“The underwater fires” is a conceptual EP, revolving all around Autonomaton’s love for the underwater life and rivers, seas, oceans and aquariums. That’s a passion shared with the Mahorka boss Ivo Petrov, so you can guess that this release has been long time coming. In the tracks one can hear actual sounds from real fish (not mammals) captured and presented in very experimental ways. All tunes were produced on a computer but analogue equipment such as a Korg and a 303 machine were utilized in the works, sounds played on/from which were recorded and reworked. All overdubs couresty of Nikolay Stanchev. One of the tunes is actually performed totally live, manipulating the already reworked loops.
This EP includes 4 original works and 2 special remixes by dear friends that further complement the release. The overall style here might be considered to be from experimental dub to obscure dub techno, as the artist himself describes it, but each track takes us on a totally new journey. The remixes are by Abu Ama – a pioneer of the sufi dub sounds and by Virtually J – the computer music pioneer in the Varna region, that started producing music on PC in ’94 with trackers and other audio software, and has been a huge inspiration and support for the regional scene, including for Autonomaton and Mahorka, ever since. Both remixes take really different sound paths from original tracks, but still are made with the thought of being coherent parts of the release, thus making the whole EP even a more colourful and interesting, completing a magical journey through the Earth’s waters and underwater life… Enjoy it loud!
released May 31, 2020
All music by Autonomaton, except for track 5 – remix by Abu Ama and track 6 – remix by Virtually J
Analog mastering by Virtually J
Cover artwork photo by kitthanes
The Doll spent a year exploring the inner noiselife of the hand dryers and air blades that dwell in castles, cathedrals, pubs, venues, museums etc. This album is made from a selection of live recordings performed in public bathrooms for unsuspecting members of the No Audience Overground.
Recorded on a phone in the toilets of Wales and England, with a splash of Spain, Portugal & Romania for good measure.
TEST PLUG ADULTS presents final Evangelion tribute compilation. The tracks are impressions from all Evangelion series.
Track Listing:
01. GulloHack – Monte Dans l’Eva Shinji
02. IKARIBEATS – TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
03. Forces – Neon Genesis
04. Dusseldorfnite – Shito Shurai (Nigecha dameka?)
05. Burrn Out Tough Boy – YOKO・く…色っぽい
06. DJ 確率変動 – CR新世紀エヴァンゲリオン ZF
07. sato
shin – ZANKOKUGELION
08. No.305 – あんたバカァって言われたい2020
09. KKLangley – 同じ顔の違う名前 same face, different name
10. octopus inc – waking up in the morning
11. Motoki Sound System – your 13
12. 喰らうと？ – EAT EAT EAT
13. TomAlienNagata – 4_10
14. IXTL – maguokuworou
15. Spine – Defenders
16. Himeko Katagiri – Neon Genesis Lolicore
17. evawave x lisnn – the end of evangelion
18. aBiSyEikAh⊆ – 今日の日はさようなら
19. proswell – when i dip
20. wUB.Man69 – Shinji See Boob And Coom
21. p.stmdrn – ineedyu
22. YVKLNXMLYVZVWV – I.M.GURRRLFRI-END
23. Aethral – Fly me to anywhere
24. CDR – Ayanami
25. MO – A-men Groove of Refrain
26. County Conservation District – Thank You Anno
Curated by Haruo Ishihara (Lost Frog Productions)
Executive assisted by Hikaru Tsunematsu (RDC Records), Kawai Kazuki (Central Scum Osaka)
Artwork by NRP
Design by Occupied Territories
We want to say thanks to the included artists and goodbye to all children!!!
Track Listing:
01. Zombie Waifu
02. Broken Heads And Broken Ribbons
03. Moe Moe Kyun
04. Cement Tea & The Unlord – Floaty
05. Broken Heads And Broken Ribbons (Carbone Remix)
Tracks produced by Cement Tea, Track 4 made with The Unlord, Track 5 remixed by Carbone
Tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4 mastered by Cement Tea, Track 5 mastered by Carbone
Artwork by ク渦群 (KUKAMURA)
Design by Occupied Territories
Kidung, means a prayer song in Javanese language is an effort to achieve the perfection and happiness of life by relying on a request to god. Kidung Wahyu Kolosebo was created by a young culturalist, Sri Narendra Kalaseba, in a period of nine years.
Y-DRA, with the magical voice of singer Silir Pujiwati, recomposed the song to commemorate Ramadhan month and also as a prayer to protect us from the disaster, the COVID-19 pandemic.
Original Soundtrack for the videogame “Angst”, with music composed by Amerigo Gazaway. The entire game was made in just under 72 hours for Ludum Dare 46.
Play the game here: enigmadragons.itch.io/angst
About:
Angst is a 2D adventure-exploration game about fighting one’s inner demons.
Help a socially anxious lady to make it through a day at her office job without having a panic attack.
Learn how to fight your inner demons by finding healthy ways to discover comfort in a busy and crazy world! You’ll encounter various demons inside her “mind forest”, use the environment to push them away and get back to the office.
credits
released April 21, 2020
Music Composer: Amerigo Gazaway
Artwork by Ludmila Sosa:
www.instagram.com/kamuihand
Game Credits
Enigma Dragons:
enigmadragons.com
Max Louis Creative:
maxlouiscreative.com
“Basically the project came into being from the job I do. I work in the waste/recycling industry and have done for 3 years. When I first started I was absolutely mortified at how wasteful we are in this country and likely most of the developed world. There is so much food waste (tins, dried goods that get thrown away even though they are perfectly fine). I eat what I think is OKay. Me and others also find gold, silver, rolex watches etc. I found a bottle of whiskey valued at 1400 pounds. So i was seeing all this waste and then seeing homeless people in the street asking me for money. I would buy them a sandwich and a drink. I sank into a place of strange but thoughtful depression and anxiety. Then we had this idea that you could look inside a skip and come up with a quality band name. I came up with ‘Half eaten loaf’, The rotten carpets, Then I saw a broken thermos flask with all these old photos next to it. Peoples memories… Soul Flask just popped in my head. I then set about taking inspiration for a musical project with influences taken directly from rubbish. Some musical instruments and old vhs tapes provided a catalyst of at least creating a musical message to this madness.
The flask appeared empty, but it wasn’t. It triggered a thought.. That our bodies are vessels. Our Soul can either be damaged or enlightened throughout life. We boil down our whole life’s experience, knowledge and thought, then we carry forward that knowledge and information within ourselves. Within our Flasks, keeping that liquid warm. It’s important that when the liquid overflows out of our Flask, that it does so in a positive way. A helpful and responsible way that can only promote good, so as that other peoples flasks don’t get contaminated. It’s only by following that lifestyle that we can truly transform and then together, we can all go into the future.
With a clarity of soul.
Most tracks have a direct message to them. Usually just questioning our accepted culture as normal without challenging it. But when looking at the bigger picture of which society does its very best to hide. You can’t help but wonder just how long we can sustain ourselves like this. I mean, we all need things to survive. But when these things come to their expiry. We cannot just bury them in landfill. That behaviour is the equivalent to the whole of the human race burying its head in the sand.”
released April 22, 2020
on the occasion of Earth Day
Recorded between July 2019 and March 2020
Artwork by Remona Poortman De Roos
“Much love to Jeffers, Sandie, Ivo, Pietro (IglooMag), WastedCake, Alec & Clay, Steven (LFM), All the Andyʼs, Jared (Gabbermaster 2000), Esa Juhani Ruoho and of course my family”
Special thanks to Babs Graham (for the additional artwork circa 1930)
“Civilisation is in a race between education and catastrophe.” – H.G Wells
The music of WHΛLTHISИEY here is served with the usual tones of his ambient compositions, which, except for the exceptions, are generally piano based, accompanied by drone soundscapes, which in this Mahorka debut for the artist were developed further into noisier territories, yet containing even heavier calmness.
Sounds of noisy guitars stand out around and through the slow reverberating piano flows, presenting an environment more dense and obscure than usual that provides a solitary soundtrack to nowhere, really an aural pilgrimage with no destination in time and space.
released April 11, 2020
Music and artwork by WHΛLTHISИEY
WHΛLTHISИEY is Fernando Cerqueira from Lisbon, Portugal
In a noisy and chaotic world, many of us are looking for calmness or emptiness. And when we finally find some pieces of silence, we understand that they are not empty at all.
Nicolas Lafay aka Noise Ladder presents “Noise is color in silence”. Behind this name, there is a series of releases, each of them consists of a cassette tape with original artwork and a digital version. For every new release, a new artist is invited to propose a visual universe for the music of Noise Ladder.
Jeanne Van Monckhoven, a French artist from Bordeaux, has drawn 4 gorgeous cassette covers for the first issue, so 4 copies of the tape are available.
The music is downloadable for free.
“The Lightning Gallery” is a collaborative effort between Nicholas Maloney, operating under the Blanket Swimming moniker, and Dominic Razlaff, aka, DR.
Blanket Swimming/Nicholas Maloney is a sound artist, multi-instrumentalist, performer, and recording engineer from Jackson, Mississippi. Working primarily in the areas of drone, ambient, musique concrète, and electroacoustic improvisation, Nicholas creates personal, evocative recordings, while at the same time offering a pallet of sound that can be used to practice the rewarding act of deep listening. He looks to challenge the listeners’ focus and perception of sound. Much of his work explores the textural nature of sound within a framework of progressing and evolving compositions.
Dominic Razlaff (aka DR), born 1982, is a sound artist from Braunschweig, Germany. He uses synthesizers, acoustic instruments (Ukulele & Cavaquinho), field recordings, tape loops & granular synthesis to create melancholy ambient/drone soundscapes.
Nicholas first became aware of the work of DR in 2018 when both of the artists released cassettes through the Vermont-based tape label, Histamine Tapes. In 2019, the two went to become label mates on Macedonian ambient label, Post-Global Recordings. Nicholas became increasingly captivated by DR’s prolific body of work and eventually reached out to collaborate with a vision in mind to blend DR’s extended textural studies and melancholic drones with the swirling, melodic sound pallets and manipulated field recordings that Blanket Swimming is known for. Two full-length albums resulted from this collaboration, the second of which is presented to you here as a first release for both of the artists on Mahorka.
“The Lightning Gallery” is a 50/50 collaborative effort from both artists, created simultaneously in their respective hometowns through a process of re-manipulation, processing, degradation, rearrangement, additional layering, and evolution of 3&3 pieces of sonic material from the artists. The six pieces on the record are a drifting journey into unfamiliar landscapes that feel like home. The sound is always present, arriving, yet in a constant state of shifting and unfolding into limitless depth and openness. The sounds map out an illusionary, dimly lit gallery. Flashes of memories drift in and out as still life paintings take on new forms with each glance.
We hope these extended, sonic programmes may allow you to take a step back from whatever it is you may be caught up in and to enjoy a moment of stillness, repose.
released April 4, 2020
Written and produced by Blanket Swimming & DR
Mastered by Dominic Razlaff
Cover artwork photo by: Ivan Ivanov a.k.a. posledenzalez
Andreas Davids, maybe better known for his electro-industrial project XOTOX, but also as part of the Natura Est dark ambient duo, presents another result of his love for all that is ambient, abstract and not so abstract electronica.
“7 Jahre vor der Gegenwart” invites you to take a ride on an emotional rollercoaster with many ups and downs, epic moments, dark and light sides. From dark ambient and broken structures to technoid rhythms and sequences – everything that can happen within seven years is packed in this outstanding piece of music.
Andreas Davids says: “7 Jahre vor der Gegenwart has especially been created for my live debut with this project. This music has only been played live once and will never be played live again – this makes the release very special and I hope you all enjoy it”.
released March 25, 2020
created in 2019 by Andreas Davids at Separate Room, MTH
mastered by verschwinden.org
“Walking into a mosque one enters into the space of a very strong idea. Although these architectures reflect the human universe of the believers, the principles of their construction obey the laws of the creator of the universe. Walking in a valley, into cave or forest presents an equally strong idea, if one listens carefully. The natural world is also created by an unknown, undefinable creator. The creator, singular or plural, incarnate in the creation of spaces like valleys and forests and caves doesn’t speak our language but what we have of the language of architecture and speech is drawn from the resonance and the laws of such spaces. Listening itself becomes an architecture. We reflect on how and when we listen. Simplicity and complexity convolve an infinite interaction.” — Jeffrey Alan Gburek
Music inspired by designs and geometries of sacred spaces
Composed and produced by: Jeffrey Alan Gburek, 2019
released March 19, 2020
also available as limited cassette album edition
Cover photo (public domain): Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom, Iran
Cassette artwork design: Ivo Petrov and Angel Draganov
released April 20, 2018
Tracks 1-3, 5 recorded at the Chicago Recording Company*
Track 4 recorded at the AOC HQ
Track 6 recorded at Columbia College*
Written/produced by Agents of Change
Mixed by Johnny Eichem
*Engineered by Chuck Kawal
Hi, there,
Maybe you’ll fing something to your tastes in my new project QUIRKS:
https://laurentfairon.bandcamp.com/album/quirks
The blurb:
The QUIRKS mini album combines various scattered audio remains –vinyl detritus, found sounds and spoken word– to produce new sound chimeras and audio collages with a life of their own.
The QUIRKS concept and methodology were inspired by a famous US boardgame from the 1980s, where cards of various animal parts combine to create new, imaginary creatures – the cover artwork chosen for this Bandcamp album intended to emulate the mood as well.
This project is also indebted to US provocateurs Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman, who pioneered the “break-in” record in the 1950s, or plunderphonics avant la lettre.
L.F.: vinyl, found sounds, loops, artwork
Best,
Laurent Fairon
