Velvet Rope Crowd Control is a collaboration project between Bryan Hilyard and Andrew J Klimek.

For years we had discussed post-rock and neo-classical collaborations, but this guitar-loop experiment fell into our laps first. Andrew (finally) bought some guitar pedals during lockdown in spring 2020 and recorded a few test riffs. Some time later, Bryan picked through a folder of these and started sampling & morphing them into drones. We both really dug the result and listened to them off and on for the next year. Finally in late 2021, Andrew added new layers and additional processing.
New Years Eve, we each made a beat-driven remix, hoping to release the album at the stroke of mid-night. We couldn't quite pull if off, so the project sat a little longer. In the mean time we were lucky enough to get 2 reworks by Agus aka Warmth.

Velvet Rope Crowd Control - Trillium (Warmth Remix)

Amphoracode 1

I just need something

This week the great filmmaker and activist Rosa von Praunheim passed away.  Thir work and advocacy will have ternal impact on the way the world views sexuality, freedom, artistic expression, and human compassion.   May your work continue to inspire generations to come. 

the ascension of rosa von praunheim

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天 - 雷

https://stereoscenic.bandcamp.com/album/asleep-in-amber

Photography/Album Art by Bryan Hilyard

https://hilyard.bandcamp.com

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Canopy

'SVLBRD' is my new side project, on the also new label Faint @faint-faint-music

Written and Produced by Agustín Mena.
Mastering by Neel.
Photography by Alexander Kopatz www.go70north.com
Faint001 // FaintCD001
Faint / 2016

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SVLBRD - Bellsund

'Stratus' is the first full album by SVLBRD, side project of ambient artist Warmth. The following chapter after the Svalbard EP, released on Faint in late 2016.

Written and Produced by Agustín Mena.
Mastered at Artefacts Mastering.
Photography by Alexander Kopatz.
www.go70north.com
Faint006 // FaintCD006
Faint / 2018

SVLBRD - Fernweh

Simply a minimal drone, subtle sonic wallpaper. "Repetition is a form of change." ... an oblique strategy ... stoney.sb.org/eno/oblique.html

Inspired by minimal drone music in general, the subtleties of an oscillator, filter, reverb, or any sound source.

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Minimal

Chord Harmonics

Far Beyond These Windswept Fields

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…

Somnolent

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Somnolent Extended Album Mix

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

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

SVLBRD - Bellsund

Warmth | SVLBRD