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Кругом16 — Десять тысяч лет (demo 07 2021)

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This album refers to the mythology of crossing water spaces, liminal travel, which is always associated with risk, uncertainty, being in a borderline state between lost yesterday and unimaginable tomorrow.

In the interpretation of the Moscow Noise Manufactory, this is not so much a movement from coast to coast, but a dive, as if the ship was leaving through the surface of the water, turning into a submarine — through the luminous twilight, through currents and densities, to the very bottom. A session of deep introspection retold in the language of drone ambient and noise improvisation, it depicts the experience of revising internal cartography without guarantees of finding the desired points, a census of losses and possible finds.

The recording was based on an improvisational performance of the association at the cultural center Dom on August 28, 2021, as part of an event organized by Mist Crossing Division. For the group, it became an important point of internal synchronization and orientation in the collective unconscious. There is a feeling that in 2022 the heuristic and therapeutic potential of this entry has only grown: it is not possible to find the outlines of new shores without looking inward and revising inner maps.

Participants: Exit Rain, Hermetism, Old Moss, Athialowi, [ bɔː ], Wave Resistance, Egor Efremov, Accasari, t_error 404, Datura Metel, Cotton Rust, Quefear, Acanto, Droning Room, [3 вложения].

Post-processing: Gleb Ardab'ev
Mastering: Nikita Vasilenko
Design: Mileo
Photography: evacaat

Московская Шумовая Мануфактура — Сны Прибрежных Вод

Primitive rhythms and forward-thinking beats from @ewo_collectif's Verveine & Toé, recorded at La Vallée Électrique 2022 - held by @melifera_records.

Find out more about La Vallée Électrique 2023 here: www.facebook.com/events/701348184836980

MNMT Recordings: Verveine & Toé — La Vallée Électrique 2022

The voice from the box said, "What if the ultimate border situation between garbage and art is actually laughter? (...) The literal yoga of excrement (排泄物的瑜伽), a coprolitic essay on how we, as listeners, encounter 'objects of fear,' process them, and transform them into sound. It's 石头 in our ears."

I said, "But 'for our purposes,' it seems to me that 'just a lonely voice' is needed."

Onufr Gaptev said, "For those who take a vow of silence, any word is shit compared to the name of God, and they remain silent, avoiding soiling their mouth with this shit. However, this contemplative silence, if it intensifies, inevitably breaks down. It reveals that the unspeakable name of God is precisely that: shit. And this is just the beginning. Shit was needed for the emergence of man. Thus, God humiliated Himself in His secret name. It is lower than incarnation, lower and more shameful than anything else. There is nothing beyond this to elevate. And so, man rises, stands up — thanks to God."

Someone said, "There's this evil engineer who invents 車 whose purpose is to suffer. Like that fucking synthesizer made from cats that scream in pain when a musician presses the keys, but this 車 is automatic and extremely durable. And civilizations change, they die out, but the 車 keeps suffering. Eventually, the sun goes out, planets cool down, but the 車 keeps flying in space and suffering. And who the hell knows how much longer it will fly and suffer. And who the hell knows if anyone will learn about its torment, and if they do, will they understand that what this 車 produces is agony?"

She said, "The relentless pursuit of infinite sonic experience in 'Can Stones..?' reminds me of Deleuze's words: 'We need to believe in the world we're becoming.'"

Epitemei said, "That's when I felt like I needed to do something. It was a pleasant idea, it made me very happy, but when I stood up, I realized that I did it all in vain because I didn't feel anything anymore. Then, when someone put their hand on my shoulder, I thought it was my mother, and I opened my eyes. It was a doctor, and he said, 'Here's a pill for you' — and gave me a pill. And then I realized that I was still having a convulsion — what I was trying with my hands — I know, not with my hands — what, what? — to touch."

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Mastering: Myrrman

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Noūm - Can Stones Evade Taxes - 03 Bromalite

To complement the Confront The Serpent EP from Reeko for Samurai Music, Juan has put together a podcast that expresses his vision of the 170/85 bpm tempo, weaving his own tracks around favourites from other artists and tantalising us with new loops from him in the tempo. 

Reeko - Confront The Serpent [SMDE33] is out now on Marbled 12" and Digital 
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Reeko - Samurai Music Official Podcast 58

Phase Fatale offers a mix for Awakenings showcasing his way into peak-time techno.

Berlin via NYC DJ and producer Phase Fatale (resident at Berghain Berlin & Khidi Tbilisi) has been turning heads with albums and EPs on Ostgut Ton, Jealous God over the last few years, in 2023 he is celebrating the 5th anniversary of his label BITE with a very special programme of releases, starting with his first solo EP in 5 years out in March and followed by a 3x12”, 18-track compilation with most iconic artists from the industrial/post-punk-tinged techno scene Silent Servant, Ron Morelli, Ancient Methods, Terence Fixmer, Reka, Pablo Bozzi and many more. Phase Fatale and BITE have become a key referent and tastemaker of this scene shining a light on new talent and supported by the established. He has also remixed The Soft Moon to release on the legendary label Sacred Bones. Phase Fatale is having a relentless tour in 2023 with lots of BITE label showcases through Asia, Australia, Europe, US and South America.

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VINYL pre-order: with outtakes cassette (non-album tracks exclusive to this tape) and immediate digital download of the album. Ships before release date.
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Human Voice is out World Wide Sept 23rd on Leaving Records

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At the heart of this mix lies the authentic Ukrainian folk polyphony, painstakingly researched and astonishingly performed by the Drevo ensemble. I put it into the broader European context, complementing it with unconventionally raw Early Music recordings by Graindelavoix and Ensemble Organum, as well as some helpful bridging-the-gap digressions, like traditional Sardinian polyphonic singing by Tenores de Oniferi, eastern orthodox hymns brought to life by the Kyiv Chamber Choir and recent renditions of the Ukrainian baroque partes-songs by the Partes Ensemble. 
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Shape: Heinali 280124

NEN unveils the second record by the mysterious Dreg K project... The listener will easily recognize themselves in this music: its protagonist is an ordinary modern city dweller who wanders within the fortress walls, while a psychotronic Lord bathes him or maybe her in radiation from beyond the Karman line. The release exudes a nearly major key, brimming with greater cohesion and burlesque flair.

A cassette version will also be available later.

Recorded in Belgrade, Digimedia, March 2024.
Mixed and Mastered by Goran Crevar.
Photo Artwork by Meković Emilija.
All Compositions, Versification and Instruments by Vinka Mrtvaluć.

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Dreg K - Puparium

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Champion + Four Tet - Disparate (TEXT039B)

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Aphir closely follows the release of her 2017 album ‘Twin Earth’ with a new, non-album cut, ‘Can’t Comfort’ backed by remixes from Provenance label mates, KAIA and Arrom.

On ‘Can’t Comfort’ Aphir notes: “I feel that a lot of people, young women especially, are taught that sometimes you have to exhaust yourself looking after other people before you're allowed to look after your own needs, and this song is a rejection of that”.

‘Can’t Comfort’ is available via Bandcamp, iTunes & Spotify.

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APHIR 'Can't Comfort' (PR011)

Download 'Relief' - a 16 track mixtape on Bandcamp  - https://kwantus.bandcamp.com/album/relief

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NEN Records is happy to present the first full-length album by Nick Larkin, a musician, DJ and sound producer from Moscow. The ‘surrender/control’ opposition, revealed in the record’s title, is a two-stroke mechanism, which, like exhalation and inhalation, sets in motion the life cycle. Systole and diastole, kick drum beat and pause, flash in the night and thickening darkness - those are the elementary particles that make up the deadly routine and fractal carnival of everyday life. Larkin draws his unique pattern by means of hypnotic A-class techno, using only analog instruments. The album, featuring experimental tracks as well as dance floor grooves, is finely complimented by two remixes – penned by Le Chocolat Noir (Croatia) and Beat Movement (Italy). 

Produced by Nick Larkin in 2015-2018 
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Photos by Evgeniya Belyakova 
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NEN Records представляет первый полноформатный альбом московского музыканта, диджея и саунд-продюсера Ника Ларкина. Оппозиция уступки и контроля, вынесенная в название записи, есть двухтактный механизм, который, подобно выдоху и вдоху, приводит в движение любой жизненный цикл. Систола и диастола, удар бочки и пауза, вспышка в ночи и снова темно – элементарные частицы, из которых складываются смертельная рутина и фрактальный карнавал повседневности. Ларкин рисует свой узор средствами гипнотического техно, записанного сугубо на аналоговых инструментах. Альбом, где нашлось место и экспериментальным трекам, и вполне танцевальным номерам, идеально дополняют два ремикса авторства Le Chocolat Noir (Хорватия) и Beat Movement (Италия). 

Запись и сведение: Ник Ларкин, 2015-2018 
Мастеринг: Myrrman 
Фотографии: Евгения Белякова 
Артворк и дизайн: Мурад Ибатуллин

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