Elevate

A Weather Internal

River Slows Pt.2

'River Slows Pt.2' - A Weather Internal - [Fluid Audio, 2023]

Forest Edge

'Forest Edge' - A Weather Internal - [Fluid Audio, 2023]

As I mature and fine-tune my musical journey, I seem to gravitate more and more towards the contemporary classical genre. Why is that, and do you feel the same? I think, for me, it’s all about the connection. I want to feel emotion expressed from the composer’s soul through instruments attached to human hands. They feel like an extension of articulations flowing into sound. I also think that electronic music has that capability as well [I’ve recently acquired the Osmose from Expressive E, and let me tell you – it’s entirely something else]. And then, there is, of course, the blend of both where certain frequencies [especially the low end] can’t be generated entirely by organic means. Or when dense atmospheres and textures cloud the landscape with a gorgeous dew. This is how I feel about the latest album from the Melbourne-based composer Callum Mintzis, who first appeared on these pages a few years ago when I premiered his collaboration with Pat Jaffe in the video for V. Murmur. Mintzis is also collaborating with Tilman Robinson, who co-produced this latest album [and yes, I hear a bit of his conjuring touch]. The album is titled "And the Wind was my Dear Friend, Once Again", and across its seven pieces, Mintzis explores the mysteries of life through many philosophical questions posed alongside the release, but it is the music itself that will make you reach deep inside your own existence for the answers you will find.

And the Wind was my Dear Friend, Once Again

TRACK PREMIERE : Callum Mintzis - Once Again

I made this at the height of my visions in 2021. Things were really rough.

ID 202522 (Unusual Beast) 01

playing the my new Obsession Project live with hy sequencer, synth, reverb - delay fx rack, controller, bitwig cv out eurorack, analog mixer, analog eq,...

digitali - obsession LIVE 11-08-25

In September, I’ll be performing several ambient shows and have already started preparing for them. This piece, which I’ve titled Rise, reminds me of that moment just before sunrise. The textures were created using a glockenspiel and the Soma Cosmos. For these shows, I want to bring more acoustic elements into my sets, and I’m currently putting together a kind of “sound toolkit” made of different sonic objects.

Rise

Collected Dust

Span

This album is dedicated to Brian Young, known to many of us as Losing Today, who died earlier this year. Brian was a brilliant photographer whose work was used for many album covers. He was a real fan who supported our music, a friend to many in the scene and a lovely guy. He is already missed. 

All proceeds from this album will go directly to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. 

Special thanks to Porya Hatami for his time and the great mastering job.

Losing Today

Warmth - Shape And Shadow (In memory of Brian Young)

Ex Confusion - I Owe The Earth A Body. Feat Benoit Pioulard

Within, Without

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Tondchee x Patros15 - Within, Without [Dark Heart Ambient]

'Forest Edge' - A Weather Internal - [Fluid Audio, 2023]

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