DR-76 : The Green Kingdom - Empyrean CD / DL
Due out on July 18th
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'Empyrean' is the third in a trilogy of albums on Dronarivm. Whereas Expanses might be evocative of vast landscapes and Harbor the feeling of floating on gentle waves, Empyrean seeks to transcend the Earthly realm altogether. The album differs slightly from the previous two in that piano plays a larger role in many of the tracks, bringing an ethereal modern classical feel to the Green Kingdom sound at times. Although the mood ranges from pensive to lighter pieces, the intent was to provide soundscapes that elevate one's midstate to the clouds above.

mastered by Ian Hawgood

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THE GREEN KINGDOM - With You

from the album 'ghost poems' available 4/15

Ghost Poems

earthen sea 'rough air'

I've got a powerful and slightly conceptual track premiere for you today. Powerful, because, well, it's Siavash Amini, the Tehran-based Iranian ambient and sound artist whom I've been following for about a decade now via his releases on Umor Rex, Flaming Pines, Opal Tapes, Room40, and the Swiss Hallow Ground imprint, the latter of which is putting out this record, titled Songs For Sad Poets on September 23rd. Conceptual, because the collection of eight tracks is inspired by the "legacy of the so-called cursed poets (»poètes maudits«) as well as the German-language tradition of song cycles and expands the structure of the classic art song through a process of lyrical abstraction." On this album, Amini is collaborating with the New York-based author Eugene Thacker, who supplies the poems which intricately weave themselves into the dark, brooding and desolate drones. But the words here are not spoken. They are expressed by virtue of this sound. Spending over nine minutes with this piece while reading the printed poetry really sets the mood, accompanied by music [I'll embed the image of the piece below]. Words like "wilted", "dead", ablaze", "withered", "black", and "silent" indeed set the mood for rumbling bass, dissonant cries, and shuffling noise, reflected in music, reflected in words. Together, the two creators deliver a project focused on the idea of the "fragility of the human being set against the vast horizon of climate, planet, and the cosmos that produces a ‘sadness without cause.’" "Powerful" is not a word that I throw around lightly - and if you listen to this track, I think you will agree with me.

"The structure and inspiration for textures of this track (and the whole first volume) come directly from Eugene’s text, but not in the exact order they appear in the poem. Imagine a choir singing some parts of the text simultaneously– in this case 1|5, 2|3  correspond to the first three minutes, 3|4|6 to the more quiet middle part and 7|8 to the ending. There are two tunings used simultaneously in some parts to express this superimposition in a more audible manner."

Songs for Sad Poets

A Quiet Glow (For Chūya Nakahara)

TRACK PREMIERE : Siavash Amini & Eugene Thacker - A Quiet Glow (For Chūya Nakahara)

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_tracklist
Remix (تصور کن _Qomeyshi)
برایم بخوان محمد _Elias Alavi
Ghost Dog _rza
Iiiiiii Hiiiiiiii _DJ Rashad
The Myth of Normal _Gabor Maté
az oonja _Baadeh
Can You Dance _KRS-One
Movie Star (Freestyle) _070 Shake
Snakes _Arca
Traditional Music of National Species Vol. II - 07 dances VII _Rashad Becker
Painful Enlightenment _Jana Rush
QASR WA DAWLAT _BULBUL
°Remix (°Tying Knots [Qashqai women weaving carpet, Field recording from the project "Algorithm of Beauty"] _Y.Yazdani & C.Wienland [Khamoosh Recording Archive] - °Memory Pressure _Rian Treanor & Ocen James - °170819 _nihiloxica)
Najva _ Gholam
ATASH _ BULBUL
TOF BATO TALIB _Roya Mehtar
Don’t Succeed _Maoupa Mazzocchetti & Mika Oki
She’s A B.... _Uki Remix
wut _ vyper
Soul Searching _ Subgenius
Remix (Ey Karevan Aheste Ran _Moharam 98 - Iloveu _Deepdreamcreepcream)
da’yie _ Deepdreamcreepcream
کُنار غریو_Anonymous singer

HEAL THE SHIT OUT OF ME - sagzi

Monochrome

Track 23 on the album — Dear Consciousness by Meadow Jones

Outro

Le Bourdon (listening To La Monte Young)

Space Waste

Gadfly

Kleefstra | Bakker | Kleefstra - Ut Har Eagen Bliedzje

It seems French musician and photographer Frédéric D. Oberland might be able to play more instruments than I can name. Mentioned in the creation of his latest album, Labyrinth, are electric guitar, Dark Energy Doepfer, harmonic pipe, critter, Guitari Organelle, hurdy gurdy, pantophone, alto saxophone, duduk and flute, just to state a few. 

With the release due for the 26th October, we were kindly offered an exclusive stream of 'La Part Du Feu', an achingly sparse piece of meandering electronics. 

Read more here: http://straylandings.co.uk/news/premiere-frederic-d-oberland-nahal

Labyrinth

Premiere: Frédéric D. Oberland - La Part Du Feu [Nahal Recordings]

limited tape, vinyl and cd releases with a focus  on ambient, drone, experimental noise sounds and darkjazz

Kleefstra | Bakker | Kleefstra - Ut Har Eagen Bliedzje

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