Travel occurs for many reasons, yet a true journey implies discovery. Inherently uncertain, ambiguity can cause fear – but also excitement. What is discovered when one goes beyond the realms of prior exploration?
Featuring orchestral brass, strings, woodwinds, snare drum, piano, synth, choir, and upright bass.
(is) practices Gorge in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania.
Cybergorge represents an attempt to locate the spirit of Gorge in digital Frequency Modulation synthesis, charting the traces of circuits like routes to a hidden summit. What does it mean to ascend to the peak of a simulation? Is there another world beyond the skybox?
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(is)はペンシルバニア州アパラチア山脈でGorgeを実践する者である。
Cybergorgeは、Gorgeの精神をデジタル周波数変調合成の中に見いだす試みであり、未踏の頂へのルートのように回路の痕跡を描き出す。
シミュレーションの頂上に登るとはどういうことなのか。
スカイボックスの向こうには別の世界があるのだろうか？
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credits
released August 4, 2023
All tracks and album art by (is)/Isobel Bess.
Released under the Gorge Public License (GPL).
Recorded live the 17th July 2023 in the Cave Haven in Foucherans (france).
The same day than Orpheus Secret by REfugEEs From Beyond.
Well it was a very warm day of summer and we were very happy to play again together*…
Also this is perhaps the very last recording of Multiple Personality 3, that’s why it sounds sometime closer to PIRATE Tapes
*Halas it was a so small cellar to host five people like us inside without to be a total mess. It could be our worst improvisation session ! Like 5 elements unable to play together… till the last track when we remain only 3. I apologize I should have read first the combo name “Multiple Personality 3” and understand that to play in trio is the best line-up for us.
Loosely based on the Book Of Mutations…
Video Art Clips Omnibus is here https://archive.org/details/The-Split-Screen-Omnibus
Vincent Cardinaux : Drums
Alain Grille : Electric Guitar + FX
Psyché Pelik : Vox
Vèver Coub : Electric Bass Guitar
Ed End : Noise + VX backing.
Breezy beats and relaxing reflections inspired by listening to Beachy Head Radio. https://beachyheadradio.com/
Most of these tracks were recorded in one go, as inspiration struck. The bass, core melodies and rhythms were created on the Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator 33, to which was added a sprinkling of sounds from other gadgets, and samples of Kai’s own voice for percussion purposes.
Toxic Chicken is Dutch musician, composer, visual artist and all-round good egg Kai Nobuko. Besides being a keen listener to Beachy Head Radio, he presents one of the music shows on BHR, ‘Funderground’.
With the theme of “once in a lifetime encounter,” we bring you music that you can only encounter here.
Track Listing:
01. Overcultivation Final
02. I heard a frog_s croak, so I hastened my pace
03. prunus subg (tired edition.)
04. unstalch
05. coldlead(sic) pt.2
06. ツチノコはどこかへかくれたよ core
Music by futureisfailed
Artwork by futureisfailed & Occupied Territories
Sometimes, something is sent – with intent to arrive at a particular place. Yet this intent, inattentively attended, is not attained. Instead, its receipt is actualized in an unexpected locale.
Featuring clarinet.
Beliefs keep us grounded – contrariwise, they imply possession of the opposing disbelief. But there are times where we should suspend both extremes, and allow ourselves to float in between belief and disbelief. Like sand in a shaker, our temporary defiance of ideational gravity can enable us to express things beyond our conscious imaginings.
Featuring orchestral strings, choir, piano, shakers, synthesizers, brushed drums, flute, and bass.
The Necrophile Hummingbird Netlabel & HAMFUGGI Records present Coil Whine Memorial by Yoshiwaku.
“Uncoil Music for Coil Lovers”
Years ago before The Immortal Coil tribute, in 2005, after the disparition of Jhonn Balance, I had contributed under the moniker of CorteX with IDX1274 to Full Cold Moon a tribute by netlabel Darkwinter.
Coil wasn’t really music but more a kind of ritualist performance, the shapes were secondary face to the essence. And this tribute was a kind of panorama, around the world at that time, of some of the experimenters with this spirit.
Few months before the death of Peter Sleazy Christopherson I wrote to him and he was interested to contribute to the next Necktar. Perhaps Necktar 2017 and next Pikadon and The World is Over! were quite close
to be the creations of another kind of TOPY Network. Anyway these words are here to try to show how I feel related to Coil and why so many years later today I need to pay my tribute to Coil.
What is really alive need to die to let live the next one. Life is this cycle.
Last but not least A Symbiotic Experience is a huge inspiration for this album…
Lyrics on Psychic Transmission taken from Coil documents collected by Brainwashed website.
This album is dedicated to every mutant who removed their skin each time needed to birth again.
Video Art Clip soon here :
https://www.youtube.com/user/Yoshiwaku
La cinta libre del tiempo fue grabada una tarde de mayo, con las conversaciones de los pájaros, y el rumor de un barrio en su cotidianidad; las tomas instrumentales fueron ejecutadas una sola vez, con la premisa de no re-grabar ni editar, sin fade-in|fade-out, “es lo que es”. La jornada de grabación se realizó en Brújula Invisible Galería, La Falda, CBA, Argentina. El disco fue ejecutado con una antigua guitarra de Mario Salinas, Mexico [1981] modificada a 8 cuerdas (dos volantes graves) por el luthier Guillermo Aguer y charango del luthier Jorge Espinosa
TRACKLIST
1 | Las luces tintinean bajo el olivo
2 | El tiempo y el arbol
3 | Rosa
4 | Ciruelo
5 | Quien escucha el murmullo del quindi
Claudio Hernán Guzmán (Buenos Aires, 1979) es un compositor de música minimalista, experimental y docente asentado en la ciudad de La Falda, Córdoba, Argentina. Tiene tres discos publicados: Pequeñas canciones a oscuras (2018), El Árbol de Amelia (2020) y La paz de las cosas (2021) editado por el sello Bolinga Everest Records. Fue premiado y seleccionado por Bienal de música de Córdoba, Usina del Arte (Buenos Aires), FNA (Fondo nacional de las artes), INTAD – CASO (Centro de arte sonoro) – Manzana de las Luces, Grupo San Cristobal, INAMU, Fundación PROA. Forma parte de MOMUSI con el grupo para las infancias Murumurus. Desde 2022 se presenta junto a la cantante María Correa, en conciertos de Improvisación Libre. Además, Claudio completó sus estudios de pedagogía, “educación inicial y primeras infancias” en FLACSO. Actualmente dirige la galería de arte sonoro/visual y música experimental “Brújula Invisible” y desarrolla una intensa actividad de clases, talleres y presentaciones como solista entre Córdoba y Buenos Aires.
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Composición, producción, grabación y mezcla por Claudio Hernán Guzmán
Arte de portada por Jimena Crespo
Cyanea es el nuevo proyecto entre la colaboración del dúo colombo-venezolano integrado por los productores Dsum y Mata. Ambos con una pasión compartida por la música electrónica dub-atmosférica y deep, se unieron para crear el disco debut llamado “Strepto Sonaris” en Monofónicos Netlabel.
Formado en 2022, Cyanea encontró su unidad creativa mientras residían en Orlando, Florida. Ambos artistas aportaron sus experiencias y bagajes culturales al proyecto, dando como resultado una aventura sónica que rinde homenaje a la atmósfera templada de las montañas andinas.
El EP contiene tres tracks grabados en colaboración, que muestran su capacidad para crear composiciones sustanciales que traspasan los límites y desafían las nociones convencionales de la música electrónica. Los dos primeros cortes, “Strepto Sonaris” y “Compas”, captan la esencia del sonido de Cyanea, con melodías etéreas y grooves irresistibles que cautiva a los oyentes con sus ritmos hipnotizadores. En la tercera pista, “Auriceps”, su estilo se influencia con Detroit donde la música brilla por su delicioso diseño de sintetizadores melódicos y espacial hacia la nueva expresión de música electrónica de alto nivel.
Por otro lado, la contribución en solitario de Dsum a este lanzamiento con dos tracks más un remix con el productor sueco Samuel L. Session. Conocido por su legendario e impulsor sonido Techno, Samuel L. aporta su interpretación de “Temptation”, añadiendo una nueva dimensión al EP y ampliando su paleta sónica.
Producido por David Uribe & Miguel Mata
Remixed by Samuel Larsson
Artwork by Mr. Moore
Art Direction by David Uribe
Masterizado por David Uribe at Back Door Studio – https://www.backdoorrecords.net
Coordination by Douglas Fugazi
Producido para Monofónicos Netlabel. Medellín, Colombia 2023.
“The Phantasmagoria of Jahtilan” is a music performance by Raja Kirik in collaboration with singer Silir Wangi and performer Ari Dwianto. This project investigate the Jathilan horse dance, a folk trance dance popular in Java, Indonesia, as a way of regaining strength despite defeat. Jathilan is an acronym of “Jarane jan tjil-thilan”, which translates to a horse that dances irregularly. The current form of Jathilan developed after the Java War (fought between Javanese rebels and the colonial Dutch empire from 1825 to1830) as a folk practise to grapple with the defeat by the Dutch Empire and the devastation caused by the civil war between the Javanese population and the Javanese aristocracy who supported the Dutch. In Jathilan people use stick horses made of bamboo as a form of appreciation as well as an expression of support for rebel leader Prince Diponegoro’s horsemens who fought bravely against the Dutch colonial forces. Despite the actual defeat of the rebels, Jathilan itself always depicts an imaginary victory of the local rebel cavalry against demons, monsters, or the colonisers. This heroic performance therefore has multiple purposes: to entertain, to encourage, to heal, and to unite people against oppression.
Raja Kirik’s “The Phantasmagoria of Jathilan” is an artistic exploration of the Jathilan tradition, re-interpreting its musical, vocal, and dance forms. Syncopated electronic rhythms combine with the metallic percussion of homemade instruments that is as trance-inducing as it is bellicose. Beautifully monotonous singing in a captivating repetitive melismatic style weaves through lilting melodies that gust out of makeshift wind instruments. With frantic, seemingly endless forward propulsion, the music of Raja Kirik inhabits a wide emotional breadth, cycling from disappointment to anger to loneliness.
During the piece, the dancer embodies various heroic characters, such as Bujang Ganong, Menak Jinggo, Hanuman, or the non-fictional hero prince Diponegoro. At times the dancer also becomes a dance instructor and MC, who interacts with the audience.
Track list:
01. ACT 1. Sigra Sigra
02. ACT II. Budhal Gumuruh
03. ACT III. Perangan
04. ACT IV. Slompret Slompret
05. ACT V. Waru Doyong
Produced by Raja Kirik
Phantasmagoria of Jathilan:
Yennu Ariendra: Electronics, Voices
Johanes Santoso Pribadi: Handmade instruments
Silir Wangi: Vocals
Ari Dwianto: Dance
Recorded in Yogyakarta and Vilnius by
Yennu Ariendra and Johanes Santoso Pribadi
Mixed and Mastered by Yennu Ariendra
Cover designed by Wok The Rock
Images taken from installation art “Subterranean Thunder #1” by Jompet Kuswidananto at Kohesi Initiatives, Yogyakarta. Curated by LIR.
Photos by Yudha Kusuma Putra
