Nomadic Drift is a previously unreleased collection of sound collages and recordings that were arranged and mixed over the year 2022. The phrase "Nomadic Drift" comes from a quote in David Toop's book "Ocean of Sound: Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication"

Nomadic Drift 1

"premonitions" by @alenakoroleva [fom10]
CS/DL : f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/premonitions

“Whenever I go, I can't help but notice signs of a looming change. I eavesdrop on conversations of creatures big and small, and like me, they seem uneasy and uncertain about what's to come. Something is in the air, dark clouds gather, winds are shifting course. Amidst the confusion and restlessness, the voices of non-human and human worlds blend in a worrisome symphony. This piece is an ode to anticipation, to the beauty of different forms of life on the brink of the sixth mass extinction. Joining in the chorus are the American toad, northern winds, an old kettle, Mr. Cat, tawny owl, crickets, domestic chickens and pigs, trumpeter swans, honey bees, truck horns, cormorants, seagulls and other elements and critters.” — Alëna Korolëva 

Something is afoot, the Tkaronto/Toronto-based artist and curator, Alëna Korolëva tells us in her new soundscape composition “premonitions”. American toads and water beetles set things in motion before the long-form piece journeys through a multitude of field recordings and non-human voices in a quasi-cinematographic fashion. Korolëva layers and manipulates sounds from the real into a sonic chimaera which mutates concrete ambiances into vaporous surrealities through the modes of collage. A storm blankets the soundscape, things grow quieter. Distant parallels with Luc Ferrari’s "musique anecdotique" come to mind, yet here the piece materializes in an acoustic docu-fiction of some sort, that takes the form of a waking dream. Various scenes, ranging from the mundane to the uncanny, unfold in eardrums exposing an underlying sense of earthly melancholy. A weight lurks throughout while winds, pigs, chickens, and mechanical apparatus weave into a strange agitated tapestry. A kettle whistles, a cat meows – Korolëva sprinkles the gloom with touches of humor and audible senses of home. Trumpeter swans are joined by a trumpeter human; Chayka Chekhov responds to the avian songs in a interspecies dialogue – echoing Jim Nollman’s “Playing Music With Animals”. Environments cascade into a finale droned out by truck horns. Their ringings and animal cries swell in a somber abstraction bearing the weight of a presentiment. “What does the future hold?” we ask ourselves throughout the album as we dissolve in imbrications of positionings, emanating from one another like stacking dolls. Poly-layered, “premonitions” engages in play, in negotiation with the disparate spaces and voices of a troubled world as if it created harmonious discord to decipher the ominous clouds gathering in the horizon.

C30 — limited edition of 60 
duration: 28’56’’ — piece repeats on both sides 
recorded, photographed, and composed by alëna korolëva 
trumpet improvisation by chayka chekhov 
mastered by mathieu bonnafous 
tape production by headless duplicated tapes 
published by forms of minutiae — fom10 — 2024

CS / DL

alëna korolëva — premonitions [fom10]

MENTAL STATE

FROM HELL AND BACK

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Based on a jam session at Ullers Jazz Klubb.
Musicians: Lukas & BHLB.
Mixed & edited by BHLB.
Image by Hans from Pixabay

Beer Funding <3

Første Skoledag

Memorex

Long time NTS collaborator and This City Plays producer, Brav brings a monthly showcase of ambient, techno and experimental cuts... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/brav/episodes/brav-24th-august-2024

Brav 240824

From the split EP "Coastal / à main levée" 
Of the Night Sky / Jean-Emmanuel Rosnet
HS54

Handstitched* returns after a summer excursion and is super-excited to announce the next release in the split-artist series, this limited issue is by producer and instrumentalist Andrew Dobson under his guise Of The Night Sky, and French sound artist Jean-Emmanuel Rosnet.

Both artists deliver two emotionally resonant and individual perspectives for the split EP, Of The Night Sky who has previously released an EP on the Cactus Island label as Digitonal visits Handstitched* with his Coastal EP which focuses on his creative visions, surroundings and explorations with combinations of textured ambience and introspective harmonies which links Of The Night Sky’s music and the Suffolk landscapes together in musical soundscapes.

Jean-Emmanuel Rosnet is focused on improvisation - weaving patchworks of modular synthesis, tape variations, resampling and digital process into magical and mysterious sound collages, inspired by Musique Concrète and his trademark overlapping of intimate dimensions within natural environments. À main levée was composed in early 2024 in the heart of Parc Naturel du Livradois-Forez's green hills where he is now located. À main levée follows his recent album Les Alentours which was released on Californian imprint Not Not Fun Records.

Nuits Après Jours

Original Track:
https://soundcloud.com/senmove/nodarel

SenSen - Nodarconel (Ghost Version)

Until we see him again, @dj_steve_brown (July 20, 1969 – March 20, 2022) will always be missed.

We met nilla in 2020 on a WECU show. https://soundcloud.com/nilla

Tracklist:
Act I - Leaving the Physical Plane (Death) / Grief
01 Nthng - Some Clouds Are Destined to Break
02 Des Vies - Aura
03 Syntek - Breathe and Surrender
04 Ryan Davis - Altitudes
05 Lydsten - Opale
06 Ganucheau - Fire
07 Rhythm of Snow - Getting Closer to an Unknown Goal
08 The Micronauts - Table Tennis (Otik remix)
09 Hugo Massien - God Knows We Tried
10 Kangding Ray - Automne Fold
11 Fearful & Mtwn - Depths
12 Alex Banks - Into the Realm
Act II - Passing Between / Searching & Yearning
13 Koma - Talk
14 Desolate - Amaru
15 Redspace - Emptiness (Framewerk dub)
16 Sebo K - Paradigm Change
17 DJ .WAV - I Wish You Were Here
18 Gacha Bakradze - The Prayer
19 Layton Giordani - Translation Lost
20 Bicep - Waterfall
21 Artefakt - Rail
22 Riza Gobelez & Ayhan Akca - Promises We Made
Act III - Beyond the Infinite / Acceptance
23 Karol XVII & MB Valence - Sonus (Lusine remix)
24 AFFKT & Piek - Adios Ayer
25 Weval - Forever
26 Marc Romboy & Oniris - Eternity
27 Ocoeur - Nouveau Depart

nilla words: "I started this mix when I first learned of Steve's passing over 2 years ago. This mix is meant to function as a tribute first and foremost, which is why it is titled 'Elegy': a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. However, it is also meant to represent the journey of a soul into the afterlife, as well as the stages of grief those still living go through while mourning the departed. It was so hard to come up with a fitting end, but it was important to me that the end be somewhat of an uplifting one and not a dark one. I want to remember all the good memories: all the music and artists we shared over the years. I don't know if I ever met another soul like Steve, and I don't think I ever will again. I miss you my friend. I hope we'll meet again someday, on another plane or some other frequency."

Mix can be heard https://www.mixcloud.com/nilla_idm/elegy/

Steve Brown (1969-2022) :: A Remembrance
https://igloomag.com/newswire/steve-brown-1969-2022

#hugyourlovedonesclose

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