About Levoneh:

Levoneh is a collaborative music project led by composer and producer, Ross Kirshenbaum, based in Seattle, WA on unseeded Duwamish territory. 

Kirshenbaum grew up in the Pacific Northwest, deeply influenced by the coalescence of gritty, ethereal and moody music that evolved there. Levoneh reflects the absorption and digestion of these dichotomies, combining elements of electro-acoustic, psychedelic pop soundscapes with deeply vulnerable, protest folk songs. The resulting work is something that feels both utterly familiar and entirely unique. 

About Ground:

Levoneh’s latest album, Ground, is a curated collection of songs composed between 2008 and 2020, stitched together with watery field recordings marking a journey of reflection and transformation through the heartbreak and anxiety of facing a smoldering world set on erasing everything. 

Kirshenbaum approached this album predominately through the lens of grief and healing work. He writes from his experience as a white queer, living in the Jewish diaspora on stolen land, navigating political, economic and cultural systems that uphold white supremacy. Drawing from musical influences deeply rooted in rain, vistas and every shade of green imaginable, Ground seeks to honor and protect the sacred rituals of self and collective exploration and introspection that will ultimately build us a new, liberatory future.

Ground

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@apte is a record label, party series, and DJ duo based out of Seattle, WA.

~What is the inspiration and vision behind Apt E?

Apt E has always been driven by a freewheeling sense of artistic expression beyond outlets exclusive to music. A strong friendship in which we co-enabled each other’s off-kilter concepts and senses of humor catalyzed our growth through shared experiences in our community. Apt E was born as an outlet to share our visions, which manifest as conceptual pieces across sonic and environmental mediums.  

~Can you share a little bit about what you’ve included in this mix and your process?

Color, texture, inward observation, music that moves us and grounds us, favorites old and new taken from curious corners of our collection. 

It’s difficult for us to properly verbalize how these tracks come together or from where. We are constantly sharing music with one another and feeding off of each other’s energy. We both share a strong sense of what this mix is and where we wanted to take it but neither of us know how to put that down on paper. Our process is very organic and stems purely from our adoration for sounds musical and otherwise. 

~If resources weren’t an issue, what is your biggest dream for Apt E, if you could make anything happen?

Funding a full production (carbon neutral) vinyl plant locally would be a priority, plus a handful of loft/gallery/warehouse art spaces locked down in Seattle would help ensure the underground a future here. If our resources truly were not an issue, the entire world would be a space that shares the same strength in community, equality, and expression as we do in our dedicated underground spaces. Until then we’re starting small and taking it one step at a time. 

~Any exciting things coming up Apt E or as individuals?

The vinyl for our third output, Apt E Vol 3, has finally been delivered. Hear it Nov 1st at apte.bandcamp.com :)

Our Tomorrow w/ Apt E (Seattle)

05 Where You Were

04 A Song For Martin Selig

03 Movement (Interlude)

02 Prisms

01 New As The Moon

Ambient biolateral 93 minute track:
ocean sounds recorded on the island of Hawaii, 
bird sounds, 
a heartbeat pulse around 60 BPM, 
various instrumentation with lots of space, 
panned left-right in asymmetrical intervals. 

Panning is generally soft to avoid distracting/uncomfortable ear muscle tightening / discrepancies, with some moments of hard, full-panning to avoid entrainment and periodically wake the brain during Brainspotting processing.

May be suitable for some KAP uses.

Meant to lean on the inner edge of chintzy 90s new age relaxation CDs.

Lateral Ambient Seaside 90 Mins

Original song about the long lasting effects of the Great Hunger in the mid 1800’s Ireland on modern day Irish people.

The story more or less speaks for itself, thank you for all the support of this song over on TikTok, grá mór xx

Echoes of The Famine’s Scream

Alone

Levoneh is the recording project of Ross Kirshenbaum, a queer, ashkenazi artist, organizer and city bus driver living on unceded, Duwamish and Coast Salish land.

04 A Song For Martin Selig

Levoneh

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