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CFCF - The River

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basic instincts to release

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Angelo Opera Major

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Emerging from a mirage of lucid dreams, Kazakh-based record label soak return with their third full-length release, 'farewell the past', a haunting artefact of ambient and experimental electronics from Saint Petersburg-based sound sculptor yeyo.

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@soaku

yeyo - memory ocean [soak]

A synapse-popping electro-acoustic soundwalk around Western Europe's cathedrals, chapels and churches, 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒔 skews recognizable sacred soundscapes, proposing a contemporary mythology that muddles the past, present and future. Following on from his critically-acclaimed 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 full-length, American sound artist Jake Muir familiarizes himself with German and British sonic architecture by studying some of the medieval shadows that still hang over Europe's streets, even as they continue to evolve. Manipulating environmental recordings captured in Germany and England, Muir presents an impressionistic juxtaposition of parallel cultures: the UK's distinctive "change ringing" technique, where a team of bell-ringers play long varied sequences on a set of tuned bells; and Germany's more sober style, with monotonous peals that add rhythm to daily life.

When Muir moved from Los Angeles to Berlin back in 2019, it wasn't just the German capital's damp weather and long, dark winters that came as a surprise. He was immediately struck by the city's anomalous acoustics, and one particular element stood out: the resonant church bells that echo around Berlin throughout the day to mark time, and for 10 minutes on Sundays as a call for mass. Gathering his field recording equipment, Muir acquainted himself with his new home by following the sonorous clangs, wandering from kiez to kiez to capture each church's distinct auditory flavor. And the more material he collected, the more engrossed he became in the history of bell ringing, prompting a deep dive that would shuttle him across Germany and into Italy, Belgium and the UK.

On 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒔, Muir trains his focus on Berlin, where his journey began, and on England, where he encountered the most elaborate bell ringing practice. 𝘌𝘳𝘻𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 is a hypnotic lattice of sounds recorded all over the German capital: at Parochialkirche, a reformed church in Mitte; at evangelical church St. Matthäus, at Sophienkirche, another Mitte landmark; and at St. Mathias, a Roman Catholic church just in front of the Potsdam Gate. By fusing the liturgical chimes with snippets of local ambiance - traffic, chattering tourists and birdsong, for example -  Muir takes a blurry snapshot of the city, queering its idiosyncratic color spectrum with his various digital processes. Using reverb to replicate the acoustic properties of both the streets and the church interiors, he subtly disturbs the timeline, stretching out brief peals into long, mesmerizing drones and turning garbled voices into ghostly babble.

The environment alters considerably on 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴; Muir uses the same technique and applies it to recordings made at the 1000-year-old St. Oswald church in Oswestry, St. Bartholomew's, Edgbaston and Holy Trinity in Stratford-Upon-Avon, home to Shakespeare’s final resting place. Here, Muir methodically untangles the change-ringing process, linking back to 𝘌𝘳𝘻𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 with a single bell tone before moving inside the church itself and documenting the ringers' shouted instructions, blending the calls with the bells' mathematical cyclic patterns. Muir memorializes what in 2025 is a dying art-form - a community skill that's disappearing worryingly quickly as young Brits lose interest in the church and its rituals. Unsettling distortions bite into the undulating sequences and underneath the noise, Muir highlights the music's latent euphoria, drawing out its most celestial tonalities.

File under: devotional music.

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recorded by Jake Muir
audio finalized by Glyn Maier
photography by Jake Muir
design template by Joe Bastardo

Campana Sonans

Erzklang [Preview Clip] (ENM-14)

Living Room n°83 ~ DJ In A Dream ( @anthonyabbadessa )

q. pls introduce yourself:
a. Hi, my name is Tony, I'm a psychotherapist in NYC who loves making mixes . I also love to make clothing and sometimes my own music. I'm a massive fan of the Living Room series and have been a listener since day one. Very excited to share my mix with you all.

q. is there a story behind the mix? 
a. Every song in this one is very special to me. The mix took a few different shapes until I settled on this sequence. There's a lot of voice, a lot of different languages. There are many stories.

q. what’s the best way to enjoy your mix? 
a. This would be best enjoyed on headphones, walking outside. It's best for around 11 am walk, but perhaps the night would be nice as well, haven't tried that yet.

q. describe a favourite object in your living room... 
a. My favorite object right now in my living room is my 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, I read it every day and it has become a sort of religion to me.

q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)? 
a. I'm currently writing a dark fantasy / philosophy novel inspired by Borges and Medieval Christian Mysticism. It's taken most of my time so I'm pretty much only doing that, not working on any music projects at the moment.

Living Room n°83 ~ DJ In A Dream

info + tracklist: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/peripherie-17-igor-dyachenko
https://igordyachenko.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/igordyachenko

Peripherie

Peripherie 17 – Igor Dyachenko

Hypnagogic sonics from Venice-based producer Dave Saved

"It’s a mix of tracks that were sitting on my desktop like a moodboard, along with some old and new unreleased stuff of mine. It's a dive into what I’ve been enjoying – from the past to the present, from others and from myself."

Full Q+A: https://www.lowendtheorists.com/theory-therapy-mixes/dave-saved

@davesaved

Theory Therapy 81: Dave Saved

Transmissions from the Outer Rim/Inner Edge.
“you know the gates themselves are made of flood." 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/3xl/episodes/3xl-18th-august-2025

3XL w/ Stone 180825

here's a mix recorded on the occasion of the first edition of Man de Lutz, an exhibition showcasing artisans and designers from the Occitanie region, set in the countryside of Montesquieu-Volvestre
i wanted to offer a delicate and appeasing selection for this last Sunday of August

enjoy listening, take care

mari à Montesquieu-Volvestre

Babylon Kisses

A blend of emotional landscapes related with my hometown in Crete, teenage years refractions, tracks from Cretan musicians and y2k edits. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/roots-2025/episodes/roots-2025-sea-people-w-aiel-29th-september-2025

SEA PEOPLE W/ AIEL 290925

From The River EP on RVNG Intl (RVNGNL04). 

CFCF - Before and After Light

From The River EP on RVNG Intl (RVNGNL04).

CFCF - It Was Never Meant to Be This Way (Games Remix )

CFCF - It Was Never Meant To Be This Way (Piano Version)

Official Video: https://youtu.be/e6VGJvsBsZQ

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CFCF - It Was Never Meant To Be This Way (Piano Version)

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