Name: VAK 44 | yolabmi - To Forget Everything (Snippet) by VAAGNER
Duration: 4 min
Description: A work about creation, loss and recollections, yolabmiʼs latest album ‘By The Seaʼ is as much about remembering, as it is about letting go.

n_/0 - Interferencias
Tape / Digital
OPAL211

April 2nd 2021
https://soundcloud.com/bad-rabbit-77464270

On the surface this is extremely minimal rhythmic electronics, recalling lighter moments from Sähkö Recordings, the sub-zero bump of Goem and the lab-coat looping of Thomas Brinkmann. Scratch the surface and listen deeper into Mexican artist Luis Riveras' work and a clockwork, gas and air driven sub-system is found, more archaic and dusty than that of his contemporaries. 

The tracks on 'Interferencias' are created using:
1940s Bulb Radio (Broken)
Two Nuclear Test Sine Oscillators
Noise Drone Box
Roland 808 Drum Machine
Spring Reverb & Analogue Delay
Recorded directly to Reel to Reel Tape Recorder via DM 1550 Pre-Amp (Semi-Functional)

These tools are applied using following mathematical rules creating a series of pieces which vary from glistening resonances, appearing and disintegrating to luscious minimal techno corner turning round odd-numbered polygons.

n_/0 - 1001B

A work about creation, loss and recollections, yolabmiʼs latest album ‘By The Seaʼ is as much about remembering, as it is about letting go.

VAK 44 | yolabmi - To Forget Everything (Snippet)

https://vaagner.bandcamp.com/album/life-in-a-shell

Life As A House (VAK17 - Life In A Shell - B side)
Released September 15, 2019

"After showcasing his unique electronic output via the 'Surging Waves' compilation on Vaknar last year, Japanese native yolabmi steps up for his first solo release on the label, titled 'Life In A Shell'.

On A side, a selection of yolabmi's recent compositions have been chosen, complied and mixed by the label, mainly focusing on the more tranquil side of yolabmi's sound, which features an array of drone works, piano and modulated voices.

The B side on the other hand, is fully comprised of a single, unedited session, featuring live improvised electronics by yolabmi, delving further into the Japanese artists pendant for unorthodox yet compelling production methods.

End the end, 'Life In A Shell' provides us a comprehensive glimpse into yolabmi's unconventional sonic spectrum, one that seems to be situated somewhere between tranquil field recordings, improvised analogue electronics and digital interference - always keeping the listener on his toes as to where he might take things next."

https://soundcloud.com/vaagner

Life As A House (VAK17 - Life In A Shell - B side)

0521 31 Lv 1 Crsh Arg 1 (egress)

TR181 - Camille Emaille - 'Belisama - The Metallic Roots' [excerpt]

TR167 - Madalyn Merkey - 'A1_alt'

Russian Tsarlag and Secret Boyfriend are two of the most distinctly inimitable makers in the canon of the contemporary American “DIY” underground. In 2013, the two artists released an untitled split 12” on Ryan Martin’s (Secret Boyfriend) prolific “Hot Releases” label. As two of the foremost archetypal figures of their collected contexts, it’s a pleasure to host the pairing as a part of the ENXPL series again sharing new work.

Russian Tsarlag’s side A is gorgeously trudging and despondent; these syrup drenched ballads and collages sit amongst some of his finest work, (see his most recent self released work through his Wasp Video Roadhouse imprint). Side B is the domain of Secret Boyfriend. The effort hosts an eclectic batch of dense and emotive ambient passages, live recording, and bedroom shoe-gaze. Martin’s Secret Boyfriend project allows for a fluidity in form and content, mastering longing through a myriad of languages.
credits
releases September 15, 2021

"Live at Cold Spring Hollow, Belchertown MA 10 02 19" recorded by Sam Hodge
audio finalized by Glyn Maier
artwork by Carlos Gonzales and Ryan Martin
design by RJM Vanderheyden

***IF COPIES SELL OUT HERE, LOCATE THEM VIA enmossed.bandcamp.com ****

Russian Tsarlag/Secret Boyfriend

RUSSIAN TSARLAG/SECRET BOYFRIEND

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from KR092:  IANNIS XENAKIS - Electroacoustic Works (5xLP box set with 8pp booklet / 5x CD box set with 24pp booklet / DL)

out in january 2022.
Preorder starts november 2021

Electroacoustic Works

IANNIS XENAKIS - Taurhiphanie

The rhythms of sleep are unknown to the sleeper. Usually, only with interruption, or dreams, or through wakeful observation, are we made aware of them. And even then, only somewhat. On this cassette, Zenxen uses his research into the cycles of sleep and rest to explore and recreate the phenomenon of neural oscillations. 

The tracks sound as if they’re composed of water, vapor, and dust. Trails of percussive events and simple melodic gestures accompany low end sculpting that moves like water, vapor, and dust. Like a tour of the body’s rhythmic structures, these are the waves within, crashing on interior shores. The electrical activity of the brain’s neurons are measured in hertz—cycles per second. Using a range of sampling techniques, Zenxen recreates alpha, theta, and delta waves to construct sonic models of the brain in various states.

Collaging other compositional elements into the works, such as field recordings of whispering voices, and the rise and fall of cicadas, Zenxen forms a tapestry that resembles autonomic processes, like a breath, or a secreting gland. Lullabies in one sense—these tracks were composed for an overnight drone event in the artist’s hometown of Berlin—in another they are intensely awakening, serving as activations of specific frequency windows. 𝐼𝑛 𝑊𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 is a sonically cavernous descent, down into the brain’s most mysterious and rejuvenating depths.  

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Zenxen [ˈzɛn ˈdʒɛn] is an interdisciplinary ambient project from Benedikt Ellebrecht, combining academic studies in sociology, literature, and philosophy, time spent playing in post-punk bands, and ongoing participation in the underground electronic music scene in Berlin, Germany. 

Starting with experimentation with sample-based techniques, Ellebrecht has developed Zenxen into a digital musique concrète. He processes and reassembles field recordings from his immediate physical surroundings as well as drawing from virtual spaces such as the internet and videogames. As Zenxen, he has self-released 2 EPs and regularly performs live. 

Ellebrecht also contributes sound design for theatre and performance pieces, including at Ruhrtriennale Essen 2016 and at Staatstheater Darmstadt 2019 in collaboration with Niels Wehr. And in 2017, he co-founded the multimedia label No Disk (https://www.instagram.com/nodisk_/) with Joel AS (Arad Acid).

In Waves

Zenxen - Mesh Of Nodes (ENMX16)

[EB24]

mastering: Catartsis
artwork: Léa Maria

Boundary Lessons

Lose Faster [EB24]

Where does fantasy end and reality begin? The dichotomy of the Apollonian and Dionysian nature of man represents our greatest inner duel - the dance of chaos and order, the struggle of mind versus heart, the battle of immaculate harmony and intoxicated euphoria; a lifetime of chasing one's wildest dreams and divine muses, raised to the heavens by sheer imagination, only to be washed ashore by the unrelenting waters of Earth, crashing against the jagged rocks of existence, faced only by one's own truthful reflection staring back from the indifference of the sea. That is our ultimate, inevitable fate: the futility of our desires, the certain tragedy of living torn between two tides. 

The Birth of Tragedy is a compilation in two halves reflecting the mythological symbolism of Apollo and Dionysus, descendants of Zeus. The first half presents the Apollonian form - order, harmony, clarity. The second half is Dionysian - a state of chaotic liberation without boundaries, driven by instinct, blinded bliss and disarray. The collision between these worlds unveils the drama that we find ourselves in.

TEARS001 
Various Artists
The Birth of Tragedy
Limited edition vinyl/cassette 

https://amuletoftears.bandcamp.com/album/the-birth-of-tragedy

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