released March 20, 2025
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released March 16, 2025
sevensy (aka Austin Brooks) creates music that directly facilitates imaginal sojourns, wherein the message is the sound itself. sevensy mixes electronic and natural sounds with processed guitars and acoustic instruments. His musical themes ‘unfold into an unusual landscape’ so that it is often impossible to tell where one ends and another begins. sevensy has released his music with Mahorka from the time of the label’s inception and was featured on the first “Music for Elevators” VA compilation in 2004. His debut full-length “Beacon” was released on the label in 2007.
“one2one” is his new, fifth, solo album on Mahorka, following the “Reckoning (Creation)” masterpiece from 2023. This release represents a change of direction in sevensy’s music. Subtle guitar melodies are once again interwoven with harmonic resonances, but this new work features more unitive orchestration in a denser than ever soundbath that leads the listener into a peaceful and introspective quietude.
“We are one, yet simultaneously we are individuated. “one2one” is a series of contemplative pieces that explore thoughts and feelings of oneness and duality, which comprise the paradoxical nature of being human.”
Cover artwork by Jan Brooks
Vocals / model in the cover: Mist Spectra
All music composed, artwork collage, vocals only in track 15:
Sábila Orbe – /
track1 collaboration with Innocent Darkness.
track4 collaboration with Innocent but Guilty
track6 collaboration with Black Market Brains
Collection of sound frequencies for chakra meditation, tuning and healing.
There are two versions of tunes available:
short 7 minutes versions for quick tuning of chakras or problem solutions,
and full 20 minutes versions for meditation for selected chakra or problem.
Japanese electronic and improvisational artist TaUYu DeShiI crafts an atmospheric soundscape inspired by a journey through Okinawa’s remote islands.
“MY MEMORY” was created mid-trip, the album blends ambient electronica with fluid improvisation, evoking a sense of movement and discovery.
Soft synth textures and organic sound elements mirror the islands’ mystique, capturing fleeting moments of travel. The music radiates exoticism, not as a concept but as a lived experience.
Fans of ambient and minimal electronic music will find this release immersive—an invitation to drift through sound, just as the artist drifted through the islands.
The Necrophile Humingbird Netlabel presents Spiriting Away by REfugEEs From Beyond.
“Naturecore for Postpunk Lovers”
Improvisation recorded live the 18th October 2024 at the Cave Heaven in Foucherans.
Members :
Master of Ceremony : Psyché Pelik
Guitar Hero : McClintic
Disc Jockey : Yoshiwaku Mushotoku
“European leaders can’t find money to avoid the climate change but they can find billions for the war defense ? Well, send them on the battlefield !” Mother Earth.
A few days after the session we went mushroom harvesting in the forest, McClintic found the antlers of a deer, which you can see on the cover. It felt symbolic to me, as here in Franche-Comté, hunters and nature lovers alike have been protesting against the National Forestry Office’s mandate to kill so many deer. The supposed reason for this mass culling is the price of oak wood; the deer damage young oak shoots, so the office aims to eradicate them.
This album is dedicated to activists like Paul Watson, who protect animal species against the cruelty of humankind.
Special thanks to someone who passed away this year for her everlasting kindness, we use her soundsystem for the voice.
Dormiens Vigila: Be vigilant while sleeping
On the threshold to falling asleep, we become aware of our self.
While focusing on the slowly evolving sounds, we get aware of something else within us, which in turn is listening to us.
The enables us to reflect on our outward character, while being presented with images of our inner personality.
Thus, the act of listening consciously also contains a creative, personal impulse, which can enrich our lives.
[UK]
It has been 20 years since Heitor Alves released under the alias Atom Size Elephant on MiMi Records.
Now he’s back with Undiagnosed, an album made up of two tracks that explore ambient, electronic, and improvised music.
The album, marked by ethereal textures and unpredictable rhythms, reflects the search for clarity in chaos. It is a fusion of structure and spontaneity, offering a reflection on the complexities of both human and sonic existence.
Undiagnosed is an intricate dialogue between technology and human intuition, offering a deep reflection on the complexities of existence. One example of this is the track “into the depths of loneliness,” which has a moment of near silence in the middle… allowing the listener time for personal introspection.
A truly interesting listening experience. A must listen!
It takes all of a second to realise that, in terms of guitar instrumentals, Geiger Von Müller’s ‘Alien Fig Yogurt Incident’ isn’t entirely of this world. It opens with a flurry of insanely high pitched harmonics, creating more of a mood than a melody. This immediately catches the ear, but makes the listener wonder where things are actually headed. A saner guitarist might flesh out such a technique with a couple of broad chords to make things palatable, but not this guy…
Müller then adds extra texture by offering a slide note that’s more akin to a quick interjection from a swanee whistle, then drops into a semi-atonal descending melody that uses the slide to add Hawaiian influences. There’s a melody growing, but again, it’s not from your typical school of guitar based instrumentals.
(realgonerocks.com)
Official music video:
youtu.be/dGK6HoSmxco
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UNFAIR, is a sonic journey that breaks boundaries, blending elements of electronica, ambient and lo-fi into an immersive experience.
The project captures the essence of modern otaku culture, where digital and physical realities merge. While each track is a sonic landscape that feels both futuristic and nostalgic, they are quite similar, taking the listener on a journey through their most vivid thoughts and memories.
The invitation is extended to explore the fantastic world of Chang Diz.
Beneath a ceiling of mechanical quince leather,
children shatter time into triangular shards,
hurling it into the Pestmas tree-
a machine of vegetal organs,
where ornaments weep soft knives.
The fire begins to speak foreign tongues,
a dialect of square ash.
Branches twist into blue tentacles,
wrapping the air like a poisoned ribbon.
The children laugh with TV-bricked eyes,
tossing ice dolls into the orange vortex.
“What does fire taste like?” asks the smallest one,
while a cellophane specter
willingly casts its wings into the imaginary pan.
The smoke devours itself, a loop of hunger,
and on the floor, shadows start feasting on the walls.
The children become the memory of shredded paper,
circling above their incandescent supper.
The fire whispers freshly flavored tales,
and they reply in chorus, without harmony,
embraced by a Celebration seen by no one.
In the end, only ash.
A hoary ocean, calm as a broken mirror,
where the children dive together
to fish out a great cup of kites.
~
Saloane SCRUM
Sub tavanul din piele de gutuie mecanică,
copiii sparg timpul în bucăți triunghiulare,
îl aruncă în bradul de Crăciumă-
o mașinărie de organe vegetale,
din care globurile plâng cuțite moi.
Focul începe să vorbească limbi străine,
un dialect al scrumului pătrat.
Ramurile devin tentacule albastre,
înfășurând aerul ca o panglică otrăvită.
Copiii râd cu ochii tele-zidiți,
aruncând păpuși de gheață în vârtejul portocaliu.
“Ce gust are focul?” întreabă cel mai mic,
în timp ce un spectru de celofan
își aruncă de bună voie aripile în tigaia imaginară.
Fumul se înghite pe sine, o buclă a foamei,
iar pe podea, umbrele încep să mănânce din pereți.
Copiii devin memorie de hârtie forfecată,
zboară în cercuri peste cina lor incandescentă.
Focul le șoptește povești nou aromatizate,
iar ei răspund în cor, fără armonie,
îmbrățișați de o Sărbătoare pe care nimeni nu o vede.
La final, doar scrum.
Un ocean gri, calm ca o oglindă spartă,
în care copiii se aruncă să-și caute împreună
o cană mare de zmee.
Sometimes my anger came through me,
Maybe I hurt you too much.
But this is not my fault—
The Devil did this to me.
No, don’t arrive.
It was a mistake searching for you.
Please, don’t take my life away.
Please…
Oh, please…
Finally, the third part of the Ghost Stories album is complete.
As I mentioned before, this chapter dives deeper into ritual sounds, and I pushed myself to get the most out of this sonic journey.
I didn’t want to stick to the usual ritual soundscapes, so I experimented—mixing things up with some Techno kicks and Jungle break samples.
The story is slowly reaching its climax, and the next album will be pure darkness, with a touch of discomfort.
But it has to be that way. You can already catch a glimpse of it in the final tracks of this release.
I’ve been going through some stressful times lately, and this sound feels like a perfect reflection of my current mood.
Thank you for your patience— it took some time to achieve the exact sound I envisioned for Part III.
Enjoy,
SkyTwoHigh
volume II is here:https://underwater-computing.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-stories-volume-ii-awakening
The Necrophile Hummingbird netlabel presents UFO Stalker by Yoshiwaku.
“Unearthly Music for Aliens Tribes”
Live improvisation recorded in April 2024 at the Cave Heaven in Foucherans.
Be aware that this Unidentified Audio Phenomena includes real cosmic rays inside (I can’t tell what will happens if your soul stays too much longer exposed).
As well as an extanded critics of the penal colonies from the Katorga to the Laogai. It’s quite amazing that there is still no boycott of all china products till the release of the Uighurs. But is it that much surprising in a world where palestinians are killed in mass for the great profit of the weapon sellers. Also when the workers seem free but don’t earn the real price of their work because the corporations suck it, it may not be that much better. Don’t you think so ?
Dedicated to all the exploited prisoners who create the insane wealth of the world’s rulers.
Don’t be mystified, the artwork is not a photography, but a hybridization of Artificial Intelligence generated images with an editing software. I could use the photography of the Tesla Wardcliff tower instead, but I wanted to show the Siberia trees. This kind of cosmic keyhole is the free energy symbol but also a question mark about what happen in Tunguska, under the funny angle of view of the french serie Ovni(s).
No pink flamingos were harmed in the making of track 6.
Video Art Clips here
youtube.com/watch?v=kH6doLiOxps
youtube.com/watch?v=2QkhWxNoi24
“Pain recordings” is a complex sound collage that delves into the fragments of memory emerging from personal relationships. Blending electronica, industrial, drone, noise, and bass music, the album offers an abstract and evocative experience, where traces of human connections manifest in structured forms.
This double album plays with the abbreviations M. and J., drawing from Robert Smith’s approach in the track “M” from “Seventeen Seconds”. The song references Albert Camus’ novel “La Mort Heureuse”, where the character Patrice Mersault feels jealous of his girlfriend Marthe’s other lovers, beginning with the phrase Hello image.
The album’s focus is not on raw emotion but rather on the ways memories—fuzzy, distorted, and at times disorienting—filter into consciousness. Each track acts as an autonomous yet interconnected fragment, reconstructing the vestiges of human interactions. Industrial landscapes, deep basslines, and the raw textures of noise create an unsettling atmosphere, where sounds echo past moments, reconstructed and deconstructed in a sonic quest for meaning through drone.
The music of “Pain recordings” embraces a fragmented sonic aesthetic, in which rhythms and melodies emerge and disappear like memories dissolving over time. It’s a work that captures the incomplete and fleeting nature of memory, offering an experience that is as challenging as it is hypnotic. Listeners are invited to navigate these passages of broken sounds and saturated textures, finding their own interpretations in what lingers between the sounds.
Rather than presenting a linear narrative, the album unfolds as a mosaic of sounds that invite reflection on the fragility of memory and how past events are reconstructed in fragmented ways in our minds. “Pain recordings” is, ultimately, an experimental sonic exercise, where relationships and memories become raw material for an exploration that feels as cerebral as it is emotional.
Joan Lavandeira aka randomVOLT
(Barcelona, España / Spain. December 2024)
