Current Ambient I keep on coming back to

Marco Lucchi : piano
M.Nomized : electronics
James Hill : trumpet

for "piano patterns" vol. 2 https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/sets/piano-patterns-vol-2

marzo 2021

Marco Lucchi, M.Nomized & James Hill - #9

DAVID GRANSTRÖM, Empty Room - LP

Release date - April 2th 2021
Catalogue nr. - HG2102
Format - Vinyl / digital
Hallow Ground

hallowground.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
1) Obsidian 09:22
2) Aeon 10:56
3) Sapphire Visions 04:50
4) Occultations 10:08
5) Transience 04:45

Credits:
All tracks composed, recorded, performed and mixed by David Granström 
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Photography by Aron Mattsson
Cover design by Greenpointless

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On »Empty Room,« David Granström works with slow transformations, cyclical and isometric patterns as well as just intonation as a way to create harmonic stability, allowing his long-form pieces to develop their own unique temporal and spatial qualities. A prolific figure in Stockholm’s experimental drone scene and a collaborator of Hallow Ground label mates Maria W Horn and Mats Erlandsson, the Swedish composer navigates through moments of quietude and crushing volume on these five tracks. Sonically and atmospherically, the pieces on »Empty Room« simultaneously call to mind Fennesz’s most meditative work or the physical experience of seeing Sunn O))) live, blending guitar recordings and synthesised sounds with forceful effects similar to those of Mario Díaz de Leon’s Oneirogen project while still being as moving and delicate as Alessandro Cortini’s solo work. The album is marked by melodies and harmonies that are the product of a peculiar working process that turned the composer into an intent listener collaborating with, rather than simply using technology. 

Having been invited by the self-organising artist group The Non Existent Center for a residency to Ställbergs Gruva, a defunct iron ore mine in Sweden’s Bergslagen region, Granström took his guitar as a starting point for his compositional work that heavily relies on real-time sound synthesis. »I seldomly use the instrument as a sound source in the final compositions and rather transcribe and orchestrate the harmonic structures using sound synthesis,« he explains. »On this album however, I chose to include the actual recordings of the guitar in order to extend the spectra between non-referential synthetic sounds and embodied referential sounds.« Working with precise tunings in order to blend the timbre of the synthesis with the harmonic structures of the composition, he created composite sound objects in which the harmonic elements blend into each other. 

Through the re-amplification of synthetic musical materials from the inside of the abandoned mine, his original compositions were enriched with site-specific sound qualities before he further refined them in a singular working process. Granström works with algorithmic and generative processes, using the SuperCollider programming environment and thus blurring the lines between generative and creative forms of composition. »One of the things that I like about this way of working is that it creates a distance between myself as a composer and myself as a listener of the music that is produced entirely by the system,« he says. Granström’s technologically aided eschewing of the conventions of composing doesn’t make the end result any less personal, however. By listening again and again to the newly generated output, Granström simply took on a different role in the process of finalising the music, with the technology and the sounds becoming his co-authors. 

By creating systems that generate music, he gains a new perspective on (musical) time, says Granström. »There doesn't have to be a fixed length to the music at all,« he explains. »And by writing music with this in mind, my focus tends to shift towards writing cyclical structures that gradually change and transform over time.« Simple parts, in other words, that emerge as the five complex wholes that form »Empty Room,« a record that itself seems to take on different forms with every new listen.

DAVID GRANSTRÖM - Occultations (HG2102)

"Make the Secrets Produtive" is taken from "Fold Unfold", Katrine Grarup Elbo´s debut album. Handmade LP and CD editions available April, 2021.

Fold Unfold

Katrine Grarup Elbo - Make the Secrets Productive

MARIA BC - Adelaide
JOYUL - A Stage (Ulla Remix)
BARDO TODOL Y SUS AVES SIN NIDO - Part I
KLARA LEWIS & PEDER MANNERFELT- You Need To Be Kind
SPACE AFRIKA - Strength ft LA Timpa
ASTRID SONNE - Stuck in Pause
PRINCESS DIANA OF WALES - Choir Chant
KINDTREE - 0.1
ASTRID SONNE - Fields of Grass
CITY & I.O - Bomb-blasted Stack (with vvilms)
MAXWELL STERLING - Eris
KELLY MURAN - Helix III
SEBASTIANO CARGHINI - Daydream Loopy
ROSACEAE - Courage
RONCE - Oyster Girl
PPPAINTERRR - Shut
NO DREAMS - Anti-Epiphany

LYL Radio with Felisha Ledesma & Angelo Harmsworth - 10.12.21

Buy : gridrecords.bandcamp.com/album/da-capo-al-coda
Stream : li.sten.to/9c4whbyp

Grid turns one ! To celebrate our first anniversary, we are happy to release our second compilation with twelve amazing artists from around the world (USA, Japan, Ireland, Mexico, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland and England, of course).

Still focused on eclectism, each track is part of a colorful selection ready for a party summer. From experimental opening by K Wata, through bass bangers from Sputnik One, Mafou and Yilan, deep objects by Kincaid, Mistareez and Tristan Arp, engineering techno from Erik Luebs, Christian Kroupa and Fingers of God, to crazy shifted tracks by Nico and Henzo.

As its musical title evocates, after a heavy loaded first year, we are starting a new loop coming back with a compilation, to go further next.

Tracklist:
1. K Wata - In A Mug On A Rug
2. Sputnik One - Connected by a Wall
3. Erik Luebs - Feels Like Jelly
4. Nico - Silent Treatment
5. Henzo - Be That As It May (Unhinged Mix)
6. Mafou - Nomad
7. Fingers Of God - Modal Resonator
8. Kincaid - Sight
9. Tristan Arp - A Subtle Shift In Air Pressure
10. Yilan - Bayon
11. Christian Kroupa - Blooming Foliage
12. Mistareez - Air XS

Mastered by Krikor Kouchian
Artwork by Unité Services

Supported by : Batu, Ben UFO, Benjamin Damage, Borusiade, Breaka, Cando, Chekov, Ciel, Cop Envy, Danielle, De Grandi, Deena Abdelwahed, Dario Zenker, Doctor Jeep, Duckett, Ectomorph, EMA, Etch, Feloneezy, Flore, Giant Swan, Gigi FM, Gigsta, Hodge, Huerco S, Ido Plumes, Impurity, Jasss, JP Enfant, Kouslin, Laksa, Lurka, Machine Woman, mad miran, Madam X, Marcel Dettmann, Martha, Mor Elian, Mt Beatnik, Nick Craddock, Om Unit, Oxyd, Peder Mannerfelt, re:ni, Rhyw, Romy Mats, Rroxymore, Silas Gray, Surgeon, Surgeons Girl, Synkro, Tammo Hesselink, Triple Point, Unperson, Upsammy, Wata Igarashi, Wordcolour, Yu Su, Yushh and more.

Da Capo al Coda

K Wata - In A Mug On A Rug

The sound of Ukraine's independent music scene. Presented by Схема, a Kyiv-based collective that moves forward rave culture in Ukraine.

https://www.nts.live/shows/cxema/episodes/cxema-24th-april-2023

Cxema w/ Undo Despot 240423

mastered by charles verni http://charlesverni.com/

new music coming soon

new music

I’m deeply troubled by the recent comments made by Ron Morelli of L.I.E.S. Records. The use of derogatory language and harmful rhetoric in his podcast appearance is not only disappointing but goes against the values of respect and inclusivity that our community stands for.

Art and music should be a space where all voices are heard and valued. It’s crucial for us to support and uplift those who promote positivity and unity. Let’s champion a culture where creativity thrives in an environment of mutual respect.

https://unrealexpect.shop/

#RespectInMusic #InclusivityMatters #StandTogether #ArtForEveryone #NoLies

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The Latin 'Jackin' Master - No Nation, No Falcons

Starfrog Slipmoded

Starfrog (Mosslander Tablet version) [feat. Ben Bondy]

Gruth is set to release his 3rd solo album, this time via Temporize. Scenes From  was written between 2018 and 2021 in Brazil and follows Gruth’s debut album Laments released in 2018, and his second album Somnum Exterreri.. Written as a two-act play, 'Act I, Scene I - Wake In Fright' is the opening track and captures Gruth's light, euphoric sound that perfectly transitions from the final moments of Somnum Exterreri. 


words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-gruth-act-i-scene-i-wake-in-fright-temporize

Scenes From

Premiere: Gruth - Act I Scene I; Wake in Fright (Temporize)

gi - Thought Makes Music

01. 21, 22, 23
02. fold
03. laces
04. knots
05. morning
06. coil
07. feedback
08. rapture (with Marcus Whale)

Digital + Vinyl 12”
@gistrung

Absorb is proud to present ‘Thought Makes Music’, the highly anticipated long-player by gi, solo moniker of unbridled musician, performer, and lyricist Gigi De Lacy (Optic Nerve).

'Thought Makes Music' is gi’s farthest-reaching work, a conclusive vision that follows a succession of revered sketches and short-form releases on labels such as Altered States Tapes (AUS) and Beyond the Bridge (ROK). So far her work sits on the outer limits of what can be considered “dance music”, and at full-length, its singular and immersive quality is glaring. Here, gi’s familiar spacious sound design and metallic IDM percussion is refined by an intertidal palette and restrained songwriting parameters. Given a larger canvas, gi works with increasingly blurred, distorted and feedbacking sounds, enclosed by asynchronous rhythms, bent and then snapped back into grid; the album reveals its musicality in moments of overlap, where everything happens at once.

Across eight tracks, listeners find electronic music that is less concerned with narrative so much as with landscape. gi habitually uses a set of recurring samples, melodies and drums to create the murky atmosphere that permeates the record. Instances of repetition, like a re-used drum break across 'laces', 'coil' & 'rapture' reveal a practice that is constantly rearranging itself via generative drum programming and resampled modulation. This impulse for repetition snowballs into a prominent exploration into feedback on this release. From the warping harmonies on 'feedback'; screeching textures on 'rapture'; and the metronomic jolts of frequency on 'morning' and 'knots', we hear gi’s fascination with “failed” methods of capture, nodding to her history with DIY, punk and hardcore scenes in so-called Australia. Exploring “blown out” re-recorded musical qualities for the first time under the gi alias, we find overtures of amplified noise bleed into otherwise crisp arrangements.

Allowing discreet reference-points to blur, new tonal profiles and distorted intensities arise for gi. 'Thought Makes Music' draws connections with the world around it, following rolling moments of feeling. gi presents her debut confidently, but the sound remains curious, playful & protective of itself; it answers no questions.

Written by Gigi De Lacy
on Wangal and Gadigal land

Mastered by Rashad Becker
Artwork by Clara Joyce
Inner Artwork by Mackenzie Benato
Layout by J Amelie Cantrell

Thank you to Kavil, Marcus Whale, Kenzie, and to everyone who the music comes from.

01. 21, 22, 23

Pour cette émission de rentrée, je propose de prendre le contre-pied de la saison passée, qui s’axait sur les sonorités de la nature. 
Au fil de cette nouvelle saison de « murmurations », l’accent sera mis sur les paysages sonores façonnés par l’humain.
En guise d’introduction, je vais explorer la thématique de la voiture.
La voiture, ou la caisse, la bagnole.
Celle qui nous fait fantasmer, celle où l&amp#39;on allume la radio au gré des routes sinueuses sans savoir ce qu&amp#39;on va trouver au bout des ondes, autant que celle cabossée qui nous transporte sur les autoroutes, 4 voies et autres pistes de rallyes.
J’ai conçu ce set comme un hommage sous forme de collage sonore à mon Kangoo usé, à l&amp#39;autoradio défaillant, mais avec qui j’ai vécu tant d’aventures.
Bonne écoute ! 


Murmurations w/ Dj Sport 2000 (01/11/24)

LYL Radio - November 2024

Metamorphoses

Crystalline, expansive and new age in character, Banlieue Records boss Benoit B gets on a beatless tip.

'Notes Of Love' is out soon on Into The Light Records.

Pre-order: bit.ly/35ZWb4Q

@benoitb
@intothelightrecords

Premiere: Benoit B - Polar Nights [Into The Light]

From Atlas der Gedanken, available now on cassette tape and digital.
https://muzaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/atlas-der-gedanken

Mareena & JakoJako - Phantasma

Ka Baird is a performer, composer and sound designer based in New York City. They are known for their live performances which include extended voice and microphone techniques combined with electronics and psychoacoustic interplay of flutes and other woodwinds. They create a present tense sound with a vigorous, ritualistic delivery that seeks extreme release through physical exertion and psychic extension. They have worked/collaborated with many other musicians, artists, filmmakers and choreographers, both in structured compositions and in their dedicated practice of improvisation and interdisciplinary work.

Metamorphoses

Ka Baird

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