Holding the tension of opposites is a theme running throughout the work of Angelo Harmsworth, and the six pieces comprising Vent are no exception. Inspired by the different and oftentimes clashing forces comprising our weather systems, the New Mexico-born but now Berlin-based musician and producer envisioned his “compositions as micro-ecologies,” wherein “powerful waves push off one another.” The patterns emerging from this captivating music represent some of Harmsworth’s most complex to date. Swells of foreboding frequencies and jarring maximalist textures may bear down on listeners, yet an undercurrent of bliss–so deeply submerged it borders on the subliminal–manages to infuse even the most tumultuous moments of Vent with a calming groundedness.

And also like the climate, especially in the age of the Anthropocene, this cassette unfolds in ways that are profoundly unpredictable. An artist known for his ability to span the divides separating underground noise, sound design, ambient and industrial, Harmsworth ensures that each successive piece makes a radical break from what preceded it. This quality becomes particularly apparent when contrasting sides. The nearly harsh-noise, distortion-charged moments punctuating Side A are nowhere to be found on Side B, which reveals moments of vast, spectral beauty that reflect his roots in the desert landscapes of the American Southwest.

Of course, this kind of sonic breadth only comes with experience, of which Harmsworth has plenty. Steadily recording and releasing experimental music since the early 2010s, he has worked with some of the sub-underground’s stand-out imprints, including Angoisse, Bathetic Records, Total Black, and Opal Tapes. Placed in the context of his impressive catalog, Vent can be seen as both a continuation of what came before and a bold new development.

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Angelo Harmsworth is a musician & sound artist whose works tends to fluctuate between austerity and decadence. Currently based in Germany, he has been published by a network of experimental labels in addition to his own imprint, Lime Lodge. 

releases July 26, 2022

Recorded by Angelo Harmsworth
Audio finalized by Glyn Maier
Artwork by Angelo Harmsworth
Design by RJM Vanderheyden

Vent

Angelo Harmsworth - Drag Net Capture (ENXPL15)

textural ecstasy from @s_l_y_n recorded live at co:clear in August '23

₀₁₉ 𝘀𝗹𝘆𝗻

Tryphème - a walk in the vercors
Pavel Milyakov & Yana Pavlova - strong willed
Anatolian Weapons - an afterthought
Sun City Girls - vine street piano
Héron Cendré - 3-4
Panoram - veroin
Mermaid Chunky - ceili
Yimino - no gamet 
Leafar Legov - fade
Kiva - eternity born 
Dezil - san ou (tryphème remix)
Arielle - minuit moins une
Tryphème - sandy family
Tryphème - fisher's dream
Curt Boettcher - lament of the astral cowboy

Tryphème - NTS radio show 07/06/24

pitter​-​patter, pit​-​pat, listen to the rain! pitter​-​patter, pit​-​pat, raining again​.​.​.

room inside

https://soundcloud.com/iinatti for https://soundcloud.com/sofftronic

https://www.retreatradio.net/foil

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Tracklist:
NA DJ - funk terrorist
FKOFF1963 - Pump La Haunted
DJ Babatr - The Journey
Physical Therapy - Door Jammer
DJ Caesar- Tecno Masague
OSSX - !!!
Onleash - Bendecido
D.Dan - Sudan Sedan
MM - QBT16
Rabit - Straps
Nick León feat. DJ Babatr - Xtasis
Courtesy feat. Merely - Boadicea
Lavery - Intro Dubplate
FAKETHIAS - Snute
DJ Clent - Power
DJ Deeon - Tek 57
Dinamarca - Praise The Lord
Clannad - Theme from Harry’s Game

FOIL #13 w/ Iinatti (26/10/24)

Curio earworms and other obsessions from Krakow's Natalia Panzer. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/natalia-panzer/episodes/natalia-panzer-7th-december-2024

Natalia Panzer 071224

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