“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)
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.
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
With today being Netlabel Day, where would we be without a fresh Donnie Ozone joint, right? That’s right… let us all Give Thanks for music makers like him! Enjoy.
Hey Donnie… this is another fantastic joint! Thanks for again making it happen for Netlabel Day!
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!
It’s been nearly six years since talented singer-songwriter Nick Falcon has released music here at blocSonic. His last release up until now was his second Bralitz EP released in October of 2017. Today we’re thrilled to welcome him back with his fantastic new album “Degenerate Art”! The album is a great overview of his sound and songwriting. It features fourteen songs… three brand new and eleven live performances. Enjoy.
Hey Nick… it’s great to be able to release these new tunes and live performances. Thank you! Keep the music coming.
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!
Last year Cheese N Pot-C dropped their album “The Adventure Begins – Gab to Kag – On The Move” album featuring the production of Canadian multi-genre artist Nerdicus who has since come on board to release his great music here at blocSonic. Back in October of last year he kicked things off with the release of his debut album “Nerdicus Presents: Themes, Scenes and Soundscapes”. Today we’re thrilled to say that he’s decided to also release the instrumentals from Cheese N Pot-C’s album for Netlabel Day! That’s right people… beats… yummy yummy beats. Enjoy.
Hey Nerdicus… it’s dope to finally be able to drop these fresh instrumentals on the listeners! Thank you!
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!
Digital Sedative (Bass And Delayer Remix)
Eilo (Wormhole Remix)
Mesmeric (Dismo Remix)
Gargantuan (Bist Remix)
Zero Point Energy (Flavio Deff Remix)
Mastered by Dismo.
Netlabel Day 2023 Special edition.
mastodon:
[category: France]
3 priiises V/A project come back with a new volume.
01 – Sonido Postal – Confluence
De forma artificial, el audio toma forma de collage progresivo, donde la mezcla de grabaciones de campo comienzan en entornos naturales, con sonidos que representan esa espacialidad, poco a poco va mutando hacia sonidos en los cuales los humanos tienen alguna participación más directa, dilucidando de a poco un sonido más urbano, hasta terminar en el ruido de la ciudad, que refleja más la parte industrial de la misma.
Confluencia retrata una mínima posibilidad de las diferencias y similitudes que pueden contener estos entornos, pudiendo ser apreciados a través del sonido y la representación visual imaginativa, ya sea del lago o el mar, hasta la ciudad.
El audio es una recolección de grabaciones de campo realizadas en diferentes lugares de Argentina, realizado por Damián Alférez:
– Playa acantilados, Mar del plata (sonidos de piedras y el mar).
– Laguna de los Padres, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires (sonidos del agua, cotorras, gente, insectos).
– Chapadmalal, Buenos Aires (sonidos de ranas y perros).
– Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires ( sonido de gotas de agua en un departamento).
– Puerto Madryn, Chubut (sonidos de la calle, llamadores de ángeles, skates).
– Centro de la ciudad de Mar del Plata (sonidos de vehículos, ventiladores, interferencias).
– José Marmol, Buenos Aires (sonidos de vehículos, y vendedor de chatarra).
Artificially, the audio takes the form of a progressive collage, where the mix of field recordings begins in natural environments, with sounds that represent that spatiality, little by little it mutates towards sounds in which humans have some more direct participation, elucidating little by little a more urban sound, until ending in the noise of the city, which reflects more the industrial part of it.
Confluence portrays a minimal possibility of the differences and similarities that these environments can contain, being able to be appreciated through sound and imaginative visual representation, be it from the lake or the sea, to the city.
The audio is a collection of field recordings made in different places in Argentina, recorded by Damián Alférez:
– Cliffs beach, Mar del Plata (sounds of stones and the sea).
– Laguna de los Padres, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires (sounds of water, parrots, people, insects).
– Chapadmalal, Buenos Aires (sounds of frogs and dogs).
– Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires (sound of water drops in an apartment).
– Puerto Madryn, Chubut (sounds of the street, angel callers, skates).
– Mar del Plata city center (vehicle sounds, fans, interference).
– José Marmol, Buenos Aires (vehicle sounds, and junk dealer).
IG: damianjalf
– https://soundcloud.com/damian-alferez
02 – Gérard Parésys – Emergence
Un montage de 3 pièces.
Chaque pièce est en 3 parties, elle part d’un field-recording, évolue vers un traitement électronique et revient au field-recording.
De l’eau, du feu et du vent … en 13’33”
A l’extérieur et à l’intérieur.
De l’animal, du minéral, du végétal…
A montage of 3 pieces.
Each piece is in 3 parts, starting with field-recording, evolving towards electronic processing and returning to field-recording.
Water, fire and wind… in 13’33”.
Outdoor and indoor.
Animal, mineral, vegetal…
http://gerard.paresys.free.fr/
03 – Les Soulèvements du Vivant – Flagrance
Extrait de la Casserolade du Lundi 17 Avril 2023 à 20h à Dole (France). Captation réalisée pour documenter le mouvement de résistance à la politique antidémocratique d’Emmanuel Macron.
Il n’a pas hésité à imposer sa réforme des retraites à l’aide de l’article 49.3 sans vote de l’assemblée nationale et ce malgré une opposition massive de la population à son projet de réforme des retraites : 93 % des actifs en janvier selon une étude de l’institut Montaigne et 80% de l’ensemble de la population selon un sondage Odoxa-Agipi en janvier 2023. Refusant de prendre en compte les manifestations qui ont eu lieu pendant des mois. Se drapant dans le mensonge de sa légitimité alors qu’il n’a été élu qu’en s’appuyant sur le rejet du rassemblement national. Spontanément la population a repris le principe des casserolades du printemps d’érable pour lui signifier que ses mensonges ne feraient plus jamais illusion. Les coups de sifflets annoncent le moment où la casserolade est partie en manifestation sauvage.
Extract from the Casserolade which took place on Monday April 17, 2023 at 8 p.m. in Dole (France). Recording made to document the resistance movement to the anti-democratic politics of Emmanuel Macron.
He did not hesitate to enforce his pension reform using Article 49.3 without a vote from the National Assembly, despite massive opposition from the population to his pension reform project: 93% of the labour force according to a study by the Montaigne Institute published in January 2023 and 80% of the entire population according to an Odoxa-Agipi poll, also published in January 2023. Therefore refusing to take into account the protests that took place for months across the country. Selfassuming the lie of his legitimacy when he was elected on the rejection of the National Gathering only. Spontaneously the population took up the principle of maple spring casseroles to let him know that his lies would never deceive anymore. The whistles announce the moment when the casserolade turns into wild protests.
Illustration de la prise de son photographiée par Christophe Martin lors du rassemblement en soutien aux victimes des sbires de la macronie à Sainte-Soline, afin de montrer que la lutte écologique et la lutte sociale sont désormais indissociables.
This illustrates the sound recording that was pictured by Christophe Martin during the protest in support of the victims of the macronie’s henchmen at Sainte-Soline, in order to show that ecological and social struggles have now become inextricably tied up.
