Uriel GZ – Parallel World
[BTNL013]
Uriel GZ
“Parallel World”
Perfect, big room Techno set
posted 26 December 2015
Dr.800XL – Epifanía
[pn101]
Dr.800XL
“Epifanía”
“Epifanía (Epiphany) (From the Latin epiphanīa: f. manifestation, appearance, or revelation). – This corresponds to the final album of the trilogy initiated in 2006 with ‘Anomia‘ (pn007), continued then with ‘Vesania‘ (pn047) in 2009; and, as such, it continues the course and the dynamic of these 3 states (the diffuse confusion in the beginning, the unbridled madness of the mature conflict, and then, the illumination and calm of the resolution), trying to give an account of various biographical and creative states of the author. ‘Epifanía‘ establishes itself, at the same time, as a point of inflection with profound changes to the stylistic and discursive in this delightfully haphazard route that is life and its creatures-creations.”
Felipe Zúñiga Herranz aka Dr.800XL
(Santiago, Chile, diciembre 2015)
“‘Epifanía‘ (Epiphany), completes the trilogy of Dr.800XL for Pueblo Nuevo… an exercise in electronica of high flight, fresh and full of spatiality. Reunification of samples in a Down-tempo beat, with techno tinges and with a palette of spatial/temporal synthesis of ambient tone. In this multiverse of intricate breaks, playful glitches, with contemplative tone and with a marked experimental accent, Felipe Zúñiga Herranz drives the pulleys to give us a work that makes its impression on the listening, through the richness and variety of the compositions. A disc that crowns in an exiting way this musical/discursive continuity… in good time Doc.”
Héctor “Polar” Aguilar
Integrante del dúo Lluvia Acida / Lluvia Ácida member.
(Punta Arenas, Chile, diciembre 2015)
“The Sound as a tool of echolocation for tracing emotional and mental maps. The Beats like serial lightning strikes forming thoughts. The Sequences forming successive images that vanish at the boundary between the Conscious and the Unconscious. Glitches like nervous tics that we strive to conceal. Arpeggios of Acoustic Guitar that evoke moments that will not return. Synths that move around like cirrus in the sky that our eyes can span. Reverbs that bounce off the walls of our internal cavern. This is how I can describe this “Epiphany” that Felipe Zuñiga gives us today. Fast, enlightening, but not ephemeral. If we listen carefully to them, his pieces take the form of portals, on whose threshold oscillate vibrations that evoke a wide palette of colors, playful and far from the claim of superiority of the Musician above the Listener. Thank you very much for this album, Felipe: I believe that you were happy creating it, and in these times, to share that is a significant and necessary gesture.”
Rafael Cheuquelaf
Integrante del dúo Lluvia Acida / Lluvia Ácida member.
(Punta Arenas, Chile, diciembre 2015)
posted 24 December 2015
Various Artists – Open The Window
[LOR 075]
Various Artists
“Open The Window”
Linear Obsessional’s third annual “open access” release is built around a simple premise – open your window and record two minutes of what you can hear. Interacting with it live if you wish, or editing and processing the recordings later.
>From this concept has emerged this 85 track, 2 hour 50 minute compilation of extraordinary recordings from all over the world. The download also includes a 62 page booklet of detailed notes, photographs and an essay.
>From this concept has emerged this 85 track, 2 hour 50 minute compilation of extraordinary recordings from all over the world. The download also includes a 62 page booklet of detailed notes, photographs and an essay.
Compiled and Edited by Richard Sanderson for Linear Obsessional recordings.
Cover photograph by Richard Sanderson.
Cover Typography by Alex Stone.
Many thanks to all the contributors.
posted 24 December 2015
LZRVS – For tonight you’re only here to know
[SOSEP059]
LZRVS
“For tonight you’re only here to know”
Artist: LZRVS
Artwork: Luca Mascioli
Mastering: Fulvio Vitale aka Flux
Title: For tonight you’re only here to know
Genre: Future Beats
Released on: 04/12/2015
Artwork: Luca Mascioli
Mastering: Fulvio Vitale aka Flux
Title: For tonight you’re only here to know
Genre: Future Beats
Released on: 04/12/2015
Description (Curated by Marco Stilo)
[EN]
In full consciousness and introspective phase. Perhaps this is the key to open Lzrs sound door. Certainly, it’s the essential theme between the producer and Sostanze Records for the making of ‘For Tonight You’re Only Here to Know’, the winning debut record by the Italian artist. Such a release pushing for getting what we have around us. A sound apparently melancholic which does not hide emotive charges towards a romantic evolution. Lzrs softly gets up on the stage but at the same time his elegance shows immediately a significant attetion for its message, codified by distorsions and atmospheres playing up the trip created by its music. In love with Lzrs.
[IT]
In piena fase introspettiva e di sviluppo della conoscenza . Forse è questa la chiave per aprire la porta dei suoni di Lzrs. Sicuramente è il filo conduttore tra il produttore e Sostanze Records nella realizzazione di ”For Tonight You’re Only Here to Know” , debutto vincente dell’artista italiano. Una release che penetra nella voglia di riflettere e capire ciò che ci circonda. Un suono all’apparenza malinconico ma che non nasconde cariche emotive tendenti ad un’evoluzione romantica della musica proposta dall’artista. Lzrs è morbido nell’entrata in scena ma al tempo stesso la sua eleganza desta subito grande attenzione per la profondità del messaggio codificato da distorsioni e atmosfere che amplificano la missione del viaggio creato dalla sua musica. In love with Lzrs.
Tracklist
1. Punk Skin
2. Lost Keys
3. We Raving
4. Struggle feat. D R H O N E
posted 22 December 2015
Markus Masuhr – The red moon and the landscapes from jupiter
[ILK014]
Markus Masuhr
“The red moon and the landscapes from jupiter “
Out Out Out 21 December ILK014
Title Ep:The red moon and the landscapes from jupiter
Artist: Markus Masuhr
4 wave tracks minimal/techno/experimental
Mastering:Dadive
Title Ep:The red moon and the landscapes from jupiter
Artist: Markus Masuhr
4 wave tracks minimal/techno/experimental
Mastering:Dadive
posted 21 December 2015
Various – Waves
[365]
Various
“Waves”
Here at Kahvi we’re exceptionally proud of our yearly compilation release – and here, finally, is the VA release for 2015! It’s been a mammoth undertaking, collecting tracks, compiling the release, mastering, creating the cover artwork but finally we can announce that ‘Waves’ is here!
This year, we have a massive 50 of the best tracks from some familiar faces, along with many guest artists that submitted their tracks for inclusion. Some really amazing talent is out there with very little exposure, and the VA is our chance to redress the balance. For a playlist visit our Mixcloud page. The VA is made up of a huge range of diverse tracks from ambient to IDM, chill to drum and bass – and even a couple of more experimental tracks to give your ears a treat!
posted 21 December 2015
Splicey and Tracky – Horses, Horses … Horses!
[4295]
Splicey and Tracky
“Horses, Horses … Horses!”
Horses, Horses … Horses! is the late October 2015 debut release from the collaboration, Splicey and Tracky (Dave Keifer & Jess Lemont). In this case, the tracks featured are from Keifer’s end of the ongoing project.
Recently, Vuzhh Music Blog (C. Reider) produced its annual list of Notable Netlabel Releases, which includes the debut. Reider’s description: “Skittering and simultaneously loping, riffing and simultaneously free-jazzing group work featuring the brilliant Jess Lemont. This coheres really well, and is very groovy, even when they’re at their most free-improv-y.”
Recently, Vuzhh Music Blog (C. Reider) produced its annual list of Notable Netlabel Releases, which includes the debut. Reider’s description: “Skittering and simultaneously loping, riffing and simultaneously free-jazzing group work featuring the brilliant Jess Lemont. This coheres really well, and is very groovy, even when they’re at their most free-improv-y.”
And, they’re just getting started. Be sure to stay on the lookout for more Splicey and Tracky releases, and, if possible, listen with your eyes closed!
Credits:
Dave Keifer (Cagey House): virtual instruments, software, etc. Shifty editing, occasional brief embellishments.
Jess Lemont (Be a Waterwolf): all real instruments including drums, voice, guitar, bass, mallet percussion, keyboards, xaphoon, etc. Large-scale intricate lace improvisations.
(Tracks created jointly between April and August of 2015)
posted 20 December 2015
H-LR – Rx
H-LR
“Rx”
“Another guest release here… the reverse side of a rhythmic noise project from Israel. Glitchy and mostly beatless experimental remixes of different artists from the UK and Sweden, evoking very different feelings” (Ars Sonor)
#ambient #experimental #glitch
posted 20 December 2015
Guy-Frank Pellerin, Matthias Boss and Marcello Magliocchi – THE SOUNDING DOOR
[PT021]
Guy-Frank Pellerin, Matthias Boss and Marcello Magliocchi
“THE SOUNDING DOOR”
New release on Plus Timbre and our last one for this year. We present Marcello Magliocchi once more as a guest in our home and we feel very happy to have him accompanied by two outstanding musicians: Matthias Boss and Guy-Frank Pellerin.
posted 19 December 2015
Torque – Automation
[EPH126]
Torque
“Automation”
posted 18 December 2015
Syntactic – Chinese Lights
Syntactic
“Chinese Lights”
“Guest release of a long-time friend and collaborator! Time for a full stop here… everything this project wanted to express was expressed already. According to Syntactic, there’s much more to life than music. In a way this is true, but just only “in a way”… and wishing that everything turns out well for her in the end” (Ars Sonor)
#synthpop #house #ambient
posted 18 December 2015
Bebhionn Laboratory – Visual Textures
[ZIMMER126]
Bebhionn Laboratory
“Visual Textures”
Visual texture is the illusion of having physical texture. Every material and every support surface has its own visual texture and needs to be taken into consideration before creating a composition. As such, materials such as canvas and watercolour paper are considerably rougher than, for example, photo-quality computer paper and may not be best suited to creating a flat, smooth texture. Photography, drawings and paintings use visual texture both to portray their subject matter realistically and with interpretation. Texture in these media are generally created by the repetition of shape and line.
posted 17 December 2015
Knolios – Step By Step
[PICPACK233]
Knolios
“Step By Step”
01-Step By Step
02-Mixed Feelings
03-Indefined
02-Mixed Feelings
03-Indefined
posted 17 December 2015
Secrets Of The 45 – Wake Bell
[UPL 065]
Secrets Of The 45
“Wake Bell”
“It was about time to pay tribute to my only addiction – caffeine, which has become a necessity to properly start my day. And what better way to honour it than by making an album entirely out of the sounds of my trusted coffee machine?
Like an old friend, this familiar buzz has been present in my life for years, setting rhythm to my workday. I decided to make its warm, enveloping orchestra of hums, hisses, gurgles into a pleasant ambient album – with help of effect pedals and analog processing.”
-Secrets Of The 45
And there you have it, a set of droning, ever-morphing etudes based on a hum of a coffeemaker. Each piece paints the noise in a slightly different shade, mirroring different stages of the wake cycle (or the “wake bell” as the album cover depicts) – from the hushed whalesong of “drowning in drowsy” to the urgent, stuttering “c16f” with hisses and sirens going off to give the listener a good waking kick.
posted 17 December 2015
Mint – The Minotaur’s Head
[364]
Mint
“The Minotaur’s Head”
The second release for Christmas 2015 is a new album by Kahvi regular artist ‘Mint’.
The curiously named ‘The Minotaur’s Head’ is six tracks of Mint’s blend of oldschool inspired beats and sounds, with today’s IDM techniques. Progressive and subtle in places, with earth shaking beats and basses.
The Minotaur’s Head includes influences of some previous Kahvi artists – like Aaron Jasinski (Tribal Shake) along with oldskool 8bit soundtracks (Distant Signals) and even a nod towards some very early Kahvi releases by Xhale and Epoq (Spirit Touch).
Track of choice , most definitely for this oldschool fan: The unpronouncable ‘Pharmacopoeia’ which is epic progressive oldschool at it’s best!
posted 17 December 2015
Zifhang – Islamiento
[DWK322]
Zifhang
“Islamiento”
Tracks list:
S’estalella
Tierras Imperecederas
Sonar Despierto
Ingravidez
Donde Esta
Llucmajor
Anagnorisis
Riesgos
Reverspectiva
posted 15 December 2015
Induction Effect – Reload
[PICPACK232]
Induction Effect
“Reload”
1.Loading
2.From the Abyss [Spacewalk 2]
3.The Arrival
4.Solar Energy [Solar Wave 2]
5.Across the Sky
6.Kingdom [Inspire Emotions 2]
7.Outside
8.Blizzard [Snowfall 2]
9.System
10.Polaris [Northern Lights 2]
11.Lullaby [In the Beginning 2]
12.Hurricane [Induction Hybrid]
13.Completed
2.From the Abyss [Spacewalk 2]
3.The Arrival
4.Solar Energy [Solar Wave 2]
5.Across the Sky
6.Kingdom [Inspire Emotions 2]
7.Outside
8.Blizzard [Snowfall 2]
9.System
10.Polaris [Northern Lights 2]
11.Lullaby [In the Beginning 2]
12.Hurricane [Induction Hybrid]
13.Completed
posted 15 December 2015
horhos – Mons
horhos
“Mons”
The second album of Horhos continues the sonic journey into the deep of Hungarian forrests, combining ambient, drone, folk and other elements (e.g. natural field recordings). It works best with closed eyes and opened heart!
posted 15 December 2015
Nada – Mirror Image
[LOR 074]
Nada
“Mirror Image”
Linear Obsessional is delighted to present this beautifully recorded collection of free improvisations by Nada. Nada is the duo of Roger Mills – Trumpet and Hervé Perez – alto sax. The improvisations that make up “Mirror Image” are revelatory, as both musicians explore a huge range of sonic textures through extended technique, and make for a fascinating and engrossing listen as they search out their common ground. Interestingly although both musicians had played together via internet collaborations “Mirror Image” is the result of their first meetings in person. The sound of two musicians communicating so naturally, but also with great control and subtlety, makes this an enormously rewarding album.
credits
released December 14, 2015
credits
released December 14, 2015
Mirror Image is the debut album of the duo Nada,
featuring UK based saxophonist Hervé Perez and
Australian trumpeter Roger Mills.
While Perez and Mills live on opposite sides of
the world, they met through their mutual work
with the telematic improvisatory music ensemble
Ethernet Orchestra.
The pair quickly realised a shared aesthetic and
continued developing their sound online.
Hervé and Roger would like to thank Elke Utermöhlen
and Martin Slawig (blackhole-factory) for bringing us
together, Richard Sanderson for releasing the album,
and Arman S. Haghi for the original artwork.
posted 15 December 2015
Dustycri – Dusty Lost Tracks
[SE064]
Dustycri
“Dusty Lost Tracks”
Author: Dustycri
Title: Dusty Lost Tracks
Genre: Techno, Experimental, Idm
Cat.nr.: SE064
Title: Dusty Lost Tracks
Genre: Techno, Experimental, Idm
Cat.nr.: SE064
posted 14 December 2015
Alacrán – Scorpions Revive
[brhnet40]
Alacrán
“Scorpions Revive”
An album about everything. From the most unpredictable fantasy to the most dark and twisted reality. A mixtape about the sonic world in which Alacrán lives and die day after day.
posted 12 December 2015
Wings of an Angel – The Ero Guro Opera Reformatory
[Self Release]
Wings of an Angel
“The Ero Guro Opera Reformatory”
posted 12 December 2015
Mike Adcock – Accord
[LOR 071]
Mike Adcock
“Accord”
Here at Linear Obsessional you may have noted we have a fondness for squeezeboxes and free improvisation, which is why we jumped at the chance to release an album by the amazing British accordionist Mike Adcock (once of Accordions Go Crazy amongst others). “Accord” is a collection of improvised duets with a series British improvising musicians – and is a wonderful showcase for Mike’s sensitivity as an improviser and his wonderful musicality as a accordionist.
posted 12 December 2015
CEDE – Na sHpilkah
[231]
CEDE
“Na sHpilkah”
1.11MINUTE 11:27
2.ABVGDEEZ 02:45
3.ANTYBIRD 03:26
4.AZTOY100 01:02
5.BEZDOROG 01:06
6.BOMZHUEM 01:20
7.DAVIDBLY 13:30
8.DELAPL0H 01:32
9.DOMDOMDO 02:20
10.II849001 00:40
11.JEFFTV01 09:13
12.KISSALMO 01:04
13.KOSSABIL 01:46
14.MUSISICK 01:27
15.NOMER003 17:16
16.NOMERDVA 27:05
17.NOMRODIN 26:02
18.NQMER3-2 17:16
19.NUIDERMO 01:25
20.NUYPOHUI 01:48
21.ODINODIN 01:16
22.PINKOD29 02:07
23.PODWIZHN 11:14
24.POVERHU1 01:03
25.PYNOMENT 06:27
26.RASSTVOR 02:02
27.TEX000_3 05:23
28.TEX001_3 07:21
29.TEX002_5 06:42
30.TEX003_7 10:48
31.TEX004_1 13:30
32.ZADNECA1 01:48
33.ZELENAYA 04:31
34.ZLOY7900 03:26
35.ZVUKOSEN 02:50
2.ABVGDEEZ 02:45
3.ANTYBIRD 03:26
4.AZTOY100 01:02
5.BEZDOROG 01:06
6.BOMZHUEM 01:20
7.DAVIDBLY 13:30
8.DELAPL0H 01:32
9.DOMDOMDO 02:20
10.II849001 00:40
11.JEFFTV01 09:13
12.KISSALMO 01:04
13.KOSSABIL 01:46
14.MUSISICK 01:27
15.NOMER003 17:16
16.NOMERDVA 27:05
17.NOMRODIN 26:02
18.NQMER3-2 17:16
19.NUIDERMO 01:25
20.NUYPOHUI 01:48
21.ODINODIN 01:16
22.PINKOD29 02:07
23.PODWIZHN 11:14
24.POVERHU1 01:03
25.PYNOMENT 06:27
26.RASSTVOR 02:02
27.TEX000_3 05:23
28.TEX001_3 07:21
29.TEX002_5 06:42
30.TEX003_7 10:48
31.TEX004_1 13:30
32.ZADNECA1 01:48
33.ZELENAYA 04:31
34.ZLOY7900 03:26
35.ZVUKOSEN 02:50
posted 12 December 2015
Tetarise – Stop this moment
[kahvi363]
Tetarise
“Stop this moment”
Kicking off the Christmas releases for 2015, I’m happy to welcome an artist that’s almost become a regular – Tetarise. With his usual high quality and high power beats, this five track EP gives us everything we expect from the artist and more.
Tetarises’ tracks are always epic and fast, verging on the trance but taking roots from IDM and electronica in their finest forms as well. What we get in Stop this moment is resounding basses and echoing arpeggios (The Inner Light), detailed and punctual beats similar to Solar Fields (In Time) and a unique mix of Indian Sitar and dance in the final track Bollywood Hero. It works!
posted 11 December 2015
