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Release date: 12th September 2022

Electronic music heavyweight Martin Roth will release his second full-length, piano-led album ‘Mono No Aware’ on Reflections, the new sister label of Anjunadeep. Roth is well-known for his ability to glide between genres while maintaining a distinct, instantly-identifiable style, and his new release is no exception. With this 13-track album, Roth moves away from the club space and into his classical pianist background to explore themes of impermanence, fatherhood and simplicity.

Roth prefers to describe the album as minimalistic rather than ambient with each track stripped back to create space for one leading sound, instrument or melody. This results in an immersive listening experience, and instead of being pulled in multiple directions, we’re gently led to wherever Roth wants us to go.

This skill reflects the depth and breadth of Roth’s production experience. He learnt piano from a young age and bought his first synthesizer in his late teens. Around the same time he dived headfirst into Frankfurt’s underground, spending his weekends submerged in the sounds and selections of Sven Väth and Culture Beat’s Torsten Fenslau at institutions like Omen and Dorian Gray. When Roth began playing local clubs, Frankfurt’s melancholic influence impacted his music and has remained ever since, regardless which genre he’s turned his hand to.

‘Mono No Aware’ is the second album released on Reflections, and is a further exploration of Roth’s analog past. Martin released his first low-tempo LP ‘An Analog Guy In A Digital World’ in 2020 and says it’s no coincidence his two full-length albums are classical-leaning. His emotions pour out his hands and into the piano, and ‘Mono No Aware’ is an amalgamation of these stories and experiences. He began the writing process in mid-2021 while the world was still under COVID’s thumb, and says lockdown in Germany was the perfect backdrop to write an album steeped in melancholia. The nostalgia and impermanence even extends to the name – ‘Mono No Aware’ is a Japanese phrase which translates to ‘an awareness that everything fades away.’

Roth’s ambition for ‘Mono No Aware’ is that it touches the listener in the same way his first album did. “When I released An Analog Guy In A Digital World, suddenly I received messages from people all over the world,” Roth says. “They were long, heartfelt, heartbreaking messages, about how a certain track supported them through the hardest moments of their lives. The people who write these messages have no idea how much they are supporting me, so I hope the music on Mono No Aware touches people in the same way.”

Mono No Aware is out now on Reflections.

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Mono No Aware

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Release date: 6th March 2023

Mark Barrott presents the second single from his upcoming soundtrack album 'Jōhatsu (蒸発)', double a-side 'Icarus (イカロス) / One Friday In September (9月のある金曜日)', out now.

Mark Barrott is an artist that creatively speaking, never stops moving. His musical career has taken many forms. Some know him as Future Loop Foundation, the alias he used to create and perform ambient drum and bass from the mid-90s. Some know him for his Sketches from an Island albums, which he released under his own name, and others know him as the founder of the highly influential International Feel label, a label that spearheaded the bespoke vinyl movement of the 2010’s and brought DJ Harvey out of studio retirement. Barrott has spent close to four decades exploring new sonic territory and pushing the boundaries of various genres and is considered a pivotal figure in the revival of the Balearic music scene of the last decade.

Barrott’s new album, ’Jōhatsu (蒸発)’, is predictably unpredictable. Due for release this April on Above & Beyond’s new downtempo imprint Reflections, the album is a full departure from anything Mark has written before, partly because he was writing to moving picture. In 2019, Mark was commissioned by a director to write the score for their new documentary, ‘Jōhatsu (蒸発) ... the art of Evaporation’.

‘Jōhatsu (蒸発)’ is an 8-track journey through the sounds, sights, smells and sensations of traditional and contemporary Japanese culture.

Every year, it is estimated that as many as 100,000 people in Japan vanish, without a trace. These are the so-called johatsu. The “evaporated people”. People become jōhatsu for many different reasons including addiction, divorce and job loss. While some people may consider taking their own lives, others simply… evaporate. Jōhatsu refers to these people who purposefully leave the lives they knew behind.

‘Jōhatsu... the art of Evaporation’, shadowed a Japanese man as he went through this exact process, paying a contractor to help him vanish, moving from central Kyoto to Scandinavia. Scene notes from the director and shots of Kyoto at night-time, rural Japan, and Scandinavian forest-scapes informed Barrott’s musical direction for the project.

The tracks on this album are the ‘full’ pieces - those written for the longer sequences of film. The first single and opening track from the album, 'Kyoto (京都)', utilises the art of simplicity. It’s stripped back and minimal, allowing Barrott’s ambient, spontaneous production style to shine through.

Every track on the album started with improvisation, which meant some productions were written in the space of an afternoon. That’s how 'Icarus (イカロス)' came to be. It was written, or channelled, on the fly and came out almost too easily. 'One Friday in September (9月のある金曜日)' was created entirely with piano and field recordings. There’s melancholy in its simplicity and the track is inspired by the experience of finding something you didn’t know you’d lost and then having it ripped away again too soon.

'Jōhatsu (蒸発)' is out 17th April on Reflections. The second single 'Icarus (イカロス) / One Friday In September (9月のある金曜日)' is out now.

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Mark Barrott - One Friday In September (9月のある金曜日)

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Release date: 26 February 2024

Returning to the label, classically trained pianist and electronic producer Alexandra Vysheslavova aka Omfeel, makes a four-track debut with her brand new EP ‘Happiness’.

Taking a traditional route into music through a classical music education, Omfeel studied jazz and composition throughout her formative years, going on to work professionally as a pianist for visiting tourists at the Palace of Labor, a teacher and accompanist in higher educational institutions.

However her slow-burning passions for the rich stylistic diversity of modern music soon became clear, spending days listening to an array of genres from pop, ambient and soul, she felt a craving to compose more diverse piano arrangements with electronic textures. 

Since first appearing on the label in early 2023 with a stunning piano composition ‘Dancing Ego’, Omfeel has amassed over 1.3 million streams to date and featured the track on the latest in James Grant & Jody Wisternoff’s annual compilation series, ‘Anjunadeep 14’. 

Taking its title from a journey of personal liberation and inner strength, Omfeel’s latest offering is an inspiring, uplifting and introspective body of work. Composed with empowerment in mind “so that nothing can disturb the harmony within you”, her EP ‘Happiness’ encourages you to embrace the good in every day. 

Omfeel ‘Happiness EP’ is out now on Reflections.

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Omfeel & Mario Hammer And The Lonely Robot - Lonely Star

Kintsugi

Contours

Everything Changes, Nothing Ends

Looking Through The Mirror Of The Soul

Uhh.. EP

Uhh..

RITUAL (nothing is lost)

The Light Is Still There (Peter Sandberg Remix)

Afterlife

Looking Up

Looking Up (feat. Sydney Bryce)

Everything Changes, Nothing Ends (The Remixes)

Looking Through The Mirror Of The Soul (Nailah Hunter Remix)

Sacred Circle

Sunlight

Wel Spannend

Two years have been passed since Dae Kim’s debut effort, "Solace", was released. In need of diversion, he drew attention to circumstances that was unusual to his forte, ranging from producing for singer-songwriters to several yet to be released projects. The exploration, in which allowed him to diversify and improve his compositional ability and musicianship that obeys electro-acoustic driven solo efforts, ended with Dae’s latest single, Clemency (Memoir Music label). To embellish his carefully curated discography, he returns with the latest EP entitled, “Redemption”.

To quote Dae, “Three months of grieve and isolation has gifted me with three beautiful songs. They were two years more mature and wiser than my debut album. A work that held its obedience to the writer’s instinct holds honesty, that is incomparable. I proudly present the EP with full ride and confidence, and that there are nothing more to change and polish. I won’t touch even a single note”.

This EP was mastered by Tokyo renowned mastering engineer / recording artist Chihei Hatakeyama.

Redemption

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Reductive Ruins / Dae Kim

Wubs, glitchy, melodic, bass n funky beats

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Looking Through The Mirror Of The Soul (Nailah Hunter Remix)

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