« I could not help but be fascinated by how a landscape of such beaming beauty can exist in this hideous soundscape. »
I love this. I am also fascinated about how people generally don’t notice how noisy human living places are.

Fascinating how at 25:30, when a machine starts, how the birds seems to actually react to it, and then go on with there business. How nature adapts i guess.

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There is a little window in the attic of a Dalmatian villa from the early middle ages overlooking the dreamy cascade landscape of downtown Dubrovnik.

It's early June, 8 am. A melody of old Mediterranean terracotta roofs plunging into each other is nursing a soft morning light. The polyphony of ages embedded in the stone makes the town glow from its neutron core. No corners are mislaid, and the fortress is keeping us safe.

The window is slightly recessed, almost on the corner with Stradun, and a person with fine jumping skills could easily reach the roof of the church across the narrow street. It's Sunday, and the bells from the various towers across town are spilling their gongs.

I needed to sleep a bit more. But the grinding machinery of tourism has its own agenda. Savagely squeaking swallows and the morning congregations of seagulls sound like a pastorale compared to the town’s growling bowels. Air conditioning units, pumps, kitchen ventilation, garbage trucks, delivery vehicles, wheels, and trolleys of all sorts. I could not help but be fascinated by how a landscape of such beaming beauty can exist in this hideous soundscape.

In all of its ugliness, the soundscape of Dubrovnik still hides so much contemporaneity. The large ventilation unit drones are textural and multiphonic. Anarchy in the town’s electrical grid is constantly buzzing from nooks and crevices like some robo-brute. Sounds of the wagons for garbage collection, and the rivers of inbound and outbound suitcases are bouncing over the stone streets like a constant percussive development. I enjoyed it a lot.

But perhaps we should give it a second thought. The noise in which certain Mediterranean architectural marvels are soaked due to uncontrolled mass tourism is a “silent” killer. Of the environment, and of the local culture and dignity.

I stepped out of the building that morning, and straight in front of my nose on the neighbour’s door, there was a sign:

PLEASE KEEP SILENT. 

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released June 18, 2023
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Planisphère is a French collective founded in 2018 that showcases artists from the vast spectrum of experimental music. With a unique blend of abstract soundscapes, cinematic synths, glitch melodies, and altered voices, Planisphère positions itself as a key actor in the contemporary electronic music scene. Since its creation, the collective has organized numerous multidisciplinary events where music and visual arts intersect, providing audiences with immersive and unique experiences. By fostering synergy between various artistic forms, Planisphère contributes to the emergence of new perspectives within the sonic landscape it represents. In 2019, Planisphère expanded its mission by launching an independent label with the compilation Liquid/Solid. In line with the collective's vision, the label seeks to innovate by highlighting diverse yet resolutely experimental aesthetics. Currently, its discography includes fourteen releases featuring artists such as Amelie Nilles, Thea Soti, Prōtokol, Ausgang 256, Richard Francés, DLGHT, Camoufleur, and Please Babe, among others. With Aa. Vv. Planisphère expands their catalog, further extending its ongoing commitment to sonic exploration at the boundaries of contemporary experimental music.

To celebrate its fifth anniversary, Parisian label presents "Aa. Vv.", a bold new compilation that showcases the cutting edge of experimental music today. Featuring 13 tracks from 19 international artists, the release captures a global sonic journey across continents and genres. With contributions from international experimental talents musicians such as Aho Ssan, KMRU, Tryphème, Frédéric D. Oberland and Youmna Saba, this collection offers a deep dive into the diverse and innovative sounds shaping the future of music.

KMRU releases a new track in collaboration with Hungarian experimental vocalist Thea Soti. It is the first time, the two artists have worked together. The track explores ambient and drone sounds with vocals, which are treated as field recordings. Alumnis of the SHAPE+ platform, they presented their works internationally. They are both interested in recycling materials, field recordings, archives and the re- contextualization of sound. This track of the compilation represents well the whole album: ambience, vocals, experimental approach and confident musical explorations.

Release date: November 21st, 2024.

Premiere: KMRU & Thea Soti - Vacuum [Planisphère]

Taken from "Ranishe" 

https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ranishe

Releases February 8, 2025 

Written and produced by Arthur Kriulyn 
Mastered by Andrea Porcu 

SHM 331 
Shimmering Moods Records 2025



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The Shadows are Moving

3rd November 2017
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Photo by Vladislav Nahorny @ Pexels

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Sthlm Drone Society I is the beginning of a new XKatedral tape series featuring generative music originally presented inside the Mimer mining facility in Norberg, Sweden by the collective Sthlm Drone Society. This first edition is a split release by Mats Erlandsson and Maria W Horn utilising bowed piano strings, metal plates, phase modulated sine waves and field recordings of the reverberating mine itself.

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