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An Winter 2016-17 selection of ambient, drone, electroacoustic, & modern classical tracks from recent and upcoming releases.  Final update: 3/4/2017

Image by Sylwia Bartyzel
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Winter 2016-17

Healing

Elysium

Dark and sombre melodies and atmospheres. Pensive melodic movement, sublime vastness and a hint of melancholy combine for an overwhelming sense of seriousness and reflection. Use this to help look inside yourself, particularly at things that are less comfortable, and to subsequently develop your mind.

Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/2DER5jW (updated regularly)
YouTube mix: http://bit.ly/2YhceGC
Submit your own: ambientologist@outlook.com

Music for Introspection

UNKNOWNjp

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UNKNOWNjp - made a playlist of top tracks

Tomonari Nozaki

This is a remix we did for our good friends at SubSubUrban records and Valerian Swing.
It's from a special 7" only available with Valerian Swing's awesome "A Sailor Lost Around The Earth" vinyl LP - more info on the release here: 
http://subsuburban.bandcamp.com/album/a-sailor-lost-around-the-earth

Valerian Swing - Isan Esperanza Base Remix

Paul Mauriat - Tombe La Neige

all written and produced by Tomonari Nozaki
artwork by Curtis Hall
http://www.seehall.me/home
label Taalem
http://www.taalem.com/news.htm

curently residing in tokyo, japan, tomonari nozaki creates abstract yet melodic and melancholic soundscapes using destruction techniques discovered with reel-to-reel tape-llop splicings and other analogue experimentations.
at first these two tracks had different titles but after listening to them again, tomonari wanted to have the titles to remind of the story of icarus. in his mind the first track is the image of icarus flying towards the sky and falling into the sea while the second track is icarus falling from the sky then flying towards the sky after his death. this is not the original icarus myth though, just images tomonari had!

"The Fall of Icarus" excerpt / Tomonari Nozaki (Taalem /alm 106)

All proceeds donated to Macmillan Cancer Support - www.macmillan.org.uk
Some of the planet's greatest Electronic, Ambient & Modern Classical musicians come together for this amazing cause.

You can pay an amount of your choice here (£12 or over), and we will donate (and claim gift aid) on your behalf, or, you can go to www.justgiving.com/Touched-Music and donate directly (and leave a message if you wish).

The artists have contributed their music for free.

Thanks for the support!

credits
released 28 November 2014

Massive Thanks To All The Artists Who Have Donated Music To This Project.

A Massive thanks to all the people that help make this happen by asking artists for me and doing loads of other amazing things, you know who you are. (to many to name)

Thanks To Loz Grover
crimsonsunaudio.com

Thanks To El La & Candice Han @ Pitchblend

Artwork By Victor Ferreira (Aka Sun Glitters)

Thanks to my Rachael for being so understand as I've spend most of the year with my headphones on..
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Paradissimo / Tomonari Nozaki (Touched Two)

TREE - #PianoDay

“TREE” is a part of a composition written for Simphonie Cinétique, a collaboration between Ólafur Arnalds and Joachim Sauter. Re-edited and mixed for release in celebration of Nils Frahm’s #PianoDay and features Nils himself on celeste.

Composed, arranged and performed by Ólafur Arnalds
Violin: Viktor Orri Árnason
Celeste: Nils Frahm

Recorded at Durton Studio, Berlin.
Mixed at E7 Studios, Reykjavik.

See more about Symphonie Cinétique here:
https://vimeo.com/70897666

TREE

Order 7"/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP073
or via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/lifestoryloveandglory

Erased Tapes artists and friends Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm have separately carved out a musical career that defies genres both with their unique live shows and a loyal fan base that’s always eager to hear what their prolific output will bring. 

Their latest collaborative 2-track release ‘Life Story Love and Glory’ is a live improv affair on two pianos, recorded in 2012 at Nils’s Durton Studio in Berlin. Fans may wonder why they have waited until 2015 to release these tracks, but having revealed a new website www.arnaldsfrahm.com you may think this may not be the end to their musical story this year. 

“We would meet in Reykjavik or Berlin with the intention to share some days off work, hiking, swimming or eating pizza. That is great for a couple days, but after a while we would always end up back in the studio, fiddling with synths or pianos.” – Nils Frahm 
“You can hear in the beginning of ‘Life Story’ how I have already started playing the piano whilst Nils is still moving microphones around and preparing everything. It was all kept in!“ – Ólafur Arnalds 

‘Life Story Love and Glory’ will be released as a 7” on Erased Tapes – exclusively through record stores only on August 21, 2015 ahead of its digital release later on – as an ode to this classic and beloved format. 

More info: www.arnaldsfrahm.com · www.erasedtapes.com

Life Story Love And Glory

Life Story

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Life Story

Lambert
https://soundcloud.com/listentolambert
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https://www.youtube.com/user/listentolambert
http://listentolambert.com/

Photo By Alexander Shark
https://flic.kr/p/vENT2m

Sheepy on Spotify
http://bit.ly/MrSuicideSheepSpotify

Stay In The Dark

Download

Lambert - Stay In The Dark

"Falling into Crevasse".
Five Albums Deluxe Edition. Unique handmade albums, with Engraving Techniques.
* Linocut I & II
* Linocut / Chine Collé
* Chalcography I & II), wrapped in tissue paper with typewriter typography
Five Albums Simple Edition, handmade with special paper and typewriter.

Seagulls

Kenny Rodgers hit, Pourcel's version for the boxset released by Warner, including 3 other albums: Latino Americano 78, New Sound tangos and Hifi 77

Buy at amazon

LADY

Buy Album:
Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/wsmbandcamp
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/settlerspotify
Itunes: http://smarturl.it/settlersitunes

Follow WSM on Bandcamp: http://westernskiesmotel.bandcamp.com
Follow WSM on Facebook: http://smarturl.it/wsmfb
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'Settlers' is the new album from Western Skies Motel, out April 22nd, 2016 in a limited edition of 170 gatefold 180gram vinyl, CD and digital formats.  'Settlers' was mastered for vinyl and digital by Taylor Deupree, with master lacquers cut by Roger Siebel at SAE.  The first 50 Vinyl & CD's ordered come with a bonus EP, 'Generations' mastered by Kirk Marrison of Kiln.

In the dry desert of Arizona that Lost Tribe Sound calls home, a letter is received from guitarist René Gonzàlez Schelbeck who’s eager to share a collection of intimately composed songs, titled 'Settlers'. Upon listening, we are immediately enthralled. There’s a timeworn, arid, and almost badlands quality to Schelbeck’s hypnotic, cyclical guitar style. It seems to perfectly capture the lonely, barren landscape of the American West. 

Yet, there are curious dynamics at play here as Schelbeck, who makes music under the alias Western Skies Motel, is from Denmark and far removed from any upbringing in the rough-hewn Americana style of folk guitar. Conceivably, his music has more in common with the lonesome, calculated tone of Berlin's modern classical scene or the rainy day folk of the UK. Those are intriguing parallels, since the collective mood of Western Skies Motel's music would adapt so well to either environment. 

Words hardly do justice to the rich, immersive experience of 'Settlers'; yet a few may help to set the stage. Schelbeck is a remarkably well rounded instrumentalist, who spent his early days losing his hearing in local punk rock bands. This youthful love for walls of sound and discordant guitar squalls survives in his modern sound palette. However, a more mature approach to these techniques brings moments of palpable tension, adding in uneasy waves of guitar feedback and droning harmonium. 

But ultimately, the truth of what Schelbeck hopes to convey through his music may rest rmly in his subconscious. In hindsight, 'Settlers' is about moving between worlds: not in the dimensional sense, but more as a constant change in form. Each influence and sound Schelbeck incorporates into his music feels native to the delicate ecosystem of these songs and each turn feels as organic and nuanced as that of the natural world. Just as a tree’s leaves wither and fall; a fire sparks and expands only to expend its last bit of fuel, extinguished and left for ash. So true are the parallels we find in our own existence, the complex ritual of growing old and returning to dirt. Decay is inevitable for all life, yet through this it becomes the rich soil for all things proceeding. Western Skies Motel's weighty instrumental mantras may root in this and other meanings yet to be culled. One thing is clear, this music contains signicant power, and, regardless of our conceived themes or geographic locations, it tells a story that is lasting and instantly familiar. 

'Settlers' sees a 180-gram heavy weight gatefold release very similar to the recent Mute Forest debut, 'Deforestation'. The acetate and test pressings were scrutinized for anomalies on world-class vinyl setups at Arizona’s esteemed audio dealer, Arizona Hi-Fi.

Western Skies Motel is building upon a busy year in 2015, having released two very different full-length albums 'Prism' (Preserved Sound) and 'Buried and Resurrected' (Twice Removed).

Settlers

Falling Leaves

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Western Skies Motel - Falling Leaves (from Settlers)

LNT: http://po.st/olafurLNT  
iTunes: http://geni.us/LNTolafurarnalds
Bandcamp: http://po.st/olafurBC 

Standing at the intersection where techno meets classical music, Ólafur Arnalds directs the new Late Night Tales.

“When I was asked to do the next installation of the Late Night Tales series I thought "This will be fun and easy, only a couple of days work. No problem!". Six months later, I was still pulling my hair out in some kind of quest to make the perfect mix. As someone who has never really done mixes before, I learned a lot of things along the way and the whole experience was very inspiring. I decided to approach the mix in a similar way as I would one of my scores. This is the soundtrack of my life. I included songs from many of my friends and collaborators and tried to deliver a mix that represents who I am as an artist and where my influences are coming from - both personally and musically.” - Ólafur Arnalds, March 2016

Follow Late Night Tales:

Web: http://latenighttales.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/latenighttales1
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LateNightTales
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/latenighttales
YouTube: http://youtube.com/latenighttalestv
Instagram: http://instagram.com/latenighttalesofficial
Spotify: http://goo.gl/Q98T7d
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/curator/late-night-tales/1233898093
Bandcamp: https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/

Late Night Tales: Ólafur Arnalds

Ólafur Arnalds ft. Arnor Dan - Say My Name (Late Night Tales: Ólafur Arnalds)

Artist: Eluvium
Title: Regenerative Being
Album: False Readings On
Release Date: September 2, 2016

Pre-Order: store.temporaryresidence.com/products/trr265

Cognitive dissonance is, at this point, an everyday part of modern society. The difference between belief and reality is blurrier than ever, and there is often sufficient manipulation to both so as to make the distinction intentionally unclear. The source of those manipulations can either be external, or deceptively internal.

False Readings On is the new album from renowned experimental composer, Eluvium. Its creation was originally inspired by themes of cognitive dissonance in modern society. By its conclusion it had become a mirror rather than a magnifying glass, evolving into an hour-long meditation on self-doubt, anxiety, and separation from one's self.

There is an emotional lucidity and melodic ingenuity to Eluvium's music that has made him increasingly stand out from the sea of ambient artists that his earlier albums no doubt helped inspire. Sounding like an orchestra ceaselessly performing even as it sinks beneath an ocean of distortions and tape noise – with the occasional operatic voice piercing the surface – False Readings On is assuredly the most daring, dynamic, and distinct album of his luminous career.

TRACK LISTING
1. Strangeworks
2. Fugue State
3. Drowning Tone
4. Regenerative Being
5. Washer Logistics
6. Movie Night Revisited
7. Beyond The Moon For Someone In Reverse
8. False Readings On
9. Rorschach Pavan
10. Individuation
11. Posturing Through Metaphysical Collapse

© 2016 Temporary Residence Ltd.

False Readings On

Eluvium - Regenerative Being

[Original]
The Shape Of Heaven Changes Every Time You Say My Name - Tide Jewel
https://milenashakujo.bandcamp.com/track/i-the-shape-of-heaven-changes-every-time-you-say-my-name

[Download]
https://milenashakujo.bandcamp.com/album/the-shape-of-heaven-changes-every-time-you-say-my-name-reprise

The Shape Of Heaven Changes Every Time You Say My Name - Tide Jewel (Remix by Tomonari Nozaki)

In 2016 Saudaá Group established residencies around the world for the Street Organ Ritornellos project. He worked with over 30 musicians in a dozen different countries, from the High Atlas to the countries of the Caucasus. The empirical objective was to confront the three-century-old instrument and communicate its legacy to a wider audience. Each step in the journey provided various testimonies between world music and sound creation that were reported by France Musique and Blogothèque. 

As part of the international residencies and at the request of Vincent Théval, producer for Radio France, over 10 radio works were broadcast. The creation of each sound postcard followed a process of research, encounters, outdoor recordings, editing for radio-broadcasting.

www.streetorganritornellos.com/

Details (in french)

Dans cet épisode, la compositrice islandaise Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir joue du Langspil, cithare à bourdon traditionnelle de l'île, et récite le poème "Skin Eftir Skurir", déniché dans une petite boutique associative. Un séjour perché tout au nord de l'île dans les petits villages d'Ólafsfjörður et de Siglufjörður, marqué par les rapports entre ombres et lumières. Des portes du désert de lave d'Ódáðahraun aux littoraux bordant le sud, bercés par le son d'énormes geysers, d'un tambour inuit venu du Groenland voisin, de l'orgue et d'éboulements provoqués çà et là sur les montagnes.

Carte sonore # 6 - Iceland (Skin Eftir Skurir)

'Soundscapes Vol.1' is our first CD compilation. Eight ambient tracks by Robert Farrugia, Logic Moon, Dead Melodies, Powlos, CloudBurn, The Aurora Principle, Caught In The Wake Forever and Warmth.

Mastering by Rob Small.
Archives30 // ArchivesCD011
Archives / 2016

Buy CD/Digital

Caught In The Wake Forever - Durham

Faded Violet (Tomonari Nozaki - Taalem compilation)

The Gentle Hum Of Oblivion | From the new full-length album 'DUSK UNION' (Drones for lonely souls)by a collaborative project from FOG & HTDC: https://htdc.bandcamp.com/album/dusk-union

Recorded on analog 8 track 1/2" worn-out tape (circa 1978). Composed with old vinyl crackles, guitars, JEN SM2007, ELKA Rhapsody 490, voice & whispering.

Different instruments/processed guitar noise were recorded directly to vintage 8-track cartridge tape.

All perceived silence and audio deformations were intended.

Thank you in advance for your support.

The Gentle Hum Of Oblivion

WRWTFWW 019 / PF 006 
First track from 'Through The Looking Glass' reissue coming March via WRWTFWW & Palto Flats (EU/US).  LP & CD editions.
http://wrwtfww.com/album/through-the-looking-glass
http://paltoflats.com/release/midori-takada-through-the-looking-glass

Through The Looking Glass

Midori Takada - A1. Mr. Henri Rousseau's Dream

Für März

Circumnavigate (tomonari nozaki / 2017)

Fading Language and Stay - Stone Eyes

Puerto Rico Relief - Various Artists

20 artists join in to aid in the reconstruction effort after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in conjunction with the charity "Friends of Puerto Rico”. 

All proceeds go directly to Friends of Puerto Rico, they bridge between education and cultural communities in Puerto Rico and its diaspora and are actively raising funds that invest in communities that support educational, cultural and development programs in Puerto Rico. As part of the organisation’s commitment, 100% of the donations received for the Hurricane Maria Recovery Fund will be to invest to rebuild Puerto Rico through the thirteen centres managed by the Boys & Girls Clubs in Puerto Rico. 

Thank you to the contributing artists who kindly gave up their time and talent to support this humanitarian cause and a big thank you to Angelique Sina from FoPR for working with us to get this over the finishing line. 

www.puertoricoreliefcompilation.org 
www.friendsofpuertorico.org/hurricanerecovery
クレジット
2018年1月9日リリース 

Curated by Juho Hietala, Barry Forbes and Jani Ürögi 

Cover by Ryan Alexander 

Mastered by Jani Ürögi @ Soun Studio - www.sounstudio.com 
Except of track 2 and track 15.

Phosphorescent Waves (tomonari nozaki /2018 / compilation)

Arabesque (tomonari nozaki /2018)

Shade of Blue ( tomonari nozaki / 2018)

A drone by any other name would drone as sweet.

Late night/early morning generative experiment with an Audiothingies MicroMonsta synth and Dark Star, VD400 pedals.

Please enjoy the drift.

Like A Bloom

a song inspired by one of my favorite places, pillar point harbor in half moon bay, ca. play this one loud.

off of my split with paperbark on seil records. cassettes still available here - https://seilrecords.bandcamp.com/album/reasons-to-live

pillar point

Dead Line

Underwater (tomonari nozaki / 2018)

Order here:
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/tkil-positions/677989-01/

Words that capture this resultant outcome.  A spectral haze of subconscious, living rhythms.  A meeting of mind-tribes.  Close; Kudo; Ruscha; Tripp.  Hear, the discovery of Tkil.  

Such collaboration can bring powerful interests, mixing diversity with vivid psychedelic motions. Soundscapes of improvised beats, jamming intersections float and pierce the sonic sphere.  Aural poetics illuminated across satellite optics, NYC-LA-NYC-LA.

The quartet creates in a non-linear, multiple level, liquid sequence.  Four individuals, their subtle personality’s reiterating sonic textures to form cascading minimalist atmospheres, chimes and percussion – diffused harmonics of ethnic vortices descending endlessly.   Acting as coordinates that search for their source, a purity of multiplicity is presented.   

Together these are focused experiments, raga-like meditations of precious expression from artistic connotation.  Visionary; subtle; mysterious.  Their essence an eclectic blend of composition, a natural but technical expression of cosmic minimalism and world music influence.

The outcome is a magical encounter of artists finding a creative affinity, sweeping downstream on a rolling rhythmic magic muse, beyond a bizarre excursion to capture the thrill of modernism, moments that reach the soul of alienation and togetherness in equal, savant, infinity.

A1. "Etka" (part 1)

Reverie ( tomonari nozaki / 2018)

One of the pieces I wrote as part of the score to the 2012 documentary film, "Outliers Vol. 1: Iceland".

More info here: www.outliersiceland.com

Black Beach (Outliers Vol. 1)

Finnebassen - You're Not Cool Enough (Original Mix)

Claude Ciari - El Bimbo

El condor pasa

http://www.beatport.com/release/less-hate-soul-doubt/1030765
Less Hate - Soul Doubt [ Kindisch - KD057 ]
Release date: February 6th
Genre: Unknown
Tunes: 1. Soul Doubt , 2. Polychrom
Composed by: Less Hate (Mattia Marotta)


Less Hate - Soul Doubt / Polychrom [Kindisch] - Teaser

https://seaelegymusic.bandcamp.com/album/astral-plane

'ASTRAL PLANE' // Calming Ambient Sleep Music

An experimental track. 

Music : Sarath Giri
Mixed & Arranged : Sarath Giri

Special Thanks to Ranjith Krishna

Shades Of Love (Erotic Lounge) -  Sarath Giri

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The Acid EP

Tumbling Lights

UNKNOWNjp / tomonari nozaki
Tokyo (Japan)
music
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[releases]
Concession / Forwind
Decadence / Forwind
Credence / Forwind
The Fall of Icarus / taâlem
AND&AND / Soun Records
une Histoire de Bleu / invisible birds
soleil / élément perspective
North Palace / Forwind
ROMANTICA / Soun Records
ANGEL / Soun Records