starting with some rec i did on nye 2022 with fireworks and the sounds of filling the dishwasher / going through some things  (tracklist tba)(inluding a piece from a demo tape from a happy jam session with a good friend just a week ago) / ending with a song that i discovered in 2021 that comes back to me from time to time
and it always comes on time

29032023josef@kwia:hangoutw:k+j

incredibly honored to have been invited to contribute a piece of music for the new @companionmelb compilation.

this one is called ‘metanoia’ which essentially means the change in one’s life after a profound mystical experience. my intention with the music is for those moments of depth where your heart and mind have been opened and you feel raw and vulnerable and the music is just holding you there, reassuring that you’re experience is valid and you are seen by the universe, by the earth and by your fellow humans.

thanks to @pjenne and @milluu for including me in this amazing body of work and to all the other artists involved.

bless,
-r

metanoia

Latency marks its 10th anniversary with a special collection of commissioned works by HTRK, Damsel Elysium, and Tarawangsawelas. The three artists have crafted individual soundscapes that were showcased during the label night, held in the picturesque gardens of Villa Medici, Rome, on 26 June 2023. 

Originating from Melbourne, HTRK (pronounced ​“Hate Rock”) is a duo comprising Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang. With a discography spanning releases on labels like Ghostly, Boomkat, and their own imprint N&J Blueberries, Jonnine and Nigel have crafted a truly unique sound over the past decade. Their performances can be seen at a variety of venues like the Sydney Opera House and Rewire. 

London-based Damsel Elysium is a multifaceted artist who spans the realms of sound, visual art, and performance. Damsel utilises improvisational double bass, violin, piano and original field recordings to explore alternative connections with physical spaces and nature. They have collaborated with artists such as FKA Twigs, Celeste, Cktrl, Matt Maltese and the London Contemporary Orchestra. 

Tarawangsawelas is an Indonesian duo from Bandung. They are masters of the Tarawangsa, a traditional Sundanese instrument from West Java employed in ceremonies celebrating bountiful harvests. By combining the string instrument with a series of effect units, Tarawangsawelas conjure contemplative and hypnotic compositions while making traditional music accessible to a wider audience.

HTRK - Roma nel giardino estivo (Latency 023)

"You cannot put your foot in the same river twice. Once ᴇʀᴏꜱɪᴏɴ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴇ begins, the listener is quick to draw comparison to previous Glyn Maier releases, as in ɪɴᴅᴇꜰɪɴɪᴛᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴛɪᴄᴇꜱ or the B-Side from the Jungle Gym release ʜʟɪɴᴄ. Instead, what happens is the truest descriptor of a “departure” in style and pacing.

Going back into the deeper catalog of Maier’s work you would likely cross influences of dub techno in the clicking and delaying bass tones, with sharp field recording rustling and chirps that create a fecund listening ecosphere.

This new album instead changes the pace to a glacial presentation, starting with a dark and sleek motif, generously pouring into rhythm and more subdued field recordings of the Appalachian wilderness. It almost seems like an album showcasing Maier’s ability to listen as much as it is his ability to produce. The finishing work with synth and string sections is a sublime reminder of his deft and capable craft in sound. We may not stand in the same water as before, but the river has the same name."

- David Coccagna

An Industrial Coast production

Recorded by Glyn Maier in White Mountain + Pisgah National Forests 2019-2022 - B2 contains source material from Joe Hisashi "Kikujiro"

Audio finalized by Glyn Maier

Artwork by Laura Arteaga Charlton (www.lauraarteagacharlton.com)

Erosion Trace

Emerald Pool

second outing for @vandelayradio.

Dyl - Veil Of Ignorance Feat. DB1 [re:st]
Andriy Kostyukov - destroyer
O.Wells - Ready Fi Dem [SNC RECS]
GOD69 - Kweku
Raiden - Unlock It (Remix)
Raxa - Sudden Philosopher
Babystar - Belong To You
Notte Infinita - Atmosfera [Oscilla Sound]
Digital Wonderer - Virtual Beauty
Cypha - Cy-1er [e-quarium]
Goreshit - Aczd.fkr
Eusebeia - Committed to the Ground [Samurai Music]
Shell - Untitled [Circadian Rhythms]
Xxtarlit - Fleeting Frozen Heart
Clarity - Blue Ruin [Samurai Music]
Woesum - Summer Rain ft. Yung Lean
Playshado - 745 mix *BONUS TRACK*
Bambinodj - Stick shift pt.II
Simo Cell - Not all it's cracked up to be [TemeT]
Effe - Void City
Genus Aix - As One So Torn [INDEX:Recods]
Toada - Apaziguada
Skee Mask - Portal Perc

semi###2

Music for when things are going well. 

Glad to be back on the Skylab airwaves. Especially pleased to be sharing a mix from doris dana, 1/2 of bad LSD trips, who released one of my favourite albums last year. Catch dana's mix in the second half of the show.

Skylab - Theory Therapy E24 w/ LET & doris dana

From Bluetung's 'Eternity by the Stars' Remixes, featuring 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒍𝒔𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑻 𝑴 𝒁𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒈, 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝑱𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑵𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒐, 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒐𝒆, 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉, 𝑾𝒂?𝒔𝒕𝒆 and 𝑾𝒚𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔.

On bandcamp https://bluetung.bandcamp.com/album/eternity-by-the-stars-remixes

'Eternity by the Stars' Remixes

Troth - Ascension (Province Céleste Rework)

@paceyourselfrecords

BC: https://paceyourself.bandcamp.com/album/brutal-flowers

Putting a pigeon amongst the cats we are back with that good shit. An out of step, incidental artefact of peaceful sophistry: YS - Brutal Flower (2 x “12 LP). A no airs and graces piece of cool future-proof ambience. A modern ballad for brave young clubbers, local pubbers, slipstream warriors, and emotional doggers.

The distinctive aesthetic hallmarks of YS are all here: slabs of urban flavour from emotional interior; raw data straight from the interface. ‘Untethered’ and ‘Down’ are chopped-up cuts of searching R’n’B - jaded jams of lustful erasure. On the flipside, blunted desire lingers in ‘Fading
Memory’. Both hopeful and mourning: this is the lay of the land in Brutal Flowers sharing that rare strain of underground synesthesia best located in dark undercurrents of early Mo Wax.

The orchestral ambience of ‘Autumn OST’ is a potent stupor of end credit cinematics. Coming up for air. It feels young in an ancient sort of way: pure as first snow. And from here in the album unfolds with the patience, tranquility and the expansive poise of a work that is for now and always. Pulsating gently to assured ending with ‘Be Together’ - a flickering skyline, swarming with warm memories. In between there’s flashes of heartbreak reminiscent of Beltran's Ten Days of Blue and Blunt’s Stone Island (‘Look Up’ feels like a sort of spiritual successor to ‘Wake up’), that being said, when push comes to shove it only it ever flirts with its own reality.

An aesthetic reflection of a creative process that is delicate and restless. Created in the edges, where long distances, fast cities and global melancholia are wrought large. Burning the midnight oil Berlin-Singapore style: from real to reel. A sentimental exercise of modern faith by old
friends. With a nudge and a wink, Brutal Flowers is a (de)coded map of memories wavering with familiar intrigue. Patient listeners and the already initiated will be rewarded on re-visits - as playful & profound as you please, as deep as the heart.

The scathe that cuts is clean and deep. There are no sleight of hands to be found in this opus, only hearts are worn on the sleeve here.

A hill we’d gladly die on

pi pi pi premiere: YS - Pilgrimage (Pace Yourself)

On July 19th Japan-based ambient artist Kouhei, likewise known as Ultrafog @ultrafog, performed a set of new and original material at Nina HQ.

The recording is now available on Nina at https://www.ninaprotocol.com/6GX2gqThLDURRdzWmDVwDYbpUzY1f2jCvZLBbmZWFyXV

Nina Night 010 - Ultrafog (Clip)

Track from forthcoming cassette/digital "Spiritual World" out 10/2/23 on Lillerne

Alien D - Crystal Chamber (w/Mister Water Wet)

BLACK MIRROR

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Sydney-based label, mix series and radio show run by Low End Theorists.

CHANTSSSS - Shyness [cotherapy] 
https://theorytherapy.bandcamp.com/album/shyness

Banner image: CHANTSSSS by Yaro Svyatykh

Troth - Ascension (Province Céleste Rework)

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