Dark Heart Radio Show Burial Special - 14 Jun 2023

Rust was a name I took some time after Purl, for the more intense techno tracks I was creating at times. Rust is no longer active. This track is from the album 'Transient Resurrection' ~
http://eternell.net/album/transient-resurrection

Music by Ludvig Cimbrelius

Transient Resurrection

Rust - Energy

Slow Heart Music is the acoustic side project of ambient and drone musician Ben Rath. Based in Manchester, UK, Ben has released music under his own name with labels including Sound in Silence, Unknown Tone Records, Eilean Rec., Cathedral Transmissions, Moonswing Netlabel, Triple Moon Records and Whitelabrecs. As Slow Heart Music, Ben focuses more closely on solo acoustic guitar instrumentals and has released albums exclusively through Whitelabrecs.
The majority of Ben's musical output finds its home in the rich and diverse territory of experimental ambient and drone music. Ben creates compositions using original recordings of guitar, keyboard, and piano, as well as samples, field recordings, and digital synthesizers. These sounds from various sources are then moulded, transformed, and edited together to form instrumental arrangements which span a wide variety of styles, tones, and emotional registers, with inspiration drawn from pioneers in the genre such as Tim Hecker and Lawrence English, the early ambient works of artists such as Sean McCann and Colleen, and the emotional weight and resonance of Constellation Records greats such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Esmerine (among many others).

Under the Slow Heart Music moniker, Ben strips things back to explore the simple joy of the acoustic guitar. His playing, influenced by the likes of Eric Chenaux and Richard Dawson, as well as the gentle beauty of solo piano works from artists such as Nils Frahm and Olafur Arnalds, combines a sense of playful and spontaneous improvisation with arrangements and compositions that often express a gentle and tender emotion.

For his new album ‘Hope’, Ben returns to the artful acoustic arrangements and soulful guitar playing that marked his debut as Slow Heart Music, ‘This Body Is Not Me’ (2017). Armed with the same £5 half-size classical guitar which was used to record the first time around, Ben adds a second classical acoustic borrowed from his girlfriend in the spirit of using whatever was to hand to create with. He had a vision for the sound he wanted to achieve, which builds on influences from artists that embrace the mournful and melancholic, but also find beauty and uplift amidst the sadness. As Ben explains, “I’ve struggled with my mental health ever since adolescence, and music was the thing that often provided me with the most solace and comfort. The artists that inspired me were those who were expressing something that felt real to my experience, that taught me that I was not as alone in my feelings of deep sadness and anxiety as I often felt, and that meaning and beauty could still be found and expressed in the midst of it all.’’

Those who know him would describe Ben as a quiet, calm, and reserved person, but his music is the space where he is able to express himself more fully. ‘Hope’ is a collection of soft and minimal pieces, steeped in emotion and feeling, at times mournful, at others uplifting, but never seeking to prematurely soothe or distract from the suffering of the world, instead sitting in the mud of it all, and seeing what can be created from there. It is Ben’s sincere hope that his music may help some other lonely soul feel that little bit more connected and understood.

Hope

wlr161 Slow Heart Music - Hope

Dance all night

Euphoric Heights

Shema - Euphoric Heights

included as track 25 on 'moments pass'. couldn't wait longer and I wanted this to get out in your hands. enjoy.
spotify etc the 26th.

Bandcamp

25. detachment

Miss You

~ IIKKI 002 ~

artist : andrea belfi 
album : alveare
duration : 34.26 mn
date : 17.01.17 
edition : vinyl, limited to 500 copies + fine art book, limited to 500 copies

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pre-order : January 03th / official release : January 17th, 2017

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all tracks played and composed by Andrea Belfi on drums, percussion and synthesizer.
Audrey Chen: cello on "grigio"
Attila Faravelli: rotating speakers on "abito"

mastering by Giuseppe Ielasi in September 2016
artwork by Matthias Heiderich
design : Sprflxgrfzm

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Links :

Andrea Belfi : 
http://www.andreabelfi.com
Matthias Heiderich : 
http://www.matthias-heiderich.de
IIKKI :
http://www.iikki-books.com
https://iikki.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/iikki.books

Andrea Belfi - Alveare (album preview)

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Nico Sun is all about journeying. Since his debut «Caravan» came out on Arche in 2014, Nico traveled through many different aural and geographical landscapes. «Varak», his mighty return to Arche pictures this musical journey in a very extensive way - drone layers are floating on a dark ambient mood, evolving into sloppy rhythms. Guitar riffs are narrating stories from both past and future before transforming into a trippy, electronical body of sound, clearly implying that this caravan is not to be stopped anytime soon.

Remixes from Khidja and Rodion pick certain moods of the original, expanding its area of effect into an early/late morning rave with experimental components.

Farewell, journeymen!

Buy on Bandcamp

Nico Sun - Varak (Khidja Remix)

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Do No Harm

Dreems - Meltdown (Angophora Remix)

📀 https://orcd.co/blinddance_vonderhaardt
Out Today - my remix / improvisation of Sophie Hutchinngs beautiful song “Blind Dance”. 

It’s part of Von Der Haardt charity compilation featuring Kiasmos Pantha Du Prince, Hania Rani, Jose Gonzalez, Lambert, Grandbrothers, Brandt Brauer Frick, Christian Loeffler, Poppy Ackroyd, Masayoshi Fujita amongst other artists who have contributed with different songs and collaborations. 

The full release is out on Christmas Day and you can pre-order it here https://orcd.co/haingeraide_vonderhaardt

Sophie Hutchings - Blind Dance (Sebastian Mullaert Remix)

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