Safe, Here

dark fantasy II

My debut album "Storms Within Stillness" is out now: https://lnk.dmsmusic.co/silentcollision_stormswithinstillness

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Storms Within Stillness

stream:
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i feel different with you

Stream Shelter: https://lnk.dmsmusic.co/silentcollision_shelter

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Shelter

Stream Alone, All: https://lnk.dmsmusic.co/silentcollision_shelter

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Alone, All

The Volume Settings Folder is the work of Italian artist M. Beckmann from a small town on the outskirts of Padua, in the country’s North-East. His musical journey began in 2004 following two parallel paths; a brief flirtation with progressive and nu-metal and a more enduring exploration into Folk Electronica and Post Rock sounds, gradually leading him to Ambient and Drone music. In 2011 he launched The Volume Settings Folder, self-releasing and also appearing on Organic Industries, EKAR Records, Oscarson, Fallen Metropolis and Whitelabrecs, with the 17th edition of Home Diaries back in 2017. The project has drawn inspiration from an eclectic palette; from Electronica giants such as Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada and Autechre to the Scandinavian nu-jazz of Arve Henriksen and Nils Petter Molvær; drone pioneers such as Rafael Anton Irisarri and the Modern Classical works of Max Richter and Nils Frahm.

The creative process remains rooted in improvisation. Tracks often begin with fragments of guitar, samples, field recordings or synths, layered live using looping techniques, hardware and pedals. Recording is immediate, committing ideas in the moment with minimal post-production. For this latest album entitled ‘Corporate Shamanism’, sessions took place throughout 2023 and 2024, using an array of instruments and tools including acoustic and electric guitar, kalimba, cassette and reel-to-reel tape, hardware including an OP-1 Field, monome norns and a carefully curated chain of pedals and effects. Recordings were captured to handheld devices before being shaped in Ableton Live with only subtle adjustments.

This provocatively titled album ‘Corporate Shamanism’ is free from a strict concept, yet the album carries with it a strong sense of place and time; an impressionistic reflection of autumn and winter by the sea, filtered through nostalgia and calmness. Polaroid photographs from these colder seasons inform the mood, with the music evoking shifting coastal light, perishing temperatures and quiet transformation.

For the artist, these pieces trace connections to landscapes tied to childhood memories and the way they shift with the changing seasons. The result is a deeply atmospheric work that invites stillness, contemplation, and a lingering sense of the familiar. The title ‘Corporate Shamanism’ hints at the pressures of modern life which is a striking contrast to the nostalgic warmth of Polaroid photographs and reel-to-reel tape. Yet in many ways, this album seeks to offer a quiet antidote to an overstimulated world.

Credits
Written and produced by M. Beckmann
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Photography by Filippo Bordigato
Artwork by M. Beckmann
Art and design by Andrew Heath

Corporate Shamanism

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MOTHER

Hanuš is out now from @stereoscenic :
https://dreone.bandcamp.com/album/hanu

Digipack with a hard-book style cover, 7mm spine. Glass-mastered CD with paper inner-sleeve is held in a printed sleeve (3mm spine) glued to the inside of the book. Edition of 100.

Also streaming:
Spotify 
https://open.spotify.com/album/4kT5pNtEoedBdqYe37pgJ6

Amazon Music
https://music.amazon.com/artists/B08QYPYMMQ

Hanuš is a holistic collection of remembrance and reflection of my late friends John and Jacob, both of which are the names of the main characters in the film Spaceman which coincidentally became a deep inspiration while writing, recording and forming its concept. The overall theme of the Dreone project (as some may already know from Driftdown Procedure) is that the souls and spirit of my fallen companions live within the systems of a sentient spacecraft and its humanoid manifestation/android, the notion of which allows me the mental freedom to explore the cosmos through music and be a bit more experimental with my sound. This album in particular is about them traveling together through the echoes of memories and the loneliness of space to witness the beginning and end of everything, leading the listener to acceptance through catharsis. 

Gear used on this album includes, Arturia Mini and Microfreak, Arturia Pigments, Tascam 414 MKII tape loops, Luftrum Bioscape, ESP LTD MH-400 B Baritone guitar, Collision Devices Blackhole Symmetry, and Bitwig.
music & artwork by Bryan Hilyard 
with special guests AJK and Brian Stegmann 
mastering by Andrew Klimek 

Bandcamp

Dreone - Analemma

guide the feather
to the stake
casting embers
before she breaks
i'm stark and tethered 
i need a break
i need a break

taking the train
while the tamers pave their way
open fire, i'm exhausted
the sky is bare, and times are talking
you all follow

years 16 to 18 
they were taken from me

stark and tethered

Last Breaths Like Lullabies

My sonic journal. Ambient, slowcore, and beyond.
No boundaries, just sound.

Alone, All

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