wonderful beautiful music! Thanks to all!

https://andrewpekler.bandcamp.com/album/klangturm-sounds-for-the-bell-tower-of-the-immanuelkirche-hamburg-veddel

"Klangturm" was commissioned by the Immanuelkirche church in Hamburg-Veddel. The church had recently replaced its bells with a loudspeaker and automated playback system and had asked a number of artists to compose music to be played hourly as well as shorter sounds to be played 15, 30 and 45 minutes past the hour. 

Thinking about what sounds have bell-like properties (but aren't bells) and taking into consideration the technical limitations of the bell tower's loudspeaker (mono, limited bass and high frequency), I decided to work with a limited pallet of just electric guitar and a few effects pedals (reverb, tremolo, pitch shifter, envelope). 

Each piece at the full hour is "previewed" by short fragments of its component parts at the preceding 15, 30 and 45 minute mark. Some, but not all, of the pieces include a time-telling element; a melody with the same number of notes as the hour. 

These pieces were played back from the bell tower of the church from 8 AM to 8 PM every day (except Mondays) during July 2021.

8:00 PM (excerpt from "Klangturm")

Soon: Empath - Wanting Is Suffering

Pre orders start 17.02.2022
Edition of 50

https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com

All tracks written by Mikko Ihalainen in Tampere, Finland in the year 2021.

Mastered by Andrea Porcu

Goddess - piano parts written and played by Emmi Ihalainen
Prana Mudra (Toiminto remix) written by Toiminto
Balagaardssiida (Tyhjiø Uhrituli Nomix) written by Tyhjiø.

Spiritual journey into universe of emotions. Learning and unlearning. Access on the sacred knowledge. New path to reality. Silence. Purity.

Empath - Wanting Is Suffering(album preview)

This is a mix that came out a few months back via the Electronic Music Culture series Atmospheres. It flew under the radar a bit so I thought I'd repost it here. It features a handful of artists who continually inspire me. The mix is anchored with the field recording of Champignonsdesbois and is called The World Is Full Of Noises.  

Below is the original blurb and full track listing that was posted at by E.M.C. at time of original release.

E.M.C. is thrilled to present the new guest of our Atmosphere playlist: Moss Covered Technology
Based in South West UK, Greig Baird debuted with the Moss Covered Technology alias in 2016 for Eilean Records. His works are inspired by the ideas and aesthetics emerging from the observation and experience of natural landscapes and environments, creating unique atmospheres. Since his debut, Greig has gone on to release ambient works for some prestigious labels reflecting his music taste, such as Hibernate Records, Polar Seas Recordings, and Dronarivm.
Let's have a dive into this special mix "The World Is Full Of Noises"!

Tracklisting

1. Rain in Ubud, Indonesia - Champignonsdesbois - Taken from the album Missed Calls - Shimmering Moods Records, 2021
2. 04 - Steinbrüchel - Taken from the album Parallel Landscapes - 12k, 2015 3. Amps, Drugs, Mellotron - Tim Hecker - Adult Swim Singles Program, 2014
4. The World Is Full of Noises - Guenter Schlienz - Augenblicke - Sacred Phrases, 2016
5. Untitled - Moss Covered Technology - Unreleased, 2021
6. Premonition - Innesti - Taken from the album Formless - Self Released - 2019
7. Muezzins, Evening Birds and Dogs in Turkish Village - Champignonsdesbois - Taken from the album Missed Calls - Shimmering Moods Records, 2021
8. Untitled 2 - Landtitles - Taken from the album Hold on to Where Your Heart Is - 2018
9. ⠠⠑⠏⠊⠎⠙⠑(えぴそーど) - W.E._aa - Taken from the album ག - Shimmering Moods Records, 2021
10. Lumina - Loscil - Taken from the album Clara - Kranky, 2021
11. Spheres - Mikael Lind - Taken from the album Geographies - Dronarivm, 2021
12. Tortoise Capoeira - Tsone - Taken from the album One Chance to Mend it All - NeoTantra, 2021
13. Tournemine - Pheek - Taken from the album Sensibili - 2021
14. Slow Decline; A Space Within - Xu & Darren Harper - Taken from the album
Arising & Ceasing Of Things - Rottenman Editions, 2021
15. B4. 涼む - Rhucle - Taken from the album With - Lontano Editions, 2021
16. ⠠⠑⠍⠕⠰⠝(情調) - W.E._aa - Taken from the album ག - Shimmering Moods Records, 2021
17. Suddenly (Naturally) - Andrew Pekler - Taken from the album Sentimental Favourites - Dekorder, 2011
18. Walking in the Medina, Marrakech, Morocco - Champignonsdesbois - Taken from the album Missed Calls - Shimmering Moods Records, 2021
19. Pink And Golden Billows - Brambles - Taken from the album Charcoal - Serein Records, 2012

'The World Is Full Of Noise Mix'

Anarchist Mountains is Jordan and Stefan Christoff. They made this mix to celebrate the release of Fire Waves, their latest album released by Oxtail Recordings in Sydney, Australia.

TRACKLIST

Anarchist Mountains - Anarchist Signals
Anarchist Mountains - A Signal at 1 AM
Fadi Tabbal - Cheap Triptych Photography
Fadi Tabbal - Ceremony By The Sea
Anarchist Mountains - Alright the Wind Is Beyond It All
Dais Queue - No fretting
Tanson - Light of the Baths
Nils Quak - Draht
Asian Dub Foundation - Colour Line
GAIKA - Seven Churches For St Jude
Federico Mosconi - Breath
Anarchist Mountains - A Lighthouse at Night

Anarchist Mountains presents MIXED SIGNALS [mix]

Tracklist

01. Moss Covered Technology - Brick & Air IV
02. Alex Bober - I Don’t Always Do Right Things
03. Ishmael Cormack - Pinecone
04. Minamo & Moskitoo - Superstitious Typology
05. Jeannine Schulz - The Wind Blows Over The Earth
06. Ian Hawgood - Fields
07. David Cordero - Unreal
08. Fields We Found - Rains
09. Michael Scott Dawson - The Sentimentalist
10. Lorenz Weber -  Wärmst Du Mich

300. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Soft Generator - We Found It 
Taken from "On a Map of Sound" the new long form album by Soft Generator.

Soft Generator are: 
David Newman (Autistici/Volume Objects) - volume-objects.com 
Erik Schoster (He Can Jog) - hecanjog.com 
Michel Mazza (OdNu) 

Mastered by Volume Objects

Edition of 50. Handmade covers, hand numbered, various colours.

https://slowtonecollages.bandcamp.com/album/on-a-map-of-sound

Soft Generator - We Found It (taken from On a Map of Sound)

i composed an ambient track, recorded the talented Jehanne Drai on harp, then my violin and flute, the track is deep, calm, like a mild recital for harp. It makes the listeners feel the presence of Angels all around
https://soundcloud.com/jehanne-drai

Angels presence (feat Jehanne Drai)

A Sunday after the Storm

Brand new track from the forthcoming album Geostrophic Pathways

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Liberation

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Liberation (Album Version)

Artist: Andrew Pekler
Album: Tristes Tropiques
Format: LP/DL
Label#: Faitiche14
Release date: November 11th

Faitiche welcomes back an old friend: Andrew Pekler was the musical director of the 2011 album Ursula Bogner – Sonne=Blackbox (faitiche05 lp/cd/book). Known for his albums on Senufo Editions, Entr’acte, Dekorder, Kranky and other labels, Andrew Pekler’s new work Tristes Tropiques is now released by Faitiche. Tristes Tropiques is an album of synthetic exotica, pseudo-ethnographic music and unreal field recordings.  

Find out more about Andrew Pekler’s Tristes Tropiques in the following interview:

Jan Jelinek: You’ve titled your album Tristes Tropiques – a reference to Claude Lévi-Strauss’ famous account of his travels among native peoples in the Mato Grosso. If I remember correctly, the book can be read in two ways: as an ethnographic study of indigenous Brazilian tribes, and as a critique of anthropological methods. What exactly about Tristes Tropiques inspired you? The melancholy travelogue, or the formation of a new, critical school of thought?

Andrew Pekler: Both. Lévi-Strauss’ constant reflection on the purpose of his work and the often melancholy tone of his writing constitute an internal tension which runs throughout the whole book. Tristes Tropiques is many things; autobiography, traveler’s tale, ethnographic report, philosophical treatise, colonial history. But ultimately, it’s the author’s attempt to synthesize meaning from fragments of his own and other cultures that resonated most strongly with me – and led me to a new perspective on how I hear and make music. 

JJ: Listening to Tristes Tropiques I noticed a certain oscillation between references, which is what I really like about it. Obviously, your music alludes to the beloved fairytale kitsch of exotica, but it also repeatedly shifts to a mode of ethno-poetic meditation music that seems to have no beginning or end. Where do you yourself locate the tracks gathered here? 

AP: As a listener and as a musician, exotica music of the 1950s and 60s has always been a constant reference point and inspiration. And perhaps my listening has been ‘ruined’ by exotica, but as I have dug deeper into ethnographic archives of ‘traditional’ music, I’ve come to the realization that all recordings that evoke, allude to, or ostensibly document other musical forms have a similar effect on my imagination: I am most intrigued when I perceive some coincidentally familiar element within the foreign (a tuned percussion recital from Malawi that immediately brings to mind Steve Reichian minimalism, or the Burundian female vocal duet that sounds uncannily like a cut-up tape experiment, etc.). I suppose this album is an attempt to recreate the same kind of listening experience as what I’ve described, just with the electronic means that I have at hand. 

JJ: I know that you perform Tristes Tropiques not only as music, and that there is visual and spatial aspect to the presentation. Can you reveal more about this?

AP: I made an accompanying video – mainly close-up footage, shot in Thailand, of various tropical flora. The video was recorded at very slow speed and this gives the plants, flowers, trees, bamboo, etc. the appearance of rather abstract objects. In live performance, this abstracting effect is further emphasized through real-time modulation of the colors, brightness and other parameters of the video image. There is also an installation version of the video that is meant to be projected on multiple screens / walls and with its own soundtrack of heavily manipulated field recordings captured in the same locations in the jungle.  

JJ: We can get an idea of what this looks like from the beautiful video stills on the back cover of the album.

Andrew Pekler: Theme From Tristes Tropiques / Avian Modulations / Life In The Canopy

Benoît Lefeuvre & Maxime Mouttet - Incursion III [Ōtium]
Catalog - ŌTMS3
Release Date - 09/12/2019
Format - Cassette & Digital

Support & Buy - https://otiumrec.bandcamp.com/

Mastering By - Maxime Mouttet
Artwork By - Benoît Lefeuvre

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These improvised musical pieces were recorded live in Brittany by Maxime Mouttet and Benoît Lefeuvre. 

They soundscape the fictional exploration of a chasm with crystallizing walls, remodeled by erosion through the work of salt and water over time. 

This natural process has guided their musical approach, mixing field recordings and re-arranged raw sound materials to carve them as a set of unique instruments, sometimes playing as a discordant ensemble, sometimes in symbiosis.

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Benoît Lefeuvre & Maxime Mouttet - Incursion III [Ōtium]

'The World Is Full Of Noise Mix'

Moss Covered Technology

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