This new chapter of our Podcast Series is a live recording of a DJ set from this year’s Bodily Community retreat in Cornwall’s beautiful Kudhva, courtesy of one of the most captivating postmodernists of club and ambient sound ~ Bruce 💫

Bruce is Larry McCarthy, a musician and DJ who has been transcending the frontiers of underground electronic music in its many shapes and forms for well over a decade. One of the major figures of the new generation of UK bass music, Larry is affiliated with the labels at the vanguard of the genre including Hessle Audio, Timedance and Livity Sound yet the expanse of his sonic world stretches out way beyond the scope of these outlets alone. Bruce’s invested interest in boundless artistic experimentation and candid self-expression lead to the release his pop ambient magnum opus “Not Ready For Love” in 2023 and is impeccably presented in this powerful and deeply emotive mix 🔮

This beautiful recording captures the essence of an engaged deep listening experience within the context of conscious retreat meets passionate interest in experimental electro-acoustic music. Challenging and sublime, it is a portal to mindful contemplation of the sound & silence continuum, riding through swells of field recordings, vocal music, raw electro-acoustic experiments and both dark and luminous ambient. It is a journey that unties inhibition and holds space for the vulnerability that comes with that release. Listen without judgement, gently and with curiosity 🤍

Recorded live at @bodilycommunity retreat in July 2024

Sounds by @iambruce 
Visions by @marcomaldarella

Podcast Series 46 | Introspective Electronics x Bodily • Bruce

Taken from the forthcoming album "Ristoranti Innovativi"
by Strata-Gemma & MA Spaventi

CD/DIGITAL:
https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ristoranti-innovativi

Limited to 50 copies, handmade wallets, hand numbered....

Fourth album for the well established Strata-Gemma project by producer Billy Bogus who, this time, joins forces with long-time friend MA Spaventi to create a project experimental under every aspect. 
Ristoranti Innovativi speaks to us - same as a film would - about an idea of consumption so exasperated to become obsolete, in the general amniotic unawareness. From this awareness restless scenarios arise, as in the opening track Bath Exotico but also classy as in the nu-jazz of Oliver Stoned. Vaporous Africanisms intertwine in the rhythmic jungles of Pintus and Witch Doctor and glide over the jazzy downtempo of Diorama and the atmospheric electronics of Giardino d'Inverno. Ristoranti Innovativi is an album of chiaroscuro that mix jazz and electronic rhythms, to show us that mental and emotional process can synch our moods - through music - with an often indecipherable present. 

Strata-Gemma are Niccolò Bruni AKA Billy Bogus on composition and arrangement, Luca Cacciatore on winds and Andrea Moretti on double bass. The band boasts regular appearances on the renowned radio broadcasts of Gilles Peterson and Raffaele Costantino AKA DJ Khalab as well as having performed at the Giant Steps and Brilliant Corner in London, venues devoted to nu-jazz and post club sounds. 

MA Spaventi is a sound engineer and producer who has collaborated with an incredible number of artists and labels, making his synthesizers playground available for music ranging from electronic and ambient to house and Italo disco. 

This collaboration was born from a strong friendship and it’s based on an insatiable desire to experiment with genres and feelings. 

Releases September 27, 2024 

Produced and arranged by Niccolò Bruni AKA Billy Bogus and Marco Antonio Spaventi 
Luca Cacciatore - horns 
Andrea Moretti - bass & double bass 
Artwork pics by Niccolò Bruni 
Mixed and mastered by MA Spaventi 

SHM 312 
Shimmering Moods Records 2024

Strata-Gemma & MA Spaventi - Oliver Stoned

Taken from the forthcoming album "Protest on the mountain (remixes)"

CD/DIGITAL: https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/protest-on-the-mountain-remixes

Limited to 40 copies, handmade wallets, hand numbered....

"Protest on the mountain" is an album of 21 remixes of a guitar and percussion duet that I played with Aidan Girt. This project is rooted in a community based connection with Aidan that has held for over two decades. 

I first met Aidan at a solidarity protest in the summer of 2001 outside of the Italian consulate in Montreal on Mont Royal. This protest was to both express support for the massive anti-capitalist protests against the G8 in Genoa and specifically to protest the death of Carlo Giuliani, who was shot dead by Italian police sitting in a van. This connection with Aidan has grown and evolved over the years, particularly around ways to build ties between activism and music. 

This project is shaped by 20 different artists reimagining a guitar / percussion duet that was recorded in the rehearsal space of Godspeed you! black emperor, a band that Aidan has played drums in for decades. These remixes illustrate also the spirit of community and building solidarity across borders that rests in both of our hearts. 

Thank you for listening & huge thanks to the many awesome artists for joining this project, they are listed below in the order of the tracks as they appear!

Leon Louder @leonlouder 
Swaya @swaya96 
Jonas Bonnetta @eveninghymns 
Copcarbonfire @copcarbonfire 
KMRU @_kamaru_ 
Feu St-Antoine @feu.st.antoine 
Dekalb Works @dekalbworks 
Jean Grünewald @ottomangruw 
David Parker @slowmantofu 
Hubert Gendron-Blais @hubertgb 
Barnacles (Matteo Uggeri)
Tim Davison @moon_villain 
Joseph Sannicandro @thenewobjective 
Martin Georgievski / amplidyne_effect
Martín Rodriguez @rdzmartin 
Count G @stathisgourgouris 
Diana Duta @dianaduta_ 
Jeremy Young @jeremyroyalblahblah 
Skinnybones


Releases September 27, 2024 

Original recording by Aidan Girt at Slovenia Meats (The old sexy car wash local) in Montréal 
Mixing done by the respective artist on each remix, listed in the titles 
Mastered by Gianmaria Aprile 
Artwork by Helena Nehme (del Sur) 

SHM 313 
Shimmering Moods Records 2024

Stefan Christoff & Aidan Girt - As The Year Turns Over (Jonas Bonnetta Remix)

Taken form the forthcoming album "A Window With A View"

CD/DIGITAL: https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-window-with-a-view

Limited to 35 copies, handmade wallets, hand numbered....

This album was inspired by the view I have from the window of my studio, and this stand alone tree in the middle of the meadow. 
All tracks were written at different times of the day or night. 
This album is dedicated to all music lovers who support me since the beginning.

Releases September 27, 2024 

All tracks written & produced Spring 2024 by Erell Ranson @ Flash Food Studios V.4 

Mastered by Andrea Porcu 

SHM 314 
Shimmering Moods Records 2024

Nosnar - 7 Minutes Before The Sun Rises

Taken from the forthcoming album "Atelier Silencio" by YDVST

CD/DIGITAL: https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/atelier-silencio

Limited to 35 copies, handmade wallets, hand numbered....

Releases September 27, 2024 

Composer: YDVST 
Mixing & Mastering: YDVST 

SHM 315 
Shimmering Moods Records 2024

YDVST - Encuentros

Taken from the forthcoming album "Psaltery" by Stas Ostrikov

CD/DIGITAL: https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/psaltery

Limited to 35 copies, handmade wallets, hand numbered.....

"The album is based on a traditional ethnic instrument - psaltery. Some of the tracks were played live, using only psaltery, guitar pedals and hardware effects, the other part of the compositions was assembled as a patchwork of layers of field recordings and studio experiments."

Releases September 27, 2024 

Written and produced by Stas Ostrikov 
Mastered by Francis Gri 

SHM 316 
Shimmering Moods Records 2024

Stas Ostrikov - Psaltery 03

On the 2nd of August I received a blow to the head while sparring. Following this, I experienced the effects and symptoms of a concussion for two weeks. During this time I suffered from nausea, cluster headaches and increased sensitivity to light. This track is a sonic representation of the symptoms and pain I endured throughout this time.

Concussion

"Inhibition Space #1" (fragment) for bass flute, bass oboe, bass clarinet & live-electronics; Ensemble Mosaik [Kristjana Helgadóttir (bass flute), Simon Strasser (bass oboe), Christian Vogel (bass clarinet) & Arne Vierck (sound engineer)] - for SUB ROSA RECORDS SR564. Recorded at Haus des Rundfunks Berlin, 23.04.2024. Coproduction with Deutschlandfunk Kultur. [Entire track: 12 mins]

inhabit

"Inhibition Space #1" (Stefan Prins, 2020) - fragment

Taken from "Contrastive Canopy"

https://slowtonecollages.bandcamp.com

Releases September 12, 2024 

Alex Smalley creates music that is simultaneously abstract and serene. His compositions lend themselves to deeper listening states and convey a gradual, expansive progression. 

Over the last 15 years, his music has been released on numerous labels including Barge Recording, Serein, Umor Rex, and Dauw, across all formats. It has also been used for dance performances and films, including the 2012 documentary "Surviving Progress" by Martin Scorsese. 

Using a shifting array of analog, digital, and acoustic sources, the music manipulates the perceived sense of time and space. 

Careful consideration of the placement of sounds and instruments gives the sense of a natural environment interacting with benevolent technology. 

The cross-referenced sound takes influence from electronic music, new age, world music, and experimental sound design. 

Optimistic considerations of parenting, nature, wellness, biotechnology, and machine learning are current preoccupations in his music. 

After relocating from the UK to Weimar (DE) in 2017, Smalley began creating music under his own name. Previously, he has released collaborative works in the projects Olan Mill and Pausal. 

alexsmalley.net 

STC 049 
Slow Tone Collages 2024

Alex Smalley - DualiQuery (Slow Tone Collages)

Taken from Par vents et mar​é​es

https://slowtonecollages.bandcamp.com

This immersive collaboration between the UK based musician, Andrew Heath and French musician, Christian Wittman charts a musical voyage that explores themes of great tides that rise and fall and of air currents that flow between lands and seas. 

Dense clouds and currents of electronic sound are permeated with sharp, pin-pricks of percussion and modular noises with drifting piano, both electric and acoustic along with guitar notes that float above the maelstrom. All bound with field recordings that resonate sympathetically alongside the drifting tones. 

Sometimes light, sometimes dark - evoking the contrast between the apparent calm of the sea, and the dynamics and flows that unfold, both in depth and in the air, creating organic and immersive soundscapes, aerial and underwater at the same time. 


As well as many solo releases under his own name, Andrew has collaborated with artists including legendary German musician, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, experimental electronic and classical composer, Christopher Chaplin, Dutch ambient guitarist, Anne Chris Bakker, Argentinian composer Mi Cosa de Resistance and UK artists, Toby Marks (Banco de Gaia), James Osland and Simon McCorry. Andrew has also been commissioned to produce works for film...  more

Releases September 12, 2024 

Written and produced by Andrew Heath & Christian Wittman 

STC 050 
Slow Tone Collages 2024

Andrew Heath & Christian Wittman - Par Vents Et Marées (Slow Tone Collages)

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