Written and Produced by Agustín Mena
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio (NY)
Photography by Alexander Kopatz
www.go70north.com
ARCHIVES71 // ARCHIVESCD52
Archives | 2021

Warmth - Everything Burns

Mastered by Ian Hawgood
Photography by Alexander Kopatz.
www.go70north.com
Faint025 // FaintCD025
Faint / 2021

Warmth - Blueshift

track 11 from “mountain ambient III” by .foundation

0foundation.bandcamp.com/album/mounta…-ambient-iii
music.apple.com/album/1590700132
open.spotify.com/album/4KVZewMKXGyEsoF5AmiuGI

Additional release info:
LABEL: Stereoscenic
ARTIST: .foundation
TITLE: mountain ambient III
GENRES: Ambient
CAT: SCENE59
RELEASE DATE: 2021-10-17
TRACKS: 11

Check out other tracks on this release:
1.) .foundation - terminalia
2.) .foundation - lobby
3.) .foundation, andarctica - light whispers (.foundation rework)
4.) .foundation - euphonia
5.) .foundation - foundation XXI
6.) .foundation - continua
7.) .foundation - rivages
8.) .foundation - presencia
9.) .foundation - soft focus
10.) .foundation - continua (redux)
11.) .foundation - foundation XXI (redux)

.foundation - foundation XXI (redux)

Written and Produced by Agustín Mena
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio (NY)
Photography by Alexander Kopatz
www.go70north.com
ARCHIVES84

Warmth - Past Tense

as the rope tightens i shall be free

Spanish composer Pepo Galán lands on the exquisite imprint Archives with a follow-up to the acclaimed Human Values Disappear. 
This time, the artist steps out of his comfort zone to create a record that melts the boundaries of ambient music, challenging our preconceived notion of how a drone record should sound. 

Part of the charm of Strange Parentheses lies in its seamless blend of genres, quickly shifting from early day Kranky sounds (Dead fish on the shore, In a Straight Line) to more glitch-inspired pieces (High Seas Tempest, Almost Alone in this Life). 

However, the biggest strength - and surprise - of the album lies in its delicate use of vocals. For this endeavour, Pepo recruited the talented German choreographer Sita Ostheimer, who brings her impressive vocal range to three of the album’s tracks. Sita’s symbiotic performance adds a newfound intensity to the mix, echoing the emotional resonance of artists like Grouper or Julianna Barwick. 

These refined sounds become palpable in the album’s centerpiece, S a m o a, a song that starts off with a delicate Sonic Pieces-inspired piano, gradually evolving into a soul-crushing ballad. Here, Pepo builds a wall of guitar and string sounds around Sita’s vocals, transporting us to a state of mind that is equal parts melancholic and blissful. 

This gravitational pull between darkness and hope acts as a guiding light throughout the rest of the album, eventually landing on a high note with the tear-jerking sounds of U Broke Me. By the time the pitched-down vocals fade away, it is safe to assume that Pepo Galán has produced another exquisite record, one that rivals the heights reached by Human Values Disappear, confirming him as one of the most exciting artists to watch in our modern ambient landscape. 

Words by Carlos Maquieira. 

All music written, produced and mixed by Pepo Galán in 2018, 
except 'High Seas Tempest' and 'Almost Alone In this Life' in 2015. 

Samoa 
Piano: Sergio Díaz De Rojas 
Strings: Reyes Oteo 
Trombone: Carlos Rodríguez 
Lyrics: Marisa Ares 
Voice: Sita Ostheimer 

Bleeding Eyes 
Voice Sampler: Sita Ostheimer 'It’s You' 

U Broke Me 
Lyrics and Voice: Roger Robinson 

Mastering by Taylor Deupree 
Photography by Brian Young | www.instagram.com/losingtoday 
Archives49 // ArchivesCD30 
Archives / 2018 

... 

In loving memory of Brian Young.

strange parenthesis

Buy CD/Cass/Dig

Pepo Galán - In A Straight Line

HUMORES I:
Phlegma is about conception. It is the creation of human matter. The existance is fluid and eventually becomes solid.

Video:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSlNIMv4Ogc&hd=1

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'HUMORES I - IV' is a multidisciplinary project by Yvonne Brouwers and composer Arafúra. The starting point for the project is the Humours theory that was developed by ancient Greek doctors Hippocrates of Kos and Claudius Galenus. This theory states that the human form exists out of four main bodily fluids that all have their individual characteristics. These four fluids are each represented by a 'chapter' of life.

These chapters have been the base for four different artworks, as well as four different tracks that each represent a phase of life. The metamorphoses that takes place within these phases is that of human matter. Humores is a project about the substance of the human body, the way it changes, the wonders of coming into existence and eventually returning into nothingness. It's about our flesh, our bones and the blood that runs within us. It's the one thing we all have in common, the way our body evolves and eventually decomposes.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it.

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The digital album is available for download (including full pdf artwork).
The limited edition DigiPak album is released through Garden of Eyes with a limited run of 200 copies.

Order through bandcamp:
- http://arafura.bandcamp.com/album/humores-i-iv
Click here to see all the videos for the HUMORES I - IV era:
- http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZFz08feUBAZNMPpsmimcr_ghhow5zcIa
You can also stream the entire record on SoundCloud as well:
- https://soundcloud.com/arafura/sets/humores-i-iv

You can find more info regarding Arafúra by visiting these pages:
- http://www.arafuramusic.com
- http://www.facebook.com/arafuramusic
- http://www.arafura.bandcamp.com
- http://www.twitter.com/arafuramusic
- http://www.youtube.com/user/democolorscheme
- http://www.gardenofeyes.com

Buy the album here!

HUMORES I : Phlegma

Remix album for 'Strange Parentheses', released on October 2018.
Written and Produced by Pepo Galán
Remixes by r beny, Steve Pacheco, David Cordero, José Soberanes, Eyoko, Suero, Eduardo Briganty, Erissoma, Max Würden, Alberto Lucendo, Shuta Yasukochi and Warmth
Mastering by Ian Hawgood
Photography by Alexander Kopatz
www.go70north.com
Archives61 // ArchivesCD42
Archives / 2019

Pepo Galán - In A Straight Line (Warmth Remix)

the epic closing track from “Frozen Passages” by @poemme
https://poemme.bandcamp.com/album/frozen-passages

Frozen Passages

poemme - falling snow on a silent night

Nighttime (tomonari nozaki / 2019)

Written and Produced by Agustín Mena
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio (NY)
Photography by Alexander Kopatz
www.go70north.com
FDIG001
Faint / 2020

THE VOID

SVLBRD - The Void

Making music as Warmth and SVLBRD.
Label owner of Archives and Faint.

12" Vinyl, CD and Digital on Archives.
https://archivesdubmusic.bandcamp.com

Pepo Galán - In A Straight Line (Warmth Remix)

Warmth | SVLBRD