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This is truly great and absolutely beautiful.

Instrumental tango, created for Rami Shaya's residency at European Dance Heritage, Madrid (May 2014).

Written, performed, recorded & produced by John Lemke 
in Berlin & Glasgow

Tutaj Tango

This composition originally first saw the light of day around 2021 and in that iteration was simply called “девочка” (Devotchka) which is the Russian word for girl. Of course shortly after that in February 2022, Putin decided to forget about promises and security treaties made, and Ukraine was invaded. 

The sheer bravery and unwavering devotion of the people of Ukraine to defending and defeating this attack on their Motherland have turned Putin’s hubris to nemesis and may even lead to his downfall.

In the meantime, the composition lay unused, and so to put it to work, as it were, in the service of the people of Ukraine, it is offered here but now entitled “Дівчина з України” (Divchyna z Ukrayiny) or The Girl From Ukraine.

NB: in both iterations, the ‘girl’ in the title is meant as an archetype rather than an actual person.

Слава Україні !

The Girl From Ukraine 2025

Clamamus

Buy Deforestation on vinyl or digital:
Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/deforest-bc
Norman (UK): http://smarturl.it/deforest-norman
Darla (Distribution): http://smarturl.it/deforest-darla
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/deforest-spotify

Artist Website: http://kaelsmithmusic.com
Artist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MuteForest

Packaging:
• 180 Gram vinyl in a gatefold tip-on jacket w/resealable sleeve
• Lacquer cut by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering 
• Mastered for vinyl and digital by Taylor Deupree
• Bandcamp DL code on card: Formats: FLAC, 320K MP3
• Physical copies only receive a free download of the Reforestation EP, including remixes from Kiln, Ten and Tracer, Western Skies Motel, Mombi, Spheruleus, Porya Hatami, plus two bonus songs from Mute Forest.

In a seemingly ceaseless acreage near his childhood home in the Rockies of Colorado, Kael Smith (Mombi, Khale) takes a deep breath and listens critically to the forest. It is not the same sound he remembers as a youth, when he’d disappear for hours deep into these woods. No, the sound he hears today is unfamiliar and vapid. Muted, really.

Since Smith’s departure to the city of Denver; the Mountain Pine Beetle has moved into these woodlands and decimated the trees; devouring their insides and leaving empty husks in its wake. It is among these thinned out swaths a word keeps repeating back to him, over and over, incessantly…Deforestation. 

Painstakingly written, recorded and mixed at his home studio in Denver, 'Deforestation' (Out November 13th on Lost Tribe Sound) sprawls across nine sonorous and meticulously wrought tracks containing elements of minimal electronic, ambient and folk. Large cavernous beats, micro-ambient deconstruction and nylon guitar all swirl into a coherent palate left for Smith’s poignant, intimate words. 

Mastered specifically for vinyl by Taylor Deupree (12k), and with the additional step taken to create lacquers and metal stampers by Roger Siebel at SAE Mastering, 'Deforestation' sees a gatefold 180-gram release from Lost Tribe Sound that, like the material, takes no shortcuts. Both the album’s acetate and test pressing were scrutinized for anomalies on world-class vinyl setups at Arizona’s esteemed high-end audio dealer and vacuum tube specialists, Arizona Hi-Fi. Concluding the deluxe package and connecting intimately with the material within are stark, disintegrating images courtesy of renowned minimalist photographer Christy Romanick (Rivulets, Chihei Hatakeyam).

Deforestation

Various Lake Contents

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Mute Forest - Various Lake Contents

12" Edition of Screws Rework album from Nils Frahm. I did a remix from the song "Mi", more infos here : reworked.nilsfrahm.com/

Nils Frahm - Mi (Soul Channel Rework)___Out on Erased Tapes Records

Trow EP out now. 
Get it here: http://carloscipa.occupanther.de

Trow

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Carlos Cipa & Occupanther - Trow

original music: luca longobardi
piano, loop, synth: luca Longobardi

link for the album: http://luca-longobardi.bandcamp.com/album/apparatus

Opalina

From the album: Panoptique Electrical - Disappearing Music For Face

Physical copies and digital downloads available here:
https://soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com

Sound In Silence is happy to announce the return of Jason Sweeney and his Panoptique Electrical project, presenting his new album Disappearing Music For Face.

This is his second release on the label after last year’s, already sold out, debut album of Great Panoptique Winter, his collaboration project with Richard Adams of Hood and The Declining Winter.

Panoptique Electrical is both an experimental studio project by Jason Sweeney, based in Adelaide, Australia, and instrumentalist collaboration with electronic and classical musicians Zoë Barry, Jed Palmer, Tristan Louth-Robins, Cailan Burns, Noah Symons and Richard Adams and visual artist Steve Phillips.
While in the last decade Jason Sweeney has made Panoptique Electrical his central focus, for about twenty years he has been composing and recording either solo, under the alias of Other People’s Children and Simpático, or with friends in various musical projects like Pretty Boy Crossover, Sweet William, School of Two, Luxury Gap, Par Avion, Madeline’s Wreath, God Burning System, Great Panoptique Winter and Mist & Sea. For almost a decade he has also been composing sound and music scores for live theatre, dance, film/video and installation projects.

Disappearing Music For Face is another outstanding release from Panoptique Electrical that generates many emotional reactions. It’s a collection of eleven brilliant compositions of gentle piano with small touches of minimalist electronic beats, echoing keys and soft swells of heavily reverbed drones. The beauty of this album will truly captivate the audience of both ambient pioneers like Brian Eno and Harold Budd and artists like A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Labradford and mid period Hood recordings.

This is a limited edition of 200 handmade and hand-numbered collectible copies. It is packaged in a lovely hand-stamped 127mm x 127mm 260 gsm pale brown cardboard envelope with the front cover image printed on a polaroid style photo paper and two inserts with the tracklist and the credits printed on a 190 gsm reddish-brown cardboard. It also comes bundled with a download code coupon and a Sound In Silence card.

Panoptique Electrical - In A Forest Forlorn

Full stream of Matt Emery's achingly beautiful "Empire," the title track to his forthcoming LP on Injazero Records. 

More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2017/08/premiere-stream-an-evocative-cut-from-matt-emery/

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@injazerorecords

Empire

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Sometimes I find great music, and sometimes music simply finds me. In this case, it was a dear friend, Luke Howard, who pointed me to a piece by Marty Hicks which completely captivated me, and now, here we are, premiering a track to a worldwide audience. I have a lot to say about this piece, but, after getting in touch with Marty to bring you “From Afar, Unhindered” he’s had a lot to say himself. So instead of my usual words, you will find the words from the composer here: hcdi.gs/MartyHicks

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Following the release of his latest album ‘Oceanic’ (7K! Records) in February 2018, Niklas Paschburg presents a brand new track, that starts from J.S. Bach’s ‘Prelude In C Minor, BWV 847’ and takes the listener on a floating journey through the piano, synths and percussion that define his unique sound.

2018 was undoubtedly an intense year for the young German pianist, composer and producer Niklas Paschburg. It started with the release of his debut album ‘Oceanic’ via 7K! Records, followed by an intense period of live shows that took him across Europe in a single one-man-band-show and that grew in power and confidence along the way.

Having lived the last couple years in a tiny and isolated village near Nuremberg, after a year on-the-road, taking in 60 shows including concerts and sessions, Hamburg-born Niklas finally found a new base in Berlin.

Niklas supported Danish WhoMadeWho throughout their 2018 European tour and as well as sharing the stage with an eclectic range of artists including The Orb, Blonde Redhead, Vancouver Sleep Clinic and Bath. He also performed headline and festival shows in Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Czech Republic and. Lithuania, developing a steadily growing live audience and a huge following on Spotify and Apple Music.

This live period culminated in his January 2019 performance at Eurosonic Festival in a crowded church. Niklas performed ‘Blooming (In C Minor)’ for the first time to widespread audience acclaim. The track represents the beginning of a fresh direction for Niklas in the run up to a new album scheduled for the end of 2019.

‘Blooming (In C Minor)’ is the studio-version of a live track, born from the desire to experiment with classical music applied to synthesizers. The piece comes from a composition of Bach (Prelude In C Minor - BWV 847), a composition that Niklas was made to play during his studies and had almost come to hate. Now it formed the basis for ‘Blooming (In C Minor)’ and was developed through a series of experiments with Bach live on stage between spring and winter 2018. 

‘Blooming (In C Minor)’ was produced and mixed by Gijs Van Klooster (who also produced his album ‘Oceanic’) at the Red House Studio in Amsterdam. The track represents a breakthrough in Niklas Paschburg’s sound. His main instrument the piano remains the focus but this new direction is more progressive, taking the listener on a journey between synthesizers, loops and his unique, soft drumming.

The seven minute long track combines Bach with both psychedelic and pop influences and includes a nod to the dancefloor. It’s a journey that shifts the boundaries of classical music and how it can be perceived.

Blooming (In C Minor)

Niklas Paschburg - Blooming (In C Minor)

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