Ashes

The Dust

heaven and earth:
neither exists apart from
snow fluttering down

ひらひらと雪
そしてなんにもない
天と地と

it was snowing this morning 
everything white everywhere smile
nowhere sounds

Kajiwara Hashin was born in 1864 and studied under Kyoshi. Although Hashin is not very well-known as a poet, this particular haiku that he wrote is quite popular worldwide: it was first translated by Miyamori Asataro and later by R. H. Blyth.

Haiku : Kajiwara Hashin
Music : Nukumori Eugene / Nx a-tale-of.bandcamp.com/
IG: www.instagram.com/jinsei_books

fluttering snow 雪華 [naviarhaiku584]

Live at Burg4

Buy cassette here

Live at Burg4 part 1

Taken from "Orbital Era" the new album by Akira Film Script . Pre orders start 9.05.2025 at Shimmering Moods Records: shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com
LimitedCD , hand numbered, hand made sleeves. Edition of 35. 
Release date: 16.05.2025

Akira Film Script - Billirubin

Remember Me

Felt Sleep

Morning Passage

The Hill

This is the first single from Yara Asmar's new album. This track features John Murchison and Gideon Forbes.

3 wooden giants and mechanical birds

Gray Acres has always been a space for subtlety and restraint, distinct from the denser, more cinematic atmospheres of Hotel Neon. Where that project often explores process, technique, and narrative arcs, Gray Acres tends to be produced "in the moment" and stays still. It lets you think for yourself. Soft Erasure especially embraces that characteristic stillness.

This is the first full-length Gray Acres album since 2021’s “Dreams and Phantoms.” It’s a project that came together slowly with an intentionally light touch…more about dissolving sounds than constructing them. Subtraction vs. addition.

The title Soft Erasure came about as we noticed a recurring quality across the recordings: a sense of tangible things like guitars, pianos, and strings fading, softening, and slipping just out of reach as we shaped and processed them. The music feels like it’s constantly on the verge of vanishing, or being gently wiped away into an indistinct atmosphere. That idea of erasure not as violence, but as gentleness, decay, or transformation, felt like the right metaphor to latch on to. It speaks to memory, distance, and time, and how all of those forces shape and reshape our perception of sound and self.

Musically, this album is built mainly from resampled acoustic instruments: delicate piano lines, sustained strings, frozen and looped guitar textures. Much of the source material was recorded clean, then stretched, blurred, and layered until it became something abstract…like an impression of a song, or a half-remembered phrase. In some ways, we were trying to find the most washed-out and ephemeral version of each sound. The result is a record that is designed less for narrative and more for immersion.

If you’ve followed this project before, I think you’ll hear a natural continuation of its aesthetic. But if you’re new to Gray Acres, this is a great entry point. It’s music that tries not to demand attention, but rewards those who tune in closely for a while.

Gray Acres - Soft Erasure
Music by Andrew & Michael Tasselmyer
Mastered by Alex at Quiet Details

Gray Acres - Vestige

Order:
Shimmering Moods Records Band Camp (Digital):
https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/frame-of-reference
Clone Records (Double CDr):
https://www.clone.nl/item37698.html
For the people in Japan: Limited copies available at DISK UNION:
http://diskunion.net/clubt/ct/detail/1006884943

Release date: November 30, 2015
Distributed worldwide by Clone 

Dusty tape sounds, ambient dreamscapes, outsider techno on this debut album from Aleks.

"Deep vibrations and undulating waves of synth drive the melodic pulse of this record, beautifully enhanced by field recordings. Distant beats pull you in, creating a balanced feeling of calmness and energy. Each invites the listener to a session of imaginative introspection. Frame of Reference is a sonic force not be missed, this record will surely enhance your morning commute to work or a late evening under the stars, and everything in between."

A double CDr (with digital download codes), highly limited, 105 hand numbered copies worldwide in special hand made covers.

All tracks by Aleks 
Mastered by Early Reflections 
SHM CD013 
CDr and Digital 
Thank you Matthew Hellmich for writing a few lines about this album

releases November 30, 2015

Track List:
Disc A
01 - Shimmering 
02 - 9 
03 - Pasadena 
04 - Mercury Space Program 
05 - 988 
06 - Favorite Chords & Dreamscapes 
07 - Nasai 
08 - Wander 
09 - 11PM 
10 - HSPWn 
11 - RZ1to9150 
12 - CR
Disc B
01- Dusk 
02 - AM 
03 - Run 
04 - PM04 
05 - New Moon 
06 - Out 
07 - Untitled 
08 - Part 3 
09 - 23 
10 - Low End 
11 - Dark Chords & Dreamscapes 
12 - Near 
13 - Back

About Aleks:
www.djbroadcast.net/article/120638/…ignaleert-aleks

Aleks - Frame of Reference - Album Preview (OUT NOW)

*S O U N D S C A P I N G*
Contact: Shimmeringmoodsrecords@gmail.com

Other projects:
Slow Tone Collages 
https://soundcloud.com/analogue-chat

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