Wow. Such a clean production. When time takes time! 

No bling, no bias, no opinions, no bitches guns or drugs. I'm listening for free , I don't know who created this. There might be hope for humanity after all.

Alternative mix of a track from The Inescapable Decay of My Heart.  mixed again 20.02.2014.

The Salt On Her Cheeks

The Sight Below & カオス - Conversazioni Stellari (Seattle Mix)

In a small cabin in Västerbotten, Sweden, you can find Love Törngren producing music under the name Kaliban. Inspired by his memories of experiencing nature as a child as well as the forest raves of his youth, Kaliban has been producing electronic music for the past six years, and is now ready to make his debut after previously having only shared his music with the wildlife surrounding his cabin.

NORR gives you his first proper release, the three track EP titled Ödelast, a dynamic techno potpurri of trance inspired rhythms and jazz samples.

Timglas

🎥 Facefist official video - www.nowness.com/story/be-yokai-facefist

Be Yōkai is a new collaborative project from techno duo Minilogue’s Sebastian Mullaert, fellow Swedish producer Douglas Holmquist, and animator Kristofer Ström.

Buy 12” EP
www.juno.co.uk/products/be-yokai…cefist/629693-01/
www.deejay.de/Be_Yokai_Facefist_…M006_Vinyl__247090

Buy Digital EP
www.beatport.com/release/facefist/1874913
itunes.apple.com/gb/album/facefist-ep/id1161677231

Streaming
open.spotify.com/album/2ra95bbL00y3HBAz2dy360

Art flourishes when the freedom, flow and creativity intersect. Often a direct response to resistance, art transcends borders and the physical to allow transmission of the soul; emotion and consciousness. Be Yōkai, a collaborative project between three artists, represents these core values uniting music with art and the moving picture. At the convergent point between these three disciplines we find Be Yōkai, driven by rhythm and vibration, while delivering progressive, transcendent visual stimulation.

In this free zone they flourish, as their art flows out of them without a hint of resistance. It’s the kind of freedom that many artists strive to achieve with no pressure, no deadlines and no strict briefs to uphold. The notion of trust, encouragement, confidence in one’s approach is what we find with Be Yōkai. All three men have known each other for over a decade, and worked closely together during that time on several occasions. This foundation keeps their relationship strong and provides a comfortable layer upon which they are building an intriguing project.

Sebastian Mullaert, Douglas Holmquist and illustrator/animator Kristofer Ström are the three creative wonders who stand behind Be Yōkai. Each member of the trio has a longstanding relationship with their particular skill, as well as each other.

Sebastian’s musical endeavours have taken him around the world, both as a solo practioner and in the duo known as Minilogue, among other projects. Douglas an accomplished composer for film animations, advertisements and video games, as well as making club music. Kristofer, a world-renowned illustrator and animation specialist, who is also adept when it comes to making music.

From the very beginning, the group have worked in an unplanned, natural, organic way, exchanging music and visuals with each member contributing to the progress of each track and accompanying video. It’s a project that acts as its own catalyst, as the three artists contribute their respective talents to the final product, bit by bit, without having a defined goal or target.

In this way they allow for a smooth flow in their production process, which is crucial to their ideals. This is not a ‘hit-making machine’, nor is it a project that has any pre-conceived ambitions towards “success”. All three men agree that Be Yōkai represents an organic, intermittent working process that is not bound by the constraints of future pressures. With Be Yōkai the three men have a space to inspire one another and to be liberated from target-based composition.

It is the only way they can operate, with three separate lives and careers, they have to consider the dynamic and unpredictable flow of life itself. Attempting to control this wild beast is futile, so they work on the project as and when possible. Eventually there is the hope of taking Be Yōkai to the stage, for a concert style performance with live instrumentation accompanied by Kristofer’s mind-boggling visuals. This is something all three artists agree on, but it’s not something they are desperate for. It will happen, all in good time, as everything will if you trust enough in the power of being…

Be Yokai Online:
www.facebook.com/BeYokaimusic/
twitter.com/be_yokai
www.instagram.com/beyokai/

Space Hardware Online:
www.facebook.com/spacehardwareuk/
@spacehardware
twitter.com/space_hardware

Be Yōkai - FaceTwist [Space Hardware 2016]

@Wanderwelle - Lost In A Sea Of Trees [SSV11]

1. The Starry Night
2. Where The Wind Howls
3. Through The Meadow
4. Lured By An Unseen Presence
5. Across The River The Leaves Whisper
6. Eyes In Looming Trees
7. Unholy Grounds
8. The Domovoi

www.silentseason.com/ssv11/

2x12" Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl [SSV11] Available July.

Amsterdam-based duo Wanderwelle return to Silent Season for their debut album which is inspired by the mysterious pagan tribes that once roamed across the European woodlands. Lost in a Sea of Trees tells the tale of a lone traveller who enters a dark, ancient forest. Lured deep into the woods by something not of this world as he enters uncharted grounds. Step by step his journey is getting darker as he encounters strange phenomena and beings among the trees.

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/wanderwelle-lost-in-a-sea-of-trees/646625-01/

Written and produced by J.P.A van Dulm and A.G.A. Bartels
Illustrations by Floor van het Nederend
Mastered by Optimum Mastering
Insert photo by Danthon

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www.silentseason.com
info@silentseason.com

Lost In A Sea Of Trees

Bandcamp

Wanderwelle - Through The Meadow [SSV11]

Glasgows own Petrichor makes a more than welcome return to his home label with the beautifully crafted Cloud Chamber EP. After a series of well received singles and a stunning debut album under his belt at Soma, Petrichor cemented his name within the labels ranks with his profound and delicate production style. This newest EP continues to see the talented producer go beyond the norm in his approach to his music. 

Title track Cloud Chamber opens the EP in a typically stylistic way. Petrichors clean, grooving drum patterns are joined by ethereal pads that sweep effortlessly into existence, each layer adding is own particular nuance to the track all designed to deliver a unique emotive piece. Keeping the organic, beat driven feel, Rah-Koh delves even deeper. Animated percussive elements provide a background for yet more stirring synth work from Petrichor who uses spacial, dubbed out sections creating a subtle and mesmerising track. Completing the EP, Petrichor reworks the previous track creating Koh-Rah a perfect trip into the ambient stratosphere where he creates an evolving and modulating soundscape built around glistening pads and processed sound fields. 

The wait may have been a long one but the final product from Petrichor is always worth it.

Koh - Rah (Original Mix)

Dauwd - Unconscious

Phonica Records Special Editions in association with Play It Again Sam is delighted to present the incredible Quiet Village remix of Agnes Obel’s ‘Stretch Your Eyes’, lifted from the Danish born, Berlin based singer songwriter’s critically acclaimed 3rd studio album ‘Citizen of Glass’.

Obel was at an early age guided into music by the influence of her parents, who would play and listen to a blend of the classical greats, folk music and contemporary pop. She learnt to play piano as a child but it was her move to Berlin in 2006 that prompted her to take her music to the next level. Her debut Philharmonics was released in 2010, a quiet phenomenon that spent seven consecutive weeks at number 1 and sold in excess of 100,000 copies in her homeland alone. The release of ‘Aventine’ in 2013 cemented her status as a household name across Europe and as an icon to piano players throughout the world.

Quiet Village are the British duo of long-time record-collector and DJ Joel Martin and Matt Edwards, the house and techno producer known as Radio Slave and the head of the Rekids label. They came to our attention with a series of highly sought after twelves on the DJ Harvey-related Whatever We Want label from New York, alongside excellent remixes of The Osmonds, Toby Tobias, Black Devil Disco Club and Francois K before releasing their acclaimed album on K7 Records in 2008. After a break from using the Quite Village name, the duo are back with a bang and recently graced the Phonica White label with a fantastic techno 12” ‘Social Music’ / ‘Change’.

Needless to say, Quiet Village were the first producers Phonica thought of when looking for remixes for this project and their slow, dark, dub-heavy atmospheric groove perfectly compliments Agnes’s vocal, with echoes of Massive Attack’s timeless ‘Teardrops’ coming to mind. It’s one of the finest remixes we’ve heard in recent memory and we’re proud to present it as a limited 12” on the Special Editions label.

A. Agnes Obel - Stretch Your Eyes (Quiet Village Remix)

Artist: Kev Sheridan
Label: Maeve
Title : Alone In Berlin
Catalogue : Maeve 13
Format: Vinyl, digital
Release date:
Digital: 13/04/2018
Vinyl: 13/04/2018

Maeve are thrilled to welcome long time friend Kev Sheridan to the label for his debut release. Kev is one of the most talented musicians we know and its an honor for us to release his first work to the world. This project has been developing over the past few years and now we have a record we feel showcases the deep musicality and talent Kev has.

Although not sounding like a typical Maeve dance floor record, the A side entitled "Alone in Berlin" is a stunningly beautiful piece of music. Its measured melancholic flow creates a shared empathy between listener and composer.

"Wash Over Me" is the B1, and with it comes a change of pace moving into a broken beat rhythm but still maintaining the emotion of the A side. Haunting pads hang over clean staccato percussion creating an overall euphoric vibe.

"Losing Someone Is Never Easy" is the final track on the EP. This straight up house cut again shows Sheridans deep musicality using a wide range of instruments to weave a beautiful tapestry made for special dance floor moments.

Track list Vinyl / Digital :

A1. Alone In Berlin
A2. Wash Over Me
B. Losing Someone Is Never Easy

A1. Alone In Berlin

Vinyl >> sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/wit-blad-ep
Digital original >> https://fanlink.to/eefjexnunowitblad

A Eefje De Visser & Nuno Dos Santos - Wit Blad (808 Edit) (vinyl only)
B Eefje De Visser & Nuno Dos Santos - Wit Blad (Mattheis Remix) (vinyl only)

@sohaso 
www.somethinghappeningsomewhere.com

Artist: Eefje De Visser & Nuno Dos Santos
  @eefje-de-visser  
@nunodossantos
Title: Wit Blad 
cat nr.: SoHaSo 019 
12” vinyl (limited to 300 copies) (28-09-2018)
Artwork: Joost Stokhof 
Mastered by Norman @ Calyx 
Distribution: Kompakt

Wit Bad is the result of a beautiful collaborative project that started with illustrator Joost Stokhof. He was asked as an artist in residence for Amsterdam’s Hortus Botanicus, a place where Joost locked himself up for a week alongside the finest biodiversity in the city. Joost asked Eefje de visser to join him for a day and Eefje asked Nuno dos Santos to form a powerful trinity of which Wit Blad is the unmistakable evidence.

The original version was released in April of 2018 and we finally have a vinyl (only) version to go along with it. On the A side we find an 808 version, which is an extended version by Nuno of the ‘Wit Blad’ original. Zooming in on the drums and bass line while leaving even more space for Eefjes haunting voice. Eefje is one of Holland’s best kept music secrets, her voice is soothing and her presence like a siren song seducing you in. Immersing the music with field recordings, you can hear the birds and surroundings the piece was recorded and even some whispering voices that only add to the atmosphere.
Flipping to the other side we find our dear friend Mattheis remixing Wit Blad in a strong hypnotic vibe. Containing Mattheis’ trademark synth swirls, it’s as soothing as it is driving with spine tingling harmonics slowly creeping in and out.

This all comes packaged in a silkscreen printed cover containing the illustrations that Joost Stokhof made during their time together. The vinyl also includes a small poster including extra images by Joost and the lyrics of Wit Blad. Adding up to a beautiful feast for both the eyes and ears.

Written & recorded at the Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam by Eefje de Visser & Nuno dos Santos on July 16, 2017. Remix by Matthijs Verschuure

Eefje De Visser & Nuno Dos Santos - Wit Blad (Mattheis Remix) (Vinyl Only)

From the album 'Pacifica' on Silent Season Records

The Salt On Her Cheeks

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