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basic instincts to release

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Angelo Opera Major

CS/DL : f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/upstream-ensemble

@forms-of-minutiae and TBA21–Academy present "upstream ensemble", a communal happening and aqueous sound piece initiated and composed by field recordist, artist, and f–o–m co-founder Pablo Diserens (@pablodiserens)

During the 2022/23 digital residency hosted by TBA21–Academy’s Ocean-Archive.org, Pablo Diserens launched an open call inviting members of its online platform ocean comm/uni/ty (and external enthusiasts) to venture into the world and record aqueous sonic encounters. The aim of this collective liquid attuning was to gather sound recordings from various wet ecologies while stimulating listening and field recording gestures regardless of any previous experience.

Recordings from 35 contributors were woven into the long-form sound composition "upstream ensemble" which navigates between the multiplicity of the water cycle as a sounding body. The work moves upstream through oceans, rivers, pipe networks, ponds, and glaciers while investigating the continuous flow of water and the environments that surround it. Listeners encounter drifting habitats trickling with the songs of sea lions, dolphins, blue whales, humpback whales, Arctic terns, and algae photosynthesis – as well as with the invasive hums of submarines’ sonars, boats, and naval industries. With "upstream ensemble" some of the world’s aqueous fauna, flora, geologies, and technologies mingle into a synchronized motion that documents the sonic articulations of these wet zones.

In resonance with Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening practice and inspired by Rachel Carson’s exploration of the intertidal zone in her book "The Edge of the Sea", this project contributes to an ever-expanding list of works that propose a focus on listening as a way of engaging and existing with the planet’s waters. By stimulating shared listening and attuning practices, Pablo Diserens aims to develop a sense of interconnectedness by blurring the boundaries between species as well as environments. Experiencing aqueous biomes both individually and collectively acts as a way of rethinking our relationships with the world. Despite these being mostly solitary experiences, Pablo believes that field recording and listening are communal and environmental practices that form gateways for earthly synchronicity and world mapping in time and space. Thus listening in turn can become a political act that sparks emotional bonds with the world and its biotic communities.

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concept: Pablo Diserens and Fiona Middleton (TBA21–Academy)

composition and mixing: Pablo Diserens

with sound contributions by: Alëna Korolëva, Alexandros Maragkoudakis, Bence Kovács-Vajda, Christopher Dean, Cyane Findji, Damian Pace, Elise Rigot, Eliza Collin, Fiona Middleton, Francesco Previtali, Ilù Seydoux, Irene Mansoldo, Isabel Val, Jakob Köchert, Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy, Joana Moher, Katy Lewis Hood, Kosmas Phan Dinh, Kseniya Lushnikova, Leo Maassen, Ludwig Berger, Mat Eric Hart, Mathias Arrignon, Matty Yeomans, Mélia Roger, Moritz Zeisner, Nikos Sotirelis, Nina Blume, Ocean Networks Canada, Pablo Diserens, Sem Zeeman, Slavek Kwi, Surrealich, Thibault Noirot, Varoujan Cheterian.

all profit of the release will be donated to the Blue Marine Foundation.

listening with good speakers or headphones is recommended as the piece features a large range of frequencies (notably blue whales' subsonic calls).

cassette mastering by Mathieu Bonnafous

graphic design by Cecilia Murgia

cassettes pictures by Camille Blake

duration: 30’29’’ — C60
piece repeats on both sides — limited edition of 100
published by forms of minutiae & TBA21–Academy — fom09 — 2023

special thanks to all the contributors, Fiona Middleton, Markus Reymann, Michal Kucerak, Petra Linhartova, TBA21, Madelyn Byrd, Diane Barbé, Lou Croff Blake, Thom Lucero, and Mélia Roger.

cassette & digital

pablo diserens & the ocean comm/uni/ty — upstream ensemble [fom09]

Living Room n°65 ~ @ev-ia

q. pls introduce yourself 
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q. is there a story behind the mix? 
it mostly unfolds from a 2000s micro-ambi feeling.

q. what’s the best way to enjoy your mix? 
just in a quiet space, 

q. describe a favorite object in your living room... 
piano / window

q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)
soon i can share an exciting new project, also just finished an album with a friend, and i'm working on my own music

Living Room n°65 ~ èvia

Beautiful springtime thread of strings and horns courtesy of èvia, gentle on the ears n heart <3 

https://soundcloud.com/ev-ia

Motion Cast Vol 96: èvia

this episode of Burrow of music is brought to you by @lyc0psid a Leipzig based producer whose music is a fusion of eco-ambient, deconstructed field recordings, and dubbed-out, water-damaged rhythms. his debut EP under this name ‘chlorine, serenity’ was released last year on the surf netlabel @official_wesurf.
‘This mix is a collage of current favourites, late night soundcloud rabbit-holes, and maybe a small peek at some new material I’m working on at the moment. more or less just where my head’s at right now, but in musical terms. enjoy!‘

Tracklist:
santebela - rushlight
L’eoscombu Couti - Savannah Preference
perila - lym riel
Ben Shirken - Take it All w/ Dorothy Carlos & Muein
d. towärds - 28
Kinked - vw_wc 3
solari - 2
so wet’s water kingdom - the grey space in between
Ulla - Inside Means Inside Me B
虹釜太郎 - 14
Spectral Motherfucker - Metro O 10
Atte Elias Kantonen - snail loves moth
heath - sof
Angel R - Together
sonoj - deal
Oisatsana - Entangled
lycopsid_ - undergrowth
Corell - G7
wardi - dig and it will swell
emre girginkaya - TYKK (I KNOW U LIE)
lycopsid_ - ig_sg_neu
Opheliaxz - Halo4K2DJ
990x - paralysis (soundcloud edit)

Burrow Of Music - 05 - w/ lycopsid_ - 05.04.2025

Detox № 51 - cpuover

tales of moomba-tsoomba 1 w/ vasya saiko & yolabmi

soundcloud.com/constantine_kohan
instagram.com/____kohan
https://kohan.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
Dot Grid - Actuality (Aconite Mix)
Suze - Rheya
Leaf Miner - "Remnant Remains"
Scan, Jetty - Airbag
Infant - Trude
tibslc - ghost pop
Topdown Dialectic - 06
Jetty - Troop 116
usof - lah
ｇａｂ_ｉ - 40o6
light - believe
Sseq - Bond we share
nueen - TOGETHER {BKTHERULA}
Conna Haraway - Drench
HP: 925 MP: 463 - sel&poehal
ǝɯǝɐ - Hopeless
Infant - Trude
K Wata - In A Mug On A Rug
nueen - RBC {YUNG BEEF}
sleeper spies - try

XVI-004: Constantine Kohan

mindseyerecords.xyz/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbzQeNhMIp4

Archaic Vaults - PS [audio-server archive 21/05/24]

My set from Duun & Duality’s night Sparce @ jojo tea in Miami on 2/20/25

Sparce Set

soundcloud.com/lexstein

Tracklist:
mineral stunting - 50L God
ben bondy - Bend
Inferior Design - Babbelgeest
hap - ocean
Andrea Burns - Menthol
julek ploski - Naysayer
King Softy - Mossing Out (ft. Xenia Reaper)
brecia - encrypted missed calls
consumer.wh*re - inmeadowswesleep
xtclvr - Feel Me
Basch - Error Tape
LadyRoXoXo - EATDISBASS
Nahi Mitti - Dangling bridge
Niclic - Bfuxx Puffin
Hajj - Running In Madness, Dying With Hate
Rear Window - so familiar
SOS_CARLOSS - 10M Backflip On The Pavement (mmmara remix)
jas shaw - The Electric Carillon
Vega - Damage
Organ Tapes, Jetty - Life After
nic - found
lightlyheld - to oliver
990x - realms
Hasfeldt - Believer

XVI-006: L e x f x

tuned to various biomes and phonographies 𓆏
> www.pablodiserens.studio
> co-founder @forms-of-minutiae

Pablo Diserens (they/them) is a field recordist, musician and artist devoted to non-human realities, attentive listening, and possible forms of interspecies coexistence.