Sound Awakener - Live at Manzi 20th Oct 2017

Rush

Tracklist

01. Steve Roden - For Thomas Wilfred
02. Halftribe - Virus
03. Wil Bolton - parchment 
04. Darren McClure - Figure Eight
05. Tobias Hellkvist and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - White/Grey/Back
06. Samuel Regan - Bright Air, Brilliant Fire

60. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

bvdub​ - 'A Different Definition of Love' 
Label; Dronarivm 
Cat #.: DR-52
Format: CD / DL
Release date: March 30th, 2018

Brock Van Wey's bvdub project reaches its landmark 30th full-length album with a special tale of unexpected love and loyalty found, innocence lost, and the silent spaces that remain. 

Black sky hides your stars, 
Fall from the heavens with might, 
Silent you arrive. 
Giants in your path, 
Perish those who stand opposed, 
Felled by love they know. 
Empty spaces yearn, 
To know once again, 
A lost yesterday. 
Through sun and sands dry, 
Oceans drown hearts of steel stars, 
This place remembers. 
We, unstoppable, 
For now we know our two hearts, 
No you, me, only us. 
We fall together, 
Pillars raise towers through sky, 
We rise beyond all.

Pre-orders start soon!..

Buy CD / DL

bvdub - Rainless [R]ivers

Paper Relics are brothers Harry and Stuart Towell who reside 16.1 miles apart. Their debut album was released back in the summer of 2011 on American imprint Time Released Sound, entitled ‘Over Exposure’. This was a record steeped in the past as they used lo-fi blues and folk guitar Ambience to reflect over childhood memories spent on a farm on which their grandparents live. The farm was set to become a housing development so the memories became all the more cherished through the recordings and accompanying artwork. 

Now nearly 7 years on, the brothers’ follow-up record ‘The Road Home’ traces the journey from that very point of reflecting on childhood memories as young adults circa 2010/11, to now. The title might read to some as a return home, a struggle back to a family abode however, this record deals with the trials, triumphs and time in between, having both set out to forge their own paths to become homeowners with their respective wives. When they began recording, the brothers lived in the same home with their parents, each with a new relationship and a stuttering career. Yet whilst The Road Home tells the story of the last 7 years reflecting on what is now already history - it is an album firmly about the present as they enjoy the foundation for their futures, clinging onto what they’ve worked hard to achieve. The lyrics in 'Timeframing' are about freezing these moments and the dozens of clocks you can hear ticking at the beginning can also be heard in ‘Tinted by Time’ on Over Exposure. Harry revisited the same antique shop where these were originally captured to see if they were still there and was able to re-record them once more. This recording plays briefly as the track opens to focus your thoughts on time once more. 

Opening track ‘Stoke’s Hall’ was something Stuart penned and recorded the night before Harry’s wedding and the title reflects the name of the venue. Likewise, Wyke’s Retreat harks back to Stuart’s wedding from the summer of 2017. Over Exposure was creaking with rustic charm, whereas The Road Home sees a more structured approach to production. There is more variety, as some pieces drone gloriously in an elegant daze, others are more alive as the subtle power of Stuart’s guitar takes centre stage. Then this time around Harry has provided vocals in ‘Timeframing’ and ‘Frost’ as well as building a couple of tracks that use drumloops and percussion, recalling some of his downtempo work as Spheruleus. To give one final twist to the presentation, Harry and Stuart enlisted the assistance of Berlin artist Sven Laux, who provided additional orchestration and sound mixing. 

Paper Relics albums are never likely to be released on a regular basis due to the busy lifestyles the brothers lead, so we felt our usual run of 50 copies wouldn’t be enough to do this album justice. So The Road Home is available in two runs of 50 copies; our familiar ‘white label vinyl-effect CDr’ as well as a special printed CDr edition that looks just like a mini gatefold LP. 
credits
releases March 24, 2018 

Paper Relics are Harry and Stuart Towell 
Tracks were written, produced and recorded by Harry and Stuart Towell with additional sound mixing and orchestration by Sven Laux 

Stuart Towell: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, eBow, Bass 
Harry Towell: Acoustic Guitar, Voice, Violin, Harmonica, Zither, Electronics, Sampling, Field Recordings, Tapeloop

The Road Home

wlr037 Paper Relics - The Road Home

Tracklist

01. Yann Novak - A Hard Drive
02. Taylor Deuter 7 Marcus Fischer  - Cloudline
03. Sonia Levy - Kaldfjord
04. Slow Clinic - Even Now
05. Federico Durand - Navidad En El Bosque
06. Emmanuel Witzhum - Against Tree, Eyes Look To Sunset. In Summer
07. R Beny - Fernwood
08. Porya Hatami - Fen (Loscil Remix)
09. Paper Relics - Substrata 
10. Benoìt Pioulard - Velha, Nacre
11. Hüwels - Dudal - Phragmites

66. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Sven Laux is a German artist residing in Berlin, a city with a rich heritage in minimalism and modern composition. Sven isn’t new to this scene having started creating electronic music in 2003, with material released through labels such as Microcosm Music, Archipel, Sleep is Commercial and most recently, Dronarivm. 

Sven’s early work would often focus on Minimal Techno rhythms, adorned by vacant Ambient tones. His more recent work has been centred more around developing his Ambient sound, with modern classical influences listing the likes of A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Hans Zimmer, Max Richter and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson. 2017 saw the emergence of ‘Paper Streets’ on Dronarivm which felt like a landmark release in Sven’s discography, ranking highly in many an end of year list. 

We’re pleased to present his follow up ‘Schachmatt’ which is a German phrase for something that ends or when something is finalised or indeed, the last move in chess. The concept was born as Sven was inspired by watching a movie about famous chess players and as a result, he has created a set of disparate tracks to reference this as each player in the film had a different strategy. He wanted the approach for each track to play out along a differing path, each with its own unique characteristics or game plan, if you will. 
The resulting soundtrack presents itself as a melancholic space for the listener, with every move of the chess pieces offered as undefined metaphors for your own interpretation.

releases April 21, 2018 

Written and produced by Sven Laux
www.svenlaux.com
Mastered by Pheek 
Photography by James Gelsthorpe

Schachmatt

wlr038 Sven Laux - Schachmatt

Tracklist

01. Marcus Fischer - Lighting The Shadows
02. R Beny - Palo Colorado
03. Polaroid Notes - Flowers & Butterflies 
04. Tone Colour - Less Than Zero 
05. Le Moors - The Play Of Angels
06. Storm Noir - There Will Never Be Another You 
07. Porya Hatami - Another Winter
08. Nobuto Suda - Bottom Of The Pocket

68. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Pre-orders: 18/02/2019 Release: 25/02/2019

'Slow Cycles' is the latest album by the New Jersey-based musician, Lofield. Operating across the realms of down-tempo, electronica, and minimalism, the work of Lofield is reductionist and delicate. 'Slow Cycles' presents 15 tracks encompassing abstract beats and grainy textures, warm keys and warped percussion over its near-74 minute runtime. 

For fans of Loscil, Bvdub, and Lone, Lofield's 'Slow Cycles' draws the listener into a trance-like state through clever use of repetition and controlled-randomness.

Lofield - Slow Cycles - Album Sampler

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Rusted Tone Recordings is an independent tape label specialising in ambient, drone, and experimental music. Based in Farnham, Surrey, RTR releases limited edition cassette releases.