This month Hermetic Journals has a guest mix by X.Y.R. (né Vladimir Karpov, resident of Saint Petersburg). His beautiful, mysterious take on ambient music is distinguished by the unique timbres of Soviet era synthesizers and was released by such great labels as Not Not Fun, Constellation Tatsu, Quiet Time Tapes and 12th Isle. His latest album “Anciente” came out this past September on Swedish imprint Possible Motive.

For this episode of Hermetic Journals X.Y.R. explores the dark pulsations of classic and contemporary komische and ambient cuts including his evocative, compilation-only track “Hidden Cave”. The show features music by X.Y.R., Global Communication, Steve Hauschildt, D.K., Arp, H. Takahashi, Saphileaum and Air. Enjoy!

Tracklist:

01. X.Y.R. “Hidden Cave” 2019 Radio.syg.ma 
02. D.K. “Untitled 1” 2020 12th Isle
03. Saphileaum “Sagzali” 2020 Constellation Tatsu
04. Canada Effervescent “Ridin’ America” 2017 	Constellation Tatsu
05. Johan Tronestam “Arthur’s Journey Continues” 2017 Self-released
06. Logic Moon “The Wanderer” 2019 Grenzwellen
07. Brain Machine “Eclipse Predictions (Ronny & Renzo Remix)” 2017 Emotional Response
08. Air “Land Me” 2013 EMI
09. DSR Lines “Rotor” 2016 Ultra Eczma
10. Cliffsides “Crystal Gaze” 2014 Tranquility Tapes
11. Arp “Parallelism” 2018 Mexican Summer
12. Global Communication “5 23” 1994 Dedicated
13. Steve Hauschildt “Vicinities” 2015 Kranky
14. H. Takahashi “Warp” 2018 Not Not Fun
15. Mike Nigro & Andrew Osterhoudt  “Passing Through” 2018 Constellation Tatsu

Links (X.Y.R.):
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/XYR
Bandcamp: https://xyrmusic.bandcamp.com/music
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/x-y-r?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/3162853-XYR
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xram_yedinennogo_razmuwlenuja/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2muchachos

LInks (Snows Ov Gethen):
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/snowsovgethen
Internet Public Radio show: https://internetpublicradio.live/shows/hermetic-journals
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/snows_ov_gethen/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snows_ov_gethen/

Hermetic Journals/w X.Y.R. @ La Face B Radio lafaceb.live (October 2021)

@empty_space
https://empty-space.bandcamp.com/

A distinct minimalistic sound that we hadn’t heard before but we instantly loved it.

Sometimes we find inspiration in the words of others as Harz did for this set, “Music has to do with sounds, so we need to find them somewhere and it is preferred to find musical ones. You have two sources for sounds: noises, which always tell you something - a door cracking, a dog barking, the thunder, the storm; and then you have instruments. An instrument tells you, 'la-la-la-la'. Music has to find a passage between noises and instruments. It has to escape. It has to find a compromise and an evasion at the same time; something that would not be dramatic because that has no interest to us, but something that would be more interesting than sounds like Do-Re-Mi-Fa…” - Pierre Schaeffer

Hope you enjoy this journey through sound waves and wishing you much love,

music_is

WAVES FROM Harz

01. Dragonfly II - excerpt (Movements - 2019)
02. Nothing Left (Monochromes - 2022)
03. Radio Sky (Feedback + Modular + Radiowaves II - 2015)
04. Primitive Lab (Spherics - 2001)
05. Alien World (More Research From The Same Dept. - 2014)
06. UAV (Spherics II - 2003)
07. Retreat (Always There - 2020)
08. Glass (Monochromes - 2022)
09. MltVz 10 (47 Voice Loops - 2013)
10. Between Sweet and Salt (Stop Motion: music for videos by Gerco de Ruijter - 2011)
11. Infinite Road (Stop Motion: music for videos by Gerco de Ruijter - 2011)

Mashup - 04, 06 & 10 are mixed with fragments from 'Echo Transformations' (2021)
and with some previously unreleased material.

banabila.bandcamp.com

September 2022 Mix

September 2022 mix

Collaging Egisto Macchi this month.

This is my long planned audio-primer and I’d even say a love letter to the greatest Italian library music composer that ever lived. 1+ hour of succulent library grooves, piquant string sections, singing woodwinds, mysterious electroacoustica and violent onslaughts of percussion. No shortage of drama! What a legend! A close associate of Morricone, member of high-profile improv band Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza, Italy’s most tireless champion of experimental concert music and overall maestro of sound alchemy.

As usual I was more interested in capturing the mood of the composer’s catalogue rather than faithfully playing out a few of my favourite tracks. So, a lot of bits, pieces, juxtapositions and layers. A list of fragments used in their very approximate sequence can be found on my website:

https://snowsovgethen.com/journal/snows-ov-gethen-hermetic-journals-egisto-macchi-special-january-2023

Hermetic Journals: Egisto Macchi Special (January 2023)

Jirus (Thailand)
A important part Never Normal club and Qommon crew,And One of Bangkok's best kept secret weapons.
his personal and musical behind-the-deck energy has proved deeply infectious ,music is full of energy and vitality . mix of dynamic , dark , deep and bightness together perfectly stick to a variety of sounds,
with a bouncy brain warp mix full of increible sound. to the real journey

Jirus [Que Sakamoto 思考と発想(Thoughts And Ideas)Vol.11] [16.01.2023]

Very pleased to announce that after some very long delays the long-awaited double album of new music by Secret Circuit is finally landing next month.

The album is comprised of 21 tracks of new material, 82 minutes of music, all gleaned and distilled down from around 60 demos recorded between 2020 and 2022. 

Some of these demos were sent under the name E Ruscha V, others as Only Thingz, but Invisible Inc wanted to capture a sound of Ruscha's that was outside of these in some way: a sound somewhere between the cosmic, otherworldy music of Secret Circuit and the warmer, earthier music of E Ruscha V and the ambient side of Only Thingz, yet which tried to capture both the more emotive AND more experimental side of this prolific and extremely talented producer. A paradox perhaps but it seems we've managed it. Very rarely do we hear modular synths doing something so human sounding... and when juxtaposed alongside slide guitars, live bass and vocodered vocals, we have something very special indeed. Needless to say, it seemed 100% appropriate to release this music under the Secret Circuit name.

A highpoint for the label in 2023, no doubt.
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The album comes housed in a full colour reverse board sleeve featuring original artwork by Eddie Ruscha and comes with a colour double-sided insert with liner notes (written in reverse so you'll need a mirror to read them, of course) and more of Eddie's drawing.

Vinyl costs are extremely high at the moment, due to materials going up in price, but we will try and have this special package retailing for as low as possible to make this affordable for as many as possible...namely just £24 (you'll see single disc LPs selling for this price these days).

We'll start taking pre-orders on bandcamp on 3 March 2023

Follow @secret-circuit

Green Mirror

INVINC 33 Secret Circuit - Green Mirror 2xLP [clips] OUT 10 APRIL 2023

What REALLY happened to agent Dana Scully when she was abducted by aliens? This question haunted me for the longest time… I was secretly hoping X-Files big boss Chris Carter would take cues from David Lynch and create some sort of bizarre Black Lodge stream-of-consciousness episode about it. You know, a sci-fi take on dancing midgets, people talking backwards and malicious doppelgängers. Perhaps something along the lines of final sequence in "2001: A Space Odyssey"?!
 
Alas, Carter was less risk-taking than Lynch or Kubrick, so it never happened. I can’t make a TV episode, but I can imagine how it would have sounded. And here is the result. I’ll call it Agent Scully’s Abduction Hallucinations. A jumble of Mark Snow's X-Files cues mangled, reassembled, and fused with contemporary (and not so contemporary) electronica and percussion music.
 
Full tracklist at: https://snowsovgethen.com/journal/snows-ov-gethen-hermetic-journals-agent-scullys-abduction-hallucinations-april-2023

Featuring music by: Mark Snow, Alva Noto, Nurse With Wound, OPN, Anthony Manning, Donato Dozzy, Demdike Stare, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Shackleton, Valentina Magaletti & more

Hermetic Journals: Agent Scully's Abduction Hallucinations (April 2023)

Where Two Oceans Meet

When the giant blue stars of the early universe cleared the fog of neutral hydrogen

Reionization Horizon

FEELING NUMB

Thanks to Alexandra Zakharenko for having me on your show again!!!

Sasha played a brunch set with the most beautiful weather and great afternoon mood, so i continued straight to after-brunch vibes.
enjoy!

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Transmissions to the aether • des bruits colorés
https://snowsovgethen.com/

Hermetic Journals: Agent Scully's Abduction Hallucinations (April 2023)

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