when the sun shines into the room, early in the morning, by a cold winter day <3

Tracklist

01. Lullatone - Like pebbles in a stream
02. Monogoto - Lamella (deletion 78)
03. Arovane & Taylor Deupree - Denn_Repp
04. Simon McCorry - Bearing Witness
05. Fields We Found - Walk
06. Grotta Veterano - Slumbers (Part 4)
07. Jeannine Schulz - The Wind Blows Over The Earth
08. Darren McClure - Look At The Light
09. Tomotsugu Nakamura - Transmitter

311. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Taken from the album "Retrograde Amnesia" by Xu & Oberlin, released on Slow Tone Collages:


The record delves into the haunting history of the former psychiatric hospital in Colorno (Parma – Italy, in use from 1873 to 1978). Titled "Retrograde Amnesia”, it explores the lives of patients who were once confined to the institution, many of whom were forgotten by society. 
The hospital, which is now abandoned, was once home to over a thousand patients, including those who were deemed "dangerous" or "marginalized" by society. Among them were prostitutes, alcoholics, vagabonds, and even small children. The psychiatrists who worked at the institution were free to experiment with new treatments, including practices such as electroshock and frontal lobotomy. While these doctors saw themselves as innovators and experimenters, many of the patients were no longer considered people. One of the devastating consequences of the treatments administered at the hospital was retrograde amnesia, which is the loss of memories of past events. Many patients who underwent these treatments were left with gaps in their memory, unable to recall important moments of their lives, as their identities were fragmented and their shared human experiences obliterated. Forgotten by society and stripped of their own sense of self, they were consigned to the shadows of history. 
"Retrograde Amnesia" is a haunting and emotional record that aims to shed light on the lives of these forgotten patients. Through the use of ambient soundscapes and atmospheric textures, the music captures the sense of isolation and despair that many of the patients must have felt. Enveloped in the echoes of empty corridors and abandoned rooms, one easily feels consumed by the weight of the lives that once occupied these desolate spaces. 

releases September 1, 2023 

W&P by Xu & Oberlin 

Xu: 
Acoustic and electric piano, vocals and psaltery samples, small eurorack 
system, Korg Volca FM, Strymon El Capistan 

Oberlin: 
Eurorack modular synth, tape-recorder 

Mastered by Francis M Gri 
Artwork and packaging design by Slow Tone Collages 
STC 036 
Slow Tone Collages 2023

Xu & Oberlin - Retrograde Amnesia - Part I

In his return to Dronarivm five years since A Different Definition of Love, Brock Van Wey, aka bvdub, presents his second-ever full-length, monolithic work at just over 79 minutes, continuing his quest to blur all lines of genre and definition just as the barriers between sleep and waking life –imagined and real – continue to break down and disappear further by the day... a life of consuming madness continuing its guise as grand artistic vision.


Deep blue hues through hills,
Blurred is life or death to us,
We see ourselves now.
For we are nothing,
Nothing in everything,
Dreaming in deep blue.
I looked for you once,
Now I know you never tried,
I know you're not there.
Only hills remain,
Standing without sound or love,
Knowing all my pain.
Someday you will know,
Your own world in your dreams,
Hills of your design.
I can hear you there,
But I will never see you,
This is only me.
These hills brought me here,
Their blue brought me peace and end,
I am only them.

Asleep in Ultramarine

Buy CD / DL

bvdub - Asleep In Ultramarine

Download full album: https://coldtearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heavenchord-atmospheres-soundscapes

Atmospheres & Soundscapes

Heavenchord - Atmospheres & Soundscapes - 02

Tracklist

01.  Glacis - Under The Bare Sky
02.  Fortresses - Hear
03.  Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Hanakuma
04.  Anthéne - The Fields
05.  Bauer + Katharina Schmidt - Night Passage
06.  Tomáš Šenkyřík - Mami
07.  Taylor Deupree - Dissipating
08.  Sleepland+duenn - Pond
09.  Paper Armies - Walls

364. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

CD/Digital: https://slowtonecollages.bandcamp.com/album/distant-vistas

“Distant vistas” aims to be a soundtrack to your daydreams. A companion for pleasant reveries calling you from near and far.

Releases March 22, 2024 

Written and produced by Derya Susman 

STC 045 
Slow Tone Collages 2024

Deli Kuvveti - Distant Vistas (Slow Tone Collages)

Tracklist

01. Rosales - Matter
02. Rime Trails - Far From the Sun Plateau
03.  David Cordero & Kenji Kihara - El Bosque de la Niebla
04.  Samuel Edmund - Sand
05.  Anthéne - Last In line
06. Benoît Pioulard - Stanza I-III - VIII
07.  Silent Vigils - Munhitsu
08. James Osland and Andrew Heath - The things you see
09.  Far away Nebraska - Uno sguardo all'orizzonte prima di tornare a casa

365. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01.  Glacis - I Watched The Sun Go Down
02.  Prism Capture - Your hair got waves
03.  Andrew Heath - Catching Clouds
04.  Simon McCorry & Wodwo - By Snail on its Slick of Light
05.  David Cordero - Wet Paper
06.  The Humble Bee & Offthesky - Space
07.  Federico Durand, Pablo Picco - Olas
08.  Dudal - Première Partie
09.  Daily Rituals -  I cant help but romanticize the briefness in which you existed in my life
10.  Danny Clay -  12.21.2022
11. Francisco Sonur - The house is noisy
12.  Adrian Lane - For That Brief Moment

366. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01. Andrew Heath - The Cloud Machine
02. Simon McCorry & Wodwo - By Water Mite
03. Scattered Light - Stretch
04. Harry Towell -  Laurus nobilis
05. Moss Covered Technology - Watching Waves From Windows
06. Seabuckthorn - Ley Line
07. Bauer + Katharina Schmidt - Night Passage
08. James Osland - The Seemingly Endless Days Of Youth

370. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01. Olli Aarni - Kimaltava lätäkkö
02. Michael Santos - Magenta Dayline
03. The Volume Settings Folder - Chine
04. Sawako - Sounds 05
05. Neuro... No Neuro - Coaches
06. Miracle Tales - Devil Haunting On Stone House
07. Adrian Lane - The Field Path
08. Stijn Hüwels - Horizon
09. Tatsuro Murakami - Swimming in the Dark
10. This Floating World - Ghosts

371. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

"Wooded" 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

Darren Harper - Wooded

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Darren Harper - Wooded

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