'Alright For Now' was one of the last pieces of music recorded prior to moving away from Guildford to a new home in Farnham. The track consists of a solo, improvised synth part on the trusted Korg R3, supported by processed field recordings gathered in Bournmoor, Co. Durham. The track represents a moment of calm and reflection, the nostalgic experience of visiting old haunts, and the comfort that will always be found where one calls home. 

Feel free to download and share this track, include in mixes, or as backing to whatever other output you have control over. Do make sure to let me know if it is used anywhere, so I can further share and promote.

Alright For Now

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Mastered by Taylor Deupree (www.12kmastering.com) 
Artwork by Gregory Euclide (www.gregoryeuclide.com) 
Thank you to Michel, Michael, Agus, Jordan, Jason, Dan, Rick, Tobias, Rafael, Matt, Andy, and Tom for your time and effort spent reimagining these tracks.

Context: Remixed (WAV Masters)

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3:04 AM (Warmth Remix)

Tracklist

01. Marcus Fischer - Lighting The Shadows
02. R Beny - Palo Colorado
03. Polaroid Notes - Flowers & Butterflies 
04. Tone Colour - Less Than Zero 
05. Le Moors - The Play Of Angels
06. Storm Noir - There Will Never Be Another You 
07. Porya Hatami - Another Winter
08. Nobuto Suda - Bottom Of The Pocket

68. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Same Fate

Tracklist

01. Wil Bolton - Silver
02.  Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto - Uoon II
03. Julia White - We Cry
04. Field Rotation - Kielerfjorden
05. Cétieu - Velour Lashes
06. Kate Carr - Temperate Oceanic II
07. Ben Rath - For Jason
08. Herzog - These Roads Are Ribbons In The Countryside

71. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Valotihkuu is Denis Davydov who is from the industrial Russian city of Cherepovets, with previous releases appearing on Russian independent labels such as Ветер в Ивах and Unline. Denis has been active since 2010 and has amassed a discography which also includes several self-released projects available by his Bandcamp page.
We fell in love with 2017’s ‘Spring and All’ and urged Denis to produce something for Whitelabrecs; he kindly obliged by sending us ‘Fragile Melodies’.

Denis tends to start his recording process by searching for interesting or unusual sounds whether this be background noise or the sounds of outdoors. He then marries these with musical instrument, tape and digital sampler experiments with plenty of resampling and layering as part of the process influenced by dreams, the natural world, stargazing and childhood memories.

In Fragile Melodies, we’re pleased to present a record that could be described as both frail and serene, with Denis having spent a great deal of time editing previously recorded samples of musical instruments. These include bells, lap harp, music box and guitar and he strived to manipulate the sounds so that they could tell a story separately without adding new elements, harmonies and melodic lines. The sounds transform in a unique way, as a sort of scent which floats into the air before you and each time you try to capture this, it dissolves. During the period that this album was created, Denis would walk a lot, listening and thinking about the fragments of sound he had been concocting, trying to reflect on how these could be presented as a light but elusive set of textures. With each walk, he’d be aware of the intangible nature of his own childhood memories as they flickered into focus for a fleeting second. He decided to use Fragile Melodies as a means to transfer such delicacy through sounds, textures and melodies.

Fragile Melodies

wlr039 Valotihkuu - Fragile Melodies

taken from ET-029
http://www.archive.org/details/ET-029

ET-029 | I

405 - Pen Expers (Excerpt) | ET-029

Tracklist

01. Tone Color - The Last Day
02. Machinefabriek - Goor Koor
03. Masaya Ozaki - Catskills, After The Summer Rain
04. Foresteppe - s02e19
05. Jeff Stonehouse - Even in the quietest moments
06. Philippe Lamy - Tip
07. Richard Ginns -  Leaves on the lake
08. Mark Templeton - Rest Near Grey
09. The Green Kingdom - Untitled
10.  Piotr Cisak - Mir
11.

82. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Inspired by Interstellar 2014 La Jetée 1962
Support: Ad Serpentae, Arnaud Barbe, 
Devin Underwood, Benjamin Dauer
and Ivan Black [@Ivan-Black]

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12 Years Later / Part 06 / Another Planet (A New Home) (Live Set)

Whitelabrecs began in January 2016 and since our first limited edition release three years ago, we’re proud to announce our fiftieth edition in the form of a special compilation album. Previously we’d released ‘Whitelabsounds’, which had no particular theme; a cross section of label artists and friends. This time, our label owner Harry Towell wanted to curate something with a specific theme so that this occasion was marked by a concept album.

‘Sleeplaboratory1.0’ is a sixteen track cross section of modern Ambient artists touching on everything from minimalist drone and modern classical cinematics to electro acoustic and synth influenced works. It is released in a run of 100 physical copies, as we’ve chosen to create a ‘gatefold LP’ styled CD package, complete with beautiful artwork provided over 4 panels by our regular collaborator Federica Jeanne de Luca. The album is also available digitally in a range of formats, carefully mastered by Tim Diagram who also contributes a track as Maps and Diagrams.

This album is intended as a relaxing companion for either conscious or sub-conscious listening, with contributing artists briefed to create something vacant which is likely to induce sleep. Harry selected the artists with the theme in mind and to help them understand his vision, he shared a link to Janek Schaefer’s ‘Lay-by Lullaby’ released on 12k back in 2014. It is an album which has been a huge part of his personal sleep routine, with him playing it at low volume on his iPod in bed ever since it was released so it seemed to be the perfect starting point.

Harry’s motivation behind creating this sleepy album was primarily due to his fascination on the relationship between Ambient music and sleep: Robert Rich, Max Richter and Tanner Menard all performed notable sleep concerts for starters. Harry was particularly honoured when Janek Schaefer agreed to provide the opening track to this accumulation of calming works and it was he that introduced the National Geographic edition at the time which had a large article about the science of sleep and how it sits in modern society.
Additionally, Harry was expecting the arrival of his first child during the production stages of Sleeplaboratory1.0 and he wanted the album to be particularly calming for babies.

We will not make any recommendation on how our listeners might best enjoy this record and so it’s down to you to choose the best environment to listen, whether this be late at night with headphones, on a loud system or perhaps played through Bluetooth speakers in and around your home.

Sleeplaboratory1.0

wlr050 Various Artists - Sleeplaboratory1.0

Tracklist

01. Andrew Sherwell - New Year Light
02. Christina Vantzou -  Sound House
03. Darren McClure - Rest Well (For Brian)
04. Sabri Meddeb -  At Ambient
05. Masaya Kato - Column
06. Moss Covered Technology - Sea #4
07. Yann Novak -  A Long Goodbye pt.1
08. Porya Hatami - Daar
09. Caught In The Wake Forever - Our Own Loch View
10. Aaron Martin - Fallen Ground

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