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Anima Mundi

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Prismatic Error

»sleepstep« is the first collaboration between raster-noton and dasha rush. the record‘s subtitle »sonar poems for my sleepless friends« describes its underlying concept – »sleepstep« is a trip through electronically alienated microcompositions and sound collages that, interwoven with text passages, aim at creating a dream-like atmosphere.

the stations of this journey are striving for oblivion of time, an immersion, a drifting in universal states – death, life, birth, grief, desire. the titles often appear to be raw sketches, fugitive, surreal short stories that rather want to break open than execute.

the musical arrangement, in this context, can be described as rather subtle and fragile. though electronically manipulated, no production technique is pushing itself to the fore. and though clichés are not dreaded, »sleepstep«, as a result, stays away from being cliché. the sonar poems for her sleepless friends are feminine, subtle and personal reports. a musical dream journey in the form of a classical concept record – an album that also stands in the tradition of ambient music.

dasha rush is already known as a techno dj and producer. here on »sleepstep«, she celebrates her alter ego. the cd version comes with a 32-pages booklet that also shows her photographic interest and includes the aforementioned poems written by her. furthermore there is 2 x 12" vinyl version. 

dasha rush. sleep ballade (excerpt). taken from dasha rush.  sleepstep

The third and final chapter in a three-part EP series from Field Records comes from Michel Isorinne, who has released a number of tapes under various lies in recent times. Little else is known about the man but for the fact that he makes earthly, organic ambient that is filled with found sounds and subtle progression.

The first track ‘Blurred Perceptions of Substance’ proves exactly that, with its tweeting bird calls, horizontal church bells and the distant and gentle patter of rain all soothing the brain. The thoroughly absorbing mood continues through all six tracks, which range from downbeat and sombre to more cautiously optimistic.

The sounds of crinkled paper, big organs, heavenly chords, gently tumbling, slo motion drums and lots more besides all colour these tracks to perfection. To put them on and tune in to them is to forget about the outside world and get lost in emotive soundtracks that transport you to another place entirely.

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Isorinne - Reality Is What You Can Get Away With

Barker & Baumecker take Turns from techno, bass, breaks, and experimental terrain with their second album on Ostgut Ton.

Sam Barker and Andreas Baumecker’s lives have always revolved around different kinds of music. That’s partly why their productions as Barker & Baumecker are more unpredictable, harder to pin down than what you might expect from a label borne out of a techno club. And while their music is clearly built for dancing, listening to it reveals a deep love and respect for many forms of electronic music – bonding over more experimental dance forms is what brought them together in the first place. Imagining their music at any decent club, but disrupting the flow on the floor is what brings us to their second album Turns. An amalgamation of their unique musical minds, transcending electronic music genres and styles, while further developing and refining the Barker & Baumecker sound aesthetic.

For this pre-listening playlist, to give a better impression of the lengthy album tracks, we skipped through different parts of the songs (beginning, middle and end) and edited the samples into these single sound clips, condensing the up to 13:50 min long tracks (Statik) into 2:00 to 3:00 min edits.

Tracklisting 2xLP:
A1. Senden (12:50)
A2. Encipher (2:20)
B1. Decipher (4:35) 
B2. Club Entropicana (11:08)
C1. Technogate (0:39)
C2. Turnhalle (7:26)
C3. Nocturnal (8:59)
D. Statik (13:50)

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Barker & Baumecker | Senden (edited sound clip)

Star Alliance

Attributes: The Eyes Of An Excellent Lover

Microsite: http://iddk.houndstoothlabel.com/
Pre-Order: http://bit.ly/2CNyA8V
Buy individual tracks each day as they are premiered on Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2Djl6CU

The release represents a complete rethink about what it means to compile and commission music in the streaming era – and the tracks and seductively dark atmospheres conjured as a result are exploring all kinds of new sonic territory, too. In short, the cream of leftfield electronic talent have been given a brief: to take the phrase “in Death's dream kingdom”, or the whole of T.S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men from which it comes, as inspiration.

The resulting 25 tracks will be released, day by day, together with further artist information, to build into the full work. Not an album in the traditional sense, certainly more than just a playlist, it brings together a seriously diverse array of talents into a coherent whole with a vivid aesthetic reverberating through it. It occupies a similar space to the great home listening electronica acts of the 90s – Future Sound Of London, Global Communication, the Artificial Intelligence axis – but there are no throwbacks here: this is radical in sound and thought. Dark music for dark times.

"The Hollow Men inspired me to consider liminal states and forms, and the feeling being trapped in-between various possible realities. The ‘shadow’ reminded me of my own experiences of sleep paralysis, of being a passive observer and being powerless to act."

"Because of this I wanted to approach the piece from a transformational & morphological perspective, to create sounds & structures that are in flux and do not fully form or resolve." ~ Sophia Loizou

01 - Otto Lindholm - Cain
02 - Pan Daijing - The Island Within
03 - Lanark Artefax - Styx
04 - Petit Singe - Komm Wieder Mit
05 - Peder Mannerfelt - Post Sense Perspective
06 - Tomoko Sauvage - In Some Brighter Sphere
07 - Pye Corner Audio - Box In A Box
08 - Sophia Loizou - Shadows of Futurity
09 - Abul Mogard - Trembling With Tenderness
10 - Pär Grindvik - Speaking Their Minds
11 - Koenraad Ecker - Rat's Coat
12 - Roly Porter - Without Form
13 - Hodge - Sunlight On A Broken Column 
14 - Gazelle Twin - The Dream Ends 
15 - Shapednoise - Ghostly Metafiction
16 - ASC - Tessellate
17 - Batu - Zoo Hypothesis
18 - We Will Fail - Carbon Trail
19 - Peter Van Hoesen - 98 Lines
20 - Spatial - Haunted Dance Hall
21 - Yves De Mey - Solemn But Fading
22 - Mindspan - Accept Things As They Are
23 - Kangding Ray - Glacier
24 - ZOV ZOV - Post Six
25 - Ian William Craig - An End Of Rooms

In Death's Dream Kingdom

Shadows Of Futurity

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Sophia Loizou - Shadows Of Futurity (Clip)

Grid of Points

Birthday Song

Sam Barker (@voltek) has had a long ongoing relationship with Berghain and Ostgut Ton, having released two LPs and various EPs as one half of Barker & Baumecker and hosting regular nights at the club since September 2008 as co-founder of the label Leisure System. 2017 marked the beginning of his solo residency, 2018 sees his first solo release with Ostgut Ton.

Both as a musician and label owner, Barker operates on the fringes of techno, balancing experimentation with functionality. On ‘Debiasing’, he takes a hard look at the musical elements often considered necessary to maintain dancefloor momentum, with four distinct tracks of morphing synth stabs and paired down metronomic rhythms in varying time signatures. While there is no kick, snare, or clap to be heard, the result is not experimental techno deconstructions but driving, hypnotic and unlikely dancefloor tools.

More information: http://ostgut.de/ton/record/217

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Barker | When Prophecy Fails

That world

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-philipp-otterbach-the-weak-song

@philipp-otterbach 'The Weak Song' generates contradictory sensations of peace and disquiet, all at once tear-jerking and oddly soothing.

Philipp Otterbach - The Weak Song [Knekelhuis]

Face to Phase

Home Is Where the Music is

Corra Linn

Ferthenheap

OWM Vol.II

The Fading Light

@airtexture's seventh compilation reach is out next month: a 26-track epic curated by @rrose-music and @silent-servant. 

@octoocta features of the Rrose-curated side of the compilation with 'Hallway Visions', which combines off-kilter and atmospheric textures.

Out February 15, pre-order it here: https://airtexture.bandcamp.com/album/air-texture-vii

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