Maŕa, experimental artist and founder of the hybrid collective/label, Cultivated Sound, will be releasing a music video, and coinciding EP, for their single "Rebellion" next month. The track, originally released in a compilation by Silent Servant and Rrose called Air Texture VII, will be re-released alongside remixes by LDY OSC and S. English.

Visually, “Rebellion” is subjective, giving the viewers an individual experience by creating their own story or relationship with Maŕa from the outside. The film also examines Maŕa’s relationship with the viewer as represented by the camera. Her sound is a synthesis of deep, complex atmospheres and punchy rhythms tinged with dance-floor grit. Blurring the lines between ambient, experimental music, and deep bass rhythm, Maŕa’s expertise in sound now has a graphic landscape in the form of her own haunting, virtual oasis.

Watch the music video: youtu.be/jAflSRMT_ug

Mastered by Virtual Crimes
Rebellion Mastered by Alexander Gentils
Design by Cultivated Sound
Distribution Symphonic Distribution

Rebellion

LDY OSC - Come Home

Cementing himself as an integral part of the French Indie music scene, French producer and multi-instrumentalist Crayon, real name Lauren Larue, signed to Erased Tapes in 2021 to herald in a new chapter in his life.

His two track EP, consisting of Misplaced and Ithinkso, sees him going back to his electronic, UK-infused roots. Whilst the opening song Misplaced — featuring vocals from Gracy Hopkins and Jo Lowenthal of Australian indie band Tora — maintains a clearer narrative; the second is a blend of traditional 00’s uk garage and jazz, almost fully instrumental. It’s this clear contrast the producer wanted to explore further, made possible by spending a month away in Morocco with choreographer Leo Walk and a bunch of other creatives and friends in early 2020. While Misplaced had already been recorded several months before, Ithinkso was sitting comfortably amongst a raft of other unfinished songs in Crayon’s hard drive. “It was only after seeing Leo’s excitement at first listen, and the incredible and abstract dance moves he would throw while discovering the song that I knew I had to do something with it,” the artist recalls.

As he and Leo went to spend a week at Plastician’s mystical domain Jean Francois Fourtou, in the outskirts of Marrakech, they found themselves submerged in a parallel world, surrounded by giant sculptures of insects, and a fully equipped, real sized reversed house. One quiet night they decided to experiment together with Leo repeating specific moves, almost turning himself into a human boomerang, while Crayon’s assignment was to write an assimile yet efficient electronic beat to it. After sampling a very short bit from French Soul singer Enchantée Julia (who Crayon was producing for at the time), Ithinkso was born, named after what they would both hear phonetically from the sample.

Both tracks wouldn’t have been completed without yet another collaborator, Crayon’s then roommate Bastien Brison, a Paris based jazz pianist. Together they held, when Lauren returned from the trip, what they simply called The Jazz Club in their apartment. It was a weekly jam/live painting/dancing event that they opened to a (not so) small lucky audience as a way to cope with the absence of live music, and events in general. Once again, the clear contrast between traditional jazz music and modern sounds and movements, that gave him the urge to make this project.

Misplaced / Ithinkso

Ithinkso

Crayon - Ithinkso (ft. Bastien Brison)

Stream & pre-order the album: https://idol.lnk.to/aura

Japanese voice artist Hatis Noit announces her much anticipated Erased Tapes debut album Aura, out June 24, by sharing its wordless yet universally speaking title track as premiered by Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC 6 Music. Astonishingly all songs on the record were created using her voice only.

The album title Aura was inspired by the German philosopher Walter Benjamin who used this term to describe the fundamental essence of art, which he believed is strongest in its original form, only happening once. Hatis agrees with this particular aspect as she realised, “during the pandemic, I really struggled. As a singer, I’m not very good at working on the computer. I much prefer doing live performances in physical spaces. Being with people, sharing the same space with them and feeling the atmosphere and energy of that moment, inspires me every time. To me, art is that — that shared moment.”

The name Hatis Noit itself is taken from Japanese folklore, meaning the stem of the lotus flower. The lotus represents the living world, while its root represents the spirit world, therefore Hatis Noit is what connects the two. For Hatis, music represents the same netherworld with its ability to move and transport us to the other side; the past, a memory, our subconscious. Through this first offering, Hatis Noit revokes a haunting memory of getting lost in a forest in her birthplace Shiretoko, Hokkaido.

“One to watch: Hatis Noit — with her ethereal crossover of mystical and modern, this Japanese artist has been moving audiences to tears” — The Guardian

Aura

Hatis Noit - Aura

Cultivated Sound Presenting an hour of experimental soundscape crafted by sound artist Chamberlain Zhang

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Chamberlain Zhang - Cultivated Sound @ The Lot Radio 10 - 10 - 2022

To celebrate MOTHERMARY playing at Paris' Gaite Lyrique on Nov 8, 2022, I've decided to release my remix of their slow banger 'Resurrection' for free download on SoundCloud.  Go to their show, tell your friends, be a friend.  

Artwork by Louisahhh
Mixed by Maelstrom at St Gohard Studios

Resurrection (LOUISAHHH remix) - MOTHERMARY

CSS079 featuring Chamberlain Zhang live @thelotradio in Brooklyn, New York.

The Lot Radio - Chamberlain Zhang 10 - 10 - 2022

The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix by Maelstrom & Louisahhh. Collaborating for over a decade, the pair have become known for their benevolent anarchy through their label, RAAR, and injecting their unique brand of techno punk into their own productions. The duo recently released their debut album, ‘Sustained Resistance’ (RAAR), which delivers 10 tracks shattering genre boundaries and using their own vision to craft everything from 'industrial jungle',  breakneck, break-beat techno poetry, cinderblock drum-less drone stutters and roaring, seething near-gabber.

Today we're ecstatic to present this huge set which we're told, "...was recorded on the day of our tenth anniversary of knowing each other and making music together and exemplifies the playful, gritty, banging joy that we sonically weave as a duo, in addition to showcasing some of our own work, both old and new."

‘Sustained Resistance’ is out now on RAAR. Pick yours up at: https://labelraar.bandcamp.com/album/sustained-resistance

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New Brvtalism No. 368 - Maelstrom & Louisahhh

Pre-order: https://cultivatedsound.bandcamp.com/album/dawn

Brooklyn-based @maraperalta unveils her genre-spanning debut album 'Dawn', merging dark ambient, trip hop, experimental and techno on her @cultivated-sound imprint.

The LP’s six tracks move through feelings of discovery, madness, sadness, disorientation, romance, darkness and power.

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Premiere: Maŕa 'Romantico'

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Succeeding the 'Rebellion' EP from Maŕa, LDY OSC and S. English in July 2021, Brooklyn-based imprint Cultivated Sound prepare to release the six-track 'Dawn' LP - courtesy of Cultivated Sound founder Maŕa.

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Dawn

Conclusion (feat. Mystics)

Maŕa - Conclusion (feat. Mystics) [Cultivated Sound]

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Brooklyn-based musician Maŕa is an experimental artist and the founder of Cultivated Sound, exploring the sounds between ambient, experimental music, IDM and techno. Her sound evokes images of a distant universe, combining a synthesis of deep, complex atmospheric landscapes with punchy mechanical rhythms.


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@airtexture 
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@alwayshumantapes
@ambientflux

US & International Bookings: 
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LDY OSC - Come Home

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