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Pilled Up on a Couple of Doves is the debut full-length by PDP III, who fell into alignment in December of 2018 amid a handful of immersive and improvisatory recording sessions held at Gary’s Electric Studio in Brooklyn, New York. The trio is a collaboration between composer/producer Britton Powell and two Berlin-based artists, the British composer/cellist Lucy Railton and the electronic artist Brian Leeds (Huerco S).

At the outset of these sessions Powell presented a series of compositional sketches anchored around multi-tracked electronics and acoustic percussion. These concepts were then used as the framework for collective improvisation, with the musicians working on instinct and layering as many as eight separate takes across a track. A portion of the record also reflects moments that are purely spontaneous – in-the-moment invention with Railton on electronics and cello and Powell and Leeds working on laptop computers.

The composition process involved little in the way of overt instruction, instead favoring discussion on more abstract notions of feel and energy. As a result, the final product was a bit surprising to all involved. “I don’t think the three of us had any idea how heavy and physical this thing was going to feel,” reflects Powell.

Subsequently reduced, edited, and collaged by Powell over the next two years, Pilled Up on a Couple of Doves presents a succession of alien moods. Gauzy textures are buoyed by extreme low end pressure. Serene industrial hum illuminates the rhythmic beating of waveforms. The sounds frequently evoke opposing emotions -- tenderness and anxiety, claustrophobia and transcendence.

The record culminates in 20-minute closer “49 Days,” where gradually unfurling textures for cello and electronics mirror the overtones of a ringing gong. It’s unsettling, but deeply meditative. A map of liminal space. Music to get lost to. “One thing that’s important in relation to my work with music is to access a place outside of physical space,” says Powell. “To pursue music as a tool to reach a place outside of physical existence.”

“There's something really simple, innocent, and timeless about working with acoustic percussion instruments,” explains Powell. “I think that they allow for a very true examination of sound. It feels vulnerable and really powerful at the same time.

Pilled Up on a Couple of Doves

49 Days

PDP III '49 Days' (SP125)

Jung An Tagen - "1:53 into the Future"

In the movie “Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future” a cable network has created a new form of very short, subliminal advertisements called "Blipverts". This new technology has only one flaw: when lazy and fat people watch them they explode. Having a bit of a mix-fatigue, I found by compressing time I can concentrate actually better on specific sounds. Disclaimer: don't be lazy.

Marcin Pietruszewski - “nupggendy3modulatorDistCauchy (srewdrivers)” (The New Pulsar Generator Recordings Volume 1, 2020)
RM Francis - “Fffffffffffff” (Nth White Dot, 2020) 
Victor Moragues - "Spectral" (Through Antiforms, 2020)
Rene Hell - "Smile Models" (Vanilla Call Option, 2013)
Lee Fraser - "Pline Expol A" (Cor Unvers, 2018)
Philippe Vandal - "Digiprog Schedule" (Umwelt, 2019)
Marcin Pietruszewski - “sieveSequence(001)” (The New Pulsar Generator Recordings Volume 1, 2020)
Jean Schwarz - "Erda" (Erda/Symphonie, 1976)
François Bayle - "La Fin Du Bruit" (Version 2009 Inédite) (50 Ans D'Acousmatique, 2012)
Jung An Tagen - "Movement" (Emergent Properties, 2020)
Bernard Parmegiani - "Kaléidoscope I" (Groupe De Recherches Musicales, 1974)
Jean-Claude Risset ‎- "Mutations" (Mutations, 1978)
Marcus Schmickler - "Hypercubist Pareto Dist" (Palace Of Marvels, 2010)
Jung An Tagen - "Thimblerigger" (Emergent Properties, 2020)
Marcin Pietruszewski - “nupggendy3modulatorDistHyperbcos_(interlacings)” (The New Pulsar Generator Recordings Volume 1, 2020)
Xenakis - "S.709" (Electronic Music, 1997)
Hecker - "bsf°tyk 5" (Sun Pandämonium, 2003)
3.14… - "xwu, 7, en" (μ, 2020)
Marcin Pietruszewski - "Sieve Decantation" (Auditory Sieve, 2020)
RM Francis - ">>MORE[[Cartoon & Child]]>>" (A Taxonomy of Guffaws, 2020)
Marcus Schmickler - "New Methodical Limits of Ascension" (Palace Of Marvels, 2010)
Elías Merino - "SUA6" (Synthesis Of Unlocated Affections, 2020)
Lee Fraser - "Ply" (Cor Unvers, 2018)
David Tudor - "Phonemes" (Three Works For Live Electronics, 1996)
Tony Lugo - "ii_kawp65261" (Pulsar​.​scramble vol. 2, 2020) 
David Dunn "Gradients (1999)" (Autonomous And Dynamical Systems, 2007)
Denis Smalley "	Tides - Pools And Currents" (Tides, 1993)
Francisco López - "Untitled #384" (Tour Mode, 2020)
Lauren Sarah Hayes - "Crummiest Coup" (Tour Mode, 2020)
Ben Kudler - "Palace of Swallow" (Tour Mode, 2020)
Ian M Fraser - "Sowing and Reaping" (Tour Mode, 2020)
Maryanne Amacher - "Chorale 1" (Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear, 1999)
Marcin Pietruszewski - “modulator (mOPulWM)” (The New Pulsar Generator Recordings Volume 1, 2020)
Rene Hell - "Smile Models" (Vanilla Call Option, 2013)
Garino Luca - "Part I" (Pura Forma Vuota Del Tempo, 2020)
PARSA - "Cloth Simulation Battle" (Musique Grossière, 2020
RM Francis ""whe”.- - - 0.03778-89" (CODE889, 2019)
Christian Di Vito "fsc#1+2" (Pulsar​.​scramble vol. 2, 2020)
Elías Merino - "SUA5" (Synthesis Of Unlocated Affections, 2020)
Eric Frye - "Sheafifications" (On Small Differences In Sensation, 2016)
Lee Fraser - "Reliq Ens" (Cor Unvers, 2018)
Rian Treanor - "Obstacle 4" (Obstacle, 2021)
Hecker - "A Script For Machine Synthesis" (A Script For Machine Synthesis, 2016)
Curtis Roads "Micromontage" (Microsound, The MIT Press, 2004)
Eric Frye - "Permutations" (Some Consequences Of Four Incapacities, 2014)
Kieran Daly - "Second-Order Aliasing Artifact Synthesis and The Problem of The Many" (Pulsar​.​scramble vol. 2, 2020)
Atte Elias Kantonen - "TasinTannnngible" (Tour Mode, 2020)
Hecker - "Modulator (… meaningless, affectless, out of nothing …)" (Articulação, 2014)

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SI036 - JUNG AN TAGEN

Altar of Flies "Bortom Reven". iDEAL191 LP. Transparent blue vinyl. Cover by Altar of Flies / Allon Kaye. Ltd to 300 copies. Released in late April/early May.

Altar of Flies - Under Vår Livstid (iDEAL191 LP)

Taken from the album 'Suisse Redux' released as LP and Digital

François J. Bonnet & Stephen F. O'Malley 'assembled by Jim O'Rourke (excerpt)' (EMEGO 298)

Russian Tsarlag and Secret Boyfriend are two of the most distinctly inimitable makers in the canon of the contemporary American “DIY” underground. In 2013, the two artists released an untitled split 12” on Ryan Martin’s (Secret Boyfriend) prolific “Hot Releases” label. As two of the foremost archetypal figures of their collected contexts, it’s a pleasure to host the pairing as a part of the ENXPL series again sharing new work.

Russian Tsarlag’s side A is gorgeously trudging and despondent; these syrup drenched ballads and collages sit amongst some of his finest work, (see his most recent self released work through his Wasp Video Roadhouse imprint). Side B is the domain of Secret Boyfriend. The effort hosts an eclectic batch of dense and emotive ambient passages, live recording, and bedroom shoe-gaze. Martin’s Secret Boyfriend project allows for a fluidity in form and content, mastering longing through a myriad of languages.
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releases September 15, 2021

"Live at Cold Spring Hollow, Belchertown MA 10 02 19" recorded by Sam Hodge
audio finalized by Glyn Maier
artwork by Carlos Gonzales and Ryan Martin
design by RJM Vanderheyden

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Russian Tsarlag/Secret Boyfriend

RUSSIAN TSARLAG/SECRET BOYFRIEND

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ENXPL08 - B6. RUSSIAN TSARLAG - "ZOMBIE CITY"

Staten Island Ferry Trip (2018)

From the upcoming album "Pavel Milyakov & Bendik Giske" out March 26th on Smalltown Supersound / Le Jazz Non .

Pavel Milyakov & Bendik Giske - Untitled 2

@pontiacstreator

pajeon dj tapes vol 1 available on bandcamp https://benbondy.bandcamp.com/album/pajeon-dj-tapes-vol-1

writhe in solitude w. pontiac streator (pajeon dj tapes vol 1)

Leipzig based @taucontrib (formally Otilo) debuts on sferic with a suite of paradoxically dense and hyper-intricate zones, smudged to oblivion. Breathing, living, shapeshifting 2021 vacant lounge space.

Edition of 100 copies & digital - OUT FEB 2021.
Artwork : @svyatykh

tau contrib - encode (sferic008) [Preview]

Terminal 11 - Eyes Pressed Against The Glass
BOP024

Released March 5th 2021 
Black 12" / Limited Transparent Yellow & Black Splatter 12" + Digital
opaltapes.com

“From 2000 I used Modplug Tracker (now OpenMPT) to sequence and as my sole DAW… You can see the numbered patterns, all the note information, and all the number based commands but there's really no way to have a macro view of what you're doing and no visualization”. - M. Castaneda / Terminal 11

Terminal 11 is Michael Castaneda (Phoenix, AZ, USA). Over 20 years his output through labels like Cock Rock Disco, Phthalo and Hymen tattooed his place along the strange arm of North American producers whose vision for rhythmic complexity, timbral nuance and machine controlled chaos saw the genre of breakcore develop and modify.

‘Eyes Pressed Against The Glass’ is Terminal 11’s new statement of intent. One in which the process of production has changed up for the first time in many years. Dropping habits, breaking cycles and learning new approaches to processing audio, artistic intent and emotion.

“For someone who tends to fixate and hyperfocus on microscopic details to a fault, this was a perfect environment for a large portion of my life. Around 2019 I started to feel like it was starting to suffocate me. Over a span of years, life transformations outside of music allowed for the gradual dismantling of rigid rules, toxic emotions, unhealthy work habits, and dissociation. These four things were what fueled most of my artistic output. I was left in a gray area where I understood where I had been and where I was, but not where I was going or what I wanted to do”. - M. Castaneda / Terminal 11

Noticeably the shift from tracker to modular synth, hardware sequencers / samplers and composition with Ableton Live has brought a new fluidity to Terminal 11’s sound. Opening track ‘Until It Couldn’t Recognize A Face’ expands and contracts lung like as it sucks hot-stepping drum patterns out of a background of amorphous gas like harmonics. Each bar revealing new aspects of a cavernous space. It’s acidic introduction eventually self-dissolving into an envelope severed counterpoint. ‘Full Circle’s 3D acid lines draw forth prepared piano interiors, tuned metal and imploding histrionics before a blanket pull to massage room ambience. Intelligent the music may be but I dare you to dance to it.

“The image of an eye pressed against a glass is one that reflects the feeling of spending most of your life with a magnifying glass jammed against your cornea. The irony of the whole situation is that after freeing myself from the micro view fixations I just learned how to reapply them in the macro environment. You can change but you still live with the echoes of who you've been”. - M. Castaneda / Terminal 11

B-side opener ‘Breathing Room’ is perhaps the track most closely aligned to the earlier Terminal 11 output. A more colourful, ebullient track adorned with flickering micro-samples and all shades of counting machine flair. ‘Spirals’ is a masterpiece of wet mouthed sampling. A dystopic soundscape or rasping, glottal ugliness strapped down tight to a undulant bass of gross weight. ‘Tea’ closes the record as the least claustrophobic of all six of the pieces here. A tonic and digestive agent comprising lithe and light cymbal play atop elegant tectonics. Breakcore it is not. Terminal 11’s music has developed into a complex futurism negating the boorish, OTT behaviour of previous incarnations and maturing to a music of natural energy, thermic, kinetic and sonic.

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Terminal 11 - Eyes Pressed Against The Glass (Excerpts)

Digital Download, 7" Lathe and Limited Edition Cassingle available here: https://tinyurl.com/398end7y

JUNGLE GYM RECORDS presents "Slump b/w Cuatis", official label debut of the illustrious Mister Water Wet. From a small pile of foraged ephemera, audio homesteader MWW sculpts two new works of wood floor creakings, earthen bass plucks, hollow phantom voices, crude string twangs and dusty jazz-kit thumpings... assembled, as always, with craftsman-like precision, Mister Water Wet continues to polish and perfect their singular brand of outsider exotica... this time, exclusively from JUNGLE GYM.

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"Slump (Raw Mix)" - Mister Water Wet

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PDP III '49 Days' (SP125)

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