"Call, Response" was conceived of as a long distance musical conversation between Josh Mason and David Andree. A single take of material performed by one artist was recorded to magnetic tape and sent to the other with the restriction that accompaniment be recorded in real time as well, closely simulating a live performance. Over time, as the players learned more about each other and their methods, an overarching quality to the body of work developed from their shared sensibilities. The call and response format allowed the voice of each artist to be present, interacting and intersecting, within a murky atmosphere punctuated by melodic fragments and moments of clarity. 

RIYL: William Basinski, Kane Ikin, Mountains 

Winter To Spring, Further Than First Thought by David Andree + Josh Mason

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

STREAM / DOWNLOAD: https://auroraprinciple.fanlink.tv/solstice-remix

Warmth:
https://soundcloud.com/w_a_r_m_t_h
https://open.spotify.com/artist/687UOpjghQt4KG3gfqJy5d

This was made as a demo remix for Warmth's album, Home. It didn't fit the theme of the album, so it was never officially released.

It went up on Bandcamp and SoundCloud in December of 2017, but I'm happy to say that almost seven years (!!!) later, it's now being re-released here and onto major digital storefronts and streaming services.

Thank you so much to everyone who listened to this remix since 2017. Seeing all of your kind words and support has been a joy and a privilege.

Solstice (The Aurora Principle Remix)

Warmth - Solstice (The Aurora Principle Remix)

Tracklist

01. Taylor Deupree & The Humble Bee - Case Study 5
02. Dag Rosenqvist - Linnebråten
03. Dudal - Peut-être hier
04. The Volume Settings Folder - Unreel
05. Celer & Forest Management - Montrose
06. Henrik Meierkord - Sprickor
07. Tomoyoshi Date - 土 Tsuchi (33 rpm)
08. Blue Lake - Weft
09. Will Samson - Loshult
10.  Olli Aarni - Hetken laskoksissa

417. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01. Claire Rousay & Gretchen Korsmo - Spiral Branches
02. James Osland - The Last Breath Of Summer
03. Ghost and Tape - Pardinyas
04. The Deccan Traps - Kinder Ascent 
05. Julia Gjertsen and Gustav Davidsson - Into The Night
06. Pye Corner Audio - Memoria Del Agua
07.  Hadley Roe - When I Look Back...
08. Ian Hawgood - Live Texture I
09. Glacis -  To Begin Again
10. Masaya Ozaki - Frá Vatni
11. Darren McClure -Fernlike

427. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken is a Scottish composer originally from Dundee and now living on the south coast of England. Euan began composing in the late 2000s, but it was in 2010 after the dissolution of his band, that his solo work as Glacis took shape. Left with just his piano, this became an outlet for creativity during a period of solitude. Over the years, his music has been released by labels such as Fluid Audio, Oscarson and Lost Tribe Sound, and he’s also built a reputation as a prolific collaborator with projects including Gallowglas, Civic Hall (alongside Craig Tattersall) and The Dead Bell (with The Green Kingdom), as well as work with artists including Satomimagae, Gavin Miller and Adrian Lane. Euan has become a familiar figure with Whitelabrecs over the years.

Polaroid Notes is the work of a German artist called Andreas, who is based in the countryside between Munich and the Alps. Initially known for his Ambient dub electronic work as Kraut Sounds, Andreas began Polaroid Notes over a decade ago as a contemporary classical side project. In recent years, this has become his primary project and perhaps the pseudonym that he’s best known as. His music has appeared on labels including Driftworks, Büro für Erdrotation, Weber & Alcantu, Licht-ung and his own Drone Works International imprint. He has released five solo albums with Whitelabrecs, as well as releases on Whitelabrecs’ predecessors Tessellate Recordings and Audio Gourmet.

Both of these artists are regulars on Whitelabrecs and to our fans and followers, these artists will need no introduction. Euan and Andreas first connected around the release of Cloud Anthems, though they’d admired each other’s work for much longer. Since then, their friendship has grown through conversations about music, life and family. In autumn 2022, they began exchanging ideas and sound fragments, a process that unfolded naturally over the next two years. Both artists’ work is rooted in the piano, but this album reaches beyond, blending modern classical composition with experimental textures, shifting from light-filled passages to shadowy tones; from deep melancholy to moments of sublime beauty.

This album which is called ‘Time Is Coming To An End’ was created without a strict concept. It was born out of a simple shared sense of curiosity and the joy of surprising each other through sound. Work began in the winter of 2022, with long pauses and returns when the time felt right. The result is an evocative, layered collection of pieces, greater than the sum of its parts.

Earlier this year, the pair offered a glimpse of their collaboration with the 5-track EP Reflections, self-released for Piano Day. Now, ‘Time Is Coming To An End’ reveals the full scope of their Scottish-Bavarian partnership in all its depth and detail, tied together with the evocative title and its striking artwork concept of Meike Pfitzner. 

-credits-
Written and produced by Euan Millar-McMeeken & Polaroid Notes
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Artwork by Meike Pfitzner
Art and design by Andrew Heath

Time Is Coming To An End

wlr192 Glacis & Polaroid Notes - Time Is Coming To An End

"Two Sides of Tranquility" is a soothing journey through serene soundscapes, blending gentle piano melodies, atmospheric textures, and natural ambiance. Each track invites listeners to unwind—evoking the quiet beauty of dawn and the peaceful calm of a starlit night. Perfect for relaxation, meditation, or peaceful reflection, the EP creates a comforting space where tranquility unfolds on both sides of day and night.

Sleep Among Starlit Fields

Hanuš is out now from @stereoscenic :
https://dreone.bandcamp.com/album/hanu

Digipack with a hard-book style cover, 7mm spine. Glass-mastered CD with paper inner-sleeve is held in a printed sleeve (3mm spine) glued to the inside of the book. Edition of 100.

Also streaming:
Spotify 
https://open.spotify.com/album/4kT5pNtEoedBdqYe37pgJ6

Amazon Music
https://music.amazon.com/artists/B08QYPYMMQ

Hanuš is a holistic collection of remembrance and reflection of my late friends John and Jacob, both of which are the names of the main characters in the film Spaceman which coincidentally became a deep inspiration while writing, recording and forming its concept. The overall theme of the Dreone project (as some may already know from Driftdown Procedure) is that the souls and spirit of my fallen companions live within the systems of a sentient spacecraft and its humanoid manifestation/android, the notion of which allows me the mental freedom to explore the cosmos through music and be a bit more experimental with my sound. This album in particular is about them traveling together through the echoes of memories and the loneliness of space to witness the beginning and end of everything, leading the listener to acceptance through catharsis. 

Gear used on this album includes, Arturia Mini and Microfreak, Arturia Pigments, Tascam 414 MKII tape loops, Luftrum Bioscape, ESP LTD MH-400 B Baritone guitar, Collision Devices Blackhole Symmetry, and Bitwig.
music & artwork by Bryan Hilyard 
with special guests AJK and Brian Stegmann 
mastering by Andrew Klimek 

Bandcamp

Dreone - Render (feat. Velvet Rope Crowd Control)

"Echo"

Eidetic Drone

Burning & Flickering

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

Somnolent Extended Album Mix

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/