photo and design by EMERGE
Surak has been a fixture within the experimental community for many years, curating the sonic circuits festival, programming for Rhizome DC, and running his own zeromoon label. His own work manifests non-linear narratives through lo-fi techniques and archaic technologies. Strange Lives was recorded live in Hamburg and Berlin in the summer of 2022.
released March 28, 2023
Eli Wallis – modular synth, drum machine
Georgy Orlov-Davydovsky is a sound reasearcher and practitioner, noise instrumentalist, organizer of experimental music festivals. Enganged in sound studies.
Tala Adelheid Nikitina is a Russian artist, senseless and merciless. In her creative research, she relies on metaphysical interactions and groundless optimism.
01. Mediatrix – Lihvir 05:25
02. {AN} EeL – Vox Pox 04:34
03. alfa00 – Roadtrip (Ukutarak; Dialect of Kwatarese) 05:54
04. pszren – Reaction to Critique 00:51
05. Wilfried Hanrath – The Lament 08:44
06. Pariah – Enuthir Wey 03:30
07. Wilfried Hanrath – Gaudeamus Igitur [feat. LR Friberg and Terbeschikkingstelling] 10:11
08. Terbeschikkingstelling – Qaad Nar’na’nq 01:12
09. Lärmschutz – Aoaezeaimt 06:54
10. Yellow Salamand’r – Ynglish Profess’r 04:47
11. Pete Swinton – Gaq Graimir Umua Yari 04:57
12. Nimbostrata – Soilani 04:09
13. Piaka Roela – Lipos 03:06
14. Fabian van den Eijnden – Rholvird 02:40
15. alfa00 – Radiolanguage Ukutarak 13:28
“This album brings together two decade-old ideas that I had been developing for my now-defunct label Nova Beat Estate: artificial languages and unusual musical instruments. Participating artists were asked to create tracks featuring their own constructed languages and/or unusual musical instruments. The description of the compilation is written in the Hettege language, created by me for this compilation”. (LR Friberg)
»in einer welt voller alternativem muckefuck zählt es wie nie zuvor, gut angereicherte fürbitten an richtiger stelle zu diffundieren. wissenschaftlich steht eines fest: geist bleibt geil. shalom!« (milli schrapnilli, 2021)
happy new esra studio session 2022
herr penschuck: harmona 27/57, orff-trommel, voice
tanja roolfs & brandstifter (horstundireneschmitt): ruaro nuova 25/8, akkordeon, blockflöte, casio sk-1, toys
recorded at studioSOLVEIGH, oldenburg, january 1st 2022 using a zoom recorder.
no preamps, no sidechaining, no overdubs, no drugs, no mimimi.
text based on: »kleine betriebswirtschafts- und bürokunde« 1957;
lentil soup and neejahrskoken by dÄnny jäger & rose marie brüning
schirmherrschaft: matthias schuster, hamburg MOAH (mother of all harmonists)
Design by [FEINDESIGN]
Type: Citizen, Berthold Akzidenz,
Illustration/Photography dan penschuck
Atrx: tapes+synth+guitar+piezo mic+objects
Recorded sometime in 2022
“Wasted Sounds” consists of two improvised tracks, a chaotic flow of concrete sounds, tapes manipulation, fragments of aborted samples and synth.
A Tape Full of Mistakes is The Hathaway Family Plot and Rrrrrose Azerty
chezmonplaisir.bandcamp.com
released December 5, 2022
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Christian Bucher: Schlagzeug / Percussion
Andreas Glauser: Manipulated Generators / MOOG Synthesizer
Mastering: Andreas Glauser
Artwork: Silvan Kälin
Produktion: Christian Bucher, Silvan Kälin
Tracks 1- 13
Recorded at brainhall Studio Zürich
Recording: Andreas Glauser
Mastering: Andreas Glauser
“How can you pretend that you’re free when you’re so tied to yourself?”
“Slippery People” is a collaborative project between Austin based rapper Scuare, and Portland based production group sow. The catchy dark synth pop melodies coupled with a beat scene aesthetic serve to emphasize the themes of the project through their contrast to the subject matter. Scuare’s past works have mostly focused on his internal monologue and the way his interactions with the world shape negative feelings about himself and inform his growth. “Slippery People” aims to focus on external his observations of societal trends and mechanisms that seem to all operate on similar principles; leaching off of empathy for personal gain.
released November 18, 2022
Beats by sow
Mixed by Scuare
Mastered by Scuare
Artwork by: QED @soundsbyqed
Composed, recorded and mixed by Jacopo Buda between October and December 2021.
Jacopo Buda: modular synth, efx, voice.
Mastered by M.qr at RagnoStudio, Italy.
photos by Jacopo Buda
design by EMERGE
The album is a journey to the discovery of light through the exclusive use of modular synth and effects – this time the trumpet is absent.
I am personally fond of this work, its realization has only been possible through a deep meditative process that manifested itself during the effects manipulation game. This is where the silence appeases the mind that instinctively connects and roams to the listening of the present moment.
Wenn man ständig betonen muss, wie sehr „punk’s not dead“ ist, muss Punk ja zumindest im Sterben liegen. Kein Wunder, ist ja auch echt alt mittlerweile. Und wie lange kann man einfach genau so weitermachen, bis man selbst zur Spießer*in wird?
Dafür dass dieses Release nicht mal 30 Minuten geht, ist es erstaunlich vielseitig. Wir haben lange Gespräche geführt und viel herumprobiert, um uns endlich wieder ein bisschen neu erfinden zu können. Wir haben tatsächlich einige Dinge gefunden, die wir noch nie ausprobiert haben. Immerhin, Stillstand ist Tod, und die Rebellion frisst ihre Kinder.
Ob wir es schaffen, nicht wie WIZO zu werden – wir werden sehen. Für jetzt leben wir im Moment. Resignation ist ja auch nicht die Antwort.
released October 17, 2022
Wenn es euch nicht gefällt, verändert es einfach, bis es euch gefällt: weil Kunst frei, für alle verfügbar, und veränderbar sein sollte, gibt es dieses Album inklusive der Lyrics unter einer Creative-Commons-Lizenz (CC BY 4.0). Inklusive der grandiosen Cover Art von Adena Sead und Dall-E.
