An album of my thoughts about the river.
Until one day this memory of mine reaches the sea.
Hirotaka Shirotsubaki

released June 6, 2022

https://hshirptsubaki.bandcamp.com/album/the-river-will-one-day-reach-the-sea

The River Will One Day Reach The Sea - Sample

Explore the vast expanse of the universe on Immensity, the last album from Ugasanie's side project Silent Universe.Immerse yourself in the soothing sounds of the cosmos, from the hum of distant stars to the eerie silence of deep space. Relax and let the music take you on a journey through the endless void. With its calming textures and ethereal soundscapes, this album is the perfect soundtrack for stargazing or contemplative moments. Sit back, relax, and let the music transport you to the far reaches of the galaxy.

Immensity

Bandcamp

The Mission

25 May, 2024, Summit of Kazdağları, 1770 meters. 

On a windy day when the clouds embraced me, recording this sound at the summit of Kazdağları is personally very significant to me. It is a mountain that offers me different gifts each time I visit. A mountain that allows me to pause and reflect on my existence, one that matures me. 

I think it's a mountain I will never tire of visiting for the rest of my life.

Birds: Black Redstart

Heavy Mountain Wind, Summit Of Kazdağları, 1770m

Glow

A remix of the deeply hypnotic Umoth by encym - https://soundcloud.com/encym/sets/umoth - It was a privilege to be able work with these sounds. Check out more of encym's work here: https://soundcloud.com/encym

Umoth - encym - applicant remix

Civil Dusk

Released February 20, 2025

Various Artists – Healing Sound Propagandist: Retrospective [2019-2024]

Since its foundation, Indianapolis-based Healing Sound Propagandist has quietly built a catalog of nearly a hundred releases by a cadre of emerging and established artists, specializing in undiluted doses of textured drone and experimental ambient. To commemorate this prolific run, Retrospective [2019-2024] collects 76 standout tracks over five hours, from the warm tonal blankets of James Bernard (“Never Alone”), to the wispy, boreal loops of UK’s Pallette (“Für What”) and the womb-like warble of Sean Evans (“Repetition”), along with scores of other beautifully rendered works covering a broad range of atmospheres and instrumentations.

As an arm of the renowned Past Inside The Present imprint, HSP maintains a kinship with its creators and followers that only an artist-run house can provide. Label head Zach Frizzell (aka zakè) found himself in need of a dedicated home for deep cuts and longer form works by his vastly talented roster – one where the focus is squarely on the music and energy, rather than narratives, conceits, or other diversions. Across the label’s discography there is a consistency of quality, from ascendant and seasoned artists alike, that has kept supporters eagerly engaged since the very start. A deliberate choice to release exclusively on digital and cassette formats further places the focus on uninterrupted, deep listening.

Throughout Retrospective, there is a gentle and effective pacing that more than justifies its overall span, while venerating the sheer variety of approaches to curative music. UK-based Moss Covered Technology provides the overture, “Glare”, placing soft, flittering synths over gathering swells of sweetened drone, while Chicago’s wøunds delivers a frigid hum underscored by subtle, strummed guitar on “December191920”. Elsewhere, the duo of Blanket Swimming + Gallery Six evokes a sunlit garden in the sustained blush of “With Endless Eyes”, and Amsterdam’s andarctica unfurls the album-length “Pur”, a hypnotic vessel of stunning depth and dimension.

While the term “propagandist” might evoke some staunch political ideology or breed of thought control, its use by HSP is an ironic foil to the earnestness of the music, which is intended to be fully open to interpretation and suitable for all forms of engagement. According to Frizzell, “Our conviction is that healing sounds and meditative music contain transformative powers — this is an ethos we pursue with unwavering passion, putting all our cards on the table and letting the work speak for itself.”

In a culture beset by gimmicks and ghosts in the machines, simplicity and authenticity are in vanishingly short supply; a reliable sanctuary is a real gift, and for six years the curators at Healing Sound Propagandist have kept that notion at the forefront. Across its many topographies and tonalities, Retrospective is a (relatively) concise distillation for the familiar fan, and only a tantalizing toe in the water for the uninitiated, offered in the hope that it might open new entryways to profound listening experiences.


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Curated, mixed, and compiled by zakè. CD1: Tracks 1-22. CD2: Tracks 23-44. CD3: Tracks 45-67. CD4: 68-76. Disc Description Protocol by James Bernard, Ambient Mountain House. Marketing, distribution, and compact disc copyright: Healing Sound Propagandist. Glass mastered, manufactured, and assembled by Analogue media Technologies Inc. dba Duplication.ca, Canada. Design and layout by zakè. © 2025 Healing Sound Propagandist ℗ 2025 Past Inside the Present Publishing (BMI). This is HSP-91. For credits and detailed album information, please visit the respective artist's release page.
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Various Artists – Healing Sound Propagandist: Retrospective [2019-2024]

Glare

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