tuesday, December 8, 2015, in Woodland Hills, California 
- Carlos Niño

cover painting: Gilbert Williams
@matthewdavids-mindflight
www.leavingrecords.com

2LP VINYL + DIGITAL

Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Unfolding Atlantis

ZERO IS MORE THAN NOTHING - VARIOUS ARTISTS
@ecstaticrecordings @angeloharmsworth

https://ecstaticrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/zero-is-more-than-nothing

Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Unfolding Atlantis

Leaving Records