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SAMPLE MUSIC by Pola Kaspars

music for your higher consciousness. walk and stop thinking.

HLI1

K121
Limited edition of 150
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Amédée De Murcia at 12 avenue Paul Kruger, Villeurbanne (2019) Citadelle Raspail in Saint-Etienne (2020-2022)
Artwork by Lou Buche
Releases May 30, 2023

GLIDING MINIMALISM FROM ZONES OF SCATTERED TWILIGHT

Refracted electronics turn inwards to reveal dormant harmonies in a glistening musical spectrum: such is the path chosen by Amédée De Murcia’s Zone Bleue. Known for the dark and dissonant electronics of his Somaticae alter ego, as well as his part in duos Balladur (with Romain de Ferron) and OD Bongo (with C_C), Amédée probes an arena of minimalism that feels like a synthetic orchestra high on emotional turmoil, a musical interpretation of blue skies on a computer background, an AI trying and failing its non-hand at New York School comps, or an improbable nursery room vibe instigated by the touching silliness of machines wanting to emulate the warmth of trumpets, accordions or the human voice. Steve Reichian time stamps and Raymond Scottesque dreaminess take the listener surfing over waves of lapis-lazuli and ultramarine, going deep into a zone of scattered twilight. Perhaps Zone Bleue is just the soundtrack to some forgotten software that Somaticae found on an old hard drive; we might never see it live, but whatever we’re listening to lives its own life.

Zone Bleue - Bienvenue Dans La Zone Bleue

Organum antiqua

Manja Ristić - Him, fast sleeping, soon he found In labyrinth of many a round, self​-​rolled
mappa.bandcamp.com/album/him-fast-…und-self-rolled

For Ristić, the actual Paradise she introduces us to is in a state of imbalance – the idyllic soundscapes of her island surroundings overlain with sonic anxiety, such as on the album’s first track, The Flies, with its unrelenting, nervous buzzing evoking the ominous Biblical entity of Beelzebub, or The Lord of the Flies. The next track, Whales, which beautifully utilizes archival whale recordings, could also be taken to establish an intertextual relation to Milton through Melville, whose Moby Dick was strongly influenced by Paradise Lost. The middle track of the album, dedicated to the Croatian-American painter and muralist Maksimilijan Vanka, uses to great, unsettling effect what to my ears sounds like a buried hydrophone, a technique often employed by Ristić in her work, giving us a rough, grinding impression of water beating the pebbles over a high-pitched drone. But perhaps the most ominous, pessimistic image is painted in The Flag Pole, in which the symbol of revolutionary victory (I’m thinking of the Yugoslav modernist Tin Ujević and his proto-avant-garde sonnet Farewell from 1914) becomes a source of terrifying sonic unease, as we are listening to the incessant sound of its rope hitting the metal pole. However, with Dlana Night comes relief – the drones become airier, calmer; there is a distant notion of people, dogs, everyday life, all shrouded in the calming sound of the crickets on the island of Silba. Ristić, ultimately, serves us some hope on this wonderful new album, showing us that something has been lost, but that something can also be gained through the thoughtful attention with which she listens to the world around her.

released July 12, 2022

Recorded and composed by Manja Ristić, Korčula island (Croatia) in 2021/2022 
manjaristic.blogspot.com 
manjaristic.bandcamp.com

Tracks 1 & 5 – recordings of Silba island were made with the support of SEA Silba Environment Arts Residency, June 2021 
Track 2 – Humpback Whale recording belongs to MBARI – Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 
Track 3 – hydrophone used for the recording is made by Jez riley French

Artwork and layout by Štěpán Brož 
stepanbroz.com 
www.instagram.com/bitvanespocetnychslz/

Mastered by LaPlant Studio, Belgrade

Words by Lujo Parežanin

Photography by Zoltan Czakó

The work was supported by The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)

Released by mappa as MAP033 in 2022

Him, fast sleeping, soon he found In labyrinth of many a round, self-rolled

Dlana, noć

In 1950s New York, Elizabeth Eaton Converse, better known as Connie Converse, attempted to forge a career as a singer-songwriter. She never released any music and her only known public performance was a television appearance in 1954 on The Morning Show on CBS. Days after her 50th birthday, she wrote a series of goodbye letters to her friends and family letting them know she was planning on moving away. Connie disappeared and remains missing to this day.

Recordings released in the 21st Century have led to a wider recognition of her work, and her place as a pioneering singer-songwriter.

Selected and mixed by Sam Stone. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-connie-converse-12th-january-2024

In Focus: Connie Converse 120124

North London native and Hyperdub signee Loraine James is an electronic producer who effortlessly blends Electronica and IDM with whispers of jazz and ambience all wrapped up in the artists key avant-garde aesthetic and sensibility.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/loraine-james/episodes/loraine-james-18th-january-2024

Loraine James -  Japan 2000s R&B Special 180124

originally aired on lowergrandradio.com 5pm PST every 1st Thursday

whispers with d!ana feb 1st 2024 for lower grand radio (valentines mix)

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Le Renard, le Teckel et la Tarente @ Kiosk Radio 03.02.2024

Expansive 4 hour mix courtesy of one of my recent fav youtube channels floor length skirts (thx for the tip Florence !) ~ one for really spreading out 2 <3

https://www.youtube.com/@floorlengthskirts
https://soundcloud.com/floorlengthskirts

Motion Cast Vol. 93: floor length skirts

from 'Thread', out 25th October
Somewhere Press
SP04

Man Rei - Where the Opaqueness Begins

https://kraak.bandcamp.com/album/syne-vuyle-hoeck

B1 El Contrario

Debut single by Spool, album out 18th April
Produced by Florian TM Zeisig
Somewhere Press
SP05
@floriantmzeisig

Spool - Oneandhalf

Debut single by Dania, 'Listless' out 3rd October

Music by Dania  
Drums by Rupert Clervaux
Mixed by Dania & Rupert Clervaux 
Mastered by Rashad Becker
Distributed by Boomkat

Somewhere Press, SP06

Listless

Video

Dania - Heart Shaped Burn

from 'Listless', Somewhere Press, SP06
Video by Sarah-Anaïs Desbenoit

Dania - Personal Assistant

Somewhere Press, SP07, out now on limited 7" vinyl

Ugnė Uma - Rage Love Strange Love

𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵

Record label based in Glasgow. Distro by Boomkat, sub-label Somewhere Between Tapes.