Stream: http://tinyurl.com/aspectralturn
Vinyl: https://numagama.bandcamp.com/album/a-spectral-turn
Catalog no: BI32

In an unusual collaboration between a Brazilian artist and a Chinese label, Numa Gama returns with a left-field take on her music-making, A Spectral Turn. Inspired by Derrida’s Hauntology, and the post-capitalist instigations of Anna Tsing, she weaves an eerie and cold subtropical soundscape that explores themes of freedom and imagination amidst the ghosts that inhabit today’s world.

Each track here unfolds like a vignette, as translucent synth lines float independently, accompanied by abstract sounds and glitches. This amalgamation creates a rational yet cozy stream of consciousness, guiding the listener through the haunted corridors of the memories of the past, ideas of the present, and miscarriages of the future. To summon these ideas, Numa Gama draws a parallel between negotiating political change and making kin with her own creative desires.

Rather than providing nostalgic sensations or futuristic insights, A Spectral Turn acknowledges that history ends at every moment, and gives way to new beginnings, swarming with ghosts.
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released January 31, 2024

All tracks were composed, produced, and mixed by [numa] Gama and mastered by Brandenburg Mastering

A Spectral Turn (Snippets)

Follow: @isami_muzik | @mamazu | @dj-ground
Bandcamp:https://ohxalarecords.bandcamp.com/album/churayui
Beatport:https://www.beatport.com/release/churayui/3425993
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/19HRaUJQAlny3v4rq3SBQM?si=VsfqJB0ZQ1-ALiqJvnQP4A&dl_branch=1


Chura means beautiful in the dialects of Okinawa and Amami Island where I spent my adolescence. Yui means 'tied'or 'connected'. 
This EP was created with the image of festival music played in a fictional paradise called Churayui. 
Respected artists Mamazu and Ground provided remixes using Churayui as their atmosphere. 
BURI incorporated Churayui into a wonderful artwork. thanks so much! enjoy!" - ISAMI
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released July 2, 2021 

Artwork by BURI 
Mastered at Ohxala Records Studio 
[OR54]

Churayui

ISAMI - Ah (Ground Remix)

Kapuze

We can barely imagine a better start to the new year.
For our 21st release "Obsidian" many friends pulled together. The EP features one original track and three remixes. The original track "Obsidian" was co-composed by Sun Drine, Dit:eau, Ben Jarli and TrickyJones.

Friendship, kinship and a common passion for many shades of electronic music made these four creative spirits set foot on an adventurous trail: a spontaneous collaboration.

A studio session makes a fruitful birthday gift, and what started with the sole and humble ambition of having a good time skinny-dipping in synths & sounds, soon evolved into a harmonic workflow that none of them could have anticipated.

An outburst of rhythmic elements in a gloomy atmosphere and a rolling bassline carrying a sparkling/flamboyant breakbeat make Obsidian a tune resembling an obscure igneous rock - petrified lava that preserves its natural force, energy and heat for those special occasions.

As a senior stone mason infamous for his fine sonic carvings, Bernstein transforms the original's dark timbres into a driving and bubbly gem, a shining spherolite in a flowstone cave.
With their fierce and powerful interpretation, ki ya tori take the original to the floor, without further adue.
In the spirit of adept reductionism, avsluta's ambient mix rounds this EP off to a coherent yet versatile whole.

Buy & Stream: https://fanlink.to/LOKD021

Artist: @sun_drine, @benjarli, @ditolove, @trickyjones
Remixes: @bernstein_musik, @avsluta, @kiyatori
Release Title: Obsidian
Catalogue: LOKD021
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Obsidian

Obsidian ( Avsluta's Horizontal Mix ) 

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Sun Drine, Ben Jarli, Dit:eau, Tricky Jones - Obsidian (Avsluta's Horizontal Mix)

Two visionary maestros, Pierre Bastien and Michel Banabila, unite in their first collaborative album, Baba Soirée. The veterans of electronic music bring their unique expertise to the table, resulting in a captivating fusion of experimental styles. Bastien’s mechanical loops and experimental instrumental setups merge seamlessly with Banabila's sound design and impeccable skills of sampling collages. It's not a dance party, nor is it an avant-garde intervention. It's a soirée: a cultivated evening of sonic alchemy hosted by these two charismatic gentlemen.

Pierre Bastien is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with a background in French literature. He has spent decades crafting an idiosyncratic world of experimental sound with his self-built mechanical orchestra Mecanium. It was most notably showcased in audiovisual releases on Aphex Twin's Rephlex label. Bastien's creations are a mesmerizing combination of traditional instruments (he has a vast collection) and mechanical automatons. The violin in the track Rotomotor, for example, is physically played by one of his machines. In Baba Soirée, Bastien also plays a prepared cornet (Slow Dance, Banbas Aura), infusing the recordings with a breathy, dreamy dimension.

Michel Banabila, a sound artist, composer and producer, possesses an eclectic musical repertoire that defies genres. His seamless blend of minimal electronica, tribal ambient, and neo-classical influences has earned him a prominent place in the world of experimental music, and an impressive discography (Knekelhuis, Bureau B, Séance Center, a.o.). Banabila serves as the creative sampling editor for Baba Soirée, expertly weaving together the recordings to craft an evocative sonic tapestry.

The two share a curiosity for traditional instruments from various cultures. The instruments used in the recordings are shown in the cover artwork. A mutual admiration for each other's work paved the way for this fruitful artistic partnership of the Rotterdam-based artists: Collaborating on a single as a fundraiser for Yemen in 2022 set the stage for the creation of Baba Soirée.

For Pierre Bastien, Dada, Fluxus and International Situationism have played a significant role in shaping his artistic vision. The title Baba Soirée is an homage to Kurt Schwitters and Theo van Doesburg's "Kleine Dada Soirée" collaboration which took place exactly a century ago. There's an unmistakable stoicism and an anarchic not-giving-a-f*** attitude in these recordings by Bastien & Banabila, which resonates in the light of this Dada reference.

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Pierre Bastien, Michel Banabila: Walk The Talk (Pingipung 083 / LP, digital)

Pierre Bastien, Michel Banabila: At The Party (Pingipung 083 / LP, digital)

Auf den Kopf gestellt, nix normal, nix norm. Einfach extra, extra zackig, extra wild, extra anders. Irgendwo zwischen langsam und schnell, leise und laut, melodisch und monoton. Für alle die es anders wollen, extra wollen.

Auf eine Runde mit @mayo_sound in der richtigen Rille. Dieser Abstecher in seine Plattenkiste lohnt sich allemal. Musikalische Einflüsse von hier bis da, nahtlos verbunden und zusammengeschweißt - für die einen Anfang einer langen Nacht, für die anderen der Eintritt einer Klangreise quasi vom Sofa aus.

Bonjour @mayo_sound und Grazie für die warme Stunde in frostigen Tagen.

EXTRA 03 - MAY/O

Vinyl: https://numagama.bandcamp.com/album/a-spectral-turn
Stream: https://tr.ee/zrjAhww_9e
Catalog no: BI32

In an unusual collaboration between a Brazilian artist and a Chinese label, Numa Gama returns with a left-field take on her music-making, A Spectral Turn. Inspired by Derrida’s Hauntology, and the post-capitalist instigations of Anna Tsing, she weaves an eerie and cold subtropical soundscape that explores themes of freedom and imagination amidst the ghosts that inhabit today’s world.

Each track here unfolds like a vignette, as translucent synth lines float independently, accompanied by abstract sounds and glitches. This amalgamation creates a rational yet cozy stream of consciousness, guiding the listener through the haunted corridors of the memories of the past, ideas of the present, and miscarriages of the future. To summon these ideas, Numa Gama draws a parallel between negotiating political change and making kin with her own creative desires.

Rather than providing nostalgic sensations or futuristic insights, A Spectral Turn acknowledges that history ends at every moment, and gives way to new beginnings, swarming with ghosts.
credits
released January 31, 2024

All tracks were composed, produced, and mixed by [numa] Gama and mastered by Brandenburg Mastering

A5 Balloons (Logic) (Snippet)

O Que É Doce No Fim (Snippet)

Exec (hack) (Snippet)

Matter + Time (Snippet)

2k&Plateau (Intro) (Snippet)

Space Odyssee

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REWIND

Bring You Home is a Vocal  UK Garage track about loyalty and real love - being there when she's lost, answering the call, and bringing her home.

Mr D Featuring Mc Tenda-Bring You Home

Asil

M Lekström - ASIL

transmedia composer and quite often curious 

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