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In June 2021, an unmarked package arrived at the Psychic Liberation headquarters. The small box, which had no return address, contained three items: a thumb drive, a printed message from a notes app, and a small satchel of what seemed to be carambola seeds. The note reads: “We were raised in the ashes of time. This is a philosophy of live. Made while sailing the seas of chaos on our humble houseboat, a place you’ll come to know. But do not seek us out. We are gone.”


Unwilling to risk a computer virus, or humor what was maybe a prank, the thumb drive sat on a shelf for a number of weeks. Eventually, label head Nick Klein decided to take it to the Royal Library of the Netherlands and open its contents on a computer there, just in case.


The thumb drive was titled jd swift. It’s unclear whether this is the artist’s name, the title of the album, or both. The recording opens with an alien spaghetti western: a chopped voice and wobbly single note, signaling that this is a strange place. The percussion is directionless at first, but warbled samples, including the nostalgic clink of getting a coin in Donkey Kong, give way to mutant structure.


Distorted twinkles, dubby hats, and big paranoid kicks occasionally swirl into lo-fi hurricanes, but mostly this music resides in the calm but weirdly charged eye of the storm.


Though little can be assumed about the context of these sonic creations, they seem to be the result of extended jams. The toolbox includes broken arpeggiations and fuzzed bells, air horns and watery pannings. This is twisted globalism, a nexus of serenity and catastrophe, a series of unrecognizable landscapes that read like field recordings though they are intentional creations. The inscrutability of their delivery captures perfectly the sense that artists are no longer individuals or collectives—they are circuits of larger machinery.


Meandering between sounds, these sui generis recordings don’t quite fit the categories of contemporary electronic music. Junk ambient, marginal acid… it’s a struggle to appropriately describe the sounds. Part of this difficulty comes from the artist’s (or artists’) purposefully self-effacing strategy, a circumventing of the systems that edify and circulate art based on identity, practice, and vision. Indeed, this is one of the reasons PL was strangely attracted to these recordings in the first place.


All eight of the individual pieces that make up jd swift are untitled, but are labelled with the time at which they start in the recording. The first track is titled 0:00. Does this hint at new beginnings, or a stance against time itself? If you find yourself on a coast, keep an eye out for a houseboat. Its occupants may know the answer. 
credits
releases October 7, 2021

Mastered by Glyn Maier

Graphic Design and Art by Germán Enrique Caceres Cueto

Psychic Liberation, in operation since 2018, is an experimental music label started in Brooklyn, New York, currently based in Berlin, Germany.

DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES BY FANTASTIQUE LLC.

JD SWIFT

PURCHA$E

JD SWIFT -  0:00 (PLIB011)

Absorb(ed)on Skylab Radio, aired 17 September 2021.

E2 welcomes composer and performer, Noémi Büchi with a dedicated live set that features some modular synthesis works and forthcoming WIPs for Zürich-based label, -OUS. 

@noemibuchi
@ous_ooo

Cover image by Yashna Seethiah
Mastered by Feldermelder (VFBM)

Tracklist:
00:00 - 51:52 - Noémi Büchi LIVE
51:52 - 1:00:04 - Third Space - One Sixteenth at One Twenty (ft. Abs)[@musiccompanyco ]

E2 - Noémi Büchi: Generous Passages

Mari & ani dj, le duo derrière Soleil Rouge, inaugure cette résidence avec un épisode présentant leur première sortie " Premier Rayon - VA" sur leur label éponyme, Une mixtape composée d'unreleased des artistes présenté.e.s sur le disque, permettant de présenter une autre facette de leurs travaux.

Track by Hajj, GOLCE, Caïn و Muchi, Women In The Royal Court, Jonnnah, Officium, Lucy Liyou, ASW's FX

big thxs to lyl radio

LYL SHOW #1 - Premier Rayon's Mixtape by Mari & ani dj

For the next episode of Navegante, Kraumur has invited Frutto.
Frutto (Angelina Nonaj) is a recreative human and metamorphic artist, currently moving and happening in the city of the Hague.

Navegante w. Kraumur guest frutto [25.09.2021]

Living Room n°19 ~ @8salamanda8

q. pls introduce yourselves

> Salamanda is a Seoul-based Leftfield Ambient music producer/DJ duo of Uman Therma (Sala) and Yetsuby (Manda).
Salamanda believes every sound has beauty, and loves to collect and experiment with all kinds of sounds from the world around them.


q. is there a story behind the mix?

> Before working on the mix, we coincidentally saw a picture of one of our favorite artists' living room from a magazine. From the photo, the place seemed very welcoming, cozy, sophisticated and peaceful... and we wondered what it would be like to live there.
So this mix is about our fantasy of having a cup of tea in each of our dream houses on a rainy summer afternoon.


q. what's the best way to enjoy your mix?

> On a lazy, a little bit gloomy late morning or early afternoon, grab a hot coffee, get your blanket, turn this mix on, and look out the window.


q. describe a favourite object in your living room...

> Sala's answer: Happy plants.
> Manda's answer: Cat tower.


q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?

> In terms of our release, we had a new release that came out most recently called "Sphere," which you can check out on Métron Records bandcamp or streaming platforms such as Apple Music / iTunes, Spotify and more.
As for other interesting music-related projects, luckily we've been able to work on a series of exciting projects that we really enjoy(ed) being a part of. They will be revealed soon, so please keep your eyes peeled!

~~~

Tracklist:
Ludwig Wandinger - Spiritual Decay 
Ora Clementi - Vulning 
Keiji Haino / Jim O'Rourke / Oren Ambarchi - Only Wanting To Melt.. Part 1(excerpt) 
Jake Muir - Yaupon 
Salamanda - Sonata For Layer And Electronics (Heavy Magazine) 
Yann Tiersen - Ar Maner Kozh 
Massimiliano Damerini - Zoltan Kodaly : Klavierstuck Op.11 Nr. 7 
James Rushford - U+25CF (Original Mix) 
Michel Banabila - Park Loops 
Amirtha Kidambi & Lea Bertucci - Destroying Angel 
Surabhi Saraf - Illuminen 
Lyckle de Jong - tjilp lus 
Psee / Mårble / Koyil - Tamatamanāh 
Las Barbas Indómitas - Lo que se oía desde su cuarto 
Keiko Higuchi - Okesa Bushi 
TRAINING - Pumpernickels 
Humbros - Feu

Living Room n°19 ~ Salamanda

https://www.nts.live/shows/fifth-world/episodes/fifth-world-24th-november-2021

Fifth World w/ JS (Motion Ward) 241121

Distantes Résonances #8 w/ Avia (28.11.2021)

live Exp.Ciclo 19/03/22

life is better

Reinventing your ideas and projects has greater effects when shared with people like John Daniel, the man after Forest Managament (@forestmanagement), whose resilience in the beautiful but hard work is proof of that.

After difficult months, full of changes and an unsuspected medical operation, John arrives at the Fake Rolex catalogue with a selection that touches the contours of the ambient, filling the great sound room with subtle firmness .

Check out John's extensive work at https://forestmanagement.bandcamp.com.

Travel photos and reviews at http://forestmanagement.us

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