you don't know how much this helped me, thank you so much nic

precise, clear, resonating

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upsammy - Germs in a Population of Buildings
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 132
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/GerminaPopulationofBuildings

On her sophomore album "Germ in a Population of Buildings”, upsammy moves through her surroundings with the curiosity of a place-bending landscape architect. The album is rooted in her interest for ambiguous environments in constant shift, and the feeling of discovering strange patterns in different ecosystems. Often, the Amsterdam-based artist finds herself zooming in and out beyond a place's most recognizable surface features to inhabit the microscopic and gigantic. Gathering field recordings and evocative environmental sounds, she shapes this source material into vibrating electro-acoustic rhythms and unstable, psychedelic textures.

upsammy's debut album, 2020's critically-acclaimed "Zoom", was praised for its careful reimagining of IDM, evolving vignettes that nodded towards the dancefloor without being shackled to its rigid set of rules. On "Germ in a Population of Buildings" her process has evolved considerably; the skeletal trace of IDM is still present but it's been trapped in amber, allowing her unique sonic landscape to develop organically. 'Being is a Stone' is a proof of concept in many ways, layering upsammy's contorted voice in rickety patterns beneath a lattice of fragile rhythms and faintly melancholy synths. It's never immediately obvious where the sounds are coming from - a hiccuping beat might be glass cracking underfoot, and larger pulses could be wet concrete, rusted iron or bent plastic. As the sounds develop they morph into each other, demolishing what came before and building on top of the ornamental wreckage.

On the dynamic 'Constructing', upsammy's sound design fluxes through hyperactive bass music structures, abstracting expectations at every turn. Often her sounds are whisper quiet, rattling and vibrating until heavier masonry drops and disrupts the structure. And when discernible rhythms subside into the background, like on the album's eerie title track, they become almost illusory, morphing between the real world and the electronic. upsammy's processed voice works like a bridge between these realms, snaking between stark, whimsical melodies on 'Patterning', arching from AutoTuned detachment into cooing, dreamy intimacy. By considering the harmonies between each location she's visited, upsammy has been able to build a unique topology that's an uncanny digital amalgam of her lived experience. It's a thoughtful alternative in an era more concerned with flatting the landscape than crumpling it and examining its peaks and troughs.

Mastered by Rashad Becker
Mixed by James Ginzburg
Artwork by Jonathan Castro Alejos and Tharim Cornelisse

Germ in a Population of Buildings

upsammy - Patterning (PAN 132)

upsammy - Green Lung (PAN 132)

upsammy - Constructing (PAN 132)

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@margoproxy @larua00 @gyozuh @chinapoet @tommy7 @astariii

0:00 solo
1:42 +gyo
4:14 +margo proxy
6:02 +chinapoet
7:27 +tommy
8:42 +larua
10:37 +larua
12:07 +astarii
14:06 +margo proxy

2024/05/13: "At its most hypnotic, ambient rap has a medicinal quality similar to ASMR, which tickles your scalp with soft taps and sweet mouth sounds. It’s a balm for the brain, forcing you to adapt to the spare rhythms and appreciate the gleaming beauty in its gentleness. There’s something childlike about this music, both in the way that beats can feel like wonky LEGO contraptions and in their restorative, lullaby-like quality. Many of the scene’s song titles (which guide the listening experience here more than most genres) reflect this innocent wonder and pastoral peacefulness". [The Frenetic Frailty of Ambient Rap by Kieran Press-Reynolds from Nina Protocol]

galene pond

@larua00 @margoproxy @cutspace @hitec00 @naushis @nic200 @lavanguard @iokera @lucra400 @erebasu @okayno

1. larua + hyde
2. margo + hyde
3. solo
4. cutspace + hyde
5. hitec00 + hyde
6. naushis + hyde
7. nic + hyde
8. lavanguard + iokera + lucra400 + hyde
9. cutspace + hyde
10. erebasu + cutspace + hyde
11. lavanguard + iji + hyde

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@larua00 @margoproxy @gyozuh @g0bln @followmyrule @chinapoet @prodnoveks @tommy7 @erebasu @prodhyde @naushis @sgarzz @cigarettesaregay @dntmove @vnknwnv @scarletrot1

0:00 solo
1:19 +naushis
1:49 +g0bln & follow
2:31 +sgarz
3:27 +larua
4:25 +hyde
4:59 +larua
5:36 +scum
6:21 solo
7:10 +scarlet
8:20 +move
9:10 solo
9:47 +larua & chinapoet & noveks
10:24 +erebus
10:59 solo
12:10 +vnknwn
12:49 +margo 
14:05 +gyo
15:15 +tommy
15:59 solo

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Pre-order: https://maloca.bandcamp.com/album/siiix-vol-1

Brussels-based label @malocarecords presents 'SIIIX, Vol.1', a compilation-turned-collaborative EP showcasing a dialogue between HIIIT (fka percussion ensemble Slagwerk Den Haag) and six producers - shimmering between footwork, IDM, UK bass and ambient.

The final result is six wildly different sonic outcomes, from the high-energy workouts of @upsammy’s ‘Embrytone’ to Julian Satorius’s warped rhythms in ‘Klutsel-Klötzli’.

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Premiere: upsammy 'Embrytone'

I’ve made a track and AGENDA⋮ has made a song out of it.

“Paradigms” out in 3 versions.

Ikävä Pii - Paradigms -++
Ikävä Pii - Paradigms --
AGENDA⋮ - Paradigms +-

A fancy press release text here. A big concept. The usual tags, buzzwords, adjectives. Post-facto meaning, retroactive motives. Tropes for easy consumption, categories for easy detection. Some big DJ played it out! It's forward-thinking - yet the usual.
Or, left turns, fuckups, new experiments, old loves.
Lyrics, words, good ideas, desires, tea, fears, memes, questions, wrong answers, bad ideas.
No interesting sound was ever made by playing it safe.
Have fun you coward :)

҉p҉҉a҉҉r҉҉a҉҉d҉҉i҉҉g҉҉m҉҉s҉ ҉l҉҉o҉҉r҉҉e҉҉c҉҉o҉҉r҉҉e҉ ҉d҉҉e҉҉e҉҉p҉҉f҉҉a҉҉k҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉s҉҉t҉҉e҉҉r҉҉e҉҉o҉҉t҉҉y҉҉p҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉c҉҉l҉҉i҉҉c҉҉h҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉c҉҉o҉҉s҉҉p҉҉l҉҉a҉҉y҉҉s҉ ҉d҉҉r҉҉a҉҉w҉ ҉t҉҉h҉҉e҉ ҉l҉҉i҉҉n҉҉e҉ ҉f҉҉u҉҉c҉҉k҉ ҉u҉҉p҉ ҉b҉҉u҉҉t҉ ҉w҉҉i҉҉t҉҉h҉ ҉g҉҉r҉҉a҉҉c҉҉e҉

Ikävä Pii - Paradigms --

00:00 with @anem0s
01:27 with @whatever001
03:08 with @margoproxy
04:56 with @preciousmoment
06:31 with @eenlil & @margoproxy
08:08 with @margoproxy
09:37 solo work

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the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise.

download: https://sferic.bandcamp.com/album/ruins

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