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CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: OCTOBER 2020

c'è in giro da tempo una nuova 'musica assoluta', astratta, che sta fra la cosiddetta 'ambient music' e la 'drone music', nei pressi dei cosiddetti 'soundscape' o, meglio ancora, degli 'innerscape' .. a volte ha tratti più 'cameristici', o addirittura per strumento solista, a volte è più 'sinfonica' .. a volte usa solo sonorità 'sintetiche', a volte invece anche strumenti 'tradizionali' .. ha antecedenti illustri, sia nella cosiddetta musica 'classica', diciamo storica, sia nella 'popular music' e nel jazz .. a quella soprattutto io guardo

https://www.facebook.com/notes/marco-lucchi/musica-assoluta/10155811583217624/

I wish to dedicate this collection to Paul Minns (Third Ear Band)

"musica assoluta" (ottobre 2020)

melting forest

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Don't DJ - Gammellan (Out Now)

31 minutes of original music on mustard cassette.   2 copies of cassette per case; one for you, one for a friend.

@huerco_s

Huerco S. - QTT4

Ambient Black Magic

Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Jungle Is A Shapeshifter

Purchase: bit.ly/35jLaxx
Catalog #: GN63
October 1, 2020
2xCASS+DIGI

The midnight hour crept unto thee with hasty caution, revealing 'A Little Night Music: Aural Apparitions from the Geographic North', our third putrid prowl into Halloween-inspired sounds to torment and tantalize throughout the season. For this bout of distinguished dementia, we culled 31 brand new tracks of haunted hysteria conjured by some of the most alluring ambientists and outer auteurs from around the world. 

Spanning over two hours across two cassettes, 'A Little Night Music…’ unfurls itself in a literary horror structure, appearing and disappearing through a stirring Prologue and Epilogue by London-based cellist Oliver Coates, with each side of the cassettes introducing its Chapter with a chilling dirge courtesy of the inscrutable Geographic North House Band.  

What fills the ensuing pages is a mirthful tale concocted by an assembly exploring a realm all at once mournful and fatalist at its core. Entries from Clarice Jensen, Malibu, and the collaboration of Like a Villain and Christina Vantzou bring about endless glacial landscapes accented by pitch-grey skies. Conversely, transmissions from Michael Valentine West, M. Sage, Gregg Kowalsky, and Austrian ambient stalwart Fennesz explore richly textured mines of foreboding glee. 

Suspicion is the word when considering Zelienople’s eerie horse-carriage clip-clop, Nick Malkin’s neon-lit noir-jazz, or Carmen Villain’s gripping dub excursion. Elsewhere Ki Oni, Takagi Masakatsu, and Mary Lattimore (joined here by Paul Sukeena) provide glimmers of warmth amidst a tortured chill. 

Notable is the resurrection of Lotus Plaza and his solemnly hopeful piano composition, while barren hallucinations courtesy of Alex Zhang Hungtai, Ilyas Ahmed, and Danny Paul Grody set the stage for a third act confrontation from Atlantans Fit of Body and Algiers, providing a one-two serving of sensual unrest and cautionary homily.  

With hope and resolve shimmering through the final moments of our journey, know that all proceeds from the digital and cassette editions go directly toward Feminist Women's Health Center, an Atlanta-based nonprofit providing safe, accessible, and compassionate abortion and gynecological care to all those who need it without judgement.

feministcenter.org

Louise Bock - "Flummox"

Félicia Atkinson - "Sequoia"

Nick Malkin - "An Hour Pulled Lengthwise"

From the forthcoming live album 'Figures In Open Air' out 6th November on Late Music.

Pre-order the double CD edition now → https://latemusic.ffm.to/figuresinopenair

Sarah Davachi - Diaphonia Basilica (Version)

Oh Sleeping Sun

violin / metronom, trumpet: matthias boss

metroduett

Produced by DJ RISH
Acapella by Jimmy Eat World

Sweetness

To The Fan

London's Le Chatroom are a platform promoting open-mindedness and experimentation with electronics. Founded by Livity Sound affiliate, Kouslin the label has become synonymous with an intricate sound palette, landing their releases in the bags of Ben UFO and Call Super. 

With two releases already under their belt, they prep a third various artists affair featuring Amor Satyr, Soreab, DJ Tess under her new guise, Mala Femmina and Cando on the remix.

Soreab's offering entitled 'Cave Walk', is a dynamic percussive arrangement laced with a pungent groove. Bristol duo Cando take an insidious turn with their rework. Added percussion and industrial soundscapes paint thick tension, pulling up at breakneck speed. All the elements come together on this one, soundsystems shudder at the thought.

Read more: https://hyponik.com/features/first-listen-soreab-cave-walk-cando-remix-le-chatroom/

@candouk
@soreabuk
@lechatroom

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First Listen: Soreab - 'Cave Walk (Cando Remix)' (Le Chatroom)

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Oliver Coates - Soaring X (featuring Malibu)

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Oliver Coates - Soaring X (featuring Malibu)

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