This whole album is stunningly beautiful. Incredible work. I really like some of the subtle layers and textures you added in as well. Curious if you are using a MOOD or Microcosm pedal or something similar for some of the layers, textures, and a few of the reverse elements. The ping pong effect in songs like Frigid Stars is also really well done. Incredible work on the entire album. Thank you for creating this and sharing it with us.

"Quiet Rooms" is the fifth release of Polaroid Notes on UK label Whitelabrecs.

About the album:
"Quiet Rooms" came about during a strange phase of deliberate and involuntary personal changes and attempts to refocus. Moving back home after nearly eight years of working far away and dealing with one of the most annoying things a musician can experience; tinnitus.

"Quiet Rooms" was therefore initially a kind of self-healing process to get back onto a decent track with music, focusing on slow-burning, minimalist piano lines, gentle melodies and lots of space in between the individual notes. The tracks "Quiet Rooms" and "Two Wrongs Won’t Make It Right" were the first pieces to be recorded and these set the direction for what was to come in the rest of the album.

Everything was improvised and recorded at a time when it felt right. One particular idea was to keep the tracks as transparent as possible, so that light and atmosphere could shine through as if through a piece of gauze. Later, electric piano, reversed loops and some additional electronic and field recording sounds were added. And that’s it. The music is focused, dense and uplifting in its quest for deep contemplation. It instills a sense of serenity with a gently absorbing, balanced stillness.

All recordings were made in the evening and at night, with the lights dimmed while the cat slept gently next to the recording equipment. The individual titles of the twelve tracks reflect the mood and hope in which the album was created. What you hear on the album is a carefully curated extract from several hours of recordings. The photos that can be seen across the four gatefold sleeves of the packaging were staged presentations of quiet rooms inside the artist’s home. For us the listener, they serve as fictitious environments to place ourselves, in which to escape into a quiet space.

Tracklist:
1. Quiet Rooms / 2. Two Wrongs Won't Make It Right / 3. The World Outside Disappears / 4. The Night Returns Without A Sound / 5. Frigid Stars / 6. Dust To Dust / 7. Be There Forever / 8. Lunar Melancholy / 9. I Can Hear You In The Wind / 10. Advanced Study For A Lullaby / 11. Invitation To A Ghost Seance / 12. Nighthawks

Written and produced by Polaroid Notes
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Photography by Polaroid Notes
Art and design by Andrew Heath 

Limited Edition CD and digital download @ https://polaroidnotes.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-rooms

Release date: September 21, 2024
Whitelabrecs wlr 169

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Tracklist

01. Philippe Neau - Chants Vibrations
02. Far away Nebraska - Come partire in un giorno di primavera
03. Federico Durand - La edad del bosque
04. anthéne - Ash fall
05. Olli Aarni - Kimaltava lätäkkö
06. Civic Hall - The trembling line II
07. Michael Santos - Magenta Dayline
08. James Osland and Andrew Heath - The Things You See

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This month OTOROKU releases Peter Brotzmann's final concerts - "The Quartet" with Steve Noble, John Edwards and Jason Adasiewitz. We're pleased broadcast parts of a film made by Zara Joan Miller over 3 days of music dedicated to Peter Brotzmann back in 2024. 

Over the hour you will hear the voices of William Parker, Hamid Drake, Sven-Anke Johannson, Pat Thomas, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Ken Vandermark, Hamish Dunbar, Camille Emaille, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Han Bennink, Zoh Amba, Steve Noble, Joe McPhee and Caspar Brotzmann.

Audio from the film "Peter Brotzmann: A Tribute, Cafe OTO 08-10/02/2024" by Zara Joan Miller.
Music recorded by Billy Steiger and mixed by James Dunn. 
Photo by David Laskowski. 

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@benbondy

Introduce yourself? Preferred pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself?

hi, I’m ben bondy— he/him. I live in a tiny studio apartment with my bf and our cat bop in bed stuy, Brooklyn. My first tik tok vid has 198 views now, go follow me on there and send me ur fav cringe.
 
How is everything going with you rn?

I am doing ok I think. I am grateful to be working and to have an income, and grateful to have had time to rest my mind and body, and grateful to have friends and music in my life.
 
Have you taken any fun trips this summer?

camping and hiking have always been sort of my escape, but I think now more than ever it provides a different level of nourishment I need to replenish myself from every-day life lately. I’ve done that a few times, and hopefully a lot more. Other than that I spent the first 3 months of quar consistently shrooming. Bless those lil guys :)
 
What is your # 1 Rona rule? 

Keep a tight inner social circle that you know is doing the same, and spend time outdoors.
 
If you were to swim to the bottom of the ocean for a set who would you want to play with and why?

since its already a crazy scenario probably DJ Olive. Would love to hear him play totally submerged and to watch his arms going in slow motion.
 
What do you think djing will look like in 20 years from now?

I would love to see DJing become more accessible for people who can’t afford gear. I think the stigmas about gear in general will ultimately die, and I hope more people playing off laptops will turn up to the function even if they don’t know how to use a controller.
 
Who currently inspires you music wise?
 
on a daily basis seeing what my friends create pushes me as a producer and dj. namely Rory (Pontiac streator), Kelsey (opheliaxz), ulla, naemi (exael), and shy (special guest dj) all inspire me deeeeepplyy. Honestly major shoutout Terry Radio crew. I think seeing people deeply in their own worlds finding their own way thru that is what inspires me most. also on a huge mazzy start kick rn. 
 
What scent would you choose to be on full blast for the rest of your life?

on a big hinoki kick so maybe that
 
Let’s play a pipipi game… I give you a situation & you give me a track 

** on a farm at sundown only two hits of dmt left
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Eu3GZQsyE

** stuck in traffic in the rain
This whole record is perfect rainy drive sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V0gxdQ-Ep8&list=PLnygACOuHOnM0ppzyuII_MdMVelsMyjQ
 
** crossing an endless street that eventually leads to your childhood home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhRNVyJ4jGo

** sandalwood on the 1 you love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyut3GyQtn0

Advice to beginning djs & producers?

I’m soooo a beginner, and still consider myself a bedroom dj so my only advice on that is to listen to a ton of music, and mix whatever genre’s you like together as long as you like the vibe. For producers, just keep making things. Even if its not to share, never gets transferred onto your computer, never gets recorded or released, just do it because experimenting is always good. any time of motion is key even if its backwards.
 
Favorite weird drug experience?

my college room mate’s dad giving us 2cb for the first time and crying hysterically while digging through my old myspace profile convincing myself that my life up until that point had never happened.
 
What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

I want to see people being able to come together again one day. I want there to be more free and accessible parties that exist more outside of capitalism, and I want to see more DIY spaces open up that don’t cater to the same folks over and over.

Link to extended interview:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FbRKTpVvDk1RcdkH56kXKVaoV6FycyLveuDb7T1gTHw/edit?usp=sharing

ben bondy - 23 ˚

Ambient / Contemporary Classic / Cinematic Sounds / Drone

Releases:
+ Inner Harmonies (Album)
(Driftworks Recordings DWR 009, June 2025)
+ Reflections EP (with Glacis)
(no label, March 2025)
+ All Our Yesterdays (Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 042, Febr 2025)
+ A Chance Before A Choice EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 041, Jan 2025)
+ Slow Tones EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 040, Nov 2024)
+ Quiet Rooms (Album)
(Whitelabrecs wlr 169, Sept 2024)
+ Remains Of Life EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 039, Aug 2024)
+ Fragments Of Love EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 038, March 2024)
+ Soundtrack For A Perfect Day (Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 037, Febr 2024)
+ Drones And Sketches (Album)
(Drone Works International DWI 47, Nov 2023)
+ Four Singles (Compilation Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 036, Oct 2023)
+ Nothing Left But Memories (Single)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 035, Sept 2023)
+ Forgiveness (Single)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 034, May 2023)
+ Winter Sketches EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 032, Dec 2022)
+ Autumn Sketches EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 031, Oct 2022)
+ Cloud Anthems (Album)
(Whitelabrecs wlr 123, Sept 2022)
+ Between Your World And Mine (Single)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 030, March 2022)
+ Walk Away In Silence (Single)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 029, Febr 2022)
+ Ocean Lines EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 028, Oct 2021)
+ Under The Stars EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 027, May 2021)
+ Still Life (Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 025, March 2021)
+ Schneewehen
(Weber & Alcantu Soundstory 2, Dec 2020)
+ Ghost Sounds (Album)
(Whitelabrecs wlr 084, Nov 2020)
+ Drone Reworks (Album)
(Drone Works International DWI 025, Sept 2020)
+ Home Diaries: Moonlight Sessions (album)
(Whitelabrecs Home Diaries Series HD 014, May 2020)
+ Passing Paris EP (ltd. edition 10 Inch vinyl)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 021, November 2019)
+ Golden Heart EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 020, March 2019)
+ Angel Band EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 019, Jan 2019)
+ Low Tides (Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 018, Nov 2018)
+ As Time Goes By (Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 017, Jan 2018)
+ Unsung Memories (Album)
(Whitelabrecs wlr029, October 2017)
+ Days Of Our Lives EP
(Audio Gourmet AGN 085, August 2017)
+ Re: Improvisation EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 015, May 2017)
+ Sunset Symphonies (Split-EP with Kraut Sounds)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 014, April 2017)
+ Dim Lights EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 012, October 2016)
+ The Rhodes Session (Mini Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 008, March 2016)
+ Sea Shores (Album)
(Tessellate Recordings TSR007, May 2015)
+ The Long Bright Dark EP
(Audio Gourmet AGN 077, April 2015)

Compilations:
+ Hold On Tight
("The Principle Of Hope" Compilation, Mol, Dec 2022)
+ Down By The Sea
("Ennio's Muse", Whitelabrecs, Jan 2021)
+ The Good Earth
("The Home Diaries", Whitelabrecs wlr 085, Jan 2021)
+ Dissolve (Drone Rework)
("Drone Works Vol. 3" Drone Works International DWI 21, Dec 2019) 
+ Nocturnal Mood
("Sleeplaboratory 1.0" Whitelabrecs wlr 50, Jan 2019)
+ The Good Earth (Minimal Drone RMX)
("Drone Works Vol. 1" Drone Works International DWI 03, Dec 2017)
+ Floating Not Drowning
(Track on "Earthtones Vol. 3" Compilation, Tessellate Recordings TSR006, March 2015)

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