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Since 2010 here Konrad from clongclonmoo.org occasionally recommends his favorite free net releases.

Abu Ama + Bedouin Drone – Dawlat Lībiyyā

Abu Ama + Bedouin Drone – Dawlat Lībiyyā
[mhrk370]

Abu Ama + Bedouin Drone

“Dawlat Lībiyyā”

An outstanding collaboration between two artist friends Abu Ama and BedouinDrone who are both renowned for their previous solo releases and collaborations on Mahorka (Abu Ama: “Totem” double cassette, BedouinDrone: “The Border” cassette, “Abandoned Villages” digital, “Taliban” with Runi Graph, “Tipping Point” cassette as Pedro Maras, and their collaboration project shabaH: “1” cassette) and elsewhere.

A very special album that just deserved some very special release edition. The occasion for another Mahorka dream to come true. Yes, it is a pro-pressed 12″ LP with outstanding design courtesy of Brett Tassenon and Angel Draganov.

Released October 14, 2023 as free (cc) digital download and limited (300) pro-pressed 12″ vinyl edition.

The vinyl contains tracks 1-6 of the digital release. The digital release contains one bonus track (7).

Calligraphy art by Brett Tassenon
Cover artwork design by Angel Draganov

“Thanks to Ivo Petrov and the Mahorka crew”

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posted 16 October 2023

REMAIN SANE – Remain Sane

REMAIN SANE – Remain Sane

REMAIN SANE

“Remain Sane”

Remain Sane je straight edge projekt dvou kámošů z různých zemí, které mimo jiné spojuje láska k hard coru 90. let. A proto se rozhodli spolu založit kapelu, která bude vycházet právě z těchto kořenů, ale zároveň bude ukotvena v současnosti. Výsledkem jsou tyto čtyři skladby.

Remain Sane is a straight edge project of two friends from different countries, who are united by their love for 90s hard core. And that’s why they decided to start a band together, which will be based on these roots, but at the same time will be anchored in the present. The result is these four tracks.

Nahrávka vyšla také na kazetě a dá se objednat na / This record was also released on tape and you can get it at:
patientboyrecords@gmail.com

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posted 10 October 2023

LYNN NANDAR HTOO – Jamadevi

LYNN NANDAR HTOO – Jamadevi
[YESNO 107]

LYNN NANDAR HTOO

“Jamadevi”

Jamadevi is a meditative composition consisting of 6 tracks produced by Myanmar sound designer, Lynn Nandar Htoo unmasking the brutality of the political event that happened in 2021 in Myanmar through her sentiments of sound designing & storytelling. Lynn Nandar Htoo’s EP explores minimalistic tones overlapping syncopated Myanmar traditional percussions that creates a hypnotic effect – slowly transitioning into dronelike territory synchronized by subtle noises & glitches. Fascinated with traditional tunings and compositions that resembles her Myanmar cultural traditions, Lynn Nandar Htoo integrates the rhythmic essence of Nat Pwel, a ritual that is led by a queer character into haunting ambience depicting the alienation that many has felt since the condemned political event. Jamadevi is an enigmatic piece of electronic music work that yearns to form dialogues of displacement between sound & the effects of politics through her intricate compositions.

Lynn Nandar Htoo is a sound designer, composer & music producer based in Yangon, Myanmar accomplished in both the realm of filmmaking & electronic music. She explores Southeast Asian tuning systems and scales through modern music technologies and was chosen to be part of South East Asia’s music research development by Nusasonic & »Listening to the World – 100 Years of Radio«, an initiative of Goethe Institute.

Produced, written, and mixed by Lynn Nandar Htoo in Yangon, Myanmar
Masterd by Vandy Rizaldi in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Cover artwork by Lynn Nandar Htoo and rEmPiT g0dDe$$
Released by Yes No Wave Music
2023

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posted 28 September 2023

entropija – genealogija C: 2019

entropija – genealogija C: 2019
[EEM067]

entropija

“genealogija C: 2019”

The final part of entropija live retrospective gathers together excerpts from three separate events and three home sessions.

What may be the most diverse package yet, “genealogija C” features glitches, fractured post-IDM beats, violent bursts of feedback, mutated radio transmissions, minimal synth loops, electroacoustic manipulations and electrifying hostile noise attacks, that all somehow flow organically into each other.

The album trespasses different genre territories by walking on the edge between cohesion and total break-down. This is entropija live experience at its most adventurous.

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posted 26 September 2023

9VoltDisaster – Film Space

9VoltDisaster – Film Space
[mi303]

9VoltDisaster

“Film Space”

This album undertakes an experimental journey through the realm of short films that have crossed my path. Its intricate melodies weave sonic landscapes that breathe life into scenarios existing solely within my dreams, mirroring the narratives of ordinary souls adrift in the vast cosmos.

As the music unfolds, it metamorphoses into a vessel, carrying listeners to distant galaxies, where shimmering starships navigate celestial highways, and the boundless cosmos beckons with its unfathomable mysteries. Within these intricate layers of sound, the memories of ordinary individuals lost in the cosmic expanse and encounters with celestial entities come to life, resembling living constellations adorning the canvas of space and time.

Film Space serves as a radiant portal to nostalgia, an auditory journey that invites us to cherish our precious planet over the relentless pursuit of new worlds, echoing the wisdom found in classic science fiction tales.

It stands as a testament to the eternal power of human imagination, where the echoes of retrofuturism resonate, encouraging us to protect our Earth and explore uncharted territories within our dreams and aspirations.

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posted 20 September 2023

Roberto Massoni – Floreas Unn Fauneth

Roberto Massoni – Floreas Unn Fauneth
[hueco negro 10]

Roberto Massoni

“Floreas Unn Fauneth”

Cada obra supone en mi caso una pregunta previa que justifique tamaño esfuerzo. Las razones y la creencia ciega de que esas razones son certeras sostienen acaso por un periodo breve la potencia inconmensurable del hacer. Durante mucho tiempo me esforcé como artista en enfocarme solo en el hacer como un ejercicio continuo de sostenimiento de la vida. Floreas unn fauneth es un resultado de ese convencimiento. Una suma de pequeñas obras creadas en diferentes momentos y sin una cronología o diseño previo que explique porque están ordenadas de la manera en que están. El gusto personal estratégicamente corrido de foco deja a la intuición hacer lo que mejor sabe hacer que es tomar decisiones impulsadas por lo inconsciente con algo de experiencia previa.
Obras pequeñas cargadas de recorridos experimentales que en la escucha encuentran una relación forzada con la naturaleza y los movimientos pequeños, sencillos, repetitivos y no cuantizados.
Hacia el final del corrido del viaje solitario que supone la experimentación, en mi caso sentado frente a un computador, perdido, confundido, abrumado y aburrido se encuentra la absurda idea de que quizás este pueda ser el final. Luego aparece la reacción más humana y abrazada a la respiración que inyecta porvenir y me recuerda que ya no hago lo que hago buscando algún tipo de aprobación de alguien que ya no sirve que lo haga. Estoy yo y eso basta. La naturaleza también está ahí, dándome un entorno para respirar, caminar, observar, habitar y eso también basta.
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posted 20 September 2023

Adrien d’Elzius – Silent Revolution

Adrien d’Elzius – Silent Revolution

Adrien d’Elzius – Silent Revolution

Adrien d’Elzius

“Silent Revolution”

New EP “Silent Revolution” from Adrien d’Elzius (formerly known as hosmOz) shows different facets of real IDM music: while taking the roots from the masters of the genre, with the trademark glitches, clicks and cuts, it has its own unique face with all the subtle melodies and atmospheres – and everything between the lines. As everyone else, artists have to find their place and purpose, and in this increasingly cold and surreal world, invaded by artificial intelligence technologies, the task can be delicate. The only revolution worth carrying out is an inner revolution, and the track titles give a clue to where to look to find inspirations from those who can light a candle in our inner chaos.

www.abstraktreflections.net/releases/adrien-delzius-silent-revolution

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posted 14 September 2023

Guns’n’Gänseblümchen – Perspectives

Guns’n’Gänseblümchen

Guns’n’Gänseblümchen

“Perspectives”

Available on 12″ vinyl !!!

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

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posted 14 September 2023

Fields Ohio- Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire

Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire

Fields Ohio – Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire

Fields Ohio

“Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire”

LINER NOTES

Bien que moins souvent à l’honneur dans nos pages que d’autres projets du New-Yorkais Eddie Palmer (citons Cloudwarmer, Aries Death Cult ou feu The Fucked Up Beat en plus de ses albums solo), ce duo plus acoustique et psyché qui l’associe à la multi-instrumentiste et vocaliste Christine Annarino fait preuve d’une belle constance depuis une dizaine d’années d’existence, avec une quinzaine de sorties au compteur, pour l’essentiel en long format.

Déjà auteurs cette année de l’excellent “Valkyrie”, typique de l’univers des Américains entre trip-hop mystique aux accents world music, downtempo-patchouli densément arrangé et touches electro hédonistes, on imaginait les Fields Ohio persister et signer dans leur admirable pré carré Ninja-Tunesque (de la belle époque) avec cette suite. Loin s’en faut ! Si “Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire” se décline au gré de la double-hélice d’un ADN désormais bien connu, il donne également l’occasion aux deux musiciens de se réinventer avec subtilité. Les rythmiques ici sont souvent plus feutrées, les textures plus oniriques et gorgées de reverb au diapason des nappes de synthés scintillantes d’Eddie, les lignes acoustiques et vocales de Christine fondues dans l’ensemble avec une homogénéité toute particulière, les mélodies presque serpentines et d’une fluidité qui évoque l’eau, élément omniprésent sur le disque.

Souvent inspiré par la contemplation de la rivière Hudson que surplombe son appartement new-yorkais ou par ses sorties au bord de l’océan, Eddie Palmer y trouve en effet matière à se concentrer sur le présent, autre thème central de l’album. “Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire” sonne ainsi comme un rappel à l’ordre que l’on se fait, dans ces moments de chaos que la vie nous réserve : affronter les problèmes un à un, un jour après l’autre, sans se préoccuper de trop d’un futur encore lointain et abstrait. Autant de sensations – ligne d’horizon, impermanence et abstraction – qui président à cette superbe collection d’instrumentaux au groove impressionniste et hypnotique.

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ENGLISH VERSION

Although not featured in our website’s columns as often as other projects by New Yorker Eddie Palmer (including Cloudwarmer, Aries Death Cult or the late great The Fucked Up Beat, in addition to his solo albums), this more acoustic and psychedelic duo associating him with multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Christine Annarino has shown great consistency over the span of its ten years of existence, with about fifteen releases so far.

After dropping earlier this year the excellent “Valkyrie”, representative of the band’s signature sound somewhere between mystical trip-hop with “world music” elements, densely arranged downtempo psychedelics and hedonistic electronic touches, we imagined that Fields Ohio would go on with that “great Ninja Tune era” trademark with its follow-up. Not exactly though ! Even if “Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire” remains consistent with that henceforth well-known DNA, it also gives the two musicians the opportunity to subtly reinvent themselves. The beats here are often more subdued, the textures more dreamlike and bursting with reverb in tune with Eddie’s scintillating synth pads, Christine’s acoustic and vocal lines melt into the whole with more homogeneity, and the melodies’ fluidity evoke water, an omnipresent element on the record.

The contemplation of the Hudson River from his New York apartment or his outings by the ocean indeed help Eddie Palmer to focus on the present, another central theme of the album. “Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire” thus sounds like a reminder, in these moments of chaos that life has in store for us: facing the problems one by one, one day after another, without worrying too much about a still distant and abstract future. So many sensations – the horizon, impermanence and abstraction – which preside over the impressionistic and hypnotic groove of this impressive new collection of instrumentals.

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posted 29 August 2023

Oberlin – My Ivory Age

Oberlin – My Ivory Age
[mhrk363]

Oberlin

“My Ivory Age”

Released August 16, 2023 as free (cc) digital download and limited cassette edition.

Recorded 2020 in Koblenz, Germany by Alexander Holtz with piano, electric guitar, eurorack and field-kit

All music by Alexander Holtz

“Inspired by landscapes, people and celluloid met and seen in the late 80ies/early 90ies”

“Many thanks to Ivo Petrov for his careful organizing of the release of this tape”

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posted 17 August 2023

id – lunetta

id – lunetta
[EEM065]

id

“lunetta”

Lunetta is a modular synthesizer built using mostly digital logic chips.

All of the Lunettas are unique and different, because they allow creative and irregular ways to patch them up, since they are mainly made out of CMOS chips and allow completely different ways of modulation compared to analog electronics.

Lunettas share their specific tonal character, which is a complex pulse modulation, rich in high frequency harmonics, making them sound alike. The differences come from individual design and the chosen chips resulting in sometimes quirky or unpredictable behaviour.

Lunetta’s nametag comes from Stanley Lunetta, who was a classical and experimental musician. He is thought to be the first one to bring cheap digital logic chips to the table for making electronic instruments usually used in avant-garde music.

This album is a compilation of home, studio and live performance recordings, with a home-made Lunetta synthesizer, sound effects and feedback loops.

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posted 10 August 2023

Claudio Hernán Guzmán – La cinta libre del tiempo

Claudio Hernán Guzmán – La cinta libre del tiempo
[A22032]

Claudio Hernán Guzmán

“La cinta libre del tiempo”

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

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posted 21 July 2023

Milk Moon – Sunset Psalms

Milk Moon

Milk Moon

“Sunset Psalms”

Rebecca Smit – keyboard
Eli Wallis – bass, bass clarinet, drum machine, guitar, modular synth, organ, trombone

All songs written by Rebecca Smit & Eli Wallis except where noted.
“Is It Really Too Much To Ask (for this?)” and “Mummified Mammoth” written by Rebecca Smit.
“Three Days’ Leave” written by Eli Wallis.

released 18. Juli 2023

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posted 21 July 2023

RAJA KIRIK – Phantasmagoria of Jathilan

RAJA KIRIK – Phantasmagoria of Jathilan
[YESNO 106]

RAJA KIRIK

“Phantasmagoria of Jathilan”

“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

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posted 19 July 2023

One Tru Odd – Hits For The Misplaced

One Tru Odd – Hits For The Misplaced
[mhrk358]

One Tru Odd

“Hits For The Misplaced”

One Tru Odd has been around longer than intended or expected, mostly helping other people’s talents shine – as much as the people in question would let him. He has been, and probably will continue being, in more other artists’ bands than reasonable and has done more unprofitable music for theatre than is considered decent. When time allows for it, One Tru Odd releases music under the aliases V.K., Bissquit, and Bassquit, none of which are real human names. “Hits for the Misplaced” is his second outing as One Tru Odd after 2021’s “This E.P”. As per his music, his opinion of humanity is fairly favourable.

Released July 12, 2023 as free (cc) digital download and limited edition digipak CD

All music written, performed, programmed, recorded and mixed by
One Tru Odd

onetruodd.bandcamp.com

Lyrics and vocals by Vlad von Doom

Everything related to One Tru Odd and Vlad von Doom is Vladimir Gueorguiev

All of the above want to thank Borislava Vasileva for the help and patience while they were busy with producing these hits

Artwork by Angel Draganov

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posted 13 July 2023