Observe

~ LAAPS 046 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP46]

artist : Offthesky
album : Nocturnas
duration : 40.28 mn
date : August 28th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / marble pink/purple LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : August 01st, 2025 / official release : August 28th, 2025
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Sound and composition by Jason Corder
Vocals by Rin Howell
Created in Thailand and Colorado, 2022 - 2024

Mastered by Offthesky
Artwork by Gaël Bonnefon
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://offthesky.bandcamp.com/
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Offthesky - Dying Within Dreams

After decades of chasing, accumulating, and then sharing new music with you, I think I've hit some saturation point. I think I'm done spinning in the vortex of the "new", being pulled in all directions, catching up on all the "fresh" and "innovative" tracks. I'm not saying that I will stop covering new music. No. But I think I'll focus the virtual lens of my listening on a very narrow point, investing my time and attention over more extended periods. I think I will turn inwards... towards music and the artists that genuinely make me feel. This is the case with Rafael Anton Irisarri's A Fragile Geography, an album from 2015, which captured my attention then as it does now, triggering memories, triggering thoughts, and emotion. A decade ago, during a move between coasts, Rafael lost his possessions - stolen with the moving truck - along with all his audio archives, forcing him to rebuild his studio and sound from the ground up. The pain of this loss is reflected in almost every single track on the album. This music is slightly dark and melancholic. It's visceral, and it gets under your skin. And there it stays with you for ages. Becoming part of you, becoming part of your existence.

On September 19th, the album will be reissued, beautifully remastered by Stephan Mathieu at his Schwebung studio, along with a limited edition cassette of remixes by the most renowned artists, handpicked by Rafael. "This record has always been about letting go of one life and rebuilding another", says Irisarri, "It feels fitting to return to it now - ten years later, in a different country, a different world." These reworks are worthy of your precious awareness as well. I know that there are more than a few in the pipeline (at least six), which will be revealed one at a time. As of this writing, there is already a gorgeous rework by the one and only William Basinski, with his version of "Secretly Wishing For Rain" with Gary Thomas Wright, which incorporates field recordings of Reseda rain and birds captured by Basinski himself. You can check out a digital stream of that track here. *BUT!* Today, I am premiering for you a second rework by Abul Mogard! This piece bears not only the original elements of "Persistence" but, of course, Guido's extremely personal touch that breathes new life into this sound.

Head over to headphonecommute.com to read more about this release, including a quote from Abul Mogard on the rework.

TRACK PREMIERE : Rafael Anton Irisarri - Persistence (Abul Mogard rework)

Escorial

I turned the vocals down a bit :)

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I will not dwell upon you
What have I been if not true
Haven't seen you since the spring
Dread cannot do anything

I will not dwell upon you
_    You may evacuate this loyal helicopter
What have I been if not true
_    While they stare at nothing in particular
Haven't seen you since the spring
_    Why haven’t we seen it all before
Dread cannot do anything
_    Where life can exist it always does that’s the law

Just now it seemed
As if I dreamed 
All that I lived through
Don’t let it affect you

I will confide
I can’t describe
How to jump off the treadmill
Now I feel a chill

Just now it seemed
As if I dreamed 
All that I lived through
Don’t let it affect you

I will confide
I can’t describe
How to jump off the treadmill
Now I feel a chill

Refreshing breath of the night
_    They were far older than the catastrophe
At this time it just feels right
_    We should leave because otherwise it’s too risky
Cover your face with your hands
_    Well he climbed the height and saw the lake
Irregular on the sands
_    The cup shaped valley could not be fake

Just now it seemed
As if I dreamed 
All that I lived through
Don’t let it affect you

I will confide
I can’t describe
How to jump off the treadmill
Now I feel a chill

Just now it seemed
As if I dreamed 
All that I lived through
Don’t let it affect you

I will confide
I can’t describe
How to jump off the treadmill
Now I feel a chill

Just now it seemed
As if I dreamed 
All that I lived through
Don’t let it affect you

I will confide
I can’t describe
How to jump off the treadmill
Now I feel a chill

Just now it seemed
As if I dreamed 
All that I lived through
Don’t let it affect you

I will confide
I can’t describe
How to jump off the treadmill
Now I feel a chill

Jump Off The Treadmill (V2)

Greasy off the Racing Line

NOBD presents its first official release and kicks off a collection that marks the birth of its project. This single is part of NOBD - PRELUDE, a series conceived as an introduction to the artist’s sonic universe, a space of raw exploration with a kickless electronic aesthetic, focused on sound design, texture, and implicit rhythm.

Comprar track

NOBD - Humans used to know how to make love

GG Promises Volumes 1 - 15  
Producer, Benjamin Hill, coproducer IBen Morton, written by Benjamin Hill and Benjamin Morton

Rhythms of the Rain

in the bleak midwinter

Download

Springtime

Elektorni presents two unearthed 1994 Ismistik tracks straight from the DAT tapes. Accompanied by fresh Rolando Simmons remixes.

A1 Yamadoor
A2 Yamadoor (RS Syncory Mix)
B1 Lilladat 2
B2 Lilladat 2 (Rs Heatwave Mix)

Mastered at Manmade Mastering
Distributed by Clone Distribution

ELKTRN005: Ismistik – Yamadoor

Immersive ambient composer, guitarist, and producer. Co-founder & Director of Envelop. https://christopherwillits.com

Christopher Willits is an artist, musician, and guitarist who creates immersive ambient music. As one of the core artists on the Ghostly International label roster since the early 2000s, Willits has continually evolved his craft, producing one of the most diverse and prolific catalogs within contemporary ambient music. Releases span introspective solo albums, widescreen audiovisuals, and unbridled collaborations. His process is an expression of love, inspired by an international audience of listeners, and the conviction that music can catalyze personal transformation and spiritual awakening.

Willits began his career with a string of critically acclaimed albums on the 12k label. The minimal sound introduced on those recordings remains at the core of his work: warm guitar tones woven into smooth, harmonic surfaces. Willits made his Ghostly International full-length debut with 2006 landmark Surf Boundaries. He’d expand his vision next through collaboration, working with Ryuichi Sakamoto (2008’s Ocean Fire and 2012’s Ancient Future), Zach Hill of Death Grips, Taylor Deupree, and, for 2014 LP Opening, with the whole band of Tycho. He also lent a hand in mastering the latter’s album Awake, composed the original score for documentary The Art of Listening, and continues to lead music production and meditation classes in San Francisco.

In 2017, Willits put forth Horizon, the first ever spatial audio release on Ghostly International. The album’s innovative 3D mix is mapped to surround listeners and align with sleep patterns, meditation, and other mindful practices. Willits is also the director and co-founder of the nonprofit, Envelop; leading a mission to amplify the connective power of music through immersive audio venues and spatial audio production tools. Like Horizon, his 2019 album Sunset utilizes Envelop’s cutting-edge technology to encourage listening from within. The five compositions move from warm to cool designed as a soundtrack to embrace the day's end; a collective letting go. Another skyward, pioneering project from an artist who occupies a unique corner of the electronic music universe.