From the Distant|Spirals EP on Past inside the Present:
pitp.bandcamp.com/album/distant-spirals

released May 3, 2019

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Distant

I wasn't exactly jumping at an opportunity to hear an album by Bob Holroyd, which he titled Football Chants and Nursery Rhymes. After all, it would fall somewhere between "crying babies" and "whistling drunks" for me. But I won't just judge the book by its cover, nor the album by its title or the cover art. This is something I've learned long ago, so it's time to hear the music. And given the fact that Holroyd has been deeply rooted in the world of ambient, neoclassical, and cinematic music, something tells me that this title here is tongue-in-cheek. "The album title derives from a conversation Holroyd had with a musician friend who commented on what type of music people say they like in relation to what they actually buy. This sentiment also extends to record labels which imply they are looking for something new and different yet seemingly release the same kind of music." This is something I could surely get behind. It reminds me of another circulating meme, where one is asked, "what kind of music do you listen to?" then answered with an "everything" and smile. And then they're blasted with some drill'n'bass or breakcore or the like. So Bob is right here - people want to live in echo chambers. But do soundscapes and atmospheric textures sound the same? What is it exactly that I listen for in electronic music? It's the sound of the emotion on the other side and the track's ability to move me in return, thus the artist's talent to convey a feeling. So what's exactly painted with "Big Fields"? Fragility, regret, forgotten pledges.

Football Chants and Nursery Rhymes

Big Fields

TRACK PREMIERE : Bob Holroyd - Big Fields

Still Water

https://archivesdubmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ambient-archives-vol-2

The second volume of 'Ambient Archives' comes with music by Gallery Six, Logic Moon, Snufmumriko and Warmth. A wide range of ambient lines, beautiful chords, hazy textures and field recordings. Pure ambient music as it best.



Warmth - Wave Growth

First release on Archives this year is a reimagined version of Warmth's first ambient album 'Essay', with each one of the original pieces revisited by talented artists, including Alex Humann, SineRider, Wil Bolton, Robert Farrugia, Shaded Explorer, Tobias Hellkvist and Darren Harper.

Mastering by Rob Small. 
Archives31 // ArchivesCD012 
Archives / 2017

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Warmth - Essay (Alex Humann Remix)

'Lunae Semita' is the first release from Araceae, which is the ambient techno side project of Uun. The album was built upon field recordings gathered in Upper Michigan, Detroit, Berlin, and Amsterdam.

Written and Produced by Ryan Malony.
Mastered by Emanuele Pertoldi.
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Faint / 2018

Araceae - Prelude For Spring

Some raw heartfelt Illuvia dub to complement Goran Geto's sonorous exploration of five rivers around his native country: https://tehnofonika.bandcamp.com/album/goran-geto-a-j

The release also includes a killer version by the one and only https://soundcloud.com/coppice-halifax

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Goran Geto - Atmosfera Jedan [part 4 - Morava] (Illuvia Inversion)

Adrift is Robert Farrugia's 7th album, and his third release on the Archives imprint. The album is a departure from his previous electroacoustic works to a more minimalistic approach in the vein of Geotic (Baths) and Helios.

It touchingly discusses the feelings of uncertainty and optimistic doubt that come with maturation and onset adulthood. The fifth track, Daylight Saving, was composed alongside Robert's brother, Matthew, to whom the album is dedicated to.

Mastering by Taylor Deupree
Photography by Alexander Kopatz 
www.go70north.com 
Archives53 // ArchivesCD34 
Archives / 2019

adrift

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Robert Farrugia - Textures

“Sallaw” is a Kurdish word that expresses the passing of time, and on this new album the three sound artists have found a way of expressing that notion in music. Four tracks of slowly unfolding ambience make up this collection, each piece named after different months, again in Kurdish. The four sections represent the different seasons and their movement through time.

Sallaw

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PORYA HATAMI | AARON MARTIN | ROBERTO ATTANASIO - Rêbendan

'Wildlife' is Warmth's fourth ambient album.

Written and produced by Agustín Mena
Collaborations by Pepo Galán and Robert Farrugia 
Mastering by Taylor Deupree 
Photography by Alexander Kopatz 
www.go70north.com 
Archives59 // ArchivesCD40 
Archives / 2019

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Warmth - Shine (with Pepo Galán)

Writen and Produced by Henrik Laugesen
Mastered by Emanuele Pertoldi.
Photography by Alexander Kopatz.
www.go70north.com
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Faint / 2020

Lauge - Oceanography

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

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

Warmth - Wave Growth

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