Fossil Hunting Collective is musician and sound artist Jamie Jones, from Guelph in Canada who has been active under this artist name since 2019. He has previously released music on labels such as Ambientologist, ROHS, Polar Seas and Rusted Tone Recordings across this project name and as (ph)authers (alongside Hymns57) and Still Harbours (with Brad Deschamps). Followers of our discography may also recall 2020’s contribution to our Home Diaries series, entitled ‘Aperture’. 

‘Cyanotype’ was made primarily, via the beautiful surprises thrown out of various guitar pedals along with re-amped loops played back through old cassette recorders. Whilst virtual plugins are also used throughout the process, Jones places an emphasis on the physical too, with his small body acoustic guitar strung with nylons, a Jazzmaster guitar, a baritone ukulele and reel to reel tape. The sound is a heady blend of melancholy, nostalgic and life-affirming movements, using droning texture, tape decay and loosely performed instrumentation to tell dreamy stories.

The theme for this album was born out of the emotions that Jones pours into his music, as he contemplates the day-to-day struggles of his daughter Hunter, who has been Type 1 Diabetic for the last two years of their life. This autoimmune disease can be life-threatening if not managed correctly and around 95% of Jones’ headspace is occupied with worry, as follows strict procedures to count carbohydrates, weigh out food and monitor blood sugar metrics to ensure that his daughter does not become hypoglycaemic, which could lead to a coma. Controlling this disease is a full-time job and one which Jones carries the weight of at all times. The worry, care and withered energy levels mean that these emotions surface their way into the music, when he sits down in his studio late at night.

The album is a homage to what Hunter must go through each day of their life, living with Type 1 Diabetes.  No child or parent should have to go through this. No child should need to understand how it all works, but they are forced to wonder ‘why me’.  On top of the weight of the emotional trauma, there is a physical trauma that comes with being injected with devices and life-saving medication numerous times a day, until a cure can be found. Jones and his family are keen to remind themselves when they can, that the disease does not define the being, and they still celebrate all the positive splendour life can offer. These tracks are an emotional journey of the day-to-day; there is the good and the bad, days of hope and wonder, days of melancholy and sadness.  Above all, they are not alone in this fight, and they all work together as a unit, protecting their family bond fiercely, like bees.

At an age of around 18 months, Hunter adopted the nickname ‘B’, after being so enthralled with their bee costume for Halloween that they continued to wear on many occasions afterwards. The track titles for this album are all influenced by bee related terminology but also, in some cases there are double meanings, such as ‘Apiary’ (meaning home), ‘Castes’ (members of the family) ‘Mellitus Propolis’ combines Mellitus (Latin for sweet)) used in describing Diabetes Mellitus and Propolis (the resin that bees use to hold hives together).

The album package makes use of the artist’s wife Richelle Forsey, who is a visual artist. Richelle often employs a process using the energy of the sun (ultra violet) to expose a camera-less image on paper coated with iron salts. This is called a cyanotype and the paper undergoes a chemical reaction which fixes the image, thus creating an imprinted monochrome ‘blueprint’.

Cyanotype

wlr121 Fossil Hunting Collective - Cyanotypes

Each track on this compilation is a free interpretation of a graphic score called “Mold”. Dionisaf created this graphic piece in 2012, and it was first time performed the same year in St. Petersburg by a composer and performer of experimental music Yuri Akbalkan.

https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/mold

released August 19, 2022

Darren McClure (Japan) https://darrenmcclure.bandcamp.com

Dionisaf (USA) https://dionisaf.bandcamp.com

Alessandro Barbanera (Italy) https://alessandrobarbanera.bandcamp.com

Ens Dormir (Russia) https://ensdormir.bandcamp.com

Boban Ristevski (Macedonia) https://bobanristevski.bandcamp.com

DJ BlockStation (Russia) https://soundcloud.com/djblockstation-music

BIRS (Russia) https://soundcloud.com/user-9928177

Kerf (Russia) https://kerfnoise.bandcamp.com

Sebby Kowal (USA) https://soundcloud.com/sebbykowalmusic

Samsara Inc. (Russia) https://samsarainc.bandcamp.com

Yuri Akbalkan (Germany) https://soundcloud.com/akbalkan

Label playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6NhkzsiLGCStuOkSjCfvso?si=d1c3f93fdccb4e14

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chitrarecords

Mold

Cover design by Victor Candela, oil on masonite

Bruma

Today, I release a track I wrote with Bahrambient, on Mare Nostrum Label @marenostrumambientlabel

Free DL : https://marenostrumlabel.bandcamp.com/album/and-the-day-begins
Stream : https://fanlink.to/iw9K

And the Day Begins

Free DL

Bahrambient & Le Code - And The Day Begins

Close The Windows

Olhos Postos

2023-07-01

NLS - 2023 - 07 - 01 - Birds

… Samos, meaning summer, which parallels the reconstructed word for winter (*gyemos) which is likely cognate with the month appearing six months later on the calendar, Giamoni…

Gyemos

Flickering memories and faded feelings — “the same old story: tape 1” by instagram.com/ubilam is a liminal four-track EP filled with melancholic moments, like forgotten recordings from a dream you once lived.

ubilaM - we had a good time

AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES INSPIRED BY THE DREAMLIKE WRITINGS OF HP LOVECRAFT.

NECRONOMICON DREAMS: ASTRAL PROJECTION

Explore the moons of our Solar System with Moon Voyager. Explorative and atmospheric deep space ambient music. soundscapes and drones by Nairb One.

Recorded August 2025
© 2025 Aeon Records
℗ 2025 Ditto Music LTD

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Elara

Ambient music producer // Owner of @apnealabelpodcast and @marenostrumambientlabel

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