Remarkable quality. The sound pierces through  my soul.

What are the differences and similarities between human and artificial sound, between oscillations generated by vocal cords and synthesizer voices, voltage amplified by speakers? On Silencio, his latest album for Tresor Records, Moritz von Oswald works with a 16-voice choir to explore this concept. 

Drawing from the ensemble works of long-standing inspirations Edgard Var&egrave;se, Gy&ouml;rgy Ligeti and Iannis Xenakis, von Oswald and Vocalconsort Berlin delve into the space between sounds, creating a deeply textured collection that shifts between light &amp; ethereal and dark &amp; dissonant. 

As masterfully demonstrated in the early work of von Oswald and Mark Ernestus' influential Basic Channel project, repetition and reduction are key elements here, much in the tradition of techno and minimalism. The vast dynamism of the human voice adds to the profound weight of electronics while offering up a rhythmic source and sonic noise palette unexplored in von Oswald's repertoire. In Silencio, von Oswald dredges a dank murk, pulling clouds over a distant pulse. It hangs, ready to take on new forms. 

The compositions were written in von Oswald's Berlin studio on classic synthesizers, such as the EMS VCS3 &amp; AKS, Prophet V, Oberheim 4-Voice and the Moog Model 15. These abstract recordings were transcribed to sheet music for choir by Berlin-based Finnish composer and pianist, Jarkko Riihim&auml;ki and performed by Vocalconsort Berlin in &Ouml;lberg church in the city's Kreuzberg district, only few metres down the road from where Dubplates &amp; Mastering and Hard Wax opened their doors for music enthusiasts for many years so long. 

The recordings of the choral versions were then incorporated into the synthesized parts of the album and brought into anew electronic context; in Silencio, the focus is not on using one means to imitate the other, but to sonically discuss the tensions and harmonies between the two worlds and create a dialogue between them. 

The relationship between von Oswald and Tresor Records goes back thirty years, all the way to Blake Baxter's Dream Sequence in 1991 - which von Oswald engineered alongside Thomas Fehlmann. The collaboration with Fehlmann lived on, seeing the duo team up as 3MB with Eddie Fowlkes or Juan Atkins. More recently, the Detroit-Berlin connection continued as Juan Atkins &amp; Moritz von Oswald present Borderland. 

For von Oswald, Tresor Records and also the participating guest musicians of the choir, this release brings together audiences from other musical areas, cross-pollinating; Silencio is an album that stands for itself beyond the musical genre boundaries.

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Moritz von Oswald - Silencio

the best days of my life i spent at night.//2022

vielen dank:)

xx

night with you/ночь с тобой

‘Beams of Light’ is a collections of ambient and modern classical tracks that addresses in equal measure the perceptual and the corporeal: these are sounds that sink into the body, exhibiting a tactility that pushes, pulls, bends and yields with fearsome vibrancy. It’s a rich interdependence that lets the tracks breathe, grow and mutate with uncanny organicism.
Finding moments of melody amongst the wide landscape of abstract sounds and samples is the only glimpse of reality you’ll find down here.

Curated by Laura BCR, Ina Kacz and Simone Gatto
Artwork by Sophie Vaillant

Mastered at 73049 Dubplate

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Link to pre-order:
https://pregnantvoid.bandcamp.com/album/beams-of-light

Beams of Light

Various | Beams Of Light | snippets

Moritz von Oswald - Luminoso

Moritz von Oswald - Librarsi

Moritz von Oswald - Infinito

Moritz von Oswald - Colpo

Moritz von Oswald - Infinito (Version)

From the depths of an unnamed forest come the rhythmic rumblings of Oreste, and his forthcoming long player from the ever incredible Annulled Music imprint. Ranging through a variety of textures, moods, field recordings and more, Oreste has shown his maturity as a producer and the sheer scope of soundscapes that he’s capable of creating. After having supported his music through our Sundays are for selections, we’re incredibly happy to premiere ‘Locus Form’ from Swelling Truth.

Starting with a steady, pulsating beat provides a foundation for the entirety of Locus Form. The beats are deliberate, with a hint of tension, creating a sense of forward movement. The rhythmic pattern might be reminiscent of a heartbeat or the ebb and flow of water, reinforcing the hypnotic quality of the music. On top of this structure, the saw-like synth is steady in its presence providing a growling energy just sitting below the surface.

Locus Form and the rest of Swelling Truth will be released on the 3rd of November by Annulled Music.

Writeup by @huedj

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PREMIERE: Oreste - Locus Form [Annulled Music]

PRU Y RVU - TRESOR NEW FACES 12.06 : RITUAL CYCLES

PRU Y RVU - TRESOR NEW FACES 12.06 : NOHAR

my attempt with movie soundtrack
instagram - breedcore.mati

Reincarnation

Eletun Selona - Sirma Soalate
Incl. remixes by @segv

Tracklist:
A1. Untitled
A2. Untitled
B1. Segv Detroit Mix
B2. Segv Dub Mix

Released by: sewer sender
Release/catalogue number: SSNDR004
Format: 12" Vinyl
Release date October 5, 2017

Buy here:
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Distributed World Wide by DBH MUSIC www.dbh-music.com
Limited to 300 copies.

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Eletun Selona - Sirma Soalate (SSNDR004)

A1 Agonis - Huting Drums

made for a fundraiser ep for BlackLivesMatter, released on Spazio Disponibile

Quarto Freddo

Neel - Planatia

At midnight, on March 13th 1991, a basement door opened at Leipziger Strasse 126, Berlin. Through this door, many passed, on their way to defining new terrains in electronic music. There they found a dance floor in the vaults of a closed-down department store, with a unique sound bound to dense fog, building night after night a history that was also a vision of the future. 

This history has seen in Jeff Mills’ first sets on three turntables, Underground Resistance's first live appearances in Europe, grandiose Tresor Park parties, to various chapters of the Loveparade with Sven Väth in the 90s and since then countless generation-spanning parties. These moments represent the highlights of infinite personal clubbing experiences. It is the manifestation of the Berlin spirit, emerging from its considerable strife. This history is not without its complications - from temporary closure by the authorities and several raids in the early years to closure and demolition of the old location in 2005. What followed was years of wandering in exile and, finally, resurrection in the new home in Kraftwerk Berlin.

These stories, conversations and shared experiences within our walls forge a resilience that drives towards a shared ideal, the Tresor sound: community, resistance, and the world to come. This was observed in the newly re-unified German youth, who danced and celebrated together from the club’s inception, and into the present day through ongoing community work in Detroit. 

Tresor Records was founded in the same year and began to serve as a platform for exporting the new sounds associated with Tresor all around the world. Emergent musicians from Michigan, such as Juan Atkins, Underground Resistance and Drexciya, were pivotal in shaping these early years. Their visits to Berlin would kick-start dialogue between the youth movement in Europe and these musicians. This story is one of friendship and community-building, inextricably linked with cities like Detroit, Birmingham or Edinburgh, where like-minded friends built something truly special, where revelatory rhythms soundtrack decaying industry in corrupted metropoles. 

Tresor Records has been the fertile soil for dozens upon dozens of creative minds, from the very luminaries of the scene who developed electronic music over the last three decades through to contemporary protagonists who are currently defining the sound of the future -  A more than 300 strong catalogue displays an unmistakable identity - the Tresor spirit.

To those that have danced before, and to those that will dance in the future: the light at the end of the long Tresor tunnel is a signal. A flicker amidst the fog. This is our future. This is our place.

Moritz von Oswald - Silencio

Tresor Records

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