from 'Cause and Effect' [CD|2xLP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den185
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/saffronkeira]

Our universe may have been born in the Big Bang. If this was the case, the Big Bang was the beginning of space and time. Nothing existed before, not even the very concept of "before". With the birth of space and time, another important notion entered the arena: the concept of cause and effect. The Big Bang had no cause, but everything which happened after did, thus being a cause and effect at the same time. This is at the heart of SAFFRONKEIRA's third album and his first collaboration record 'CAUSE AND EFFECT'.

Saffronkeira is the project of the Sardinian sound researcher EUGENIO CARIA. His first meeting with the Sardinian trumpet player MARIO MASSA was at a distance. Caria saw Massa playing on a regional TV program and was immediately caught by the immersed playing style of this musician which was unknown to him at that time. Eager to meet him, he asked several other Sardinian musicians and was lucky. He got Massa's name and phone number, immediately called him and proposed a meeting. Massa had always dreamt of a collaboration with an electronic music artist, while Caria had always been eager to work with a trumpet player, being fascinated by this instrument since his childhood. Thus, the meeting was a big success, indeed it was love at first sight. 

Since then Caria and Massa met every weekend at Caria's studio and ideas bounced back and forth between the two musicians. Massa improvised over Caria's compositions, Caria added layers to Massa's play, there was not the slightest disagreement about the sound and dynamics of their tracks. Just as we can only marvel at the complexity of Nature which emerged only from this simple principle of cause and effect, we can only be astonished at the result of this collaboration.

The instruments of the two musicians wander unerringly through the musical landscape, from warm ambient sounds to rather abstract pieces, from thrilling hymns to threatening sound storms, but they never loose contact. Indeed, Massa trumpet play and Caria's electronics intertwine so well that at times it is difficult to distinguish them. Exploring the entire spectrum of their instruments and displaying their full virtuosity, Caria and Massa have created a unique masterpiece.

Cause and Effect

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from 'Skeylja' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den184
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/thealvaretensemble]

--- "Skeylja" An invented word combining the Frisian word for Terschelling, "Skylge", and the Icelandic word for island, "Eyjan" ---

Skeylja is an international multimedia project, based around the ideas of improvisational music and the coming together of musicians from different countries and musical backgrounds to create a spontaneous sonic landscape. The project started when The Alvaret Ensemble (Greg Haines, Jan & Romke Kleefstra, and Sytze Pruiksma), who you may know from their eponymous debut on Denovali in 2012, travelled to Iceland to try to find a shared music language with the Icelandic musicians Ingi Garðar Erlendsson, Kira Kira, Borgar Magnason and Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson . They were joined by the 33 1/3 Collective, a group of visual artists from the Netherlands, who began to collect footage that would later be used as source material for the visual side of the performance.

Some months later, after a successful week of traveling to beautiful locations and playing music together, the group met again, this time during the Oerol festival on the island of Terschelling in the Netherlands, for a series of nine sold-out shows in an old church, all of which were being recorded. Each artist "curated" a rough plan for one evening, which could be anything from hand-drawn images to be interpreted musically to more precise plans of structures and combinations of musicians to be explored. Never were the notes, or the content of the music itself, discussed - this was instead left up to chance and developed through listening intently to each-other, trying to create an atmosphere where each player was vital, but where everyone always worked towards the whole.

After ten intense days on the island, all that was left were the memories of the audience and, luckily, a hard-drive with over ten hours of recorded music. After everyone had had a chance to listen back to rough mixes of each night and make comments, the material was taken to Greg Haines' Electricity Works studio in Berlin, where the long process of selecting, editing and mixing began. Finally, almost two years after that first initial meeting in Reykjavik, the album is complete and ready to be released into the world. We hope you enjoy it.

Participating musicians (in alphabetical order):

Ingi Garðar Erlendsson (Tuba, Trombone, Thranophone)
Greg Haines (Piano)
Kira Kira (Voice, Electronics)
Jan Kleefstra (Voice, Poems)
Romke Kleefstra (Guitar)
Borgar Magnason (Contrabass)
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson (Trumpet, Electronics)
Sytze Pruiksma (Percussion)





Skeylja

The Alvaret Ensemble, Kira Kira, E. O. Ólafsson, I. G. Erlendsson, B. Magnason - Hoarn

Taken from the album 'd/evolution' released as LP / Download

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Denzel + Huhn - Asid Trei 
taken from the album "brom" (oktaf#11)
To be released on oktaf records on sept. 25th 2015.
Distributed via Kompakt.

Download this for free at:
http://www.oktaf.com/denzel+huhn-asid_trei/download.php

The berlin based electronica duo „Denzel + Huhn“ releases their first album after eight years of silence. The brand new 14-tracker titled „brom“ will be released on Oktaf Records on September 25th distributed via Kompakt. In best D+H style it consists of finest handmade experimental electronica with a good touch of pop-appeal. Who already liked their classic releases on City Centre Office, will love this one even more. The album features guest appearances by a couple of Bertram Denzel and Erik Huhn´s good friends as Ronald Lippok (Tarwater), Florian Juncker (Brandt Brauer Frick), Naf tali and plenty others. A release concert accompanied by guest musicians Ronald Lippok, Manuel Miethe, Bettina Bruns and a DJ-Set of Oktaf labelhead Marsen Jules will take place on september 20th at Berghain Kantine in Berlin.

A videotrailer can be seen here:
https://youtu.be/H6tAiWEaSZ0

Album pre-order is available at:
www.oktaf.com

Release concert link:
http://berghain.de/events/2015-09


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Denzel + Huhn - Asid Trei (taken from "brom" oktaf#11)

Order this album at:
 https://oktaf.bandcamp.com/album/still-air

“Still Air” is the 3rd solo album by japanese electronic musician and soundtrack composer Teruyuki Nobuchika. Who already released on the well known japanese label „Plop“. The eight track album on german label “Oktaf Records”. features electronic abstractions and classic sensitivity influences in a minimal ambient music context. 



Teruyuki Nobuchika - Still Air [oktaf13/Kompakt] (Album Medley)

"Netzwerk der Aussenseiter – Klangpolitik der ECAS" – Radio feature on the ECAS – International Cities of Advanced Sound Network by Sebastian Meissner for WDR 3 open: FreiRaum, aired 11/02/2012. In German.

Netzwerk der Aussenseiter – Klangpolitik der ECAS– Radio Feature by Sebastian Meissner for WDR

Boiler Room Berlin homie and Berghain resident Michail aka Opium Hum has been in his lab creating this dark and psychedelic mix exclusively to promote the third edition of his N≠E event on Friday, starring Chris + Cosey and DJ Hell

https://www.facebook.com/events/402943723093514/

tracklist: 

01. Hamlet Gonashvili - Satrpialo
02. Mika Vainio - A Ravenos Edge
03. Helm - Arcane Matters
04. Suum Cuique - Cyclic Redundancy 
05. Powell - 09
06. Antti Rannisto - Ääniesineitä 3 (live)
07. Sleeparchive - Acd Slow
08. Yves de Mey - Whispering Strokes
09. Toulouse Low Trax - Sa Eline
10. Signal - Wismut
11. VVV - Red Lights Down
12. Demdike Stare - We Have Already Died
13. Rrose - Worn Scarred
14. Gjöll - Way Through Zero
15. Powell - Search
16. Pfirter - Materia
17. Gas - Untiltled #3
18. IRM - Strictly Platonic
19. Perc - Benwell (Sawf Remix)
20. Octo Octa - Wormhole Move
21. Pan Sonic - Murto Neste
22. Grischa Lichtenberger - 08 0811_11_Re_0411_08_Mas_Rm3
23. Carter Tutti Void - V3
24. Bastian Wegner - She Never Speaks

Opium Hum - N≠E III mix

Taken from: Jens-Uwe Beyer - Red Book (Magazine 8)
https://magazinecologne.bandcamp.com/album/red-book

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