New Monolyth & Cobalt album "Polarlicht", available on Time Released Sound since early April 2014. In 2 editions : A deluxe limited box version +  a digipak version.

more infos + order, here : 

www.timereleasedsound.com/
www.monolyth-cobalt.com/‎


Monolyth & Cobalt - Polarlicht (Time Released Sound) (April 2014)

Composed, Played & Recorded during the October 29th night for the last days of October to complete a next album to come. 

All instruments and sounds by monolyth & cobalt.
cover photo by monolyth & cobalt.

prefer to listen with some headphones.

Monolyth & Cobalt - Skyscrapers / Sleepwalkers (October, 29th 2013)

The new release from Monolyth & Cobalt, entitled "Polarlicht", will be available on the Time Released Sound label, in early April...in a deluxe limited version of 65 copies, and a digipak version as well...

Monolyth & Cobalt......"Dùthaich"

Birds (Are Some Holes In The Sky Through A Man Can Pass)

~ LAAPS 041 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP41]

artist : Thme
album : Anti Atlas
duration : 38.10 mn
date : January 27th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / crystal clear LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : January 02nd, 2025 / official release : January 27th, 2025
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Recorded and mixed by Théo Martin

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Tom Devianne 
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://thme-sound.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/thme_sound/
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Thme - Mirage

~ IIKKI 027 ~

music : Pruski
artwork : Paul Cupido
album : Drifting Stones
duration : 33.05 mn 
date : May 05th 2025

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Composed, recoded and mixed by Pawel Pruski

Mastered by Taylor Deupree 
Artwork by Paul Cupido
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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edition : 
• vinyl: limited to 200 copies / blue LP / hand numbered  / selective UV varnish (front + back) / black inner 
• cd: limited to 150 CD / pantone 
• book: limited to 500 copies / hand numbered / gold hot stamping on the cover (front + back)

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pre-order : March 20th, 2025 / official release : May 05th, 2025

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Links : 
https://iikki.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.iikki-books.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://pruski.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/paul.cupido/

Pruski - Lark

~ LAAPS 043 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP43]

artist : Ben McElroy
album : Elkwort
duration : 41.21 mn
date : April 28th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / green LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : April 10th, 2025 / official release : April 28th, 2025
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Ben McElroy - composition, arrangement, mixing, instrumentation

Elinor Rowlands - spoken word on "The Howling and I Must Have Walked past There a Thousand Times"
Debbie Armour - vocals on "Kindling and "Deosil"
Nick Jonah Davis - guitar and bowed weissenborn on "A Dream Of Deosil"

Recorded at home, Jt Soar (with Phil Booth and Rich Snug) and Nick’s studio-shed.

Mastered by Nick Jonah Davis
Artwork by Nieves Mingueza
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/
https://www.benmcelroy.co.uk/
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Ben McElroy - I Must Have Walked Past There a Thousand Times (with Elinor Rowlands)

~ LAAPS 044 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP44]

artist : Aiko Takahashi
album : The Grass Harp
duration : 41.11 mn
date : June 09th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / apricot LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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Piano, Tape Loops, Drones recorded by Aiko between March and November 2024 in Aiko's former studio, a secluded spot near the River Isonzo, between Gorizia and Nova Gorica.

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Thomas Ratt
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://aikotakahashi.bandcamp.com/
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Aiko Takahashi - Vases À Iris

~ LAAPS 045 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP45]

artist : Akhira Sano
album : D-R
duration : 31.24 mn
date : July 28th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / white LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : June 30th, 2025 / official release : July 28th, 2025
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Sounds, arrangements and Mixed by Akhira Sano

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Jenni Toivonen
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://linktr.ee/Akhira_Sano
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Akhira Sano - Demande Un

~ LAAPS 046 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP46]

artist : Offthesky
album : Nocturnas
duration : 40.28 mn
date : August 28th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / marble pink/purple LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : August 01st, 2025 / official release : August 28th, 2025
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Sound and composition by Jason Corder
Vocals by Rin Howell
Created in Thailand and Colorado, 2022 - 2024

Mastered by Offthesky
Artwork by Gaël Bonnefon
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://offthesky.bandcamp.com/
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Offthesky - Dying Within Dreams

~ IIKKI 029 ~

music : øjeRum
artwork : øjeRum
album : Ensomheden Vi Deler
duration : 40.36 mn 
date : September 29th 2025

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Music & artwork by øjeRum

Mastered by Taylor Deupree 
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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edition : 
• vinyl: limited to 200 copies / neon green LP / hand numbered  / neon green pantone (front + back) / white inner 
• cd: limited to 150 CD / neon green pantone / 4-panel matte card package / hand numbered 
• book: limited to 500 copies / hand numbered & hand stamped / neon green pantone on the cover (front + back) / Swiss binding /  coloured edges with neon green pantone / sticker on front cover

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pre-order : September 01st, 2025 / official release : September 29th, 2025

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Links : 
https://iikki.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.iikki-books.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://oejerum.bandcamp.com/

øjeRum - Bag Tidens Lukkede Hænder

~ LAAPS 047 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP47]

artist : Seabuckthorn
album : A Path Within A Path
duration : 42.03 mn
date : October 03rd, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / red (oxblood) LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : September 11th, 2025 / official release : October 03rd, 2025
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All music composed by Andy Cartwright, except the guest parts on tracks 2, 5, 6 ( Dean McPhee, Claire Deak, Loscil)
Recorded in Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon, France between July 2024 and January 2025.

Mastered by James Plotkin
Cover photo by Andy Cartwright
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/music
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Seabuckthorn - Black Boar

~ LAAPS 048 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP48]

artist : Ensemble 0
album : L'Incroyable Femme Des Neiges
duration : 26.40 mn
date : November 12th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / white LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : October 23rd, 2025 / official release : November 12th, 2025
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Composition and arrangements: Joël Mérah, Stéphane Garin, Sylvain Chauveau

Performed by:
Jérôme Capdepont - trombone
Sylvain Chauveau - acoustic guitar
Vianney Desplantes - euphonium, tuba, flugabone
Tanguy Gallavardin - clarinets
Júlia Gállego Ronda - flutes
Stéphane Garin - percussion, piano, organ
Joël Mérah - acoustic guitar, piano, ukulele, organ, harmonium

Recording and mixing: Johannes Buff, Shorebreaker studio (Tarnos, France). 
Assistant: Xan Bidegain
Artistic director: Joël Mérah
Administration: Nicolas Michamblé

Thanks to Alexandre Maillet, Vanessa Pigot, Laurie Garcia Garin et Sébastien Betbeder.

Mastered by Simon Lancelot
Artwork by Jonathan Smith
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps.bandcamp.com/music
www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://www.ensemble0.com/
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Ensemble 0 - Les Grands Espaces

~ IIKKI 030 ~

music : Ethan Syann
artwork : Yorgos Yatromanolakis
album : Farewell To The Night
duration : 29.30 mn 
date : November 17th 2025

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Music by Ethan Syann
Composed and recorded between 2013 and 2015

Mastered by James Plotkin
Artwork by Yorgos Yatromanolakis 
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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edition : 
• vinyl: limited to 200 copies /ultra clear LP / hand numbered  / selective UV varnish (front + back) / white inner 
• cd: limited to 150 CD / hand made, hand numbered /  digisleeve: white cardboard 300 gm. outside : adhesive glossy paper
• book: limited to 500 copies / hand numbered & hand stamped / hardcover book (15 cm x 21 cm) on Ora canvas / Silkscreen printing on covers / Swiss binding with visible stitching with purple thread / 80 pages, 30 photos on Arena Rough Natural 140g/m2 / logo and slot embossed (front and back cover) 

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pre-order : October 16th, 2025 / official release : November 17th, 2025

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Links : 
https://iikki.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.iikki-books.com/iikki-030-farewell-to-the-night
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/


Ethan Syann - VI

Song on the upcoming release : "Polarlicht", beginning of April 2014 on Time Released Sound. 
More infos here : http://timereleasedsound.com

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Improvisation at home in a one-shot recording.
Recording during night, between April 29th & April 30th 2013.
electronic devices / piano / strings / guitar / music box / recorder

prefer to listen with some headphones.


Monolyth & Cobalt - Blooming Stones (Time Released Sound) (2014)

self-taught musician & multi-instrumentalist since 2008. since 2010, monolyth & cobalt has been released on some labels such as Kesh recordings, Audio Gourmet, Twice Removed Records, Time Released Sounds, Unknown Tone Records and eilean rec.

Monolyth & Cobalt - Skyscrapers / Sleepwalkers (October, 29th 2013)

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