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This braindance compilation is a companion piece to the zine series A Compendium of Classic Disques (vol. 3). 

Available for download here: https://samsonandpress.bandcamp.com/album/a-compendium-of-classic-disques-vol-3

The artists involved are a veritable Avenger Squad of world-class talent that we at Samson & Press are so fortunate to be able to work with. The album is free and any donations will be donated to charity. 

Full risograph zine series is available here: www.samsonandpress.com/bookstore 

A Compendium of Classic Disques (volume 3) is a collection of record reviews culled from the personal files of mysterious author, activist investor, and film director Rik Pollen. Each album under review is widely considered to be a canonical piece of music; together with Mr Pollen’s famous wit and inisght, the collection is truly a gift to the field of artistic criticism, as well as to music snobs everywhere. 

Review written by Rik Pollen 
Music & Words Edited by Cymru Roberts 
Album mastered by Julien Stazma at Electric Voyage Studio
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A Compendium of Classic Disques (vol. 3) *Snippets*

System Failure

Police State

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Buster presents Basspaths on Sub FM 10th October 2024 - https://www.sub.fm

Buster presents Basspaths - 10 Oct 2024

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'Silent Observers' EP
Substak
See Blue Audio SBA 059

1. Voyage Beyond
2. Orbiting Dreams
3. Aurora
4. Nebula Drift
5. Silent Observers

Release date: 14 March 2025

https://lnk.to/SBA059

See Blue Audio: ambient / electronic / beatless / cinematic / downtempo / eclectic / introspective… Shade rather than light...

If the opening release of 2025 on See Blue Audio, 'Vestige' by Leit Motif, was an audio journey into the nature of what it is to be human in the chaos that surrounds us, its successor takes a trip into the outer reaches of space and our imagination. It also welcomes a new artist to the label in the shape of Athens-based electronic artist Substak. With the 'Silent Observers' EP, the fifty-ninth release on See Blue Audio, he invites us into his world where sound operates as a form of language.

Kostas Staikos, otherwise known as Substak, began his passion for music as a means of escape from everyday life with a commitment to creative freedom and expression. Since then, he has released on myriad labels from many countries, including Nomadism Records, Drone Works International, Secret Domain, hello strange, Adventurous Music, Pertin-nce, Secuencias Temporales, Recycled Plastics, ODrex Music, Apnea, Hypnotic Landscapes, insectorama, Kopoc, Sea of Clouds and others, creating an impressive portfolio of work. Setting himself no limits and with an artistic vision transcending conventional boundaries, his musical compass points in many directions from dub and techno to ambient and drone soundscapes. On 'Silent Observers', his sound takes another evolutionary step with sonic explorations that plunge into the depths of drone and space ambience.

Across five short but perfectly succinct tracks, Kostas brings his ideas into being with exquisite clarity. Beatless, shrouded in static and radio interference, and with subtle melodies that seem to almost crawl into life, the effect is soothing and dreamlike, but still demanding of our attention. At times it can be unsettling, but such is the nature of the great, mysterious universe that hovers above us. As the titles suggest, the cosmos is the central theme on 'Silent Observers' and the listener quickly becomes immersed in the Substak interpretation of travelling through endless space to unknown galaxies.

The closing title track hints at a possible alternative view: perhaps we are the observed and not the observers; it's they who are looking at us from afar and wondering who and what we are. This is their radio transmission and at times it's almost as if the signal is breaking up.

Substak has created something very special here and it's a glorious addition to the See Blue Audio catalogue. The 'Silent Observers' EP evokes a sense of reflection and is ideally suited for relaxation and meditation while still retaining a questioning tone. To paraphrase the line from a famous science fiction movie, "In space no one can hear anything at all."

Silent Observers EP

'Silent Observers' EP (preview) – Substak (See Blue Audio SBA #059)

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