Fadeaway

US band Arms & Sleepers took the track "Where G. Mallory sleeps" (Ceremonies CD 2013) and turned it into a fantastic ambient electronica version.
Please pay 'em a visit and enjoy their other work https://soundcloud.com/arms-and-sleepers

Where G. Mallory Sleeps (Arms & Sleepers remix)

from Sara Lov's upcoming album of orignial material "Some Kind of Champion" featuring Collaborations with Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka, Zac Rae, Scott Leahy and Jonathan Price.  Produced by Zac Rae and recorded in Los Angeles. Released October 30, 2015

One In The Morning

Pre-order the album 'Aforger' out October 14th on LP/CD/DL here: http://phonofile.link/aforger

In a digital age where memories are mimicked by pixels and identity is as malleable as static, Douglas Dare’s new album Aforger questions the boundaries between reality and fiction. 

Inspired by recent events and revelations encountered in his life these songs depict Dare at his most vulnerable, whilst simultaneously reflecting our own obsession with reality and technology back at us.  

Aforger was mixed at the iconic Abbey Road Studios and produced by long-time collaborator Fabian Prynn. In the following conversation Douglas strips back the personal journeys and realisations which preceded its recording.

In a conversation with Douglas Dare on July 11th 2016:

The album title plays with the idea of a forger – someone creating imitations or copies, and reimagines them as the creator of something that’s no longer real. Prior to writing the record, I came out to my father and came out of a long relationship, both were hugely challenging for me and questioned my idea of identity and reality. These thoughts leaked out into the record and formed the core of Aforger. I was determined not to write a break-up album or repeat what I’d done before..

I grew up on quite an isolated farm in Dorset, surrounded by fields and not much besides. My mother taught piano from home and we didn’t have a computer, or the internet or mobile phones. In fact, my family still chooses not to use these things. It’s worlds apart from my life now in London where technology seems to dominate everything I do.

After finding out my boyfriend had been leading this double-life, I became obsessed with the question of what is real and George Orwell’s 1984 felt appropriate for me to re-read. Orwell explains this idea of reality control and Doublethink, and it struck a chord with me. The idea that truth can be steered or changed, and we might be able to believe two contradictory things at once. In my case, ignorance was my protection from the truth and ignorance really is bliss, until you’re no longer ignorant.

Binary talks about the idea that technology is allowing us to live on after we’re gone. A relative of mine whose parent passed away kept a picture of them on their phone as a background image. A friend saw this and asked ‘how can you have that there to constantly remind you of your loss?’ They replied, ‘no I have to, it shows me that they’re still here’. This resonated with me and I thought ‘okay, this is just an image to me but to them it’s more than a reminder or a reassurance, it’s a reality’. At the same time, I was finding myself haunted by the digital reminder of my ex-partner and wishing they would disappear. I had to realise that it’s all just pixels on a screen. 

I think New York can be thought of as this fabricated, magical place. I was there with my boyfriend after touring the U.S., but when I came back to London I discovered all these lies and began questioning everything. I even questioned whether New York actually happened or not. New York is a song that’s literally describing that very real feeling of not knowing who or what to believe any more – scary and magical at the same time. 

Lyrically I wanted to be as honest as possible. The album deals with so much dishonesty, so I felt the lyrics had to be the counterbalance. I was inspired by Björk’s album Vulnicura and how everything is almost awkward in its honesty. Like my first album, Aforger started as poetry, but I consciously tried to be less poetic. For instance, Oh Father is an example of complete unambiguity. It’s certainly the most personal song I’ve put out there, and the realisation that people may hear it makes me feel very vulnerable. That’s the most real feeling of all for me right now. 

Aforger

Oh Father

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Douglas Dare - Oh Father

Released 6th December 2018; 
Available from https://evivine.bandcamp.com/track/sabbath-single-edit
Spotify, ITunes etc...

Features guest appearances by Simon Gallup on bass & Peter Yates on Guitar.
Written by Evi Vine, Steven Hill, Matt Tye, David Gb Smith
Produced & Mixed by Dave Izumi @ Echozoo Studios, Eastbourne
Engineered by Phill Brown
Additional Production and Engineering by Christoph Skirl
Mastered by Aneek Thapar


Taken from the new album "Black//Light//White//Dark" released through Solemn Wave Records February 22nd 2019.

LYRICS

LOOSEN YOURSELF
I DON’T MIND
A LITTLE LIE
GOES DEEPER STILL 
WE BUILD A WALL 
CLOSE IN THE PAIN 
I SHED MY SKIN 
IT GOES DEEPER

HOLD IT INSIDE
THAT LITTLE LIE
IT IS ENOUGH 
BEFORE I COME UNDONE 
WHEAT IVE BECOME 
SO INNOCENT 
I’M ALL MESSED UP 
AND IT GOES DEEPER

COME FIND A WAY FRAGILE BUILD A WALL AROUND IT
WE FIND A PERFECT PLACE & I’M WATCHING SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE

ARE YOU LOSE ENOUGH
WE BUILD IT UP
WALK IN THE FIRE
CLOSE ENOUGH
IT GOES DEEPER
WALK IN THE FIRE

HOLD IT INSIDE FOR A LITTLE WHILE
BEAUTIFUL LIE…

Black//Light//White//Dark

Sabbath

Sabbath (single edit)- Featuring Simon Gallup

For his remix comp... submitted under my real name because It's not really prof purply.
DL here http://soundcloud.com/jeremymalvin/steve-reich-2x5-jeremy-malvin-remix

Steve Reich- 2x5 (Jeremy Malvin Remix)

Beyond My Upset

Available on all digital platforms Friday 15th May - smarturl.it/lyef65
Inspired in equal parts by John Luther Adams, Spiritualized, Etta James and Gavin Bryars, 'Colourfield - Prelude', signals Dan Michaelson's first release as an instrumental artist. Though better known for his solo albums of dark, Americana tinged reflection, Dan is no stranger to instrumental music, having spent the past few years creating scores for film (Blowin' Up, 2018) and television (Detectorists Series 1, 2 & 3, 2016-2018), whilst gradually building confidence with orchestra.
“Whilst working on the orchestral palette of those albums, I fell in love with the likes of John Adams, Steve Reich, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Caroline Shaw". 'Colourfield - Prelude' sees Dan work closely with violist and conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra Robert Ames and violinist Galya Bisengalieva.

Dan Michaelson - Colourfield - Prelude

Daughter kindly put the stems for their song 'Love' up on their website (www.ohdaughter.com) and as fans of their new record we thought we'd have a go at remixing the track. Feel free to download and share!

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Daughter - Love (Nedry Remix)

The Iron Sky Timer part 1 (demo)

Stream/Download: https://echoesandsignals.fanlink.to/transition

Echoes and Signals are:

Fedor Kivokurtsev - Guitar, Vocals, Production
Alexey Zaytsev - Bass, Keyboards

Drums recorded and co-composed by Leo Margarit (Pain of Salvation)

Recorded at Tula (Russia), Moscow(Russia) and Eskilstuna(Sweden).
Mixed by Alexander Perfilyev
Mastered by Alexander Perfilyev
Video animation by Fedor Kivokurtsev

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Echoes and Signals is progressive rock band from Tula, Russia. Originally Echoes and Signals started as an instrumental project drawing inspiration from progressive rock and post/math rock genres. After releasing 2 conceptual EPs ("Comma" and "Ouroboros") their first long play album called "V" (reference to 5 acceptance stages) has been released in 2014. The album featured the first appearance of vocals and signified the migration from pure instrumental territories.  Later the band released a couple of singles with guest vocalists. 

The second LP "Monodrama"  was released  in 2017. Album title and concept were referring to psychotherapy method. Musically "Monodrama" was featuring instrumental progressive rock combined with guest vocals by Mariana Semkina in the song Lead Astray. 

During live tours and performances EaS shared a stage with Pain of Salvation, Long Distance Calling and Solstafir.

At the end of 2020 the third long play album "Mercurial" was announced. It will be the first album that will feature vocals in its every song and also Leo Margarit from Pain of Salvation as a guest drummer.

The Iron Sky Timer part 1 (demo)

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