𝓢𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓲𝓮𝓻𝓮 ✦ @mira-shindento ✦

"Symchthonia" is a word derived from the ancient Greek συμ (together) and χθών (earth/soil). Forged by philosopher Donna J. Haraway it means "the coming together of the earthly ones".

MIRA新伝統 (Honami Higuchi / Raphael Leray): "Since we wanted this short hymn to be rooted in our reality rather than ecstatic escapism or complaisant dystopia the composition is balanced between urban field recordings and synthetic sound design."

Article + Discord invitation link ▶【 https://swinedaily.com/swine-premiere-mira/ 】

▜
▙
▜
▙
▞▚▞▚▞▚▞▚

[Swine Premiere] MIRA新伝統 - "Symchthonia"

𝘈𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴. 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.


@powerdynamics

Quiet

secret getii 

Gather

secret getii 🍃 exotic chase

Hyperboloid w/ Lyudmila Severtseva - 28/12/2023

#BagLif3💰 #GetTheBag💸 
[HACKED UPLOAD]  "NENÚHÎR x MURRETTUMERI"【Wanna Listen To The SoundsOfNature?】🦢 ///Sigma.LEAK$ @nenuhir @lil_e_vert2020

cover art by @gen.untitled

"NENÚHÎR x MURRETTUMERI" MakeMySoulVisible #MusiqueConcrète#SoundDesign🕉 #FieldRecordingz📡

Sky Split Open

Sky Split Open (feat. Rosa Anschütz)

HEATHEN EARTH W/ BRIDE - 28/02/2024

Billy Bultheel - Two Cycles
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 138
Release Date: 08 March 2024
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/TwoCycles

Billy Bultheel's debut solo album is an ambitious distillation of the composer's,' sprawling litany of influences and his unique approach to site-specific composition. A compilation of pieces created between 2016 and 2023, the album is a forceful testament to Bultheel's expansive performance practice and collaborations with cutting-edge visual artists like Anne Imhof and James Richards.

Drawing inspiration from industrial music and metal as well as medieval and baroque polyphony, Bultheel devised a way to present this collection of works side-by-side. The record is split into two distinct cycles: the Snow Cycle, which collects Bultheel's electro-acoustic and compositional work, and the Game Cycle, which assembles his electronic productions. These two suites have unmistakable symmetry; Bultheel's traditional compositions are bolstered by his understanding of electronic production, while his electronic pieces are moulded by his knowledge of classical and traditional music. "Two Cycles" is an album that exhibits duality, embodying the dichotomy of Bultheel's roles as both an ensemble composer and an electronic producer.

The haunting opening track of the 'Snow Cycle', 'The Arcades Project', — named after the unfinished compendium of architectural contemplations penned by the eminent German philosopher, Walter Benjamin - places four tubas in strategic towers surrounding the audience, creating an immersive auditory experience. Conversely, 'The Snows of Venice' — named after Alexander Kluge and Ben Lerner collection of short stories and poems — was conceived for two flautists directed to intertwine their melodies as they traversed through knee-high water.

The 'Game Cycle' meanwhile places a strong emphasis on rhythm, crafting a sonic landscape that resonates with overdriven metallic clanks and sharp stabs. Drawing upon his extensive experience in composing for choreography, Bultheel envisions a series of jittery dances that purposefully deviate from conventional timelines. 'Decreation' infuses techno with the visceral qualities of noise music and 'Game Theory' offers an unsettling skeletal barrage of saturated, precisely tuned percussive hits. Bultheel brings 'Two Cycles' to a close with 'Gigue,' a reference to the 6/8 baroque court dance that traditionally marked the conclusion of a dance suite; by merging marching rhythms performed by two percussionists on a single drum set with chaotic and evocative synth leads, he establishes a tantalizing counterpoint.

'Two Cycles' is a musical compilation that explores the themes of locale and landscape, elucidating the intricate dynamics that arise between the musicians and their audience, the ears and the architecture. Considering timbre, density and the psycho-acoustic qualities of communal spaces, from the warehouse to the cathedral, Bultheel draws indelible lines between seemingly distant concepts, merging the celestial with the terrestrial.

The double album cover, one for each side and cycle on the record, features a collage created by the Welsh video artist James Richards that merges medieval iconography with snippets of queer memorabilia.

All tracks written by Billy Bultheel
Mixed by James Ginsburg
Mastered by Enyang Urbicks

Billy Bultheel - 9ssp (Game Cycle) (PAN 138)

info: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/guests-190-mvrgn-anything-pointless
https://www.anythingpointless.com

GUESTS

GUESTS 190 – MVRGN / Anything Pointless

TRACKLIST
Oliver Oates – One Without
VOCES8 – Pyramid Song 
Manual – 1986
Black Sabbath – Planet Caravan 
Eartheater, Leya – Milky Eye 
Kelora – Forget Me Not 
Msylma & Ismael - The Lovers Creed 
Dj Shadows - What Does Your Soul Look Like , Pt. 4
Hysterical Love Project – Ionian Sea
Officium – Sainte Marie des Chazes 
Ayaz – Reprise
Uman – Ménestrel 
Headache – Beggining Of The End

Marouschlass - Dormir debout ~ 20.03.2024

Dane Law - Algorithmic Music for Synthesised Strings
APR124 | Out April 24

Out Now: https://astralplanerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/algorithmic-music-for-synthesised-strings

'Algorithmic Music for Synthesised Strings' is Dane Law's (@thedanelaw) first release for Astral Plane Recordings, born out of a guest mix for NTS in August 2017. Across prior releases for Conditional, Genot Centre and Quantum Natives, the London-based artist has crafted a sonic space that merges pagan folklore, tensile algorithmic production and hyperrhythmic dance forms.

That NTS mix, titled “Digital Paganism”, was composed of a distinctly uncanny assemblage that drew from Arvo Pärt and The Wicker Man soundtrack. 'Algorithmic Music for Synthesised String's furthers the ideas introduced in “Digital Paganism”, a simultaneously explication of and alienation from its naturalistic tones gone haywire.

Across Algorithmic Music’s 12 songs, Dane Law’s delicate approach to composition is laid bare. Individual sound objects are isolated in space and rotated, forming plastic points in a series of eerie hymns. Guitar and synthesizer sounds are present, distanced from their quotidian origin points by an ascetic utilization of spatial mixing.

Built on MIDI files processed through a second order Markov strong algorithm, songs like “Running Hill” and “Southbound to denshaw” impose a certain music box familiarity, opening a portal to a world of skewed geometries where known forms are not what they seem. Meanwhile, the two part “Delph” saga embraces a spectral queasiness, morphing the ear’s ability to locate the shape of sound in time.

'Algorithmic Music for Synthesised Strings' is out digitally on April 24 and will be followed by a cassette release once regular trips to the post office are logistically feasible.

Algorithmic Music for Synthesised Strings

Download

Dane Law - Michael [APR124]

OUT NOW: https://wherethetimegoes.bandcamp.com/album/frog-of-earth

What’s it like to be a frog? - a question posed by philosophizers and scienticians alike for nigh on millenia without any definitive progress or resolution to the issue. The sad truth is that Man, in his usual self absorbed way, has only ever attempted to apply his own logical tricks and turns of phrase to describe the totally nonhuman sensual experience of the frog. In his arrogance, Man has failed to even realise the futility of his venture, of superimposing himself onto its self. The frog’s rich experience is its own, and now for possibly the first time in human history Man may, if he allows himself to, glimpse the essence of the frog. But not through word, or through self referential descriptions and calculations; but through self-absolving experience - through the Frog of Earth.

Frog of Earth is the debut album by the Frog of Earth, and is available now to purchase via bandcamp in single disc 12" vinyl LP, and in all digital formats.

Worldwide distribution handled by Rubadub.

Artwork by Mel & Dean.

Sky Split Open (feat. Rosa Anschütz)

Vanity Productions

Related tracks