Otto Taimela returns with his second album for London ambient free divers SWIMS, following 2024’s celebrated "Inner Beauty".

"Uncommon & Fragile" departs from Otto's meadowed, ivory-centric introspections, reaching further into binaural sound design, trance pointillism, and groundswells of angular percussion. This is less a club record, more something to soothe post-rave tinnitus on the bus home. 

”I guess you could say that this is the outcome of a great need for escapism. I’m not the biggest fan of the current timeline, so I wanted to make something pretty, splashy, colourful and quirky just for myself. Embracing simplicity in a way of leaning towards maximalism without getting too suffocated. It’s a ’dear diary’-kinda album….”
-Otto

▫️Mastered for vinyl by Giuseppe Ielasi
▫️Housed in printed sleeves designed by Esquive Studio
▫️Shrink wrapped for mint guarantee
▫️Limited to 150 copies

Uncommon & Fragile [SWIM16]

A Star That Shines Just Like Any Other Star

Life With Birds

Life with Birds

Unintentional Healing Loop

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Not Afraid Anymore [SWIM16]

Voice Memo / Knowing When You End [SWIM16]

New Place [SWIM16]

Between The Secret [SWIM16]

Think of Me [SWIM16]

What Happens Next [SWIM16]

Anthem 3 [SWIM16]

Flow State [SWIM16]

Escape Plan [SWIM16]

www.ottotaimela.com 
label releases:
Uncommon & Fragile [SWIM16]
86 Sprinter (various) [MIU105]
Falling Snow [MS-016]
The Vortex Is Sinking: a benefit for Appalachia - SSR033 (various)
dispersion - SSR032
The Lost Hour - EABE DIGITAL XXXXIX
Inner Beauty - SWIM006 
Clouds/Waterland (with Olli Aarni) - SWIM005 
Sunflower seeds - COLD BLOW
A Life - CUD71 CASS
Cold Blow: 5Y and still Blowing (various)
Reflections 06 (various)
Finite Source FSVA01 (various)
Stars & Silence - ULTRA-039 7” (vinyl only)
DREAM - CUD25 CASS 
Bluebird - Vieno003 
Anthozoa Anthology - SSR030 (various)
Finite Source - FS 003 EP DIGITAL
Shared Quarters vol 3. - SSR025 CASS (various)
EABE DIGITAL XV (various)
Discontinuity - EABE DIGITAL XXXIII EP
Kimmeltie - ULTRA-025 LP (vinyl only)
City Lights - SSR009 CASS
AAAAA - ULTRA-024 CASS (cassette only)
Emotional Listenings Pt. 1 - Vieno001  (various)
syvennys - ULTRA-017 CASS