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Beverly Glenn-Copeland is already known amongst collectors and music heads for two sought-after albums of folky jazz in the key of Joni. But it was this album, originally self-released on cassette in 1986 that really caught our attention. The album, entirely recorded on DX-7 and TR-707, lies somewhere between digital new-age and (accidentally) early Detroit techno experiments. The inimitable style of BGC here is both peaceful and meditative while simultaneously rhythmic and bass heavy. The album was recorded in the northern Canadian town of Huntsville where BGC was living at the time and is a beautiful fusion of personal vision, technology and place. 

(p) & (c) Seance Centre 2017
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Design by Alan Briand

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Merriware 002 brings two new artists to the label family, Sam Brickel and Louis Marlo (Felt Sense Recs.) while also welcoming back Lou Karsh (LKR). Four tracks with influences varying between Minimal, Techno, Dub and Experimental.

Premiere: Pascal & Sam Brickel - Moon Rocks [MWARE002]

Vivid & colorful techno explorations from Gothenburg sound artist David Sabel in his Birds ov Paradise guise. Two trippy rays of sunshine through the morning mist & an Aniara remix on the flip!

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Birds ov Paradise - Olika Ljud

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https://www.facebook.com/valentinomoramusic/
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Francis Harris - Minor Forms 

Francis Harris is a founding member of the Scissor & Thread label - a Brooklyn-based imprint established 2011 as an outlet for deeper, more personal sounds, as well as music from a range of associated artists including black light smoke, Bob Moses, Frank & Tony, DJ Aakmael, Desert Sound Colony and Aris Kindt, to name a few.

Harris’ own output has gone from tightly wound tech house cuts as Adultnapper in the early days, sublime deep house
as Frank & Tony, intricate and expressive musical journeys as evident in his two solo-albums 'Leland' and 'Minutes Of Sleep', and ambient shoegaze with two Aris Kindt albums, co-produced with Gabe Hedrick. Most recently Harris branched out with a new label - Kingdoms - a home for his love of a more adventurous sound.

Now we are proud to present his new solo single, the frst since the release of 'Minutes of Sleep', 'Minor Forms' which includes two remarkable remixes by Valentino Mora.

'More We Cannot Do' is a perfect example of Harris‘ feel for depth and dynamics - a track that feels submerged in a warm amniotic fluid cocooning the listener in a thick subby bassline, providing much of the groove, with skittering percussion on top and intricate fragments of melody throughout leading to a wonderful moment with live vibraphone provided by New York player Will Shore.

'Minor Forms', the EP’s title track is cut from similar cloth - emerging from a subtly distant place to inhabit a melancholic, beautifully evocative space - somewhere between ambient, jazz and the dancefloor. Joining Harris is Greg Paulus on Trumpet, a long time friend and collaborator adding his signature touch to an already moving piece.

Valentino Mora offers up two exquisite reworks of 'Minor Forms' to complete the EP. Mora, the Berlin based Uruguayan producer, brings his own layer of depth to Harris‘ originals - the Underwater Rephrase version adds a propulsive kick and manages to shimmer and shake in subtle unexpected ways providing a purely late night dancefloor take on the original.

The Cosmic Trans Rephrase is somehow even deeper - a bubbling bass pulse anchors the track while pads drift in and out, adding to the blissful, meditative whole.

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Tracklisting:
A1. More We Cannot Do
A2. Minor Forms
B1. Minor Forms (Valentino Mora Underwater Rephase) 
B2. Minor Forms (Valentino Mora Cosmic Trans Rephase)

Francis Harris - Minor Forms (Valentino Mora Cosmic Trans Rephase)

Info:  https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=41351
Buy: https://kann.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2BVPDHh

Title: Family Horror X
Release: May 2018
Format: 3LP
Cat#: KANN36
Distribution: Diamonds and Pearls

This extensive album attemps to reflect 1 intense decade of friendship, desire, hope & love. We requested friends & idols to play their part to the full to complete the third edition of the Family Horror series. 

Innere Tueren - Eden						
Eau Thermale - Koburger Bruecke		
Underspreche - Against (Dub)				
Sevensol & Bender - Malekula					
Map.ache  - Thank U Again				
Matt Karmil - Clean Bus					
Jacques Bon & Eugene Pascal - Château D’Eau	      	
cmd q - Sequence						
Mary Yalex - Turquoise						
Art Alfie & Axel Boman - Rätt Sida Om Cirkus				
Lawrence - Cany							
Perm - HEGDL							
Philipp Matalla - Island Jam			       
FR Fels - Twilight					
Things From The Basement - Coral

Family Horror X

Innere Tueren - Eden (from Family Horror X)

Dorisburg & Fabian Bruhn - Respons På Blå Våglängder

The All Star team at Acid Camp has been touring around the world in search of inspiration. They’ve created new and engaging tracks for you to share with your favorite dance floor or your private listening environment of choice. Find part one and two of our new series at your favorite record shops. A limited run of colored vinyl will be available at Acid Camp’s Bandcamp.

Mastered by Tim Xavier at Manmade Mastering 
Artwork by Margaret Fransee 
Layout by Danielle Elkind 
Pressed at RAND 
Distributed by wordandsound

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Simic – Orbetello

Smallville 54
Julius Steinhoff - Along The Coast 

A Along The Coast
B1 Moondowner
B2 Be Myself

Smallville54 - A - Julius Steinhoff - Along The Coast - snippet

https://airtexture.bandcamp.com/album/air-texture-vi

Answer Code Request - Pasiris - Air Texture VI

Unknown Artist - Phisik 002

Acid Friend

Pink Limousene

Rolling Ones - Pink Limousine

Pre-order: https://vakant.bandcamp.com/album/ate-up-ep

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Forever cursed with “deep-“ and “tech-house” labels by the press due to decisions taken 10 years ago before he had any idea how this industry worked, Avatism returns mildly angrier than ever before with ‘Ate-Up’, an EP the producer actually started writing during an MDMA-induced lucid dream after Vakant label boss Alex spiked his drinks in 2011. 

To give his poor soul some credibility, we’ve enlisted AQXDM (Aquarian & Deapmash, fresh from their storming debut on Bedouin Records) and the mysterious Maenad Veyl (Veyl, Pinkman, Death & Leisure) on remix duties.

Ate-Up EP

Avatism - Ate-Up EP (AQXDM & Maenad Veyl RMXs) (clips)

American-born, Japan-based composer John Di Stefano self-released a number of cassettes as part of the 80s DIY underground on his own imprint Oktron Produktions, including Klang's Drift, a collaboration with Joel Graham. Living in San Francisco, Di Stefano had access to multiple University electronic music studios, where he had an impressive array of synthesizers at his fingertips, including both Buchla and Serge modular systems. Combining his knowledge of modular synthesis with a background in percussion, his early releases were a uniquely human approach to electroacoustic music, with flourishes of post punk in the mix. Di Stefano developed an interest in world music, studying Indian music theory and tabla, and after an extended trip to Indonesia in the mid 80s, he was particularly drawn to Javanese gamelan music. Future recordings would forever be indebted to the sounds he heard during those travels.
Concentric Circles is proud to present For the Moment, which features tracks from some of Di Stefano's early cassette releases, as well as a number of unheard explorations of Indian polyrhythms from the early 90s. Di Stefano’s prescient and unique work will appeal to fans of Cybe, Joel Graham, UnknownmiX, Zru Vogue, and provides a fascinating view of the 80s US electronic underground.

BUY HERE: www.seance-centre.com/other-releases…for-the-moment

Tracklisting:
A1. Compos Mentis 2:56
A2. For the Moment 5:25
A3. Nuage 10:12
B1. Ng's Office 4:34
B2. Culture Schlock 3:43
B3. Knocking At My Door 2:39
B4. Three Moon Reflection 4:50
B5. The Rain On the Leaves 2:40

Release date July 5th 2019

For EU distribution contact: info@rushhour.nl
For NA distribution contact: info@seance-centre.com

For the Moment (CC-003)

John di Stefano - For The Moment (CC-003)

Like many Canadians, Joseph Shabason and Ben Gunning like to untangle themselves from urbanity and disappear up north a few times a year. Unlike other cottage-goers, Ben and Joseph don’t while away the ur-time on jet-skis and lounge on docks reading pulpy mysteries. Instead, they bring a car full of synths, drum machines, saxophones, guitars, samplers, effects, and recording equipment to jam the days away in a cabin-fever inducing haze of wood smoke, cedar musk, hot wires and jazz sweat. 

Muldrew, recorded on the northern Ontario lake by that name, is the culmination of several years of this collaborative tradition. Resisting their penchant for composition and arrangement, the duo embarked on this project with only an open framework that encouraged restraint. The result is a sparse and improvisational album, hung on enough structure for each song to evoke a distinct, albeit ambiguous mood. Space is paramount and even the most digital elements breathe with the resonance of the room and mingle with creaking floors. The resulting album is steeped in the placid stillness and northern ambience of a lake at dawn, and the emotive expanse of a forest at dusk. Imagine an ECM cottage-series, or Jon Hassell, Hiroshi Yoshimura, and John Martyn scoring a Bela Tarr film set in rural Canada. This is the future-proof music of metropolitan polyglot minds invigorated by nature’s mute refusal to follow a click-track. 

DMM Pressing. Limited Edition of 500. 

Tracklist:
A1 Bois Blanc (4:17)
A2 Commanda (4:10)
A3 Lalla Rookh (5:43)
A4 Lowland (5:25)
B1 Crocodiles (8:06)
B2 Caraquette (5:51)
B3 The Slash (6:26)
B4 Lost Channel (4:39)

Release date July 5th 2019

For EU distribution contact: info@rushhour.nl
For NA distribution contact: info@seance-centre.com

Shabason / Gunning - Crocodiles (17SC)

Sam Mallet could have pursued a career as a French literature professor in Paris, but decided his true calling was to remain in Australia, dedicate himself to his music and find the plateau; a word he used to describe the sensory worlds residing in music. Under the influence of Eno, Jon Hassell, Arvo Pärt, John Coltrane and Robert Fripp, Sam explored a wide variety of musical styles and put them to service soundtracking the time-based works of his peers. He crafted spatial ambience, somber jazz, and drum computer driven rockers for short films and experimental video works, television shows (including the original Australian Wilfred series), feature films and live theatre. The avant garde Anthill Theatre, known for its departure from conventional staging practices and having a keen eye for talent, enlisted Mallet to provide soundtracks for approximately 40 productions throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.

Sadly, Sam passed away in 2014. A crucial piece of his legacy is undoubtedly the body of work he produced during his life, and the archive of recorded works is vast and deep. Sam seemingly saved everything, from fragments to finished pieces; and often repurposed previously released tracks by collaging them into new pieces. He self-released a small number of cassettes and CDs from the mid 1980s onward, the contents of which were culled from soundtrack work and original pieces, but the majority of his music was experienced only within the ephemeral live performances.

Wetlands is the product of countless hours spent with this archive by Rowan Mason (Sanpo Disco/Recurring Dream) and Tony Remple (Musique Plastique), offering a dynamic survey of Sam’s work, and housed in a jacket evoking the minimal design and colour palette of his earliest cassette releases. Two selections of Sam Mallet’s music were featured on the compilation Midday Moon (also produced by Rowan), released last year by Bedroom Suck Records. Along with Left Ear Records’ Antipodean Anomalies, Midday Moon has served to highlight outlier musics and scenes from Australia and New Zealand, and Wetlands plunges deeper into the catalog of this obscure yet groundbreaking artist.

Release by Musique Plastique / Recurring Dream

PRE-ORDER HERE: https://www.seance-centre.com/other-releases/sam-mallet-wetlands

For EU distribution contact: info@rushhour.nl
For NA distribution contact: info@seance-centre.com

Release date October 11th 2019

Wetlands

Sam Mallet - Tropics (MP006 / RD01)

It all began eight years ago with a copy of R. Murray Schafer’s The Tuning of the World found in a box in a cabin, deep within the Pacific coast rain forest. This catalyst provoked Scott Gailey to draw inspiration from the sublime environment that surrounds his home on the West Coast of British Columbia. This exact landscape had a profound effect years earlier on a group of composers centred around Schafer and Simon Fraser University, including Hildegard Westerkamp and Barry Truax, who banded together as the World Soundscape Project (WSP). Where the WSP was primarily interested in field recording as sound ecology - documenting, preserving, and archiving a changing landscape - Gailey explores the musicality of field recordings through various synthetic approaches, a way to access the ambiguous emotional content latent in the natural world. There is a subjectivity to Gailey’s work, and in that sense it has more in common with the sensual musique concrète of Luc Ferrari, or even the Fluxus tape works of Henning Christiansen, than with the WSP. Despite having roots in this well of thought, Polysensuality is undeniably modern, finding kinship with contemporary works by Sugai Ken, Visible Cloaks, and Meitei, while also dipping a toe in the sound pool created by Haruomi Hosono and Hiroshi Yoshimura. Gailey has previously explored this palette in his duo You’re Me with Yu Su, but here there is more space, more silence, greater extremes, and in this way it is more personal, like a soliloquy rather than a conversation.

Limited edition of 100 LPs & 50 cassettes with risograph paste-on artwork.

Tracklist:
A1 Agafia (4:04)
A2 Pithy Line (4:55)
A3 20180622-18274 (2:46)
A4 Curtain With Wind (5:23)
A5 Jewelled Turtle (1:59)
A6 Errant Moon (8:29)

B1 Grasstune (6:55)
B2 Turtle By Night (5:04)
B3 Sculpture From Earth (1:53)
B4 Wordless Sentence (7:05)
B5 Sorgente Termale in un Cantiere (5:24)

Release Date: Sept 14th

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