Artist : The Darkening Machine
Title : Progression In The Haze
Catalog # : TXR066
Duration : 36:18
Date of release : January 29, 2014
Genres : dark ambient, drone, noise
Format : digital (FLAC and MP3)
“The Prejudices Of History”
Or as I remain pleased with part 1, “Malapert and Erratic part 2″
Over the years I have become increasingly aware of what I do as a musician and the need to at least appear to conform to some ideal whether real or imaginary. This may be an attempt to answer the question: What epitaph will adorn my headstone?
It has been documented that I play the saxophone, and indeed this has been the case for around 30 years. The problem comes with the definition of saxophonist. For me picking up a saxophone, alto initially, was required in an effort to undo the learning that I had acquired over several years of classical guitar playing. The guitar still has the feeling of being someone else’s territory and I could not see myself developing in a manner that would create an approach and style that I could call my own. The uniqueness of a musician’s approach struck me as being important at that time, aged 16.
And so the saxophone was selected as my new instrument: its methods and approach being the antithesis of those of the guitar. Looking at some notes from this period it seems that I believed the ideal piece of music (naturally an improvisation) should aspire to infinite variation in dynamics, timbre and colouration, and rhythm. In later years the need for and development of form (rhythm in a wider sense) has become more important.
So the saxophone is not a guitar. Neither are many other instruments. Am I a saxophonist? Am I a percussionist? Probably neither, I am a collector of sound making devices â the saxophone, in a single instrument, fulfils a number of those early requirements. The other instruments are used to augment the repertoire, adding contrast to the saxophone and expanding the music’s soundscape.
As well as a collector, I am an arranger of sounds and occasional organiser of people. Nothing more.
The pieces were all recorded evening Saturday 7th December 2013”
-Mark Browne (from the sleevenotes available as a PDF with the download.
This CD was released simultaneously with Mark Browne’s “The Prejudices of History” (LOR049) – with which it shares some concerns and sounds.
“Since the Industrial Revolution the soil in Britain has changed considerably in its formulation. Where once it almost exclusively consisted of organic matter, it is now likely to hold high levels of metallic elements such as iron, aluminium and copper. Areas where industrial processes took place in the past but have since been reclaimed by nature are particularly rich in this residual metal content.
Plants growing in these environments have, by means of Darwinian natural selection coupled with sheer determination to survive, managed to incorporate various metals into their very DNA. The resulting species display a variety of features only made possible at the point where biology and metallurgy combine.
The aim of this guide is to assist the amateur metallobotanist in identifying these enigmatic plants, and also to instil enthusiasm into those armchair readers who have never searched the disused foundries of Sheffield for a reclusive Cutleri silvaservicia or listened attentively on the hills of West Yorkshire for the soothing sound of a clump of Alpine Cog Daisies (Coggi interlockia) gently turning in the breeze.
The two sound recordings included here have been developed to aid the growth of these unusual plants. By placing a speaker at either side of the specimen (ideally they should be equidistant and each no closer than two feet away) the sound produced will acoustically recreate a very favourable growing environment. Once brought indoors and planted in any kind of container what these organisms miss most are sound vibrations of a metallic nature.
By regularly subjecting your plants to these carefully composed and scientifically tested sounds (about twice a week is the recommended frequency) you should begin to see them flourish and possibly even bear fruit. Of course not all varieties are suitable to collect. Some are protected by law and others are just too bad tempered, quite frankly”
-Chris Whitehead, from the introduction to the booklet “Flora Metallicum Britannica- a field guide to the metallic plants of the Britsh Isles” (included with this download)
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lucie’s first album for pan y rosas, is a collection of ideas and techniques that she accumulated throughout her practice as an improviser. in each piece she tries to portray certain phenomena in their pure, concentrated form to make their individual characters clear. to create the pieces on this album, she used three different accordions, her voice, and a harmonica.
Pistol Vest [0kbps053]
01 – Used to be for LE B
02 – January Insects
03 – Blasting Horn
04 – Motorslide
05 – Fun Rehearsal for Fin
MAV [0kbps] Records, January 2014
They focused in a dark ambient atmosphere, with diverse elements like noise, spoken word, field recordings, minimalism and drone music. It’s a conceptual album, with allusion to moments of reflexion about different themes.
00:00 The Ghost Between The Strings – Nothing Will Happen
09:07 Ownsi Lense – Elementum V
13:01 Spit It Out – Almost There (mix on MIG)
23:40 Ostensibly Ossified – Nothing to Do With Anything
27:17 _Voice – Human Error
33:39 Sanmi – Blindman
36:12 Hox Vox – Undead
40:47 Ghazaleh E – Dead Now (Antioch Arrow Cover)
43:23 Muhmood – Sunn
48:37 Hyaena Fierling Reich – Human Transfixed
52:32 Cometa – Violin_C143
This compilation is the perfect soundtrack for your boozy winter!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Deep Lake Records!
“After releasing my album of melodeon and electronics improvisations, I decided to ask my friends whether they would be interested in reworking any of the material- ‘Please take any music at all from the new release (“Air Buttons” by me) and do what you want with it – mangle it, remix it, add things to it, sing over it, play a duo with it, slow it down, turn it into a tune, cut it up, whatever. BUT please make your contribution EXACTLY TWO MINUTES LONG’.
I was astonished by the reaction- soon sound files were flying at me from all over the world, including from friends of friends of friends, as well as from people who I’ve known since school days- collaborators from my post-punk days, free improvisers, morris dancers, other Linear Obsessional artists, even my next-door neighbour! The results are amazingly varied in style – and all are fascinating, and of course, none of them outstay their welcome.
So- enormous thanks to all my friends in the UK, France, Spain,Ireland, Sweden, USA and Malaysia, you have made me very proud”
-Richard Sanderson 2013
All tracks include at least some elements taken from the album “Air Buttons” by Richard Sanderson.
![Variouos – [0kbps050]](https://ia801006.us.archive.org/28/items/0kbps050/Cover.jpg "Variouos – [0kbps050]")
[0kbps050]
01 – Laika Facsimile – La bella musica di gigio
02 – Smegmascreen – Ballads of Anal Plugging Noise
03 – INSTAGON – Spider
04 – hiyohiyoipseniyo – fonoll
05 – Art Electronix – DistTV
06 – stefano balice – the GneGne song (crashed)
07 – Max Scordamaglia – No-Is – 02
08 – I Killed Techno! – Dont Cry When I Die
09 – harmonie_mit_nichts – the page
10 – CAND – Holive
11 – Noise Service feat. strangelet and reklawysdnil – Feedback No. !
12 – TrashBLit – Blind_Spot
13 – Deterioro Nervioso Irreversible – Alley fuck
14 – undermindlimb & khaotic molly – zero-one
15 – Pioggia d’Ambra – Annientamento del sé nella cupa camera ardente
16 – METEK and NOS project (with M.Parque on guitars) – Only Here For A While Re
17 – Der Domestizierte Mensch – Madonna pregnant
18 – BeengHy – I cervelli non hanno correttori
19 – Tommaso Busatto – Vaportronica2 (Toxic Chicken remix)
20 – Seiei Jack – Sweet Caroline RMX
21 – Camiroaga Conspiracy – Frivola
22 – Sounddog65 – Partial Pasolini
23 – mutanT.R.I. – Low Flow
24 – eugenio furrno – traumachine
25 – Art Electronix – Sloppy
26 – Exclamation Point – Evil Telephone
27 – To-Bo – Gewitter
28 – Anal Sausages – Anal Sex Terror
29 – Contraktor – Such Good Weed
30 – 7tn4CC + Vitaldo Conte + Helena Velena – Pulsional Rumore (gliss)
31 – A. P. Vague – #84 (Chanukah)
32 – harmonie_mit_nichts – i_have_to_be_with_you
33 – Max Scordamaglia – Raw Material III – 01 – SW 1
34 – Tommaso Busatto – Vaportronica 333
35 – Noise Service feat. strangelet and reklawysdnil – Traff-c
36 – Changoz! – Enjoy The Noise
37 – undermindlimb & khaotic molly – doctor’s tape n.1
38 – Esquizomachina – La puerta del infierno
39 – INSTAGON – Thee Shining
40 – Seicho Suru Kigi & Chris Silver T – Free Improvitation
41 – Dr. NoiseM – El Diabolo
42 – HEADCLEANER – C.C.P
43 – Contraktor – Dark Ambient Jam
44 – Beira – Il Fantastico Mondo Di Aldo Moro
cover artwork by emanuele fais
MAV [0kbps] Records, December 2013
TERR059
credits
released 24 December 2013
Compiling & artwork – Luke Lund
Mastering – Skink
Review / Reseña:
“La musica de Pablo Reche es un desafio y reclama un esfuerzo por parte del oyente, un perceptor que vive en una epoca en que existe una gran cantidad de material musical disponible para el publico y en que los modos de escucha se han vuelto fragiles mediante el zapping, los altos niveles de compresion en las masterizaciones y la transformacion de ciertas musicas (por no decir la mayoria), en accesorios tribales sin valor en si mismos.
Este trabajo del artista argentino requiere una escucha activa. No es un material que pueda ponerse de fondo y menos en parlantes mezquinos. El audifono podria ser un dispositivo util, siempre que la actitud sea de atencion y no la de una escucha de acompañamiento para cualquier otra actividad.
¿Pero, por que estos requerimientos?.
Reche nos entrega un pieza que en sus casi 18 minutos y medio progresa delicadamente a traves de zumbidos electricos que tienen una componente compleja, mezclando ciertos tonos con distorsiones. A estos “drones” se suman en distintos momentos algunos materiales de ruido muy probablemente provenientes de grabaciones de campo. El flujo de estas sonoridades es de un desarrollo y fluctuaciones delicadas, pero no por ello escasas. La atencion y su propiciacion mediante condiciones de escucha aptas permitirian una apreciacion del dinamismo de la pieza y, al contrario, una reproduccion donde existan materiales enmascaradores (ruido ambiente, zumbidos de pantallas y otros aparatos), junto con una pobre reproduccion, impedirian la correcta estimacion de todos estos detalles.
Si bien el trabajo se enmarca dentro del habitual caracter contemplativo de Reche, todo ese movimiento que comentamos mas arriba junto con un despliegue en distintos estratos del espectro, nos hace percibirlo como uno de sus trabajos mas consistentes, por supuesto dentro de nuestra acotada opinion.”
“Pablo Reche’s music is a challenge and it demands effort on the part of the listener, a recipient who lives in an era in which a large amount of musical material is available to the public and in which the modes of listening have become fragile through zapping, high levels of compression in mastering, and the transformation of certain musics (though not necessarily the majority) into tribal accessories without value in and of themselves.
This work by the Argentine artist requires active listening. It is not material that can be placed in the background, and even less on paltry speakers. Headphones may be a useful device, but always with an attitude of attention and not to listen as an accompaniment for any other activity.
But why these requirements?
Reche gives us a piece that in its almost 18 and a half minutes delicately progresses through electrical hums that have a complex component, mixing certain tones with distortions. To these “drones” some noise materials, likely derived from field recordings, are added in certain moments. The flow of these sonorities is one of development and delicate fluctuation, but not through scarcity. Attention and its propitiation through suitable listening conditions will allow an appreciation of the dynamics of the piece and, to the contrary, a reproduction where there are distracting elements (ambient noise, hum of screens and other devices), along with a poor reproduction, will impede the correct estimation of all these details.
Although the work is framed within the usual contemplative character of Reche, all this movement discussed above, together with a deployment in distinct strata of the spectrum, makes us perceive it as one of his most consistent works, of course within our humble opinion.”
Alejandro Albornoz (Mankacen)
Santiago, diciembre/december 2013.
Creditos / Credits:
Grabado, mezclado y masterizado por Pablo Reche, en Buenos Aires 2013 / Recorded, mixed and mastered by Pablo Reche, Buenos Aires, 2013.
Contacto / Contact: rechepab(AT)yahoo.com.ar
Diseño y retoque fotografico / Artwork and photoshop by Mika Martini (mikamartini(AT)yahoo.com).
Version en ingles / English version by Ryan Bodiford. (bodiford(AT)umich.edu)
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