After Dark

The Feist

La Vagabonde

This is the original version of "Hood Hope" produced by Definition, but because its sound didn't fit with the rest of the album, it became a remix that featured on QN5's RMX NO.4 series featuring Substantial. This one is also a rare gem.

Substantial - Hood Hope (Definition's Mix) feat. Steph, The Sapphic Songstress

Northern Lights

Synthwaves

Rain On Dry Concrete

Look Around

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ALLEY097
MICHIRU AOYAMA "18 - 0308 All"
w/ We Are All Astronauts, Kaito, Francois Svalis, Marty Hicks

Collecting musical thoughts in a daily daydream montage, Michiru Aoyama's studious approach to his craft has provided him with a unique perspective. Capturing fragments of sound that rise naturally to the surface of his memory, the Japanese artist gently sculpts guitar and piano into a new soundscape; smoothing roughened edges with a software former.

From Berlin to Kyoto, a new sonic architecture is constructed founded upon the juxtaposition of fast reflections and built-up European capital, with the open spaces and ambient reverberations of mountain surround in Japan's Yamashiro Basin. The pathway between nature and humanity, inspired through Aoyama's innovative approach to music, now represented in "18 – 0308 ALL".

Koi carp glide effortlessly in silent prowess, the dappled sunlight hits the water surface scattering shards of light like fractured beats and off-kilter percussive phrases. A new process fills the air with auditory ingenuity – piano and guitar coalesce to build a new pearl of sonic maturity. Jagged mountain terrain dominates the skyline in snow-capped beauty as ancient meets modern in a city of contrast and wonder. Technology creates its own aural foundation, emotive melodic passages meld with traditional instrumentation to create a new world outlook aided by fabled artistry – We Are All Astronauts, Kaito and Francois Svalis help bridge a new path across global waters through Michiru Aoyama's music.

ALLEY097 "18 - 0308 All"

ALLEY097 MICHIRU AOYAMA "18 - 0308 All"

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MICHIRU AOYAMA Hidamari (Kaito Version)

Botánica de Balcón (balcony botanics in Spanish) is the crystallisation of a long shot project by Rafa Ramos Sania and Edu Comelles. Both musicians put together strings, wood and minimal electronics on a new project born from field recordings and sonic textures. The aim is to submerge form that starting premise into sonic territories closer to New Classic, a certain experimental folk and the shredded expressiveness of the double bass, comfortably sitting on eastern tonalities and subtle winks or the Japanese Shakuhachi. Digital and tensed string songs.

Composed, performed and recorded by Rafa Ramos Sania & Edu Comelles, between January and May 2019 in Valencia, Spain.
Rafa Ramos Sania: Double Bass, Acoustic Guitar and Oud.
Edu Comelles: Electronics & Field Recordings.
Mastering by Fraser McGowan
Archives62 // ArchivesCD43
Archives / 2019

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Rafa Ramos Sania & Edu Comelles - Pteridium Aquilinum

@Grabek rework of the @SaigonWouldBeSeoul track 'If This Is A Man', out January 22, 2020 via {int}erpret null.

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'If This Is A Man' is taken from the latest Saigon Would Be Seoul album 'The Human Stain', out now on {int}erpret null: https://ffm.to/the-human-stain
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If This Is A Man (Grabek Rework)

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Saigon Would Be Seoul - If This Is A Man (Grabek Rework)

'DELIRIA' is the debut album from ERA C [@idcbackwards], the new project from Sofia Insua of @easyeasyband + Mirza Ramic of @arms-and-sleepers. Out May 28, 2021 via @futurearchiverecordings.

LP / DL / STREAM >>> https://ffm.to/era-c-deliria
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A transnational creation that embodies a unique selection of influences in a delicate offering to all that life has to offer, DELIRIA is an ode to travel, and discovery. Finding its home somewhere between romantic elements, bitter points of distrust and hope for the future, the LP envelopes all with its wavering electronic beats and irresistible vocals. ‘don’t call me from Los Angeles’ is a harsh look at communications with a missing love, driven by deep bass lines and irrefutable lyrics. ERA C proves to be a captivating mix of unusual tempos to both express and lull away hardships.

Speaking of the LP, Sofia Insua tells us: “DELIRIA is about distance and its sneaky way of censoring the heart, preventing it from feeling. I wrote the tracks during various transitional periods in my life, so I was going through change - adapting, looking for the next steps, and finding ways for love to survive. Some of the most defining lyrics on the record popped up in my head while walking busy streets, while traveling, while in motion. I was discovering myself geographically and through the songs that ended up being DELIRIA.”
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DELIRIA

resurrection

DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW

ERA C - resurrection

Intra-Ruptures (Ambient Version)

R&B Singer/Songwriter/Producer from P.G. County, Maryland. Frequent Bop Alloy collaborator, and worked with Mr. SOS, Inverse, Tonedeff, and CunninLynguists.

Substantial - Hood Hope (Definition's Mix) feat. Steph, The Sapphic Songstress

Stephanie Gayle