Name: A Semblance Of Normality by Phil Mills
Duration: 8 min 7 s
Description: This one's a little more hopeful, and a bit lighter, though there's plenty of doubt and distortion as well. "Doubt and Distortion" might be the title of my unlikely to be written autobiography.

There are many threads that weave through the YUKU catalogue, and everyone's tastes and journeys through the music we release are different. Some people might gravitate towards the more techno-influenced sound, others might enjoy the more bass-focused music, and so on. Some very special listeners hopefully enjoy the full palette of sounds and hear how it all ties together. It's the nature of curating a multi-genre label — that somehow, you have to trust your instincts about how all the pieces connect, and they usually do so in a multitude of ways.

For this journey, or collage of music, I wanted to explore the quieter and more understated side of the label — there are so many ambient, subtle, or non-dancefloor tunes — and to piece some of that music together in a cohesive way. I hope you enjoy listening!
— @oolongbru

Tracklist:
@tenebreaudio - Climat02
@mussck - Those That Tell You Winning Lies
@granul - Intro
@shinraknives - I Can't Live Like This
@user-107149288 - And Everything Else
@machine_code - Hollow Moon
@mussck - The Man Who Trade Obediences For A Title
@tenebreaudio - Climat01
@tim-e-aka-current-value - Miles to Go
@subpyao - Directions
@balatron-1 - Amelia's Dream
@sprocketmoss - Ashes in the Sink
@fiestasoundsystem - 2nd (x)-elfout
ID - ID
@michellesambaxphilmills - Lake Torso
@lazarus_nbg - Elegy
@juicy_chewlie - Alpine
@fearful x @mtwndnb - Voiceless
@woulgmusic - Polypropylene
@traka-studio - The Score

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swills & phil//mills - Before New Angels 
1. Etude I 
2. Angel's Design On Massive Central 
3. Since The Last Time 
4. Prequel 
5. Ephemera 
6. Common Parlance 
7. Etude II 
8. The Tiled Men 
9. Before New Angels 
10. Will I Be The Cords Of Light

Artwork by Jorgen Koolwijk 
Mastering by Phil Mills 
Out on Nov 20 2023

Before New Angels is the debut album by Swills & Phil Mills, a Dutch mixed electronic duo in which vibrant talent and solid experience swirl together in a hazy cloud. Ten cinematic ambient tracks that combine the imaginative power of Biosphere and the hallucinatory club DNA of Huerco S and GAS.

Take for instance a track like Common Parlance. It’s a centerpiece and forms the beating heart of Before New Angels. With its elongated, shuffling chords and deadpan kicks it seems to come from an early Wolfgang Voigt recording.

Utrecht-based Sabine Willems is the newcomer of the two. Her work is experimental and does not conform to any genre. She likes to challenge herself by keeping her instrumentation to a bare minimum. Phone recorded samples of the world around her sometimes serve as a building block. But where her earlier tracks still contain rhythm, Before New Angels is virtually beatless.

Phil Mills is the experienced side of the duo. He’s from the North of The Netherlands. Anyone who dives into his musical past will come across dance productions that date as far  back as the early nineties. Mills’ experience pays out on Before New Angels, where its layered melodies and slow evolving arrangements never smother the minimalist compositions. Is this one of the better ambient albums of 2023? We tend to think so. You better lie down and feel for yourself.

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swills & phil//mills - Before New Angels

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Heart (free download)

A very moody piece.... it reminds me of rainy East Berlin at dusk before the fall of the Wall. Lights reflected in puddles and Communist propaganda projected from the windows of empty office blocks.

CCCP WIP

This one's a little more hopeful, and a bit lighter, though there's plenty of doubt and distortion as well. "Doubt and Distortion" might be the title of my unlikely to be written autobiography.

A Semblance Of Normality

If Dirty Ambient is a genre, then this one fits the bill. It’s Lo-Fi and ponderous but with some fleeting intimations of beauty and romance amidst the foggy swirl of old samples and distortion.

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Here you can find some experimental electronic tracks, ranging from dark ambient to glitchy spacey techno and visiting a few other stylistic places along the way. Most of the pieces here are currently unreleased and live alongside my releases on  streaming services. My main artist name is phil//mills: https://hyperfollow.com/philmills

A Semblance Of Normality

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