Wonderfully expressive, deeply inspiring solo cello -- many thanks!

Recorded late at night at the Fridman Gallery, New York, January 2016.
Solo cello acoustic improvisation. It is past midnight on Spring St, and clusters of voices under the influence resonate softly in the concrete room.




Clusters (Solo Cello Improvisation)

Physical: geographic-north.com/#/GN40-detail
Digital: https://geographicnorth.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-the-capital
Catalog #: GN40
Limited to 300 LPs on clear vinyl
Mastered by Paul Gold at Salt Mastering

'Love is the Capital' the debut LP by Hiro Kone, the recording alias of Nicky Mao. The album is a follow-up to the incredibly well received 'Fallen Angels' cassette, bringing with it some of Mao's most emotionally and politically driven work yet. It is Hiro Kone’s long coming opus, examining a number of all-too-relevant themes: capital, the state, egoism, anxiety, and steadfast optimism. 

The eight songs on 'Love is the Capital' highlight Mao’s austere, politicized techno battling for the greater good. Songs are visceral meditations of rhythm, noise, and melody in the vein of Pan Sonic, Chris & Cosey, Muslimgauze, and Kangding Ray.

The sounds were often recorded in scenes of isolation, whether physically or emotionally. “Infinite Regress” was during a trek with Roxy Farman (Wetware) up to the sleepy, upstate NY town of Palenville. There, frozen in a cabin with the most DIY of recording booths, Mao recorded Roxy’s vocals and what would be the track that would put into motion the entire album.“Less Than Two Seconds” was written in a single afternoon in late December 2015 when it was revealed that the grand jury had declined to indict the police officer who shot to death 12-year old Tamir Rice.

The taut techno, industrial minimalism, and aural upheaval is embedded in tracks “Rukhsana” (featuring Drew McDowall, formerly of Coil & Psychic TV, on modular synthesizer), “The Place Where Spirits Get Eaten,” and “Less Than Two Seconds,” an emotionally wrought blitz of serrated Monomachine tones flanked by timeless recordings of essayist, poet, and social writer James Baldwin. Mao ventures deep into heady, prismatic runs of hypnotic techno, on “Don’t Drink the Water” and “The Declared Enemy.” On opener “Being Earnest” and “Love is the Capital,” foreboding motifs brood their way back into the narrative.

Still, the album maintains a sense transformation, burdened with an alien tension– the awareness of an impending and necessary collapse. And what may come next.

Hiro Kone - Rukhsana (Feat. Drew McDowall)

Alex Suarez aka Cienfuegos takes his turn in our music schedule and brings us an exclusive mix with his characteristic vibrant industrial techno. The Brooklyn based musician tack on his sounds with references from his Cuban heritage, making them an eclectic feast for the ears, without separating his social cause. Let @a_los_martires haunt you with his sonic whirlwind.

i-DJ: cienfuegos

Snippets from the forthcoming 7", "Watching The Psycho" on Primitive Languages.
order here
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/wilted-woman-watching-the-psycho/673917-01/

WILTED WOMAN- WATCHING THE PSYCHO 7" SNIPPETS

A special Mixtape from La Forme Lente ( http://soundcloud.com/la-forme-lente-1). Very very good stuff thanks to Dj Cosensation. Check out more mixtapes here: http://thescrapmag.com/category/mixtapes-2/

Tracklist

0'00 - Circa Tapes - Eleven Doors - http://soundcloud.com/circa-tapes
5'35 - MAKiNA GiRGiR - Смешной Человек (Homme Ridicule) - From the upcoming LP on La Forme Lente
9'01 - Bonjour Tristesse - Transition (premaster vinyl) - Release on La Forme Lente + Concerts in June 2012 (Paris 1st, Strasbourg 2nd, Bruxelles 7th) 
13'06 - Cargo - 80 Yards - http://soundcloud.com/cargofm
16'59 - Enrique Iceglass - Cheryl Clone (pre-Lebanon Hanover)
19'35 - Police des moeurs - Monde fallacieux - http://policedesmoeurs1.bandcamp.com/album/police-des-moeurs-ep (7")
21'41 - Coco Solid - Architecture
24'03 - Cyan Kid - The Vote (w/ Allie) - http://soundcloud.com/rtntrgr/06-the-vote-w-allie (Remastered by Sam Underbahns)
27'58 - Ruble Gang - Silver Plane - http://soundcloud.com/ruble-gang
30'57 - Új Látásmód Fúzió - A jövőnek dedikálva - http://khk.hu/khk01.html (KHK01 - C20 cassette lim 100 copies)
33'14 - TODOTODO - Respuesta Alternativa - http://www.domesticaorder.com/releases-todotodo.html (Release date May 21 on Domestica)
36'11 - Asmodaeus - Buchenwald - http://www.discogs.com/artist/Asmodaeus
38'38 - Extent - Go! - http://soundcloud.com/extent-2
40'39 - Tranquil Eyes - Innocence - http://bit.ly/Ie2Sxd (re-issue on OnderStroom Records) 
44'47 - Fasenuova - cachito turulo - http://www.discogs.com/Fasenuova-A-La-Quinta-Hoguera/release/2926437
48'28 - K.rotte - Inside-Outside - From lim ed 100 copies (Color LP + bonus Cd) Frogmania on Plastic Frog Records
51'30 - Brotman & Short - Fell Pastures - http://brotmanandshort.blogspot.com/ (The final song from their upcoming Distance Unknown CS on Chondritic Sound)

Clusters (Solo Cello Improvisation)

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