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Nebel lang / Wake To Unfold - Time Stands Still

Corey Fuller: Piano, Electronics
Richard Skelton: Accordion, Strings, Electronics

THESIS 20 - Richard Skelton & Corey Fuller - Iland

Listen in full: https://fanlink.to/diffdrum

Tracklist:
1. @souns-3 - Second Story
2. @thomasragsdalemusic - Maptia
3. @alexstewardmusic - The Future Still Radiates
4. @user-423130277- Gluon
5. @noisounds - Apologies
6. @axel-toben - Flow
7. @menion - Be at the morning
8. @hanegikoenband feat. @sl-jung - Lost Tracks
9. @giadarmusic - Christmas Children Laughs
10. @Kuma - Bibliomancy (Kuma's Axum Cafe Edit)

To celebrate 5 years of Subtempo, we've put together a compilation of up-and-coming talent, some veterans like Axel Toben, Souns, or Hanegi Koen, as well as new friends of the label. A perfect tempo for this time of the year, a gift from us to you.

Morgane VanTorre x Subtempo capsule — 5 years
We teamed up with type designer Morgane VanTorre to develop a unique commemorative tote bag. Limited edition of 50 units. 270 gsm (8oz) cotton canvas, sustainably sourced. https://subtempo.bandcamp.com/merch/morgane-vantorre-x-subtempo-capsule-5-years

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SBTMP020 – We Beat A Different Drum [Previews]

Good morning! Today I have a track premiere for you from the wonderful INNI label out of Reykjavik, Iceland. As a quick reminder, I’ve previously featured their releases by Christopher Royal King & Nico Rosenberg, Atli Örvarsson, and Rose Riebl, the latter two of which have then showed up on my Best of the Year selections – so you can tell that I’m a fan. Today I’m honoured to introduce you to another very interesting project (and, more importantly, fantastic music) born out of a collaboration between Jónsi (of Sigur Rós), Sin Fang (of Seabear), Alex Somers and Kjartan Holm, who’ve come together to create a soundscape that parallels a perfumery in Reykjavik, owned by Jónsi’s family, called Fischer. You can check out a Financial Times article covering this shop as the essence of Iceland, titled “Cult Shop: the scents of Sigur Rós“. But fandom aside (who hasn’t fallen in love with everything from Iceland yet?) the nine tracks of the first entry on INNI, titled Sounds of Fischer Vol. 1, are delicate, tender, and exquisite in their fragility, creating soft atmospheres for mornings and for nights. I can’t say anything about the perfumery, although the above article describes one fragrance using terms such as “smoke in the air, tarred telephone poles, mowed grass, a beached whale and tobacco leaves with notes of black pepper and Icelandic Sitka spruce.” I particularly like the following sentence: “Jónsi’s experimental approach to scent composition is comparable to his avant-garde musical process, both resulting in peculiar notes and enveloping overtures.” I wonder if that line can be inverted. I’ll let you be the judge. And now, let’s hear the music!

"Fischersund from Iceland is a family-run business that harnesses a collective of artisans at the intersection of scent, shop, gallery and art. Fischersund sells fragrance products inspired by the clean, unique nature of Iceland using herbs and oils harvested in the Icelandic wild via the most environmentally friendly solutions and materials for the modern lifestyle. Jonsi is the nose and has a passion for perfumery following a self-taught journey of learning (one of his fragrance organs is in the Reykjavik shop)."

Sounds of Fischer Vol. 1

Beitilyng

TRACK PREMIERE : Jónsi, Sin Fang, Alex Somers, Kjartan Holm - Beitilyng

Just yesterday I shared the news of a recently released album by Sinemis (that's Sine Buyuka) who is the founder of Injazero Records. And today I'm happy to follow up that announcement with a sequel release to the acclaimed Volutes (2020) by Snowdrops, which is a French-based chamber duo of Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry. For this follow-up, they are joined by violist Anne-Irène Kempf, who also appears on this seventh and last piece on the album, which I am premiering for you today. Here, the piano, played by Ott, and the Rhodes in the hands of Gabry, create a soft fabric of acoustic harmonies that lift up the veil with strings and lush pads. It's a gentle track, which slowly evolves into an ever-expanding space where it disperses into the ether. "The piece develops a lot around repetitive but evolving motifs played by all three," says Gabry of music on "Mémoires Élementaires". "We are more and more distant from each other, but still connected. The viola played by Anne-irene takes the lead, and the Rhodes dissolves into a deep magma. The phrases slow down, and the reverberated space becomes larger." Perhaps the most cinematic out of the seven tracks on the album, the piece beautifully concludes this sonic painting which is a crossover genre, somewhere between modern classical, post-folk, and electro-acoustic music.

Missing Island

Mémoires élementaires

TRACK PREMIERE : Snowdrops - Mémoires Élementaires

We can start talking about the gloriously entangled futurist nostalgia appearing on Twin Color‘s debut Extended Play No 1, and then, maybe, we can start guessing about the origin of this project and the man behind it, or I can simply come out and tell you that it’s actually Fernando Corona, whom you already should know as Murcof. Yes, it’s Murcof, folks, and he’s back, with his take on time-warping retro-forward leaning music, which is somewhat like post-[insert your favourite style of “synth wave” in here], or really, sitting in a genre of its own – reminds me of when Richard Chartier first cautiously explored his now monumental Pinkcourtesyphone project. I say this because I think [I hope] that Twin Color is here to stay! Everything on here has that delicious tint of oozing sentimentality [even the font of the cover art has a bit of that Stranger Things vibe], for those late 80s late night belated radio stations, that played music by bands such as OMD, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, Book of Love and Ultravox. Across the four tracks “melodic lines eddy and whorl together while moon rays of Blade Runner synthesis shine brightly across the shadows; at times it is stately in its melancholia, at others driving with the exhilarating rhythm of final boss levels.” But beneath the surface of these reflective genres, there is that unmistakable sound of Murcof, with his intelligent sound design and a plethora of tasty ear candy. The first few minutes of the track I am premiering for you today should be enough to get you drooling. Enjoy!

Extended Play No 1

Fight Part I

TRACK PREMIERE : Twin Color - Fight Part. I

from 'RAEON' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den374
available on all formats at http://denovali.com/subheim

Exactly two years after the release of ΠΟΛΙΣ, Subheim returns with RAEON; a collection of eight new tracks for lonely evenings and long night drives. With RAEON, Subheim continues to expand into the sonic area he has steadily been exploring since 2015’s Foray, the album that marked a conscious shift towards moodier, lo-fi territory. While this new release feels like a natural continuation of the producer’s most recent work, it is also entirely stripped of any percussive elements with the focus being placed on space, ambience and melody. Each composition feels like a distant, fading memory that unfolds faster than you'd expect it to and dissolves into an echoing nothingness before you’re able to hold on to it for more than a few seconds. Much like a long-distance train passing by, the momentary flickering of city lights at night or a song you might hear in your sleep. Every piece functions as a different chapter of the same open-ended narrative; one where stillness, movement, darkness and light simultaneously coexist in harmony. Intentionally imperfect, naturally gritty, spacious as ever, the record balances between fragility and conviction, and once more reveals the deeply human side of its creator. In contrast to some of Subheim's darker material, RAEON is filled with an undertone of bittersweet hopefulness and a strong desire for new life. With the juxtaposition of nostalgic, synthesized, analog sounds and neoclassical elements, this mini-album strikes a near perfect balance between past and future, melancholy and anticipation. And while the closing track is almost ironically called “Forget”, its ending will surely leave you longing for more.

Raeon

Forget

Subheim - Forget

Wunderland, taken from Arovane & Hior Chronik's album, titled In-between. Available now on double-white vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve, and digital formats. 

"This track was made with a patch i've programmed on the Waldorf Q synth'. It's an arpeggiated sound with delay efx. I love to tweak this kind of sound. The track is quite repetitive and reminds me of the minimalistic music of Reich and Adams. It was fun to tweak the delay time and shift the arpeggio pattern to accomplish a shimmering, floating kind of effect - like a huge cloud, rising and resolving in the sky" - Arovane.

For more info and to buy: http://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/arovane-hior-chronik-in-between

ASIPV003 Arovane & Hior Chronik - Wunderland

~ IIKKI 001 ~

artist : danny clay
album : stills 
duration : 40.59 mn
date : 19.09.16 
edition : vinyl, limited to 500 copies + fine art book, limited to 500 copies

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pre-order : September 05th / official release : September 19th, 2016

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Danny Clay : piano, voice, harmonium, viola
Paula Karolak : viola
2015-2016, San Francisco, CA

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Katrien De Blauwer
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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Links :

Danny Clay : 
https://soundcloud.com/dclaymusic
Katrien De Blauwer : 
http://www.katriendeblauwer.com
IIKKI :
http://www.iikki-books.com
https://iikki.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/iikki.books


Danny Clay - Stills (album preview)

This track is quoted from a compilation album 'Healing Sounds: A Compilation for Hurricane Recovery'.
Listening to all tracks of the album and purchasing are available on the link below.

https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/healing-sounds-a-compilation-for-hurricane-recovery

This compilation is dedicated to the people that have been impacted by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. The immense physical destruction on the Bahamian islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama are only now beginning to grasp the devastating personal toll for families who have lost so much in Hurricane Dorian. 

The killer storm, the strongest ever to make landfall in the country, destroyed many homes, and in some cases, entire neighborhoods were turned into rubble. Though the Bahamas experiences hurricanes frequently, Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall as a Category 5, has caused "generational devastation." 

In this era of the 24-hour news cycle, we sometimes can feel overwhelmed and powerless to make a difference, but in reality, it is easier than ever to contribute. We are asking for your help. PITP will provide 100% of the proceeds of this compilation to the Bahamas branch of the International Red Cross. We ask that you donate what you can to help support the disaster relief efforts from the devastating effects of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.

All arrangements featured on this compilation belongs to the respective copyright holders and graciously provided their arrangement in an effort to raise donations in response to the devastating effects of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. Thank you to all artists and fans alike for the support. 

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Healing Sounds: A Compilation for Hurricane Recovery

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Taken from Origamibiro's LP Miscellany on Denovali Records, out March 26.

More: www.orbmag.com/music/

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