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From the "Nostalgia Por Mesozóica" LP
Muscut 16LP (12", 2022)
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Nostalgia Por Mesozóica

Misantropicalia

Nostalgia Por Mesozóica by Nikolaienko

Format: 12"LP
Catalogue number: Muscut 16LP
Release date: May 6, 2022
Limited to 300 copies

Format: Cassette
Catalogue number: Muscut 16C
Release date: May 6, 2022
Limited to 50 copies

“Nostalgia Por Mesozóica” is an exploration of "experimental exotica" consisted of synthesized tropical attributes — an artificial landscape isolated behind the glass frame. Reminiscent of recording techniques and sonorities ubiquitous in the 60’s and 70’s, it could conceivably have been intended as a soundtrack for the Mesozoic Era exhibition at your favorite Natural History museum. Limited to 1OO copies. Includes hand-numbered and stamped postcard.


Tracklist:
A1 Muzak For Mesozoic Showreel (feat. Arthur Mine)
A2 Troglodytes (feat. Arthur Mine)
A3 The Ancient Musical Complex Of Mammoth Bones
A4 Glass Flowers
A5 Sacrifice I
B1 Misantropicalia
B2 Dark Archeo
B3 Sacrifice II (Curse of Snakes Valley)
B4 ExotiCon
B5 Yalta (feat. Amphibian Man II)


Nikolaienko: modular synth percussion, tape manipulations, processing, effects.
Arthur Mine: Arp Odyssey (track A1), Venta synth-organ (track B2)
Composed by Nikolaienko and Arthur Mine and recorded at Labyrint Of Echoes Studio in Kyiv during 2017—2019.
Mastering by Flaty
Photos by Dmytro Nikolaienko
Muscut 16, 2020/2022

Reviews:
Nikolaienko has described Muscut’s mission as a kind of “audio archaeology”—perhaps in reference to the dusty, cryptic air of the label’s music, which takes inspiration from the abstracted sounds that Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire were creating with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in the ’60s. On the label founder’s upcoming record, due out in May, he extends his archaeological obsession to the natural history museum. Nostalgia por Mesozócia is framed as an imaginary soundtrack for fossil exhibitions and dinosaur dioramas. Its nostalgia is many-layered: Analog chirps and liquid gurgles summon images of 200-million-year-old rainforests, while wheezing organs and clanking marimbas evoke the easy-listening exotica made popular in the ’50s by artists like Arthur Lyman. Mingling kitsch with surrealism, it makes for a fanciful and engrossing trip into the past. — Pitchfork (Philip Sherburne)﻿

'Nostalgia Por Mesozóica' is Nikolaienko's attempt to recreate an exotik mood while channeling the imagined world of the dinosaurs. He wanted to produce a Natural History museum soundtrack to the Mesozoic Era (the "Age of Reptiles" comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods), and has managed it by combining the quirky organ music and Fourth World-adjacent percussion that became the staples of the exotica genre. In Nikolaienko's hands, it's approached with love and care - his sound sources are familiar and funny - with clearly a lot of genuine love for the subject matter.
'The Ancient Musical Complex Of Mammoth Bones' deploys bargain basement plastic rhythms offset by Nikolaienko's odd electronic treatments and hypnotic synths. 'Misantropicalia' is a swampy approximation of a distant era, using nostalgic memories of the past to connect the dots between aesthetic oldness, archaic global musical traditions and a collapsing culture. At its best, the album sounds like the high points of ex-Skater Spencer Clark's varied catalog (think Vodka Soap or Monopoly Child Star Searchers) and harmonizes with Christina Vantzou's bizarre and brilliant "Multi Natural" full-length. — Boomkat

Nostalgia Por Mesozóica (LP)

Nostalgia Por Mesozóica (LP) by Nikolaienko (Muscut 16LP, 12"/Cass, 2022) Excerpts

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W ostatni dzień roku dzielimy się z wami utworem, który wychodzi na potężnej składance, która celebruje 30 lat na scenie legendy z miasta Łodzi- MONO. To 30 kawałków na 30 kolorowych lat na polskiej scenie tego wspaniałego DJa, promotora, grafika i entuzjasty basowych brzmień. Dokładamy naszą cegiełkę w stylu warehouse 2step i życzymy wam jeszcze raz złotego, nowego roku 2024!

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We're sharing with you our track that contributed to the one and only Polish DJ and promoter MONO's 30th-anniversary compilation released on the last day of 2023. Thirty tracks to celebrate his 30 years of colorful and legendary presence on the rave stage. Happy New Year and enjoy our 2-step warehouse roller with a Polish twist.


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CIARKI - Bez Ciebie (Understereo Warehouse Mix) [FREE DL]

Retrospektywny przegląd moich zainteresowań dźwiękowych na przestrzeni ostatnich 30 lat. Prezentacja polskich artystów i producentów których spotkałem na swojej ścieżce przygody z muzyką, która towarzyszy mi od dziecka. Wielki ukłon dla wszystkich którzy pojawili się na tym wydawnictwie - również podziękowania dla tych, którzy mieli przyjemność spędzić miło czas na wydarzeniach z moim udziałem. Jesteście wielcy ! 

A retrospective review of my musical interests over the last 30 years. Presentation of Polish artists and producers whom I met on my path of adventure with music, which has accompanied me since childhood. A big bow to all who appeared on this release - also thanks to those who had the pleasure of spending a quality time at the venues with my participation. You are great !Mastering: Maciej Falkowski 
Cover artwork: Jakub HAKOBO Stępień 
Cover photo: Sebastian Komicz 
Font: Kacper Zagdan
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From album LOUFR - "FEARS"
Preorder 27.01.2024 / Premiere 03.02.2024
Listen & buy > https://pointless-geometry.bandcamp.com
Limited edition of 60 copies / C-35 cassette
POINTLESS GEOMETRY 2024 / POINT#55

Music and mix by LOUFR (Piotr Bednarczyk) / @loufr
Mastered by Fausto Mercier / @fausto_mercier
Artwork by Aleksandra Ołdak / https://www.instagram.com/aleksandra_ou

LOUFR is a solo project by the Polish composer Piotr Bednarczyk. His work focuses on intermedial chamber and electronic music. In his sonic endeavors, he explores the spaces of sound design, seeking sounds and structures characterized by a subjective, strong physical, and emotional impact. The non-musical content woven into his compositions revolves around global changes inevitably leading to the collapse of the world.


FEARS is the third album by Piotr Bednarczyk under the pseudonym LOUFR. The compositions of the Polish artist have resonated in numerous concert halls across Europe, and this time his work finds its home in Pointless Geometry, a label showcasing the most intriguing domestic electronic music.

LOUFR occupies an exceptionally stable position between contemporary music, hyperpop, and deconstructed club sounds. FEARS is a melancholic album, distinctly human despite the high degree of vocal processing and electronic instrumentation. This contrast is palpable from the very beginning, as emotional vocals collide with an almost trap-like beat. The album is not devoid of moments of true beauty, as evident in "269," a track built around a catchy, sung phrase. The title of this composition serves as a kind of manifesto, referencing the number of a calf rescued from a dairy farm by activists.

FEARS explores the extremes of sonic spectrums, juxtaposing delicate piano strikes with industrial noise and string instruments with a creaking synthesizer. Whether shrouded in electronics or warmed by organic instrumentation, all layers resonate with each other in an incredible, engaging harmony.

FEARS is a unique auditory experience—sharp, unconventional, and avant-garde in some places, while warm, inviting, and familiar in others. Bednarczyk's voice carries this paradox, emotional yet bathed in mechanical processing. The music of the Polish artist resonates with the disintegration of the world but does not relinquish hope. If it is to assist us in anything, it is in navigating through difficult emotions. And FEARS accomplishes this with finesse.

FEARS

LOUFR - 269  / POINT#55

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