TR161 - Rob Lye - 'Brace'

https://andrewpekler.bandcamp.com/album/klangturm-sounds-for-the-bell-tower-of-the-immanuelkirche-hamburg-veddel

"Klangturm" was commissioned by the Immanuelkirche church in Hamburg-Veddel. The church had recently replaced its bells with a loudspeaker and automated playback system and had asked a number of artists to compose music to be played hourly as well as shorter sounds to be played 15, 30 and 45 minutes past the hour. 

Thinking about what sounds have bell-like properties (but aren't bells) and taking into consideration the technical limitations of the bell tower's loudspeaker (mono, limited bass and high frequency), I decided to work with a limited pallet of just electric guitar and a few effects pedals (reverb, tremolo, pitch shifter, envelope). 

Each piece at the full hour is "previewed" by short fragments of its component parts at the preceding 15, 30 and 45 minute mark. Some, but not all, of the pieces include a time-telling element; a melody with the same number of notes as the hour. 

These pieces were played back from the bell tower of the church from 8 AM to 8 PM every day (except Mondays) during July 2021.

8:00 PM (excerpt from "Klangturm")

Kate NV - d d don't
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Kate NV - d d don't

From yolabmi's Before Your Past Lives, out on Nov.25 on tape and digital:
https://muzaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/before-your-past-lives

"A longtime friend of Muzan, yolabmi's Before Your Past Lives pulls the listener into prehistory (or perhaps pre-existence) with a suite of tracks structured around gently vibrating synths, crisp field recordings, and expertly manipulated samples that fizz and crackle and whirr in rich stereo. Secure your headphones, close your eyes, and think back to before there was a before."

yolabmi - II

https://trustcollective.bandcamp.com/album/volunteer-coroner-yolabmi

Breathe(Full)

Threadless balustrades
Awaited the sense of courtesy

Lifetime of longing
Noiselessly we rhymed

Under the light of a yellow lamp
Partial shade - semblance relevance

Smitten with one another, slow down
Let us breath a syllable
Alternatively - to time

Undertone to clamour
Sweaty smell of nearness

Heat of passion - portents persuaded
& Dimly-starred highway dispersed.

Dunya - Continuous Cities

Released on May 1st 2022!

Egil Kalman is a Swedish musician/composer primarily playing modular synthesizer and double bass. ”Kingdom of Bells Egil Kalman plays the Synthi 100” is his debut record as a solo artist. 

The record was made during a residency at the Contemporary Music Research Center (KSYME) in Athens in 2019. All the tracks were captured straight from the Synthi 100 as stereo recordings and contain no overdubs. The music showcases both the powerful and raw sound of this rare instrument as well as Kalman’s expansive interests as a musician and composer.  

Mind altering just tuned drones with melodies that echoes traditional Scandinavian folk music flow into abstract soundscapes reminiscent of early electronic music pioneers, but still holds a fresh sound and vibe. Deep synth music from the North! 

Egil Kalman’s playing as a syntheist and double bass player can previously be heard in duos with Zoi Efstathiou and Fredrik Rasten as well as in groups such as Miman, Marthe Lea Band and Alasdair Roberts & Völvur.  

His music aims to dissolve the brittle barriers separating traditional Scandinavian folk- and contemporary electroacoustic music via minimalist compositional techniques and soulful improvisations. Utilizing just intonation tunings, hypnotic forms, synthesized sound mimicking the acoustic and vice versa, his music explores qualities intrinsic to traditional Scandinavian folk music in ways where the musical foundation is felt rather than explicitly heard. Kalman can previously be heard in duos with Zoi Efstathiou and Fredrik Rasten as well as in groups such as Miman, Marthe Lea Band and Alasdair Roberts & Völvur.  

The record was mastered by Rashad Becker and the artwork is made by Allon Kaye.

EGIL KALMAN - CLOUDLESS DAYBREAK (from iDEAL213 LP)

https://www.nts.live/shows/post-geography/episodes/post-geography-24th-march-2022

Post - Geography 240322

This show is about hope, tears, heartbroken, joy, mindfucking, mystery, erotism, generosity... Everything you can feel after eight!

AFTER EIGHT w/ Aymard (20.05.22)

excerpt from an unlabeled live recording 2017

Mare Insularum

‘Malvern Brume is the moniker of London based sound artist and musician Rory Salter. After two cassette releases and appearing on compilations for both Infant Tree and Low Company, Salter released his debut album Tendrils on Alter in the summer of last year alongside and a 20 minute piece for Cafe OTO’s TakuRoku label. Malvern Brume’s music is made up of a considered bric-à-brac of field recordings, playful improvised synthesis, stream of consciousness poetry and everyday object clatter; forming a dense foggy sound often made in response to specific locations and the overwhelming intensity of life in London - It’s as much a document of these real spaces as it is a retelling of the emotional reactions and experiences of inhabiting them. Salter also co-runs the label Infant Tree with artist and musician Ben Victor Waggett. 


Rory hopes you enjoy this mix of favourites, old and new which have helped him through this past winters bog - both metaphorically and one various occasions physically.


www.rorysalter.online

www.infanttree.co.uk’


https://soundcloud.com/malvern-brume

8:00 PM (excerpt from "Klangturm")

Andrew Pekler