Label: Schimmer Records
Cat.Nr.: SCHIMMERVA004
Artist: Various Artist Compilation
VA Name: Observations
Format: Digital
Artwork: Sven Zink
Design: Nico Rinker
Mastering: request@yangyinlermastering.de
Releasedate:
24th of December 2023 (Bandcamp)
26th of January 2024 (All digital platforms)

Releaseinformation:
As a thank you to our beloved community that showed us nothing but support and ap- preciation over the last year, Schimmer Records is releasing a compilation of 27 tracks by our residents and invited artists.

Just as we did last year, we want to use our reach to address the more serious issues the global community faces today and help the less fortunate. Especially the most vulnerable of us, children can suffer under the consequences of the action of others: Abuse, a lack of access to education and misplacement become rampant in times of war and conflict.

Thus, this year we feel the proceeds raised from our Christmas album, which is 15 Euro for the whole album, are best placed with “Save The Children“. After the release is funded 100% of our earnings will go towards the goal of helping children in need.

We wish you a very happy Christmas, a joyful time with the people dearest to you and a happy new year. See you in 2024!

We hope you like our compilation! Play it loud!
x Schimmer Records Collective

Tracklist:
1. YangYinler – Himal
2. Julian Bainbridge – Rüyanın Sonu
3. Denis Skok – Raw Checkout
4. Baldman C. – Breglo
5. Kaan Pirecioglu – Wandering Soot
6. Polygonia – Bold As Brass
7. Moritz Werner – Light Behind The Wall
8. Pøl – Midnight
9. Beatrice & E2NMN – Rakel
10. Nic Jaro – Echo
11. Khas – Out Of Range
12. Denø – Take Over
13. Thomas Colin – Monocle
14. Stinky Producer – This Is Not Hardgroove
15. Allen Eisenbraun – Tripping Strings
16. Confusion – 115
17. Kevin Ferhati – Solar Barque
18. Nobel Cortex – Spectral
19. Conntex – Laying Low
20. Egotot – Jack And Jamie
21. James Harbrecht – Visions
22. Marcos Fagoaga – By The Forest
23. Ophon – Genecs
24. SBR – Math
25. Jones&Roth – Cannelloni
26. Pino Peña – Martyni Jazz
27. Timo Rinker – Ethereal

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Polygonia – Bold As Brass [SCHIMMERVA004]

02 DJ MARIA. - Forest

December (ISA Remix)

To speak to Luca Daniel Schwarz aka LDS about his music is to be enthusiastically guided into a complex world of his own creation: clean and powerful techno which pulses with life from the textured patterns and drum sequences that have fills and accents that would make anyone who's picked up a set of drumsticks envious.

Yet this ecosystem of noise is deceptive; Schwarz's process for making music is very different to how a live drummer would create the same subtlety of performance. Forever researching new technology, Luca got deeply interested in different programming languages, and created a series of probability based music tools for manoeuvring sounds and sequencing.

Manipulating those probabilities takes a skillful alchemy, needing understanding of both musical structure and how the tools he devised work. To return to the drummer analogy, if the drummer is focussed and intentional in the moment of playing, then the method used in LDS tracks is almost diametrically opposed, with all of the intention coming in the assembly of the instruments, potential paths, and gateways; once play is pressed the music flows, following all the rules that were set in advance, not unlike a domino run or Rube Goldberg machine.

And like a domino run, the results are fascinating and, ultimately, fun: staccato vocals pop in and out in 'zipp prompt'; laser-like synths pulse; background noises sweep across the aural plane of the dub techno of 'diff, blockmix' and 'pow' adding texture that brings vitality all-too-easily missed out when complex mathematical processes become entwined with music creation. The high sensitivity to texture and rhythmic detail in Stadion Progg is multiplied further on Jean Redondo's remix - whose track, Hypersonic, was the backbone of 2023's 'yet' compilation on Tresor.

The balance between technology and a sense of fun might also come from the maker; it's not easy to overstate Schwarz's passion for what is now his favourite way to make music, "it never gets boring. There's always a moment of anticipation to see what actually emerges." And the true "power of 2" comes into play when the resulting music can be fed back through the system again and again, potentiating the music in exponential ways.

BANDCAMP

PREMIERE: LDS - stadion progg

Circular Motion

Peerk - Hale Bopp (Der Dritte Raum Tribute)

Inspired by some recent nighttime activities. Enjoy! 🌳

Drops’ Kiss

The first Various Artists release on Kynant, ‘K.Y. Spaceʼ. Mike Parkerʼs unmistakable modulations and the broken-beat, UK techno of Forest Drive West share the A-side. Korridorʼs ultra-deep sonic exploration leads into fellow Swedish artist Fjäder crafting a downtempo beat in her signature ambient style.  

Mastered by Neel
Release date: 12/04/19, 12" vinyl + digital
Artwork by Christopher Honeywell
Distributed by N.E.W.S.

A1 Mike Parker - Novus Wave

Track from NE64 Evigt Mörker – Krona 2xLP
Out on 2xLP and digital September 27th.

Following up his pair of cryptically luminous EPs for Northern Electronics in the past years, Evigt Mörker presents his debut album, Krona.

With a shuffling atmosphere that’s hard to pin down, the album chronically fixates on the degradation and construction of rhythmic drills with finely rendered parts and patterns. Spiralling the listener through a set of stormy soundscapes, Krona keeps placing the horizon just ahead, and just out of reach. The unease that Evigt Mörker invites us into is electrically charged and threatening to crack. For all its syncopation we are relentlessly swerving through the works, afraid of teasing an arcing static shock from the blistering commotion. The album’s propulsive tracks are settled against a pair of stunning ambient compositions that capture some of the tension from a distance. Technical dexterity and perfectly pitched intensity stakes out Evigt Mörker’s debut album as an impressive statement.

Recorded by Evigt Mörker in Stockholm, Sweden 2018.
Mastered by Neel at EnissLab, Rome.
Artwork by Jonas Rönnberg

Evigt Mörker - Etisk piska

1994-2

1994-2 (2019 Version by Skeemask)

Taken from Toki Fuko's EP Chain Reaction on Annulled Music, out October 29.

More: www.orbmag.com/music/

@tokifuko
@annulled_music

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