https://soundcloud.com/alleycatss - SASHA
from "compassion & paralysis" (QNR043)
released 27th September 2021
DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/lf1b5haiokbqssx/Alley_Catss_-_compassion_%2526_paralysis_%2528QNR043%2529.zip/file

compassion & paralysis

QNR043 (↓↓↓)

Alley Catss - SASHA

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https://soundcloud.com/plasmeed

Plasmeed is a new musical project born in 2023 on the shores of Lake Geneva. After many years away from production, the post-pandemic environment has given them a new creative lease of life, of which this EP is one of the first to bear witness. 

Like Plasmeed’s music, this EP claims to be a chaotic blend of genres, which are intended to be perceived as different sides of the same object.
It’s a wind-swept picture, with simple Ambiant Music breezes and more straightforward bass gusts. All mingling with the melancholy and darkness of cigarettes, whose ashes were the soil on which this work was built.

Written & Produced by Plasmeed
Visuals by Lawenke

Buy it !

Plasmeed - Eckmühl

step down backward

'when will you be here again?' is the second album from Eora-based artist Grasps, following the 2019 release of their metal/ambient/electronic enmeshment 'Awoken'. On WWYBHA, angels crash to earth, impacts heavy and burns through atmosphere, but not forgetting the fall, the beautiful grace of silk and hair through cool mist and soft clouds. Combining solo works with a carefully curated set of collaborations with Bayang (tha Bushranger), Marcus Whale & Wa?ste (Felix Idle), Grasps pushes extremes of 'genre' throwing all preconceived notions of their music away, in replacement raw emotional sonic outpouring.

This album is about dealing with uncertainty/fear of death, the afterlife, identity & self-worth.

I look to an empty field. It's like a fantasy. I could stop. I could get out and walk over to it. I could smell the grass closer. The hay. The sprigs of corn. I could hear the cicadas louder. I could come closer to it. I think, when will you be here again?

When Will You Be Here Again?

Like Nothing

Kilou "Clinky Breath" [ICO13] 

Bandcamp/streaming https:/song.link/clinkybreath 

"This project consists of songs from the last one or two years and describes the longing for warmth and at the same time feeling comfort in the melancholy of winter. Sunbeams melting away the snow and blades of grass appearing underneath, but you can hardly see anything through the glittering mist of your breath. It is freezing cold,"

Art cover by @arnoselle (instagram)

Clinky Breath

Kilou - Awaiting Spring

The release consists of three movements of music that were written for Sima Kim's art exhibition called Soft Carbon. Centering around the themes of human recognition and alien environments, the exhibition included video games, AI-embedded kinetic sculptures, and sound-generating machines to create a second reality in space. Soft Carbon was shown at Elephantspace gallery (https://elespace.io/) in Seoul in September 2023.

When reflecting on the exhibition's themes, Sima Kim describes: "When we look at the world, we rarely see the intrinsic colors of objects, and even when we paint with perspective, the imperfections of perspective prevent us from capturing the real world. Lens flares, fisheye effects, and other things common in game graphics make the screen feel more real, but that's not how the human eye works. The world we see, the world we interpret, and the world we create are not the same as the real world, and our perception of the world changes depending on the environment we're in. [...]
I have come to think that the life we live is not about seeing the intrinsic color of an object, but about finding a formula to perfectly transfer the space to the plane, and that it is an optical effect like the lens flare in video games."

Synthetic Nature is out today, June 21st, 2024, on Bandcamp, SoundCloud, and all common streaming platforms.

The game is accessible under synthetic-nature.cime.world (link in bio) and is best for use on desktop devices.

Written and produced by @sima-kim
Artwork/Photography by instagram.com/sunday_seoul
Mastering by @riedelchristoff

Sima Kim - Movement II

Tracy Chen -  Something True (draft)

Girl Who Grew Up Poor

*** DOUBLE LP WITH REPRESS + ADD'L TRACKS *** enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/you-look-so-serious-i-ii

"'You Look So Serious' engages with Enya's 'Watermark' Album from 1988. Based on a copy of her album on cassette tape, Florian T M Zeisig reconstructs and remixes her album of 39:42 minutes. 'You Look So Serious' is the result of a painstaking process, cutting 'Watermark' into 426, four second long cassette tape loops. Loops were chosen, arranged and mixed together to re-compose the material in order to translate and reinterpret Enya's hyper-produced and widespread success."

Originally released on cassette by Cassauna in 2018.

releases December 4, 2020

remastered :: Glyn Maier
insert image :: Florian T M Zeisig

You Look So Serious

Florian T M Zeisig - I (ENMB06)

Originally composed for livestreaming events during the ongoing lockdown of 2020, Felisha Ledesma presents two extended pieces as a debut album, “Sweet Hour”. Ledesma’s first full length release arrives after much experience in creating collaborative works with artists such as Isabella and Angelo Harmsworth, site-specific installations, and high-profile festival performances.

Both pieces were realized using a new software synthesizer, called “AMQR”, which Ledesma built for personal use in collaboration with Ess Mattisson. Contrary to many digitally-based compositions, a distinctly warm and organic palette pervades these recordings. An almost playful leisurely pace is employed, engaging the listener to listen deeper; the pieces gracefully evolve with special attention to subtle shifts in stereo field and sonic coloration.

The time-of-day titles illustrate the two distinct moods conveyed: "7:00 AM" integrates field recordings and a hardware modular synthesizer, taking the listener through a psycho-acoustic journey exploring various nooks and crannies of subdued auditory rivulets: perhaps a hidden woodland brook, a sunny glen, a crunchy gravel walkway. "2:00 AM" harkens to the memories of nightclubs, opening with a synthesized arpeggio which could lead into a dancefloor-ready stomper. But instead, Ledesma steps back, allowing the arpeggio to develop into an encompassing ASMR-like timbral massage. The two compositions are united in a slightly melancholic grasping for connection; are they unfolding or are they unraveling? Ledesma does not answer the question outright, but instead finds joy in superposition and sublimation - while creating a space for the listener to inhabit, to live in, and to re-connect.

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Felisha Ledesma is a multi-disciplinary artist currently based in Berlin, GER. In Portland, OR, Ledesma co-founded and directed numerous organizations focused on experimental sound and community engagement such as S1 (an artist-run space) and the Synth Library (a lending library for electronic music equipment). Most recently Felisha co-founded Fors (fors.fm), creating "novel instruments that are elegant to use and adventurous in sound" in collaboration with Ess Mattisson and is studying sonic arts at Universität der Künste, Berlin. 

releases January 29, 2021

mastering :: Ess Mattisson

cover artwork :: Felisha Ledesma

design ++ layout :: Robin JM Vanderheyden

all proceeds to Equitable Giving Circle :: www.equitablegivingcircle.org

Sweet Hour

Felisha Ledesma - 7:00 AM [Excerpt] (ENXPL04)

Neither one genre nor another, New Weird Australia champions the artists who find refuge in the spaces between.  

Established in 2009, projects have included a long-running compilation series, podcasts and radio shows (FBi Radio, Resonance FM), live events and tours, and artist projects such as the Wood & Wire netlabel and New Editions limited-run series.

Get in touch about your music via info at newweirdaustralia.com.au.

Tracy Chen - Something True (draft)

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