Plight

Henrik has been an integral part of the Ambientologist family from the beginning, and it’s with great pride that his work be showcased as an early member of the label family, and more still in offering a rare full length album.

Själ ties everything the Stockholm based cellist has been doing into a consolidated, coherent and above all magnificent work, filled with rich emotion and, in keeping with its namesake, beguiling soul. As one of the most expressive instruments at a composer’s disposal, Henrik allows the cello to do the talking. Slow and deeply stirring arcs, married with sweeter taps of piano, cello plucks and subtle electronics.

You can support the man himself buy purchasing here: bit.ly/34mDmaE

The evocative capacity of television or film scores pervades the album, each track painting up vivid imagery of both the real and the transcendent. Sväva takes the listener on a journey above a rolling desert, while Ren Och Fin paints a pensive picture of medieval Europe that would give Ramin Djawardi a run for his money. Master of atmosphere, anthéne, provides the epilogue with his expansive deconstruction of Kraft.

Above all, Själ is as elegant as it is grounded in immersive feeling and deep, resonant imagery. And in his own words:

The soul communicating with the nervous system.
It gives you thoughts and images in your inner mind.
It can be memories or diffuse pictures. It takes you away from reality.
A musical-tonal floating away of the mind.

If you fancy keeping up with future releases, or even just dive into the mixes and musical meditations/talks, take a peek at the links below:

IG: @ambientologist_yt
Spotify: spoti.fi/2BadMtU
YouTube: bit.ly/2zaNfee
Facebook: bit.ly/2RrZZbA
Bandcamp: bit.ly/2m0t8fd

Släppt av:
Ambientologist
Releasedatum för album:
2019 December 4d.

Kraft (anthéne Remix)

Honored to have this piece included on the wonderful compilation "Slow sketch vol. 1: Reflections of the Ambient Community"...an epic 40 track V/A presented by El Muelle Records....more info here ~ https://elmuellerecords.bandcamp.com/album/slow-sketch-vol-1-reflections-of-the-ambient-community

I hope you'll enjoy!!

Windswept; Of Hearth and Home

A new 5 track mini album released on Hibernate Recordings.
https://hibernate.bandcamp.com/album/nia

Charitable fundraising has been hit very hard by the COVID-19 so as part of #TwoPointSixChallenge we plan to release 26 free download/pay as much as you can afford Ep or albums on Hibernate Bandcamp page over the coming weeks. 100% income being donated to charities. All proceeds from this EP go to Medicins Sans Frontiers.

blochemy - Nia (Hibernate) Sampler

Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz, July 2020.

Stratocaster electric guitars
Synthesizers
Electric piano
Acoustic guitars
Ukulele
Voices

Music for this haiku:

All across the sky
A star has burned itself out
Above the cold sea
 
 https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
@naviar-records


haiku by Inan
photo by jeremy thomas

all across the sky  (naviarhaiku340)

Phonography : In the middle of a herd of cows near a water point, multiple cowbells ringing around me. Mooing cows, lot of crickets.

Recorded inside the "Parc du Mercantour", French Alps, France.

Microphones : Double M/S Sennheiser (MKH 8040+30)

Recorder : Sound Device MixPre 10T

GPS coordinates : 43.995373, 7.442152

08/22/2020

more records and informations about this project :

www.phonography.world/

Phonography : Cow Paradise,  Parc du Mercantour (43.995373,7.442152)

A warm night with an easterly wind and full moon and small flocks of Greater white-fronted Goose and Barnacle Goose migrating over a small forest beside the shore near our house in Makholma Finland. Recording from 02.45-03.00
Headphones recommended.

(MKH8020 ab80cm, pointing upward, 24/48, +10dB in post, flac)

Jan Eerala Finland

Arctic Geese migrating - 4/10/2020 - Makholma Night

This has been a stormy fall, and in Finland has been already 40 days with stormy wind speeds as the average is 27 a year.  A small, but intense low pressure passed over creating wind speeds up to 31,3 m/s in the gusts and 27 m/s as average. 

I couldn’t resist recording this storm just in our backyard as it was evident when I opened the front door in the morning that this wind is going to make damage. (The picture)

Recording storms creates mostly undefined white noise that’s not very pleasant to listen. But it seems, that when the wind gets hard enough, there occurs (more or less) strange noise patterns with regular shapes that can make it sound interesting. 

In situ I could hear cars passing and chainsaws running.  I hope there’s a bit of this weird noise left in this recording, at least when listening with headphones.

And yes, when the gusts were as strongest, two trees come down. One pine on the roof of our neighbors sauna building 6.50 and an other one with the tree trunk breaking 8.28 

(MKH8020 ab80cm, SD702, nothing done in edit, 24/48 flac)

Storm in my Backyard - 19/11/2020 - Makholma Finland

Here is the preview of my latest 12-track album with field recordings of the Iberian Wolf and their surroundings in Picão, Portugal.
You can listen to the full tracks here: https://melissapons.bandcamp.com/album/wolf-soundscapes

If you'd like to purchase, 50% of the profit will go towards Grupo Lobo, a NGO that focuses on rehabilitating wolves that cannot go back to the wild.

I hope you enjoy this album!

buy on bandcamp

Wolf Soundscapes 06 Gerês

The first time Stijn Huwels and Cok van Vuuren collaborated with Michel Banabila was in April 2020. They made an extremely peaceful 12-minute track in reaction to all the stress in the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to soothe some of the stress and calm you down. The track was picked up by Apple Music and added to one of their playlists, resulting in over 655.000 streams in just a few months, still increasing to this day: https://soundcloud.com/michel-banabila/one-moment-in-time

'Across The Sky' is their second collaboration, maintaining a positive vibe, this time with a little more emphasis on rhythm. Droney synths and imaginative electronics are mixed with space guitars, all infused with analog elusive layers of tape echo and reverb. 

DL & cassette: https://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/one-moment-in-time

Michel Banabila: keys & sampler.
Stijn Hüwels: el. guitar & field rec. @steiner
Cok van Vuuren: el. guitar. @user-472747517

Produced by Michel Banabila.
Mastering by Marlon Wolterink / White Noise Studio.

Across The Sky

with Stijn Hüwels & Cok Van Vuuren: Across The Sky

This is a compilation from an over night recording in Kirpakka woods with 15 small cracks in chronological order and as last a bigger bang from one long recording earlier in february.

I had the microphones out in Kirpakka small preservation area over night (from sunset to midday) during the coldest days when temp went down to -20C.  There was practically no sign of life except some road noise and machines from a nearby farm.  Daytime there were a few Crows and two Ravens, one Great Spotted Woodpecker and in early night the distant call of a Tengman's Owl.  

One recording of 18 hours earlier didn't result in any sound of life except a very weak Crow at 11 am. and the big crack in the end of this recording.

There seems to be a great loss of tits and crossbills in Finnish forests today.

But the trees were keeping a good amount of cracks and pops, specially in the early night when the temperature change was as fastest. 

http://www.rupuranta.net/weblog/filet/210215/

(MKH8020ab80cm, MixPre 32>24/48, no processing, +3dB, flac)

Snaps and cracks - 15/2/2021 - Freezing Kirpakka Forest

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curator at earth.fm
sound designer