Stasis but change also. Rather beautiful. The integration of the instruments into a single organic entity; but some lovely timbral effects from the interaction of the individual instruments.

Sunday Morning Hum

Having collaborated previously on the second instalment of the Sustain Series, Swedish artists Henrik Meierkord and Sole Gipp Ossler come together for a full release - otherworldly vocals atop grounding cello composition.

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Henrik Meierkord & Sole Gipp Ossler - Medeltida Andakt

Once again, we’re excited to unveil another Polaroid Notes release, the fourth album by this Germany based artist in our discography. Alongside his side-project as Kraut Sounds, editions have also appeared on labels such as Büro Für Erdrotation, Weber & Alcantu and his own label Drone Works International.

In this latest edition ‘Cloud Anthems’, the music takes influence from the packaging photography, which was taken by the artist one sunny January at the Riegsee, a small lake in front of the Bavarian Alps. The entire lake had frozen over due to low temperatures in the weeks before. Later that afternoon fog rolled in and together with the sun, the frozen lake and leafless trees made a wonderful contrast. The whole scenario lasted only a few minutes before everything disappeared into the clouds of dense fog. As beautiful as the whole day was, those few moments were something very special to behold.

Polaroid Notes enjoys these contrasts, both in nature and in music too. ‘Cloud Anthems’ is a series of unique contrasts that harmonise perfectly, remaining in mind for a while after they have passed. Piano sounds and loops interact with flashes of harsh energy and strange experimental sounds from old analog synthesizers. A particular focus for this record is the VCS3 synthesiser, a portable synth from the late 60s; whilst a digital replica was used here, the artist found this to be the perfect way to express the themes for this record. Sounds and melodies flow into each other spontaneously like colours of an abstract painting, layer by layer.

Credits:
Written and produced by Polaroid Notes
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Photography by Polaroid Notes
Art and design by Andrew Heath

Cloud Anthems

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Seven Tides

Upside Down

part of the album "ta vira"
bernhardweiss.bandcamp.com/album/ta-vira

Ideas

Track from the new album "Changes II"

hannesbuder.de/index.php/release…olo---changes-ii/

Ich Hab Die Nacht Geträumet

for organ, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, 2 percussionists
First performance: 1 April 2017 - Orgelpark, Amsterdam

"Ninety-five" for the Ives Ensemble, Slagwerk Den Haag & Ere Lievonen

Yarn sewn fabric played on prepared turntable and stylus.

Tistre is the first outcome of an experimentation with textile supports, made by Andrea Borghi in 2018, during a residency at Lottozero textile laboratories in Prato. Fabrics and yarns are the materials with which he creates discs the shape and size of a Lp. He plays them with a prepared turntable, in order to exploit the reliefs of the weft and the warp as a surface from which to produce the sound with the use of special self-built styli and electronic treatments.

Tistre follows the path taken by the artist with Discomateria, focused on experimentation with different materials such as glass, resin, metal or marble, which become the source for the production of sounds.

https://www.dinzuartefacts.com/

https://andreaborghi.com/project/tistre/

Tistre_(Dinzu Artefacts /DNZ43/2019)excerpt

Naviarhaiku 326

rumbling in the mist
a whale soars towards the light -
stories from below

how deep? (v/a out now on Naviar Records)

Excerpt from forthcoming album with MP Hopkins 'The Divine For Me Is Whatever Is Real', to be released on More Mars, 2021.
Recorded by Alexandra and MP at Tempe Jets, mastered by Renato Grieco.

The Divine For Me Is Whatever Is real

Piano & Flue

Piano & Flute - Alexandra Spence & MP Hopkins

South African composer based in Den Haag, Netherlands.

"Ninety-five" for the Ives Ensemble, Slagwerk Den Haag & Ere Lievonen

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