Name: RdFrndly by Underwater Chess
Duration: 3 min 57 s
Description: From the first album of underwater chess InJoy your fear. Produced by u.c. Photovoltaic records

From the first album of underwater chess InJoy your fear. Produced by u.c. Photovoltaic records

RdFrndly

Title track from Leafcutter John's new album, Resurrection(Pathway009)

A panoramic sound world of drifting vocals over a densely-processed terrain of mud-caked percussion and guitar, Leafcutter John’s new solo album, Resurrection, is a characteristically unique blend of the electronic and the acoustic, the hi-tech, the human and the homemade.
Resurrection is the sixth Leafcutter John album and his first solo release since 2006’s The Forest and The Sea CD/LP(Staubgold). In the intervening nine years, John has toured from Vietnam to Venice, appeared live with Beck Hansen and Imogen Heap, and provided the score for Crow, a major theatre project by Handspring (creators of War Horse). 

During this time, John has also maintained his permanent role as the unpredictable, electronic antagonist in Polar Bear, the twice Mercury Music Prize-nominated, genre-defying jazz band.
This new record marks fifteen years of releases by Leafcutter John. Born John Burton in Wakefield (Yorkshire, England), his highly original musical voice was first spotted by Mike Paradinas, label boss of Planet Mu Records. Over the course of his first three albums (2000-2003), John established and developed his idiosyncratic London-based studio, and his skills as an inventor of unusual instruments and extraordinary music software.
Resurrection begins with the sound of a single bell, in homage to one of John’s major influences, Bernard Parmigiani’s De Natura Sonorum (1976). From there, the album unfolds over five cinematically varied tracks, “like floating above a world in constant flux,” in John’s own words. In fact, aerial photographs of the Japanese tsunami of 2011 were a direct inspiration for the record.
“I would create complete, fully-formed compositions,” says John, “then later, I’d come back to them, playing the part of
the destroyer, scraping and smearing away elements, weathering, piling up and re-ordering them, as if they’d been hit by a natural disaster.”
Not content with the usual tools available to the electronic musician, John has created innovative new systems and techniques for both live performance and production. This includes a light-controlled instrument that allows him manipulate his live sound through gesture, flickering candles, flashing torches and pyrotechnics. For the track “Gulps,” John coded special software to layer huge swathes of sound. Using a recursive system, he created 7.1 billion layers of a recording of the North Sea, one for each human alive on the planet at the time of writing.
Featuring a guest appearance by Shabaka Hutchings (Sons of Kemet), “Gulps” is a poignant demonstration of John’s
approach: Hutchings’ intimate clarinet is gradually engulfed by a (literal) ocean of sound. This is sculptural sound design
where technological innovation is always at the service of the emotional impact of the music: deeply human at its root, and
mind-expanding in its ambition.

Desire Path Recordings
www.desirepathrecordings.com | leafcutterjohn.com

Credits
Written and produced by Leafcutter John, with Varpu
Kronholm playing additional percussion on “I Know You
Can” and Shabaka Hutchings playing Clarinet on “Gulps.”
“Endless Wave” contains elements of “Forest Of Spades” by
Strings Of Consciousness, used with permission.
Mastered by James Plotkin
Photography by Max Baillie
Design by Chris Koelle, Leafcutter John, and Varpu Kronholm

Distributed by Revolver

Leafcutter John - Resurrection

"Per spring Bed" included in 'Fragments' compilation featuring artists as: Bagaski, MarcelDune, Echo Canyon, Bill Anagnos, ΠΕΡΑ ΣΤΑ ΟΡΗ, PITA (Peter Rehberg/ Editions Mego), Spivak, Turbo Teeth & emdy
by Numb Capsule Records. 
// Record Store Day 2017 // NC008

Per Spring Bed

i hate models - heartbreaker (attlas bootleg)

Label: Amplify records
Catalog#: AMPLD009
Format: digital

AMPLD009 reflects a desire for a sensual exchange with a fictional stripper. Juicy craves her satisfaction through the attention of strangers. The night moves on and DMS keeps strong, awaiting liberation from this torturous game. Will he ever have the chance to meet this mysterious dancer who drew his desire from behind the looking glass? The challenge is on. The song gets lit by a club vibe that Michail has magically directed by raising the expectations for a dark celebration.

Juicy

Dans Mon Salon - Juicy (Original Mix)

You can learn to play this piece. FREE scores and parts, among other materials, are available online: kronosquartet.org/fifty-for-the-future

Composed by Stephan Thelen
© 2016 Inner Sunset Publishing
℗ 2017 Kronos Performing Arts Association
Commissioned for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire

Produced by Kronos Quartet
Recorded July 2017 at 25th Street Recording, Oakland, CA
Engineered and mixed by Alex Spencer
Assistant engineer: Peter Labberton
Production Assistant: Reshena Liao
Edited at Lazy Dog Sound Studios, Long Beach, CA
Mixed by Alex Spencer and David Harrington at Decibelle Recording, San Francisco, CA

Circular Lines

Stephan Thelen - Circular Lines

The debut ep by Normal Stage is a dedication to the dubiest realms of electronic sound. Four untitled studio works, designed mostly through improvised sessions, are the essence of his signature; A stretched groove gulping down time through tape dust. An astral dancehall blast occurring in parallel dimensions. A pulsating club mover that pushes and pulls particles of radiation. A tranquil tech meditation that leads to introspection, observance and enlightenment. Valve warmth is provided by the mastering skills of dubtronica connoiseur Stefan Betke (aka Pole). Limited to 200 copies.

A2. Normal Stage - Untitled

Label: Amplify records
Catalog#: AMPLD010
Format: digital

A moistened breeze cuts through the amosphere as the sub hits the surface and morphs into a bass hook. All particles evolve around the central accelerator; a loop that eases down, slowly leading into beat disintegration; the calm before the storm. Jittery synth stabs start puncuating and evolve into a 90's old-school hardcore breakbeat storm. DMS blends Eastern pathways with Western configurations, a process better experienced than explained.

Orient

Dans Mon Salon - Orient (AMPLD010)

RADIO RITUEL 05 - w/ Damcase June 22, 2018 on LYL RADIO

Label: Amplify records
Catalog#: AMPLD011
Format: digital

The first track from the eponymous EP release opens with an emergency alarm sample that leads to a dubstep crackly transmission. An industrialized junglist vocal takes us to a synchopated dubstep roll that is enriched by dystopian synth lines. Epic pads dissolve into the skyline and dilute in emotions of nostalgia. Then silence, preparing us for a scorching rattle of an epic soundtrack. The glass tower is hard to escape from, but not impossible. 
Cannon is a dub mover that gradually evolves into a psychedelic giant organism. A looped motif is developed through a plenitude of textures, surrounded by a storm of sonic entities. The meditative earthly synth line spreads all it's layers and manifests into an electrical current where darkness and light colide. It's the dawn of a new day, a taste of reality. 
Escapist remix by Normal Stage brings together a functional club banger. Pad stabs build an atmosphere full of profound swinging vibes. The track turns into a pulsating cloud of blended textures. The open hats are jamming along with the rough stab - chords, wrapping up an uncompromising techno outburst.

Dans Mon Salon - Escape From The Glass Tower

Útvarp 4

Underwater Chess is an electroacoustic duet, consist by Panos Papazoglou : guitar and Mihalis Vrettas : violin, voice formed and based in Thessaloniki, Greece back in 2001.

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