This is excellent!

The backmasked bits are sexy.

Loving the bends in the distorted guitar. Nice bit of dissonance.

Good track mate. I really like this little experimental side which coexists perfectly with the slightly oneiric atmosphere.

æther

Instance: LIMBO 23/09/2023

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Billy Bultheel - Two Cycles
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 138
Release Date: 08 March 2024
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/TwoCycles

Billy Bultheel's debut solo album is an ambitious distillation of the composer's,' sprawling litany of influences and his unique approach to site-specific composition. A compilation of pieces created between 2016 and 2023, the album is a forceful testament to Bultheel's expansive performance practice and collaborations with cutting-edge visual artists like Anne Imhof and James Richards.

Drawing inspiration from industrial music and metal as well as medieval and baroque polyphony, Bultheel devised a way to present this collection of works side-by-side. The record is split into two distinct cycles: the Snow Cycle, which collects Bultheel's electro-acoustic and compositional work, and the Game Cycle, which assembles his electronic productions. These two suites have unmistakable symmetry; Bultheel's traditional compositions are bolstered by his understanding of electronic production, while his electronic pieces are moulded by his knowledge of classical and traditional music. "Two Cycles" is an album that exhibits duality, embodying the dichotomy of Bultheel's roles as both an ensemble composer and an electronic producer.

The haunting opening track of the 'Snow Cycle', 'The Arcades Project', — named after the unfinished compendium of architectural contemplations penned by the eminent German philosopher, Walter Benjamin - places four tubas in strategic towers surrounding the audience, creating an immersive auditory experience. Conversely, 'The Snows of Venice' — named after Alexander Kluge and Ben Lerner collection of short stories and poems — was conceived for two flautists directed to intertwine their melodies as they traversed through knee-high water.

The 'Game Cycle' meanwhile places a strong emphasis on rhythm, crafting a sonic landscape that resonates with overdriven metallic clanks and sharp stabs. Drawing upon his extensive experience in composing for choreography, Bultheel envisions a series of jittery dances that purposefully deviate from conventional timelines. 'Decreation' infuses techno with the visceral qualities of noise music and 'Game Theory' offers an unsettling skeletal barrage of saturated, precisely tuned percussive hits. Bultheel brings 'Two Cycles' to a close with 'Gigue,' a reference to the 6/8 baroque court dance that traditionally marked the conclusion of a dance suite; by merging marching rhythms performed by two percussionists on a single drum set with chaotic and evocative synth leads, he establishes a tantalizing counterpoint.

'Two Cycles' is a musical compilation that explores the themes of locale and landscape, elucidating the intricate dynamics that arise between the musicians and their audience, the ears and the architecture. Considering timbre, density and the psycho-acoustic qualities of communal spaces, from the warehouse to the cathedral, Bultheel draws indelible lines between seemingly distant concepts, merging the celestial with the terrestrial.

The double album cover, one for each side and cycle on the record, features a collage created by the Welsh video artist James Richards that merges medieval iconography with snippets of queer memorabilia.

All tracks written by Billy Bultheel
Mixed by James Ginsburg
Mastered by Enyang Urbicks

Billy Bultheel - Game Theory (Game Cycle) (PAN 138)

I pull at the drawer and it resists me for a moment, the way things do when they've settled into themselves over time. There is that particular sound—wood sliding against wood—and then suddenly it gives way, revealing its contents with a quiet rattle. Morning light streams over each object; items that have rested in darkness since the last time I visited, their colors now vivid and startling. It is as if the drawer itself has been safeguarding small treasures meant only for me.


Mastering by Inner Most

Album artwork by Salka Rosinkranz
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I'm scared
So afraid to show I care
Will he think me weak
If I tremble when I speak?

So Afraid to Show I Care sees Theo Alexander & Qow assume the role of gleaners and foragers, collecting fragments from over a year of collaboration to produce a palimpsest of sonic layers. Their 30-minute micro-epic is built on an ethic of bricolage, covering tape-recorded ambience, voice note instrumentals, warped acapellas and growling double basses, all of which play out in an uninterrupted narrative.

As unabashedly experimental as it is emotional, the album’s diverse landscape features Egyptian spoken word artist otteswed (formerly known as Aly Talibab) and improvising contrabassist Klára Pudláková. On the leading single, Addictive, Pudláková’s double bass, enters into a melodic dialogue with yearning vocal samples. Towards the end of the album, otteswed delivers an existential soliloquy above waves of organ chords performed by Theo Alexander who sampled church organs from Prague, London and Orford. This album brings together material from a string of high-profile premieres across Europe and the UK featuring a rotating cast of collaborators.

Along with the digital release of the album, comes a limited-edition double cassette tape that includes both the album and selected Live performances from CTM festival ‘25, and PAF festival ‘24 featuring George Cremaschi on Contrabass.

Theo Alexander (London, UK) and Qow (Cairo, Egypt) began working together in 2023, and have respectively been featured in NPR, The Quietus, The Wire, and supported by Shape+, Britten-Pears Arts, and others. 
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Music written and composed by Theo Alexander & Omar El Sadek
Double bass on Tracks 3, 5, and 9 by Klára Pudláková
Double bass on Live Recording tape by George Cremaschi
Vocals on Track 7 by otteswed
Mixed & Mastered by Oliver Torr
Live recording mixed by George Cremaschi
Artwork by Omar El Sadek, design by Niels Wehrspann

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Retina Set - Loyal x Habib Galbi x Give It To Me
Hawssa CC - مهرجان انت معلم
Ultras Filo - حمو بيكا و مودى امين و نور التوت توزيع فيجو الدخلاوى
Abo Sahar - 3walem
Amr Elgzar.Eldonya Madrsa
مهرجان شبح وامبراطور - ولاد الخايبة - الدخلاوية 
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مهرجانات شعبية‎ - اديلو ادى فريق الاحلام
DJ Plead - Get in Circle
May7ven - Ten Ten (Instrumental)
firaasbeats - انا جي هغني (I Come To Sing) ft. Dj Abo Sahar
firaasbeats - Medhi Fadili Nti sbabi (Edit)

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