Events occur – time passes. What happened still happened, yet enough stillness gives separation. Ideally, this detachment is partial – a boon of timely perspective, allowing appreciation of other things while retaining connection to that which was.
Featuring clarinet.
With over 15 edited releases, the Portuguese artist dgty finally arrives at MiMi Records. He is one of the few national artists who embraces otaku culture and, along with it, blends breakbeat and lolicore to create an experimental sound full of textures.
In this EP/Single with just two tracks, dgty gives us everything: fast and frantic beats, exploring lolicore with distorted, high-pitched voice samples, and the use of loops and glitch atmospheres to create a sense of deconstruction, maintaining a constant tension.
Lolicore EP is the name of this record, and right from the title, we can see the irreverence that reflects the provocative attitude of the music, almost as if it were a sonic transgression.
An EP perfect for fans of experimental electronic music and otaku culture.
Radiovision vs. Earsheltering
EARSHELTERING: 20 years of noise
earsheltering celebrates is 20th anniversary in 2024 with a various artists release as a tribute to RADIOVISION.
Thanks to all artists & friends who supported this project & also EARSHELTERING since 20 years, especially Alkbazz providing a wonderful artwork within short timelines & Françis Baume for Amazing sampling from Radiovision to create interludes between each tracks.
The release is available as a free virtual double disc available on archives & bandcamp(s). Disc 1 is dedicated to Radiovision serie and disc 2 is dedicated to Radiovision Eveil serie.
1 video clips by CorteX is also made available.
Radiovision is an educational program which was launched in 1955, combining a school radio program with a slide show and a booklet. Forgotten today, it was a great success until the 1980s.
The slideshow and booklets were received on request by schools a few weeks before the radio program was broadcast. The colored slideshow pictures were larger and in a higher definition than the television image could offer. Paintings, engravings, manuscripts and old photographs were rendered with a higher quality than television couldn’t reach. It was therefore particularly useful for Geography, History of Arts and Natural Sciences classes.
The teacher had to manually ensure synchronization between images and sounds, triggering the transition to the next slide at each the sound signal.
During the 70s, in addition to the combination of sounds and still images, radiovisions became part of a more complete multimedia system, from an educational and tools point of view, and made up the radiovisual file. Each week, two programs from the “Radio-awakening” series would be associated with the radiovision, developing complementary aspects of the subject dealt with, along with educational documents gathered together in a file (15 to 20 pages of program content analysis, bibliography, texts, photographs, maps, etc.).
From the 1974-75 school year onwards, a flexy 7 inch disk would be part of the package for a few files, and then it developed to become more systematically; in the 80s, audio cassettes took over the flexy 7 inch disk.
Luneta Freedom Jazz Collective is an experimental jazz group from Manila, Philippines. Their first studio album “Ethos”, was recorded and released in 2015, followed by “Inland Empire” in 2017. In 2021 the project debuted on Mahorka with their third album, “Slaves and Masters”.
“Mga matang pumipikit sa langit” (translates to “Eyes closing to the sky”) is their fourth album and second on Mahorka, released December 7, 2024
“Mga pinagbabatayang kaisipan at paniniwala tungkol sa pinakapuso ng kalikasan ng tunay na nandito at umiiral, na nagsisilbi namang pinakasahig ng iba pang mga kaisipan at paniniwala.”
The album as a whole is grounded on the profound engagement with the foundational ideologies and convictions concerning the nature of that which genuinely exists and prevails, serving as the primary basis for all subsequent thoughts and beliefs that underpin human thought and belief. Offering a nuanced perspective, each moment delves into different facets of human cognition, reality, and perception, mirroring how foundational ideologies about reality shape and are shaped by these elements.
Luneta Freedom Jazz Collective are:
Hamzah Nubia – Guitar
Rahiem Tashan – Percussion
Althea Segunda Katigbak – Keys
Akilah Marasigan – Sax
Dustin “Xenokrates” Bones – Bass
Maleeq Ras Nashiem – Drums/Theremin
Artwork by Maleeq Ras Nashiem
Igor Levshin – Virtual ANS, Guitar, Upright Electric Senkov Bass
Alexei Borisov – Various Synths, Guitar, Radio
Sasha Zayats – Toy Electric Drums
Kirill Makushin – Voice, Accordion
Music / Performed / Recorded / Mixed : Fake Cats Project, 2024
Noisy and chaotic experiments with where the music starts in the presence of sounds.
Material which is not preferred is the definition of noise. What makes music become noise? When it plays something that is not expected?
What if nothing is being expected, but it is just an experiment of things that did not become music yet? A by-product of exploration of how to explain an idea, before it has manifested.
Part 5 out of 8 from Joy of Creation.
ENJOY
Download: https://archive.org/details/mousemix101
Refreshed from a year’s meditation and fuelled by a lethal combination of extra strong coffee and those lotus biscuits with the cream in the middle, Neko, the premier act to emerge from Bristol’s thriving Japanese language post rock/electronica micro scene (population 1) are back with “Windfall”, their second EP, following on from their highly acclaimed 2023 debut “King Louie”.
Like most second releases, it’s a more mature collection of songs than its predecessor (fewer songs about 5 a side football, more songs about complicated IT jobs and desperate attempts to avoid middle aged spread) that sees the band, now with vocalist Yuka Suzuki as a full time member, polish and develop their distinctive sound.
Teaming up again with producer Dom Mitchison, the EP’s four tracks are a vibrant melting pot of styles and ideas. Yuka Suzuki’s ethereal vocals are the one constant, through the dreamy “Stack Overflow” and “Kleshas” to the moody guitar lines and Donna Summer style synths of “Almost Forgotten”. The slow-building title track “Windfall” brings the EP to a pounding, cathartic conclusion.
The band will be undertaking a short tour towards the end of November to promote the release, with dates in Cardiff, London and hometown Bristol currently pencilled in. The “Windfall” EP is available for listening on Spotify and other music streaming services, while officially released on Shoredive Records (on CD) and Mahorka (cassette).
The Mahorka Edition cassette includes a whole exclusive B side of spectacular remixes of the original EP tracks by Asshole Galaxy, Tawdry Otter, Brainquake, popon and Suzuki.
Released November 22, 2024
P&L 2024 under exclusive license to Mahorka and Shoredive Records
Written and performed by Neko, 2024
Lyrics by Yuka Suzuki
Recorded and Engineered by Dominic Mitchison @ Humm Studios, 2024
Mastering of the original EP tracks (Side A) by Shawn Joseph @ Optimum Mastering, 2024
Mastering of the remixes (Side B) by Weldroid, 2024
Neko:
nekoneko.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/nekonekoband
instagram.com/nekonekoband
youtube.com/@nekobanduk
Asshole Galaxy: mahorka.org/artist/asshole-galaxy
Tawdry Otter: suitablybizarre.bandcamp.com
Suzuki: soundcloud.com/suzuki
popon: soundcloud.com/popon_tonichan
Brainquake: brainquake.bandcamp.com
An experiment with functions the composition and sound design take in communicating the idea of music.
All of the tracks share the same lead melodies and most of the patterns, but they use completely different samples.
Which part of the music remains the same? The ideas or the ways they are perceived? If the perception is different, how do you know the ideas were the same?
Part 4 out of 8 from Joy of Creation.
Calvary, the latest work from the Japanese project Mimamamis, is a deep dive into the abyss of harsh noise, a true auditory calvary that pushes the listener to the limits of sonic endurance.
The album, consisting of just three tracks, brings chronic feedback, massive distortions, and extreme saturation. Each track is an attempt to force the listener to confront the discomfort of repetitive, brutally compressed sounds.
Mimamamis makes no concessions, and the result is a work that approaches the concept of calvary: an unrelenting journey that is difficult to endure, yet fascinating at the same time. In terms of structure, the tracks of Calvary are minimalist, but not in a conventional sense. They slowly build in heavy layers of noise, creating a sense of suffocation and oppression.
In summary, Calvary by Mimamamis is a radical work within the harsh noise genre, distinguished by its ability to provoke discomfort, pushing the listener to confront their own emotional resistance to the brutality of the sound.
