Worship of the sun, the quiet madness at the moment of sunrise in Tokyo− The dazzle and desolation of adolescence in the metropolis of despair is refined into a euphoric, trancy soundscape.

Solace From The Sun is the long-awaited debut album from Ichiro Tanimoto, leader of Tokyo-based trance cult Minna-no-kimochi and
founder of the label Mizuha 罔象 @mizuha-cc, both of which are at the forefront of the neo-trance movement in Japan.

The album contains 14 blissed-out, post-rave tracks, including a collaboration with Silént Phil, a Russian electronic musician who passed away in 2021. The artwork is by Kazuma Watanabe, graphic designer for the Minna-no-kimochi collective.

Artwork by Kazuma Watanabe
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Mastered by Lorenzi
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Ichiro Tanimoto – New Dawn

From MOLOTON017 - 'Bortom naturens förlåt', released 15th of March 2024

Bortom naturens förlåt

Aset - Visa från Erkheikki

'Outside Chance' from Lol K's upcoming album 'climbing/holding/falling' out July 19.
Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afO49y7DGcE

Written by CJ Calderwood, Junior XL
Produced by Lol K
Mixed by Dilip Harris
Mastered by Heba Kadry

Through chaotic, frequently harmonious genre mutations, Lol K create a sonic vision that defies category. They draw inspiration from disparate sources such as post classical, grunge, and contemporary club music.

With ‘climbing/holding/falling’ Lol K expand on their world building with greater lyrical expression than on previous releases while delivering a diverse selection of instrumental experimentation.

Expect harmonious and lush landscapes truncated by angular disruptions performed across their trademark selection of eclectic live instruments including whistles, flutes, strings, warped pianos, heavy 808 slides, detuned guitar and crunchy drum patterns that delve into the left field of contemporary club culture. All filtered through the pairs unique approach to song structure and production, combining moments of extreme precision with looser sonic gestures and utter disregard for genre categorisation.

From the swirling Jersey drums and pop vocals of single ‘Severed Tail’ to the driving, almost krautrock guitar chugs of ‘Doombox', ‘climbing/holding/falling’ sees Lol K stepping into new territory while further defining their sound.

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Lol K - Outside Chance

Selected demos 2021-2024
:) but also :(
now but also never

look down from the bridge

Hesaitix - Noctian Airgap (PAN 152)
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 152
Release Date: 06 December 2024
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/NoctianAirgap

Through the haze we could make out hardly anything. Just the black line of the horizon. And in the distance the faint glimmering of the sea.

James Whipple returns from a long period of musical dormancy with his first full length LP for PAN since 2017.

As M.E.S.H., he honed a singular and unpredictable sonic identity on his debut album Piteous Gate. Re-emerging as Hesaitix, the now-familiar motifs have become streamlined, the sound palette both more refined and more elaborate. Even at its most abstract, there is an uncanny presence permeating the record, a convincing emotional reality with its own narrative and spatial logic.

Opener ‘Cusp of Unknowing’ announces itself with crushing low end synths feathered with delicate chimes before dissolving into the oceanic din of a data center. Rolling, engine-like subs mark the start of ‘Taurian Shade,’ a low- tempo percussive drive past iced-over chords and angular synth lines. ‘Geflatnet’ and ‘Volunteer’ dip into grooves bordering on nostalgic, referencing a misremembered golden era of electronica long-players. On ‘Santarosae (Black Dolphin),’ a sense of primordial awe comes to the fore, while ‘Black Line,’ originally presented as an audio installation in 2022, uses the human voice to explore a narrative approach to sound. ‘Noctian Airgap’ and ‘Anticrime’ return to syncopation and its complex moods, while ‘Subdermal’ and ‘Hypersea’ embrace repetition in service to atmosphere.

Hesaitix - Black Line

From the depths of an intimate world where silence multiplies and transforms, Tendre Ael delivers her new EP: Thousands of Silences. Blending experimental folk, avant-pop, and dark ambient, this project stands out as a hybrid, elusive work. The tracks oscillate between tension and serenity, evoking fragments of solitude, resilience, and hope. This chiaroscuro comes alive through complex vocal arrangements, sequences of field recordings, and the repurposing of acoustic instrumental elements into a nostalgic, modern, and post-electronic realm.

Artist: @tendreael
Label: @howaboutplor
Release date: 24.01.2025

BC: https://howaboutplor.bandcamp.com/ 

Mastering: Antoine Alcaraz
Artwork: Tom Polleau & Léa Paintandre

premiere: Tendre Ael - C'est comme Hier [label: Plor]

Scaring 1100 Chickens To Death

Hardworking Brazilian Woman Can Clean Fish

genevieve

under terrible circonstances

Music written and produced by https://soundcloud.com/oottrroo 
Mastering by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier 
Art by Diego Navarro 
Graphic Design by Guillem Srrv

Vidas

Otro - Negation

As featured on AQNB's 'Between two stars' art & music mini-compendium.

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Iku, 'Personal Horizon' (2020). Courtesy the artist.

Label based in Berlin, est. 2008. http://www.p-a-n.org