yui onodera / sinkai
ARCTIC TONE (Japan) 2015
http://www.arctictone.com/at02-yui-onodera-sinkai/

Recorded & composed in Tokyo, 2013-14.
All sounds sourced from Piano, Electric Guitars, Field Recordings, Found Objects, Analog Electronics, Synthesizers and Processing.

male vocals with a spacious and atmospheric feel, ambient, reverb-drenched guitars, slow, blending soft synth pads, deep, male vocals, ambient dreamscape, and minimalist percussion, deep ambient

The Light

Welcome to New York City

Step into the hazy embrace of "Winter EP," a melancholic hip-hop journey that captures the essence of cold days and introspective moments. This lofi collection weaves expertly chopped samples through atmospheric beats, creating a soundscape that feels like memories viewed through frosted glass. Each track balances raw emotion with technical finesse, delivering that perfect chill hip-hop vibe for late-night listening sessions or contemplative afternoons.

The Winter EP draws you in with its nostalgic textures and head-nodding rhythms, offering a sanctuary for those who appreciate the more thoughtful side of hip-hop.

More beats coming soon, so stay connected.

#LofiHipHop #ChillBeats #WinterVibes #ChoppedSamples #MelancholicMusic 

The End of Everything

blip Vol.1

June 2016

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“Sallaw” is a Kurdish word that expresses the passing of time, and on this new album the three sound artists have found a way of expressing that notion in music. Four tracks of slowly unfolding ambience make up this collection, each piece named after different months, again in Kurdish. The four sections represent the different seasons and their movement through time.

Sallaw

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PORYA HATAMI | AARON MARTIN | ROBERTO ATTANASIO - Rêbendan

The lead track from the new album from Francesco Giannico, entitled "Les Mondes Imaginaires"...

Francesco Giannico "Les Mondes Imaginaires"  Primum

There were endless possibilities, questions left unanswered and a door which sat ajar. There were three reasons why she might have left... The night was cold and dark, a faint chill ran through the town as he began to wonder where his long lost lover had gone. Absconding was weak and cruel - it answered as many questions as it posed and carried a bitter taste upon the tongue...

Tom Hodge & Franz Kirmann are long time collaborators and prominent musicians - the pair have worked creatively for decades and have recently recorded music behind a new documentary: "The Man Behind The Microphone". 

In doing so they also managed to compose new music of their own, built for no creative purpose other than love. This track is one of those.

PREMIERE: Tom Hodge & Franz Kirmann - Three Reasons Why [1631]

offthesky - 'fallow' (CD / CS / DL)
due out November 1st via Dronarivm

fallow
definition: [verb] - to leave (land) fallow (uncultivated and un-sown for a period of time).

the songs herein are an ode to the still beauty of forgotten light, the smell of dust-covered memory, and time-stained fragments of abandoned space at the edge of winters past.

credits

vocals - rin howell
strings - julie slater
composed effects; all other sounds - jason corder

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OFFTHESKY - Bleeds Life

Purchase / Stream: https://lnk.to/sailcloth

'Woodcut' is the debut album from Sailcloth, the project name upright bassist/multi-instrumentalist Alex Luquet records under. 'Woodcut' released July 2nd, 2021 with US label, Lost Tribe Sound.

The Pennsylvania native caught the attention of Lost Tribe Sound with the 2019 EP 'Close Keeping'. Its strong lean towards a highly textural and bass-forward sound connected it to LTS immediately.

Original discussions about the debut record centered on creating an album that pushed the often background role of the upright bass to the foreground, letting the rich, sturdy tones that the instrument is capable of be the star of the show.  With the thirteen songs of 'Woodcut', Sailcloth has well surpassed this original outline, undoubtedly giving this massive wooden instrument center stage while also delivering an album that is unexpected yet comfortable simultaneously. It delivers on those rumbling cathartic lows, though it equally gives way to some of the most satisfying big-hearted highs.

'Woodcut' contains this wide-eyed sense of wonder, warming us with its nostalgic melodies and deep earthy undertones that point towards a strong commune with nature and all that breathes around us. At times, it is refreshing, joyful, undeniably playful. Further still its gritty, awkward, elusive, contemplative. Never fully pledging its allegiance to just one spectrum on the color wheel, ‘Woodcut' evades easy classification and the stereotypical jazz-like outcomes one typically expects from the instrument. Best we can figure, it's electro-acoustic music with a longing for travel, adventure, and real connection. It's music that is eager to share its colorful experiences with all who will listen and reward them with sure-handed nuance not often heard in debut albums.

Built Upon A Fearful Void Series (New Masters Formatted)

Sailcloth - Woodcut (from Woodcut)

Finally getting round to making music, rather than fretting about the state of the world. Well, actually making music about fretting about the state of the world, but you know what I mean. (This clip = CS80, Una Corda, vocals, MonoPoly ...)

"Fretting": Una Corda + CS80 sketch: 4th Aug 2020

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