Building his name and reputation up through regular releases with the likes of Hip Dozer, Inner Ocean, Aviary Bridge, Cascade Records, Handbook has built up a loyal fanbase, accrued significant champions on BBC Radio 1, KCRW, across French college radio, and boasts multiple tracks with many millions of streams to their name on the major streaming platforms... 

In his debut full length for the label he brings his already popular sonic palette of warm, tasteful, and reflective grooves, but stretches his artistic horizons with a plethora of analogue synths, organic elements and some definite nods to electronica, despite remaining firmly in beats territory.  

Deliberately opting for an upbeat tone and positive feel across the album tracks, he worked with Maschine and Ableton - drawing inspiration from film scores, Madlib’s recent album ‘Sound Ancestors’, and the process of resampling his own work. His creation process operating entirely ‘in the box’ might be a surprise to some who hear the record due to his fondness for organic sounds and analogue warmth, it could well have been a vintage console recorded to tape.

Handbook - Glint

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 <b>Memoosh’</b> is the collaborative project between William Yates (@memotone) and Soroosh Khavari (@Soosh).&#13;
Without any pre-planning, the project started to grow and develop a life of its own as soon as the first session started. Over the course of more than eight weekends spread over a year, the two visited each other for recording sessions, not relying on modern modes of communication. Making all the music in person to keep to the collaborative nature of the project, leaving more room for improvisation and opportunity to jam out all their ideas.&#13;
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The album is a mixture of live instrumentation (guitars, piano, cello, zither, drums, clarinet, synths and numerous others) coupled with effect boxes, samplers, vocals and field recordings, influenced by everything from random static and buzz, to a beautiful early morning rain or the bass thud of a closing door. The whole album being more an exploration of their approach rather than anything conceptually thematic, representing both characters and personalities in the music.&#13;
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“To be honest, had we not been asked by Project Mooncircle to make the album we probably would never have met to make music. Thankfully they did ask! And it has been a very fruitful conquest. Not only has the album created music we are proud of, but in it’s construction it created a new and lasting friendship.“&#13;
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‘Memoosh’ comes out worldwide on limited grey-marbled double vinyl, limited handmade and handpainted cassette edition (both including download code).&#13;
All tracks written, performed and produced by William Yates and Soroosh Khavari. Vocals on ‘This Hush’ by William Yates. Recorded in the Soosh Studio, Brighton. With Thanks to all our close friends, family and the team in Berlin.

GREY MARBLED 2LP/DIGI

PMC134 - Memotone & Soosh 'Memoosh' Album Snippet (2LP/MC/Digital - Project: Mooncircle, 10/07/2014)

‘This album is all about ebbs and flows. It’s been a very interesting few years to say the least, both personally and in terms of the world. I always kept coming back to the concept of Tides, the cyclical nature of everything and the way sadness gives way to happiness… and vice versa. It all works out in the end though… and regardless of what’s happening, the sea is still there, a constant in the madness.’

Working closely with string arranger Thomas Lea (Adele/Bonobo/Rhye), Catching Flies, real name George King, has created his most emotional and cohesive project yet. A beautiful, moving record, with sounds that unmistakably come straight from the heart, it’s all held together by a singular sense of purpose and that trademark intricacy. ‘I wanted it to feel as intricate and as layered as possible. I tried to really push myself musically. The challenge was – how do I make this sound much bigger than a guy sitting in a room with a laptop and a MIDI keyboard?’

Typically wide-ranging in genre, the album highlights his ability to effortlessly manoeuvre and experiment across the spectrum of electronic music, from hip-hop to house, from soul to neo-classical. The album is led by new single ‘Halo,’ which sees him at his best - a melodic mesh of harp samples, vocal chops and a soaring string quartet finale. It’s highly textured, deeply melodic and effortlessly marries live instrumentation with warm electronic beats. ‘Spring’ utilises a vocal sample he found whilst touring China, and ‘The Last Phone Call’ merges a spoken word voice-note from a friend with a vocal recorded on his iPhone on Hampstead Heath - ‘I was pushing my bike and heard this guy singing in the distance, hidden in the trees… I had to EQ out the sound of my bike wheels turning to make it work.’ ‘Macerato’ was made in lockdown with a couple of friends, whilst the album track ‘Tides’ caused the most headache - ‘it went through about 20 different versions and ended up having 270 tracks of audio - there’s so much in there that you don’t necessarily hear on first listen.’ The album also includes the ‘absolutely brilliant’ (Lauren Laverne, BBC6 Music) hit single ‘GLY’ which has received over 20 million streams to date and came with remixes by revered British dance/pop band Hot Chip, and Ninja Tune’s DJ Boring. Also featured is piano piece ‘Diamonds,’ which has gathered artist support from the likes of Nils Frahm and Jungle. The album will be released in combination with a live video performance featuring a string quartet and a harpist.

Tides

Catching Flies ft. Imaginary Friend - The Last Phone Call

Only So Much

First track from the new record coming out March 2nd, 2015. It's a vinyl-only release (limited to 500 copies) consisting of three long drone-pieces created from analog synths, piano, organs and fuzzzzzz. Get the LP here: http://www.elparaisorecords.com/releases/jonas-munk-absorb-fabric-cascade-lp

Or the bundle with the Pan reissue here: http://www.elparaisorecords.com/product/jonas-munk-lp-bundle-preorder

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Second solo LP from Causa Sui guitar player/producer Jonas Munk. These three long pieces aren't defined by Munks signature guitar-approach, but is rather a musical vision of vintage synthesizers, organs, piano and analog electronics elegantly weaved together to create extensive formations of pure sound. The harmonic simplicity and unrestricted dedication to sonic balance and texture is something of a first in Munk's body of work. This is pattern music, characterized by slow builds and subtle, but refined, transformations, where gradual tectonic shifts and tiny harmonic gestures generate vivid emotional responses. Instead of imposing any direct intention or meaning, it's an album that can create a mental environment for the listener to expand and open up into.

Music like this is perceived as incredibly simple and free flowing, but, as is the case with the biological world, reveals textural minutiae and interweaved intricacy once studied close-up. Every tiny detail serves the bigger picture. It's music that's practically vibrating with possibility.

File next to: Terry Riley, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Brian Eno, Popol Vuh.


Jonas Munk: "Absorb"

ZEN RMX - A Retrospective of Ninja Tune Remixes

Evolution II (Mr. P Remix) [feat. Fontella Bass]

Available via Terrible Records.
Stream + Download here:
terrible.lnk.to/ntsy-indian-wells

Ricky Eat Acid - Remix EP

Ricky Eat Acid - This Is As Close To Heaven As I Get (Indian Wells Remix)

I have decided to give away one of my recent ambient pieces for Apollo / XLR8R - 

http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/03/i-miss-you

My 'Broken Promise' EP for http://soundcloud.com/apollo-records is now available - 12" vinyl & digital - 

http://randsrecords.greedbag.com/buy/broken-promise-ep/

Free Download

Synkro - I Miss You

album: Darkly (2018)
label: Project Mooncircle
date: 2.11.2018

acoustic guitar by Ed Kashinsky

For All People With Broken Hearts

Remix by Olaf Stuut for the track "14", taken from Janus Rasmussen's debut album "Vín".

Janus Rasmussen, one half of the critically acclaimed minimal techno duo KIASMOS, is releasing two remix EPs with tracks from Vin reinterpreted by five electronic music artists: Ryan Davis, Aparde, Delhia de France, Joseph Ashworth, Aleksandir and Olaf Stuut. Alongside acclaimed pianist and producer Ólafur Arnalds as KIASMOS, Janus Rasmussen has performed at the most esteemed festivals in the world such as INASOUND, Lowlands, Paraíso, BIME, Mad Cool, and Lovebox where they shared the stage alongside some of the most prominent artists in the world including Alesso, Foo Fighters, Major Lazer, Muse, Lana Del Rey, M83, alt-J, Black Coffee, Bonobo, Gorillaz, and Dua Lipa just to name a few. Having toured the world over, they’re music currently has more than 59 million streams on Spotify and has gained more than 13 million views on Youtube. Janus Rasmussen is not only part of Kiasmos, but also forms part of the electro-pop quartet Bloodgroup who has since become one of Iceland’s hottest musical exports. 

Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janusrasmussen
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janusrasmussenmusic
Website: https://www.janusrasmussen.net 

Tourdates:
24.08. Watergate, Berlin
04.10. L’Amalgame, Yverdon- les Bains
05.10. Cross Club, Prague
10.10. Ritter Butzke 
11.10. Milosc, Warsaw
12.10. Sfinks700, Sopot
26.10. Salon, Istanbul

#JanusRasmussen #OlafStuut #KiRecords

Janus Rasmussen Remixes

Janus Rasmussen - 14 (Olaf Stuut Remix)

Groove 6

Berlin based label and creative collective operating in the left-field sphere of electronic music since 2002.

PMC134 - Memotone & Soosh 'Memoosh' Album Snippet (2LP/MC/Digital - Project: Mooncircle, 10/07/2014)

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