[p*dis] distribution sampler for September 2016

p*dis sampler 2016.09

From my label releases

Excerpt from 'BELONGING TO THE INFINITY'.
Ref : ST009.
Limited CD + digital (march 2015).
Photography : Mehran Naghshbandi
Mastering : Taylor Deupree @12K

This is the first collab release between David Teboul (LINEAR BELLS / France) & Nguyễn Hồng Nhung (SOUND AWAKENER / Vietnam).

Infos :
http://soft-recordings.com/
https://www.facebook.com/softlabel
https://softrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://soundawakener.bandcamp.com/


SOUND AWAKENER + LINEAR BELLS 'post-modern structuralism' (ST009)

A portrait of a street corner in Hanoi, Vietnam for the Tiny Portraits project 
flamingpines.com/tiny-portraits/

After watching a film shown at Goethe institut, I walked outside 
to go home. Suddenly I realized all the sounds around me, 
at that time, were so colorful and lively. So I decided to record 
hem. The sounds from moving trees, leaves, insects, wind, 
people talking and motorbikes – all represents the typical 
urban landscapes in Hanoi at night. Those field recordings 
were manipulated then mixed with processed music box to 
create a storytelling ambient piece. 

Sound Awakener, Hanoi, Vietnam 

Nocturnal Scenes - Sound Awakener - Tiny Portraits

A sweet track from the upcoming album, Movement Of An Old Soul...by Nhung Nguyen and cinchel...

Nhung Nguyen & cinchel   Chapter IX

From the album Momentform Accumulations by Automatisme

Automatisme
Momentform Accumulations
180gLP/CD/DL
CST118

cstrecords.com/cst118
automatisme.bandcamp.com/

Momentform Accumulations

Automatisme • "Simultanéité 1"

Dead Light was created after Anna Rose Carter and Ed Hamilton moved from London to a quiet, remote space in the countryside. The migration out of the sprawling metropolis to their new rural refuge was a transition that significantly impacted them both, and one that continues to turn and shift under the ambivalence of change, loss, and new beginnings.

Dead Light is released on vinyl, CD and digital download on October 14th, 2016.

Preorder here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dead-light/id1138056150

www.villagegreenrecording.co.uk

Dead Light - Blooms

Pre-order the album 'Aforger' out October 14th on LP/CD/DL here: http://phonofile.link/aforger

In a digital age where memories are mimicked by pixels and identity is as malleable as static, Douglas Dare’s new album Aforger questions the boundaries between reality and fiction. 

Inspired by recent events and revelations encountered in his life these songs depict Dare at his most vulnerable, whilst simultaneously reflecting our own obsession with reality and technology back at us.  

Aforger was mixed at the iconic Abbey Road Studios and produced by long-time collaborator Fabian Prynn. In the following conversation Douglas strips back the personal journeys and realisations which preceded its recording.

In a conversation with Douglas Dare on July 11th 2016:

The album title plays with the idea of a forger – someone creating imitations or copies, and reimagines them as the creator of something that’s no longer real. Prior to writing the record, I came out to my father and came out of a long relationship, both were hugely challenging for me and questioned my idea of identity and reality. These thoughts leaked out into the record and formed the core of Aforger. I was determined not to write a break-up album or repeat what I’d done before..

I grew up on quite an isolated farm in Dorset, surrounded by fields and not much besides. My mother taught piano from home and we didn’t have a computer, or the internet or mobile phones. In fact, my family still chooses not to use these things. It’s worlds apart from my life now in London where technology seems to dominate everything I do.

After finding out my boyfriend had been leading this double-life, I became obsessed with the question of what is real and George Orwell’s 1984 felt appropriate for me to re-read. Orwell explains this idea of reality control and Doublethink, and it struck a chord with me. The idea that truth can be steered or changed, and we might be able to believe two contradictory things at once. In my case, ignorance was my protection from the truth and ignorance really is bliss, until you’re no longer ignorant.

Binary talks about the idea that technology is allowing us to live on after we’re gone. A relative of mine whose parent passed away kept a picture of them on their phone as a background image. A friend saw this and asked ‘how can you have that there to constantly remind you of your loss?’ They replied, ‘no I have to, it shows me that they’re still here’. This resonated with me and I thought ‘okay, this is just an image to me but to them it’s more than a reminder or a reassurance, it’s a reality’. At the same time, I was finding myself haunted by the digital reminder of my ex-partner and wishing they would disappear. I had to realise that it’s all just pixels on a screen. 

I think New York can be thought of as this fabricated, magical place. I was there with my boyfriend after touring the U.S., but when I came back to London I discovered all these lies and began questioning everything. I even questioned whether New York actually happened or not. New York is a song that’s literally describing that very real feeling of not knowing who or what to believe any more – scary and magical at the same time. 

Lyrically I wanted to be as honest as possible. The album deals with so much dishonesty, so I felt the lyrics had to be the counterbalance. I was inspired by Björk’s album Vulnicura and how everything is almost awkward in its honesty. Like my first album, Aforger started as poetry, but I consciously tried to be less poetic. For instance, Oh Father is an example of complete unambiguity. It’s certainly the most personal song I’ve put out there, and the realisation that people may hear it makes me feel very vulnerable. That’s the most real feeling of all for me right now. 

Aforger

Doublethink

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Douglas Dare - Doublethink

Title : Dance
Artist : Marihiko Hara & Polar M
Cat # : mnc017
Release Date : September 2016
Format : CD / Digital
Genre : Post-Classical / Instrumental Pop 

01. Duo
02. The Season Changes
03. Ray of Light
04. Monologue
05. Dance
06. Ocean of Night
07. Beryl
08. Asia
09. Gone Gone Gone
10. On The Silent Way 

“Laughing, singing, dancing
Laughing, singing, and dancing
Howling, sobbing, shouting
Howling, shouting, sobbing
Laughing, singing, and dancing

Dancing.”

After releasing their critically acclaimed debut album “Beyond”, Kyoto-based Marihiko Hara and Polar M (Masumi Muranaka) have embarked on a series of live performance around Asia region, including Korea, Malaysia and many places in Japan. Each time they performed together, the sense of how their individual sounds complement each other grew stronger. And with these live performances, their interweaving sounds have underwent subtle refinement – they become even more profound and exquisite, and far more interconnected.

While touring, the duo was also actively collaborating with dance choreographers. In early 2016, the duo was again commissioned to compose new pieces for a dance performance. It was during that time, their brand new 2nd album “Dance”, was conceived.

Through their interactions with the talented dancers across Asia, these two very gifted musicians started to explore the meanings of “dance”. Gradually, they have come to realised that, everything in our daily life can be regarded as “dance” – the rhythm of the changing seasons, the subtle movement of time, the weight of words, the shifting of emotion, the cycle of life, all parts that form our lives, are indeed in themselves – a “dance”. And in this gorgeous new album, using their ever delicate sounds, the duo graciously illustrated this aesthetic interpretation of “dance”.

Musically, the duo picked up where they left off in their very successful debut album - traces of refined post-classical, melodic folktronica, floating ambient, and glimpses of jazz, continued to be found in this 2nd album. What is more apparent in this new album is that the guitars had taken a more prominent role. As such, the sound textures and melody movements have become much richer and more diverse, which impeccably reflect the refinement that underwent for the musical style of Marihiko and Masumi.

The duo’s good friend, Mia Cabalfin - a renowned contemporary dancer from Philippines, who lent her wonderful voice in the debut album, continued to feature in this album by performing the hauntingly beautiful spoken words in the album title track. This album is tastefully mastered by Tokyo’s renowned musician and sound engineer, Chihei Hatakeyama, and features photo by Ken Furudate, and design by Seitaro Nishioka. In addition, the artist management for the duo is supported by the excellent people from Kyoto’s label and event organiser NightCruising. 

Credits:
composition, arrangement & mixed by Marihiko Hara & Polar M
track 5 : spoken words by Mia Cabalfin

mastering: Chihei Hatakeyama
photo: Ken Furudate
design: Seitaro Nishioka

To enquire about distribution, please kindly email us at info(a)mu-nest.com. Thank you. 

DANCE / Marihiko Hara & Polar M (album preview sample)

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Gallery Six + Sound Awakener - Here Comes The Acoustic Season 

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“This album basically consists of beautiful sound materials from Nguyễn Hồng Nhung aka Sound Awakener, based in Hanoi, Vietnam. Her special soundscape brought me many inspirations, so I immediately figured out what I have to do. Although both of us have basically been trying to turn our attentions to beauty which inhere in elements of minimalism, consecutiveness, silence, darkness, at the beginning of making this album, in an attempt to share each other's sensibility, we interacted very often, and then, eventually found out the affinity. To combine things we see, hear, touch, taste, smell, feel in our everyday life is just only what we wanted to express in our music. We have confidently concluded that it's a thing we've been looking for. We two artists from Asia are, as it were, AWAKENER with SIX senses.” 

•	Hidekazu Imashige (Gallery Six) 


“I discovered Gallery Six’s music in summer 2014. I really, really love the sound he created as well as his photos so I got in touch with him and we started discussing a bit about the collaboration. I am much inspired by his approach to field recordings and electronic sounds – which is a great reminder of nature. 

In this album I tend to focus on layering soft soundscapes and adding classical music influence – this is the first time I’ve ever done it. 
For me Minimalistic Freedom is an experience for the peace of mind and my usual admiration for nature. It is a strange sweetness through pain – since most of my parts were recorded at one of the hardest times in my life. It is my pleasure to have Gallery Six throughout this musical journey.” 

•	Nhung Nguyen (Sound Awakener)
credits
releases August 30, 2016 

All tracks composed and recorded by Hidekazu Imashige and Nhung Nguyen 

Mixed by Hidekazu Imashige 

Mastering by Mark Kuykendall at Unknown Tone Studios (www.UnknownToneStudio.com) 

Artwork/Photography by Hidekazu Imashige 
Cover image by Mark Kuykendall 
Total play: 40:27

ORDER HERE: https://unknowntonerecords.bandcamp.com/album/here-comes-the-acoustic-season

Here Comes The Acoustic Season

Gallery Six + Sound Awakener - Here Comes The Acoustic Season

Portion / Acryl (SRCD065)

1. ?
2. ayahaaa
3. Acrylic
4. UUDDFF
5. PNA
6. 25mg
7. KKVMNBE
8. dio
9. Cola
10. Enamel

produce : Acryl (dagshenma & Madegg)
mastering : Ken'ichi Itoi
photo : Shun Ishizuka

Acrylic / Acryl

Taken from the upcoming album 'Little Things' by Dalot & Sound Awakener...

'Little Things' is the first full length collaboration between Vietnamese sound artist Nhung Nguyen (Sound Awakener) and Greek sound artist Maria Papadomanolaki (Dalot). The album marks the completion of a 1.5 year-long exploration of common threads and interests between the two artists most notably the quotidian, the minute and the unnoticed often found in the fringes of big cities, busy landscapes and trajectories. It starts from ground-level interactions, field recordings of soundwalks in parks, on the streets, hydrophones in rivers and contact microphones on bridges and delicately moves to the ethereal; building up atmospheres of dreamsequences that differ from track to track. 

‘Little things’ was created by a process of exchange and extraction of draft ideas between the two artists. The creative and personal connection was deep which results in a sense of intuition and mystery throughout the album. Each track has undergone iterative transformations until its final stage, with each artist peeling off layers and sculpting textures and moods prompted by words, memories and places. While, ‘Strangers in the city’ places the listeners in an urban junction, still with their eyes closed, ‘all that fall’ contemplates on the beauty of fallen leaves, autumnal afternoons and the smell of rain. In pieces like ‘a good day to be alone’ the two artists create feather-like motions resembling invisible drizzles of emotions, solitude and dreams filling up an empty, quiet room on a sunny morning. Elsewhere in the album, as in ‘sailing’, darkness supersedes lightness in a long dive into unknown waters. 

The album creates a journey for the listener; a journey of changes between the two artists’ lives; the changes in seasons, life-events, ordinary moments  and creative processes that affected the perspectives and emotional states within which this album was produced. Rainer Maria Rilke has written that ‘the only journey is the one within’. In ‘Little Things’ the two artists offer an adventurous exploration of internal landscapes through sound and memory, the light and shadow encountered within. Nguyen and Papadomanolaki embark in a musical dialogue in an effort to create a new common dialect between them, a place where they can feel both familiar and lost. 

Music: Dalot & Sound Awakener
Mastering: James Plotkin
Design: Daniel Crossley

www.fluidaudio.bigcartel.com

Little Things

Strangers In The City

Dalot & Sound Awakener - Strangers In The City

Hello everyone!

Firstly...many of our releases are now available digitally here...

https://timereleasedsound.bandcamp.com/ 

Founded in 2011, Time Released Sound is a lovingly hand made, limited edition release music label that is as much an art project as it is a musical outlet. Focusing primarily on classically infused and folk based ambient and electroacoustic sounds by the artists we know, love and admire, we will be striving at all times to produce visuals and packaging for these fine releases that are as original and uniquely beautiful as the music itself.

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