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This month's mix comes from pianist Lorenz Weber (@lorenzweber). He has created a beautiful thematic mix for us titled "Silence in your body", where he takes us on a journey through ambient, piano, field recordings, and of course, silence. 

Info + Tracklist: subtempo.com/mixes/lorenz-weber

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Subtempo Mix 034 - Lorenz Weber

From our Album "Inseln", released on Whitelabrecs

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Logic Moon & Henrik Meierkord  - Inseln

Fans of my ongoing ramblings must be already familiar with music by Thomas Meluch who records under the alias Benoît Pioulard. And if for some reason you're not, you can begin with his albums on Kranky, starting back in 2006 and working your way up to the present, to follow a trajectory of this composer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and photographer. Be sure to also round your journey with this studio feature, in which I profiled Tom back in 2015. He's done a few collaborations, including one with Rafael Anton Irisarri under the Orcas project name. For this gorgeous release on the one and only A Strangely Isolated Place we find Meluch alongside his long-time friend and collaborator, Luke Entelis, as Viul (pronounced 'vell' which rhymes with 'bell'), a New York-based ambient composer who has appeared on Meluch's own imprint, Disques d'Honoré, reserved mostly for his own self-released works, and Past Inside the Present, with Outside The Dream World in 2019. Their upcoming collaborative album is named after a Czech word for "the end" (you know, those final pronounced striking letters, that often roll up when the film reached its peak), capturing the uncertainty of the world amidst the pandemic. And while the pieces originally began as an exchange of sketches and short lo-fi loops, the music that followed is truly engaging. On my favourite track on the album, which I am honoured to premiere for you today, we find the duo painting with wide brush strokes in pastel colours, deep-textured warmth, and hazy memories. And although this piece at first appears to be a repeating, stretched, and saturated tape loop, the more you listen to its slow decay, the more it makes you feel alive.

"The variation in minutia, samples and instrumentation throughout the album cannot be understated amongst its hazy aesthetic and ominous poignancy. It’s one thing to notice the details, but another to unstick the melodies from the closing credits of a dystopian city’s downfall, from the forefront of your mind."

Konec

A Real Place

TRACK PREMIERE : Viul & Benoît Pioulard - A Real Place

London-based Slowcraft continues to craft... slow, and quiet, beautiful music... the type of music that I love waking up to and observing the dark sombre sky open up to the world for another short day. For the latest release on this boutique label curated by James Murray, we are gifted with a six-piece album by a Czech composer and field recordist, Tomáš Šenkyřík, titled Hajú, which is an old Moravian word that loosely translates to “hush hush”. Today's track premiere of "Advent" is as appropriate as ever, with the seasonal preparation for the holidays, which began yesterday, November 27th. The word is a Latin adoption of "adventus" which means "arrival," and whether you are of Christian faith or not, the approach towards this time is sensed by everyone. For me, it's like a ramp down off the highway of the year, about to enter through the tunnel, where night and quietude surround a slow transition in-between, before a ramp-up into busy January, where somehow everyone exhales anew. This journey is perfectly soundtracked by Hajú, with its "subtle weaving together of acoustic elements, soft synthetic manoeuvres and evocative field recordings to spellbinding effect." These gentle, minimal, and fragile sounds are cradled further by warm strings and piano keys, concluding with a lovely lullaby, with vocals by Marie Puttnerová, "a modern-day framing of Moravian folklore guided as much by ambient minimalism as the ghosts of Dvořák and Janáček, one in which the family hearth forever glows with unmistakable warmth and generosity of spirit."

Hajú

Advent

TRACK PREMIERE : Tomáš Šenkyřík - Advent

Celebrating the 3rd full year of Ambientologist releases, this mix highlights some of the standout pieces from the 12 months between October 2021 and September 2022.

The year saw the label's first two vinyl releases, its first cassette release and re-issue, and the third instalment of Sustain Series. So again, lots of variety to explore!

Download it here on SoundCloud, or head to the Bandcamp page to also grab some of the full tracks for free: https://bit.ly/3jELjVz

Huge thanks to all the artists involved, and to those that supported them by listening, sharing and purchasing their music.

~

Tracklist

01 anthéne - winter sun [from maritime]
02 Fionnlagh - What Has a Beginning, Has an End [from What Came Before]
03 Jolanda Moletta - Spell VII [from Nine Spells]
04 Marty Hicks & Gallery Six - When Even the Trees Sleep [from Sustain Series, Vol. 3]
05 Sven Laux & Logic Moon - At the End of the Day, It Felt Like a Goodbye [from The Unavoidable Death of Loneliness]
06 Origin ST - Reflections [from Dark Nights are Setting In]
07 anthéne & IKSRE - Sunlight on the Tundra [from Sustain Series, Vol. 3]
08 Lauge - Reflection of Self (James Bernard Recycle) [from Sustain Series, Vol. 3]
09 Henrik Meierkord & Sole Gipp Ossler - Lära [from Lära]
10 Jolanda Moletta - Spell V [from Nine Spells]
11 Henrik Meierkord & Norvik - Tether [from Sustain Series, Vol. 3]
12 Fionnlagh - Across the Pacific [from What Came Before]
13 Logic Moon - Some Say It's Just a Part of It (Simon McCorry Recycle) [from Sustain Series, Vol. 3]
14 Sven Laux & Logic Moon - Where Do You Get Your Dreams From? [from The Unavoidable Death of Loneliness]

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Reflections, Vol. 3 - Mixed by Ambientologist

I’ve got an exceptional podcast for you today, folks. It’s not a mix but rather a continuous, single, long-playing track composed by Fields We Found. I’m sharing this fantastic music as an opening to an introduction to a brand new label, quiet details, which I will be profiling this week. Founded this year by the artist behind this piece, the imprint focuses on each artist’s interpretation of the phrase after which the label is named. Spanning multiple genres, the upcoming releases explore this idea in each artist’s unique way, with the catalogue and upcoming schedule including names such as the humble bee, Fields Line Cartographer, Luke Sanger, bvdub, zakè, and many others [with nearly two years of releases planned already!], whom I’m sure we’ll find on these pages. Each release will be accompanied by handmade artwork, with the music and each artist’s intuition as a guide to the palette and structure, available as a physical item with bespoke packaging and individual prints. It’s a wonderful series to follow from the very beginning, and I am honoured to be a part of this introduction to you. I’ll be back with more words on the label later this week, but for now, please enjoy this beautiful piece titled “chroma”.

Make sure to visit https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com for more!

chroma

Fields We Found - chroma

Tracklist

01. Tomotsugu Nakamura - Tiger Lily
02. David Cordero & Rhucle - In the Mirror
03. Celer - In The Intimate Hours
04. Emily A. Sprague - Mirror
05. Francisco Sonur - Another way
06. Glacis - Seven
07. Szymon Kaliski - And Belong
08. Thme -  Under red
09. Forest Robots - Over The Drainage Divide
10. Minamo & Moskitoo - Palm Fable
11. Michael Grigoni & Stephen Vitello- Slow Machines - A Clearing

346. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

From the EP drowsy blue by Gallery Six
Track 2 - nautical twilight

Vent-Sounds Christmas Release 2015

Nautical Twilight

Composed and arranged by Stas Shevchenko
Ecclesia is the fifth and final instalment in the Secreta series
(Secreta, Terra Sancta, Gloria, Anima Nostra)

Each voice part in all tracks is a 'secreta' (secret prayer) of the city.
Sound sections function as both landscape and antiphons, and are themselves secret prayers in their own language.

Original soundtrack copyright © Stas Shevchenko 2017
soundcloud.com/svsh

Mastered by Sergey Kosov
soundcloud.com/mmcmstudio

Ecclesia copyright © Jeremy Clarke 2017
All Rights Reserved

track is available for purchase
jeremyclarke.com/track/ecclesia

artwork: j clarke

Ecclesia

https://soundcloud.com/logic-moon

Tracklist

1. Chihei Hatakeyama - Voices
2. Logic Moon - The Wanderer
3. Hotel Neon - Gossamer
4. Porya Hatami, Aaron Martin, Roberto Attanasio - Gelarêzan
5. Moss Covered Technology - Sea
6. Taylor Deupree - The Lost See
7. Barry Lynn - Alpha Taurii
8. Chris Weeks -  Spiders & Plughole
9. Sven Laux - Paper Streets
10. Logic Moon - Oblivion
11. Black Swan - The Escapist

Have a good listening.

Deep Breakfast 032 - Logic Moon

A sampler of tracks from 'Time Lapse' (Hibernate Recordings, HB22)

Now on Hibernate, Wil Bolton presents 'Time Lapse', which is the debut CD release under his own name. This combines the warm and emotive electronic melodies of his Cheju output with the more minimal drones and field recordings-based sensibility of his sound art work. Melodies are still integral to the music but are more subtle, fragmented, and submerged among beds of droning ambient textures and environmental sounds.

Sound sources include electric guitar, classical guitar, chime bars, vintage keyboards, 4 track tape recorder, loopers and pedals. These analogue and acoustic sounds are combined with laptop electronics and processing. Field recordings give each piece a strong sense of place and atmosphere, with environmental sounds recorded in sites including: a café in King's Lynn; a Berlin train station; a lake in Porthmadog, North Wales; Liverpool Cathedral; an electrical substation; Mureung Valley, South Korea.

For further information and to purchase, please visit www.hibernate-recs.co.uk

Time Lapse Sampler

Wil Bolton's work uses guitars, acoustic instruments, vintage keyboards and effects to create warm and emotive melodies, fragmented and submerged among beds of droning ambient textures and environmental sounds.

Time Lapse Sampler

Wil Bolton

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