DOES IT STILL MATTER [ 2024 -OUS Records ]

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Continuously updated playlist with music forthcoming or (freshly) released on -OUS. *click* on the tracks for more infos. All music released on -OUS can be found on Bandcamp, via our Distributor Kudos, and through well-sorted online and offline record stores.

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Forthcoming & (freshly) released on -OUS

Make a scene, you're so keen

I don't want you more I want you less
In my tight white dress
Who'd you think you're trying to impress?
I would not undress
Push my hand right up upon your chest 
Make a fucking mess 
I just take a pic and you obsess 
Then I finesse 

Only on my own 
Always on my phone 
Slowly go round and round 
Crush 
Bring me down 

Goo Goo Goo 
Your heart is true 
I got the flu 
Thinking of you 
And I know that being stung is fun 
All the things I've sung 
I succumb

Crush 
bring me down 
crush 
I'll be around

Plush (prod. Rapallo)

Neko Hacker Ⅱ: Stray

だーいすきだよ feat. をとは

Digital Ascension

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DoDo Riddim

Ya good girls shouldn't party
We do what we supposed to do
Speak, but never shout it
Get home, be in bed by two
But I don't wan' follow that, that no more
I see myself all over you for sure
You got me breaking all the rules
Leggo, leggo
If I share my secret, secret, ah ah
Promise you'll keep it, keep it down
If I share my secret, ah ah
No one gets to know but you
No one gets to know, but shh
Shh
Shh
Shh
Shh
Please don't tell nobody
I'm ready to climb the walls
I know that you want it
I'm ready to give it all
I feel like an animal on all fours
I see myself all over you for sure
You got me breaking all the rules
Leggo, leggo
If I share my secret, secret, ah ah
Promise you'll keep it, keep it down
If I share my secret, ah ah
No one gets to know but you
No one gets to know, but shh
Shh
Shh
Shh
Under the glimmering lights, my secret's out
Now I got nothing to hide, come tear me down
Shimmering all through the night, I'm tempted by you
It's all true, oh
No-no-no-no-no one gets to know but you
No-no-no-no-no one gets to know but
Know but you, you, you, you
No one gets to know but you
No-no-no-no-no one gets to know, but shh
Shh
If I share my secret, secret, ah ah
Promise you'll keep it, keep it down
If I share my secret, ah ah
No one gets to know but you
No one gets to know, but shh

Charli XCX - Secret Shh (SLOWED)

Creation of this track was documented in this video series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwqnXkG19S1HJjoTkTt8vhBwVtz5kzoNL

Brain Debugging

Album by Noémi Büchi, [Pre-mix], August 2023
Provisional Cover Artwork by Mirko Eremita, www.encor.studio

What If It Doesn't Matter?

Can We Be Completely Transparent?

We Are Only Matter

Infernal Stability

NOÉMI BÜCHI - DOES IT STILL MATTER
Cat #: OUS050
Release date: May 24, 2024
Distributed by Kudos: https://kudosdistribution.co.uk
Label Bandcamp: https://ousooo.bandcamp.com

«The new avant-garde isn’t about creating something that doesn’t yet exist, it’s about abandoning and confusing rigid genres. I want to open up, in order to both abolish and reconstruct the musical past.» — Noémi Büchi @noemibuchi

Noémi Büchi’s album ‘Does It Still Matter’ completes a series of releases whose titles - ‘Matière’, ‘Matter’, and ‘Does It Still Matter’ - place the physicality of music in the center of attention. Büchi’s specific sound structures and aesthetic choices question the state of materiality in a world that is becoming more and more fluid and intangible.

From ‘Matière’ to ‘Matter’, Büchi subtly transferred from a focus on substance to questioning the enigmatic core of
being, passing from a noun to a verb, and from a single word to an inquiry. ‘Does It Still Matter’ weighs in on the importance of questioning. Her pieces juxtapose multi-layered analog synthesizer textures, crystal clear sounds and almost brutalistic noises, while they unfold in compositional structures akin to pop songs. Driven by an orchestra of myriad parts, her music creates transcendent intonations that resonate deeply with the listeners’ bodies. A daring blend of complexity and accessibility are molded into captivating sound sculptures that challenge and intrigue listeners alike.

Deviating from conventional time divisions, ’Does It Still Matter’ immerses listeners in a discordant succession of elements, and guides them towards an eternal present that erases the past with each new revelation, while maintaining it through recurring themes that serve as intimate memories. Büchi’s electronic maximalism questions our linear perception of time, offering a glimpse into a world where the past, present, and future converge into a singular moment. Her avant-garde approach rejects predictability, inviting listeners to immerse themselves fully in the present. Everything starts anew at any given instant. Each musical idea exists for one precise moment, rendering the future unpredictable.

‘Does It Still Matter’ unfolds against a backdrop of collective disaster and biocidal urgency, challenging the very essence of time. Büchi explains: «The world appears to have gone mad. It’s all but impossible to reflect on the meaning of avant-garde in music, considering the future in this sepulchral kind of stability of the human condition.» Her compositions resonate like an infernal machine, questioning the instantaneous dissipation of everything. Finally, echoes and fragments of sounds remain, haunting memories like ghostly companions.

’Does It Still Matter’ is an immersive experience that invites listeners to contemplate the impermanence of our world and the enduring power of sound.



CREDITS
Written and produced by Noémi Büchi 
Mixed & mastered by Manuel Oberholzer, Suoni Speziali (VFBM)
Album cover by Mirko Eremita, Encor Studio
Graphic design by Rebecca Morganti-Pfaffhauser

Does It Still Matter?

Window Display Of The Year

Buy on Bandcamp

Noémi Büchi - 4 - Window Display Of The Year

PON TOP

M3B8 - Pon Top

Keiichiro Shibuya & Hiroki Azuma ft. Hatsune Miku - RT/Reality (luzix remix)

SIMON GRAB & DAVID MEIER - PORŒS
Cat #: OUS053
Release date: February 7, 2027
Distributed by Kudos: https://kudosdistribution.co.uk
Label Bandcamp: https://ousooo.bandcamp.com

«Groovin’ on the risk of falling apart is our common playground, like surfing on an underwater tightrope through waves of frequencies, riding on broken rhythms.» — Simon Grab & David Meier

Porœs is the first album emerging from the new collaboration between electronic musician and no-input-mixing polymath Simon Grab and multifaceted drummer and composer David Meier, who is also part of the internationally sought-after avant minimal rock band Schnellertollermeier.

Grab and Meier’s cross-genre sound is raw and volatile, morphing between razor-sharp, rolling, crumbling, erratic and fierce states. It balances between Meier’s vibrant organic drumming and Grab’s pulsating bleeps and noises, growling bass lines and dubbed out feedbacks that he extracts from his custom-plugged no-input-mixing setup. Always on the edge of musical tipping points, Grab gradually pushes his circuits into overdrive, only to recalibrate right before everything breaks apart. In defiance, Meier offers an abundance of bold, incisive, stumbling and lighthearted, earthly rhythms and textures that intertwine seamlessly and offer a world of its own to explore.
	Throughout Porœs neither instrument is taking the lead. The two musicians step into a constant dialogue where it seems as if the sound waves are plunged into a perpetual maelstrom, welded into unbreakable bodies and melted into magma-like currents.
	Being fervently hazardous improvisers, Grab and Meier recorded this seven track album in several studio sessions, leading to a result that is confident and precise, but keeps the urgency of live improvisation. The constant sense of risk, of falling out of touch, combined with the intriguing thrill of witnessing an extended moment of equilibrium is what makes Simon Grab and David Meier’s Porœs so captivating.

Simon Grab understands the error as integral part of his method. In a matrix of electronic feedback circuits, he tames the raw noises to find a musical balance within the randomness. Existing systems are always dynamic and never stable. In order to thrive, any system relies on feedback to balance itself out and adapt to the environment. His no-input-mixing album «Posthuman Species» and EP «Extinction» were released on -OUS, as well as his collaboration «[No] Surrender» with drone guitar player Francesco Guidici.

David Meier has been active between minimal music, modern composition, improvisation, jazz and rock music for nearly two decades. His band Schnellertollermeier tours internationally regularly and has played numerous festivals and tours all over the world. He initiated and collaborates with several duos, trios and ensembles, notably his septet Hunter-Gatherer that acts as a vehicle for his rhythmically complex and melodically idiosyncratic compositions. He appears on about 40 recordings to date.

Porœs

Basalt

Simon Gab & David Meier - Basalt

NOÉMI BÜCHI - LIQUID BONES
Cat #: OUS054
Release date: February 14, 2025
Distributed by Kudos: https://kudosdistribution.co.uk
Label Bandcamp: https://ousooo.bandcamp.com

«Sometimes you just need simplicity.» — @noemibuchi

Following her recent album ‘Does It Still Matter’, Noémi Büchi returns to -OUS with ‘Liquid Bones’, a five-track EP that interlaces sound and poetry, inspired by a verse written by her mother, artist Marie-Christine Büchi:

«In the heat
gesticulate elastically
their bodies
disappointing the desire to last.»

With ‘Liquid Bones’, Noémi Büchi lays her focus on simplicity. ‘Liquid Bones’ marks a directional shift in Büchi’s approach: while her previous albums put structure in the foreground and distinguished themselves through high density, the new material seems lighter and even playfully teases the listener with pop elements, albeit without loosing the conceptual depth that has carved out Büchi’s singular position in today’s musical landscape.
	The piano, an instrument Büchi has been embracing for the better part of the past two decades, serves as a recurring theme on the five-track EP. Serving as a form-giving and shape-shifting instrument, Büchi extracts a diverse range of sounds: a leading motif, a voice-like element, percussive patterns, atmospheric textures. These are combined with minimal electronics, orchestral sounds, crisp digital textures and Büchi’s signature method of punctuating the compositions with noise accentuations, thus creating a highly dynamic listening experience. 
	The closing track, finally, introduces Joséphine de Weck’s poetic voice, adding an intimate layer to the EP. Actress de Weck has been the ‘face’ of Büchi’s current audiovisual live show, in which she grants a seemingly intimate view into the actress’ mind. Their track ‘Fair Enough’ expands this collaboration to the next stage.
	As a whole, ‘Liquid Bones’ continues Noémi Büchi’s study of matter, form and structure. By examining their impermanence and transience, Büchi emphasises the temporary nature of being. Everything is in constant flux. 


Noémi Büchi is a Swiss/French sound and sound artist that creates and explores the potential of cross-genre musical structures. Her music is defined by a delicate synthesis of textural rhythms and electroacoustic-orchestral abstraction. She contrasts rhythmic physicality with disruption and playfully emphasizes irregularities, creating an expansive listening experience marked by detail and elevation.

CREDITS
Written and produced by Noémi Büchi
Vocals on track 5 by Joséphine de Weck
Mastered by Manuel Oberholzer, Suoni Speziali (VBFM)
Graphic design by Sharon Ritossa

Noémi Büchi - Liquid Bones - 2 - Gesticulate Elastically

Noémi Büchi - Liquid Bones - 5 - Fair Enough feat Joséphine de Weck

NUJAZZ flow

VIOLETA GARCÍA & HORA LUNGA - I'LL WAIT FOR YOU IN THE CAR PARK
Cat #: OUS055
Release date: April 25, 2027
Distributed by Kudos: https://kudosdistribution.co.uk
Label Bandcamp: https://ousooo.bandcamp.com

«The album was created in this back and forth of snapshots - we made most of the decisions impulsively without much questioning. That takes a lot of trust.» — Violeta García &  Hora Lunga

 «I’ll Wait For You In The Car Park», the first full length collaboration between Argentinian cellist, improviser and composer Violeta García and Swiss musician and composer Hora Lunga, is a work of extremes. Drawing from the realities of life on two continents, and embodying moods ranging from stoic desire to violent bursts, the album enciphers so-called ordinary moments from everyday life into an alluring collection of musical scenes. Seemingly inconspicuous moments are condensed into a tale of synchronicity: colliding time zones and seasons, metropolitan rhythms raining down onto a glacier’s ice field, exploring places through street view, the serendipity of loitering at a kiosk. As such, «I’ll Wait For You In The Car Park» brings documentary film essays to mind that carefully observe the private and everyday occurrences.
	Violeta García and Hora Lunga crossed paths by chance in 2023 and began discussing and sharing music shortly afterwards. What started as a loose exchange of ideas, sending back and forth sketches and demos between South America and Europe, grew into several studio sessions in 2024. Being sucked into a «quite extraordinary flow», the two musicians recorded, arranged and intervened on a level playing field, using the studio as a playground to record musical layers and interweave them with field recordings and audio notes gathered over the course of a year. Speaking a kindred musical language, they quickly realized how their ideas clung to each other like two familiar souls, complementing, intertwining and merging. From gauzy and eerie textures, musical miniatures floating through time, howling and screaming strings, to tumbling and thundering basses – the sound of the ordinary shapes a body that vibrates, writhes and breathes.	

Violeta García is a cellist, improviser and composer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Based in Spain, she tours a lot with her band Blanco Teta. She is a performer in many art forms, including free improvisation, contemporary and trans-media experimental repertoire in violoncello and electronics and collaborations with dancers, film makers and visual artists. After years of studying classical and popular music on violoncello and, later, contemporary composition and improvisation, Violeta has developed her own musical voice needed to emerge beyond outside specific genres.
	Throughout Swiss composer and musician Hora Lunga’s work, the focus lies is on exploring boundaries, both musically and in terms of performance and content. Above all, genre designations lose all meaning, as the music always takes place within a dramaturgically conceived overall framework. In recent years, his projects have ranged from pop music productions to experimental works and sound performances, as well astheatre and film productions. His ensemble WIRREN consists of up to fifteen performers.

CREDITS
Written, recorded, arranged and mixed by Violeta García and Hora Lunga in different places on earth, but mostly in Schlieren
Mastered by Anne Taegert at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin
Artwork and graphic design by Renata Gelosi and Gaspar Iwaniura Lorge
Cover Photography by Victoria Papagni
Videography by Işıl Karataş

I'll Wait For You In The Car Park

i think i just died a lil bit

Violeta García & Hora Lunga - 01 - i think i just died a lil bit

Violeta Garcia & Hora Lunga - 09 - In This Together

Prod @manipulateher
Sample kannoyoko

Imma break you, manipulate you
Girl don’t get Close2me I won’t save you
Imma play your heart, Imma play you
Change your mind about me Imma persuade you

You don’t wanna stay, I don’t wanna make you
Cus when times get hard
Times get rough
Who would wanna stay too

もしできたなら今頃君を救っていただろうもしできたならpersuade今頃君を救っていただろうもしできたなら今頃君を救ってmanipulateherいただろうもしできたなら今頃君を救っていただろうもしで

KegOne - Run Wi D Riddim

https://soundcloud.com/analogicalforce/af024-daed-coordinate-ep-2019
https://soundcloud.com/daed

Daed - H2FSbF6 (Xenodine-4-pluorate remix)

もう一回をエンドレス Feat 中村さんそ 【F/C encore -Emotional Vocal POP 01 】

https://dojikkorecords.bandcamp.com/album/who-cares-about-breakcore

Rewind

Premiere of 'Rack 10' by Stave, taken from Divide & Rule VA, forthcoming on Pi Electronics

Label: Pi Electronics
Artist: Stave
Title: Divide & Rule
Track: Rack 10
Cat.Number: PEVA03/PEVACD02
Format: 2x12 / CD / Digital
Release Date: June 12, 2020

Pre-order: https://pielectronics.bandcamp.com/album/divide-rule-2

It has been two years since the first compilation on the Various Artists series (PEVA) of Pi Electronics and the concept has stayed true to its aim: to present a coherent selection of the label’s favourite collaborators from the roster and parties over the years. Bringing together Greek and international artists, this compilation opens with a 10 minute recording by the combined forces of Orphx and JK Flesh (Justin Broadrick), from a live performance recorded in Amsterdam. Meanwhile we also showcase the resurfacing of Vofa, the joint project of producers Sawf and ANFS. There is a variety of options in this 13 tracks release; from the raw and harsh textures of An-i and New Frames, to Lycurgus live drum set recordings, Kondaktor’s African percussive electronics and Sarin’s EBM infused techno. Some more techno interpretations, such as the hypnotic moods of Stave and Fragedis, or the more punchy sounds of Restive Plaggona and Poison Green. These shape the full picture of this second Pi Electronics compilation titled ‘Divide & Rule’.

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Follow Artist: https://soundcloud.com/stavesoundsystem

Pre-order

Stave - Rack 10 [Premiere | PEVA03]

Premiere of 'Aragaran' by Quelza, taken from Defected Program EP, forthcoming on RND. Records

Label: RND.Rec
Artist: Quelza
Title: Defected Program
Track: Aragaran
Cat.Number: RND.R045
Format: Digital

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Follow artist: https://soundcloud.com/quelza

Quelza - Aragaran [Premiere | RND.R045]

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Positive Centre + Tullia Benedicta on In Silent Series X. Created by label head Positive Centre, In Silent Series X brings a huge batch of sounds for you to use in your own experiments. In this pack you will find hundreds of loops and sounds to serve as raw materials to be cut up, rearranged and manipulated to create your own tracks which you can submit to In Silent Series to be considered for a future compilation (next submission date is September 1st). 

As a guide to these sounds, In Silent Series will be releasing a series of 4 track EP’s created by some of the most talented producers of the modern era using the ISS X Sounds. Today we present a stellar track from ISS founder Positive Centre and Italian artist Tullia Benedicta. The piece perfectly builds from haunting atmospheres to rhythmic experimentations for a powerful composition which lodges deep in the psyche. Further, the 10th EP on ISSX brings together some of today’s most talented producers including Stephanie Sykes, Ireen Amnes and  Go Hiyama.

Out August 1st. Get yours at:  www.thebrvtalist.com/positivecentretulliabenedicta/

@in-silent-series

ISSXI.X | EP10

Positive Centre + Tullia Benedicta - Posture (In Silent Series X)

https://faviconrecords.bandcamp.com/album/randomcore-1

This version is somewhat different that released, so download on this also open.

RANDOMCORE​.​1

Group Homology [Out on FAVICON]

WL//WH is very pleased to premiere the dark ambient track “Océan de Plastique” by French producer WEEVER(@drennweever), taken from the upcoming Various/Artists "Selected Works Volume I" EP, on Vinyl 12" & Digital format, featuring tracks by Clarence Park (@clarencepark) | Paul Mørk (@paulmork) | Blakk Harbor (@blakkharbor) | slated for release on October 30, 2020, via Lille‘s independent label LARMES (@larmes), founded by Clarence Park and devoted to dark and experimental music.

Fine purveyor of a hypnotic and gripping mix of ambient, industrial, noise and dark techno sounds, Rennes-based DJ/producer and Organisme Texture resident, Weever sets the obscure and disturbing tones of the EP with ominously dark and quivering droning low end that creeps in relentlessly, crawling desolate and stretched, in constant cinematic and hypnotic ‘zero gravity’ stark tension, wandering through frigid leaden territories over which hovers a heavy mist barely enlighten by eery, shrill resonant synth slivers and sinister distant clangings, in a deep one-way descent into the cold pitch dark contaminated wasteland of an endless plastic ocean.

Purchase: https://larmes.bandcamp.com/album/selected-works
More Info: https://whitelight-whiteheat.com/new-music/electronic/wl-wh-premiere-weever-ocean-de-plastique-larmes/

WL//WH Electronic Music Premiere: WEEVER - "Océan De Plastique" [LARMES]

Lost In Ether | P R E M I E R E | Nigh/T\mare - Unconscious Traction [Forbidden Teachings]

taken from: Rite Of Initiation VA [FT001]
release date: Nov 30th 2020
pre-order link: https://forbiddenteachings.bandcamp.com/album/ft001-rite-of-initiation

"The label's first release seeks to offer an initiatory experience to Forbidden Teaching's mission, namely to express the inexpressible.
The A side of the record is body oriented and is introduced with NN's "The Blood Of A White Monark", a track characterised by its forceful rhythm, cinematic breakdown and strong synths. Mind I Matter dives deeper in the EBM spectrum with "Thelema", a track featuring a
bassline that goes straight to the body and supported by an expertly crafted atmosphere, reminiscent of the notorious esoteric doctrine.
The B side of the record is soul oriented and begins with Antechamber's "The Ephemeral Hallucinations", an atmospheric track that elevates the listener to a place where earthly senses
become blurry. Nigh/T\mare concludes the compilation with his track "Unconscious Traction". It features a robust and hypnotic rhythm coupled with an intense atmosphere that leads the listener to a state where deeply buried emotions and desires could resurface."

Tracklist :
A1 NN - The Blood Of A White Monark
A2 Mind I Matter - Thelema
B1 Antechamber - The Ephemeral Hallucinations
B2 Nigh/T\mare - Unconscious Traction

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Night/T\mare
SC: https://soundcloud.com/nigh-t-mare
FB: https://www.facebook.com/nightmaredronemusic

Forbidden Teachings
SC: https://soundcloud.com/forbiddenteachings
FB: https://www.facebook.com/ForbiddenTeachings
IG: https://www.instagram.com/forbiddenteachings/

Lost In Ether | P R E M I E R E | Nigh/T\mare - Unconscious Traction [Forbidden Teachings]

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