A collaboration between Rhucle and I, taken from the album 'With'. Released on ROHS! September 22, 2021. 

https://lontanoseries.bandcamp.com/album/with

Original photography by: getoutski 
Record label: Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series 
Publisher: ROHS! RECORDS

With

Rhucle - 'Beyond The Light' feat. Moss Covered Technology - [ROHS! Records, 2021]

We are excited to present "Ewiger Wald Addendum," a continuation of our journey with the mini-album "Ewiger Wald," released in January on Dronarivm.
This new release, a collaboration between Logic Moon, and the Swedish cellist and composer Henrik Meierkord, explores modern neoclassical ambient music through three distinct versions of the track "Bosch."

In "Ewiger Wald Addendum," we blend Henrik's emotive cello playing with Logic Moon`s signature drones and synths, inviting you into a deeper exploration of our sonic landscape. This release expands our artistic expression and further connects us with our listeners.

Ewiger Wald Addendum

Logic Moon & Henrik Meierkord  -  Bosch

Before the left brain logically determined and categorized things, everything was one.

Pure experience, it is a state where the subject and the object are undivided and there are no boundaries.

1. Ameagari (雨上がり) - After the rain
2. Rakusui (落水) - Waterfall
3. Usuakari (薄明かり) - Dim light
4. Yudaneru (委ねる) - Entrust
5. Syouyou (逍遥) - Saunter
6. Haiiro (灰色) - Gray
7. Shibuki (飛沫) - Splash

All tracks are produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Photo by Hidekazu Imashige

Pure Experience

Yudaneru

Marco Lucchi, based in Modena, Italy, and Henrik Meierkord, based in Stockholm, Sweden, have a lengthy collaboration to their reciprocal credit, and they accomplish it far and near alike. A testament to the interplay of their work together is that a listener might be hard-pressed to discern which of their recordings are the result of long-distance file-trading, and which occurred when the two managed to be in the same place at the same time.

Several aspects of their respective music-making serve them well as creative partners. First of all, both tend toward the ambient, given as they are generally to a slow pace and to a sensibility that manages to be at once radiant and intimate. Secondly, while both are multi-instrumentalists, there is a complementary nature to their specialties, Lucchi being more of a keyboardist, Meierkord more of a string player. Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, they are both immersed in techniques drawn from electronic music.

In particular, both men are experienced with live multitrack recording, in which they process and layer their own performances in real time. Meierkord is fond of layering sinuous tones to create scenarios of unique dimensions. It becomes uncertain — even unimportant — to the listener what preceded what, so intricate is his deployment of interplay. Lucchi likewise finds parallels between classical orchestration and the opportunity for drones lent by modern synthesizers; in a small room he can create a vast space. There is often an oceanic depth to such efforts, part composed and part improvisatory, in which playing is a tool toward composition, rather than the other way around.

Throughout their new record, there is an underlying melancholy, a nostalgic beauty, and a reflective consideration — a virtue that is foundational to their ongoing collaboration. The result is particularly rich in plaintive scene setting, as on the glacially paced “La bestia umana,” which emerges from a neighborly field recording of a dog barking, and “Kosmisk Strålning II,” which maintains a dream-like quietude, more shadow than light. One “Like tears in rain”, what sounds like a synthesizer is, in fact, a piano, a recording of which has been stretched beyond the point of it being readily identifiable.

On first listen, their leaning toward unimpeachable steadiness can seem uniform, but listen more closely and you’ll recognize how explicitly they emote on a track like “The Third Stage,” due not just to the reaching melodic surges (which, in turn, match the sampled recordings of bird calls) but to the slight discordances that suggest trouble and tension. In a different manner, there is “A warm and golden October,” which balances breaking-dawn hush with piercing overtones. That track features a motif at the end, played on a celesta; those bell-like tones edge the piece out of dreaminess without entirely breaking the spell.

The greatest outlier — dog barking notwithstanding — may be on “Oändlig,” not just for its fierce pulse, but because of its more immediately electronic vibe. “Oändlig” is an exceptional piece, bringing to mind the minimalism of Terry Riley and the rave classics of Underworld.

Marc Weidenbaum 


Produced and mixed by Marco Lucchi and Henrik Meierkord
Marco Lucchi: mellotron, piano, celesta and synthesizers
Henrik Meierkord: cello, viola, zither, piano, organ and FX
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) with AI
Artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

https://www.chitrarecords.com

Lieder Ohne Worte

Furore Che Sogna

The Scripture Of The Golden Eternity

River, recording close to water flow, lapping, at night in Amazon rainforest by felix.blume -- https://freesound.org/s/673967/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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Dronarivm is thrilled to announce the release of Enrico Coniglio's highly anticipated album, "The Sirens of Titan". Its title pays homage to the renowned novel by Kurt Vonnegut, inviting listeners on a journey filled with guitar tapestries and space oddities. Enrico Coniglio's personal approach to ambient music promises to transport audiences to uncharted realms of delicate emotions. In "The Sirens of Titan," Coniglio masterfully crafts yet another captivating installment on his musical path, delving deeper into the evocative world of melancholic soundscapes and expanding the horizons of his sonic exploration. 

The limited physical edition is presented as a 6-panel digisleeve with 8 prints on tracing paper, featuring original drawings by Alina Lutaeva (alinalutaeva.art), based on scenes from the novel and created specifically for this release. The digisleeve is packed in a black cardboard slipcase, hand-stamped, and hand-numbered. 

“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.” 
― Kurt Vonnegut, 'The Sirens of Titan'

All tracks written, arranged and produced by Enrico Coniglio. 
Recorded and mixed in Venice in 2016-2023. 
Cover photo by Dario Camponogara 
Original drawings by Alina Lutaeva 
Mastered by Ian Hawgood

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04 As They Fall

Tracklist

01. Anthéne - Diver
02. Far away Nebraska - Gelata
03. FourColor - Trace
04. Bill Seaman - Tim Diagram - Stephen Spera - The World Was Turning Before
05. Seabuckthorn - Serre Noir
06. Sawako - Sweet Hygiea Grass
07. Stijn Hüwels -  Your blind passenger
08. Steve Pacheco - Distant
09. Elinch - Grau07-08-09
10. Ben Rath - Committee of Future Ghosts