@sundaybrunchseries: yes excellent episode with excellent music and soundscapes

i love seeing a new Pluie/Noir podcast come up. Like, I don't have to worry about what I'll be listening to tonight. :) Always great stuff, excited to hear this unfold.

pshhhh im shaking. drowned in the sound. applause

For its first release of 2022, Marginal Returns presents new music from scene mainstay Matthias. 

Find him here: @matthias-superluminal
Distributed by: @otg-distribution

Release date: May 2022

Matthias - Wise Citizen (MR-05)

Recording from my closing set at the Globus floor of Tresor on the 20/10/2022.

Cleymoore @ Globus, Tresor (Closing, 20/10/2022)

Musical Autobiographies is a show where artists are invited to share the story of their lives through music - hosted by @benflock1, @itsmerubi, and @zodya on @refugeworldwide. In this episode, we are discovering ten tracks which shaped the journey of @cleymoore.

"Listening to music connects people like no other cultural discipline. Yet, music conveys different meanings, memories and emotions to different individuals. Every piece of music has a personal story, both for the composer and the listener. All these stories combined create musical autobiographies. Everybody has one."

https://refugeworldwide.com/artists/musical-autobiographies

Musical Autobiographies | Cleymoore

Artwork by: Sarah Koeke
@superluminalrecordings

Live Mix: Matthias @ Superluminal at Ziegrastraße 11

Palomatic’s Trill LP will be available on vinyl worldwide on May 3rd 2024.
FWAVE001, Germany, 2024 — Distributed by Another round by BRT distribution. 

Web: www.ringsofneptune.com
Contact: feedbackwaves@ringsofneptune.com
Bandcamp: https://feedbackwaves.bandcamp.com
Retailer orders: order@brt-distribution.com

Feedback Waves — the new imprint from independent label Rings of Neptune — is proud to present Trill, the first and only album by Palomatic. Almost thirty years after its original release on CD in 1995, this beautiful nine-track work is now available on vinyl for the first time.

Palomatic is an alias of Koji Takahashi, an active member of the bubbling Japanese electronic music scene of the early-to-mid 90s. Besides his solo work, he was a core member of Takahashi Tektronix (with Nic Yoshizawa) and Mutron (with Kiyoshi Hazemoto, aka Interferon), as well as working as a synth programmer for supergroup Denki Groove. Following the release of his debut track ‘Halo’ on Syzygy Records in 1993, Takahashi made a series of contributions to compilations on the scene-defining Transonic label. His first and only full-length album, Trill, combined these tracks with original material to form an absorbing and versatile standalone statement of the Palomatic sound.

From the oscillating lilt of ‘Flutter’, which opens proceedings at a measured 104bpm, through to the symphonic epilogue of ‘Soar’, Trill is rooted in the fertile territory between organic and synthetic sounds — ground that was nourishing the work of many likeminded producers worldwide at the time. West Coast psychedelia and East Coast funk, the moody bass weight of Bristol trip-hop and Sheffield bleep, and the chemical rush of German techno and Belgian trance: with a distinctly Japanese sensibility, Trill drew these strands together into an elegant musical tapestry. The result is timeless — indeed, album centrepiece ‘Foaming Waves’ would sound right at home on the faster-paced dancefloors of today.

Tracklist:
A1. Flutter
A2. Idiot

B1. Acrobatic
B2. Halo
B3. Foaming Waves

C1. Under The Ground
C2. Palomatica

D1. Source Of Light
D2. Soar

This double LP features an alternative artwork by Feedback Waves co-founder Max Binski.

Words by @joedelon

Written, Mixed & Produced by Koji Takahashi. 
Co-produced by Kazunao Nagata. 
Vinyl Cut & Master by Stefan Betke at Scape Mastering, Berlin.
Originally released in 1995 by Transonic Records. 
Licensed by ExT Records Japan. 
Original Graphic Design by Chinori Cho and T.T.J.A.. 
Vinyl edition Artwork & Graphic Design by Max Binski. 

Feedback Waves — A Division of Rings of Neptune curated by Bruno Santos (@cleymoore), Christina Hans (@itsmerubi_) and Denise Gluck (@soundslikenies)

Trill

Pre-Order

Palomatic - Trill

Pluie/Noir Interscapes 02
"Interior Design"

Sound Mixed and Compiled by @itsmerubi
Visual Interpretation by David Surman

Welcome to the new Pluie/Noir podcast series. 8 years after our debut we decided to press the reboot button and return to our roots. With a new format and back to a regular monthly schedule, Pluie/Noir Interscapes will feature audio collages, mixes, live interviews and live recordings from P/N artists, friends, and other collectives we admire. 

Because less is more, instead of the usual triptych format, this series will feature one single A3-A1 visual interpretation of the music by a graphic artist. The artwork will be available to purchase in poster format on our rebooted Bandcamp page very soon, with cassettes or CD-r of the mixes as a bonus. 

World events have taken the series out of its planned monthly schedule, but priority was on the safety and functional structure of the private lives of everyone involved in the project during these unprecedented times. 

For Interscapes 02 we welcome Rubi, a versatile german artist based in Myanmar, with a visual interpretation by english painter David Surman,

Interviews:
https://pluienoir.tumblr.com

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/itsmerubi
https://www.davidsurman.com


W: https://pluienoir.tumblr.com
M: info (at) pluienoir.com

Pluie/Noir Interscapes 02 - "Interior Design" by Rubi

Pluie/Noir Podcast 025 - Birthday Special
'Podoknica'

Sound by Evano & Nitz
Visual Interpretation by Ayane & Max Binski

Pluie/Noir Podcast is a bi-monthly audio-visual episode representing our work as an artist collective. Each episode will feature a one hour collage/mix by one of our producers/djs and a poster triptych by one of our designers.
Last year, Evano was responsible for the debut of this series. Now, one year later, we welcome him again and a friend for a collaboration, marking the start of a new season in the podcast series, and also presenting the first graphical collaboration. We interviewed the artists and dropped some questions about their vision:
 

EVANO & NITZ
 
-How are you guys?
We are in the studio at the moment, enjoying creative vibes. Thanks.

-When & how did you two start working together?
Our first collaboration was project called "Podoknica" (it stands for "Serenade" in our language). It was a sound and visual performance which we did together with Marko Vivoda at a small intimate venue "at Green Rabbit".

-Is the Slovenian scene open to new talents, experiments and live improvisations?
The scene itself is quite vital and open towards new things. Crowd has open-minded view to music which leads to more and more innovative events with skillful artists.

-When and how did you record this podcast?
Podoknica was recorded in October 2012 at Green Rabbit. 
What we tried to do was a semi Live act where both of us focused on different approaches, using Live. Evano on one side with strongly perceptible focus on Musique concrète and modular programming in Reaktor and Nitz with his field recordings, drone samples and painstaking produced rhythms in Reason, wired back to the mixer's output.
Crucial part of shifting picturesque audio/visual experience consisted of analog visuals by Marko Vivoda.
Podoknica isn`t the same without the visuals. So this podcast is audio collage for those who know how to expand their imagination and disconnect from reality.

-What can we expect from both of you this year?
We are planning to start off a series of small educational events focused on electro-acoustic music. Also our next live collaboration is expected in late April.

AYANE & MAX BINSKI

-How have you been?
Great. Starting a multitude of new projects, either in and out of pluie/noir, and gathering up a small graphic studio & workshop at home.

-When & how did you two start working together?
We actually went to university together, and were in the same design course/class.
Usually our work was done together when teachers asked for group projects, so working together is a natural thing at this point of our professional lives, learning with each other and exploring the same vibes is part of the process.

-How's the employment situation in Portugal at the moment for designers?
Creative studios still appear every once in a while, but are usually recruiting temporary interns for short work periods that are, most of the times, under-payed. The big enterprises are firing a lot of people due to the economical crisis, so our "dream jobs" in the "dream companies" are much harder to find. 
We're both unemployed, trying to survive with freelance work and struggling for personal and honest clients. So if you're reading this and you want to hire someone for design work, we're really nice and hard-working guys ;)

-We're actually seeing a full piece instead of the triptych. When and how did you paint this "mural"? 
Ayane gathered meters and meters of Kraft paper from Ikea, we just unrolled it over the ground and improvised, listening to the podcast in repeat during a whole afternoon/night. We started using oil crayons drawing the outlines spontaneously, and slowly moved to actual acrylic inks and went with it completely in the end. So this is literally the effect we felt that sound could have on a graphical piece.

-What can we expect from both of you this year?
If we get hired more, we'll do more freelance work. ahah
We're both creating our own lines of signed work, moving to new grounds such as sculpture or screen printing, and even some clothing line. Who knows.. 


links: 
http://soundcloud.com/evano
http://soundcloud.com/nitz
http://ayane-light-colour.tumblr.com
http://www.maxbinski.com

Pluie/Noir Podcast 025 - "Podoknica" by Evano & Nitz

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