There’s a body of water in the woods near Carrboro. Dappled light on the trail leads you to it. Crunch of leaves underfoot. A river feeds the swimming hole where people plunge, naked and alive. On a chair you sit reminiscing about the future. After a dip, you lay on a big smooth rock - let the sun bake you dry. Then you walk further into the woods.

Like coming upon some keyboardists situated at the mouth of a cave, the entreaties on this record are calming but enigmatic, tinged with melancholy and reflection. Recurring motifs are given room to grow—there’s much space, and the progressions percolate, an auditory mapping of emotional crevices. Sentimentalism given a rougher edge. It lures you in; an orb appears, bright and buzzing. It motions for you to continue. As you do, a fragrance floats through the cave and fills your psyche, like a thousand roses hidden in the dark.

On "Keyboard Suite Vol. 1", MARV imbues analog subtractive and FM synthesis with a distinct physicality. Dub studio techniques and rigorously hand-played performances create an 'environmental' keyboard masterpiece strongly connected to the lineage of 1970s-80s private press ambient and electronic recordings-- but elegantly modern sound design and production methods center the album in the present day. A timeless quality pervades "Keyboard Suite Vol. 1", allowing for easy repeats, marinating the subconscious ache of loss with a dreamily resolute hope.

keyboards and effects ~ Geoff Schilling and Nathan Taylor
french horn (A2) ~ Aaron Smithers
mixdown assistance ~ Glyn Maier
audio finalization ~ Nathan Taylor
design and layout ~ Joe Bastardo (www.josephbastardo.com)

all proceeds to Carolina Abortion Fund (Durham, NC) ~ www.carolinaabortionfund.org

ALSO WILL BE STOCKED BY:

Tobira Records (JP)
All Day Records (US)
Commend (US)
Boomkat (UK)
Industrial Coast (UK)

LP details ~
black vinyl, printed center labels
lacquer cut ~ Amy Dragon
recycled black paper jackets ~ Middle Press
silkscreened with water/soy-based ink ~ Goatmother Industrial
recycled plantable seed paper insert ~ Greenfield Paper, debossed with Braille text* ~ Middle Press
custom scent ~ Meadow Maker Apothecary (www.instagram.com/_meadowmakers_/)

*may not be readable due to paper thickness and texture

*ALL LPS WILL BE SHIPPED OUTSIDE OF JACKET FOR SAFETY*

Keyboard Suite I

MARV - Stable Mate (ENM10)

Russian Tsarlag and Secret Boyfriend are two of the most distinctly inimitable makers in the canon of the contemporary American “DIY” underground. In 2013, the two artists released an untitled split 12” on Ryan Martin’s (Secret Boyfriend) prolific “Hot Releases” label. As two of the foremost archetypal figures of their collected contexts, it’s a pleasure to host the pairing as a part of the ENXPL series again sharing new work.

Russian Tsarlag’s side A is gorgeously trudging and despondent; these syrup drenched ballads and collages sit amongst some of his finest work, (see his most recent self released work through his Wasp Video Roadhouse imprint). Side B is the domain of Secret Boyfriend. The effort hosts an eclectic batch of dense and emotive ambient passages, live recording, and bedroom shoe-gaze. Martin’s Secret Boyfriend project allows for a fluidity in form and content, mastering longing through a myriad of languages.
credits
releases September 15, 2021

"Live at Cold Spring Hollow, Belchertown MA 10 02 19" recorded by Sam Hodge
audio finalized by Glyn Maier
artwork by Carlos Gonzales and Ryan Martin
design by RJM Vanderheyden

***IF COPIES SELL OUT HERE, LOCATE THEM VIA enmossed.bandcamp.com ****

Russian Tsarlag/Secret Boyfriend

RUSSIAN TSARLAG/SECRET BOYFRIEND

BUY A COPY

ENXPL08 - B6. RUSSIAN TSARLAG - "ZOMBIE CITY"

info: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/guests-155-santebela
https://santebela.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/santebela
https://soundcloud.com/ion_o

santebela

GUESTS 155 – santebela

For this new episode  we are very happy to host Juliette aka Lunar Maria. The first time I met her we had a cup of tea, in the Père Lachaise Graveyard in Paris, it's an important detail to understand the character.
Juliette is very talented with the exercice of ambiance building. The universe she carries could be drawn  as wonderful « cabinet de curiosité »  filed with  bones , dust, dead flowers , old painting , and rusty sound box. As she loves romantic and decrepit things, for this episode, she decided to design a toxic forest atmosphere, that would perfectly match with nausicaa, or the lord of the rings for passage.

https://soundcloud.com/lunarrrmaria
https://www.instagram.com/jubtld/

Art by Otto Marseus "Three snakes, lizard and toad"  1663.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otto_Marseus_van_Schrieck_-_Three_snakes,_lizard_and_toad_(1663).jpg

Design by Séraphine Suau .
https://www.instagram.com/designbyseraphine/

Mix serie 02 -  Lunar Maria "Forêt Toxique, Forêt magique"

𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑛
𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑
𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛

For 𝑊ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒, Berlin-based Alie illustrates a selection from the Ashtavakra Gita with a sprawling excursion of narration-infused ambient and pointed club music selections. Alie’s recorded output and sound practice is a multifocal one: a body of generously considerate DJ mixes, appearances on Angelo Harmsworth’s Lime Lodge label, multiple remixes throughout the enmossed catalog, and the new recording project Awa Awa. 𝑊ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 is a subtextual primer to the recorded output Alie has amassed to date. Alie’s attention to momentum on 𝑊ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 is prescient as the selections expand over the generous seventy-two minutes of listening experience over sides A and B. 𝑊ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 provides joyous catharsis through well-earned reflection.

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Alie functions as a channel, space and expression of sounds, frequencies and vibrations. These may materialize in form of tracks, sound pieces or co-creations, ready to be transmitted to all - vibrating on a resonant frequency. When playing records, Alie’s focus creates an oscillating flow between ambient, experimental and fast forward sounds.

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recorded by Alie
audio finalized by Glyn Maier
artwork by Alban Rosenberger
all proceeds to Viveka Hermitage - vivekahermitage.com

Whole

Alie - Whole [Side A Excerpt] (ENMX-17)

This is a preview of the label's 19th release.
A half-asleep state in the middle of a hot day.

Full version, cassette tape and more info:
https://kartaskvazhin.bandcamp.com/album/regressive-youth

@piperspray
@lenatsibizova

preview [karsk_19]: Piper Spray & Lena Tsibizova - 2022 - Regressive Youth

info: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/prosthetic-sentiments-07-cerpintxt
https://collidinglines.bandcamp.com/album/lived-particulars

prosthetic sentiments

prosthetic sentiments 07 – cerpintxt

info: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/fermata-steel-songs
https://soundcloud.com/nikitamillennialrain

fermata

fermata – steel songs

this is my most ambitious project to date and i spent a good amount of time working on this! this is my first actual album under this new name that doesn't include any tracks from my previous self.. this album dives into my mental state and how i feel most of the time + this album is the last project i'll release before i start my life as a "non-teen" experience in life.

after this releases, i'm gonna evolve into a new person, abandoning my past self and my mistakes to become a new and better version of myself.

thank you, everyone who stayed around for this moment! <3

cover artwork is drawn by "iinudere"
tracks all produced, mixed + mastered by me (empty memories)
track 2 features guest + additional production from "lucas pereyra"
track 3 covers "tigers jaw - plane vs. tank vs. submarine"
track 4 samples "super mario 64 - save file music"
track 5 features guest "wasterr"
track 6 is a remake of "gazecloud - future plans!"
track 7 is partially produced by "s0lstice"
track 9 is a cover / interpolation of "lil bo weep - feel it"
track 10 features guest "sunnymingo"
track 11 features guest "imsotracy"
track 12 features guest "testing something"
track 13 is a interpolation of "brand new - tautou"

https://www.instagram.com/iinudere
https://lucaspereyra.bandcamp.com/
https://tigersjaw.bandcamp.com/track/plane-vs-tank-vs-submarine
https://youtu.be/hrJNgLGbYg0
https://0wasterr0.bandcamp.com/
https://gazescloud.bandcamp.com/track/future-plans-2
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5amEg13JMVnk8AbHkOGM43
https://youtu.be/Q_hG-H0IF8k
https://sunnymingo.bandcamp.com/
https://imsotracy.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/user-583302578-214248030
https://youtu.be/78_Gg9qVaK0

(why am i so problematic?)

A collage of sounds from http://www.andrewpekler.com/phantom-islands/ – an interactive website that charts the sounds and histories of islands that were once found on nautical maps but have since disappeared.

Phantom Islands are artifacts of the age of maritime discovery and colonial expansion. During centuries of ocean exploration these islands were sighted, charted, and described – but their existence was never ultimately verified. Poised between cartographic fact and maritime fiction, they haunted seafarers’ maps for hundreds of years, inspiring legends, fantasies, and counterfactual histories. Phantom Islands – A Sonic Atlas interprets these imaginations in the form of a map of speculative sounds from 27 phantom islands around the world.

Phantom Islands (Collage)

Plafond 6 — Cucina Povera & Haron (LP)

Vinyl/digital: bakk.bandcamp.com/album/plafond-6
Vinyl/distribution (Clone): https://clone.nl/item59834.html

A	Cucina Povera & Haron — Riffittelyä (21:43)
B1	Haron — Maandag, Spiegeldag (6:47)
B2	Cucina Povera — Ajatus (9:26)

Plafond enters its second decade with Cucina Povera and Haron fusing the folkloric and futurist. Maria Rossi and Haron Aumaj (real names) honour musical cinematism on ‘Riffittelyä’, which slowly unfolds during a twenty-two minute trail of exploration, angst and redemption. Meddling voices pinch through an aural mist, Kubrickesque strings impend and cathedral organs relevate. Most striking is the compatibility of Rossi’s tangibility and Aumaj’s computerisation, seamlessly forming a renewed dynamic, as granular as it is loose in texture.

During this unique first collaboration it can be quickly forgotten both artists have highly distinctive styles. We are reminded of these singularities on the other half of the record, featuring two solo works, both rich yet contrasting in their colour and emotion. On ‘Maandag, Spiegeldag’, Aumaj sketches in orange chromatics, a featherweight composition that feels far away from the greyscale fragility that Rossi portrays on ‘Ajatus’. Showcasing two minimalist artists catapulted by their stunning debut albums, this sixth Plafond keeps the listener in constant awe, pointing us to the endless potential of spontaneity.

Comes in Pantone printed outer sleeve with deep red and yellow topped with a silk screened black and a soft pink inner sleeve, wrapped in a dreamy blue Obi-strip printed with white and black, by the BAKK Fuzz Factory.

Music: Maria Rossi @cucinapovera / Haron Aumaj @wivah
Mastering: Wouter Brandenburg
Design: Mike Kokken and Ruben Verkuylen
Words: Luke Cohlen @lukecohlen

Phantom Islands (Collage)

Andrew Pekler