Inspired by travels between Mexico and Bolivia “Enlazador de Mundos” is an Ep that takes its name (the one who unites the worlds) from the Maya Toltec culture. “Isla de la Luna and Isla del Sol” two songs that try to evoke the environments and vibrations of the two islands that bathe the titicaca lake. Suggestive places that could almost seem from other worlds.
In this work Matt Jah tries to combine analog electronic sounds and acoustic instruments, environments and natural spaces with unexplored dimensions, reality and dreams, a timeless world described by music.
With a continuous and careful research into ancient and ancestral that blends with electronic and psychedelic. Matteo La Motta (Matt Jah) is always looking for new sounds. Accompanied by his voice, guitar and some synths, his musical research goes into organic textures and tribal rhythms that try to evoke inner rituals and deep emotions.
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Cover art by Tropical Twista Records
Merci infiniment aux partenaires de l’Hydrophone et les Amies de bois de château (mission locale) pour l’organisation de ces ateliers.
L’intégralité des ventes de cette collection sera reversée a la mission locale qui vient en aide aux refugies.
This collection is an introduction to field recording with a groupe of Refugees based in Lorient, France.
Many thanks to L’Hydrophone and the Refugee association ‘Les Amies de bois de chateau’ for organising these workshops.
The entire revenus of this collection will go directly to the association ‘Les amies de bois de chateau’ dedicated to help refugees to integrate to French society.
‘Hikikomori’ es un término japonés que describe a una persona que se retira de la sociedad y se aísla socialmente por largos períodos de tiempo, generalmente en su propio hogar. Los ‘hikikomori’ evitan cualquier interacción social significativa, limitándose a su habitación o a espacios cerrados, y se desconectan de las responsabilidades y actividades normales de la vida cotidiana. Este fenómeno se caracteriza por una profunda sensación de alienación y dificultad para relacionarse con los demás. Es importante destacar que el término ‘hikikomori’ no tiene una definición clínica oficial y puede variar en su interpretación. Algunos consideran que se trata de un síndrome o trastorno, mientras que otros lo ven como una respuesta cultural a la presión social y a las altas expectativas académicas y laborales en la sociedad.
La lucha social está siendo sustituida por una lucha interior individual que en gran medida evita que consigamos soluciones a problemas comunes. Desde la melancolía electrónica, este álbum pretende canalizar el aislacionismo social de este mundo hiperconectado, y transformar ese malestar en algo estético y regenerador mientras tomamos energía para volver a juntarnos por un bien común. “Hikikomori” es un disco de música electrónica entre la escucha y el baile, llena de ritmos, texturas y elementos que atraviesan los géneros. Diez tracks que te dejarán atrapado.
‘Hikikomori’ is a Japanese term that describes a person who withdraws from society and socially isolates themselves for extended periods, typically within their own home. ‘Hikikomori’ individuals avoid any significant social interaction, confining themselves to their room or enclosed spaces, and disconnect from the responsibilities and normal activities of daily life. This phenomenon is characterized by a deep sense of alienation and difficulty in relating to others. It’s important to note that the term ‘hikikomori’ doesn’t have an official clinical definition and can vary in its interpretation. Some consider it to be a syndrome or disorder, while others view it as a cultural response to social pressure and high academic and work expectations in society.
The social struggle is being replaced by an individual inner struggle, which largely prevents us from finding solutions to common problems. From the perspective of melancholic electronica, this album aims to channel social isolation in a hyperconnected world and transform that discomfort into something aesthetic and regenerative while gathering energy to come together for the common good. “Hikikomori” is an electronic music album that blends listening and dance, filled with rhythms, textures, and elements that span across genres. Ten tracks that will leave you captivated.
Angel Galán
(Madrid, España/Spain. Septiembre / September 2023)
The Necrophile Hummingbird Netlabel presents THE DESERT EARS by Psy Shepherd X Ethnomite Pux X Invisible Illusion.
“Desert Music for Desert Lovers”
The story of this record begins with its end, the day I was looking at photos of the triops and fairy shrimps that had hatched at Burning Man in Black Rock Desert, while I was listening to the Electronic Quicksands tracks that my long time collaborator Ethnomite Pux sent me in July 2023. After I did it, I remembered that Psy Shepherd sent me a track to collaborate after Nahel death in July too. So I had no other choice than to manage my time and take a few days to create my part of this split album. Also Psy Shepherd was a very close friend to the one for who we previously did a tribute linked with the last collaboration between Ethnomite Pux and me under another moniker. https://archive.org/details/parrhesia_sound_system_vs_ethnomite_pux_another_beast-feast
So this album seems mostly about how discomfort in music could be enjoyable, same way lead can be turned in gold. The way you look at everything changes everything. A french noiser a few weeks ago posted on a network that perhaps his music was junk, but it’s ok, he can deal with it. If you love it fine, if not he will not force you to listen. So as the AI disruption overturned the chessboard, It pushes us to find what ‘s make the difference between human music and AI music. Where is our humanity ?
As audience when You listen such works like this album, could You imagine for example that I can do the sing of the nomad robot blues and at the same time have no room to play it at home or only when I’m alone. Because my heart family think my music is junk. I deal with this hostile environment because it’s my choice. Life matter more than art, although art sustain my life. And I may not be wrong when I think that it’s the reality for most of the noisers.
I think noise is precisely this resilience. To refuse to follow the mainstream. To refuse the seduction lie, when it’s more about to negate yourself to fit with the norm. This resilience of humanity against all forms of control’s got a side effect called Solidarity. The more you suffer, the more you want to avoid this to the others. Solidarity is a huge fuck to any dominant system.
So what ? Each album is an act of resistance, like sending codes by radio wave during the WWII from london to each isolated sound creator. Keep your freedom, grow up your vegetable garden, you are not alone.
Where is our humanity ? It’s also the question we could ask if we were cops, but happily we are not. Of course In Memory Of Sahel is a variation, indeed a track done in memory of Nahel a 17 years racialized teenager killed by a cop in france in July 2023.
A thing about the form is that the tracks are shorter than my usual improvisations, being cut out in smaller parts, more set to electro ethnic trance and hard techno industrial styles. More than to provide comfort to the listener this is a way to build a serial music structure. Going back to a track, so close to another that your brain think it’s the same, but in reality it is modulated, it’s a variation, something about the nature of reality flux, this coil which come from well known fractal spiral structure…
Also if anyone is curious about were did come from the triops minimal rhythms, they are improvised with an electric frequencies generator.
Because whatever the distance the desert ears can hear. This album is dedicated to all the victims of the earthquake in Morocco & the floods in Lybia and all people dying because of global warming too.
Niña Tormenta – Las Cosas Lento
To order some, write us at gng[at]ouvaton[dot]org
Recorded by JB Meyrieux + Gwen Raguenes at Out of Roads Studio, Leipzig, January 2020
Mixed by JB Meyrieux at Roy des Rats Studio, Leipzig, February 2020
Master by Séverin Chaline, Studio du Village Brûlé, Tours, Juin 2020
With the help of the lovely labels : Donnez-Moi Du Feu, Emrenadur, Entre Chien Et Loup, Et Mon Cul C’est Du Tofu, No Way Asso
As musicians born and raised in Magallanes, we have a fascination with the vastness of the pampas and the stories woven there. The Aonikenk (Tehuelche) people are an indivisible part of that landscape, marking it even with their absence. Those men and women who pursued guanacos, rested in their shelters under the stars, and marched endlessly toward the horizon somehow still linger there. That’s why we wanted to get involved in the production of the film that revisits the life of the last chief of the Aonikenk people in Magallanes: Chumjaluwun, better known by the nickname Cacique Mulato.
To make a meaningful contribution to this work, directed by our friend Jorge Grez Leuquén, we began by researching how that world sounded. We searched for recordings of voices singing in the ancestral Aoneko language and embarked on something that set the course for this project: the reconstruction of an ancient Aonikenk string instrument called the “koolo”, whose last traditional player passed away nearly 40 years ago. We also came across the beautiful recording of the “Quena de San Gregorio”, an instrument discovered on the shores of the Strait of Magellan, which was reconstructed through a Fondecyt project.
Building upon these sounds, we started composing music, initially using various percussion instruments and our own voices. Later, we incorporated string instruments, synthesizers, and ambient sounds created with software. The sound of this soundtrack reinforces the primary idea of the film: how the Aonikenk world was progressively altered and ultimately cornered in the name of Civilization and Progress.
We appreciate the director’s trust and enthusiasm in embracing our proposal. We are very pleased to have contributed our sound to his film, a great collective effort to make cinema far from the mainstream audiovisual industry. A film that tells a story that should be known and never forgotten by those of us who inhabit this divided and fenced land.
Lluvia Ácida
(Punta Arenas, Magallanes, Chile. September 2023)
Let this voice be theirs and let these sounds break the borders that restrict and kill them.
khassarat means LOSSES in arabic.
harald – guitar
nabil – bass
hamza – drums
ghas – lyrics / vocals
Recorded by Max Gosselin
at Showmedia Studios, may 2023
artwork and layout by ghas
a big thank you to our friends for their support and a special thank you to sandra for helping us with the arabic writing
“We welcome back long time contributor John Beers aka Luciftias with a new album of subtle droning ambient, featuring contributions of his cousin and collaborator Caleb Beers. Like most of their work, Staring Into Oblivion is based on guitar sounds, often heavily treated but more recognizable on some tracks here – always hypnotic.”
Moki Mcfly describes “Tabernacle Sanctuary Alligator Soufflé”, his 7th blocSonic release, as “a token of creative cross-pollination, assimilating influences from a multitude of origins”. That hits the nail on the head. A culmination of years of influences and experience, the new eleven track album is a sonic joy to listen to.
Moki goes on to say “At its core, the driving force of jungle and drum and bass forms a rhythmic foundation that propels the sonic narrative forward with an invigorating cadence. The interaction between these varied components cultivates a layered auditory experience, the intrinsic swing and bounce derived from Memphis rap harmoniously converge with the pulsating energy of electronic rhythms. Intertwining the resonant harmonies reminiscent of the soulful era of the 1970s. These harmonies evoke sentiment, weaving an emotional tapestry that resonates across time. It serves as a conduit between genres and decades, evoking a sense of musical nostalgia while breathing fresh life into the sonic landscape.”
So whatever you do, be sure to download and listen to this fantastic new album. Please enjoy & spread the word.
Moki… thanks for another incredible album! You never disappoint.
Of course, thanks once again to you for downloading & listening. We always strive to deliver the music you’ll love. Please spread the word about blocSonic, if you enjoy what we do. Remember… everything we release is cool to share! Always keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it! If you’re in radio… support independent music and broadcast it!
||: brain wave improvisations
on synths, tongue drums, glockenspiel
and nature sounds for contemplation
and intense vibing :||
The album “Cells for Replication” by Yadak immediately captures attention, generating a deep emotional connection from the body, primitive and animalistic. Its sound envelops and invites the listener to immerse themselves in an existence that flows in waves, awakening profound states that are increasingly restless and connecting with internal places that express themselves in intimacy. I can’t separate it from the image; it moves, transitions, evolves, it carries you… As I listen, oscillating landscapes slowly unfold, swaying between stillness and darkness, then gliding towards crystalline lights and fluid pulses. Yadak‘s sonic gestures manifest in imaginary landscapes, full of texture and color. I feel as if I’m traveling through time, traversing vibrant and diverse atmospheres that are almost palpable. At certain moments, the music emerges with a hypnotic intensity, shifting tones and providing sharpness and timbral brilliance even in the darkest segments. That contrasting luminosity of textures resembles a glow that sparkles in a deep blue twilight. The chiaroscuro is ever-present, carried by mechanical impulses that convey a sense of different spatial planes, with a manifest intention to take us on the journey to the end.
“Cells for Replication” obeys nothing more than its own emotion, and it drags you through time with determination. The music permeates attention, generating an immersive sensory experience, playing with images of our era, human beings, life, and artificial intelligence. It’s impossible not to feel the territorial vastness it proposes, situating the physical sensation in this subtle yet robust imaginary landscape. The rhythms carry you forward, anchoring a precise point of contemplative stillness while awakening memory. As I approach the end of the album, an image appears in which the sea is close. In my mind, I can almost imagine what it would be like to immerse myself in it. I breathe deeply and ponder the question: how can one not be carried away?
Valentina Maza
(Santiago, Chile. Agosto / August 2023)
This mixture of climates with apparent sequences is very well coordinated, there is a profound sense of melancholy with sparks of light, as if to say that you can still float and see positive things in a dark ocean.
Luis Marte
(Buenos Aires, Argentina. Septiembre / September 2020)
3 free WAV tracks of deep minimal techno and ambient music for monoKraK netlabel (http://www.monokrak.net)
mastering by Pheek (https://audioservices.studio)
