ambient

trance

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ECLECTIC PICKS - WEEKLY PLAYLIST (BATCH 564)

01. Soundscapes (Ambient)

Todd Yla (FKA AWL) returns to Musique Concrete, with “Over”, his latest EP - an exploration into Jungle, Melodic House, Garage and much more.

Ever since hearing a few of these tracks around one year ago, we were in love, and we cannot wait for you all to hear this amazing EP, with four originals, and one edit from Larmour!

https://toddawl.bandcamp.com/album/todd-yla-over

https://soundcloud.com/toddawl
https://soundcloud.com/musique-concrete1

PREMIERE: Todd Yla - The Promise [Musique Concrète]

Space conquest, once a child’s dream or a billionaire’s whim, is now an absolute imperative.
Humanity, desperate to find a new habitable planet, sends pioneers to exoplanets.
First Exploration is the diary of one of these explorers: CCTemple , sent on a mission to the planet CC Zone N7, with no possibility of return. There he discovers a fragile and luxuriant flora.


✦ STREAM / DOWNLOAD ✦
https://Baco.lnk.to/FirstExploration

✦ CCTEMPLE ✦
https://www.instagram.com/cctemplemusic/

✦ CREDITS ✦
First Exploration Album by CCTemple 
Released on @iot-records  06.14.2024
Composed by CCTemple
Mix : Thomas Terrien / Master : Yoann Lê
© 2023 I.O.T Records
Published by CYLID
[IOT89]

HomeSeq

S.E.T.I.

We find ourselves submerged beneath a derelict central Berlin building occupied by artists and anarchists. It is flooded with heavy electronic noise, smoke, damp stale air, and unfettered indifference.

The individual creating the noise is not visible, all we see are the loudspeakers behind a barrier. The performer becomes utterly irrelevant, and I decide the sound might as well be coming from a swollen tomato. 

As the noise reaches its peak, bouncing off the dirty brick basement walls, I feel compelled to shout back in response. A German lady asks if I am part of the performance, and I tell her that we all are.

The Madness Begins

Good Day

Exploration No. 1

Purchase on Bandcamp

Exploration Number 1

Birds

Rabbit Hole ( remix ) incl. Wade in The Water

CRYSTAL SHARDS 4 (feat. The Fantom Man)

I wrote this song as an ode to sleep. A request for sleep. A need for sleep. In the darkness of the early days of young babies, sleep was the only thing I could think about. It was everything. And still it remains the answer to most of life's problems.

I recorded all the parts at home. Rosanna Schura joins me with some haunting vocals. I particularly like the freeform section at the end, where the song drifts aimlessly around like a middle aged musician in a sleepy village.

Produced by DG Solaris (Danny Green)
DG - vocals, guitars, piano, bass, drums
Rosanna Schura - vocals
Mixed and mastered by Hugh Wilkin
Artwork by DG, an image of Billy Bob and Nico

Lyrics:

It would be lovely to sleep
But I doubt that sleep
Has that plan for me
Her arms wrapped around another tree
I’m here still lifeless
Twisted branches

I am breathing like a hungry minotaur
Which direction will I go
I am breathing like a dusty rusty nail
Your words echo just let go
Just let
O just let it go

It would be lovely to sleep
O it would be lovely to sleep
O it would be lovely to sleep

I am breathing like a hungry minotaur
Which direction will I go
I am breathing like a dusty rusty nail
Your words echo just let go
Just let
O just let it go

Lovely To Sleep

Long Wave Digital

Give

Another Dimension

Overture. Hope.

Holding Patterns. Sometimes I think I spend too much time in airports.

Low Motion. Originally titled “Slow motion” until I realized there are thousands of songs titled “Slow Motion”. I dropped the “S”. This is “Low Motion”.

Static Lullaby. Probably not really a Lullaby per se, and maybe not ambient. You can decide.

Losing Yourself in the Answer. Perfect.

Go Home. I really am enjoying myself. I’m having a good time, but truth be told I really just want to go home.

One Foot. In this life sometimes the best we can do is put one foot in front of the other.

The Day the Internet Went Away. Inspired by a power outage. What did we used to do before the internet?

Geraniums. I think they are one of my favorite flowers for some reason, I don’t know why.

Seventy Eights. As in 78 RPM records where it all started. There is something fascinating about taking little clips of sound and making them into something else.

Produced and mixed by Derek Carter (KapTep)
Spoken words on Overture (1) by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf), Yulia Rychkova, and Stephanie Carter
Guitar on The Day the Internet Went Away (8) by Christian Alsemgeest
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev
Cover picture by Derek Carter
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

www.chitrarecords.com

Exhale

Static Lullaby

Flowing

olive trees

olive trees (feat. Talha Wise Wolf)

Onyx

Eyes Closed

staycation

This piece of music was written firstly with a simple vocal melody. It evolved into something more meaningful and ethereal as time progressed. Symbolising love and loss and all the confusing parts in between.

Released on 7’’ vinyl and digital via Waxing Crescent 
June 2025

Luke x

Iona

'Here's Your Life, Enjoy' is Jewelia’s first single after the release of her album Little Wins last year (which received accolades from Clash Magazine, The Daily Star, FAULT, Notion, Wonderland and many others). 

The new song marks a shift from pop to an alt-rock sound with 00s pop-punk influences. Jewelia is reminiscing about the past while channeling her inner rebel to break through childhood conditioning and live life on her own terms.

This is the first of several tracks recorded with her band, and part of a future EP called 'If not now, then when?'. 

In April 2025, Jewelia is set to embark on her first UK tour with her band (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Southampton and Brighton).

Jewelia - Here's Your Life, Enjoy!

Modem Punk is a science fiction genre that is dominated by old technologies from the late 20th century.

Produced and mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) & Derek Carter (KapTep)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) with AI
Artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Onyx

Trevas