This music is written and recorded quickly to capture the emotion of the moment. It’s lyrics are mostly taken from stream of conciseness and short journal entries. Some sections work to tell a story while others are content to depict abstract thoughts and feelings. The songs contain themes of selfishness, youth, consumerism, relationships, pollution, drug use, duality, religion, and employment to name a few. Although it is up to the listener to take away whatever messages they hear.
The project has been a work in progress since 2018, picked up when it felt right and not forced. All 12 songs were recorded to cassette tape using a Tascam Portastudio. Guitars, and ukulele make up the majority of the instrumentation but banjo, synth, harmonica, and bells can be found throughout. In place of traditional drums found objects and small percussion have been layered and sampled to build a backing rhythm. While tracking a variety of guitar pedals were placed in line to manipulate the sounds. Nearly all of the vocal tracks have been run through a “Hall of Fame” reverb pedal and very little post production work was done. Vocal doubling and hard stereo panning aim to give the tracks a spacious and ambient feeling. Each track is different but the methods used to capture the audio give the project unity.
Mild Wild has taken it’s influences (both sonically and visually) from the writer’s experiences and upbringing, many of which are subconsciously sourced. However some artist that have directly shaped the direction of the music include The Beatles, Kool A.D., Mac Demarco, Pavement, The Kinks, Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, George Orwell, Ansel Adams, and Vincent Van Gough. Although that list could be much longer with more self reflection.
Mild Wild creates music not for profit but to share a brand of creativity that is truthful. All the songs included in Vol. 1 are free to download and use however others may see fit. The music is licensed under a Attribution Creative Commons. The hope is that the sounds when set free will organically find their way into other creative places.
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released April 20, 2020
old & new
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released April 16, 2020
Produced and mixed by Nick Monllos (Tracks 1-8) and James Eager (Tracks 9-15)
Mastered by James Eager
Feat Conny (Tracks 3 and 7) and Moi (Track 5)
Art by @hmmonmyway on Instagram
released May 6, 2020
all tracks written, produced and mixed by lorn & dolor.
mastered for vinyl by bob macc @ subvert
artwork by taavet kelle
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!!!
released April 29, 2020
All music and artwork by Samuel N.
soundcloud.com/samuelspacen
released April 28, 2020
Music by TITLE // title.bandcamp.com
Artwork by Thomas Wahle
Mastering by Saif Bari // fixedmastering.com
Release date: May 1, 2020.
Huddersfield: Mass for Aphrodite Nikêphoros
1 – Bristophe’s Passion (B)
2 – Κύρια ἐλέησον (B + AA)
3 – Agni Deae (B + AA + PAT)
4 – The Judgment of Paris (B + AA + PAT + DB)
B = Bristophe = Brice Catherin + Christophe Schweizer
AA = Alessia Anastassopulos
PAT = Pierre Alexandre Tremblay
DB = David Birchall
B + AA + PAT + DB played the following instruments: cello, trombone, euphonium, flugelhorn, tuba, clavichord, two harpsichords, electric guitar, violin, bass drum, timpani, electric bass, glockenspiel, xylophone, tubular bells, tam tam, celesta, three pianos, two pipe organs, bawu, recorders, bird calls, walls and radiators, etc.
They were kindly recorded by Simon Reynell in St Paul’s Hall in Huddersfield.
They were brutally mixed by Brice Catherin.
Hull: Mass for Baubo
1 – Overture: Demeter’s tears (B)
2 – Iakchos’s Passion, part 1 (B + BN)
3 – Demeter watches (B + BN + MF)
4 – Baubo’s dance, part 1 (B + BN + MF + MS)
5 – Baubo’s dance, part 2 (B + BN + MF + MS)
6 – Iakchos’s Passion, part 2 (B + MS)
7 – Demeter’s laughters (B + MF)
8 – Coda: Persephone’s Passion (B)
B = Bristophe = Brice Catherin + Christophe Schweizer
BN = Bethany Nicholson
MF = Moss Freed
MS = Mark Slater
B + BN + MF + MS played the following instruments: two cellos, two trombones, double bass, harpsichord, electric guitar, Fender Rhodes, tam tam, gong, piano, pipe organ, recorders, bird calls, mandolin, bawu, etc.
They were kindly recorded by Daniel Spooner, Leo Withers, Daniel Johns and Liam Harrison in the chapel of the University of Hull.
They were brutally mixed by Brice Catherin.
Artists: Biocym [Andria, Italy]
Format: Digital
Release Date: May 4 2020
Cat: ST015
Biocym is an artistic project from southern Italy that seeks to awaken emotions by expressing its feelings towards reality and the use of atmospheres and scenarios reflected in its sound.
The main nucleus of his work reflects the attitude that man must embody in order to move in a dark and inscrutable reality that he must face when he inevitably explores it.
Biocym represents the way in which the artist approaches the way of awakening in himself by contemplating the infinite variety of landscapes of reality and proposes his progressive deepening.
His music is the meeting point of his two influences: natural sounds and those other sounds generated by his creativity.
photography by Dan Penschuck (feindesign.de)
design by EMERGE
Sampling, ‘micromontage’, and subsequently identifying pitch from objects, which will then be used through virtual instruments. This is how you introduce yourself to the Wild Breath world. Being the result of the process of deconstruction of the compositional act from the visual conceptualization. Which, attempts to communicate the existing language in a solo instrument (the clarinet) designed from an improvised approach. And that explores and cultivates the relationship between the performer and the drawing. In a very particular sound conception.
In the midst of overblown computer noises and a rainbow LED sea, the man felt beckoned by a soft, distant light. Upon entering the fantastical shanty village known as The Folly, he and his tribe happened upon an debaucherous, balcony-shaking dance party, thumping to a sound that fit just as readily into a gilded vintage ballroom as a digital desert playground. In that moment, Music, Love, Art, and the Present Moment were the only things that mattered; this was the day Gravitas and High Step Society united.
High Step Society’s new EP Perception, out via Gravitas Recordings, boldly combines the driving beats and bass drops of modern electronica with the hallowed tones of jazz. Through exploring this fusion, the result is an EP that is unstoppably danceable and overflowing with creativity. High Step Society evokes subtle nostalgia for another era, while authentically translating timelessness into a form of contemporary grit. A work spawned from a diverse group of creatives – trained jazz musicians, dark folkies, seasoned funk/rock players, and bass music aficionados – Perception represents a melting pot of collaboration and blending of styles.
Revisit the past with “Side Step,” where a luscious sonic soundscape is concocted from perennial jazz and dreamy, euphonious ingredients. After communing with the past, “Back to the Roots” extends an energetic groove that leaves all worries behind. Title track “Perception” is a dynamic, alluring killer that dances along the concepts of perception, attraction, and infatuation. Woefully rolling through the night on “No. 9,” imaginative instrumentation drives you back into your darkest hour. Transfiguring into a ghostly escapade, “Howlin” is an unearthly companion that escorts you to the brink of the multicolored musical cauldron.
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released May 1, 2020
Mixed by Justin Phelps at The Hallowed Halls
Mastered by Ambrus Deak
Artwork by Jaquelyn Cruz
「近年、京都アニメーション作品に影響され宇治市に聖地巡礼を重ねるうちに、現地そのものに魅了され、「この景色を音に収めたい」と胸に抱く様になりました。
写真や動画、あるいは京アニ作品のブートレグに収めるのも良いですが、ここの空気の美味さは収めきれないでしょう。音にすることでいつでもその間宇治に帰れると思いました。
2019年11月にフィールドレコーディング後、暫く音源や制作に手つかずのまま、時勢は思わぬ方向に進み、遠い場所が更に手の届かない遠くへと離れていってしまいました。ようやく2020年3月に全ての収録曲を完成致しました。
この作品はアンビエントミュージックとして、リラックスした環境で楽しんで頂けますが、特に、このご時世で行きたくても行けない、帰りたくても帰れない、そんな方々の元に寄り添えられれば幸いです。」
Produced by B.Toriyama
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Location Recording at Uji City, Kyoto(2019.11.05-06)
Photograph by fuamai!
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Late-night mystery abounds in this enchanting new single from Brevyn.
Words from the artist:
My current projects are under various delays, so here’s something from my backlog (January 2018). I was inspired by the look of city windows late at night and early Mount Kimbie.
Today we’re thrilled to introduce you to the sounds of electronic duo Spiedkiks (pronounced “speedkicks”)! A German electronic music duo formed in Cologne & Stuttgart. Consisting of Chris “Kik” Stark and Andi “Spied” Möller, they deliver their fifth long-player and blocSonic debut A Pompous Whimsy Peak. Eleven tracks deeps, the album is a sonic gem through and through. Do yourselve a favor, download and bump this right away. Enjoy!
A huge thanks to Spiedkiks for your interest in releasing this incredible new album here! Welcome to the blocSonic fam!
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!
Patricio González (co-dec) & Cristián Reyes (Android) are restless producers within the electronic culture in Santiago de Chile, each of them with an interesting portfolio of projects to his credit. González is the current director of prolific Orion Network label and former member of historic bands such as Vigilante. Reyes is an active composer and remixer whose tracks give live to the dancefloor in many clubs. Both come together in the live techno music group “Dentro del Mismo Individuo”.
Within their different styles, both have a common path of musical influences, that include from electro pop, new wave, dark to industrial techno and minimalism. Together they present this time an unreleased album based in the unique experience that “live” gives to recordings sessions, which unlike the work on studio, allows them to give free rein to the improvised exercise of building soundscapes with analogue electronic machines, samplers and drum machines.
The essence of this work, mainly guided by techno and electro beats, is a remix that both musicians have built in a single moment in live format, using as base and initial spark the individual stems from the track “Miniature” by C/VVV (Mika Martini, Pablo Flores and Francisco Pinto), electronic trio based in Santiago as well. The perfect excuse to start a journey of almost 45 minutes, which can be enjoyed both rhythmically and through the rich textures, melodies and modulations of synthesisers. Also, because the different scenes and emotions generated from this unique live creation, this release is a suggestive trip.
The recording of this concert was on July 28th, 2018, in the basement of “El Internado” venue, on the occasion of the celebration of the 13th Anniversary of Pueblo Nuevo netlabel.
Turn off lights, seek stimulation and make room to move freely with this album.
Francisco Pinto
(Santiago, Chile, mayo / May 2020)
Trad by Alejandro Albornoz.
Christoph Gallio: alto & soprano saxes
Omar Grandoso: trombone & fx pedals
Sam Nacht: trombone & fx pedals
Marcelo von Schultz: drums & percussion
Recorded by Sam Nacht in Estudios Libres, 16/11/2018. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mixed by Sam, Marcelo, Christoph & Omar.
Mastered by Gerardo Morel.
