Essential /mu/ playlist - 4

Under the solemn gaze of Furthermore the gears of hatred and wrath grind down the bones of humanity into sustenance, digested deep within the bowels of the earth, where the roots of its ancient trees pull the flesh from the ramparts of civilization and giants move as clouds of remnant dust above the lungs of the Internal Forest. Beneath our feet the earth quakes with hunger below, awaiting the spoils of The Division Cycle to rain down and fertilize the Innermore landscape.


"way down
below us

roots and bones
grabbing all

feed the earth
more flesh and blood

barely full


way down
below us

roots and bones
grabbing all

feed the earth
more flesh and blood

belly full”

Division Cycle

Bandcamp

This track is dedicated to going back home. To the apartment, my mom and I grew up in. The feeling of safety. The birthplace.
I left it to study in the MA program for 2 years, and then again after the war in Ukraine started.
It doesn’t feel safe anymore. But I always wanted to leave my town. So I am in a weird way grateful for this push. Will I find a home again? And what home means? These are open questions.

«The Diary 2019 - 2023» is a collection of memories and impressions from the last 4 years. It consists of art, music, AI-replicated memories, generative impressions, photo documentation, and true stories. Full Diaty experience here — www.imanou.art/diary

Diary 2019 — 2023

Гнездо

The other day, I was discussing with my good old friend the constant fluctuation of the music release pendulum that I follow, oscillating between my absolutely favourite artists and labels [where sometimes it can feel like I am inside an echo chamber] and chasing the latest and new [where sometimes I am guided by marketing trends of PR]. As usual, the sweet spot is somewhere in the middle, and I will still chart my own course. Today is an immensely gorgeous example of the former, where I am eagerly celebrating a brand new release from my favourite artist – Ben Chatwin. And this is a perfect model of balance, where Chatwin does not simply sharpen his skills but projects them another leap forward, creating another new style that one day, I’m sure, will stand out as prime. If you peruse these pages you’ll be sure to find nearly every release from Ben Chatwin going back to 2015, and then, once again, even further in time, to 2008, when he was recording under another named project. But with his latest releases on Village Green, the last of which was The Hum (2020), Chatwin managed to evoke the voice of the inorganic, blending melodic beauty with intense sonics and tense, edgy rhythms. “Obsessed with the physicality of sound, Chatwin utilises modular synthesis to imbue life and instability into the recordings. Pushing his exploration of analogue textures, audio is passed through an arsenal of compressors and saturators to build layers of grit and grime around this new set of tactile compositions.” So yes, I’m a massive fan of his compositions, and yes, I have even secured a coveted remix of his for an upcoming single I intend to release any day now [more on that later!]. For his new album, titled Verdigris, Chatwin set up his own imprint, Disinter, to take us down his forward-thinking evolution of sound.

In the Fog III

Tim Hecker

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