This will become huge someday. The people need to hear the truth 

‘1800-PARASOL’ is a collection of MIDI-centric trance pieces, concisely expressing Parasol’s foundational ideas on music-making. Born from a dissatisfaction with music technology tending towards digital or analogue extremes, it situates him within a new school of instrumental trance, alongside Himera, 500, 7038634357, and the “master of disappointment” Lorenzo Senni.

MIDI is Parasol’s obsession, and ‘1800-PARASOL’ is the result of him embracing its compositional potential. Like MIDI, ringtones are a communication protocol that transcend age and complexity, each revealing something transferable and personalisable. Leading by design, there is a feeling with each fragment that more should follow. Parasol has taken this prompt, and revealed a little of the world beyond each snippet.

Parasol strikes a careful balance between technicality and affect, generating interesting sequential variations using the limitations of MIDI and Ableton. Supersaws are juxtaposed with toy pianos, vocal chops, strings and modular synths, in moments of chaos that break away from MIDI’s neatness. Though drumless, the tracks are propelled by ultra-thin transients that punch through and create rhythmic interest.

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About the artist:

Parasol, aka Chuyi Wang (he/him), is an Eora/Sydney-based producer, radio host and MIDI enthusiast. He co-hosts the show Deep Web on FBi Radio with Krishtie Mofazzal, which “zeroes in on the frequencies originating from musical cyberspace, shining a spotlight on labels and releases that come from all corners of the internet." He recently made their debut on the compilation Mutants Mixtape #5: FREE, where his track ‘Jitterbug’ serves as the opening track, amongst contributions from Nicolas Jaar/Against All Logic, Giant Claw, Holly Herndon, Arca, Cecile Believe, and Matmos.

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Credits:

All tracks written, produced and mixed by Parasol.
Mastered by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio (www.angelhairaudio.com).
Artwork by Nat King.

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About Midheaven:

Midheaven operates on unceded Gadigal and Wangal lands in Eora/Sydney. We acknowledge the Gadigal and Wangal peoples as rightful owners of these lands, and pay our respects to their elders past and present.

Midheaven Records is devoted to giving a platform to forward-thinking, mutative, compelling music. We will be releasing a slew of new work by emerging soloists, ensembles, and collaborations over the course of 2021, donating 10% of all proceeds from sales to Radio Skid Row, in support of community radio and grassroots organising.

Buy on Bandcamp

Parasol — Devotion (Stars)

https://orangemilkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/digifae
pre-save on spotify: hypeddit.com/1c9xse

deny it

天亮了 天黑了
日夜却还彷徨在真假间

It’s dawn, it’s dark
The day and night still wander between truth and falsehood

只要愿意 依然可以穿过沙漠
虔诚死去

You can still cross the desert if you want to
And die a devout death

是否一切都不必那么沉重
肉浆之中孵化出蝴蝶
拖行着翅膀 无法起飞
死于困溺和消殆

Is it nothing serious
When butterflies hatch from the flesh pulp
And drag their wings, unable to take flight,
Drown, and disappear

湿润的花
天空浮肿
褪露出粉红色

The flowers moist
Sky is turgid
It abates leaving behind a pink

依然
依然只有悲哀

Still
Still only sadness

从体内渗出不属于任何地方的孤独
将这一切忘记吧

From my body seeps a loneliness that doesn’t belong anywhere
Forget all this

这便是 最后的声音
全数奉还

This is the last sound
You can have it all

Taken from Yikii's debut album on unseelie, 'Crow-Cyan Lake 鸦青湖畔' (UNSL021)

All music written, performed, produced and mixed by @Yikii
Artwork by Yikii
Mastered by @jesseosbornelanthier
Lyric translations by Isidore Lu

Released on unseelie, 2023.

The Crow​-​Cyan Lake 鸦​青​湖​畔

Yikii - Memoirs Of The Corrupted City 堕落之城回忆录

Brook

Oneohtrix Point Never - Zebra (Warlord Edit)

A. G. Coom - Glasswurx

ぽぬ(PONU)

pre-save 'fairy pop': hypeddit.com/dianastarshine/fairypop
pre-order 'fairy pop' tape: dianastarshine.bandcamp.com/album/fairy-pop
Stream drug2me: songwhip.com/dianastarshine/used2bb4

Produced by Galen Tipton & Diana Starshine
Art by Keith Rankin



Lyric video: https://youtu.be/jH5MVxPJKFs

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