Bengalfuel - Rapalyea (Release date: 26th June)
Shimmering Moods Records (SHM CD009)
Pre orders at
Stashed Goods: 
http://www.store.fluid-radio.co.uk/…/bengalfuel-rapalyea-c…/
Norman Records:
https://www.normanrecords.com/re…/153917-bengalfuel-rapalyea-
Delsin Records:
http://www.delsinrecords.com/release/5018/bengalfuel/rapalyea
Databloem:
http://databloem.com/home/842-bengalfuel-rapalyea.html
& other shops soon.

About this release:
Bengalfuel have crafted another glorious collection of ambient synthesizer mysteria, ranging from celestial awe to their signature haunted solace. Lush pads avalanche to form a sonic terrain like cinematic future landscapes, embracing calm desolation over busy layering; the tracks are direct yet majestic in stature. Only in the final piece does this quiet world begin to teem with life and does so as if riots have broken out, seemingly everything that was held back is unleashed in a massive fury of factory-powered beats and melodic firestorms: an immense atmosphere capping off a most splendid musical journey, in many respects among Bengalfuel's very best. Released by Shimmering Moods Records, 100 copies available worldwide, hand numbered, hand made wallet with photo's, no repress. Mastered by Early Reflections.

Tracklist:
1. The Planet						
2. Snow Cliff						
3. Tall Waves						
4. Wailing						
5. Thermal						
6. My Rays						
7. Black Silk						
8. Crane	        				
9. Lonniesquares				


Bengalfuel  "Rapalyea"  SHM Preview Mix (OUT NOW)

Seramind - Denken Von Uns (naviarhaiku600) [Ambient, Drone, Electronic]

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku600-thinking-of-us/

thinking of us
the sound of wind
among the pines

Andrea Cecon is a hearing aids technician, a traveler, and a haijin published all over the world. His first ebook won 3rd place in the Sharp Writ Book Awards contest in 2011 (category: poetry). Residing in Cividale, Italy, with his wife, Russian haijin Valeria Simonova-Cecon. He finds his inspiration in memories, travels, and everyday life… 

Haiku by Andrea Cecon
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Cecon/author/B00955O0CA?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Picture by Ali Kazal
https://unsplash.com/photos/green-trees-under-white-sky-during-daytime-l7UQY1g4Ayg

Visit my other pages:

Official: http://www.seramind.de
Artcore: https://artcore.com/seramind
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/22xH66OU00shKM5kcwbAeKa
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/seramind
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/4709745-Seramind
Bandcamp: https://seramind.bandcamp.com
MixCloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/seramind
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSVk1v75Cpzc7Bf-KVsrUUg

Denken Von Uns (naviarhaiku600)

Seramind - Sumomo (naviarhaiku602) [Ambient, Electronic]

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku602-scent-of-plum/

scent of plum
in a flash of rising sun!
the mountain path

This week's challenge features a poem by the greatest master of haiku, Matsuo Bashō.

Haiku by Matsuo Bashō https://web.archive.org/web/20250716183535/https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/206

Visit my other pages:

Official: http://www.seramind.de
Artcore: https://artcore.com/seramind
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/22xH66OU00shKM5kcwbAeKa
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/seramind
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/4709745-Seramind
Bandcamp: https://seramind.bandcamp.com
MixCloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/seramind
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSVk1v75Cpzc7Bf-KVsrUUg

Sumomo (naviarhaiku602)

SONG 111

Hård II

Morning Passage

Rd6(drums) + Volca modular (synth&erratic noises)

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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

Heim

Alfheim

Form is an exploration about how things take shape and slowly change. It paints a quiet, emotional journey — starting with the feeling of something coming to life, then slowly drifting into memory and fading away, time to let go.

Produced, mixed and mastered by Antony Gibson (Zen Lemon)
Cover picture by Antony Gibson
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Form

Pause Before

Cogitations 2 is part of Cogitations EP. This 5 track drone ambient EP is designed to draw listeners inward, inviting quiet introspection. The subtle ambience encourages space to pause and reflect on life’s shifting emotions. 


Cogitations 2

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