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Felicia Atkinson + Jefre Cantu Ledesma
'Comme Un Seul Narcisse'
SP070

Out march 21, 2016

INFO : shelter-press.org/sp070-felicia-atkinson-jefre-cantu-ledesma-comme-un-seul-narcisse/

EU distribution : BOOMKAT
US distribution : FORCED EXPOSURE

FELICIA ATKINSON + JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA 'Objet Melancolique' {10:00 collage}

The NYC-via-Kansas producer Brian Leeds (Huerco S), known for his distinctly murky productions, returns to Anthony Naples' Proibito imprint with a brilliant full-length release of dense meditative ambiance. A marked move away from Leeds' house music ventures, For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those That Have) is an intensely cerebral experience, sparking raw emotions throughout.

Our pick of the bunch is "Promises of Fertility". Seven blissful minutes of softly smudged chords lay the foundation for an innocent melody that beams you into a world of mystical sounds and fantasy.

Dropping on June 6th, For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those That Have) is now available to pre-order.

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Huerco S "Promises Of Fertility" - Boiler Room Debuts

"Stele" out June 21st via Perfect Aesthetics.

https://perfectaesthetics.bandcamp.com/album/stele

Stele

Stele, side A

track 3 from “Frozen Passages” by @poemme
Out now!
https://poemme.bandcamp.com/album/frozen-passages

Frozen Passages

a path between the clouds

poemme - a path between the clouds

Remix album for 'Strange Parentheses', released on October 2018.
Written and Produced by Pepo Galán
Remixes by r beny, Steve Pacheco, David Cordero, José Soberanes, Eyoko, Suero, Eduardo Briganty, Erissoma, Max Würden, Alberto Lucendo, Shuta Yasukochi and Warmth
Mastering by Ian Hawgood
Photography by Alexander Kopatz
www.go70north.com
Archives61 // ArchivesCD42
Archives / 2019

Pepo Galán - In A Straight Line (Warmth Remix)

Berlin based cellist and composer Anne Müller shares a second piece, 'Drifting Circles', ahead of her long awaited debut solo album 'Heliopause'.

'Heliopause' follows several Erased Tapes releases featuring Anne, including her celebrated collaboration with Nils Frahm titled 7fingers, appearances on Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm’s Collaborative Works, Nils Frahm’s All Melody and his acclaimed soundtrack for the film Victoria, Lubomyr Melnyk’s Fallen Trees, as well as the two bespoke solo pieces Walzer für Robert and Bel Tono for the label’s 5th and 10th anniversary box sets. In fact, a glance at Müller’s Discogs boasts credits on over 60 releases since she began recording in 2007.

Classically trained at Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts under the renowned cellist and conductor Michael Sanderling, Anne Müller performed as a cellist in many of Berlin’s symphonies for some time before choosing a different path with her music and focussing on novel approaches to classical instrumentation. A profound believer in the power of artistic collaboration, Anne’s skilled cello playing and instinctive composition became extremely sought after.

Following her work with Nils Frahm, an enduring partnership with singer-songwriter-composer Agnes Obel ensued, touring for five years together and featuring on two albums (Philharmonics and Aventine) and most recently, working with multi-instrumentalist Markus Sieber (aka Aukai) on his 2019 album Reminiscence. In between all this, Müller also co-founded the progressive live project Solo Collective along with violinist/singer Alex Stolze and pianist/conceptual artist Sebastian Reynolds, releasing Solo Collective Part One in 2017.

A solo record in every sense of the word, Müller wrote, recorded, arranged and produced Heliopause. The album is named after the boundary where the sun’s wind ceases to have influence. It is ultimately, the border of our solar system. The name struck a chord with Müller since the two voyagers sent on an exploratory mission 42 years ago, recently crossed the Heliopause, entering into interstellar space and losing power from our own sun. Müller recognised herself in this moment, not only approaching the same age, but also breaking new ground; having relied on collaborating with so many other stars and now venturing into the unknown with her first solo statement; “Heliopause marks the end of a long journey but also the start of voyages to explore strange new worlds”

Both as the closing title track and album as a whole, Heliopause crosses these physical and invisible borders throughout, sending the cello as a typically classical instrument to exciting new and uncharted territory.

· pre-order 'Heliopause' on LP/CD/DL:  idol.lnk.to/Heliopause

Heliopause

Drifting Circles

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Anne Müller - Drifting Circles

out on December 6th on limited edition CS / DL
dronarivm.bandcamp.com

Pre-orders start Nov. 22nd

DR-64 : SNUFMUMRIKO - Sekunder, eoner

Explorations into dreamy, texturally rich environments and dub flavoured landscapes through the use of rhythm and subtle melody.

Mastered by Tobias Lorsbach (Logic Moon)

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Snufmumriko - Sekunder, eoner

opening track from "Uncoded Winds" the debut album by Gri | Gutman | Mosconi. Release date 13.12.2019

Uncoded Winds

Gri | Gutman | Mosconi - Grecale

title track from ”The Winter Cold” by Rest You Sleeping Giant, aka @blackbrunswicker

https://restyousleepinggiant.bandcamp.com/album/the-winter-cold

The Winter Cold

Rest You Sleeping Giant - The Winter Cold

Jet Jaguar - Storm In Lisbon

Taken from the new album "Recording"

Out now: https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/recording

Released January 29, 2020 

Written and recorded by Michael Upton 
Mastered by RedRedPaw 
Photos by Michael Upton

Jet Jaguar - Storm In Lisbon

~ IIKKI 011 ~

music : Seabuckthorn
photography : Sophie Gabrielle
album/book : Through A Vulnerable Occur
duration : 38.55 mn
date : March 2020

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All music by Andy Cartwright : Guitars, Saz, Charango, Effects. 
Gareth Davis : Clarinet on 'Through A Vulnerable Occur' and 'Place Memory'. 

Recorded & mixed in Veynes, France between summer 2019 – Winter 2020. 

Mastered by James Plotkin
Artwork by Sophie Gabrielle
Design by sprflxgrfzm

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edition : 
vinyl : limited to 300 copies hand numbered 
cd : limited to 200 cd (glass mastered) hand numbered
book : limited to 300 copies hand numbered + hand stamped

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pre-order : March 02th, 2020 / official release : March 30th, 2020

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Links :
https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/
https://www.sophiegabriellephoto.com/
https://www.iikki-books.com/
https://iikki.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/iikki.books/
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Seabuckthorn - And Bickers Into Colour

Fleeting feelings of a race at the brink of extinction.

Out now and available via: 
https://vaagner.bandcamp.com

VAK 24 | Ybalferran - Day 3 | Hope

The Gaze

Ending track on Støvets Vandring Gennem En Solstråle released by Janushoved, 2020

Paw Grabowski - Støvets Vandring Gennem En Solstråle

In 2019, Copenhagen based sound artist and composer Sofie Birch embarked on a trip to Colombia, taking with her a series of pre recorded synth chords and old demos of unfinished tracks. 

Over the span of the trip, she began collecting a wide array of field recordings, including bird song, Colombian instruments and jungle ambiance.

Processing her journey though music, Sofie produced a series of sound collages, initially presented as one mix and later split into two works, each of which present themselves as an audible postcard, sonically painting a diary of her journey, while encapsulating her moods and thoughts from her time spent in the South American jungle.

VAK32 | Sofie Birch - Morgenånder

Cat #: DR-68
Format : CD / DL
Release page : https://dronarivm.lnk.to/StalkingtheElusive

This album was conceived in Moscow during the Spring of 2018, when Dmitry Vasilyev organized the concert of Enrico Coniglio and Giulio Aldinucci at дом - Dom Cultural Centre. The album reflects the feelings of some very intensive days made of exchanges of ideas with a multitude of people involved in music (including Dmitry Taldykin of Dronarivm) and moments spent in isolated places out of the metropolis, like a forest not far from an army shooting range.

In this album, the two musicians wave together memories of an immutable past and questions about the present, giving birth to a sort of a requiem overflowing with lyricism. This music enlighten the dawn of a future that now appears more uncertain than ever, with frozen intensity and dramatic strength. As a message entrusted to the stars, it leaves as wondering if we can still change the course of events.

Stalking the Elusive

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With An Encrypted Travel Guide

SIAVASH AMINI, A Mimesis Of Nothingness, LP

Release date - Aug 28th 2020
Catalogue nr. - HG2006
Format - Vinyl with 8-page booklet/digital

https://hallowground.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
1) Lustrous Residue (07:59)
2) Perpetually Inwards  (02:58)
3) Moonless Garden  (08:50)
4) Observance (Shadow)  (05:32)
5) A Collective Floundering  (06:48)
6) The Stillborn Baroque  (03:31)

Credits:
All Music Composed by Siavash Amini
Written and Recorded in Tehran 2018-2019
Based on Photographs of Tehran by Nooshin Shafiee
Booklet Photographs by Nooshin Shafiee
Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space
Cover Photo Nooshin Shafiee
Cover design Ruth Stofer and Greenpointless

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Siavash Amini returns to Hallow Ground  with »A Mimesis of Nothingness,« his fourth album for the Swiss label. Following up on »Harmistice« together with fellow Iranian artists 9T Antiope, the six tracks were conceived in close collaboration with another artist and see the prolific composer intensify his interdisciplinary approach. The six tracks enter a dialogue with the photographs of Nooshin Shafiee, an acclaimed artist whose work capturing their hometown Tehran becomes the starting point for one of Amini’s most visceral and haunting records. »A Mimesis of Nothingness« translates the ephemeral situations and melancholic moods of Shafiee’s pictures into suspenseful soundscapes that masterfully navigate between the concrete and the abstract.

Amini met Shafiee while setting up the sound art space SEDA Projects at the Emkan gallery in Tehran where the photographer’s second solo exhibition was shown. Following the suggestion of curator Behzad Nejadghanbar, the two started a fruitful collaboration that would eventually lead to »A Mimesis of Nothingness,« which was written and recorded between the years 2018 and 2019 and which includes a booklet with a selection of Shafiee’s work. The two share an interest in exploring the sensual experience and the metaphysical dimensions of space. »I was fascinated by Nooshin’s approach,« explains Amini who, ever since releasing the album »TAR« through Hallow Ground in 2017, has focused on how our experience of places is shaped by the individual and collective subconscious. »It wasn’t the Tehran that everyone projected into their work, it was Tehran showing itself through tiny and giant overlooked places or objects.«

Amini’s music accordingly does not seek out a specific sonic picture of the city, but rather lets it come alive on its own terms. »A Mimesis of Nothingness« is a disquieting record precisely because it is a quiet one. Working with field recordings, Amini sculpts dynamic portraits that create an atmosphere of tangible suspense that is never fully released. Even when string-like sounds enter the picture as they do on the third track »Moonless Garden« or when the abstract and glacial noise on »Observance (Shadow)« demand the listener’s attention, the six pieces take hold of the subconscious rather than trying to be direct and confrontational. It is sound conceived not as a description, but a circumscription of spatial relations and the eeriness embedded in them. 

»We both saw something decadent or violent about all of these captured places and objects,« says the composer about Shafiee’s pictures. »There is no resolution, just excess. It seems they are eternal remnants of a violent scene, no matter how new or old they were. Never finished, never begotten, a stillborn.« Throughout »A Mimesis of Nothingness,« its ghost roams freely.

SIAVASH AMINI - Moonless Garden (HG2006)

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter CXXII by Garçon (@garcon). Cover photo courtesy of Candace Price.

This set was originally presented during the Mysteries Takeover of 9128.live on Saturday April 18, 2020.

Ihora

以呂波耳本部止
千利奴流乎和加
餘多連曽津祢那
良牟有為能於久
耶万計不己衣天
阿佐伎喩女美之
恵比毛勢須

Although its scent still lingers on
the form of a flower has scattered away
For whom will the glory
of this world remain unchanged?
Arriving today at the yonder side
of the deep mountains of evanescent existence
We shall never allow ourselves to drift away
intoxicated, in the world of shallow dreams.

Tracklist:
Electric Indigo - Ferrum
Black Zone Magick Chant - Where Will We Meet When Our Ashes Are Spread In The Wind? | Crystal Monastery
Robert Ashley – Automatic Writing
Tarotplane - A Tab In The Ozone IV
civilistjävel! - 003 untitled
In Camera - Untitled
Perila - Mouth Full Of Tahini
Robert Henke - Layer 004
DOTS - Spinout Segment
Raymonde - Mer Aux Etoiles
Akio Suzuki - Jumping And Standing 1984 - Part 1
Monoton - Teil 3
Nurse With Wound & James Worse - The Creptile Lickbug
Taj Mahal Travelers - 6:20-6-46 P.M.
Unearth Noise - The Place Where Prayers are Heard
O Yama O - Ihora

Mysteries of the Deep CXXII - Garçon | Ihora

The music of Naarm/Melbourne composer Lisa Lerkenfeldt channels a unique wavelength of foreboding, interstitial electronics, incorporating strategies of musique concréte threaded with veiled currents of melody and hypnosis. Recent recordings for Vienna Press, Longform Editions and Aught Void have demonstrated different depths of process and finesse but her latest, Collagen, captures perhaps the most complete and complex manifestation of her craft to date.

Drawing on a disciplined palette of peach wood combs, contact microphones, piano, strings, and feedback, the album moves in low, looming arcs, ascending to strange purgatories of opaque atmosphere. Lerkenfeldt cites a core aspiration to “elevate the everyday,” transforming common objects into otherworldly sound sources, which colors Collagen with a beguiling tactility, like vibrations traced in sand. The tracks shift in frequency and feeling, alternately heady and bodily, acoustic and synthetic, isolated states of static, light, and undertow skirting the outer rings of ambient, noise, and modern composition.

Although each piece exists in its own rare air the composite panorama they present is striking in its sweep and subtlety. Lerkenfeldt's muse seems one of evasion as much as evocation, navigating negative spaces for their subliminal whispers of dread or beauty. It's an aesthetic both ascetic and exploratory, minimalist mirages of resonance, texture, and gravity skewed through the pensive glow of room tone.

But Lerkenfeldt is too versatile an artist for purist restraint, which Collagen demonstrates dramatically in its closing cut, “Champagne Smoke.” A quivering bowed eulogy ebbs under a flickering film of distortion, slowly swelling in sorrow until suddenly the screech goes silent, revealing a murmuring phantom haze hidden beneath the strings, like a specter lost in an abandoned house.

14 Gestures associated with this album will be performed in experimental film and online viewing room of graphic notation at 14gestures.com from 29th July to 29th October, 2020.

Collagen releases on Shelter Press in LP / DL format on August 21, 2020. LP mastered and cut by Kassian Troyer at D+M, designed by Bartolomé Sanson with art by Lisa Lerkenfeldt, housed in reverse-board inner and outersleeve, including a 16 pages limited edition score book. 
credits
releases August 21, 2020

All music by Lisa Lerkenfeldt
Mastering by Kassian Troyer at D&M
Design by Bartolome Sanson
Scores by Lisa Lerkenfeldt

Collagen

In Her Hair

LISA LERKENFELDT 'In Her Hair' (SP120)

To celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Ambientologist, Lauge dips into the label catalogue for this exquisite mix. No easy feat, considering the diversity of the artists.

Each release from the past year is covered within the mix, providing a sampler of the first year of Ambientologist's existence. Download it for free here, or visit the Bandcamp for the pay as you like album, which includes 6 of the full tracks: https://bit.ly/30kHJn9

Huge thanks to everyone that's been involved in making the label what it is, and inspiring what it could be.

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Tracklist:

Julia Gjertsen & Nico Rosenberg - Los Océanos [single release]
Fossil Hunting Collective - Fragments [from Vacancy]
Henrik Meierkord - The Rain (feat. Marco Lucchi & Rocco Saviano) [from Refuge]
Chris Otchy - Thunderbird [from Recursive]
Jupi/ter - 202 (Henrik Meierkord Rework) [single release]
Still Harbours - Mist Under the Animation [from Fluorochrome]
Rinnovare - Still Fabrication [from Ingrávido]
Antarctic Wastelands - In Eternal Drift [from Frozen Voyage]
Still Harbours - Valley of the Kings [from Fluorochrome]
Jupi/ter - Redlink [from Islands, Pt. 1]
Henrik Meierkord - Kraft (anthéne Remix) [from Själ]
Antarctic Wastelands - Light, Fragmented [from Frozen Voyage]
Rinnovare - Familiar Illustration [from Ingrávido]
Henrik Meierkord - Human [from Refuge]

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Composed, performed and reworked by Antarctic Wastelands, Henrik Meierkord, anthéne, Still Harbours, Jupi/ter, Chris Otchy, Rinnovare, Fossil Hunting Collective, Julia Gjertsen and Nico Rosenberg
Mastering by Ian Hawgood, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Christopher Willits and Arturo Zegers
Mixed by Lauge
Image by Dan Gaffney
Design by Ambientologist

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