Creepy sounding..but in a very good way. 💯🎧

Release date: 22/04/22

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

2x12” 180g gatefold vinyl//mastered by Noel Summerville//leaflet included//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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Son of Chi returns to Astral Industries, alongside Spanish artist Clara Brea, for the collaborative release of AI-29. A product of fate, chance experiments, but most of all, sensitive artistry - ’The Wetland Remixes’ exists as a confluence of two kindred musical spirits, a wayfaring epic that draws together a rich archive of ecological field recordings, live instrumentation and higher inspirations. 

Ahead of Hanyo’s concert at ‘Avalovara listening club’ (Madrid) at the end of 2019, the curators (Diskoan & Josephine’ Soundscapes) organised a special dinner and arranged the meeting of Clara and Hanyo. As Hanyo recalls, “It was like stereochemistry. There was an instant match and understanding, and basically we decided in a split second to exchange recordings and to collaborate on future live and studio experiments.”  

The auspicious meeting of the two ignited a remote exchange of materials and ideas, as the world descended into a series of pandemic-related lockdowns. The first of said recordings included the stems of Clara’s ‘Wetland Project’ - a site-specific audiovisual project originally produced for Eufonic Festival (Spain), using field recordings from the Ebro Delta nature reserve (one of the most threatened regions of climate change on the Iberian peninsula). 

From this initial impetus, Hanyo began working on the first sketches of the album back in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Just like their meeting in Madrid, the project developed naturally and spontaneously with extraordinary ease. Later, Hanyo started adding field recordings from the Magic Cave and Wetlands of the ‘Kallikatsou’ (Patmos, Greece) as well as organic and acoustic overdubs, featuring bass, drums, percussion, guitars, oud, piano, hammond organ, wurlitzer, flutes, bells, and mouth harp. 

In the distance, the sound of birds peak through the effervescent wash of the wetland soundscapes. The pass of running water flows deeper into a land full of secrets never told. On the strike of dusk, the silhouettes of shapely trunks and foliage melt slowly into the impenetrable darkness. As darkness passes, light emerges, with exquisite moments of tranquility that seemingly emerge from nothingness.  

Beneath the shimmering veneer of textures, wildlife and melodies, one may hear the deeper references of ’The Wetland Remixes’. With credit to Clara’s input, for Hanyo the album process became a kind of refuge, and ultimately inspired the return to the core of Abstract Sound - what the Sufis call “Saut-i Sarmad.” Such references allude to the spiritual quality embedded in the music - the autonomous process of self-expression, the great mystery. Hanyo: “An ambience like this cannot be created by routine. There is no blueprint. The music has to find you. It’s like a blessing if it happens. You should not interfere, just observe and be impressed...” 

Deep, luscious mind trips as per the classic Chi sound, ‘The Wetland Remixes’ beautifully correlates the interconnecting dots of geography, ecology, and mythology’s forgotten lore.

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Konduku's 4th EP on his K-series! Proud to present the two tracker Gelgit. Vinyl is out now, digital on May 27.

Pre-order here: ffm.to/gelgit

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Konduku - Gelgit - Nous'klaer K4 (previews)

Artist: Benedikt Frey / @freybenedikt
Album: V.A. — Egonlab Dynasty
Label: Pinkman / @pinkmanrecords
Release date: 20/05/22
Format: digital / cassettes
Buy: https://pinkman.bandcamp.com/album/egonlab-dynasty
Additional: @egonlab

The label's word: "We're proud to finally present our collaboration with Paris based fashion brand Egonlab. Building bridges between past and future, fashion and music, Paris and Rotterdam, Egonlab incorporates Pinkman’s DNA in a new exclusive T-Shirt, while we've gathered six Pinkman artists to compose the theme's sonic interpretation.

The collaboration is the second chapter of the main Egonlab Spring/Summer 22’ line inspired by the activism of the middle ages. Consequently, both the visual and the audio parts are spreading a positive message, as much as they are channelling the rebellion."

PREMIERE: Benedikt Frey — Alleys (Pinkman, 2022)

Produced by @mateomoric
Mastered by Arthur Bohl at Melifera Studio
Artwork by Daisy de Montjoye
Marseille, France

In September 2023, Melifera Records announced a call for producers. We asked electronic music composers to send us a track created using at least one sample from our bank. This bank was made up of field recordings made by festival-goers during a workshop at our festival La Vallée Électrique.

☙ Live La Vallée Électrique festival 2023 experience: meliferarecords.com/la-vallee-electrique-festival/

The aim was to celebrate the creativity of our community of French and international artists.

We selected our favourite 20 and asked the legendary Luigi Tozzi if he could support the project with a remix.

This is how Whispers of the Valley was born: a Various Artists in three opuses, the crystallisation of a collective work. From the recording of the samples to the release of these twenty-one pieces of music, we are proud to have made Melifera a creative vehicle for this magnificent community.

Part 2 of this EP series is set for release on 15th April.

Part 3 of this EP series is set for release on 06th May

Whispers of the Valley Part.1

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Mateo Moric - Inspiración Nativa [MLF011 / Melifera Records]

C'est au tour de Subsism de nous dévoiler plus d’une heure de set pour nous plonger dans son univers trancy avec soupçons de breaks et autres rythmes scandaleux

E.T 018 - Subsism

The thoughts floated in and out, images danced atop an empty screen as the voices echoed and cried with great whimsy and wonder. These were the moments of wild dreams, a place in which the most careless and most reckless fantasies roamed as the limits and shackles of society were removed.

Anything might exist up here for anything could.

Wandering from room to room of the empty house, there were strange visions and moments to be found within each. Some were haunting whilst others were wildly euphoric like the stuff of a delicate fantasy.

Who knew which door might lead where and what lay behind each?

La Serpiente remixed by Elena Colombi. Now this is a combination we can get behind, this one sounds like something out of a sophisticated art noire film, a horror of sorts with wandering melodies and echoes atop a stomping repetitive kick.

PREMIERE: La Serpiente - You Are Dreaming! (Elena Colombi Remix) [Random Number]

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THE BOOM BOOM ROOM

LONSO - ONE MORE TIME SELECTA [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Asitiz - Breach [Free Download]

Bandcamp only release

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https://blackmerlin-music.bandcamp.com/album/genesis-preacher

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Black Merlin - GENESIS PREACHER (bandcamp release)

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

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PREMIERE: La Serpiente - You Are Dreaming! (Elena Colombi Remix) [Random Number]

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