Milkwood May 2020 Playlist

ambient

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there is nothing left to destroy but everything to rebuild, because everything has been destroyed

vl + Elu

from one of my last takes before moving to san francisco.

january 18 mini

180125 / last from brooklyn

from 'Kagami Tears', new album by CMD094

Out July 24th on Tape / Digital

http://noproblematapes.com

NOP-075 - CMD094 - Extention

Dive

HLER is Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho - an improvised ambient drone duo from Finland.

booking: hlerdrones@gmail.com
to find out what we sound like at gigs: http://soundcloud.com/lackluster/sets/hler 

HLER combines the initials of Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho. It also describes the improvisational creative process of this ambient drone duo from Finland. 
A couple of years ago, Heikki came across a second-hand Peruvian synthesiser. The machine quickly revealed its potential for endless sonic creativity, mainly because Heikki found it almost impossible to recreate the exact same sound twice. He soon introduced the machine to Esa, and together they decided to explore the machine's inherent sonic instability in a live setting.

Each performance follows the same creative process, but with wildly different results every time. Digging in to the Mochika XL's front panel, Heikki begins mining for sound. Esa then processes Heikki's discoveries through his laptop, revealing hitherto undiscovered facets to Heikki's freshly unearthed sonic gems. Then, with the twist of a dial, Heikki introduces something new to Esa, and the whole process continues onwards and upwards.

"We are always surprised by the spaces we find ourselves in, and the directions the sounds take during a performance. We cannot repeat anything in exactly the same way, even if we wanted to! Just turning the Mochika XL synthesiser off and back on, keeping all of the knobs untouched in exactly the same position, leads to a changed sound."

"It has been incredibly rewarding to work as a duo, as the unpredictability of the creative process is so refreshing. Thanks to the unstable nature of the Mochika XL synthesiser and the intuitiveness of Esa’s live processing, each performance is unique. The whole live situation is based on improvisation and the sonic discoveries extracted during the encounter."

File under: organised improvised noise, clicks, hums, drone, "Hey, this sounds kind of like space music from the '70s!", a captured submarine humming in the hangar of a space station, "Are you sure you guys are alright and that the cables work?"

https://hler.bandcamp.com/track/skathi-dusk

HLER: Skathi Dusk

Någonting, allting

03 Aura [Hollow ep]

the distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person, thing, or place.

Hollow

Aura

Taken from SBKT025: Swimful - Folding Knives

Folding Knives is the latest album from Swimful on SVBKVLT, named after a dream in which he was throwing knives at his doppelgänger on the street where he used to live.

Features come from Yayoyanoh & Organ Tapes, who vocal lead single "Agony", a track awash with thick, hazy waves of saturation, while the record opens with "Plain", a co-production with Chlorine Mist (aka Dylan Reznick of FRIENDZONE) that floats between swirling ambient textures and orchestral fanfare.

Tracklist:

1. Plain (Swimful & Chlorine Mist / Swimful version)
2. Are You Telling Me a Sad Story?
3. Aura
4. Agony (feat. Yayoyanoh & Organ Tapes)
5. Folding Knives
6. Sapphire
7. Broken Trapdoor

Release Date: March 15th 2019
Artwork: Kynan Puru Watt
Mastering: Raphael Valensi
Format: Digital
Distribution: Cargo UK
Field recording on Track 7 by Taurin Barrera

Folding Knives

Swimful - Are You Telling Me a Sad Story?

Out now: T. Gowdy - Pachira Aquatica
Format: CD, Digital

https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pachira-aquatica

Released March 26, 2019 

Music by T. Gowdy 
Mastering by Jose Leonardo Pupo D. 
Artwork by Emma Roufs 
Shimmering Moods Records 2019

T. Gowdy - Basic Icons

SIREN's Moonbow celebrates all things piano with a drone-leaning contribution to the Concept in Practice series. After all, it is Piano Day.

"Started 4 years ago by German composer Nils Frahm, Piano Day falls on the 88th day of each year (this year it's March 29th) and many events and releases come together to celebrate the magic of this (conventionally) 88-key instrument. For a while I’ve been wanting to make a mix of ambient and drone music that is centered around sustained piano notes, and today felt like the perfect time to release it. Recently, meditation has been my lifeline whilst being essentially house bound for two months due to health reasons, and I owe so much to ambient music for being such an incredible tool for healing — so I hope this mix can also help others too.

Sonically, this mix is as much about the moments of silence as it is about the music itself, with each new track emerging from a mist left by the one before. I wanted to make a mix that honours the piano’s ability to beautifully bridge the gap between acoustic and electronic music." – Moonbow

@moonbowmusic
@sirenldn

Concept In Practice: Moonbow's 'Piano Drone' Mix

Out now: PJS - In Between
Format: Cassette, CD, Digital

https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-between

Patrick Dique - Harmony, Rainbows, Vision 
Jordan Christoff - Intuition, Magic, Chaos
Mastered by Roel Weerdenburg

Released March 26, 2019
Shimmering Moods Records 2019

PJS - Floatbirddrop

https://yerevantapes.bandcamp.com/album/evitceles-constant-yearning

Dream I Had / Virgin Fields

Desolation

Out now: Bad News from Cosmos - Blue Jelly Island
Format: Cassette, CD, Digital

https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/blue-jelly-island

Recorded in November, 2015 on 4-track Tascam Porta-07 by Andrii Hrachov and Iryna Bodnar."

Released March 26, 2019

Written, produced and mastered by Bad News from Cosmos 
Shimmering Moods Records 2019

Bad News from Cosmos - Sharp as the Wave

title track from forthcoming album called echo's verse. vinyl/digital out on may 15th at rbeny.bandcamp.com (na) or dauw.bandcamp.com (eu)

echo's verse

そこは霧に包まれた湾のような、何も見えない場所である。~  It is a place where, like a bay shrouded in fog, nothing can be seen.

New album from Dravier out July 20, 2019
@draviersc

Listen: https://umerecords.bandcamp.com/album/light-recalls-our-landmark-for-this-barren-mind

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Dravier ~ Light Recalls Our Landmark For This Barren Mind (snippets)

Slow Reveal is taken from "Paths", the new album by Darren Harper.

Limited edition cassettes and CD's in hand made packages available here: 

https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/paths

“A micro-world of textured electronics and voltage; a simple wind chime singing in a breeze” 
Created with a modular synthesizer and effect pedals, Paths is an account of missteps and error, a process of understanding; an unfolding. A discovery of oneʼs voice...a reflection of nature. 

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darren harper's latest work is a joyous collage for all seasons; a delicate record that soothes and refreshes the spirit. 

kaleidoscopic chimes and playful bells tumble against each other. twinkling notes drift down in little flurries, then melt away as sunlit chords push aside the clouds. 

low, thrumming bokeh echoes bring distant mountaintops intimately close, then curve down into hushed forest floors, winds whispering through leaves overhead. tiny layers of loops and quiet delays, jumbled melodies, sparse crackling branches, and somber swells invite contemplation of these fragile spaces. 

each moment is cherished, each song reveals new life: ephemeral, yet enduring. the ice breaks, slowly gliding away as the river shakes off its long slumber. 

never obscuring, always revealing; these intertwining paths abound with the hopeful promise that spring is coming. 


-- joshua saddler

Releases August 23, 2019 

W/P by Darren Harper 2018/19 
Mastered by Porya Hatami 
poryahatami.com

Pre Order

Darren Harper - Slow Reveal

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