ulubione

Qilin House Volume 11

Bare

fairy tales

ambient

Mute Forest

Travels on dim ethereal oceans of mystery should be familiar waters to those of you who have been following gterma for some time now. On Tamanoshima, Mathias brings us into unchartered vistas for a slightly mindbending and hypnotic journey into minimal soundworlds. A warm and glowing drift based on material composed in the summer of 2013.

1. Jewel Island (2:37)
2. The Stellar Ship (8:43)
3. Dissolving Horizon (17:27)
4. Eternal Drift (51:00)

[gterma034] : Mathias Grassow - Eternal Drift

[gterma034] : Mathias Grassow - Dissolving Horizon

[gterma034] : Mathias Grassow - Jewel Island / The Stellar Ship

𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑜
𝐼 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟
𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟
𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛
𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐼 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑡
𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑
𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 

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Nocturn I-V

Abraço de Vapor - Nocturn II

from 'septembers längtan' - https://purl.bandcamp.com/album/septembers-l-ngtan

faded images from the forests and skies of my youth ♡

most of the tracks of this album date back quite far, some of them close to two decades. they represent visions from perspectives that no longer exist outside of these records. the person that shaped them is no longer here as a present experience, yet each and every image of life is imprinted into the fabric of consciousness, and that imprint will remain as long as this universe continues to exist and maybe beyond.

credits
released November 6, 2020

art by endlesstrains (Anton Novikov) –
www.flickr.com/photos/endlesstrains
http://endlesstrains.bandcamp.com

music by Ludvig Cimbrelius

septembers längtan

svalor

Out NOW on Glitterbeat Records!
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UNCUT (UK):
"Global fusion at its most democratic and exhilarating"

MUSIC OMH (UK): ****
"Lion City is a strong, viscerally stirring album and a true highlight of intercultural awareness in the contemporary music climate."

WONDERING SOUND (UK):
"Like Troubles, Lion City does attempt a new, thrilling kind of fusion, gathering everything from blues to dub, rock to electronica together, and confidently pulling it all forward. It’s an album of real vision. Step by step, Dirtmusic are building a new world sound."

AUDIO (DE): ****
"A psychedelic trip of hand-played strings, ambient electronical sounds, uninterrupted dark rhythms and whispering echoes." 

MUSIC NEWS (UK):
 "Dirtmusic just keep getting better. With every release they seem to delve deeper into the heart and soul of their music and keep developing new ways to hypnotize and entrance the listener. This is music that has gone beyond and takes the listener with it."

DISTORSIONI (UK): 8/10
"This extraordinary album ends with September 12, a song of love to the grandmother of a young senegalese singer Ibrahima Douf who reveals a rare sensitivity as an interpreter ...the echo of his singing seems to propagate a fascinating and mysterious African night."

MONDOMIX (FR):
"dark and sensual, Lion City indulges in the eddies of the night. Built on electronic strata, Malian acoustic instruments and vintage guitars, Lion City confirms the validity of their approach: by dipping into the dust, their hands come back with traces of gold nuggets."

LOUDER THAN WAR (UK): 10/10
"The brilliance of Troubles clearly wasn’t a one-off, and I thought long and hard about what score to give this album. In the end, it was easy, Lion City is another classic."

Dirtmusic’s previous album “Troubles,” released in June of last year, was recorded in Bamako, Mali in the dark days of the 2012 political upheaval. A propulsive collection of cinematic Afro-rock, “Troubles” for the most part rose out of improvisational sessions involving Hugo Race (Fatalists, Bad Seeds) and Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts) of Dirtmusic and the nimble, balafon driven Ben Zabo band. Malian luminaries like Samba Touré, Zoumana Téréta, Aminata Wassidjé Traoré and Virginie Dembélé from the Rokia Traoré band, brought exhilarating vocal and instrumental contributions to the collective.

“Troubles” was not a mere construct or hybrid, but rather something deeply collaborative and genre-busting. Louder Than War wrote: “an incisive and unique journey in sound…this album is rock, it’s roll, its funk, it’s African, it’s an aural delight.”

“Lion City” the new Dirtmusic album, is culled from the same Bamako sessions as “Troubles” but offers a decidedly different atmosphere and ambiance. While the Ben Zabo band is still the core collaborator, the textures and tempos are slower and more opaque. Organics and electronics intertwine and unfold unpredictably. There are less guitars and more liquid sounds. The outward frustration and fear documented on the previous album has given way to something more insular and pensive. The echoing space between the notes is emphasized and subsequently so are the voices and the texts.

Samba Touré provides a vocal and lyric for “Red Dust” a song that enshrines the contemplative mood of the album. Over a swirling dub-scape he intones:

How can we reconcile and forgive?
How can we bring peace to those that hate us?
Yet we have no choice
We need to stop fighting

While Samba Touré, Ben Zabo and his band, and Aminata Wassidjé Traoré previously appeared on “Troubles”, “Lion City” also features an inspired team of new collaborators.

+Tamikrest members Ousmane Ag Mossa (guitar), Cheikhe Ag Tiglia (Bass) & Aghaly Ag Mohamedine (percussion) appear on the bluesy and meditative “Movin’ Careful.” This is the first time the two groups have collaborated since Dirtmusic’s BKO album from 2010.

+The iconic Takamba band Super 11, from northern Mali, exchange thorn-like trance sounds with Hugo and Chris on the album’s opening number “Stars of Gao.”

+MC Jazz, an up and coming Bamako Hip Hop artist adds a fiery incantation
to the mostly instrumental “Day the Grid Went Down.”

+Ibrahima Douf, a young singer from Senegal, provides a stunning vocal on the album’s final track “September 12.” The song is an ode to his grandmother.

The 21st century claims to be borderless. A world of hyper-communication and instant nostalgia that is both celebrated and feared. On “Lion City” Dirtmusic stayed clear of such theorizing and just got on with the practice. The collective joy they found in making this music is what mattered most.

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JUSTICE (lyrics)

Everyone has a story
everyone has a tale to tell
and we shone so bright
in heaven as we fell
everyone has a family
and a soul to sell
and we burn like stars
in the smoky skies of hell
from out of the broken cradle
where human nature comes
a newborn cry
another race to be run
and its not a question of right or wrong
but justice
for everyone
the poor and the invisible
struggle to be heard
as power watches over
in a droning metal bird
spying down on us
from some futuristic world
and its not a question of us and them
but justice
for the grief and hurt
and if we’re out of luck
we’re not running out of spark
for in the end its you and me
that light the way into the dark
everyone has a history
everyone has a love to share
and we dance the night to ashes
until our meanings clear
and we burn like stars
In the smoky skies of hell.


Dirtmusic - Justice

Behind Clouds

Essence

Presented by The Vagabond, Bedrock, DAR Records and Red Bull and Powered by Funktion One this set was recorded Live on 25 / 3 / 11 at this years Miami Music week The 10th Annual Sunset Cruise Pt 1 Featuring Nick Warren, Denis A, Hernan Cattaneo.

Giving you a taste of one of the Highlights from this years Miami Music Week.
Nick Warren sets the mood with a sublime opening set followed by some great summer grooves from Russia`s Denis A and Argentina`s  Hernan Cattaneo 
Look out for Pt 2 on the worldwide radio show on 14th / 5 /11

The 10th Annual Sunset Cruise Pt 1 Nick Warren, Denis A, Hernan Cattaneo

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Thrupence - Thought 08

"On Leaving The Kingdom For The Well-Tempered Continent" is taken from Land Observations' upcoming album "The Grand Tour" - released on Mute on 28/29 July. Pre-order the album here: http://smarturl.it/LOGTiTunes

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Land Observations - On Leaving The Kingdom For The Well-Tempered Continent

Frail Light

When We Walked, Every Creature Hid

Song from the upcoming ČAČI VORBA's 2nd album "Tajno Biav - Secret Marriage".
Official release on 9/8/2011. More info: http://www.cacivorba.pl/content/formularz_2.html

Lyrics: traditional Bulgarian
Music: traditional Bulgarian
Arrangement: Paweł Sójka & Piotr Majczyna

LYRICS:
На едно момче далечно.
Три деня пътя вървяли,
На четвъртия стигнали.
Качи се Рада, Радо лио,
На високите чердаци
Да види Рада майка си,
Майка си още баща си.
Не видя Рада майка си,
Майка си още баща си,
Нaй видя бели гълъби,
Бели гълъби фърчаха.
Гълъби Рада думаха:
«Радо лио, бела Радо лио!
Като фърчяхме, видяхме
Майка ти още баща ти.»
«Татко ти на стол седеше,
Червено вино пийеше.
Майка ти двори метеше,
За тебе, Радо, плачеше.»
«Радо лио, бела Радо лио,
Червено вино пийеше...
Радо лио, бела Радо лио,
За тебе Радо плачеше...»
Nocą Rada potajemnie wydała się
Za pewnego chłopca z daleka.
Trzy dni wędrowali,
Czwartego dotarli.
Wspięła się Rada
Na wysoki ganek
Aby zobaczyć swoją matkę,
Swoją matkę i swojego ojca.
Nie zobaczyła Rada matki,
Matki ani ojca,
Ale zobaczyła białe gołębie,
Białe gołębie lecące.
Gołębie rzekły Radzie:
"Rado, biała Rado!
Gdy latałyśmy, widziałyśmy
Matkę twoją i ojca twojego."
"Tatko twój siedział na progu,
Czerwone wino pił.
Twoja mama zamiatała podwórze,
Za Tobą, Rado, płakała."
"Rado, biała Rado,
Czerwone wino pił...
Rado, biała Rado,
Za Tobą, Rado, płakała..."
Rada made a secret marriage in the night
With a boy from far away.
Three days they were wandering,
On the fourth they arrived.
Rada climbed up
To the high porch
To see her mother,
Her mother and her father.
Rada couldn't see her mother,
Her mother nor her father,
But she saw white doves,
White doves flying.
The doves said to Rada:
"Rada, white Rada!
As we were flying we saw
Your mother and your father."
"Your papa was sitting
on the threshold of the hut,
And drinking red wine.
Your mother was sweeping the courtyard.
She was crying after you, Rada."
"Rada, fair Rada,
He was drinking red wine...
Rada, fair Rada,
She was crying after you, Rada..."


ČAČI VORBA - Rada Si Pristana



Buy Infinity Pools EP: smarturl.it/buyipools

Debuted on Stereogum here: bit.ly/1DAC8ZQ

What does the future of peace and quiet look like? Is it possible for someone to find serenity in a world where population mushrooms and buildings continuously jockey for the best possible view? With Kael Smith’s (Mombi, Khale) Mute Forest this dichotomy is at the epicenter of his 'Infinity Pools EP' due April 7th via Lost Tribe Sound.

To coincide with visuals courtesy of Gregory Euclide (Bon Iver, Erased Tapes), Smith’s debut EP fuses acoustic sounds, mangled electronics and provocative lyrics across four meditative yet mesmerizing tracks.

Serving as a companion piece to his expansive and sonorous LP, 'Deforestation', due later this year, Smith’s 'Infinity Pools EP' was actually written as a reaction to that material but will be released first.“ 'Deforestation' will in a sense be a prequel to the EP,” explains Smith. “And for listeners who follow along, should provide an interesting reverse narrative,” he concludes.

“Crypt,” the EP’s opener, contains oscillating vinyl-sampled rhythms, chiming electric guitar and gently struck nylon guitar. Following that is the sparce and haunting “Volcanoes Flowing,” which traces a melancholy beat and slow, lovely piano crescendos to its heartbreaking conclusion.

Darker in tone, title track "Infinity Pools" has a commanding presence using ominous electronics and damaged samples of Le Creuset pots being struck. Heavily processed and featuring vocals from Smith’s longtime girlfriend Kelly O’Brien, the track unfurls into a hypnotic groove over the chilling words “You’ll feel like an ember trilling/out in space.”

Washing over the listener to conclude the EP, “Eat the Skin” originally started as an A Winged Victory for the Sullen remix of a song off of their recent LP, 'Atomos'. As the track progressed though, all of the layers performed by AWVFTS were eventually stripped leaving only acoustic guitar and Smith’s voice. “I like to pretend we wrote that song together, hopefully someday they will hear it” desires Smith. He uses the big, cavernous sound of acoustic guitar as base for unhurried, dulcet vocals and airy electronics. “I’ve always loved the big, acoustic sound of Seafood’s “Desert Stretched Before the Sun”“ explains Smith. “I really tried to emulate that deep resonate tone where the acoustic sounds like a tidal wave.”

All songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by Kael Smith (kaelsmithmusic.com)
Kelly O'Brien backing vocals on "Infinity Pools."
Mastering by Taylor Deupree at 12k Mastering
Production assistance on "Crypt" & "Volcanoes Flowing" by Matthew Herron

Original artwork by Gregory Euclide (gregoryeuclide.com)
Copyright 2015 Lost Tribe Sound (losttribesound.com)
Published by Settled Scores 2015 (ASCAP)


Mute Forest - Eat The Skin (from Infinity Pools EP)

A collection of songs played mainly on an open C tuned resonator guitar & an open A tuned 12-string acoustic guitar. 
Melodies coming from guitar improvisations, heard in dreams, misheard in reality, all of which continued to invade my thoughts, a driving force for inspiration to record during my time living in Paris. These songs did indeed haunt me most thickly. 

They Haunted Most Thickly And Sang

‘Apologues’ will be released by Erased Tapes on September 11, 2015 on LP/CD/DL and can be pre-ordered from www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP075

Masayoshi Fujita, the Berlin-based Japanese vibraphone player, also known under his alias el fog came to the attention of label founder Robert Raths a few years ago. Not only because the vibraphone is an intriguing instrument, but also the way Masayoshi treats his instrument and draws ethereal and layered sounds, is what truly attracted him to Masayoshi’s work.

Having released more ambient-based/electronic recordings of the vibraphone under el fog, Masa became more interested in the sound of the vibraphone itself. He started to compose acoustic pieces and released the first solo album under his real name, titled ‘Stories’, in early 2013. ‘Apologues’ sees Masayoshi for the first time use an array of instruments besides his lead instrument – such as the violin, cello, flute, clarinet, French horn, accordion, piano and snare drum played by friends, but arranged by Masa himself.

In addition to the mallets, Masayoshi often plays the vibraphone with a violin or cello bow, like on ‘Tears of Unicorn’ and ‘Knight and Spirit of Lake’. He would also place bead strings on the vibraphone bars to create an ambient shimmer that can be heard on songs like ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Swallow Flies High in the May Sky’. The latter was composed to let the clarinet express its characteristics and tell its story, whilst the vibraphone takes a supporting role. “The clarinet sounds very warm and soft and very ‘spring’ to me”, says Masa.

“With this album the main idea was to evoke images, atmospheres, sceneries and stories in the listener, the images that have accumulated in myself. At the same time it was an exploration of the unexplored beauty of the vibraphone, and also a pursuit of the charm of the instrumentation and the music itself. Erased Tapes releases a lot of great stuff and naturally became my favourite label of late. And I thought it would fit well to my music.” – Masayoshi Fujita

OFFICIAL WEBSITES: masayoshifujita.com · erasedtapes.com

Apologues

Tears Of Unicorn

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Masayoshi Fujita – Tears of Unicorn

Buy Album:
Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/deforest-bc
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Darla (Distribution): http://smarturl.it/deforest-darla
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/deforest-spotify

Artist Website: http://kaelsmithmusic.com
Artist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MuteForest

Packaging:
• 180 Gram vinyl in a gatefold tip-on jacket w/resealable sleeve
• Lacquer cut by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering 
• Mastered for vinyl and digital by Taylor Deupree
• Bandcamp DL code on card: formats: FLAC, 320K MP3
• Physical copies only receive a free download of the Reforestation EP, including remixes from Kiln, Ten and Tracer, Western Skies Motel, Mombi, Spheruleus, Porya Hatami, plus two bonus songs from Mute Forest.

In a seemingly ceaseless acreage near his childhood home in the Rockies of Colorado, Kael Smith (Mombi, Khale) takes a deep breath and listens critically to the forest. It is not the same sound he remembers as a youth, when he’d disappear for hours deep into these woods. No, the sound he hears today is unfamiliar and vapid. Muted, really.

Since Smith’s departure to the city of Denver; the Mountain Pine Beetle has moved into these woodlands and decimated the trees; devouring their insides and leaving empty husks in its wake. It is among these thinned out swaths a word keeps repeating back to him, over and over, incessantly…Deforestation. 

Painstakingly written, recorded and mixed at his home studio in Denver, 'Deforestation' (Out November 13th on Lost Tribe Sound) sprawls across nine sonorous and meticulously wrought tracks containing elements of minimal electronic, ambient and folk. Large cavernous beats, micro-ambient deconstruction and nylon guitar all swirl into a coherent palate left for Smith’s poignant, intimate words. 

Mastered specifically for vinyl by Taylor Deupree (12k), and with the additional step taken to create lacquers and metal stampers by Roger Siebel at SAE Mastering, 'Deforestation' sees a gatefold 180-gram release from Lost Tribe Sound that, like the material, takes no shortcuts. Both the album’s acetate and test pressing were scrutinized for anomalies on world-class vinyl setups at Arizona’s esteemed high-end audio dealer and vacuum tube specialists, Arizona Hi-Fi. Concluding the deluxe package and connecting intimately with the material within are stark, disintegrating images courtesy of renowned minimalist photographer Christy Romanick (Rivulets, Chihei Hatakeyam).

Deforestation

Vine Covered Windows and Doors

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Mute Forest - Vine Covered Windows and Doors

An ode to the late Nick Talbot (Gravenhurst)

12.4.15

I first discovered Gravenhurst back in 2004 while exhausting the last of my pizza-serving paycheck at my local record store, Stinkweeds in Tempe, AZ. As I was thumbing through new releases, eerie, atmospheric-folk began to play over the store’s sound system. When Nick’s voice emerged from the fog, I was hooked. I purchased Flashlight Seasons that day and immediately felt as if I was let in on a secret. I listened to that album incessantly. To make extra money during this time I began to DJ weddings, mitzvahs and private parties.  The nights were long and the playlists were pre-chosen by the clients. When I climbed into my ’86 Honda Civic (nicknamed “the roller skate”) at the end of the night all I wanted to do was to cleanse my ears with Nick’s beautiful, intimate songs. His music was my companion; something I could count on when I was lonely. Although I never got a chance to see Nick perform or meet him in person, I felt like through his songs I knew him intimately.

Nick passed away a year ago today. At the time I coped with the tragic news by recording one of my favorite songs of his, “The Diver”. And while my version could never hold a light to the original, I recorded it with great sincerity and sorrow. I learned later that Nick had suffered from the seizure-causing disorder epilepsy, a disorder my mother also suffers from. That’s why I’m releasing the cover as a pay-what-you-want digital download via Bandcamp with 100% of the proceeds going to the http://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/, the leading provider of epilepsy services in the UK though research, awareness campaigns, info. resources and expert care. Please consider donating a minimum of $1 for the song and help give people with this often debilitating disorder your support. 

With gratitude and fond remembrance, 

- Kael Smith

You can download the cover and donate here: https://muteforest.bandcamp.com/track/the-diver-gravenhurst-cover

Recorded and arranged by Kael Smith
Lyrics by Nick Talbot
Mastered by Taylor Deupree (12k)
Cover art by Lynn Vanlandingham
Original of "The Diver" appears on Gravenhurst's 2004 album Flashlight Seasons (Warp Records)


The Diver (Gravenhurst cover)

Glass of Sand Water

out on Archives: https://archivesdubmusic.bandcamp.com/album/renovatio

art by Brian Young ∣ www.instagram.com/losingtoday

Renovatio

Written, recorded and mixed by Mute Forest. Mastered by Kirk Clausen and Kael Smith at Crosspoint. Photo taken in Denmark by Kael Smith. Single layout by Kelly O'Brien.

Pray for Hail

Mixed by http://soundcloud.com/sorrowgarage

Tracklist
00:00 Koda - The Last Stand
03:00 Hammock - Ten Thousand Years Won't Save Your Life
04:57 Burial - In McDonalds
06:49 The Flashbulb - Arrival To An Empty Room
10:45 Nine Inch Nails - 13 Ghosts II
12:35 The Album Leaf - TwentTwoFourteen
16:44 Ólafur Arnalds - Near Light
18:28 Tycho - Cloud Generator
20:55 Bon Iver - Perth (Teen Daze Remix)
23:40 Kiyoko - First Light
25:04 Thrupence - Prelude
27:24 Deadmau5 - Creep
30:38 Kyson - Thankyou For Everything
32:50 Carbon Based Lifeforms - Frog
36:57 Hammock - Losing You To You
40:11 Crisopa - Regalos
44:52 Saycet - Dreamfactory
47:09 Need A Name - The Key To Your Heart
52:12 Hammock - Tornado Warning
55:29 Chicane - Fin de Jours
57:55 Two Steps From Hell - Lux Aeterna
1:00:13 Kyson - Remi (Essá́y Remix)
1:03:05 Helios - Coast Off
1:04:54 Helios - Fourteen Drawings
1:07:55 Two Steps From Hell - Color The Sky
1:09:57 Aphex Twin - Avril 14th

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'Dawn' (An Ambient Mix)

Koncert zespołu Ścianka w warszawskiej Hydrozagadce w przeddzień dnia kobiet 2013

Ścianka live - 7 III 2013 - klub Hydrozagadka

Please follow me on www.mixcloud.com/saimonsaimonse

deaf center - white lake | type
brambles - in the androgynous dark | serein
36 - beacon | 3six
lemongrass - where is mr. spock ? | lemongrassmusic
altrice - veedei |origami sound
thomas newman - shawshank prison (stoic theme) | epic soundtrax
jon hopkins - temple | domino
bruno sanfilippo - piano textures III | ad21 music
fabrizio paterlini - week #5 | fp rec
harold budd & brian eno - first light | editions eg
helios - sons of light & darkness | type
nest - kyoto | serein
keith kenniff - grace | village green
jamin winans - the city surf | not on label
helios - halving the compass | type
clint mansell - together we will live forever | nonesuch

http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2013/04/30/saimonse-without-you-im-nothing

photo by Kofeina
cover design by Saimonse

mixcloud

Saimonse - Without You I'm Nothing

Sonnenwende is the spiritual successor to Dämmerung and follows the sun along her passage through the seasons, the seemingly endless journey between darkness and light.

Summer Solstice

1.1 - Drifting Dawn (29:48)
1.2 - Endless (7:10)
1.3 - Into The Small Hours (19:34)
1.4 - Seven Sisters (18:43)

Winter Solstice

2.1 - The Sleeping Forest (22:50)
2.2 - Twilight Tribes (21:54)
2.3 - Pearls Of Ice (28:56)
2.4 - Midwinter Century (4:20)

[gterma030] : Mathias Grassow - Summer Solstice

Get the album here: http://glitterbeat.com/glitterbeat_store/

Troubles is the new album from Dirtmusic – Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts) and Hugo Race (Fatalists/True Spirit/Bad Seeds) – recorded in Bamako, Mali, in September 2012 during the high-tension and tragic recent crisis – hence the name, ‘Troubles’.

Originally a trio with Chris Brokaw (Come/Codeine), Dirtmusic released their eponymous debut in 2007, a gritty collection of acoustic ballads drawn from their American and Australian frontier roots. The band’s explorations of raw, psych-folk-rock then took a radical detour out to the Saharan desert, to Timbuktu, performing at the legendary Festival-au-Desert.

Dirtmusic’s encounter at the Festival-au-Desert with the Tuareg band Tamikrest was the catalyst for the second album, BKO (2010), a classic, one-of-a-kind trip through the interzone between ‘western’ and Tamasheq desert rock. The two bands toured Europe extensively and the album received major shout outs from both the rock/pop and “world” music press:

“ BKO is a collection of dusty, yearning songs growled out over a nicely fused acoustic/electric mix… The atmosphere is infectious” – UNCUT
                                                                                                                                      “A different take on African rock… it’s not Africa subsumed by the west but a genuine, equal meeting” – FROOTS

With the departure of Chris Brokaw, Race and Eckman decided to head further ‘upriver’, composing and recording an album from scratch in full collaboration with a select crew of Malian artists. Dirtmusic arrived in the Malian capital of Bamako with notebooks of lyrics, but without written songs or preconceived strategies. 

Drawing on musicians from the Ben Zabo and Samba Toure bands as a core rhythm section, Race and Eckman produced the sessions on the dance floor of Salif Keita’s Moffou Club, inviting in guest vocalists including not only Ben Zabo and Samba Toure, but also Virginie Dembele (from the Rokia Traore ensemble), rising star Aminata Wassidje Traore and soku-master Zoumana Tereta. 

There are many voices telling stories on Troubles, singing in Songhai, Bambara, Tamasheq and English, stories of war and peace and love and doubt in the shadow of an oncoming storm, and like a musical version of cinema verite, everything is real, in-the-moment and utterly direct.

Inspired by the collision between West African rhythms, digital sorcery and rock’n’roll, Troubles is a singular and border-slicing musical journey. And Troubles is only the first release from the sessions, with a second volume in the pipeline for a release on Glitterbeat in early 2014.

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Dirtmusic - Fitzcarraldo

A glimpse into Holographic Prism – the third chapter of SKY, to be released in January 2021 with a vinyl and CD edition hosted by Past Inside the Present. www.pastinsidethepresent.com

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Source material and sound production by Ludvig Cimbrelius

Reimagined and remixed by Agustín Mena https://soundcloud.com/w_a_r_m_t_h

Artwork by ARIJ MOKA –
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Mastered by The Analog Botanist at the White Pillar Workshop, Winter 2020. www.analogbotany.com

Merope (SVLBRD Ambient Mix)

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The Long Journey Home

New album Riderstorm out April 3rd, 2020 https://muteforest.bandcamp.com/album/riderstorm?fbclid=IwAR0fdpYCopJTGdVbx4KwD3XgIdAIe1EoMaXJOiqwSzV4NBwi5LCmnGW3b8E

Hailing from the Rocky Mountains, Kael Smith meticulously crafts songs centered around lush and verdant guitars, tasteful drums and saxophone with occasional filtered electronics. With releases under Khale, Mombi and now Mute Forest, Smith's quest for ear-percolating textures hit a new high with 2020's Riderstorm, released by Lost Tribe Sound.