really nice feel to the drumming, whole piece is dynamite

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Fear

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Frequencies — Drift Notion’s lo-fi suite mapped to calming frequency beds. Each track pairs a specific tone (alpha/theta/delta pulses; 432/528/639/741…) with dusty drums, warm tape, and neon ambience to steer the mood—from morning clarity to midnight deep sleep. Built for study, journaling, decompressing; play it straight through for a day-to-night arc or drop into the emotion you need.

432 Reverie – Grounded Harmony

Berlin-based talent Sieren treats R&S Records's Apollo label to a standout four track EP titled Static Polymorphism this month. Apollo is the home of the ambient division of R&S (since 1992), housing more recently music from the likes of Square Lines, Lahun, Aphex Twin and stalwart Synkro.

Better known to friends and family as Matthias Frick, Siren occupies a day job as a software engineer at Ableton, which should come as no surprise given the impressive level of quality behind this record. Static Polymorphism is his first release since debut LP ‘Transients of Light’, which was released earlier this year on Christian Loffler’s Ki Records. Manchester producer Synkro played a key role in the curation of the EP, selecting the tracks and putting them to the test on the system at Berghain. ’Neglection’, a track you can here in full premiere today on When We Dip, offers a journey through a dream state where soft, soothing touches contrast with rasping, true textures.

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Premiere: Sieren - Neglection [Apollo Records]

Pre-order 'Eternal Something' on LP/CD/DL here: http://phonofile.link/eternal-something

Following the announcement of his new solo debut album 'Eternal Something' due March 24th on Erased Tapes, Daniel Brandt, co-founder of Germany’s electroacoustic ensemble Brandt Brauer Frick, shares the incredible second single from his upcoming album.

"I recorded Chaparral Mesa a year ago while I was involved in a recording session for another album in Malibu. We had rented a very beautiful place overlooking hills and the sea and we had a nice basic setup to record in there with a few guitars and a moog synth. I started recording a lot of guitars on top of each other and somehow the song arranged itself. I didn’t really touch it and just went along with naturally had to happen within the song. Later I added the second part, the drumheavy one. This one was based on a session I once had with my friend Bryan Philips from Chile when I was visting him in La Serena. I took the basics from that session and added a lot of new drums later on when I was at a proper studio and then added that part to the new song. In the end Chaparral Mesa was the most quickly made song on the album but has also become the longest." – Daniel Brandt

Brandt also joins The xx at their sold out show at O2 Academy Brixton on March 14th for a support DJ set. Prior to that he will be taking part in Classic Album Sunday's ‘Meet The Composer’ event on March 13th, which takes place at the Erased Tapes Sound Gallery.

What started off as a more simplistic idea soon evolved into something a lot more complex as the London and Berlin based music producer travelled across the world, experimenting with various other artists and different instruments. From his father’s cabin based in the German countryside with access to nothing but cymbals, to being surrounded by guitars in Joshua Tree, his unexpected journey soon progressed into what became his first solo album. 

Daniel played nearly all instruments himself with the only exception being fellow musicians Florian Juncker on trombone, Manu Delago on hang drum and Andreas Voss on cello. Using his Berlin studio as his main base for recording, Brandt created an album that encapsulates the idea that despite setting out with a particular creative vision, external influences and environments will always shift the process, and create an Eternal Something.

Words from Daniel, January 2017:

“The initial idea was to make a cymbal album. I wanted to surround myself with all types of cymbals. I locked myself into my father’s cabin in the woods for three days. That was the moment I realised it was not possible for me to make an album just with cymbals because other ideas and instruments imposed themselves on me. I had a clear sense of what I wanted to do now. The intention was to let the songs evolve by themselves and not edit too much, keep it raw and have an explosion-like energy to them. I wanted to create a different sound, songs that build up like dance tunes but don't feel like club music at all. Travelling around in California for two months gave me the possibility to deeply get into this concept outside my normal environment. Robert Raths, who served as a great motivator throughout the whole process (I guess he had listened to the record more than I ever had) came up with the perfect order for the songs. This record is about failing to make the original plan happen, but then the discovery of something I couldn't even think of before.”

Eternal Something

Daniel Brandt - Chaparral Mesa

Presented on 140gm vinyl. Cut & mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy. Artwork by plusyes.com 

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"Waltz in D" by Sage Taylor, taken from the Various Artists compilation Meditations 4 ( 瞑想/熟考/熟慮 )

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Meditation...."瞑想" (meisou), To think deeply...."熟考" (jyukkou), or "熟慮" (jyukuryo)

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releases October 31, 2017 
Format: CD/Digital

Limited Edition CD, Professionally manufactured high quality CDr's, limited to 50 copies. 
Handmade artwork, each hand numbered.
Brown kraft wallets with black envelopes.
Photo's, transparent bag.

Track list:
1. Faunethic - AMB Muezzin from city mosq at night from a roof top
2. MATJAMI & VictorYibril - The Place
3. Macheteoxidado - Canyon Sequence 3
4. Sage Taylor - Waltz in D
5. Elsa Hasselgärde - Blå 
6. Toothlessbobby - Ig
7. Elsa Hasselgärde - Hitta hem
8. The Laborer - Once its gone, its gone
9. Thet Liturgiske Owäsendet - N County RD 
10. Sačquiel Måtaton - Re(creation)
11. Gipsi - Du Art
12. Laura Beatriz Rosenkranz - Green Meditation
13. Maiya Hershey - Elegies for Time Feelers
14. Olan Mill - Anthoe (version)

Mastered by Early Reflections
Shimmering Moods Records 2017

Sage Taylor - Waltz In D

Robert Farrugia is a composer from Malta who has released through labels such as Assembly Field, Post Global Recordings, Batenim and more recently Spanish imprint Archives. Robert is a classically trained pianist although his earlier work saw him produce experimental guitar-based music before returning to focus more on piano recordings in 2013. 
Citing Ólafur Arnalds, Stars of the Lid and Taylor Deupree as his major influences, Robert’s work usually starts off with small motifs which are layered with a largely improvisational approach. 

Robert has also performed live many times alongside artists such as Jimmy Bartolo, Joseph Wilkins, Timothy Garrett & Cosmicomics and he has also collaborated with Roman Willi, Warmth and SineRider. He’s also a member of Eyes To Argus, an atmospheric/shoegaze band who have recently released an album entitled ‘VEER’ in October 2017.

‘Almost There’ is an Ambient record with droning synth/piano texture in a similar vein to the aforementioned Stars of the Lid as well as Hammock and is a record that Robert quotes as being his first serious attempt at recording a full length album. It was recorded during the examination period of his first year at University and he used it as a means of breaking away from his hectic routine, over the course of 3 weeks. The contents of the record are soothing yet dramatic as they map out a relaxing space that pauses all of life’s challenges into microscopic slow motion frames. Almost There gives a sense of being on the brink of achievement and as the finish line comes into focus, moments of reflection and triumph overflow. 
credits
releases February 24, 2018 

Written and produced by Robert Farrugia 
Mastered by Tim Diagram 
Artwork by Chris Vella

Almost There

wlr035 Robert Farrugia - Almost There

'Peaks' it's our first compilation, with fifteen pieces going from ambient to techno. Including some new and familiar faces on Faint, like Mykja, Araceae, Powlos, Data Domain or SVLBRD.

Mastered by Emanuele Pertoldi.
Faint008 // FaintCD008
Faint / 2018

Blomkraft & SVLBRD - Manaslu

Memories

Dimitar Dodovski / Predeli (Snippets)

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Vol. 0

Petiole

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PCM - Macro

Hill, Flower, Fog

Woven

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