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Finders Keepers invite you to witness these incredible early Buchla synthesiser concerts/demonstrations providing a distinctive feminine alternative to The Silver Apples Of The Moon if they had ever been presented in phonographic form. This is history in the remaking.
This spring Finders Keepers Records are proud to release an archival project that not only redefines musical history but boasts genuine claim to the overused buzzwords such as pioneering, maverick, experimental, groundbreaking and esoteric, while questioning social politics and the evolution of music technology as we’ve come to understand it. To describe this records as a game-changer is an understatement.
This record represents a musical revolution, a scientific benchmark and a trophy in the cabinet of counter culture creativity. This record is a triumphant yardstick in the synthesiser space race and the untold story of the first woman on the proverbial moon. While pondering the early accolades of this record it’s daunting to learn that this record was in fact not a record at all… It was a manifesto and a gateway to a new world, that somehow never quite opened. If the unfamiliar, modernistic, melodic, pulses, tones and harmonics found on this 1975 live presentation/grant application/educational demonstration had been placed in a phonographic context alongside the promoted work of Morton Subotnick, Walter Carlos or Tomita then the name Suzanne Ciani and her influence would have already radically changed the shape, sound and gender of our record collections. Hopefully there is still chance.
In short, Suzanne was a self-imposed twenty-year-old employee of the Buchla modular synthesiser company, San Francisco’s neck and neck contender to New York’s Moog. Buchla was run by a community of festival freaks and academic acid eaters whose roots in new age lifestyles and the reinvention of art and music replaced the business acumen enjoyed by its likeminded East Coasters. In the eyes of the consumer the creative refusal to adopt rudimentary facets like a piano keyboard controller rendered the Buchla synthesiser the more obscure stubborn sister of the synth marathon, steering these incredible units away from the mainstream into the homes and studios of free music aficionados, art house composers and die-hard revolutionaries. Championed and semi-showcased by composer Morton Subotnick on his albums The Bull and Silver Apples Of The Moon, Buchla’s versatility began to open the minds of a new generation, but the high-end design features and no-compromise modus operandi was often confused with incompatibility and, in the pulsating shadow of Moog’s marketing, the revolution would not be televised nor patronised. Suzanne Ciani, as one of the very few female composers on the frontline (and also providing the back line) did not lose faith.
These “concerts” are the epitome of rare music technology historic documents, performed by a real musician whose skills and academic education in classical composition already outweighed her male synthesiser contemporaries of twice her age. At the very start of her fragile career these recordings are nothing short of sacrificial ode to her mentor and machine, sonic pickets of the revolution and love letters to an absolutely genuine vision of and ‘alternative’ musical future. In denouncing her own precocious polymathmatic past in a bid to persuade the world to sing from a new hymn sheet, Suzanne Ciani created a bi-product of never before heard music that would render the pigeon holes “ambient” and “futuristic” utterly inadequate. Providing nothing short of an entirely different feminine take on the experimental “records” of Morton Subotnick and proving to a small, judgmental audience and jury the true versatility of one of the most radical and idiosyncratic musical instruments of the 20th century. These recordings have not been heard since then.

Buchla Concerts 1975

Suzanne Ciani - Buchla Concerts 1975 (Excerpt)

~ LAAPS 037 ~ [SEQ.05 - LP37]

artist : Brandon Tani
album : The Road Was Bent From The Way We Took It 
duration : 39.48 mn
date : July 08th, 2024

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / purple LP / selective UV varnish / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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Recorded early 2024.
Music by Brandon Tani.

Mastered by Andrew Weathers
Artwork by Brandon Tani
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://dailyrituals.bandcamp.com/music

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Brandon Tani - Eager To Leave When No One's Looking (excerpt)

Il y a une balade de confinement de https://soundcloud.com/melaine-dalibert au piano
Il y a https://soundcloud.com/ladrache de Bruxelles au chant polyphonique post-punk
Il y a la voix et le synthé ombrageux de https://soundcloud.com/elisaflores
Il y a les mélodies chaleureuses de https://soundcloud.com/fairiesareback
Il y a les ritournelles enveloppantes de https://soundcloud.com/finfilm composées dans le secret de sa voiture
Il y a une reprise par https://soundcloud.com/glabre d'une des plus belles chansons du monde
Et puis quelques morceaux d'artistes qui n'ont plus besoin d'être présenté-e-s, mais encore et toujours écouté-e-s, oui

Mix enregistré le 18 juin 2024

Image: https://www.instagram.com/camille.tsering/

Playlist:
Melaine Dalibert - 'Confinuum' 8
Ladr ache - Op Stilte
Unknown - Three More Times (= 3 times slower Britney cover)
Elisa Flores - As Cold As Warm
Calla - Elsewhere
Fairies Are Back - Cheval de fer
Glabre - The Sound Behind The Silence
Fin Film - It's a C
Clarice Jensen - Daily
Drekka - Sickness Subsides
Janis Joplin - All Is Loneliness
Explosions In The Sky - Remember Me As A Time Of Day
Ladr ache - Trafic de grues
Fin Film - Tripping Without A Trip
Fairies Are Back - Flowers Shall Grow
Low - Shots & Ladders

Mélancolie douce XXV

~ LAAPS 038 ~ [SEQ.05 - LP38]

artist : Build Buildings
album : Ecotone
duration : 43 mn
date : September 09th, 2024

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / red LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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Ben Tweel: guitar, lap harp, ukulele, mbira, piano, sampler
Mia Tweel: clarinet on "Scattering Shreds of Wickerwork"
Louis Tweel: lap harp on "Picking Mortar from the Bricks"

Recorded at home in Brooklyn, New York

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Matthias Heiderich
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://buildbuildings.bandcamp.com/

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Ecotone

Build Buildings - Knoll

Taken from the forthcoming album "Atelier Silencio" by YDVST

CD/DIGITAL: https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/atelier-silencio

Limited to 35 copies, handmade wallets, hand numbered....

Releases September 27, 2024 

Composer: YDVST 
Mixing & Mastering: YDVST 

SHM 315 
Shimmering Moods Records 2024

YDVST - Encuentros

🏆 Winning entry in the 2023 Wildlife Sound Recording Society 2023 Richard Margoschis Documentary Competition.

“2023 was a big year of change for our family. We moved countries leaving behind the nest we’d built over 10 years. This piece was a way of processing our fleeting memories. Together with my two eldest daughters, we listen to and chat about the recordings I’d made of the swallows that visited our barn. We found parallels between them and us.

A huge thanks from myself and daughters to the WSRS for this award. Owls are a family favourite - don’t tell the swallows!”

Echoes from the Barn

"mais quand je lève les yeux vers le monde
tout me semble trop, trop rempli, trop rapide, trop pour moi
c'est trop ce qu'il faut être, il faut trop être
il y a trop plein d'être peut-être
peut-être que je suis trop plein d'être après tout
et que dans ce décalage, je me retrouve soit en-deça, soit au-dessus
toujours avec une posture, une position, il faut se positionner
il faut une position, il faut être dans toutes ses dimensions
et l'exprimer, le faire valoir" (Nathalie Vanderlinden, extrait de https://thinconsolation.bandcamp.com/album/de-branche-en-branche )

Mixtape composée fin août, début septembre 2024, pour N.

Image: www.instagram.com/camille.tsering/

Tracklist:
Grouper - Being Her Shadow
Drekka - Fractured
Les Antonymes feat. Nathalie Vanderlinden - Un temps futur https://soundcloud.com/user-1302864
Grails - Daughters Of Bilitis
Les Antonymes feat. Philippe Van Bellinghen- Artrose https://soundcloud.com/philvanb2712
Fairies Are Back - Leaf Skin https://soundcloud.com/fairiesareback
Les Antonymes feat. Nathalie Vanderlinden - Je suis là https://soundcloud.com/user-1302864
Jann Dūne - Birds In The Attic (impro) https://soundcloud.com/nina-sky-w-k-coeur
Douglas Dare - Heavenly Bodies
Fairies Are Back - Cyrp https://soundcloud.com/fairiesareback
Antonin De Bemels - Animasque (demo) https://soundcloud.com/antonindebemels
Grails - Deep Snow
The White Birch - Love Is So Real
Antonin De Bemels - La douceur (demo) https://soundcloud.com/antonindebemels
The White Birch - Breathe
Keaton Henson - Flesh and Bone
Antonin De Bemels - Au temps pour moi (demo) https://soundcloud.com/antonindebemels
Ought - Forgiveness
Matt Elliott - 'Confinuum' 9

Mélancolie douce XXVI

LP available directly from IMPREC.com

Japan's long running masters of psych/kosmische jamming return to Important Records for a vinyl outing featuring beloved original member Cotton Casino. This first edition is pressed in an edition of 500 copies.

Trust Masked Replicants finds AMT in fine form, creating experimental psych-rock improvised around skeletal compositions. As the group's leader, Kawabata Makoto holds them together while they navigate chaos infused, drone based jamming at the upper levels of human consciousness. 

Side B, featuring the 20 minute track Asoko Ananda, is a classic side-long fast paced AMT burner combining sped up kosmische rhythms, filter sweeps, free-jazz piano, tabla drumming and vocal experiments combining all of the groups skills at the top of their game. It is not to be missed. 

Channeling progrock, krautrock, modern composition and noise, Kawabata Makoto formed the Acid Mothers Temple in the early 90's. The group has gone on to release countless albums while touring the globe.

Acid Mothers Temple - Asoko Ananda from Trust Masked Replicants LP

Cassette available directly from Imprec.com

Lee Ranaldo and Rob Menard have been friends and collaborators for years and this split cassette release on Important Records' Cassauna label amplifies their unique musical personalities and sonic compatibility. Both artists contributed over 30 minutes of music making this a pair of mini-albums on one tape. 

Ranaldo plays Farfisa, electric guitar, tres, marimba, bass and bells, taking the listener on a lyrical, hazy, ride full of life, time and echoing riff shimmer. Massive vibes from author, artist, Sonic Youth gtr slinger. 

Rob Menard (Ascension Sound), delivers a mini-album of washed out, minimal lo-fi astral guitar and feedback drones. Menard founded the 20 Guitar Circular Wall Of Angelic Sound and practices vibrational frequency healing.

Lee Ranaldo - Sky Hauling (Prelude) - from split cassette w/ Rob Menard

This week we’ve got something a little different for you. Whilst we’re still technically between seasons - and working hard to bring you more roundtable discussions with our wonderful Verso authors in our upcoming fourth series of The Verso Podcast - we wanted to share a great episode we’ve been collaborating on with our friends over at Macrodose. 

Macrodose is a podcast from Planet B Productions that brings you a weekly briefing on the economy, and takes a look behind the media headlines to work out what’s really going on. You can listen to the podcast and support the show at patreon.com/macrodose

In this episode you’ll be hearing from Craig Gent, author of Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at Work - published recently by Verso Books. As well as being a writer Craig is also a researcher and the North of England Editor at Novara Media.

In this bonus show, Craig will be exploring the role of algorithms in the workplace. He’ll be covering the big questions - such as, what’s at stake as algorithms are slowly, quietly integrated into our everyday lives? Is it just an inevitable fact of the long march toward progress? Or does it open a new frontier of class struggle that we need to take seriously and think about strategically? In other words what happens when your boss is a robot, and what do we do about it?

You can find Craig's book "Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at Work" here: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2958-cyberboss

Be sure to subscribe to the show so you can be the first to know when season four drops - and so that you don’t miss any of the bonus content coming your way between now and then. 

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