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For Jesse Somfay music has always been about communicating and sharing immense feelings which he finds impossible to convey in any other way. His Borealis alias was born as a twinned satellite to his work under his birth name. Much like conjoined twins, the two share the same heart and breathe with the same lungs, and even though they speak of similar things, they do it from two different vantage points. According to Jesse, it is better for something to be felt in whole than to be defined and reflected upon in approximation, and this album - his sixth to date and second under the Borealis handle - is a truly wholesome, boundless, gorgeous emotional experience on both the end of its creator and its listener. 

Glittervoice is Somfay's most energetically intense work to date. It is both euphoric and dysphoric and the music itself cannot be pigeonholed into any particular genre - hints of techno, oldschool trance or rave complement each other just to ultimately get lost in an artfully crafted trademark sound. It’s easy to allow this multifaceted, hyperlayered, continuously shapeshifting aural multiverse to deprive you of any form of reason, activate all senses and carry you where no music has before, regardless of where you listen to it. Glittervoice’s 16 tracks encompass everything from visceral warehouse techno to stylish ambient compositions via rapid hypnotic drum loops and trance synths of cosmic proportions, all filtered through his unique etherial aesthetic. 

Having something equally introspective and weighty yet exceptionally club-friendly is a rare feat that could soundtrack any modern techno mecca - be it a big dark room or an open air festival. 
The emergence of Borealis meant an unexpected turn for Somfay, but at the end of the day, much like its worthy genre-defying predecessor, Glittervoice is yet another album not of this reality - a sonic guide to entering “the flow”.

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Borealis - Streamsnare



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Petrichor - Some Bara

INTERVIEW: http://www.thefader.com/2014/04/16/fader-mix-tycho

FADER Mix: Tycho

Arranged and performed by Deryn Cullen. Recorded and produced by Dan Cullen.

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Elgar - Nimrod from Enigma Variations

Walking along the north shore, at the edge of Reykjavik, I often stop and stare at the point where the ocean and the sky meet. It creates this unexplainable beauty with the ever-changing pattern of clouds and waves, and the majestic mountains between them. Gazing into the horizon, sometimes it’s easy to forget the city is behind me.

Yagya - The North Shore

Too Good To Be Strange - Two Sandwiches Short Of A Lunchbox

Traumprinz - 2Bad (DJ Metatron 'What If Madness Is The Only Relief' Rework)

"Normally I know that high expectations kill the vibe, so I always try to walk my way open minded and don’t expect anything special from the future, but this time I couldn’t help it. When the Robot told me that she wanted me to play the sunrise set and that we will be connected with the Mayan Warrior soundsystem, I could feel it already in Berlin a full three weeks before… Then when I finally took the bus over to Robot Heart it was even better than in my craziest expectations. This gig was by far the most emotional gig I have ever played. All I can say is thank you, I am even more happy now to be born on this weird planet which can be really beautiful sometimes, when you give it  chance to be free. Thank you you for dancing with me and giving me so much Love. So here is my try to give something back.

(This set includes only sounds, samples, synths, basses, pianos, vocals and lyrics which are created, recorded and arranged by Jan Blomqvist, Felix Lehman & Ryan Mathiesen. Except the vocals at Dancing People are never wrong and one tiny vocal sample in the last track, you'll recognize it)"

- Jan

Track list:

Drift | Empty Floor | Black Hole Nights | Something Says I Don’t Think About You | Dark Noise |Back In The Taxi | Dancing People Are Never Wrong | More | Unreleased Last Track

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Photo: Seth Bunting

Art piece: Awakening

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The human body is the most highly engineered object in existence, a machine of uncountable parts and unfathomable function. Its workings have served as inspiration for all of humanity's greatest inventions. This work is an homage to the two most amazing mechanisms in that machine: the human eye and hand. The head is a 16 foot camera obscura demonstrating the ray optics principals underlying the spherical lensed eye humans posses and the hands are actuated mimicking the tendons and bones of the body. Together they represent what separates life from the rest of the universe, the ability to observe the world around us and manifest change in that world. 

Jan Blomqvist (Live) - Robot Heart x Mayan Warrior - Burning Man 2016

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Stream:  http://smarturl.it/YWIDremixStr
YouTube: https://youtu.be/xejva1SMP4E
Vevo: http://www.vevo.com/watch/CAC231600050

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Paul Kalkbrenner on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2dQvZhl

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Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix) [Out Now]

Had A Love (feat. Anna Of The North)

Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds set to release his first Hollywood film score.

Ólafur Arnalds’ original motion picture soundtrack for Sam Levinson’s feature film debut ‘Another Happy Day’, starring Ellen Barkin and Demi Moore, will see a worldwide release via UK modern classical label Erased Tapes Records on February 27, 2012.

PRE-ORDER it on CD/Vinyl/Digital now from: http://erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP038

IN HIS OWN WORDS: 

‘In mid-December 2010 I was on a holiday in China when I received an email from Sam Levinson about the film. We got on the phone at like 4 in the morning Beijing time and ended up talking all through the night, instantly connecting. He told me that they had been listening to my music while making the film, so the film was already very influenced by my music. However, it was not until Ellen Barkin – the beautiful force that she is – had pestered the producers for a week, calling them every day about how I am the right one for this film, that they finally gave in. The only catch was that it had to be done two weeks later, in the first week of January. So I ended up scoring nonstop all throughout Christmas, making my mother mad in the process.’ - Ólafur Arnalds

CONTEXT:

Born in the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, a few kilometres outside of Reykjavík, the 24-year old composer has always enjoyed pushing boundaries with both his studio work and his live-shows. Through relentless touring and determination this young artist has steadily gained recognition worldwide and continues his mission to lure an indie-generation of pop and rock fans into an emotive world of beguiling electronic chamber music and delicate classical arrangements.

'The indie kid who knows the score’ – Guardian’s Observer

'An artist who can exert power with the lightest of touches’ – BBC Music


TRACK LISTING:  

1. The Land Of Nod  2. Through The Screen  3. Before The Calm  4. Lynn's Theme  5. Alice Enters  6. The Wait  7. A Family Stroll  8. Poland  9. Out To Sea  10. Autumn Day  11. Everything Must Change

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:

OLAFURARNALDS.COM
ERASEDTAPES.COM

Erased Tapes Collection IV

Ólafur Arnalds - Poland

I made this mix for a recent road trip.  These artists were a few that influenced me early on in writing electronic music.  Back then a lot of it got the label "IDM", so for lack of a better term this is the IDM mix :)


TRACKLISTING

0:00 - 7:00 - Rod - All My Love

7:00 - 12:36 - Arovane - Deauville

12:36 - 16:44 - Plaid - Ralome

16:46 - 17:07 - Chis Clark - emw

17:07 - 21:17 - Cim - Shift

21:17 - 25:12 - Christian Kleine - Guitar Interrupt

25:12 - 26:40 - Pub - Gota Fria

26:40 - 30:38 - Secede - Outran

30:38 - 36:46 - Casino Vs Japan - Late For School

36:46 - 38:57 - Hermann and Kleine - My Friend Sam

38:57 - 41:06 - Loess - Alluvium

41:06 - 46:43 - Brothomstates - End of an Era

Keith Kenniff - IDM Mix

Ljósid - Ólafur Arnalds

The whole soundtrack album is NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE - buy from iTunes or any other good digital store - or direct from the record label here:
http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/albums/25-11-10/monsters-original-soundtrack/
And read the BBC review here: http://bbc.in/cA8ZHs


Jon Hopkins - Monsters Theme

For my dearest(s)...

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Forgotten Embraces

From Blue Hawaii's "Untogether"
Release March 4/5th 2013

Pre-order here: http://arbutusrecords.com/?shopp_product=blue-hawaii-untogehter
iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/try-to-be-single/id597945706?uo=4

Untogether

Try To Be

Blue Hawaii - Try To Be

Taken from the album "In Technicolor" (Kompakt Records 2013)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-technicolor/id610353963

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Missing Piece

This goes out to my amazing family, friends, supporters, patreons, open source contributors... thank you, thank you!

Now, let's all try to make 2021 less of a sub-basement of hell kind of affair... ✌️

20201224 - twentytwenty

Our single EP 'Strong' is out now on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/LG-Strong

Our debut album 'If You Wait' is out now!

Vinyl: http://po.st/IfYouWaitLP
iTunes: http://po.st/IfYouWait
CD: http://po.st/IfYouWaitCD

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