New perspective of things can be found by raising ourselves. From a terrace, a peak or imaginary places we seek contemplation as it is our creative nutrient. Unsettling times must be confronted on the sidewalk of music production. As citizens of the world we are being witnesses of agitation related to climate change, to a rearrangement of political forces and to socioeconomic inequity among a variety of intertwined elements that cause reflection. It is a complex scenario that leads forces of similar pulsation and that seems to motivate the efforts behind the sharp response in this fifth compilation of Modismo. This compilation joins multinational talents in a wide range of styles, and as a proof of clean intentions it releases music of such depth and quality available for free. A gesture of caring kindness unites these 21 musical statements in which humanity and the plotted electro-mutant sounds dance as a reflection of upcoming storms. The overflowed pessimism, the industrial protest, the revolutionary dance and the questiong of forms have a natural room in one of the most ambitious works created by this label. For its constant commitment with risk and quality this new compilation of Modismo can be considerated as a compulsory stop at the moment of photograph the state of arts in the contemporary electronic music.
Javier Moraga Salazar,
Chile, 2018.
I hope this music will give your life a nice Glitch and a lovely smile on your face.
This EP is dedicated to the loves of my life:
Wendy, Laura and Patty.
Enjoy this free ride into delight!
This is a recording of a soundwalk observed from a first person’s point of listening. As all sound recordings do, this soundwalk recording presents what the specific one person hears when she went on a particuar walk. The unusual feature of this work as a soundwalk recording is that it also provides an insight to the thoughts that occur to her while she is on the walk, rendered as a voice letter to an unidentified acquaintance. This reveals personal stories and memories related to the places she visits as part of the soundwalk.
Sound recordings, Voice, Artworks, Cover Art by Una Lee
originally released in 2014
Recorded and mixed at bellerohome by D. Santziliotis in Athens, Greece, using: Roland Juno 6 and Roland System-100m synthesizers, Korg MS20, Roland RE-201 space echo and Uher 4000 Report Studio tape recorder
Mastered by James Plotkin
Artwork and design by Georgia Simogianni; photos by G. Simogianni.
“José Gallardo launches through Pueblo Nuevo his latest album ‘Humores‘ (pn137). Unlike his previous ‘Sinfonía para un hombre solo… en su casa‘ (pn107, 2016), which exhibits the realization of field recordings as a guiding thread, ‘Humores‘ makes reference to the moods or temperaments according to the classification of Hippocrates, considered the father of medicine. It is, thus, a kind of suite that is composed of emotional representations instead of dances.
The humoral theory, in force from Greek Antiquity until after the Renaissance, comprised four temperaments: Choleric, Phlegmatic, Melancholic and Sanguine. Each one of them was associated with an organ and with a secretion of the body (yellow bile, phlegm, black bile, and blood, respectively) and health would depend on the balance between these elements. The word ‘humor’ comes from the Latin ‘humore’ which means liquid or fluid.
As a means of opening, Gallardo adds a fifth state, that of ‘Ansiedad’ (Anxiety), where music tries to connect itself with the future from the present. This is the only track on which we hear an instrument played in a traditional way or without being deconstructed, the Saz of the Middle East, and from this material is apparently also extracted to create adjacent sounds.
Predominant in this album are rough textures, carefully agitated sounds obtained by microsampling – often treated in a granular way, and cacophonous conglomerations, almost always in counterpoint with their opposites, as in the game of resonances and punctual sounds of ‘Melancolía’ (Melancholy). The last track, ‘Sanguíneo Pasional’ (Sanguine Passional), is divided into two very clear moments, the second of them based on a calm drone that brings peace or, better, balance, to close ‘healthily’ this interesting set of music.”
Bryan Holmes
(Río de Janeiro, Brasil. Noviembre / November 2018)
Tropical Twista Records releases a new Mikado Koko´s EP, an amazing artist from Osaka, Japan.
About Saikaku:
“Saikaku” is dedicated to Japanese 17th century gender-bending novelist Ihara Saikaku (1642-1693).
“Forbidden Colors” is inspired by Mishima’s novel “Kinjiki” also known as the first Butoh piece by Tatsumi Hijikata.
Spanish alternative rock band is coming back with very cool “Antineutral” album.
Tracks:
01. Taas
02. L.L.O.R.A.
03. Resurrezión con tu á canto
04. M.S.V.
05. Carnuzes de Bohemia
06. La piara
07. Bjorn
08. Thin bell
09. O forau
10. La réalité
The fishes who lost their homes by the big wave from the outside turned into shadow and are wafting in the forest and over the mountains. Dreaming about the day they can swim that ocean.
live recording @ Newtown Social Club, Sydney, Australia
2nd May 2016
“Tethered” is Blockdata‘s first EP on Abstrakt Reflections. The EP digs into a variety of tempos and styles including lush analogue synth beds, foley recordings, haunting soundscapes, digitally sharpened rhythmics and some processed acoustic instrumentation at points.
Most of the synthetic instruments were created by Blockdata from the ground up over a number of years using Native Instruments Reaktor and the foley/acoustic instrumentation was made using a simple field recorder.
The EP includes six original Blockdata compositions and 2 excellent remixes from Ivan Shopov and Lokom.
Frozen Clinamen is serie of works by Failure Circle (a solo project of Kecap Tuyul) started on autumn 2017. It follows a simple method inspired by the the possibilities of his no-input mixer set-up and the will to use a limited sound material in a posteriori compositions : all the sounds included in these works are recordings of moments that feature no human intervention. Frozen Clinamen #2 was recorded and mixed between april and august 2018.
Methodology
step (1) Tweaking the set-up until it produces some seemingly autonomously self-sustained sound sequences.
step (2) Stopping tweaking and recording for at least 20 minutes without any intervention on the set-up.
step (3) Repeating steps (1) & (2) several times.
step (4) Using the generated sounds as only source in a posteriori compositions. The only variations used while mixing are equalization, panoramics and volume levels.
step (5) play it at low/high volume with open/closed window while complety asleep / fully conscious.
In Stephen Briggs’s own words, the seven tracks included in his latest effort for Sucumusic, “Earthbound”, show “the true New Zealand”.
The scenery, the emotions, the feeling, the atmosphere, the relief, the flow, the space, the sun, the sky, the glow.
His live looping and guitar playing create soundscapes which bring the term ‘psychedelic’ right into its truest meaning, that of inner revelation and expansion of conscience and mind.
