The bees were very active on this sunny day in March. Above, birds singing at the top of their voices (northern wren, robin, common chaffinch, tits, etc.)
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Des abeilles très actives en ce jour ensoleillé du mois de mars. Au dessus, des oiseaux chante à tue-tête (troglodyte mignon, rouge-gorge, pinson, mésanges, etc.)

Location/Lieu : Les Cidours, PNR Millevaches

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Nagra LB, MKH8040, ORTF

240313 · 2:10 pm · Birds above the bee hives · Oiseaux au dessus des ruches

Sven's compositions often transport listeners to inspiring, ethereal realms. Cellos and pianos paint soft, contemplative landscapes, tinged with underlying angst and longing, showcasing Sven's talent for translating life stories into relatable and evocative music.

With 'The Undefined Feeling of Discomfort', Sven presents an album this time brimming with anxiety, fear, and anticipation. Struggle permeates the music, enhanced by distorted vocals, acoustic guitars and drone pads. Sven once again evokes deep emotions, guiding the listener through a powerful sonic journey.

The album opens with a floating, introspective tone. The atmosphere is dark, and an anxious feeling gradually emerges. As the first city lights appear from afar, a tumultuous force sweeps everything away, like an undertow shattering waves on a coastline. Moving on, choir-like vocals bring in a biblical aspect, adding darker, soul-wrenching depth. It feels like a scream from the abyss, leaving an empty shell resonating with its vastness. Soft guitar notes offer hope, but the passage ends with intense anxiety, and feelings of rapid flashes before one's eyes throwing us off balance.

Further along, a rise from uncertainty hints at a resolution. It starts with a sense of battle and resistance illustrated with hopeful strings and a heartbeat-like backbeat. A force emerges from the dark sonic cloud pierced by a tenacious sun. The second half brings resolution and lightness, offering hope and comforting certainty amidst the alarming tension of this transitional phase. The album leaves us feeling chaos after the storm, atoms crushing into one another. With a calmer end, as if the initial rumble had passed, a scar remains. The memory lingers, but things move forward. 

The Undefined Feeling of Discomfort

wlr180 Sven Laux - The Undefined Feeling of Discomfort

Format: CD, Digital
Pre-order: 14th March 2025
Release date: 21st March 2025

Blochemy’s latest album weaves a melancholic yet mesmerizing tapestry, inspired by the beauty of nature and the delicate balance between living and non-living systems. Fascinated by entropy and randomness, blochemy captures the intricate harmony of the natural world through complex soundscapes.

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On hour without interruption at dawn at the Etang des Landes (Creuse, France). Already many bird species for the season. Water birds, then when the light comes on, a few forest birds. Small mammals rummage through tufts of dry grass near the microphones. In the distance, sometimes, flocks of birds take flight like a low hum.

Recorded on March 9, 2025 with a Nagra LB and a pair of Sennheiser MKH8020 in AB.

One hour at dawn at the Etang des Landes (Creuse, France)

Pre orders start 14.3.2025 // Limited, handmade CD copies available, hand numbered + Digital

shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/music

"Ritus dan mekanisme, kehancuran dan transformasi—album ini merangkai gamelan dengan elemen modern, membentuk lanskap bunyi yang terus berubah. Dari dentingan kawat yang terpotong hingga resonansi gong yang retak, suara-suara muncul dan larut dalam tegangan antara tradisi dan teknologi. Getaran bahan alami dan suara mekanis bertautan, menghadirkan ruang dengar di mana batas organik dan buatan saling menjebol satu sama lain.” (Catu Daya) 

Artist bio: 
Catu Daya is an Indonesian experimental music duo consisting of Yustiawan Paradigma Umar (gamelan) and Yoga Nugraha Usmad (electronics). Their work integrates gamelan with field recordings, ambient, and drone into a performance art practice that emphasizes improvisation, interaction, and spatial engagement. Their music reflects cultural heritage while aiming to expand the horizons of contemporary gamelan, creating an auditory space that bridges tradition, technology, and performativity.

Instruments: rebab Jawa, gong ageng, electronics, field recordings 

All music performed, produced, and mixed by Catu Daya 
Recorded live by Ade Atmaja at Lokananta Studio in Surakarta 
Mastered by Andrea Porcu 

Artwork by Catu Daya 
Layout design by Dwi Sukarno 

Babat Kawat (Album Preview)

From the album Layers of Afternoon, Available June 13, 2025 on Western Vinyl
Pre-order / Listen https://lnk.to/layersofafternoon

Bandcamp

WV283 - Goldmund - Before I Sleep

Format: CD, Digital
Pre-order: 11th April 2025
Release date: 18th April 2025

Esistono luoghi che non hanno mappe,
angoli di vento in cui il tempo si piega,
dove gli sguardi non arrivano
e i sogni si smarriscono come nebbia all’alba.

Le parole mai dette viaggiano leggere,
gli amori non vissuti tremano nell’aria,
mentre le promesse dimenticate
si adagiano sulla pelle del silenzio.

Forse finiscono nei battiti sospesi,
nelle lacrime che non scendono,
nel respiro di chi ancora attende
senza sapere cosa.

E tu, hai mai sentito il sussurro
di ciò che è esistito senza lasciare traccia?

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There are places with no maps,
corners of the wind where time bends,
where gazes never reach,
and dreams drift away like mist at dawn.

Unspoken words travel lightly,
unlived loves tremble in the air,
while forgotten promises
rest on the skin of silence.

Perhaps they end in suspended heartbeats,
in tears that never fall,
in the breath of those who still wait
without knowing for what.

And you—have you ever heard the whisper
of something that existed without leaving a trace?

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Tracklist

01.  Ian Hawgood - I Was Never Really Here
02. Michael Grigoni and Pan•American - Baritone Boderlands
03. Dag Rosenqvist - Somna, sov
04. Taylor Deupree & The Humble Bee -  Case Study 7
05. The Birds Companion - A Place Outside of Time
06. Tides - Fragile 
07.  HERE - Sun-Warmed Earth
08.  Katharina Schmidt - The Multiplicities 
09. Tomosla - Rivermouth

418. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Taken from "Circle in the sense" the new album by People!Place!. Pre orders start 9.05.2025 at Shimmering Moods Records: shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com
LimitedCD , hand numbered, hand made sleeves. Edition of 30. 
Release date: 16.05.2025

People!Place! - Slow melting

Yek (Single Edit)

I don't think I will ever forget the first time I heard m.=addiction. I can also confirm that every time I played out that record, folks waltzed over to me to find out the name. Something mystical and enigmatic brought them over to music, making me feel like I was a snake charmer enchanting a cobra with the sounds of a pungi. The music of Dictaphone often evoked hazy spaces, full of jazzy smoke, lo-fi textures, and noir voices, occupying those distant corners of your memory where you felt glamorous comfort, charming enchantment, and warming delight. Since the 2002 debut, the Berlin-based duo of Oliver Doerell and Roger Döring released five more albums, all of which I think I have covered on Headphone Commute. And, in my humble opinion, their latest upcoming release is the closest to that special aura I felt nearly two decades ago. Unstable is Dictaphone's 6th full-length, where Doerel and Döring are also joined by Alexander Stoze (on violin) to mesmerise us with that special scent of future-retro nostalgia that seems to drift in the air like thick incense in a temple of soporific ghosts.

TRACK PREMIERE : Dictaphone - Desplendor

Percussionist. Improviser. Performer. Occasionally composer and field recordist. Co-founder of the ensemble]h[iatus. Co-founder and curator of Le Bruit de la Musique festival. Artistic adviser of Association Ryoanji Épicentre.

240313 · 2:10 pm · Birds above the bee hives · Oiseaux au dessus des ruches

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