Artist: (ghost)
Album: Effloresce
Format: Vinyl/Digital
Catalog Number: SSS117
Release Date: 02/17/2023

Brian Froh’s alias (ghost) began as a way to write music in the comfort of his own home. After many years of playing in bands, as a DJ, and other musical ensembles he sat down with a laptop, a copy of Logic, and a small two-octave keyboard to create. In 2013 we saw this come to fruition with the album 'Departure'; a combination of acoustic elements he was familiar with, combined with a familiar 00’s era IDM sound. Shortly after Brian moved to Denver, CO to pursue music and meet other like-minded musicians. It wasn’t long before these new ideas culminated into the album 'A Vast and Decaying Appearance' and the likely titled 'Elas' EP. The following release 'Everything We Touch Turns To Dust' was much darker, and closely shadowed the struggles that existed in Brian’s life at the time. For the time being, (ghost) was almost nonexistent. Aside from remixes and compilation tracks the artist stayed dormant, not appearing on any social media or playing any live events. 

After what has been almost a five year hiatus, (ghost) returns with his new album ‘Effloresce'. Inspired by the passing of his friend, this album is the beginning of a new chapter. (ghost) takes everything he has worked on for the past ten years and refines it to create his own signature sound on this record. Expect to hear familiar synth tones, subtle guitar, and crushing drums set to a somber yet somewhat hopeful timbre. As the album title suggests this is just the beginning of a much lighter hearted and beautiful journey that (ghost) will soon take us on. 'Effloresce' is out February 17th on limited edition baby pink vinyl.

Effloresce

(ghost) - Effloresce (Sampler)

Ardent / Swallows

Swallows

taken from the double album "Engenderine"
release date: 05.05.2023
special presale at Moving Noises Festival 2023
https://movingnoises.com/

Engenderine

Baby Dragon Slaughter

midirarecords.com

Aidan Baker - Baby Dragon Slaughter

Legiac - Banisteriopsis Caapi vinyls to my bandcamp. 
if you want one grab one while you can, if you want it signed let me know. 
Legiac is a project from me and Cor Bolten. Mastered by exm. Layout  by moiCflo. Painting by me. 
the particular album is more on the ambient side of the spectrum, go and have a listen if you have some free time. 
https://roelfuncken.bandcamp.com/album/banisteriopsis-caapi

Banisteriopsis Caapi

Epicatechine by Legiac

Legiac - Banisteriopsis Caapi

Official release will be the 24th of April 2023

Its A mega Stunning Vinyl In Sound And Looks, Each One Comes With Download Card

100 through Touched Music (UK)
touched.bandcamp.com/merch/legiac-banisteriopsis-caapi-limited-edition-coloured-vinyl-100-via-touched-music
The other 100 through Phainomena ( clone.nl)
clone.nl/item72184.html
Digital will be available on my Bandcamp and all other outlets later
roelfuncken.bandcamp.com/album/banisteriopsis-caapi

vinyl version will contain the following tracks:

a1.Mimosa Hostilis
a2.Psychotria Viridis
a3.Epicatechine
a4.Proanthocyanidine

b1.Solanaceae
b2.Malpighiaceae
b3.Banisteriopsis Caapi
b4.Brugmansia

For more than twenty years, Roel Funcken has been a cornerstone in electronic experimentation. Alongside his brother Don, this Dutch sound sculptor melted hip-hop, industrial and soundscapes under monikers like Funckarma and Shadow Huntaz. A prolific solo musician and collaborator as well, Funcken teams up with Cor Bolten to revive the Legiac project with the eight tracks of Banisteriopsis Caapi. Keys appear through a sorrowful haze in "Mimosa Hostilis", this machined mist difussing as distorted strings penetrate before a dawning of icy brightness. Modulated forms and shapes billow in the bubble and trill of "Pyschotria Viridis" before the orbiting interference and introspection of "Epicatechine." Percussion is reduced to a texture, the duo finding structure in droplets of water, the stretch of steel and a litany of field recordings. The partnership dive deep into their chosen sounds, elongating and expanding tones to find harmony in the absence and isol ation that is their focus. Pieces like "Solanaceae" bristle with an understated elegance, like starlight piercing a brooding night sky, while "Banisteriopsis Caapi" finds an eerie solace in its repurposing of voice as an undulating elegy. Legiac achieve a distant intimacy with their listener, a relationship forged through complex compositions, gentle movements and subtle shifts. 

released April 24, 2023

Written and Produced by Roel Funcken and Cor Bolten

Mastered by Exm (digital)

art by me, cover edit by moiCflo
artwork is here :
www.instagram.com/p/CZXkozAgHzL/

Solanaceae by Legiac

Just A heads Up, Something That Was Planned Last Year Turned UP, Today
Legiac - Banisteriopsis Caapi

Its A mega Stunning Vinyl In Sound And Looks, Each One Comes With Download Card

art by me, cover edit by moiCflo
artwork is here :
www.instagram.com/p/CZXkozAgHzL/

100 through Touched Music (UK)
touched.bandcamp.com/merch/legiac-b…-touched-music
The other 100 through Phainomena ( clone.nl)
clone.nl/item72184.html
Digital will be available on my Bandcamp and all other outlets later
roelfuncken.bandcamp.com/album/banist…iopsis-caapi

Official release will be the 24th of April 2023

For more than twenty years, Roel Funcken has been a cornerstone in electronic experimentation. Alongside his brother Don, this Dutch sound sculptor melted hip-hop, industrial and soundscapes under monikers like Funckarma and Shadow Huntaz. A prolific solo musician and collaborator as well, Funcken teams up with Cor Bolten to revive the Legiac project with the eight tracks of Banisteriopsis Caapi. Keys appear through a sorrowful haze in "Mimosa Hostilis", this machined mist difussing as distorted strings penetrate before a dawning of icy brightness. Modulated forms and shapes billow in the bubble and trill of "Pyschotria Viridis" before the orbiting interference and introspection of "Epicatechine." Percussion is reduced to a texture, the duo finding structure in droplets of water, the stretch of steel and a litany of field recordings. The partnership dive deep into their chosen sounds, elongating and expanding tones to find harmony in the absence and isol ation that is their focus. Pieces like "Solanaceae" bristle with an understated elegance, like starlight piercing a brooding night sky, while "Banisteriopsis Caapi" finds an eerie solace in its repurposing of voice as an undulating elegy. Legiac achieve a distant intimacy with their listener, a relationship forged through complex compositions, gentle movements and subtle shifts.

Mimosa Hostilis by Legiac

Proanthocyanidine by Legiac

Psychotria Viridis by Legiac

Preview of the second EP by https://soundcloud.com/les-antonymes
To support us, please buy the release -> https://antonindebemels.bandcamp.com/album/doctobre

With Hughes Devos (bugle), Christophe Seval (synth), Philippe Van Bellinghen (cello), Olivier Taskin (drums), Antonin De Bemels (groovebox) and poems by Shantala Pèpe and Jean-Philippe Convert

Artwork by Stéphane Jossart

D'octobre

Les Antonymes - D'octobre EP (preview)

Russian and Ukrainian vocals over an ambient track. A comment on the war.

Behemoth

Serge - Ran200

Roel Funcken officially popped up on the scene in 2010, with his solo debut, titled Vade, out on Ad Noiseam. But fans of electronic music, and IDM in general, have been tracking this Dutch musician for over a decade prior, when, along with his brother, Don, the duo has released some of the genre defining music on labels such as Djak-Up-Bitch, Schematic, Sublight Records, Neo Ouija, n5MD , Arcola (Warp) as the one and only Funckarma. In 2009 the Funcken brothers kicked off their very own, digital-only, Funcken Industry imprint, which hosted a few of their other projects and offshoots, such as Shadow Huntaz, Scone, Quench, Automotive, and the latest from Roel's solo works. Roel continues to influence the evolution of music through numerous releases (Sapper Morton on Analogical Force, Semtinal Convex on Methlab and Prester Hynn on his own imprint to name a few) and active engagement in the community, with music festival curation, mixes on mixlr and soundcloud and weekly playlists on Soundcloud and spotify. Roel's music is advanced in sound design, often incorporating unique experimentation in electronic sound, with cut-up, twisted, atmospheric sonic soundscapes, leaving the cranium always begging for more. His ambient textures maintain a cinematic quality throughout, while his percussive arrangements retain a constantly mutating framework, always reconstructing its rhythm and structure, contradicting complex configurations and minimal design. It's always a pleasure to taste the latest treat from this aural engineer, and find the latest gem in his never-ending arsenal of sound. Definitely check out his music Funck’d subscription on bandcamp to check out his latest tracks and get some exclusive material).

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