Name: "////\\" by Second Woman by Spectrum Spools
Duration: 6 min 10 s
Description: "////\\" by Second Woman from "S/W" due out April 21, 2017.

Glad to see someone expanding upon that sick ending to Augmatic Disport by Autechre

In his book 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒, Mark Fisher wrote about the two notions: While the weird is something present where it doesn’t belong—something from outside found on the inside—the eerie has to do specifically with outside space. Something is eerie when there are unanswered questions about agency: Who or what is responsible for the abandonment of this zone? Who or what is crying out in the distance?

Katharina Schmidt’s 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, a single, longform track stretching to a near half hour, deftly captures this spatial sense of the eerie. The evolving drone is like coming upon a ruin, circling it, and being drawn inside. There are no surprises, no sudden horrors, just the strange pull of oscillating waveforms that paint a bleak yet soothing landscape.

In certain kinds of listeners, empty, abandoned spaces produce a pleasurable dejection. Maybe this is because spaces where human life is evacuated represent the end result of capital. (It seems to have withered away, but is in fact off to find another shell for its home.) What we’re left with is something new to inhabit, a new infrastructure for freedom. The subtle changes in Schmidt’s recording have less to do with melody and rhythm, more to do with accumulating color and texture of space. And so the half hour can feel like five minutes, or an eternity—time and scale exist differently here.

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After years of playing drums and piano in various bands, Katharina Schmidt's solo work is influenced by indie, experimental, and improvised music. Exploring interests in storytelling, sonic topographies, and generative techniques, her music uses electronics, field recordings, and self-built interfaces alongside acoustic instruments. From sonifications to lullabies, her work is poised between formal experimentation and narratives cued by literature and pop culture, and can be heard in installations, film music, and radiophonic pieces, as well as releases on labels such as Flag Day Recordings, Slaapwel Records, and Focused Silence.

Katharina holds a master’s degree in Sound Studies from the Berlin University of the Arts and hosts resident shows at Cashmere Radio and SVS Radio.

katharina-schmidt.net
katharinaschmidt.bandcamp.com  

artwork by Stefan Lingg
audio finalized by Glyn Maier

all proceeds to The Homeless Period Project (Greenville, SC, US) - www.homelessperiodproject.org

Tennis Courts in the Half Light

Katharina Schmidt - Tennis Courts In The Half Light [Excerpt] (ENMD03)

SAINT AMOR

Avina Vishnu - Untitled
Raymonde - Le nouveau livre de la jungle
Pretty Sneaky - 7.1 - B1
Dip Friso - Looking
LFIEL001 - bx[1]_i
Bluescreen project - Darbari Distortion
Robert Machiri - Durban incursions
Fumu - Loco Motive
Adam Badí Donoval - (G)Listen
Skullkid - "Now that's a good look for you! "
Alexi Baris - Drinking From An Estuary
Metal Preyers - Wagani
Tapes meets Nikolaienko - Countryside Emergency
Jazzoux - Mouillé, Pt. II
Georgia - No Ballache
String - FROM THE END TO THE BEGINNING
Trip Shrubb - De Junge van´n Kutsker
Piezo - Unto
Niagara - Félix 3 (Guarda-Costas)
Jah Vibesmaster - Holy Dub
The Disciples - Raw Mix 4
Seekersinternational - CyantConquer

Mondo Fluxo

Mondo Fluxo - Episode 25 - May 22

Mattias Petersson, Triangular Progressions, LP
Release date - 24 February 2023
Catalogue nr. - HG2202
Format - Vinyl / digital

hallowground.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
1. Triangular Progressions I – V     (20:07)
2. Triangular Progressions VI – IX     (16:10)

Credits:
Composed, mixed and recorded by Mattias Petersson (2019–2021)
Mastered by Andreas Lupo Lubich
Artwork by Laurin Huber 

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Mattias Petersson debuts on the Swiss label Hallow Ground with »Triangular Progressions,« a suite in nine parts written entirely in the SuperCollider environment using additive synthesis. The starting point for the evocative piece is a magic number triangle that Petersson invented during his early composition studies and which has been an obsession of the artist for over twenty years, previously forming the foundation of many other of his works. By exploring the harmonic progressions found hiding within the triangle, »Triangular Progressions« at once emits a sense of introspective calm that fosters deep listening and evokes a whole spectrum of emotions, mediating between the abstract and the visceral.

The Stockholm-based Petersson, also known under the moniker Codespira1 and for his long-term collaboration with violinist George Kentros as There Are No More Four Seasons, has been active as a composer of computer music as well as an artist in the realms of live coding and modular synthesis for over two decades. Originally trained as a classical pianist, he also holds a diploma in electro-acoustic composition from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where he currently works as an associate professor. Besides his activities as a musician and teacher, Petersson is pursuing a PhD in composition at the Luleå University of Technology. Researching modular systems comprising both human and non-human modules, he is part of the GEMM))) Gesture Embodiment and Machines in Music cluster.

»Triangular Progressions« can be considered a perfect synthesis of Petersson’s academic interests and aesthetic ideas, combining a mathematical approach with artistic rigour. The magic number triangle highlights the beauty of symmetrical properties. By exploring its idiosyncrasies, the composer manages to translate them into engaging sounds. The lush melodies and harmonies of the music at times call to mind the intimate organ and drone works by label mates Kali Malone and Maria W Horn while also maintaining a unique signature sound. The addition of pure sinusoidal waves enables a deep listening exploration of the counterpoint between melodic and harmonic rhythms, chord structures and spectral harmonies that Petersson extrapolates from those magic numbers.

Triangular Progressions

MATTIAS PETERSSON - Triangular Progressions I – V (edit) (HG2202)

Artist: Yaporigami
Title: 4/4 Fractal.1 / 4/4 Fractal.2
Label: The Collection Artaud
Format: 12" Vinyl / Digital
Release Date: 10 Aug 2023

- TRACKLIST
A. 4/4 Fractal.1
B. 4/4 Fractal.2

- CREDITS
Written & Produced by Yaporigami (@underarrow)
Mastering by Yu Miyashita at Underarrow

Yaporigami - '4/4 Fractal.1 / 4/4 Fractal.2' (Preview) [TCA 56]

PREMIERE of ''Crystal Wavelets'' by Mechanoreceptor, taken from Neuro-Sonic Transduction, available May 9th via Posse Up.

''Sonic data are rich tapestries of multi-dimensional spectral information. Three small bronze structures operate in orchestral fashion to transduce sound to subsequent stages of analysis. Neuro-Sonic Transduction recounts this phenomenon - the mechanical reception of sound.''

Buy: https://posseup.bandcamp.com/album/neuro-sonic-transduction

Mechanoreceptor
@mmechanoreceptor
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mechanoreceptor_

POSSE UP!
@posseup
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@angelsgunclub
Instagram: https://instagram.com/angelsgunclub
Bandcamp: https://angelsgunclub.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/artist/1RJN0WkFyhMMr10S6szS4o
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@angelsgunclub
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Mechanoreceptor - Crystal Wavelets [Posse Up!]

"////\\" by Second Woman from "S/W" due out April 21, 2017.

"////\\" by Second Woman

off the Not Art Records 2017 mixtape
http://www.notartrecords.com/mixtape-2017

Feed Me

Native Instrument
12" (E244)

https://entracte.co.uk/projects/native-instrument-e244/

Release date: 14 October 2019
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Native Instrument is the collaborative project of field recordist 
Felicity Mangan and abstract vocalist Stine Janvin Joh. 
Often referred to as insect techno, Native Instrument’s music 
is constructed using electronic and vocal adaptations of wildlife 
audio recordings originating mainly from the Australian and 
North European fauna; mixing the natural rhythms of animal 
calls with digital effects and vocal imitations, Native Instrument 
enlightens a sonic ambiguity between rural nature, electronics, 
and the human voice.

Native Instrument (E244; 2019)

Taken from the album 'Microphone Permission' released as LP and digital.

Microphone Permission

Jasmine Guffond 'Forever Listening' (EMEGO 273)

Vladislav Delay - Rakka II
Format: LP/DGTL
Cat.No. CR14
Pre-order: http://bit.ly/3dLkry3

In 2020 Cosmo Rhythmatic released ‘Rakka,’ which presented Sasu Ripatti’s glorious return to his most famous alias: Vladislav Delay. Nonetheless, the album contents made it evident that this eventual comeback was not intended as a revival. Ripatti was reactivating the project and a steadfast evolution in its sound, a new approach to both the emotional and environmental characteristics of electronic composition.

The inspiration for this new course was given to Ripatti by a series of ventures into the wilderness of his native Finland, confronting “The raw, undefined, uncontrolled and uncorrupted power that exists within it.” The result is a hyperbolic, extreme ecosystem of sound populated by fast-moving drones, dense clouds on noise, and tectonic bass rumbles with hints of harmony birthed by harsh tonal contrasts. The sheer intensity of the music was only matched by the rigor of its craft.

2021 sees the coming of the second chapter in that very same journey. ‘Rakka II,’ once more on Cosmo Rhythmatic and made of that very same impassioned matter. Tho while on the first one, Ripatti seemed intent to portray the elemental forces as free, unabashed, and unconstrained by musical structures, here he appears to compile some of it in beats and progressions that have something in common with the wildest sides of dance music. It’s like consciousness tuning in with the non-human after struggling with its apparent distance and hostility, accepting its uncoded structures, and finally finding a common language for reconciliation.

As Ripatti puts it, Rakka II is a romantic summer vision full of hope and optimism;  after the brutalist vibes on the first one, the storm has passed and skies are clearing. 
Rakka II is ultimately another masterful achievement in an already stellar career and an unquiet blast of energy for chaotic times.

Vladislav Delay - Rakkn (CR14)

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