An ongoing collection of Soundcloud finds that speak to my innermost and give a window in to how I hear, see, feel, touch and smell music particularly through this ambient/experimental doorway. If ya dig, stay close and check out my original worx as they bubble up from the depths.... and make the world a better place, give your gifts... every day <3

fruit From the treE

Vinyl available here, alongside We Disappear:
http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/singles/13-05-14/we-disappear-feat-lulu-james/

iTunes here:
http://smarturl.it/ImmunityExt

Beatport here:
http://www.beatport.com/track/abandon-window-moderat-remix/5579343

We Disappear

Abandon Window

Jon Hopkins - Abandon Window (MODERAT Remix)

Taken from the album 'Quixotism' released as CD and Download.

Oren Ambarchi 'Quixotism Part 5' (eMEGO 202)

[Digest] Taylor Deupree + Federico Durand + ILLUHA on 13th April 2014 at MIDORI.so

Kris Vanderstraeten : Drums/Percussie
Jean Demey : Double Bass
Christophe Albertijn : Electric Guitar

image by Kris Vanderstraeten
Recorded live with a stereo microphone pair 
at Les Ateliers Claus September 2012

(concert curated by Kris Vanderstraeten which featured this trio along with a concert by Sheldon Siegel of which the recording was released as a split LP of Throw Down Your Hammer And Sing/ Sheldon Siegel by Smeraldine Rima/Croxhapox)

Kris Vanderstraeten/Jean Demey/Christophe Albertijn - Live (excerpt) 2012

from the Hospital Productions record  "Risveglio", out July 27 2015.

BUY ALL FORMATS

02 La Sveglia

After a ten year obsession with "The End Of The World" comes a concept Cassette...
Side A: Golden Beasts.
Riding bare back on Golden Unicorns... the transmitters of dreams... a 22minute journey within the walled inner sphere of the subconscious.

CLOUDBEARD - "Wooden Machines", Guitar, Ebow and Melodica, Kaossilator + Effects
PUMPERNICKLE - Production, Beats + Samples

Audio book sample credits: an except from "A hardboiled wonderland and the end of the world" by Haruki Murakami.

Acid.

Golden Beasts

First part of B side, CloudBeard cassette limited run of 52 :BLACKLODGE:EGDOLETIHW:...
After a ten-year obsession with The End Of The World...
CLOUDBEARD- "Wooden Machines", Guitar, Ebow, Melodica, Tanpura, SP-303, FX.
PUMPERNICKLE- Production, Beats, Patience.
"It's after the end of the world, don't you know that yet?"

The End Of The World

out now on Hospital Records. 

Reviews:

http://www.spin.com/2015/07/review-alessandro-cortini-risveglio/
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20802-risveglio/



01 Stambecco

Support by : Laurent Garnier, Christian Smith, Danny Howells, Joseph Capriati, Paco Osuna, Richie Hawtin, Markantonio, Karotte   

The long awaited full power ep from Roger is finally here!
Roger's originals have been on fire in the clubs for a year already and with the brand new remixes from Wehbba & Eddie Hale this is definitely one not to miss!
Steve Ward 

A Moment Of Stillness In Flight
I close my eyes and ponder this journey, my path as I so often do. My legs continue on, moving to carry the load without question or complaint. I have walked for miles, for days, weeks and years, never wavering from the chance to find my way. I am searching, for something, though not yet revealed, the voices whisper, constantly from the crevasses of my mind. I continue on, dirt mounting through my bare toes, once sheltered by shoes that covered now callused skin. A cloud forms, dust that hovers and protects me like a blanket as I travel along my way. My eyes remain closed but I know it is there, my cloud of dust, shielding me from all that which I do not wish to see anymore. My path is forward I say aloud, alone, with belief that it is the only way I can be. I let go and my instincts clear, noise calming before me like a storm, and I can hear them speak to the very earth around me. My body raises, in my mind, images appearing in my mind so vivid and beautiful, dust clouds turned white, that I can’t control the tears quivering at the corners of my eyes. I feel helpless, but found, in this moment where everything is free and as it is supposed to be. Waves of energy flow through me, over and over and amongst it I find presence of mind to open dampened eyes only to see those images not at all changed from those within my mind. I am surprised, floating there in the sky, my moment of stillness in flight, my moment to finally realise that only in this moment am I truly free.
Words by Robbie Byrne 2015

Roger Martinez - A Moment Of Stillness In Flight

Beneath the promenade in Zadar, Croatia, columns of air and water are conducted by the Adriatic; from holes in the ground, Nature sings an eerie tune

Sea Organ, Zadar, Croatia

more experiments and preparations as i hone my live rig and come up with ideas....

modular sample manipulations and live looping with a kaleidoloop.

looking forward to being back in japan....

november 05, 2015 (more preparations for japan)

wow.. it's been a while since i've posted here... the year just got away from me.. not nearly as many postings as last year, but i'm really happy with all of them... been some great exploring and i finally feel like i've come to grips with my modular system.

it never stops growing, though.. and today i received a ZDSP modular with the Grain De Folie and Time Fabric cards...

this is my first attempt, a VERY simple patch with the SIX GRAINS algorithm from Grain De Folie... looping and granulating a simple piano sample from a Nebulae.

very inspirational sound for me.. i can see this is going to really be fun to explore.. and this is a dead simple patch with no modulation or any filtering or any other modules..

just a first experiment.

december 04, 2015 (zdsp 1st experiment)



Christophe Albertijn : Electric Guitar
David Maranha : Electric Organ
Manuel Mota : Electric Guitar

recorded live @ Desterro Lisbon, Portugal
september 2015

photo: Filipe Felizardo


Albertijn Maranha Mota @ Desterro Lisbon PT 09 2015  (excerpt)

12k is happy to present the debut release on the label from Argentinian composer Federico Durand who has had a series of amazing releases on labels such as Spekk, Own, and Desire Path. Federico and 12k crossed paths on a tour of Japan together in 2014 where the personal friendships among the artists and the label are such a part of what 12k is about. Sharing music and ideas throughout the tour led to an invite to make an album.

It’s no accident that Federico’s music has a dusty air of nostalgia surrounding it. It has always been a very personal affair. Songs inspired family, local life and the world around him are woven by hand with a selection of very physical instruments. He works like a craftsman, piecing together fragments of sound from cassette recorders, small instruments and loopers and creates music that’s as softspoken as he is. No pretenses, no disguises, just the most honest and down-to-earth music that can be made. Broken melodies spinning from tape reels, the sounds of bells and small found objects being played with care... The music is as beautiful as it is introspective, like a small window of antique glass looking right into Federico’s soul.

In his own words:

“A través del espejo in Spanish means “Through the mirror”. I am fascinated with the experience of putting a mirror in front of another: as a miracle, the image turns in a loop that flows into infinity. Loops in the mirror get less clear with each repetition, the color becomes diffuse and greener. When these loops turn into a lullaby we can enter the other side of the mirror: a place of delight and insight.

I always make simple melodies as they are born free. In many pieces, I use cassette recorders as an instrument that play friendly with others such as piano, lyre, toys, bells or effects. I enjoy the possibilities of cutting tape and making loops, reversing, and even using many tape recorders at the same time making air recordings of the sound. The Roland Space Echo or 2880, which are loop-machines themselves, match perfectly with this way of working.

When I see an emboridery I enjoy both the front and back where a mysterious, invisible world suddenly appears. For this reason, I am grateful to the natural sounds made by the machines, the crackle of loops and other sounds that appear while working, as an unexpected gift.

A través del espejo is a dream of beauty, A love of handcrafted music.” 

- Federico Durand

A Través Del Espejo

El jardín encantado (The enchanted garden)

More info here: http://bit.ly/SOSpremiere

B2 1170 Siva

Up Down Up Down

http://www.self-titledmag.com/2016/05/03/premieresecond-woman-100407jd7/

Second Woman - "100407jd7"

In the Lens, Solo Andata’s fourth full-length album, was born from recordings found in the interstices of decades-old hard drives, lost email threads from disused accounts, and forgotten samples recorded on cassette dictaphones. These fragments were combined and re-worked with newer elements to create an album very much in the spirit of the band’s debut Fyris Swan (Hefty Records, 2006), an album touched by both folk and jazz and swathed in a dusty, narcotic haze.
Solo Andata’s Kane Ikin and Paul Fiocco have always pushed aside the digital studio in favor of a more haphazard and hands-on workshop vibe to their productions. They prefer near-broken acoustic instruments, cheap microphones and, as can be witnessed by their live performances, tend to turn anything they can get their hands on into a beautiful sound-making object.

While there is a raw and guileless nature to the duo’s sound it is precisely this that makes their music so powerful amidst the over-produced cliches of much modern music. The beauty of their work is how simple instruments and objects can be physically manipulated into creating such rich, layered sound. Dark, swaying, almost-looped melodies from piano, woodwinds and horns wrap themselves in smoky obscurity around remnants of percussion and warm beds of noise and the world around us.

In The Lens is very much a late-night record, reflected in the rain-soaked cover imagery, dripping with half-forgotten memories. Jittery yet calming, rhythmic, yet unhurried, it leads you down its dark corridors to a soft resting space. Ikin and Fiocco have created a new story around the chemistry of their creations that were taking place during the early days of their musical explorations.

In The Lens

Separate Lovers

from the album 'connected' available oct22.

oren ambarchi & robin fox 'standing mandala'

Recording of the first music part from Sara Manante's dance performance 'Faire Un Four'

performed at Live Arts Week in Bologna Italy April 2013

Live 2track recording of a Pump Organ and Audience

play loud!

'Faire Un Four' (organ) Bologna 2013

Drums : percussion : piano : records : ableton live : modulär synf

House, techno, downtempo, ambient, experimental, whatever stirs my soul or shakes my arse. 

... A musician for many years with a background of jazz drums, percussion and piano, Pumpernickle is now devotedly hurtling through space and time pursuing electronic music production and spinning tunes. Since 2012 the dj persona has had the primary focus, attaining a successful run through some of Australia’s major festivals, regular visits to the Melbourne club scene and an invitation to residency in Turkey’s 2016 summer (of course I went.. right in the middle of 2016's military coup... what a trip that was...). With a diverse musical palette, ranging from Ambient/experimental, World/Jazz, through Electronica, House, downtempo and main room Techno, Pumpernickle is becoming known as an intelligent and creative voice in the Australian electronic music scene. 
2017 and beyond sees his focus being channelled into studio production… great times of experimentation lie ahead bridging modular synthesis, live drums, techno, ambient, electronica, visions of a live solo show emerging… dreams of creating a 40ft school bus/motorhome/music studio and returning to Europe… Above all else, following a unifying desire to live this short life fully; engulfed by passion and purpose, exploring the fields of consciousness and human potential and just hopefully… helping others and making the world a better place at the same time… 

Be the change you want to see in the world <3

Bookings: pumpernicklemusic@gmail.com

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http://youtu.be/M5i_LHkVlGk