FURTHERSET - THE INFINITE HOUR
Cat #: OUS043
Release date: October 13, 2023
Distributed by Kudos: https://kudosdistribution.co.uk
Label Bandcamp: https://ousooo.bandcamp.com

«I feel a deep sense of loss listening to this music, but at the same time the possibility of going beyond it through sound. It doesn’t want to illustrate anything, but I would like it to be transformative, even of a feeling that sounds like death. It is an elegy.» — @furtherset

'The Infinite Hour' is a shattered elegy synthesized in electronics. Furtherset’s music does not explain, settle or justify, it rather simply manifests the grip of anguish. As a whole, the album’s six compositions resemble the labored breathing of one who mourns a disappearance and fears oblivion. A feeling like having one’s chest weightened by a stone, while still being attentive to one’s breath, and aware of what remains. From this dimension The Infinite Hour arises and transfigures loss into a space that is always extending: the hour is infinite, the melody is circular, and even stasis has its own measure that is exceeded into eternity.

The album was created between 2020 and 2022, in a slow process of writing and continuous refinement parallel to the previous EP, 'Auras'. The compositions found their final form during the mixing process carried out together with Bienoise. They were later named based on references to authors who influenced and are dear to Furtherset: Amelia Rosselli, Vladimir Chlebnikov, Hubert Damisch, Dante Alighieri. Each track, composed with its live rendition in mind, manifests itself to the listener as a possible variant of a path that is never definitive. Their live performance, an increasingly distinctive moment within Furtherset’s work, is a gesture of concentration and extension, where every composition is developed through meticulous variations of each singularity.

'The Infinite Hour' is one possible manifestation of an ever-changing musical landscape, a universe with unmistakable sounds but always on the verge of disintegrating, collapsing, and opening up spaces, times, infinities.

BIO
Furtherset is the musical project of artist and musician Tommaso Pandolfi (1995). His compositions’ distinctive traits are stratifications and recursive shifting modulations, synthetic clusters and sampling, alongside rhythmic and embracing harmonies. The project is envisaged as formal research that follows a path towards saturation and layering, but is always capable of generating voids in which the listener can take their place and fill them according to their own focus.

CREDITS
Written and produced by Tommaso Pandolfi
Mixed by Alberto Ricca (Bienoise)
Illustrations by Tommaso Pandolfi
Graphic design by Jahn Koutrios
Mastered by Manuel Oberholzer at vfbm Fribourg

This is OUS043

The Infinite Hour

New Clouds

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Furtherset - The Infinite Hour - 5 - New Clouds

𝘍𝘞𝘋 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤. 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢, 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴. 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘭, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 + 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭. 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 🖤 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴.
 To date, -OUS has released music by @noemibuchi (Zurich, CH) @SPIMEIM (Turin, IT), @Feldermelder (Fribourg, CH), @jsartorius (Bern, CH), @Bit-Tuner (Zurich, CH), @Furtherset (Bologna, IT), @jan-nemecek (Belgrade, SR), NHK yx Koyxen (Berlin/Osaka, JP), @senkingmusic (Cologne, DE), Hirsch&Eigner (Cologne, DE /Vienna, AT), @IOKOI (Zurich/Milano, IT), @simongrab (Zurich, CH) and @Tresque (Geneva, CH).

-OUS was founded in 2015 by @ink_ous, @mprfctmprmnntncmplt, Feldermelder and JJ. The label is run out of Switzerland. All releases are distributed through Kudos and are als available via http://ousooo.bandcamp.com

Distributed by Kudos: https://ous.kudosrecords.co.uk/

http://www.ous.ooo

Creating electronic and electroacoustic cross-genre music.

bookings: danilo@basemental.it

Future Live Concerts

06/12/25 Progetto Bao - Brescia (IT)
29/11/25 Bienale Son, Sion (CH)
14/11/25 tba
26/10/25 tba
25/10/25 Némo Biennale, Paris (FR)
17/10/25 Volumens, Valencia (ESP)
19/19/25 Opernhaus, Zürich (CH)
13/09/12 Prima Onda Festival, Palermo (IT)
06/09/25 Musikfestival, Bern (CH)
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Selected Past 

05/07/25 Videocittà, Rome (IT)
02/07/25 Festival de la Cité, Lausanne (CH)
21/06/25 Tanzhaus, Basel (CH)
24/05/25 Blaues Rauschen Festival, Dortmund (DE)
08/05/25 Umbo, Zürich (CH)
14/03/25 ArgeKultur, Salzuburg (AUT) 
28/02/25 28/02/25 Seeyousound Festival, Torino (IT)
31/01/25 Sonic Matter, Zürich (CH)
22/11/24 Festival Internacional del Cinema, Madrid (ESP), Museo Reina Sofia
25/10/24 Volksbühne, Berlin (DE)
18 & 19/10/24 Théâtre de l'Oriental, Vevey (CH)
08/10/24 Festival Maintenant, Rennes (FR)
04/10/24 Palace, St.Gallen
03/10/24 Kunsthaus Walcheturm w/ Tim Hecker
24/09/24 Otranto Film Festival (IT)
21/09/24 Tanzhaus Basel, w/ @musiqueinfinie
20/09/24 Kaserne Basel, FOG Festival (CH)
07/09/24 Pavillon Le Corbusier, Lange Nacht der Museen, Zürich (CH)
24/08/24 Bruit Rose, Fribourg (CH)
17/08/24 TRSTN Radio, Fribourg (CH)
08/08/24 BaseCamp, Locarno (CH)
31/05/24 Bildrauschfestival, Basel (CH)
04/05/24 L.E.V. Festival, Gijon (ESP)
19/04/24 RKC, Vevey (CH)
13/04/24 MUTEK, Barcelona (ESP)
30/03/24 Festival Variations, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes (CH)
22/03/24 Amalgame (CH) w/ @musiqueinfinie
09/03/24 Currents Festival, Zürich (CH)
12/01/24 Moods, Zürich (CH)
29/12/23 Incandescent Festival (ESP)
01/12/23 Aargauer Kunsthaus (CH)
21/10/23 Fri-Son w/ @musiqueinfinie (CH)
08/10/23 Roma Europe Festival (IT)
30/09/23 Rote Fabrik, Zürich (CH)
23/09/23 LAC, Lugano (CH)
08/09/23 Ars Electronica, Linz (AUT)
01/09/23 Klang Moor Schopfe Festival, Kunsthalle Appenzell (CH)
01/06/23 Kilbi, Bad Bonn w/ @musiqueinfinie (CH)
05/05/23 IGNM Bern (CH)
25/04/23 ABC-culture, La Chaux de Fond (CH)
22/04/23 Outer Festival, Modena (IT)
19/02/23 Perronnord, St. Gallen (CH)
10/02/23 Bad Bonn 
12/01/23 Gare du Nord, Basel (CH)
07/12/22 Stadtkino Basel (CH)
03/12/22 SONIC MATTER, Zürich (CH)
02/12/22 Zentralwäscherei w/ @feldermelder, Zürich (CH)
25/11/22 Linecheck w/ -OUS, Milano (IT)
02/11/22 Kaserne Basel (CH)
13/10/22 Ablette Records, Fribourg w/ Feldermelder (CH)
8/10/22 Trnstn Radio, Fribourg w/ Feldermelder (CH)
7/10/22 Umbo, Zürich (CH)
24/09/22 Festival Fracanaüm, Lausanne (CH)
16/09/22 Strom am Mittag, Kulturhaus Helferei Zürich (CH)
01/09/22 SMEM, Fribourg (CH)
27/08/22 Rümlingen Festival (CH)
12/08/22 Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (DE)
29/07/22 Stadtsommer, Zürich (CH)
22/07/22 Floating Notes Festival (CH)
21/06/22 Pavillon Corbusier w/ M@musiqueinfinie, Zürich (CH)
05/06/22 Rhizom Festival, Zürich (CH)
24/05/22 IOIC at Walcheturm w/ @musiqueinfinie, Zürich (CH)
21/05/22 Fashion Show Arienne Birchler, Zürich (CH)
06/05/22 Royal, Baden (CH)
08/04/22 Neubad, Luzern (CH)
28/03/22 Renée Bar, Basel (CH)
18/03/22 Taktlos Festival, Zürich (CH)
11/03/22 Palace, St. Gallen (CH)
02/03/22 Schönegg Varieté, Zürich (CH)
26/02/22 Elbar, Wald (CH)
25/11/21 Sender, Zürich (CH)
23/11/21 Kirche Riehen w/ Thélème (CH)
19/11/21 Fri-Son, Fribourg w/ @musiqueinfinie (CH)
18/11/21 Südpol Luzern (CH)
06/11/21 Festival Klangwelt Toggenburg (CH)
09/10/21 Skaiv, Stockholm (SWE)
02/10/21 Festival Maintenant, Rennes (FR)
23/09/21 Umbo, Zürich (CH)
18/09/21 Immersive Sound Festival, Fribourg (CH)
08/09/21 Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich (CH)
05/09/21 Kilbi, Bad Bonn w/ @musiqueinfinie (CH)
21/08/21 Les Digitales Zürich (CH)
29/07/21 Summer Camp, Rote Fabrik, Zürich w/ @musiqueinfinie (CH)
23/07/21 Festival Hautes Fréquences, Leysin w/ @musiqueinfinie (CH)
25/06/21 Le Salon de Marie&Madeleine, Vevey w/ @musiqueinfinie (CH) 
11/03/21 Zentralwäscherei (CH) w/ -OUS
06/12     Megahex.fm w/ Kashev Tapes, Zürich
27/11        LjudOljud Festival, KMH, Stockholm (SWE)
24/10      EP Release w/ Light Of Other Days, Kosmos, Zürich (postponed)
22/08     Bad Bonn, Düdingen w/ -OUS
18 - 20/08 Artist Residenz, Helsinki, Zürich
16/08      Les Digitales, Basel (canceled)
08/08     Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern
05/04/20     Umbo, Zürich (postponed)
31/03/20       Radio Bollwerk, Bern (postponed)
11/03/20       Kosmos, Zürich
25/01/19      Danse Modulaire, ZHdK, Zürich
18/01/19       Hohlstrasse, Zürich 
13/12/19        Lange Nacht der zeitgenössischen Musik, ZHdK, Zürich
02/11/19        GDS.FM, Zürich, Live w/ molekühl
25/10/19       Bar3000, Zürich
05/10/19       Bend Sinister w/ Claudia Stöckli, Rote Fabrik, Zürich
25/08/19      Kinozwinger/Garage 29, Zürich
24/08/19      Vernissage w/ Alice Gilardi, Zürich
22/08/19      Helsinki, Zürich
10/08/19       Lethargy Festival, Zürich
20/07/19      Gamut Kollektiv, Schalter, Zürich
05/07/19      Kraftfeld, Winterthur   
19/06/19      Barfussbar, Kein Museum, Zürich
08/06/19     Rhizom Festival, Zürich
19/02/19     EXHHIBIT-A-TON, Kein Museum, Zürich
17/01/19      Opulenza w/ Alice Gilardi, Dynamo, Zürich
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