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linear bells

Excerpt from "the stars will shine". ST002.
Double CD album available in may 2014.
More infos :
www.soft-recordings.com
softrecords.bandcamp.com/
linearbells.bandcamp.com/

LINEAR BELLS - San Francisco Broke My Heart (excerpt from ST002)

from the album 'ghost poems' available 4/15

Ghost Poems

earthen sea 'rough air'

A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN - 'ATOMOS VII'
12"/digital out on Erased Tapes/Kranky (US) on April 28, 2013

PRE-ORDER: 
http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP056 (worldwide excl. North America)
http://www.kranky.net (North America)
http://www.awvfts.com (band shop)

Erased Tapes and Kranky are pleased to announce the release of A Winged Victory for the Sullen's 'ATOMOS VII'. April 28 sees the first installment leading up to the release of the second full length studio album 'ATOMOS', and score for choreographer Wayne McGregor's long form dance piece. 

McGregor was heavily influenced by the duo's 2011 self-titled debut, playing it repeatedly during practices with his core group of dancers. After noticing the group's reaction with the music, he contacted Adam & Dustin to see if they could write the score for his new oeuvre. 

The duo recorded more than sixty minutes of music over a four month period during the summer of 2013 in Brussels, Berlin and Reykjavik with the help of their longtime collaborative sound engineer Francesco Donadello. This EP also sees the involvement of Ben Frost, who composed the music for McGregor's previous work 'Far'.

McGregor, mastermind behind the Random Dance Company and resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet since 2006, is known in popular culture circles for serving as movement director for the film 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'. He has also choreographed the Radiohead video 'Lotus Flower' and 'Ingenue' by Atoms for Peace.

"While we were re-amping guitars at Greenhouse studios, Ben expressed interest and admiration in the sounds we had created. We were planning for the B-side to be a metamorphosis of part VII, and Ben seemed the obvious choice. With the multi-tracks transformed, it follows a trajectory that we had not felt comfortable with before. But with Ben's involvement and influence, it was a painless entrance to this crooked, distorted world." - Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie

"We never imagined 2013 would be such an explosively creative year. The first record took us 2 years from start to finish, but in the micro span of time over last summer we were able to change the formula for the way we write, record, and let go. It was incredibly liberating." - Dustin O'Halloran

'A surprisingly emotional score' ★★★★ The Telegraph
'Intense, reflective, occasionally threatening and wholly enveloping' ★★★★ Times

TRACK LISTING:

A1 Atomos VII - taken from the upcoming full length album ATOMOS
A2 Minuet For A Cheap Piano Number One - outtake from debut album sessions
B1 Atomos VII (Greenhouse Re-Interpretation) - with Ben Frost

LIVE DATES:

24.05. KORTRIJK (BE) – Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk
29.05. BARCELONA (ES) - Primavera Sound
20.10. LONDON (UK)  - Milton Court (Barbican)
25.10. ANTWERP (BE) – De Roma

awvfts.com · erasedtapes.com · kranky.net

A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Atomos VII

original soundscapes written and recorded by Day Before Us |  spring 2014 | Triple Moon Records | 50xcd digipack | artwork by Jana Brike

[TMR001] Day Before Us_excerpts from "Child of a new light"_April 2014

Excerpt from "an introduction to".
V/A compilation, first release from SOFT recordings, brand new ambient label.
OUT march, 30th.
www.soft-recordings.com 

Track List : 
1. KEVIN VERWIJMEREN scenery for a hallway.
2. LEONARDO ROSADO sub pulse zero one.
3. MONOLYTH & COBALT a winter breath (inhale).
4. DARREN HARPER a winter’s path.   
5.  LINEAR BELLS few steps away.  
6.  ENDLESS MELANCHOLY broken.  
7.  SIMA KIM 24-25.
8.  LOST TRAIL netherworld. 
9.  RADERE respirator.
10. KISSY SUZUKI port green.
11. SAITO KOJI bells.
12. BENGALFUEL sofia.
Total Run : 64 mn.

David Teboul, founder of Soft Recordings, has curated a collection of sonic gems from such luminaries as Darren Harper, Sima Kim, Bengalfuel, and others. These dozen tracks reveal a broad spectrum of drone, ambient, experimental, and noise music, with a sprinkling of modern classical.

Each song in the compilation flows into the next. Throbbing melodies, low vibrations, and distorted strings blur, thickening into gritty choirs. The crunch and muted crackle of densely layered tape. Growling, scratchy textures. Despite their differences in styles and backgrounds, the artists' individual works share mood and vision: songs full of longing and half-remembered dreams. Kevin Verwijmeren's opening lush chords, swelling and fading. Leonardo Rosado uses bursts of static to form broken percussive sequences, balanced by the focused formlessness of Saito Koji's fuzzed hum toward the end of the record. Radere's liquid field recordings segue into Kissy Suzuki's warm atmospheric pads. Linear Bells and Endless Melancholy each blend dissonant, atonal structures with sparse, lovely piano melodies. Lost Trail's insistent guitar arpeggios run in counterpoint to the glitched feedback loops of Monolith & Cobalt.

"An Introduction to Soft" is an evening spent in a mountainside cabin, listening to the storm shake the trees in the darkness. Inside, all is still, hushed, waiting. The fervent glow of firelight, bright against frosted windows.

Forthcoming : 
ST002 – LINEAR BELLS "the stars will shine" double CD album + digital.
ST003 - DARREN HARPER "untitled" CD album + digital.


Buy limited edition CD

LINEAR BELLS few steps away - excerpt from ST001.

Excerpt from "the stars will shine". ST002.
Double CD album available in may 2014.
More infos at : 
www.soft-recordings.com
https://softrecords.bandcamp.com/
http://linearbells.bandcamp.com/


LINEAR BELLS - The last drift (excerpt from ST002).

Excerpt N°3 from "the stars will shine". ST002.
Double CD album available in may 2014.
More infos at :
www.soft-recordings.com
softrecords.bandcamp.com/
linearbells.bandcamp.com/

LINEAR BELLS - L'oiseau (excerpt from ST002).

Taken from Day Before Us new EP "Child of a new light"  | Francesca Parità photography | http://triplemoonrecords.wordpress.com/

Day Before Us - Blood Out Of A Mother's Breast [TMR001]

New track for a new project.
Cello, field recordings, synthetizer, bass, drum machine.

https://www.facebook.com/linearbells
http://linearbells.bandcamp.com/


LINEAR BELLS - Umbrellita

Free download: http://rollthedicesthlm.bandcamp.com/track/aridity

http://rollthedicesthlm.com


05 Aridity

Taken from the album 'Spaces' out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Erased Tapes.

EU order link: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP055
US order link: www.midheaven.com/item/spaces-by-frahm-nils-cd
iTunes Worldwide order link: snip.ftpromo.net/spaces

After releasing his critically acclaimed album Spaces in late 2013, and a completely sold out North American Tour in spring, Nils Frahm will return for the autumn run of his Spaces Tour with a special gift to his fans: an exclusive stream of album track 'Said And Done'.

'Touring the US again? I hope my folks at home wont get jelous but it is just starting to become some serious fun! Expect me to return with more crazy ideas about how to wreck an old New York Steinway and more tips: how to manage travelling UNITED AIRLINES. There will be more half broken tape delays, overclocked synths and hopefully I can score another silly drum computer. I am very much looking forward! Plus, if you want me back, I am coming. See you soon!' – Nils Frahm

His feverish playing is so stimulating that it's slightly nerve-wracking' – Pitchfork

'If you've ever caught Nils Frahm live, you can attest to what a powerful experience it can be' – Exclaim!

'It’s a powerfully moving experience watching him create all manner of sounds with his fingertips' – KEXP

'He had the audience laughing, at the point of tears and ultimately on their feet with a standing ovation' – Resident Advisor

www.nilsfrahm.com · www.erasedtapes.com

Spaces

Said and Done

Buy LP/CD/DL

Composed and recorded by Dag Rosenqvist and Aaron Martin from the 5-year anniversary Home Normal compilation "Elements":

On the 21st of March 2014 we will be celebrating 5 years of Home Normal. It has been an incredible journey to get this far and we never could have reached it without the kind support of talented artists and all the wonderful people who have ever bought one of our releases or attended one of our shows.

In this modern digital age with its constant stream of information, we've sought to work as quietly as possible, firmly rooting our ethos that things can be released in a subtle, quiet way. 'Organic' has always been the key word, and we are so thankful that people seem to still appreciate the natural path we've chosen, ignoring all the noise that surrounds our chosen way.

To celebrate this great landmark for us, we will be releasing our 5th year compilation 'Elements'. With over 60 artists from our past, present and future involved, this five disc compilation will be raising money for 5 different charities which are close to our hearts. All profits from the releases will be donated to the charities as follows:

Elements One (地)
The Archway Foundation is a charity that was set-up by my father which aids those who suffer from loneliness through outreach, social events, and befriending.

Elements Two (水)
The British Heart Foundation fund extra research into the causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heart and circulatory disease.

Elements Three (火)
ecoACTIVE is an innovative environmental education charity with a reputation for using hands-on, practical and fun approaches to explore complex issues of sustainability.

Elements Four (風)
Habitat Japan is very close to our hearts as they help to build houses for people who lost their homes in Sendai and Fukushima. They also provide valuable support worldwide to those in most need.

Elements Five (空)
Kalaweit is a wonderful charity my wife supports regularly. Its main objective is to save the gibbons of Indonesia and their habitat. In addition to this they also educate the local community about deforestation, as well as the dangers of increased use of palm oil leading to a rapid destruction of their habitat and continuing loss of biodiversity. Such education and protection is fundamental in one of the mot incredible (but poorly protected) countries in the world.

Thanks so much for all your support these past five years x
credits
released 25 April 2014
Mixed and mastered by Ian Hawgood
Design by togoshi + mondül

http://homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/elements-one-five

Landfall (From the Mouth of the Sun)

Buy Album:
Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/gt-bandcamp
Itunes: http://smarturl.it/gtitunes
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/gtamazon
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/gt-spotify
Darla: http://smarturl.it/darla

Graveyard Tapes announce 'White Rooms', the follow-up to their acclaimed debut. Edinburgh based duo Euan McMeeken (glacis, The Kays Lavelle) and Matthew Collings (Splintered Instruments, Sketches For Albinos) joined the Tribe in 2013 with 'Our Sound Is Our Wound'. 

Only the simplest and most elegant of ideas offer this sort of combustive force. McMeeken builds the audio structures and Collings nearly tears them back down again. Of their debut, Textura lauded “McMeeken's heartfelt singing and piano playing and Collings’ electronic and guitar colourations,” while Incendiary Magazine declared the album “a rare blend of inquisitive dark pop.” The track “Bloodbridge” inspired and was featured in Matty Ross’s enigmatic short film. 

Where 'Our Sound Is Our Wound' confronted heartbreak, solitude and death, White Rooms looks to progress, even repair, restore. Collings assumed the role of primary songwriter, and here the darkly lit, fully curtained spaces of their inaugural record serve not as a wake, but a wake-up call. As McMeeken writes, 'White Rooms' accepts "the difficult 
but essential challenge of finding the incongruent beauty in loss and moving forward as people.” This way the curtains are thrown open, daylight floods in, the colors of the interior come into full view, and we realize that what is left is a blank canvas, ready for our paints. 

Both Collings and McMeeken have long embraced collaboration in their solo careers, having worked with the likes of Ben Frost, Old Earth, and Dag Rosenqvist (Jasper TX). This time around they’ve given their collaborative natures ample room to breathe. Many tracks were improvised with Ben Chatwin, who records as Talvihorros, while the song “Flicker” finds omni-instrumentalist/ singer-songwriter William Ryan Fritch (Vieo Abiungo, Death Blues Ensemble) lending his cello. 

'White Rooms' releases mere months after Collings delivered his stunning 2nd solo album 'Silence Is A Rhythm Too', further solidifying his position as one of the most innovative and exciting producers around. It’s an addictive combo when paired with the searing and iconic vocals of McMeeken. It is clear from the initial moments: this incarnation of Graveyard Tapes digs ever deeper.

Graveyard Tapes are Matthew Collings and Euan McMeeken 
with additional performances by Ben Chatwin, William Ryan Fritch, and Brady Swan 

All songs written by M. Collings and E. McMeeken 
Except tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8 written by M. Collings, E. McMeeken and B.Chatwin. 
String arrangement on track 1 by WR. Fritch 
Drums on track 2 performed by Brady Swan, recorded by Ben Frost and Paul Evans at Greenhouse Studios, Iceland 
All lyrics by E. McMeeken 
Recorded in various locations around Edinburgh, Scotland 
Mixed by M. Collings 
Mastered by Carl Saff 
Art by Shawn Stephany 
Layout by Daniel Murphy

White Rooms

Death Rattle

Buy Album

Graveyard Tapes - Death Rattle (from White Rooms)

Andrea Belfi - "Natura Morta" out november 7th on Miasmah.

Natura Morta, "dead nature" or "still life". This album can be understood as a powerful study of the minute details of the art of electro-acoustic composition, as much as the Renaissance "nature morte" were a masterful display of the artist’s skill in portraying the glow of a ripe fruit, or capturing the light beaming on a vacant chair.

Six tracks, to be listened to as two long explorations in the art of variation and repetition. Layers of drums and percussions intertwine with synth waves making the portrait come to life, detail after detail, until a complex figure emerges from the white canvas. The constant, unsteady sounds, wavering noise, swirling cymbals, and distant feedback gently pull the listener into the picture, letting them enjoy every detail of this beautifully staged compositions.

Recorded at EMS studio, Stockholm, ZKM in Karlsruhe and at the legendary Funkhaus in Berlin, this album mixes influences from both Italian minimalism and the electro-acoustic contemporary scene. Somewhere in between the electronics of Keith Fullerton Whitman, the percussive repetitions of Jon Mueller, and the atmospheric sensibility of Pan-American.

Andrea Belfi - Roteano

Day Before Us third full length release soon available at: http://www.twilight-records.com.ar/ Digipack ltd CD edition. 

[TW1.128] Day Before Us_excerpt from "Crystal sighs of a broken universe"

Track produced by Amen for TwentyWax Records from "Embryo" 2015 all rights reserved.

More info from Amen: 

http://soundcloud.com/amen-18

http://www.facebook.com/pages/AMEN-TW/1462610797340797

07 Amen - Feel

04 Amen - Baka

Taken from the LP "Crystal sighs of a broken universe". Twilight Records http://www.twilight-records.com.ar/releasesdaybeforeus.htm

Day Before Us_Orpheus Lament [TW1.128]

Out now on Digital Paradox Rec.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/suspicious-moves-single/id978268384
http://classic.beatport.com/release/suspicious-moves/1496407
http://www.junodownload.com/products/d-echo-project-suspicious-moves/2744811-02/
http://digitalparadoxrecords.bandcamp.com/album/d-echo-project-suspicious-moves
D-Echo project  "Suspicious moves" 
On this journey, the sound of D-Echo Project meets the organic rhythms of the drummer João Fernandes.
An sensual ep of two tracks with that unique blend of electronic sounds and live elements plus an exclusive remix by Sabiani."


D-Echo Project - Suspicious Moves

Full EP: http://coldtear.com/deepwoods-resurgence/

DeepWoods - The Journey

https://extralovelyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/extra-lovely-vol-1

Asonic Garcia - Cancerian

Taken from Day Before Us "Crystal sighs of a broken universe". Copies available @ http://www.twilight-records.com.ar/releasesdaybeforeus.htm

"Toward The Eternal Home" from [TW1.128]

Creek Hills EP

Jani R - All That Matters [Creek Hills EP]

Blending classic ambient and electronic styles, Solaris brings together Fourth Dimension’s Strahinja Maletić and Ascendant’s Don Tyler for a Tarkovsky-inspired glimpse into the invisible world of a future earth.

Aeon V

Reception

Warmth's new album ambient 'Home' is the first vinyl release on Archives. Comes in a Double Vinyl with pictures by Alexander Kopatz. Also on Double CD with each one of the original pieces revisited by talented artists, including: Hotel Neon, SineRider, Leandro Fresco, Purl, SVLBRD, Chris Weeks, Tone Color and Robert Farrugia.

Written and produced by Agustín Mena.
Remixes by Hotel Neon, SineRider, Leandro Fresco, Purl, SVLBRD, Chris Weeks, Tone Color and Robert Farrugia.
Mastering by Rob Small.
Photography by Alexander Kopatz.
www.go70north.com
ARCHIVESCD21 | 2017

Buy CD/Vinyl/Dig

Warmth - Waves (Purl Dub Remix)

For the second hour we welcome Gilles Peterson in the slot for the 25th Anniversary of Solid Steel, a DJ who (along with Coldcut) also presented a show in the 90's on Kiss FM. For this mix he's layed down a 'Brit Funk 1977 - 1982' mix, returning to a period of music that was an important part of his life growing up. Music from independent labels, some run by record shops, like the first track by Cache on Groove Records. This is followed by the classic 'Trip to your mind' by Hudson People, a record that a 15 year old Gilles Peterson caught from them in the crowd at a Purley all-dayer. Then it's more music from the likes of Freez, Atmosfear, Hi Tension, TW Funkmasters and Sun Palace, but to hear more about this mix from the man himself, check out this video he made for us- http://youtu.be/d9RU5Xmc0FE 


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PART 3 + 4      -    Gilles Peterson		https://twitter.com/gillespeterson
				
Cache	_	Jazzin and cruisin' 	_	Groove records
Hudson people	_	Trip to your mind	_	Disco 45
FBI	_	Talkin about love	_	Kongo dance
Incognito	_	Summer's ended	_	Ensign
Freeez	_	Stay	_	Pink rhythm
Cloud	_	All night long	_	white
Atmosfear	_	Invasion	_	Elite
Proton plus	_	Pay up (remixed rhythm track)	_	Champagne
Potion	_	Catch the feelin' (showstopper') dub	_	Slapps and sticks
Stop	_	I can feel it	_	Elite
Hi Tension	_	thunder and lightning	_	Island
First Light	_	am	_	Oval music
tw funk masters	_	love money	_	Champagne
Sun palace	_	Rude movements	_	Passion
Level 42	_	Starchild	_	Polydor

Solid Steel Radio Show 17/5/2013 Part 3 + 4 - Gilles Peterson

“Linear Bells” is David Teboul, composer and sound artist.
His music is a mix between sound manipulations, field recordings, mainly created with acoustic and analogic instruments.
 

