@merdhlaleh
The 10th release of katharsis is the album “Matter Out Of Place” by Merdh Laleh, which will come out on April 15th. It will be the first physical release of the label, manufactured in an edition of 49 cassette tapes. Behind the Merdh Laleh moniker is the Copenhagen-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Valdemar Kragelund, who released his debut album “Water For Your Eyes” in 2019 on the danish label Petrola 80.

This second release of the artist is a collection of tracks and sketches made from vastly different perspectives and in divergent conditions, but which peculiarly made sense when put together in the context of the album. Consequently, the album seems to be a reflection on things that do not fit into a context. Themes of ostracism, the socially disadvantaged, shattered dreams and a lack of hope permeates the sonic atmospheres with deviating glimpses of serene and nostalgic
memories framed in sound.

The artist, who besides his Merdh Laleh moniker functions as one third of the experimental jazz trio Køs and as the keyboardist in the dark theatral rock band Josiah Konder, weaves together arcane synth-melodies with eerie vocals and hallowed saxophones to a veil of unsound laments. With katharsis-founder jjjacob contributing with the artwork and mastering, “Matter Out Of Place” sends the listener on a delirious journey, trying to understand the metaphysics of being the missing piece in a puzzle within a context you are not aware of.

thanks to Maria, Kristian, Jonas, Hjalte, Jacob & Martin
Ephemeral Dances originally commissioned for Camille Doussy's exhibition "Ephemeral Dance", 2018. 

Mastered by jjjacob & Merdh Laleh
Artwork by jjjacob

Matter Out Of Place

Merdh Laleh - blank dreams

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Morceau issu de la compilation Musique Muscle #15 ☀
Sortie le 1er mai :)
Artwork: Samuel Biscuit ♨
www.instagram.com/samuelbiscuit/

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Night Shift at the Mall

Emerald Echoes

2-07 Slow Melody

https://soundcloud.com/mono-fee - Teardrop Karaoke
from "Forest Of Feelings" (QNR023)
released 14th February 2019

Forest Of Feelings

QNR023 (↓↓↓)

Monofee - Teardrop Karaoke

de 'Felipe Valdemoros - 100% Ruido Blanco' (SSD-001)
https://on.soundcloud.com/ni6n4j8p1GEADQ3n9

100% Ruido Blanco

NUEVA QUILMES (feat. Erótica Castro)

@user-valeda

Artwork by Swaya and @remote_access

Purchase: smile666.bandcamp.com/album/i-looked…but-saw-myself

Released by:
s.M.i.L.e.
Release date:
1 May 2020

Swaya & Valeda - Undecision

Greek artist xato presents his third ambient EP "Water Spirits".

Inspired by folklore and mythology, xato presents us with a project full of warm distortions, natural-sounding textures and euphoric pads, creating his own soundtrack of stories.

On "Nereids" he teamed up with the Scottish artist KAVARI, for the production of a sensitive and refreshing piece. For the second installment of the project, "Asrai" builds slowly with glitchy and watery texture over the warm phonic pad, originating the personal ideal underwater environment to the project. "Fuath" merges the stories with live recorded processing of sea waves, reinvigorated and manipulated into a shiny monophonic pad composition. "Melusine" completes the anthology, with melancholic sounds, blended with aggressive distortion ending with a small monologue of texture until the end of the song.

[EVO003]

Artwork, Mixed & Mastered by Ioannis Nafpliotis
Written by Cameron Winters & Ioannis Nafpliotis (Track 1)

Water Spirits

Melusine

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