We're excited to share our first single of 2022, which also happens to be the first single from our new Meditations, Vol. 5 album, coming in March! Stay was written in collaboration with our friend Marshall Usinger (Be Still the Earth), and is one of the most 'cinematic' pieces we've ever released...

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Stay

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Stay (with Be Still the Earth)

WALK

A track with the mighty sax as our superstar.

Horizons

Beneath the Stars is a serene lo-fi journey crafted by Nexus, designed to envelop listeners in the tranquility of night skies and gentle, starlit atmospheres. This album exudes a profound calmness, with soothing beats and ethereal soundscapes that echo the quiet beauty of the cosmos 🌌🎶. Each track invites you to lie back and gaze upwards, losing yourself in the vastness above and the subtle, relaxing rhythms below.

With its very chill lo-fi vibes, Beneath the Stars by Nexus is perfect for unwinding, meditative sessions, or peaceful evenings spent contemplating the universe. The delicate melding of soft beats and ambient melodies creates an experience that’s not just heard but deeply felt, encouraging a moment of connection with the natural world and the endless heavens above 🌠✨.

Golden Meadows

The decision to create the techno album *Slush* came from a desire to explore the raw, unfiltered energy of sound and to push the boundaries of what techno music can express. Over time, I found myself deeply inspired by the dynamic and immersive nature of electronic music, especially its ability to connect listeners to powerful, emotional experiences. *Slush* was born from this inspiration — a collection of tracks that blend experimental beats, rich textures, and rhythmic depth, creating a sonic journey through the vibrant chaos of both the mind and the dancefloor.

The name *Slush* was chosen to reflect the album’s fluid and ever-evolving nature. It represents the melting of different influences and styles into a cohesive, yet constantly shifting, soundscape. Each track is a sonic layer, much like the varying textures of slush itself — a mix of crisp energy and smooth, introspective moments that flow together to create something truly unique.

Through this album, I wanted to express the excitement of letting go, of being lost in a moment, and of embracing the chaos of life with confidence. It’s an invitation to dive into a world where boundaries are blurred, and music becomes a vehicle for liberation and exploration. *Slush* isn’t just an album; it’s an experience, meant to be felt as much as it is heard.

Solo

Halftribe​ - 'For The Summer, Or Forever' 
Label; Dronarivm 
Cat #.: DR-53
Format: CD (ltd. 200) / DL
Release date: May 18th, 2018

Laconic haze, ethereal curiosities, nostalgic glimpses and fictional illusions.

Northern Irish Halftribe’s (Ryan Bisset’s) third album and Russian imprint Dronarivm’s fifty-third catalogue entry arrives punctually to soundtrack the coming summer - or eternity, apparently, if you like. It is indeed suitably warm and familiar stuff, going straight for the bliss-out button with dreamy, droning pieces mixing airy synths and calm field recordings.

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HALFTRIBE - For The Summer, Or Forever

'Parallel' is the third ambient album by Warmth.
A tribute to the minimalist ambient of the nineties.

Written and Produced by Agustín Mena
Mastering by Taylor Deupree
Photography Alexander Kopatz
www.go70north.com
Archives45 // ArchivesCD26
Archives / 2018

parallel

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Warmth - Extent

Exclusive track taken from the forthcoming album "You Don't Belong" which releases 13.07.2018 on Shimmering Moods Records. Available on a baby blue limited cassette and limited CD in handmade packages.

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"This album was made between August 2015 and March 2017, which was in some way a transition period for me. Some life stages ended, some relationships failed, some changes happened. All the tracks on the album are dedicated to several places from those times, that meant or still mean something very special to me. A house by the lake, an apartment on the first floor, a park in the middle of the city – the places that stuck with me for a long time and don’t let go. 

It’s a tribute to those times, but also some kind of closure. The album was mostly a reminder to myself that when you feel attached to something in one way or another, you need to keep going, to move forward, that you really don’t belong anywhere. It was a reminder that it’s never too late to move on." 

All tracks by Kirill Mazhai 
Mastered by Early Reflections 
Artwork by Antonina Sotnikova 
Shimmering Moods Records 2018

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"Rionnach Maoim" - shadows cast on the moorland by clouds moving across the sky on a bright and windy day (Gaelic)

Music by Benoit Pioulard
Artwork by Gregory Euclide 

Place Language is an international non-profit compilation album project inspired by the themes found in Robert Macfarlane’s widely-acclaimed book ‘Landmarks’. In particular it focuses on the book’s extensive topographic glossaries, the “word-hoard” of depictive landscape terms gathered from 30 different languages, dialects and sub-dialects around Britain & Ireland and divided into sections by type of terrain (Flatlands, Uplands, Waterlands, Coastlands, Underlands, Northlands, Edgelands, Earthlands and Woodlands). Relying on these topograms, or “tiny place poems”, as creative prompts, Place Language seeks to both inspire a renewed interest in our surroundings and reinvigorate our appreciation for the audible textures & patterns that characterize a place in keeping with the book’s stated desire to “re-wild” our vocabulary.

The collection features the work of 28 different sound-artists, field recordists, and musicians from around the globe each of whom selected a Landmarks topogram and recorded an impression of it thus adding rich new aspects of dimensionality through the act of sonification. These selections cover all nine of the book’s glossaries along with place-words of  new coinage as prompted by the blank one which Macfarlane leaves at the end of the book for readers to fill in from their own experience. The end result is a truly global and collaborative survey of place, language, and sound.

More info: https://stationarytravels.wordpress.com/place-language/

Benoit Pioulard - Rionnach Maoim

From the album Hold My Hand: https://eileanrec.bandcamp.com/album/hold-my-hand
Artwork by Hollie Chastain
Mastered by Mathias Van Eecloo 

I had the honor to work with the guys of @ecovillage on a piece for their new album which was recently released on eilean.
It was a lot of fun working on this, pursuing the idea of faint, hazy orchestral arrangements. Recorded some piano tracks for it as well. Please also have a listen to the rest of the album, it's wonderful!

Hold My Hand

Ecovillage - Sometimes I Hear Your Voice feat. Luis Miehlich (eilean 30)

https://hilyard.bandcamp.com

A solemn reflection of night time in the forests in autumn, where the trees quietly shed their leaves, like layers of the past. Their branches are like arms reaching out into the cold night, embracing those on moonlit paths with their earthly warmth and comfort. They are rooted in hope and know that the cold and somnolent months ahead will give way to flourishing growth…

WALK

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