https://kitrecs.bandcamp.com/album/rehearsing-heat

With Mr Beatnick!

Richard Greenan returns with his first solo record in six years. Rehearsing Heat paints layers of ornamental pop, rumblingly playful hip-hop, widescreen swathes of drone and beyond - with a wide cast of friends and collaborators taken along for the ride.

Recommended if you like Rachel's, Susumu Yokota, Colleen

Puffin's Choice

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Lyrics & vocals by David Liebe Hart

Music by Odd Nosdam

Backing vocals by Brooke Schultz, Hurricane G, Larissa Birdseye, Madi Barnes, Milli Mozart & Victoria Blanchard

Produced/mixed/mastered by Jonah "Th' Mole" Mociun

David Liebe Hart x Odd Nosdam - Be Still

Carefully navigating her way along the shifting horizon line of our present condition, Istanbul-based composer Ekin Fil never fails to find new pathways with the seemingly eternal nature of her reverb-saturated guitar sceneries. Aquarius/Pisces, her latest creation on Possible Motive, uncovers two tracks of carefully alluring and ambient sonics. The release is available globally on selected digital outlets and as a strictly limited hand engraved 7" lathe-cut vinyl disc.

https://possiblemotive.bandcamp.com/album/aquarius-pisces
https://ekinfil.bandcamp.com/album/aquarius-pisces

Ekin Fil - Aquarius

Hauntingly melodic track with soft strings and echoing piano tones, weaving a mysterious and romantic mood. This instrumental piece blends classical influences with a sad, reflective vibe, perfect for quiet nights.

Romantic Echo

I hope you’ll be able to feel the enchanting embrace of ‘Reflection of Forgotten Stars,’ a tranquil ambient piece I created.. weaving together three of my favorite instruments, in what I hope will become a symphony of inner serenity. Rest your eyes under the moon’s gentle light, and begin to sense how the forgotten stars awaken within a moment of quiet emotional reflection, evoking quiet introspection, alluring mystery, and profound peace. 

Lose yourself, and unwind within the scene of this calming night, allowing your worries to drift away, and your spirit to stir, beneath the moonlights timeless glow.

Reflection of Forgotten Stars

A cult Italian new age, ambient cassette from 1992 that offers reverberating balearic electro-acoustic guitar riffs with entrancing, metallic new age synths. Remastered and reissued by @hybridesentimento.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2018/04/16/cabaret-du-ciel-falasama-exposure/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/cabaret-du-ciel

Listen on Youtube

Cabaret Du Ciel - Falasarna Exposure (STW Premiere)

Underhand, Underfoot

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@botany

"Broke Open" is the first offering from Taysha.

Taysha is a compilation of "ambient" works produced exclusively by Texas based artists - out on January 14th.

Botany is North Texas raised, Austin based, Spencer Stephenson, who has been releasing with Western Vinyl since 2010. 

"With only a handful of releases to his credit, Texas native Spencer Stephenson has covered a vast, impressive array of musical ground with his work as Botany. Integrating live instrumentation and dusty samples, his compositional techniques are informed by hip-hop and beat-heavy electronic music, but they reference spiritual jazz, psychedelic folk, ambient, and numerous other styles. His work varies from more rhythmic, pulsating tracks to free-flowing washes of sound, but it’s always conscious, uplifting, and organic. Originally from northern Texas, Stephenson started experimenting with music production as a teenager, inspired by Four Tet, Madlib, J Dilla, and others. He began sharing his music online in 2008, and his first EP, Feeling Today, was released by Austin-based Western Vinyl in 2010. A bit more poppy than some of his later releases, the recording featured vocalist Ashley Rathburn. Botany remixed artists such as Ryat and Cuushe and produced a track on Lushlife’s 2012 album, Plateau Vision. After relocating to a farm outside Austin, Stephenson recorded his full-length debut, Lava Diviner (Truestory), which appeared in 2013. Dimming Awe, the Light Is Raw, the most hip-hop-oriented Botany release to date, appeared in 2015 as a limited LP; guests included rapper Milo and Leaving Records founder Matthewdavid. In 2016, Botany released Deepak Verbera, a surprising excursion into cosmic music and free jazz, channeling artists such as Alice Coltrane and Popol Vuh. Just three months later, Stephenson issued a batch of instrumentals titled Raw Light II, and in 2018, released a collaborative album with Philadelphia rapper Lushlife under the name The Skull Eclipses that included guest features from Open Mike Eagle, as well as members of Shabazz Palaces, and Dirty Projectors. The duo performed at the legendary weekly showcase in LA, Low End Theory, before the event was discontinued last August."

Artwork by Sarah Sissy
Mastering by Dylan Cameron

Taysha

Botany - Broke Open

Painé - Africa Oscura (Drums Of Passion Mix)

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