https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim

https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/the-astronauts-last-polaroid-bc089

Almost 5 years to the day since his Bricolage debut, "Imitation of Faith", the prolific Belial Pelegrim returns with his latest musical escapade, "The Astronaut's Last Polaroid", and t's a very special one indeed.

This album tells the story of Jack Hawthorne. A 68 year old former NASA astronaut that is now grappling with the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Once celebrated for his groundbreaking lunar missions, Jack now finds himself lost in the uncharted territory of his fading mind.

Alzheimer's disease is a subject that is no doubt close to the hearts of a lot of people and it's a subject that Belial has carefully mapped out with the utmost respect.

The music itself is 15 tracks of lucid and harmonic experimental soundscapes that set a transient stage for what feels like a dark yet beautiful dream. There's a tinge of anxiety laced throughout as you would expect with such a theme but it never becomes foreboding. It's more like giant swirls of memories and relics of the past that drift in and out of view.

Belial expertly maps out the journey through hypnagogic tones that resonate with the heart and mind. Fleeting glimpses of rhythmic patterns, flashes of brooding strings and sprinkles of melodic dust. Taking us on a trip through not only Jack's consciousness but also our own. The depth and emotion that burrows its way into each track is of grandiose proportions. At times it feels like we're witnessing a one man orchestra as we traverse through various realms of classical, glitch. ambient and electronica. A reverie of sonic tapestry.

"The Astronaut's Last Polaroid" serves as a woozy yet visceral reminder that time is not always on our side when it comes to memory but also that the mind is a beautiful place regardless.

The Astronaut's Last Polaroid (bc089)

Bandcamp

Belial Pelegrim - Astral Cartographer (from "The Astronaut's Last Polaroid" album)

Isotopes

Simulation Cult

Simulation Cult (Alessandro Cortini Remix)

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A decade is a long pause… how the world has changed since…

Longtime friends and collaborators, iconic ambient composer William Basinski and sound artist/composer Richard Chartier return to LINE with 'Aurora Terminalis', their first new work together since 2015’s ‘Divertissement’ LP (Important Records, US).

From an unexpected sudden burst of sound jaggedly spiraling outward, the tumult fades and shockwaves slide into lulling haze of a melody. Background nuance—nearly imperceptible—and foreground romanticism ripple near each others’ edges. Then, rhythmic and liquid, an erratic drifting over a clouded void... an 'un-still' life... a slow tracing.

'Aurora Terminalis'… a fading gauzy signal for a finality.

Basinski and Chartier have previously released two collaborative works on LINE; Aurora Liminalis (2013) and Untitled 1-3 (2008, an expanded reissue of 'Untitled' originally on Spekk, Japan, 2004), as well as the archival Bandcamp exclusive 'Something from the Pink House' a live improvisation recorded in 2004.

William Basinski's archival album 'The Clocktower at the Beach (1979)' was released on LINE in 2023.

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composed & recorded by Basinski & Chartier 2024

William Basinski: Voyetra 8 + loops
Richard Chartier: electronics, field recordings, processing, mixing

Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space

cover image: detail of 'Glass Eye', 2024 by James Elaine (acrylic and house paints, razor cuts on canvas, 62 in x 92 in)

© 2025 LINE

William Basinski published by Musex International (BMI)
Richard Chartier published by Touch Music/Fairwood Music UK Ltd

Aurora Terminalis

Aurora Terminalis (excerpt 1)

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Dear friends,

It has been a long time since we last released a compilation – our previous one was back in 2020. For the 100th release of our label, we felt it was the perfect occasion to celebrate in great company! We invited many musicians who have collaborated with Dronarivm in the past to create joint tracks with an artist of their choice. The result is 24 uniquely diverse tracks that showcase the vast musical spectrum of the genre we generally call "Ambient."

We are proud to present Illuminations III, a compilation created as a heartfelt thank-you to everyone who has supported us over the years. This includes musicians, listeners, visual artists, photographers, designers, podcasters, reviewers, and everyone who has helped us grow and move forward.

Illuminations III features over two hours of outstanding music from leading ambient producers, and just like any true gift, it's completely free to download. Of course, if you wish, you can contribute any amount you find appropriate. All proceeds will go toward supporting and further developing our projects.

For those who prefer a physical format, the album is also available as a print-on-demand double CDr.

We hope you enjoy this release – a labor of love that took over six months to create. Thank you for your continued support!

Runaway Horses & Valotihkuu - Illuminations III (free download) - 03 Timeless Beauty

Elitepop is a monthly radio show by Enfant Terrible for Intergalactic FM (IFM/CBS). A new episode is transmitted every first Monday of the month on the Cybernetic Broadcasting System channel at IFM for 1 hour from 21.00h onwards… No talking... just music!

Episode 55 was transmitted December 2024 and this episode has a focus on heavy moods… from industrial to post black metal to doomy psychedelics…

Elitepop #55

The new release emerges as a spontaneous offshoot of the artist’s ongoing Mithraic trilogy and reflects a deep, three-year exploration of Zoroastrianism, carried out in collaboration with the Romanian label Mask Of The Slave.
This latest chapter, set to be released on the Sardinian imprint Wild Drone Music, delves specifically into the Towers of Silence—structures historically used by followers of Zarathustra’s faith, and still utilized today by Zoroastrian diaspora communities in India for the exposure of the dead. In accordance with ancient Zoroastrian teachings, corpses are neither buried nor cremated, but left to decompose naturally, in harmony with the elements.
Musically, the release navigates a delicate balance between dark soundscapes and ritual tribal ambient, further enhanced by a reinterpretation from producer WTTM (alias of Matteo Frau), who brings his unique perspective to the project.

releases March 24, 2025

Write and Produced by Raimondo Gaviano
https://soundcloud.com/svart1
Remix by WTTM (Matteo Frau)
https://soundcloud.com/matteo-frau
Mixed and Mastered By Sikreative Studio
Artwork by CBT
Photo credit by Christian Scalas
Copyright by Wild Drone Music - 2025

[WDM12] Svart1 - Towers of Silence with WTTM Remix

eRecords is a digital record series created by Whitelabrecs, to run alongside our physical releases. These editions aim to transform the digital format into something that can be experienced in a similar way to a listener’s interaction with a real, white label vinyl record. Each edition includes a special PDF scrapbook including polaroids and liner notes.

We do not publish details about the concepts or production methods of a release, so that the liner notes and content in each scrapbook will give you the background of each edition in the series.

catalog: eR036
artist: HERE
release title: hues of amber & rose
runtime: 22:11
location: london, uk

written and produced by simon vince
photography by ann savchenko
art and design by harry towell

Hues of Amber & Rose

Beneath The Shade Of Trees

Fell off a pyramid

dance of the pigments

Whitelabrecs was set up by Harry Towell in late 2015 as another outlet to put out experimental electronic/acoustic music. It followed Harry’s previous labels Audio Gourmet, Tessellate and Warehouse Decay and focuses on a collectable series of highly limited edition vinyl-effect CDr packaging, with the first 50 releases influenced by white label vinyl records. The label also runs a digital only series called eRecords, with each of these releases including a special PDF booklet.

https://www.whitelabrecs.com
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/