We continue our path through autumn sounds….this is Nicola Fornasari aka Xu for Shimmering Moods.

“One of the aspects of form that I have been very interested in is stasis - the concept of form which is not so directional in time, not so much climactic form, but rather form which allows time, to stand still”.
 La Monte Young 


I have always been almost obsessed with the concept of time. In recent years I am investigating and attending the world of meditation, and – about a year ago – I started to practice it regularly twice a day. While meditating we get into a very different dimension where feeling of time ceases to exit, when we are deeply into meditation we move away from the concept of time… Tracks presented here are not drones in the classical sense, as conceived by La Monte Young as having no beginning and no end, but for me they represent a possible soundtrack to the daily journey from matter to transcendence.

TRACKLIST:
01) Toshimaru Nakamura (feat. Tetuzi Akiyama) – Semi (Egrets; Samadhisound) 
02) Danny Clay – Glow VI (Ganymede; Hibernate)
 03) Ben Rath – Unseen Shadows (All In Good Time; Unknown Tone) 
04) Offthesky – Be Still (Silent Went The Sea; Eilean) 
05) La Petite Vague – Nous appartenons à la mer (Treize; Audio Gourmet) 
06) Twincities – Studies of a small island (September Tapes; Audio Gourmet) 
07) Bamboo Stilts – Seachest (Beneath The Bark; Eilean) 
08) Bill Seaman – A History of Silence (f (noir); Eilean) 
09) Evan Caminiti – Curtains (Meridian; Dust Editions)
 10) Zenjungle – Sei (Leaving Stations; Twice Removed)
 11) Monolyth & Cobalt – Type Tones (Sub + Rosa; Unknown Tone) 
12) Aaron Martin – Orchard (Chapel Floor; Sonic Meditations) 
13) Cello + Laptop – Intermission (Segments; Audiotalaia) 
14) Western Skies Motel – Flickering (Prism; Preserved Sound) 
15) Orla Wren – The Painting Tree (Book of the Folded Forest; Home Normal)
 16) Xu – A submerged female atlas II (Floater; Cathedral Transmissions)

LINKS:
http://www.substance.it 
http://xu-substance.bandcamp.com/ 
http://xu3music.bandcamp.com/ 
http://lapetitevague.bandcamp.com/ 
https://soundcloud.com/nicola-fornasari

SHM Podcast #76: Feeling Timelessness by Xu

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Xu is my solo project. I'm also part of: Xu(e), That Which is Not, La Petite Vague, Twyxu, Zero Wait enSemble.
My works have been released on Fluid, Eilean, Whitelabrecs, Krysalisound, Flaming Pines, Rottenman Editions, Rohs! / Lontano, Twice Removed, Cathedral Transmissions, Triple Moon, Thirsty Leaves Music, Audio Gourmet, Tessellate, Haze, Many Feet Under, Subterranean Tide and Laverna.

*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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Federica Jeanne de Luca 
Visual artist based in Milan | working on visual-audio synaesthesia | album cover artwork | record labels contributor

Projects and collaborations with record labels, musicians, composers:
Marco Tiraboschi (Italy)
Fabio Perletta & Luigi Turra (Italy)
AQRR Mathias Lystbæk Hansen (Denmark)
Vittorio Guindani (Italy)
Sebastian Morawietz (Germany)
The Humble Bee & Offthesky (Colorado, U.S)
Same Waves + Hibernis - John Hughes & Lindsay Anderson (Illinois, U.S)
Voga (Canada)
Andrew Sherwell (UK)
Daliah (California, U.S)
Sound Meccano | Jura Laiva (Latvia)
Antoine Hubineau (France)
Sven Laux (Germany)
Fleur de Chien (France)
Anomali (Germany)
Philippe Lamy (France)

Collaboration with independent record labels:
Da Vinci Publishing (Japan)
AQRR (Denmark)
Laaps Records (France)
Hefty Records (Illinois, U.S)
Whitelabrecs (UK)
Eilean rec (France)
Microrama (France)

For any informations please feel free to contact me by email: info.federicadeluca@gmail.com

SHM Podcast #76: Feeling Timelessness by Xu

Shimmering Moods Records