Omiya, Saitama City, (JP)
28/01/2024, 11:30 a.m.

A cold winter sunday morning, opening the window of our home studio in the city of Omiya, Japan. We can see our balcony terrace, Japanese pine tree in the garden and the music room of the city’s high school just next to our place.

We don't know how long this tradition has been going on, the sounds of high school brass bands echo through the street everyday and accompany some moments of our daily life in this neighborhood for around 60 years at least. The sounds of brass celebrate our ordinary life and add some pinch of dramatic or cinematic senses in our daily life.　


Microphones : Rode NTG-5 + ZOOM XYH-6 
Recorder : ZOOM H6

Omiya, Saitama City, (JP)  28/01/2024, 11:30 a.m.

Congrats to the 10th Anniversary of Naviar ! and  Thanks for the inspirations from the Naviar Haiku Fest. I have re - started to make new track from last week .. and now come to this place again for naviarhaiku530 - a kind of tribute track for the 10th anniversary of Naviar's long journey :) from us  haha

This is the inspired track from the poem of spring rain by kobayashi issa - an another experimental hypnotic new track mixed with the humbled profound Taiko drums from the live -mix at Naviar Haiku Fest in Tokyo 2024

taking it easy
the mouse sleeps too...
spring rain

Haiku by: Kobayashi Issa

Spring Rain 春雨 - naviarhaiku530

This anthology of historic Italian zampogne bagpipes and ciaramella oboes recorded in Calabria, Campania, and Lazio/Molise and the US, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/05/italy-italie-zampogne-bagpipes-italia.html

Zampogne / Bagpipes Italia Vol. 2 – Albatros VPA 8482 

Italy Zampogne / Bagpipes Anthology

Leeper, PA
05-26-24
Night chorus into dawn chorus

Cook Forest 6:26am

Format: CASSETTE
Pre-order: 12th July 2024
Release date: 19st July 2024

"all the ways in which i am mute" is a sort of attempt at the meditation practice of tonglen. tonglen comes in different ways but it's about taking in the pain and suffering of others and giving back compassion and relief. an endeavor to try to be more outwards and amongst.

the work isn't about how to perform that practice or even claiming any growth with it but about the struggle and acknowledgement of the parts of life outside yourself and what it might mean on any given moment to open to that. it's about my failures with this as much as any success.

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previews. daily rituals - all the ways in which i am mute | Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series

Format: CD
Pre-order: 12th July 2024
Release date: 19st July 2024

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In a small fishing village located on a remote island, there was an elderly man who loved to stroll along the beach at sunset, leaving his footprints on the golden sand as he contemplated the infinite sea.

One evening, as he walked along the shore, he came across a young boy sitting on a rock, lost in his thoughts.

"What are you doing here all alone?" he asked kindly.

The boy looked up, surprised to be interrupted. "I'm just trying to understand the meaning of life," he replied weakly.

The elderly man smiled and sat down beside him. "The meaning of life is like this ocean we see before us," he said, gesturing towards the vastness of the sea. "Majestic and mysterious. We may not always understand it, but we must accept its flow."

The boy nodded, but still seemed perplexed.

"Look at the waves," the elderly man continued. "They're like the events of life. Some are high and tumultuous, others are gentle and serene. But in the end, they all crash upon the shore, leaving only smooth and uniform sand."

The boy watched the ocean attentively, reflecting on the old fisherman's words.

"Life is made up of moments that leave their mark," he said. "But just like footprints in the sand, they will eventually be erased by the tide of time. No matter how hard we try to leave our mark, in the end, everything will fade away."

The boy felt relieved of an invisible burden as he listened to the wise words of the elderly man. Perhaps there was no need to search for the meaning of life so anxiously. Perhaps all he needed was to learn to accept the flow of time and enjoy the present moment.

That night, as the tide silently rose on the beach, the elderly man and the boy sat together on the rock, watching the sea shimmer in the moonlight. And in that moment, in the quiet of the island, they found the inner peace they had been seeking.

"Inspired by Alessandro Baricco's book 'Oceano Mare' (1993)."

Sound source material: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique / Felix Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto No 2.

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previews. Lamasz, come le onde - il mare cancella, di notte | ROHS!

Relief

Format: CD
Pre-order: 9th August 2024
Release date: 22nd August 2024

'loneliness'

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previews. Pallette - Everyone Is An Island | Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series

now available: https://handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/coastal-main-lev-e

split-artist s4mpl3r ☀️

Of the Night Sky / Jean-Emmanuel Rosnet [HS45]

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.

Issued on limited edition mini double CD and C-45 cassette [HS45] both formats are limited to 50 copies, featuring individually hand-bound and unique hand-cut collage CD wallets made from vintage Japanese materials and papers.

Each CD copy is hand-numbered and packed inside glassine bags. Handmade, creased and glued tape O-cards are presented in five separate designs taken from the collage artworks of the CD covers and packed in clear eco bags.

ofthenightsky.com
jerosnet.com  

released: September 6, 2024

Tracks 1-4: Of The Night Sky
Tracks 5-8: Jean Emmanuel Rosnet
Tracks 9-10 Maps and Diagrams [remixes]

☀️ Of the Night Sky / Jean-Emmanuel Rosnet - coastal / à main lev​é​e - S4mpl3r [HS54]

Tracklist

01. Ioflow - Skydance
02. Seaworthy & Matt Rösner - Whispered Surfaces
03. Fumitake Tamura & Jason Kolàr - 3F
04. Hainbach - Embrace Before We Forget
05. Honig + Templeton -  Orbach
06. Marcus Fischer - While Sleeping
07.  Glacis - Where Everything Comes To Rest In This Lost Grave Beneath The Ivy
08. Federico Durand - Mensaje Desde El Mar Del Norte
09. Andrew Heath - The Age of Enlightenment
10. Observatories - Wooden Boulder

393. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

This fascinating LP documenting the traditional way of life of the Amazon Wayampi indians of French Guiana, recorded between 1977 and 1979, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/07/french-guiana-wayapi-guyane-selaf.html

Wayapi Indians Amazon Guiana - A5 The Anaconda Dance: The Toucan

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