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VARRHO & StereoKollektor – Vertical Protocol

VARRHO & StereoKollektor – Vertical Protocol
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VARRHO & StereoKollektor

“Vertical Protocol”

Debut of two Portuguese drum and bass projects who have been collaborating on a few tracks lately and put together this fire 6 track EP edging on breakcore. VARRHO from Pombal and StereoKollektor from Portimão. Special appearance by Carlos A. on the trumpet on track 1 and Vasco Fortes on tracks 2, 3 and 4. Artwork by Archifilm Studio.
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posted 16 July 2025

SANDIKALA ENSEMBLE – Epitaph

SANDIKALA ENSEMBLE – Epitaph
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SANDIKALA ENSEMBLE

“Epitaph”

Epitaph is a composition by Dion Nataraja, developed in collaboration with Sandikala Ensemble.

Epitaph is a continuation of an investigation into a compositional method in which the tempo progressively decelerates. This method is inspired by the concept of rhythm in Javanese gamelan, where as the tempo of a gending slows down, the spacing between the balungan (core melody) tones widens, while instruments like the gendèr, gambang, and peking become increasingly dense: there is a paradoxical sense of time.

In Javanese gamelan, this process is often likened to the image of a blossoming flower: a gending begins like a closed bud, and as the rhythmic level rises, as the ornamental density increases, the flower blooms. However, I am not interested in a blooming flower—I am interested in a flower that withers and rots. This is why, in my works including Epitaph, the tempo continuously slows down.

The rotten flower is a symbol of critique. I have no desire to align myself with the glorification of tradition—to hell with the sublime. Rather than glorification, this work pays attention to the wounds of history that risk being forgotten. In the middle section of the piece, there is an electronic sound intervention resembling a broken radio: it is a collage of the voices of Wiji Thukul, Mahmoud Darwish (the Palestinian poet), and Frantz Fanon (the anti-colonial thinker and revolutionary from Martinique). Wiji Thukul sings his poem Apa Guna, Mahmoud Darwish reads a poem about his longing for the land of Palestine, and Frantz Fanon speaks on anti-racism and national liberation. But these voices appear unclearly, like traumatic memories arriving beyond our will.

These fragments are sandwiched between quotations from the traditional gending Lalermengeng, a piece often associated with death. Its presence, too, resembles trauma: a history that returns without control. The reference to Lalermengeng also reframes the three voices mentioned earlier; the broken-radio-like sound is also reminiscent of a swarm of flies, hovering around a rotting memory of the past.

At the end of the piece, there is an intervention in the form of noise. This moment is the only one in the work that uses noise, creating a stark contrast. Poetically, noise plays the role of a Ratu Adil—a messianic figure who halts the unstoppable flow of history toward apocalypse. In an irrational world, the hope for redemption is the only rational thing. But redemption can never clearly articulate itself—thus noise arrives. Noise is the future that refuses clear articulation.

Epitaph adalah karya komponis Dion Nataraja yang dikembangkan bersama Sandikala Ensemble.

Epitaph adalah karya kelanjutan dari investigasi mengenai metode komposisi di mana tempo karya terus-menerus melambat. Metode ini terinspirasi dari konsep irama di gamelan Jawa, di mana ketika tempo gending melambat, jarak antara nada balungan semakin melambat, instrumen-instrumen seperti gendèr, gambang, dan peking justru semakin padat: ada konsep waktu yang paradoksal.

Di gamelan Jawa, proses ini sering dikaitkan dengan gambar bunga yang berkembang: gending dimulai dengan kembang yang tertutup, dan seiring naiknya tingkat irama, seiring kepadatan ornamen meningkat, kembang ini menjadi mekar. Namun, saya tidak tertarik dengan kembang mekar: saya tertarik dengan kembang yang layu dan busuk. Ini sebabnya dalam karya-karya saya, termasuk Epitaph, tempo secara terus-menerus melambat.

Kembang busuk adalah simbol kritik. Saya tidak memiliki keinginan untuk terhubung dengan pengagungan tradisi—persetan dengan yang adiluhung. Daripada pengagungan, karya ini menaruh perhatian pada luka-luka sejarah yang terancam dilupakan. Di bagian tengah karya, ada intervensi bunyi elektronik yang terdengar seperti radio rusak: ini adalah tumpukan dari suara Wiji Thukul, Mahmoud Darwish (penyair Palestina), dan Frantz Fanon (pemikir dan pejuang anti kolonial dari Martinique). Wiji Thukul menyanyikan puisinya “Apa Guna,” Mahmoud Darwish membaca puisinya yang berkenaan dengan rasa rindunya pada tanah Palestina, dan Frantz Fanon berbicara tentang anti-rasisme dan pembebasan nasional. Tapi suara-suara ini hadir tanpa kejelasan, seperti memori traumatik yang kedatangannya berada di luar kehendak kita.

Fragmen suara ini hadir dihimpit kutipan gending tradisional, yakni Lalermengeng. Ini gending yang kerap dihubungkan dengan kematian. Kehadiran gending ini juga mirip dengan trauma: sejarah yang tiba tanpa ada kontrol. Referensi Lalermengeng juga memberi asosiasi baru terhadap fragment tiga orang yang saya sebutkan, suara yang terdengar seperti radio rusak juga mirip dengan kerumunan lalat, mengitari memori masa lalu yang busuk.

Pada akhir karya, ada intervensi dalam bentuk noise. Momen ini adalah satu-satunya momen di karya yang menggunakan elemen noise, membentuk kontras yang kuat. Dari sisi puitis, noise berperan seperti Ratu Adil yang menghentikan laju sejarah yang terus-menerus mengarah pada kiamat. Di dunia yang irasional, harapan akan penebusan adalah satu-satunya hal yang rasional. Tapi penebusan tidak pernah bisa mengungkapkan dirinya secara jelas: maka noise hadir. Noise adalah masa depan yang menolak artikulasi jelas.

About the Ensemble

Sandikala Ensemble is a Yogyakarta-based group dedicated to exploring experimental techniques and designing new gamelan instruments in order to expand the horizons of contemporary gamelan music. Founded in 2020 by Dion Nataraja and Yustiawan Paradigma Umar, the ensemble features musicians Roni Driyastoto, Mustika Garis Sejati, Suseno Setyo Wibowo, Muhamad Erdifadillah, and Muhammad Khoirur Roziqin. The ensemble has developed new instruments, including four genders with a 36-tone non-octave tuning system. More recently, Sandikala has added instruments designed by Dion Nataraja, including two gambang and two sets of gong kemodhong, crafted in Klaten by Karnadi Handoko and Siswo Pradangga.

Sandikala Ensemble berbasis di Yogyakarta dan berfokus pada eksplorasi teknik eksperimental serta perancangan instrumen gamelan baru untuk memperluas cakrawala musik gamelan kontemporer. Didirikan pada tahun 2020 oleh Dion Nataraja dan Yustiawan Paradigma Umar, ensemble ini beranggotakan para musisi Roni Driyastoto, Mustika Garis Sejati, Suseno Setyo Wibowo, Muhamad Erdifadillah, dan Muhammad Khoirur Roziqin. Ensemble ini telah mengembangkan instrumen-instrumen baru, termasuk empat buah gendèr dengan sistem laras 36 nada non-oktaf. Baru-baru ini, Sandikala menambahkan instrumen rancangan Dion Nataraja, termasuk dua gambang dan dua set gong kemodhong, yang dibuat di Klaten oleh Karnadi Handoko dan Siswo Pradangga.

About the Composer

Dion Nataraja is a composer, experimental vocalist, and scholar from Indonesia, currently pursuing a PhD in music composition at UC Berkeley. His musical and scholarly works have been focusing on the intersection of areas such as Javanese gamelan, spectral techniques, instrument building, multimedia composition, and anticolonial theories.

The composer-pianist Anthony Cheung described Dion’s music as “a true intercultural music for our time.” By the gamelan composer-performer Wahyu Thoyyib Pambayun, his music has been described as “succeeded in expanding the musical language of the Javanese gendèr.” He has attended masterclasses and studied with musicians of various genres, such as Toshio Hosokawa, Chinary Ung, Ken Ueno, Edmund Campion, Carmine-Emanuele Cella, Nick Brooke, Allen Shawn, Steve Lehman, Darsono Hadiraharjo, and Midiyanto. In 2020, he was awarded as a finalist of Talea Ensemble’s emerging composer competition, and in 2022, he was awarded as a OneBeat fellow.

His music has been included as a part of Brown University’s “Asian Musical Modernisms” course syllabus, as well as in concerts such as PGVIS Symposium (Traditions in Transition), Jogja Noise Bombing, Salihara Jazz Buzz, MATA Festival, Soundbridge Festival, and many more. As a scholar, he has published his writing in Jurnal Kajian Seni of Gadjah Mada University, and he has given lectures in venues such as California Institute of the Arts, Salihara Arts Center, Perpromi, October Meeting, among others. At the moment, he is focusing his work on Sandikala Ensemble, a Yogyakarta-based ensemble that develops experimental techniques and new gamelan instruments with the aim of expanding contemporary gamelan music’s horizon.

Dion Nataraja adalah komponis, vokalis eksperimental, dan peneliti asal Indonesia yang saat ini tengah menempuh studi doktoral dalam bidang komposisi musik di UC Berkeley. Karya-karya musik dan akademisnya berfokus pada persilangan antara gamelan Jawa, teknik spektral, pembangunan instrumen, komposisi multimedia, dan teori antikolonial.

Komponis-pianis Anthony Cheung pernah menggambarkan musik Dion sebagai “musik lintas budaya sejati untuk zaman kita.” Sementara komponis-pemanggung gamelan Wahyu Thoyyib Pambayun menyatakan bahwa musik Dion “berhasil memperluas bahasa musikal dari gendèr Jawa.”

Dion pernah mengikuti masterclass dan belajar dengan para musisi dari berbagai genre, seperti Toshio Hosokawa, Chinary Ung, Ken Ueno, Edmund Campion, Carmine-Emanuele Cella, Nick Brooke, Allen Shawn, Steve Lehman, Darsono Hadiraharjo, dan Midiyanto. Pada tahun 2020, ia menjadi finalis kompetisi komponis muda Talea Ensemble, dan pada tahun 2022 ia terpilih sebagai fellow OneBeat.

Karya musiknya telah menjadi bagian dari silabus mata kuliah “Asian Musical Modernisms” di Brown University, serta dipentaskan dalam berbagai acara seperti PGVIS Symposium (Traditions in Transition), Jogja Noise Bombing, Salihara Jazz Buzz, MATA Festival, Soundbridge Festival, dan banyak lagi. Sebagai peneliti, tulisannya telah diterbitkan dalam Jurnal Kajian Seni Universitas Gadjah Mada, dan ia pernah memberikan kuliah di berbagai institusi seperti California Institute of the Arts, Salihara Arts Center, Perpromi, October Meeting, dan lainnya.

Saat ini, Dion memfokuskan perhatiannya pada Sandikala Ensemble, sebuah kelompok musik berbasis di Yogyakarta yang mengembangkan teknik eksperimental dan instrumen gamelan baru guna memperluas cakrawala musik gamelan kontemporer.

Credits

Instruments: gender barung, gender penerus, gambang, rebab, gong kemodhong, gong ageng, percussion, electronics

Composed and electronics by:
Dion Nataraja

Produced by:

Dion Nataraja & Yustiawan Paradigma Umar

Performed by:

Yustiawan Paradigma Umar, gender barung

Roni Driyastoto, gambang, gender penerus, rebab

Suseno Setyo Wibowo, kemodhong, gambang, gender barung

Mustika Garis Sejati, rebab, kemodhong, gender penerus

Muhammad Erdifadillah, percussion, kemodhong

Mixed and mastered by:
Luke Taylor

Recorded by: Muhammad Khoirur Roziqin

Production crew: Muhammad Eko Sudarmanto

Illustration:

“Kerkhof in het park van Buitenzorg” by Raden Saleh
Edited by Wok The Rock

Sandikala Ensemble Logo and Cover layout by:
Wok The Rock

Recorded in:
Sleman, D. I. Yogyakarta, 2025

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posted 16 July 2025

Kamizdat – Access Frame: Autonomy

Kamizdat – Access Frame: Autonomy

Kamizdat

“Access Frame: Autonomy”

The series of compilations titled Access Frame aim to present a wide spectrum of local alternative music (with emphasis on electronic and experimental music) that has found its safe haven on the internet. The never before encountered entwinement of technology, society, making music and ownership rights has been causing a serious conflict between free culture and the outdated and exploitative concepts of copyright. Adhering to the spirit of free access, online labels are the first in the struggle for equal access and a more fair copyright (facilitated by the introduction of the Creative Commons license).

In this spirit we are supporting the annual celebration of netlabel culture on the Netlabel Day every July 14th. netlabelday.org

=== ABOUT THE ARTISTS ===

G04T combines the rhythms of contemporary post-club music with glitch elements, fragmented structures, and experimental sound layers in their production. soundcloud.com/g04t69

Kikiriki (Nina Farič) is a noise artist playing experimental freestyle noise of all kinds. She uses different DIY gadgets such as synths and micro theremins. She has released numerous albums of studio and live recordings. kikiriki.bandcamp.com

Kovač FM is a producer, visual artist, and radio creator. Her production is mostly (but not always) the result of transforming and synthesizing poetry or various samples into new mutants and spells. This track is a morbid transformation of a verse from some lament or dirge into the next mutation. instagram.com/kovacfm

Notwithstanding the genre variety in her selection and production,
msn gf (Ustanova, Nimaš Izbire) stays committed to the bitersweet drama of forgotten pop ballads, spiced up by contemporary production. A regular at Ljubljana’s club circuit, she has also performed DJ and live sets at local festivals such as MENT, SONICA, Tresk, Grounded and Spider. You don’t know her, she goes to a different school. soundcloud.com/msn_gf

Oka (Eva Mulej) is a vocalist, producer, performer and sound artist. Her work moves between electro-acoustic, ambient and experimental music with a focus on poetics of the voice. She explores the tonal qualities of melodies, words and sounds, using a variety of acoustic instruments, field recordings and objects to create an intimate sound world. Together with Karmen Ponikvar, she also works in the duo Lip Rouge. instagram.com/oka

Periklea (Petra Hrovatin) is an artist who intertwines their work with activism through the media of video, film, sound, and poetry. With their sound poetry projects, they have performed at various literary events, such as Ignor at Channel Zero, World Poetry Day, LGBTIQ+ readings, and the Lesbian Quarter Festival at Gallery Škuc, the Great Lesbian Reading at Club Monokel, and Young Rhymes in Ljubljana, Koper, and Maribor. They are also a member of the music collective Croon.
periklea.eu & soundcloud.com/periklea

Prince Lucija is a gender-queer artist exploring computer sound and artistic expressions of technofeminism and corporeal desire through composition of time, language, software, community, and machines. prin.lu

Raketa (Veronika Černe) is a Slovenian DJ and producer of UK bass genres with a ghettotech twist. She delivers her eclectic sets in an energetic manner, infusing flavors of footwork, grime, ghettotech, jungle, and more. soundcloud.com/rak3ta

Ribeiroia, emerging from the new generation of the Ljubljana electronic underground, presents a wheighty track from the upcoming album, or rather, from an introspective musical intervention, which is coming out towards the end of the year. It rawly and thoughtfully scratches at the collective consciousness, into which she has been thrown against her will. soundcloud.com/niribeiroia

Umdhlebi is the sound embodiment of hatred towards civilization and our culture. He praises industrial collapse and the end of civilized man. Umdhlebi supports violence against all forms of government, because the terrorists of today are the heroes of the future. Noise is protest, not art! umdhlebi.bandcamp.com

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posted 15 July 2025

Entidad Animada – Salón Perdido

Entidad Animada – Salón Perdido

Entidad Animada

“Salón Perdido”

Roland SP 404, Boss SP 202, ARP Odyssey
Masterizado por José ‘Peta’ D’Agostino en Moloko Estudio, Frankfurt
Buenos Aires, invierno 2025

Dedicado a Godiva

Contiene samples de:
Alan Hawkshaw, This Mortal Coil, Daphne Oram, Grupo Encuentro, Laurie Spiegel, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Mansfield, Question Mark And The Mysterians, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Lew Tabackin, Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan, Stefano Torossi, Karen Young, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Hans Laguna, Cortex, Piero Umiliani, Nino Nardini, Roger Roger, Zanov, Eddie Warner, Herbie Mann, Los 007, Bruno Nicolai, Stelvio Cipriani, Peppino De Luca & I Marc 4, Vanilla Fudge, Bobbie Gentry, Rita, y más…

FAD230

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posted 14 July 2025

Lindbergh – Loopy

Lindbergh – Loopy
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Lindbergh

“Loopy”

In Mr Schulze’s sense, loop is certainly best described as a squiggle (a not exactly drawn ring-shaped curl). Repetition yes, but please with a bump in the wheel! Whether the grooveboxes that were available to Lindbergh for making music in the early 2000s were capable of such inconsistencies remains to be seen. Either way, the songs on “Loopy” fully live up to the album title.

The album is released approximately 20 years after the creation of the songs on it, which until then had only been released as singles or not at all. The music offers a glimpse into a time when electronic music was reinventing itself by merging with indie. A wonderful new experimental field emerged between synthesisers and computers on the one hand and convoluted bands with guitar, drums, and bass, in which the perfect artificial sounds of the machines often blended with human-generated sounds that expressed lovingly cultivated musical inadequacies. And Lindbergh possessed precisely this charm!

Oh yes, Lindbergh is, of course, pop music too! Songs like Mango, Über Milch, and Im Zug nach B, which speak of a life somewhere between shared accommodation, the unbearable lightness of existence, and all-nighters, have the potential to become indie disco hits. And only Mr. Schulze knows why they failed to achieve great success …

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posted 08 July 2025

Les Cartes Postales Sonores – MAASAI CEREMONIES – Emuratta

Les Cartes Postales Sonores – MAASAI CEREMONIES – Emuratta

Les Cartes Postales Sonores

“MAASAI CEREMONIES – Emuratta”

Emuratta est une cérémonie Maasai qui a pour but d’élever les adolescents (Moranis) au rang de guerrier. Destiné a une tranche d’âge de 13 a 18 ans, cette cérémonie est ponctuée de chants, danses et festin.

En amont de cette cérémonie, les Moranis habilles de noir, peinture blanche sur le visage et plumes d’autruche sur la tête, vivent en reclus pendant 1 mois, assistés de leurs aines qui leurs enseignent traditions et règles a suivre pour leur apprentissage de guerrier.

Une dizaine de Moranis est alors au centre de toutes les attentions. Une grande partie du village s’affaire, chants et danses peuvent donc commencer. Les adolescents sont placés au milieu d’un cercle de chanteurs et danseurs, ceci jusque la tombée de la nuit. Ensuite, le chef du village emmènera les Moranis dans la savane pour une nuit de jeun. Les chants et danses dureront jusqu’au petit matin, jusqu’au retour des Moranis au terme duquel ces adolescents se feront circoncire.

Ce rituel se répète tous les 7 ans.

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posted 05 July 2025

Fellirium – Spring Equinox

Fellirium – Spring Equinox

Fellirium

“Spring Equinox”

Initially, I intended to revive a series of experimental recordings, which I use as a kind of training ground, and complete the series planned back in the late 00’s – Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Amethyst. Amber was supposed to be the last one, but never showed up. This track was conceived as its starting point, and was recorded this spring, but due to lack of my time and health problems, there was no follow-up.
Maybe something will change in the future, but for now it will remain a single.

released June 22, 2025
Recorded in March 2025.

Music by Andrey Vasilyev (Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Melodica, Effects, Synths) | fellirium.bandcamp.com

Photo by Olga Glyadeshkina | @owlhen

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posted 26 June 2025

Singularity Observatory – The Infinite Improbability

Singularity Observatory – The Infinite Improbability
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Singularity Observatory

“The Infinite Improbability”

Release by German post-industrial project Singularity Observatory from the [Esc.] Collective. 12 tracks of gritty electronic synth baselines and sampled drum machines, in this album coupled with vocals by Mira and Yvelle.
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posted 26 June 2025

Mint Deluxe – Occident Accident

Mint Deluxe – Occident Accident

Mint Deluxe

“Occident Accident”

On their 8-track electronic album, Occident Accident, guest artist Mint Deluxe crafts a meticulous soundscape of controlled chaos and machine melancholy. The rhythmic foundation is built on intricate, skittering glitch percussion, recalling the meticulous digital fragmentation of artists like Autechre and the complex beat-work of Aphex Twin. Beneath this nervous energy, deep and mellow basslines provide a warm, grounding presence that anchors the listener. Woven throughout are subtle, detuned elements—melodies that drift slightly off-key and pads that sigh with a gentle dissonance, creating an atmosphere that is simultaneously uneasy and deeply soulful. Occident Accident is a beautifully rendered document of a system glitching into something unexpectedly human.
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posted 25 June 2025

Edward Reardon, Herbert Lacina & Karlheinz Essl – m!ndf*kc

Edward Reardon, Herbert Lacina & Karlheinz Essl – m!ndf*kc

Edward Reardon, Herbert Lacina & Karlheinz Essl

“m!ndf*kc”

The music of m!ndf*kc starts from the embrace of a quiet disturbance.

The name, which was chosen not without awareness of the threat of vulgarity, is meant with honesty and, in a sense, generosity. Apparently, the term has been accepted in the psychological community to mean an extremely confusing or disturbing experience. Here, it is an offer to explore that state and come to accept it and enjoy it. The listener is a silent participant welcomed to re-examine what is considered pleasurable, what is fun, and what constitutes balance and structure.

Piano, bass, and electronics co-mix here to create a calm discourse that examines more than it asks or tries to answer. Those expecting to be jarred or unsettled may find the peaceful serendipity of M!ndf*kc disconcerting. Clear lines and pure sounds turn and twist as though obstructions do not exist. The development from climax to anti-climax, from stasis to passage, seems like the inevitable result of either careful planning or sheer faith in probability. After attentively navigating, without judgment, the connections along the way, finding sense and meaning in the upset of stability is where the music finishes. (Edward Reardon)

www.essl.at/div/mndfkc.html
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ0umd7u-PzgHnrsyZ4NoLaccrWIoNjTK

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posted 19 June 2025

Roberto Vodanović Čopor – What Happens When We Become Silent

Roberto Vodanović Čopor – What Happens When We Become Silent
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Roberto Vodanović Čopor

“What Happens When We Become Silent”

Released June 6, 2025 as free (cc) digital download and limited cassette edition.

Roberto Vodanović Čopor is a multimedial artist from Zadar, Croatia. He has released on various independent labels, including Asonu., Green Field Recordings, Sonospace, Nowaki, Camembert Électrique, Warm Milk Recordings, The Church Of Noisy Goat, Mahorka… In his music he often combines the sounds of nature or the sounds of cities, and as background he uses sounds created from everyday objects.

“What happens when we become silent” is an experimental dark ambient music project that explores the multifaceted nature of silence. The album opens with evocative field recordings of birdsong at dawn and raindrops tapping gently against a window – fragile sounds that draw the listener into a contemplative space.

Through immersive textures and shadowy sonic landscapes, the project delves into our complex relationship with silence. It asks: what does silence reveal, and what does it conceal? Is it a refuge – a trusted companion in a noisy world – or a haunting presence that unsettles the soul?

Blurring the boundaries between the natural and the abstract, “What happens when we become silent” invites the listener to sit with stillness, to confront it, and to find meaning within its depths.

Produced by Roberto Vodanović Čopor in 2024-2025
Artwork images by Roberto Vodanović Čopor

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posted 10 June 2025

MAHAMBORO – 7 Jazz Pop Greats

MAHAMBORO – 7 Jazz Pop Greats
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MAHAMBORO

“7 Jazz Pop Greats”

“Mahamboro menulis dan merekam album ini sebagai respon terhadap komodifikasi musik menjadi pola-pola populis yang mudah dikenali dan dicerna. Lewat sudut pandang tersebut, projek ini menjadi kritik terhadap absuritas dalam menilai dan atau mengukur suatu gaya musik; bagaimana musik eksperimental ataupun jazz melampaui pelabelan karya seni yang dijual di pasar tertentu, pada waktu tertentu, panggung tertentu dan ketentuan tertentu. Judul album ini mengadopsi judul album ketiga dari Throbbing Gristle.”

Multi-instrumentalis yang juga berperan sebagai individu penting di kalangan musik eksperimental, Mahamboro menunjukkan taring tajamnya di album “7 Jazz Pop Greats”. Dari judulnya sudah membuat mata tertegun, diikuti oleh judul lagu yang membuat penggiat musik Jazz seperti saya sedikit terkikik. Di semua track, Mahamboro tetap menunjukkan dentuman dan tekstur yang khas, bunyi gemuruh ala dia ditambah sentuhan manis Saxophone khas Joe Lovano di album Nocturno-nya Charlie Haden.

Saya menyebutnya sebagai pribadi paling berbakat yang pernah saya temui. Tidak hanya talenta, Mahamboro mempunyai kepekaan yang luar biasa terhadap segala seuatu yang ditekuninya. Biarpun kadang saya gemas karena kurangnya fokus di bertahun-tahun masa karirnya, tapi semua orang selalu menganggumi beliau dari jauh. Tidak hanya sebagai seniman suara, namun kontribusi dia di lingkungan musik sekitarnya.

Entah ini intrepretasi trek-trek musik hits Jazz dunia, atau sekedar plesetan, atau mungkin juga cemooh terhadap genre tersebut. Apapun itu, saya paham bahwa ada kelas yang seharusnya dilenyapkan di genre musik di Indonesia. Tidak merasa lebih hanya karna nada/hitungan lebih rumit, tidak memicingkan mata hanya karna bunyinya berbeda, dan menghakimi padahal tidak mengerti.

Dibuka dengan Track manis dibalut oleh kekacauan. Diikuti Track 2 yang menunjukkan benang merah album ini yang terlalu cepat diurai dan ditutup dengan bunyi saturatif yang menarik. Track 3 digempur dengan dentuman keras semi rapat dan Saxophone serupa rapalan musik Rap. Pertengahan Track 4 dikejutkan oleh Altissimo dari Saxophone. Lalu ada bunyi distraktif di Track 5 seperti detik jam dan diakhiri helaan nafas serupa kabut. Track 6 diawali dengan bunyi strobo dan airy saxophone lalu disambut ketukan drum ala Nate Smith, membuat Track ini terdengar seperti musik ritual dibanding musik dansa. Track 7, Nada-nada Arpeggio dibalut dengan efek suara ditemani bunyi angkasa ala Ryoji Ikeda, membuat Track penutup ini menciptakan visual berbayang.

Tidak hanya panggung dengan tata suara megah, ini adalah album yang seharusnya menemani para pencinta kopi di interior brutalist alih-alih bossa nova yang kian tidak selaras dengan situasi negara yang carut marut.

Tesla Manaf, Bandung 30 Mei 2025

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posted 06 June 2025

Reiko Nonoyama – Solo 3

Reiko Nonoyama – Solo 3
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Reiko Nonoyama

“Solo 3”

This is the latest release from Japanese multi-instrumentalist Reiko Nonoyama.

This work, consisting of only two tracks and it’s the third in the series titled “Solo” In this album, Nonoyama explores the sonic possibilities of free improvisation, playing drums, piano, and percussion.

“Solo 3” reflects her intimate and experimental approach, which is a hallmark of her musical journey.

An album that offers a unique auditory experience, combining elements of free jazz and sound art, and stands out as an authentic expression of Nonoyama’s creativity.

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posted 06 June 2025

Tomás Gazzo – Objetos en elevación libre

Tomás Gazzo – Objetos en elevación libre

Tomás Gazzo

“Objetos en elevación libre”

Compuesto e interpretado por Tomás Gazzo
“Las personas de acá” mezclado y masterizado por Manuel Ogando
Masterizado por Manuel Ogando
www.instagram.com/manu.ogando
La portada es diseño de Tomás Gazzo sobre una fotografía de Esteban Favaro.

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posted 04 June 2025

Diego Lorenzini y Simón Campusano – Estoy Loco y no es por Ti

Diego Lorenzini y Simón Campusano – Estoy Loco y no es por Ti

Diego Lorenzini y Simón Campusano

“Estoy Loco y no es por Ti”

released May 30, 2025
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Música, letra y arreglos: Diego Lorenzini y Simón Campusano.

Simón Campusano: Guitarra y voces
Diego Lorenzini: Voz, ukelele y percusiones

Grabado en Estudio Tres Sillas en Talca, Chile.
Producción musical y grabación: Diego Lorenzini
Masterización: Arturo Zegers Giammarino

Arte de portada: Diego Lorenzini
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Music, lyrics, and arrangements: Diego Lorenzini and Simón Campusano.

Simón Campusano: Guitar and vocals
Diego Lorenzini: Vocals, ukulele, and percussion

Recorded at Tres Sillas Studio in Talca, Chile.
Music production and recording: Diego Lorenzini
Mastering: Arturo Zegers Giammarino

Cover artwork: Diego Lorenzini

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posted 03 June 2025

WAYVES – BOT

WAYVES – BOT
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WAYVES

“BOT”

released May 24, 2025

Raw, fleeting, disfigured — breaking through the cracks like weeds through concrete.
A rebellion against the self. Against the urge to please, to polish, to resolve.
A controlled fall. A dance between chaos and pattern.

Meant to disorient. To move. To interrupt.

A celebration of not pretending.

This work leans toward a non-dual listening — where no line separates beauty from abrasion, nor pitch from noise. There’s no subject, no object. Only the sound of falling water near a stone. A hum that could be harmony, or just friction made gentle by time.

It draws from Dada not in style but in gesture — refusing meaning as fixed, embracing disruption as form. Like Zen, it invites without asking. The music doesn’t develop — it arrives, disappears, and remains.

This is apophatic sound art — not built on themes, but on the refusal of them.
It doesn’t declare, it negates. Not a construction of beauty, but a slow erosion of its false appearances.
The sound exists as absence made audible — like the gap between waves, or the breath between two conflicting thoughts.

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posted 28 May 2025

Filipe Miranda – Movimento

Filipe Miranda – Movimento
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Filipe Miranda

“Movimento”

Filipe Miranda from Portugal gave us an opportunity for sharing one of his album. Movimento (Movement) consists of four tracks, overall it has laid-back atmosphere.

Music and choreography improvisation session with Filipe Miranda and Joana Jardim, for the project’s first rehearsal at Viana do Castelo (Teatro Casino Afifense), in 2019. Recorded live on stage, rehearsal environment, with a Zoom H1n. Guitar by Filipe Miranda.

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posted 28 May 2025

Pablo Reche – Programa(cion)

Pablo Reche – Programa(cion)

Pablo Reche

“Programa(cion)”

Registro Velado (Agosto 2022)
Corriente Sólida (Marzo 2023)
Aura (Septiembre 2023)
Fluvial (Febrero 2024)
Pliegue Infinito (Mayo 2024)
Otoño Invertido (Agosto 2024)
Espectro Mutante (2024 mix)

Compuesto y Masterizado por Pablo Reche en Buenos Aires

Foto de tapa: Pablo Reche
Edición digital: Díaz José
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También disponible edición física CD slim

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posted 23 May 2025

love sella, AlmabuenA – All my best friends don’t pass the turing test (AlmabuenA Remix)

love sella, AlmabuenA – All my best friends don’t pass the turing test (AlmabuenA Remix)

love sella, AlmabuenA

“All my best friends don’t pass the turing test (AlmabuenA Remix)”

It all started when fellow the Hagueians Barend of the legendary trip hop duo AlmabuenA and local underground music legend WivWav got stuck in traffic together. After discussing their musical faves they birthed the conceptual remix exchange that would eventually grow into the legendary chopped and rearranged remix twins, the half of which is this release.

AlmabuenA is a fresh trip hop duo from Spain and The Netherlands. Made up of legendary studio master Barend and masterful club beat juggler Almudena. They’ve been f&%$ing up the scene these days, fast tracking remixes left and right. We couldn’t be happier to be a part of it.

love sella is a legendary renoise producer and cyberwitch/-bitch. Creating dense and energtic electronic punk music for the crazed.

You can find the other half of this lovechild baby here:
mlemrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-alan-watts-theme-love-sella-remix

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posted 20 May 2025

Markus Masuhr – Natural Lifeforms

Markus Masuhr – Natural Lifeforms

Markus Masuhr

“Natural Lifeforms”

Requiem for Natural LifeformsIn stillness, Subaqueous Bloom unfurls,
A silent hymn beneath the swirls.
Photosynthetic Drift ascends with grace,
Light-born breath in time’s embrace.

Echoes of Lichen speak in green,
Ancient tongues, quiet and unseen.
The ground heaves with Tectonic Pulse,
Earth’s deep memory, slow and convulse.

Bioluminescent Veins ignite the dark,
Living stars with nature’s spark.
We Respire in Fog, unseen, alive,
In vapor’s hush, we drift and thrive.

A Moss Signal, faint, begins to weep—
Calling to those the soil keeps.
Under the Nocturnal Canopy, we lay,
Returning to life’s silent decay.

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posted 20 May 2025