a different kind of drop haha a drone drop

Electronica

Taken from "Human" out now >

Digital: iTunes www.smarturl.it/MCHuman / Beatport http://btprt.dj/TC7WHJ
Vinyl / CD bit.ly/FIELDSshop

This was a fun track to make. I wanted to try and make something purely noisy and intense, but always delivering a feeling that 100 times more power was still fighting to get out, like the potency of human nature. After deciding on a basic chord structure, it was just a matter of layering and layering, which gave an interesting interference result, you can hear the different waves interacting to give beating patterns.

The layers were made from some Operators in Ableton with Guitar Rigs and Saturators, plus a Moog Minitaur with a fast LFO with high resonance, plus Andy Ramsay’s overdriven guitar amps and speakers re-recorded, plus Phil Kieran’s tape saturation/distortion - it’s basically a right mess! You can even hear some of the leftovers on Phil’s tape at the end, with him speeding it up and slowing it down. Interestingly, that Moog on there was the only analogue synthesiser used in the whole album, the rest was all sourced digitally, albeit with some subtle analogue compression and analogue mixing desk throughs at the end.


Some album press:

"Incredibly intense" - Pitchfork

"Insanely good" - The FADER

"Impossibly gorgeous" - FACT

"Burns with an incredible creative intensity ... sumptuous, enticingly beautiful" - Clash

"Wants you to dance and cry simultaneously, and will probably succeed in doing so" - DUMMY

"Ace" - theQuietus

"A religious experience .. a master at blending blissed-out, lightweight textures with moments of heavy darkness" - Earmilk

"Recalls Philip Glass, Aphex Twin's most serene moments and even Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3" - Resident Advisor

"A quiet elegance that's unique to the genre" 
- XLR8R

"Some of the more ambitious and exploratory music crafted within the last few years" 
- The Music Ninja

"One of today's most innovative electronic musicians" - DJZ

Potency (clip) from HUMAN LP out now

'NOLAN' - taken from Ben Frost's forthcoming album A U R O R A, out 26/27 May 2014 on Mute / Bedroom Community. Pre-order A U R O R A here: iTunes -- smarturl.it/auroraiTunes
CD -- smarturl.it/auroraCD
Standard Vinyl -- smarturl.it/auroraLP
Coloured Limited Edition Vinyl Boomkat -- boomkat.com/vinyl/969946
Rough Trade -- www.roughtrade.com/albums/81853

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www.twitter.com/ethermachines
www.benfrost.bandcamp.com
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Ben Frost :: 'Nolan'

Another exclusive courtesy of mixmag.net 

Archie Pelago and Grenier combining talents can only mean one thing: super sumptuous dance music. 

The two acts, a Brooklyn trio and San Francisco producer, have previously released material on labels such as Mister Saturday Night Records and Tectonic respectively, soon set to unleash their collaborative project 'Grenier Meets Archie Pelago' on May 19. 

http://www.mixmag.net/music/exclusive-music/download-archie-pelago--grenier


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Download: Archie Pelago & Grenier 'Navigator'

Dublin label @majorproblems (home to @frankbmusic, @newjackson and @lumigraph) have just announced an exciting new signing in the form of Terriers. i-D are pleased to present the premiere of their debut track 'House No9/Stardragon', an immersive journey through winding worlds of bass, techno and house. Available exclusively on vinyl, discover something wonderful.

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Premiere: Terriers - House No9/Stardragon

End Up Apart is the track number 2 of "Weaker Metals", the debut EP of the Mexican producer & RBMA 2013 alumni Hiram Martínez. 

Featured in Prada Menswear Fall/Winter 2016 ad campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDwMfGnA4yY

"Weaker Metals" is an experimental EP that consist of 2 tracks and one remix by @Fonobisa. The EP is full of beautiful drones and pads mixed with deep vocals, synths and hypnotic beats. Enjoy this beautiful and organic joy. - Pira.md Records

End Up Apart

winedark by rosewither and Natalie Hogue is a collaborative effort which explores the dualities between harmony and disorder. A resonant chorus of tornado sirens, lawnmowers, and car horns, winedark explores nature in both its violent and serene states; nature as something revered and beyond control; nature of the world and of the human.

Check out Natalie's work here: https://nataliehogue.com/

Bandcamp

rosewither, Natalie Hogue - Plastic Neptune

joergmueller and Boris Rogowski have known each other since their school days in a small town on the outskirts of Cologne, Germany. Their musical paths, however, did not really cross until 2022. Coming from quite different corners of the sonic universe (joergmueller’s oeuvre concentrates on Dub and Techno while Boris Rogowski currently focuses on Modern Classical/Post Rock composition and film soundtracks), they discovered that they have a common love for Ambient music.
Their collaborative album “Peregrines” is a work based on joergmueller’s Reclamation Patch, a modular setup which absorbs all incoming signals into a stream of sound whose precise workings are impossible to exactly predict, yet undeniably sensible. It does not allow performers complete control, but those willing to venture deeper into the seemingly chaotic terrain stand the chance of uncovering its very own beauty. This beauty, much like nature’s beauty, is fleeting, raw, often difficult to grasp – yet quite undeniable. The name Reclamation Patch is an ode to that quality: it hints at nature’s way of taking back seemingly tamed terrain, opening up cracks and crevices in man-made structures and filling them with new life.
The five pieces on the album were conceived during three long sonic expeditions guided by said patch which processed input from different analogue synthesizers, guitars, custom-built electro-acoustic instruments and other sources. During those journeys, the distinct interests and abilities of the two musicians proved a perfect match: joergmueller’s deep knowledge of modular synthesis and rhythmical prowess allowed him to act as captain, creating a sort of structure for the music, while Rogowski’s interest in harmony, narrative and atmosphere steered them toward melodic, almost symphonic terrain.
Retrospectively, their musical travels reminded the two creators of naturalist excursions, especially of J.A. Baker’s legendary poetic account of his birdwatching expeditions in eastern England, “The Peregrine” – after which the album was named.

Overhead Lines

Opening track of the album 'Elemental Being' by PeterSea with Jens Kuross and RyX, recorded and produced with Steve Nalepa, LA, USA 

Elemental Being

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Elemental Being - PeterSea

Yet another Samaris remix, can't get enough of the Samaris sound..

Original: https://samaris.bandcamp.com/track/t3mp0

https://soundcloud.com/samaris
www.muted.is

New Muted LP's coming soon to a store near you

Samaris - T3mp0 (Muted Remix)

"Herbst" by Jan Roth.
Taken from the album "Kleinod" (out May 18th, 2018)

digital: http://smarturl.it/JanRoth-Kleinod
LP/CD: http://bit.ly/2Ij5iSM

Kleinod

Herbst

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Our very own Tom Evans has put together this special musical interpretation of one of Shakespeare's sonnets to help fundraise for Dementia UK as part of the All The Sonnets campaign (http://allthesonnets.co.uk/).

Please make a donation to this worthy cause via www.justgiving.com/fundraising/allthesonnets

Free/donate

Sleep, Find Me (+ Sonnet 66)

R-N 123 . TRACK LIST :

1 . Athem
2 . Mojave
3 . Odd Sympathy
4 . Pruitt Igoe . ( or version )
5 . Or
6 . Mirrors
7 . Coracoid Process
8 . En Amaryllis Jour
9 . Lea vaila Scheme
10 . Monsters
11 . La Belle

CREDITS	

All tracks written and produced by Kangding Ray
Voices and lyrics on Pruitt Igoe, Coracoid Process and Odd Sympathy by Magne Mostue.
Voices on Athem and Monsters by Rose Tizane Merrill.
Words on Monsters freely pirated from « T.A.Z, the temporay autonomous zone, ontological anarchy, poetic terrorism » by Hakim Bey . ( anti-copyright, 1985, 1991 ) Available at www.autonomedia.org
Progressive keys on Or by Ben Frost
Drums on Coracoid Process and Or performed by Yacine Djeradi
Percussions on Odd Sympathy performed by Achille Farese
Salamander Modular synth for Monsters wired by Matia Simovich
Mastered by Andreas « Lupo » Lubich at Dubplates & Mastering Berlin
©2010 . raster-noton . r-n 123

Press text :	

After the Pruitt Igoe E.P, Kangding Ray returns with his third album for raster-noton, pushing further his explorations on the edge of digital and analog sounds. With OR, Kangding Ray continues to blur the borders between experimental and bass music, and brings his signature sound to another level, somewhere at the darkest fringe of club culture.
With the massive metallic beats of « athem », the frightening distorded waves of « Mojave », the elevated groove of « Odd Sympathy », the modulated guitar walls of « Leavaila Scheme », or the low-bitrate Everest of « La Belle », KR creates deep atmospheres, loaded with echoes of collapsing economies, dysfunctional political systems, and corporate alienation.In an abstract manner, OR depicts the desillusions of modern civilizations, while initiating a positive reflection on crisis as a creative state.
OR (« gold » in french), as the only chemical element that seems to keep its value for eternity, refers to the cult of endless consumption and the absurdity of fluctuating currency valuations, while in english, as a logical operator or grammatical conjunction, OR represents the possibility of another choice, an « inclusive disjunction » which suggests that there might be another answer, a different path to follow.
Noticeable inputs have been provided by Ben Frost, who composed a keyboard line for « Or », Rose Tizane Merrill who lend her voice to the anarchist poem « Monsters », and Magne Mostue who wrote the words and sang on « Coracoid Process » as well as the vocal version of the prophetic electronic mantra « Pruitt Igoe ».

05 Or

The tale of the mythic pentaki mountain has been engraved on a two-sided circular piece of wax.

the north face of the peak is steep, abrasive, and has been the subject of many legends in the region. it is said that whoever would manage to climb it would find a plateau, leading to a place called “the single source of truth”.

considered as the ultimate goal by both psychedelic gurus and database o
ptimization corporations, and as an ideal retirement destination for a couple of lost souls in search for coherence and objectivity, the source diffuses endless loops of haunted voices, apparently sampled from a discarded call center, running low on power, encouraging listeners to shorten cycles, deliver requests and improve user experience.

it is also said that anyone climbing from the south side would never reach the summit or find his way to the plateau, and would always end up on a lower altitude than where he started.

this topographical anomaly is probably the reason why the south face of the pentaki has always been favorited by locals, with its sunny weather and its luxurious vegetation flourishing along the soft downward slope, leading to a slow and peaceful end.

Kangding Ray . The Pentaki Slopes . 12" E.P
r-n 145 . raster-noton

A1 : North
A2 : Plateau ( a single source of truth )
B1 : South

North

To preview the rest of the EP and links to digital downloads visit the RWAV site...

http://roomwav.com/site/2013/dave-aju-nowakowski-iron-galaxy-taron-trekka-presents-the-luck-of-my-curse/

“When Iron Galaxy made Attention Seeker, it was for one of the greatest tune and this one is no exception. An EP that is a must” - Tensnake (Running Back/ Defected/ Mirau Musik)

"Refining Fire is great" - Scuba (Hotflush)

"Holy shit all four of these are ace 5/5" - Marcus Intalex/Trevino (Soul:r/3024)

“Happy birthday RWAV! Refining Fire is great, 5/5” - Trevor Jackson

“Nice package... Refining Fire is great” - Tiefschwarz (Souvenir Music)

"Like the deep acid of The Iron Galaxy Track!" - Josh Wink (Ovum)

“Refining Fire is ace” - Ralph Lawson (2020 Vision)

“Great release. really digging Refining Fire” - Danny Daze (Ellum Audio, Hot Creations)

“Refining Fire is BEAUTIFUL!” - Deetron (Music Man)

“Always solid tunes from RWAV!! Refining Fire is fucking cool! 5/5” - Chopstick (Suol)

"Refining Fire is quality! Touch of the Todd Terje about it" - Greg Sawyer (Resident Advisor)

"Really interesting and varied stuff all around, and definitely all will be played for different types of dance floors but “Refining Fire” is the beautiful standout! Honorable mention goes to the deep and building “They Get Up.” - Bruce Tantrum (RA/ Time Out NY/ East Village Radio)

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Iron Galaxy - Refining Fire (out on Room With A View) - Clip

Nicolas Jaar's remix of Brian Eno's LUX - released on vinyl for Record Store Day on April 20, 2013

LUX (Nicolas Jaar Remix)

Included in "Montjuïc" (spa.RK, 2014).
Released 20 January 2014 on Vinyl, Cd and Digital formats. 
Song by Albert Salinas Claret
Mastered by Xavi Alarcón 
Cover photo by Miki Arregui - www.vimeo.com/mikiarregui 
Wooky logo by Traphic - www.wetraphic.com 

www.wooky.cat 
www.sparkreleases.com


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Max Cooper is an electronic composer, multi-disciplinary artist, music label founder and former scientist who has carved out a unique space in music and visual art.

He holds a PhD in computational biology at the same time as being the first contemporary electronic musician to perform at the ancient Acropolis theatre in Athens and one of the first clutch of musicians to produce in Dolby Atmos.

Cooper has enquired for over 15 years through music, collaborations, and his label Mesh, to explore the intersections between the arts and sciences with installations, performances, immersive experiences, online media, music videos and live events.  Anchored throughout is his emotive approach, connecting how ideas and forms feel, in a manner accessible to us all. 
 
As an artist synonymous with the evolution of club culture, Cooper honed his craft as a DJ with a 10 year residency at legendary Midlands techno event Firefly where he formed a foundational relationship with Architecture Social Club, with whom he still collaborates on extravagant immersive installations.

"I want to encourage the acceptance of electronic music as an art form like any other. Bringing electronic music and abstract audio-visual projects into concert halls, museums and galleries is liberating - the art world opens up doors to communicate in ways that aren’t possible elsewhere."
  
Pivoting from computational biology to electronic music might not seem like the most natural career transition, but for Cooper the commonalities are obvious:
 
"In both fields, you're in a sense, free. Free from the limits of living systems, free from the limits of corporeal sound. The only constraints are in your mind."

www.maxcooper.net 

Contacts:
Management: James Palmer-Bullock, The Wild Seeds - james@thewildseeds.com 
Label: Anthony Faulkner, Mesh – anthony@thewildseeds.com 
PR: Neil Bainbridge, Neighbourhood PR - neil@nbhd-group.com 
Radio: Matthew Maxey, Enganche - matthew@enganche.co.uk

Potency (clip) from HUMAN LP out now

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