Agape out NOW! Available on green/white vinyl and digital download from: azurevistarecords.bandcamp.com

Info: 

"On Agape, pioneers of slow-evolving minimal drone, zakè (a.k.a. Zach Frizzel) and City of Dawn (a.k.a. Damien Duque) transform unadorned inputs into beautiful complexity. The drone duo, based in Texas and Indiana respectively, is known for their carefully crafted textures, avoiding sudden shifts or abrasive sororities. Their focus offer up the steady ebb and flow of sound, cultivating a profound sense of meditative stasis and explorations of high-fidelity sound. 

These six extended pieces are organic and minimalist in nature, but has an ethereal, mirage-like quality to them. Somber, yet incredibly uplifting. Agape is the kind of ambient record that refuses to be reduced to mere background music – the harmonic foundation and the details of the soundscapes are too compelling for that. Frizzell and Duque manage to expand rather simple sonic ingredients into weightless ambient perfection."

zakè & City of Dawn - "Wanderlust"

Embryology by
Purl & Sinius

June 26, 2023
180g Solid Blue/White 2LP Set

Digital Download
https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/embryology

◾️◾️ UK/EU fans can purchase at Juno Records. Link below ◾️◾️
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/purl-sinius-embryology-vinyl/961352-01/

ABOUT
With their roots in India and Sweden respectively, Daljit Kundi and Ludvig Cimbrelius met in the sphere of UK music culture. With Daljit growing up in Birmingham, and Ludvig having been heavily influenced by the influx of innovative electronic music from the British isles, it was in the realms of ambient jungle that the musical duo first set sail together. Their debut release ‘Timeless Travellers’ is an intergalactic voyage undertaken in the spirit of innocence and exploration that remains a hallmark of the genre, including remixes from their long time friend Simon Huxtable (Aural Imbalance) as well as the melodic genius Ulrich Schnauss. Ludvig traveled to Birmingham for the release event, performing a powerful set back-to-back with Daljit.

After some extraordinary remix work for their good friend Kirsty Hawkshaw’s Wellhead Records and several celebrated EP’s, the duo moved away from the fast paced breaks, bringing the scope of cinematic ambient into full focus. This change was also reflected in their shifting monikers, with Ludvig returning to his roots with ‘Purl’ and Daljit bringing his cinematic inner visions to life as ‘Sinius’. Their debut album ‘Oceans of Sounds’, though passed on by several record labels, was eventually released some 3 years after its completion and has subsequently become an underground classic.

Recurring struggles with record labels and with getting their music heard coincided with big life changes, ultimately leading to their next album waiting on the shelf in a near-finished state for close to 7 years. Passing along a demo to PITP eventually led to their embracing of the project, and with their loving support ‘Embryology’ is now ready to be born. In contrast to its predecessor ’Oceans of Sound’ - and as its title suggests - ‘Embryology’ is an exploration of the inner creative realms and the emotional aspects of the different stages of the creative process. As a whole, the album attempts to represent a psychic darkness that is as deeply restful as it is ripe with creative potential.

Ludvig and Daljit extend their deep gratitude to their friends at PITP for their loving support, and especially to Zach, Cynthia and James for their respective contributions in making ‘Embryology’ ready for the world. 

CREDITS
Written and recorded by Ludvig Cimbrelius & Daljit Kundi
Mastered at Ambient Mountain House by James Bernard
Photography and graphic design by Cynthia Bernard
Layout by zakè

© 2023 Past Inside the Present
This is PITP-V050
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PRESSING INFORMATION
180 gram 2xLP on [a/b] Solid White [c/d] Solid Blue, housed in a 4mm matte jacket. Full color center labels. Includes a download card for the digital album. Shrinkwrapped. Strictly limited to 200 units.

Embryology

The Rising Tide

Before the left brain logically determined and categorized things, everything was one.

Pure experience, it is a state where the subject and the object are undivided and there are no boundaries.

1. Ameagari (雨上がり) - After the rain
2. Rakusui (落水) - Waterfall
3. Usuakari (薄明かり) - Dim light
4. Yudaneru (委ねる) - Entrust
5. Syouyou (逍遥) - Saunter
6. Haiiro (灰色) - Gray
7. Shibuki (飛沫) - Splash

All tracks are produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Photo by Hidekazu Imashige

Pure Experience

Ameagari

Dronny Darko & ProtoU serve us a dreamy drone ambient album full of layered textures and ethereal atmospheres.

Wet reverbs and airy overtones combine for a rich album of astral elements rooted in dark ambience.

Acoustics of Shadows

Bandcamp

Loud World

~ LAAPS 035 ~ [SEQ.05 - LP35]

artist : Masaya Ozaki
album : Mizukara
duration : 43.48 mn
date : April 29th, 2024

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 250 copies / total clear LP / selective UV varnish / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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Composed and produced by Masaya Ozaki
In collaboration with: 
Ferdinand Ledoux: concepts (Evening Regions)
Stijn Brinkman: violin and field recordings (Evening regions)
Eyrún Úa: Flute and objects (Opið Rými)
Lindy Lin: voice, poem, and electronics (Siskin) 
Asalaus: guitar, voice and electronics (Frá Vatni)
Guomundur Arnalds: electronics (Skerpla)

Recorded in Reykjavík, Iceland, between 2023 and 2024

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Jenni Toivonen
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://www.masayaozaki.com/
https://masayaozaki.bandcamp.com/music

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Mizukara

Masaya Ozaki - Skerpla

Taken from "Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point"

Pre orders start 31.5.2024 / Release date: 7.6.2024 

All tracks played, recorded, mixed, edited and mastered by Ard Janssen & Radboud Mens 

Artwork by Aldje van Meer and Radboud Mens / Design by Ard Janssen 

https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com

SHM 302
Shimmering Moods Records

This album explores the interplay between horizontal and vertical musical elements, where subtle acoustic events challenge perceived stillness. In the realm of drone music, these nuanced occurrences shape its immersive nature, injecting unpredictability into sustained tones. They blur the distinction between stasis and movement, fostering diverse listening experiences. Ultimately, these tiny acoustic events enrich the sonic landscape, challenging conventional musical narratives.
 
Creating electronic music blends sound design and composition. For this album, we've incorporated sounds from our experimental installations, emphasizing exploration over virtuosity. This process of crafting instruments and sounds enriches our music, capturing the essence of sonic exploration.

Ard Bit & Radboud Mens - Projection

Dancer

Tracklist

01. Jon Neher & Michael Scott Dawson - Anther
02. Innesti - Around this Space
03. Halftribe - Elegant, Golden
04. América Analógica - Cortezas (i)
05. Hotel Neon - A Possible Past
06. Lorenz Weber -  Kokoro-nokori
07. Ohio - Crépescule
08. Richard Ginns - Incolors
09. Steve Pacheco -  Coming Into form
10. Twincities - In The Light Of The Carolina Hills

396. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Taken from "Sunlight Was Peeled Away"
Out on 8.11.2024 on Shimmering Moods 
Pre orders now available: shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/music

Liz Helman and Darren McClure formed Longswarm in the summer of 2023, after randomly being brought together on another project. Residing in different parts of the globe, England and Japan respectively, their collaborations involve file exchanging and developing a shared soundpool of ideas that gradually build into finished pieces. Sunlight Was Peeled Away is the second album by the duo and consists of processed field recordings, ambient drones and smudged textures. 

Artists Biographies 

Liz Helman is a London based multi-disciplinary artist, working in time-based media. Her work, both visual and sonic, is a response to place and environment. By walking the streets, and experiencing different levels of sounds, she begins her process with field recordings, making immersive and mesmerising drone based compositions that explore layers of sound and texture. She very much likes working organically, following the thread of the sound to its ultimate destination, which she likes to think of as sonic alchemy. 

She has also released solo and collaborative work on a number of labels including Flaming Pines, Shimmering Moods, Midira Records and Kohlenstoff. 


Darren McClure is from Northern Ireland, now living in Matsumoto, Japan. His audio work focuses on texture, space and atmosphere. Sound sources are both analogue and digital, hardware and software, incorporating found sounds and field recordings to lend an organic, tactile quality to the material. His main intent is to create music to zone out to and zone into, a balance of widescreen drones and more minimal, abstract ambience. 

He has released solo and collaborative work on a number of labels, including Dragons Eye, Glistening Examples, Shimmering Moods and n5MD. His music has also been used in conjunction with video artwork and documentary shorts. 

Releases November 8, 2024 

All sounds by Liz Helman and Darren McClure. 
Thanks to Paul and Shimmering Moods. 

SHM 318 
Shimmering Moods 2024

Longswarm - Highway To The Orange Sky

is this really the end?

Boards of Canada live. A lot of BOC's earlier work.

Boc - live at warp plus ten - 05 - aquarius (version 3)

Where the Cross Will Cast Your Shadow.

[Dark ambient/Atmospheric/Soundtrack-type from Sweden]

is this really the end?

WTCWCYS

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