Contemplation, a spiritual and inner journey by sonic explorer, composer and sound designer Hélène Vogelsinger.  A sound explorer, her music is described as intense and hypnotic. It immerses us in an ocean of sounds that leads us to an altered state of consciousness. A timeless music at the crossroads of minimalism, ambience and orchestral. Her work links the past and the present; the memory of abandoned places and the energy they release were the sources of inspiration for her 2 albums “Contemplation” and “Reminiscence”. 

Performed, recorded, and mixed by Hélène Vogelsinger
Mastered by Stefan Eichinger
Original Artwork by Irie Wata

Illumination HeleneVogelsinger

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tape_001.signal__lost//_...beginning
tape_002.unseen
tape_003.forgotten//buried
tape_004.[voice]_detected
tape_005.was_it_you?
tape_006.vivid_dreams
tape_007.everything._plastic
tape_008.data_corrupted//_....finale

tape_001.signal__lost//_...beginning

Previously unreleased adaptation of the Twin Peaks classic.
Credits:
Martyn Heyne - Piano
Rafael Anton Irisarri - Guitar, Rhodes, Synths & Cymbals
Benoit Pioulard - Vocals,  Bass, Field Recordings
Valerie Trebeljahr (Lali Puna) - "Now it's dark" phone message
Mastered at www.blackknollstudio.com
Many thanks to Martyn Heyne for uncovering this one too!

O R C A S - Into The Night

Over several years, Guenter Schlienz has graced labels such as Constellation Tatsu, Sacred Phrases, S.I.N.K. CDs, SicSic, Preservation so we are very excited here at Rural Colours to be added to that list with his latest work Peace.

After noticing that several friends had begun to end emails marked 'Peace', Guenter Schlienz, ever full of questions, started to ponder on the meaning of the word in this context.  Around the same time he started to read Henry Miller's book 'The Collossus of Maroussi' and was intrigued by a couple of paragraphs devoted to exactly this question: what is "the meaning of peace". He came to the conclusion that there is much more to "peace" than just the absence of war.  The albums track titles are words by Henry Miller, and the work is Guenter's humble attempt to gather sounds and atmospheres around those lines.

Using modular synths combined with tape loops, analog and digital delays, vintage electronic organ and guitar, Schlienz works within a romantically inward looking framework, creating music that comes from deep within.  His compositions reflect themes of tenderness, alienation and homecoming and feature a range of guest musicians including Masako Kamikawa (piano on  'Reverberation of the Pandemonium') and Niko Lazarakopoulos (guitar on 'Faint Whispers') and even an anonymous busker from the streets of Stuttgart on 'Who Put the Demons There?'

inspired by henry miller's book "the collossus of maroussi". / "i never knew the meaning of peace until i arrived at epidaurus ".

Artwork by Katie English / This is rural colours 82
https://ruralcolours.bandcamp.com / vote for us

Guenter Schlienz / Peace (Snippets)

With Bird Ambience coming out on May 28, Masayoshi Fujita makes a lateral leap from his signature instrument the vibraphone to the marimba, which takes centre stage on his new album alongside drums, percussion, synths, effects and tape recorder. The balletic arabesques of his third single ‘Morocco’ show both instruments unite and dance from twinkling filigree, to a cascading crescendo.

“The way of playing the marimba is similar to the vibraphone, so it was kind of a natural development for me and easier to start with, yet it sounds very different”, explains Masayoshi. “The marimba bars are made with wood and it has a wider range than the vibraphone, which gives me a bigger sound palette with more possibilities. I play the instrument with bows and mallets, and sometimes manipulate it with effects.”

Bird Ambience brings several fresh changes for the artist. Until now, Fujita would separate his acoustic solo recordings, the electronic dub made under his El Fog alias, and his experimental improvisations with contemporaries such as Jan Jelinek. The new album sees him unite all these different facets for the first time into one singular vision.

Arranged with a perfect Kanso-like balance, the unhurried pace of Bird Ambience allows each sound and phrase enough time to be mindfully absorbed and savoured. This subtle but affective work carries ethereal remnants of Midori Takada’s minimalism, the static atmospheres of Mika Vainio, To Rococo Rot’s organics and the bucolic electronics of Minotaur Shock. Fujita vaporises contemporary and classical, ambient and dismantled dub, controlled noise and fragments of jazz into an atmospheric, static mist, which he skilfully coerces into new forms.

Bird Ambience will be released on Erased Tapes in 2LP, CD and digital formats on May 28.

Bird Ambience

Morocco

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Masayoshi Fujita - Morocco

Nils Frahm - More & Less (Skyphos Remix)

Cosmos II

Shot In The Back Of The Head (Ambient)

Slow Light 1 (Ambient)

Ghost Return (Ambient)

Slow Light 2 (Ambient)

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