DRONE / AMBIENT / DREAMTONE

Displaced - Dirty Beaches

417 Hz - Frequency of New Beginnings

And Their Refinement of the Decline

Articulate Silences, Pt. 2

Apreludes (In C Sharp Major)

Dungtitled (In a Major)

Articulate Silences, Pt. 1

The Evil That Never Arrived

The second volume of 'Soundscapes' comes with tracks by Steve Pacheco, Tone Color, Hotel Neon, Shuta Yasukochi, SineRider, Hilyard, Slow Clinic, Gallery Six, Hakobune and SVLBRD.

Written and produced by Steve Pacheco, Tone Color, Hotel Neon, Shuta Yasukochi, SineRider, Hilyard, Slow Clinic, Gallery Six, Hakobune and SVLBRD. 
Mastering by Rob Small. 
Archives42 // ArchivesCD23 
Archives / 2017

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Shuta Yasukochi - Yoru

Fallen

For These In Winter

"Means of Knowing" is an exchange with the world, an effort to know it and ourselves more deeply. Like a long walk on a favorite path and the introspection and observation that such a journey inspires, it is an album full of constantly evolving interplay between natural and imagined sound sources. Tactile sounds from the physical world combine with textured, processed synthesis to evoke the depth of experience available to us every day.

https://archivesdubmusic.bandcamp.com/album/means-of-knowing
https://hotelneon.bandcamp.com/album/means-of-knowing

All music written and recorded by Hotel Neon 
Additional mixing by Matt Kidd 
Mastering by Rafael Anton Irisarri 
Vocals in 'Referent' & 'Unseen Landscapes' by Lacey Tasselmyer 
Artwork by Steven Kemner 
CD Photography by Alexander Kopatz

HN-ARCH01 - 2018 
ARCHIVES

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Hotel Neon - Means Of Knowing (Album Snippets)

Shortly after releasing his highly acclaimed ‘The Benoît Pioulard Listening Matter’(Kranky), Pioulard left on tour to Europe in order to promote the album. This tour took him to several distinctive places ranging from urban Brussels to rural France and the mystic capital city of Iceland, Reykjavik.

Once returned to Seattle, these new impressions and memories formed the inspiration to make ‘Slow spark, soft spoke’. Not surprisingly, the album continues in the same vein as his tour cd ‘Lignin Poise’ - which was repressed on vinyl by Beacon Sound - and is characterized by slowly moving lo-fi ambient textures. The album reveals Pioulards most melancholic side and once again shows his capabilities to bring beautiful sonic narratives with only a few instrumental layers.

‘Slow spark, soft spoke’ was initially released on tape on Dauw but sold out quickly during pre-order. After having received only sublime reviews and tons of request to re-issue the album, we now decided to give it a well deserved vinyl repress.

 “'Never, just as you wanted' is a timeless odyssey of complete transcendence with gradual bliss of guitar tones – and meticulously crafted sounds – that somehow map the ocean swell of human emotions – of the innermost kind – embedded deep within us all." (Fractured Air)

For this vinyl edition, Pioulard decided to add 2 totally new tracks in addition to the 4 initial ones. These new tracks are presented as the single 'Athanasy, 1993' which will be released and announced with the vinyl pre-order on October 4th. All together, the initial EP and the new single form a consistent full length which adds to his impressive and ever growing catalogue.

‘Slow spark, soft spoke’ will be released on October 26th on a limited  vinyl edition (200 heavyweight clear vinyl) and digitally. The tape comes with original hand-printed artwork by Femke Strijbol and will be accompanied by a unique polaroid taken by Benoît Pioulard (limited to 50 only).

Athanasy, 1993

Soon

James A. McDermid "In Little Swallows" (Album Preview)

Look Up Sharp

I'm Conscious

Grydeland & Kaiser - Spitsbergen

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Apreludes (In C Sharp Major)

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