“The Long Night in Winter Light" is an album that began in the fall of 2021, just after the production of "Tayutau" was finished. Compared to its predecessor, which was characterized by a kaleidoscope of sounds created through a dizzying array of myriad material, this album was produced in a more restrained manner, with fewer effects and experimental sounds, and instead features strings and piano at its core. The resulting sound evokes a beautiful, majestic, and harsh snowfield. 

This world may still be in darkness. However, the beauty of the starry sky that we casually look up at seems to cast a ray of light on this world.

The Long Night in Winter Light

Tomo-Nakaguchi - Morning View Of The Iceberg

According to James Surowiecki, author of "The Wisdom of Crowds", for a crowd to be wise, it must meet four conditions, namely: diversity of opinion, independence, decentralization, and an aggregation mechanism. For this album, I gathered 60 different sets from a wide variety of sample libraries all over the world, and from these, I selected a total of 500 pieces of audio data. My goal was to use only these samples, editing them to turn them into musical compositions.

Jellybeans

Whenever

Nonturn - Wherever

There is war in Europe. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has once again reminded us that peace is something we need to work on continuously. Sweden has not been in war for over 200 years, at the same time there are many people living here who come from conflict hotspots and areas at war. Parts of the Swedish population carry the trauma of war. Scientists talk about how it takes 4 generations to free oneself from the collective traumas of war. Those who have been living through the war are often silent, they struggle to survive, forget and return to normal life to protect their children, the second generation grows up with a feeling that everything has not been told, that something is wrong, and they begin asking questions. And so, it is transferred between generations and can thus be a hidden trauma.

Henrik Meierkord - Geschichten

Edges is taken from the album ‘Swept’, an exploration of emotional turbulence, resilience and rejuvenation. Created with electric guitar, modular and analogue synthesizers and pedals, most of the sounds were recorded at the start of the global pandemic. The album is bookended with field recordings made from the artist’s garden in East London. It opens with the sound of tarpaulin sheets on a neighboring construction site swept by heavy winds during Storm Ciara, shortly before the first UK lockdown, and closes with the sound of birdsong after rainfall, signaling hope for better times.

Swept

Wil Bolton - Edges

A sense (in Swedish ”förnimmelse”) is a biological system used by an organism for sensation, the process of gathering information about the world through the detection of stimuli.

To this sense the brain can observe color, forms, heat, coldness, taste, movement, smells and sounds.

But also in the unconscious we can experience things and perceive, like in a dream.

While visiting an ancient monastery in Sweden I got a feeling or sensation that something beautiful and sad had happened there. I got inspired by these sensations and made music.

In this album we will take a journey through these senses, from the world we live in, to the dream, the unconscious and things beyond words, sometimes a bit like music. It's an abstract experience…

”Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people”

”Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes” (C.G Jung)

F​ö​rnimmelser

Henrik Meierkord - Subliminal Perception

Audiobulb Records is an exploratory music label designed to promote creativity in all its forms. Audiobulb releases artist works on CD & download formats as well as multimedia works, VST (virtual instruments), audio hardware and other creative tools. We embrace the complexity of unique electronics, intricate acoustics and detailed microsound. Home of 'Endless Endless', 'Root of Sign' and the AMBIENT and Lissajous sound modules.

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