QILIN House Volume 8

from 'Skeylja' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den184
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/thealvaretensemble]

--- "Skeylja" An invented word combining the Frisian word for Terschelling, "Skylge", and the Icelandic word for island, "Eyjan" ---

Skeylja is an international multimedia project, based around the ideas of improvisational music and the coming together of musicians from different countries and musical backgrounds to create a spontaneous sonic landscape. The project started when The Alvaret Ensemble (Greg Haines, Jan & Romke Kleefstra, and Sytze Pruiksma), who you may know from their eponymous debut on Denovali in 2012, travelled to Iceland to try to find a shared music language with the Icelandic musicians Ingi Garðar Erlendsson, Kira Kira, Borgar Magnason and Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson . They were joined by the 33 1/3 Collective, a group of visual artists from the Netherlands, who began to collect footage that would later be used as source material for the visual side of the performance.

Some months later, after a successful week of traveling to beautiful locations and playing music together, the group met again, this time during the Oerol festival on the island of Terschelling in the Netherlands, for a series of nine sold-out shows in an old church, all of which were being recorded. Each artist "curated" a rough plan for one evening, which could be anything from hand-drawn images to be interpreted musically to more precise plans of structures and combinations of musicians to be explored. Never were the notes, or the content of the music itself, discussed - this was instead left up to chance and developed through listening intently to each-other, trying to create an atmosphere where each player was vital, but where everyone always worked towards the whole.

After ten intense days on the island, all that was left were the memories of the audience and, luckily, a hard-drive with over ten hours of recorded music. After everyone had had a chance to listen back to rough mixes of each night and make comments, the material was taken to Greg Haines' Electricity Works studio in Berlin, where the long process of selecting, editing and mixing began. Finally, almost two years after that first initial meeting in Reykjavik, the album is complete and ready to be released into the world. We hope you enjoy it.

Participating musicians (in alphabetical order):

Ingi Garðar Erlendsson (Tuba, Trombone, Thranophone)
Greg Haines (Piano)
Kira Kira (Voice, Electronics)
Jan Kleefstra (Voice, Poems)
Romke Kleefstra (Guitar)
Borgar Magnason (Contrabass)
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson (Trumpet, Electronics)
Sytze Pruiksma (Percussion)





Skeylja

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The Alvaret Ensemble, Kira Kira, E. O. Ólafsson, I. G. Erlendsson, B. Magnason - Borgarvatn

Blessed Are The Crushed In Spirit

Max Cooper live at Radialsystem on 6 March, 2015.

Space for experiments and special encounters: We are happy and excited about a night to remember at the sold-out hall of Radialsystem and the German premiere of Max Cooper's stunning audio-visual performance "Emergence".

Many thanks to Max Cooper, to a fantastic audience and our great staff for beautiful lighting and amazing sound.

Special thanks to Carlo Grippa for mastering this tune.
Recorded at Radialsystem, Berlin.
Published with permission of the artists.
Photo: Markus Werner.

If you like what you hear, support the artist!
www.maxcooper.net

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Max Cooper @ UM:LAUT - Origins (Live)

Collapsing Horizons

Tangent - Distorted Perspective

out on September 9th at Dronarivm

order here: dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/the-voy…ch-manuscript

After last year's sophomore release, The Faex Has Decimated, on Tympanik Audio, the Legiac project is back, but this time on the Russian based Dronarivm label, where the new album feels more at home. This time, the electronic duo of Roel Funcken and Cor Bolten take on a more meditative approach to their mildly glitch-infused, modular explored sounds, weaving in ambient textures, field recordings, and vast soundscapes. Titled after an early 15th century hand-written and illustrated codex, named after Wilfrid Voynich, the mysteries within this cryptic album can only be unlocked upon subsequent rotations, offering it up as a soundtrack to an enigmatic place, existing somewhere within imagination of these two prolific artists. The Voynich Manuscript slowly transforms its listener from a seemingly ordinary habitat, to a day-dream haze, to kaleidoscopic illusion - a sonic environment you thirst to visit once again...

all tracks written and produced by Roel Funcken & Cor Bolten
mastered by Jason Corder

Legiac - Ambikythera Mechanism (from The Voynich Manuscript CD)

Ocoeur - Progression (Field Rotation Rework)

OKADA - Don't Come Any Closer

Watch the film here: https://vimeo.com/198811503

Epoch is an experimental film intended to take you on a voyage through our solar system and beyond. It is a personal project orchestrated to share our enjoyment and admiration for science fiction films and literature.

To optimize your viewing experience, Epoch is best experienced with a full screen, no artificial light intrusion, ample sound speakers, and an open mind free of predictions or expectations in order to allow the film to guide you on its expedition and take you to another place entirely. Enjoy the journey. See you on the other side.

For more information and an in-depth breakdown please visit - ashthorp.com

Design/Production/Direction - Ash Thorp
Design/Production/Direction - Chris Bjerre
Score - Ben Lukas Boysen
Score - Yair Elazar Glotman

Epoch

Ben Lukas Boysen & Yair Elazar Glotman - Epoch

Andrea Belfi live at Radialsystem on 16 April, 2016.

Enoy this great souvenir of Andrea Belfi's visit to the UM:LAUT stage. Back in April 2016 he opened two sold-out evenings with a solo show before supporting Nils Frahm and his Nonkeen band for their release tour kick-off at Radialsystem V. 

Special thanks to Andrea for the great performances, and for mixing and mastering this tune. And cheers to Carlo Grippa for the amazing sound and the recordings.
 
Recorded at Radialsystem, Berlin.
Published with permission of the artist.
Photo: Markus Werner

If you like what you hear, support the artist!
www.andreabelfi.com

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Andrea Belfi @ UM:LAUT - Live Snippet

Bugge Wesseltoft & Christian Prommer live at Radialsystem on 08 August, 2017.

Two extraordinary live musicians with a shared passion for experimentation and club music: Back on 08 August 2017, we had the honour to welcome Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft, a pioneer of electronic jazz, and the renowned drummer and producer Christian Prommer for an exclusive live session on the stage of UM:LAUT. We are happy to share one track of this amazing concert at the mighty hall of Radialsystem.

Special thanks to Bugge and Christian for the great performance, shout-outs to Sven Fobbe for making it happen, and cheers to Jan Gieseke for the amazing sound and the recordings.

"Lac"
Written by Bugge Wesseltoft
Performed by Bugge Wesseltoft and Christian Prommer
Recorded at Radialsystem, Berlin
Published with permission of the artist.
Photo: Markus Werner

If you like what you hear, support the artists!
www.ohsotrue.de/wesseltoft-prommer

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Bugge Wesseltoft & Christian Prommer @ UM:LAUT - Lac (Live)

múm is back in Berlin in February: After their celebrated performances in the last two years, the Icelanders return to the stage of UM:LAUT right in time for Berlinale. Get your tickets now: http://umlautlive.de/menschenamsonntag/

múm (Gunnar Örn Tynes, Örvar Smárason & Samuli Kosminen) live at Radialsystem on 12 February, 2017.

Together with the percussionist Samuli Kosminen, the founding members of múm, Gunnar Örn Tynes and Örvar Smárason, returned to the UM:LAUT stage to once again perform a splendid live score to “Menschen am Sonntag”, a masterpiece of silent film.

Special thanks to the artists for a great performance, to Carlo Grippa for the amazing sound and for mastering this tune.
Recorded at Radialsystem, Berlin.
Published with permission of the artist.
Photo: Jacob Hansen

Live @ UM:LAUT (12.02.2017)

múm plays Menschen am Sonntag @ UM:LAUT - Live Snippet 3

From Departures, Vol. 1.5 EP on Polar Seas

Trails

Axel Rigaud - New Land

Narrow Skies ~ Seasons:Remixed

An EP of six stunningly constructed remixes of songs from Narrow Skies’ debut album Seasons. The release features remixes from artists based in five different countries (Argentina, Portugal, Syria, UK, USA), who each bring their diverse influences to the ‘Nordic-inspired ambient pop’ of Narrow Skies. Seasons: Remixed is a sonic journey through this juxtaposition of styles and cultures ~ a beautifully creative and unique collection of tracks that continues the cyclical, nature-based feel of the original album.

Available at https://echoes.blue/seasons-remixed

~ Seasons:Remixed ~

Narrow Skies - You Won't Find Me (Powlos Remix)

Purl & Sinius is the new ambient collaboration project between UK artist Daljit Singh Kundi and Ludvig Cimbrelius, based in Sweden.

Purl & Sinius Links:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/purl_sinius
Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/purl-sinius
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/purl.sinius

Purl & Sinius - Endless Wonder

Nils Frahm - More & Less (Skyphos Remix)

n5MD is a record label based in Oakland CA that releases emotive styles of contemporary music.

OKADA - Don't Come Any Closer

n5MD

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