as a thank you to all for the support in 2023 <3 

three 'pay whatever' tracks from a new maps and diagrams album [Islands] - 2024

https://handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/islands

thanks for listening xx

Eigg

9. INTEGRATED - DISCRETE

The three lines, which at first appear to be a bundle, gradually fall apart as they move further and further apart. One by one, they become apparent, and only then does the truth emerge.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Photo by Hidekazu Imashige

Transition 9

Temper (For Clarinets & Shaker)

Kenneth

Felt by Pete Kvidera, taken from the new album "Wind Shapes"

Pre orders start Friday 5.4.2024, release date 12.4.2024

Format: Digital / CD

Pete Kvidera -  Felt

now available ...

https://handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/generational-drift-the-celestial-sphere

Handstitched* is happy to announce a new split-artist EP (hs53) is by two consistent artists and friends of Handstitched* - Darren Harper & Ümlaut, both well-known and respected within musical spheres and both have released music on an amazing array of well-respected labels over the years.

Darren Harper - "Generational Drift - A seasonal reflection in four movements" wanders through a tactile and circular movement of explorations and minimalistic patterns of generative structures, each arrangement allows itself to occupy its own space within the theme, and variations evolve with harmonious and unrestricted woven textures, subtly offering an openness and tranquillity. "Generational Drift" is a long-form piece that is a sonic tapestry of evolving beauty and internal perceptions.

Ümlaut - "The Celestial Sphere" in contrast to Darren Harpers' work is fractured, short-formed pieces adjoining each other with a disjointed tension, sometimes off-kilter but always focused with a thought-provoking structure. Ümlaut navigates his way through contrasting and conflicting elements and carries the listener through a maze of articulations and random jazz-infused electronic segments, choosing to avoiding traditional form and creating something uniquely dynamic and engaging, all wrapped-up inside a sonic cosmos.

Issued on dual-format, limited edition tape and mini double CD featuring individually hand-bound and hand-cut collage CD wallets made from vintage materials and papers, a special print edition of five x ten designs for the [tape] O-cards to house the c45 cassettes. Each CD copy is hand-numbered and packed inside glassine bags, tape copies are packed inside a clear eco bag.

Darren Harper / Ümlaut - Generational Drift / The Celestial Sphere S4mpl3r [HS53]

Format: CD
Pre-order: 16th May 2024
Release date: 23rd May 2024

While their image remains trapped in glamourous clichés, European cities (Lisbon, Paris, London etc.) undergo post-pandemic capitalist dystopia. Their inhabitants are hindered by the wear and tear of life - unemployment, debt, poverty - while millions are pumped into tourism and foreign investment. This collaborative release by Ryefield Society and James A. McDermid takes its roots in these bittersweet places where beauty is hindered by misery, pollution and/or human contempt."

S’accommoder is a quest for peace and solace in those industrial landscapes. Ryefield Society evokes urban melancholy with acoustic instruments, repetitive melodies and field recordings. Wistful and anxious from its opening track ("A dead world of sunshine and rain" - a title borrowed from the great American writer Richard Wright), this intimate journey finds relief in love and art as narrated in the meditative and organic "A focus on colours".

Perdido - Portuguese for "lost" - considers a tourist's experience of European life: eating pastries alongside the Seine in Paris, or perhaps hearing the echoing voice of the Fado singer along the cobbled side streets of Lisbon - all of it dreamy, beautiful and delightful; yet it's something slowly becoming more and more manufactured as a way to encourage more tourism and more money into the areas slowly being gentrified beyond recognition. 

Copyright © 2024 ROHS! RECORDS, All Rights Reserved

previews. Ryefield Society / James A. McDermid - S'accommoder / Perdido | ROHS!

a piece made for the dronarivm compilation "illuminations"
https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/

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Ultramarine

Braille & Arco5 - Desastre

Composed in 2005, in collaboration by @senglar /Braille and @Arco5
Remastered October 4, 2020

Download the track here: https://arco5.bandcamp.com/track/desastre
Spotify; https://open.spotify.com/album/4jD6whMcDrODQskQBGomQy

Arco5 & Braille - Desastre - 2005

offthesky (a morpheme of 'off the sky') - is an experimental ambient electronic musician / video artist from denver.  this soundcloud page serves as the dwelling spot for offthesky's comp pieces, b-sides, sketches, album previews or otherwise unreleased sonic studies.  you can peruse(and even buy) offthesky's full discography(including past side projects) here: noise.offthesky.com

jason corder is also involved in the following side projects: color cassette, muridae, social system, aeris ash, shelters end, and pillow garden.

cover photo credit: sarah miller

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