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music tagged with: experimental

suralarm – train of thougth

[djummi.035]

suralarm

“train of thougth”

When Dave and Sebastian’s paths crossed at djummi records in 2019 and they began exchanging ideas about music through their correspondence, it quickly became clear that an interesting overlap was opening up. John Bonham, for example. Dave found him fascinating as one of those drummers who like to play his instrument sometimes without the rest of the band. Sebastian, in turn, appreciated his uncompromising, expansive sound. Dave sparked Sebastian’s interest in Jon Hassell, and Sebastian inspired Dave with Tortoise and Trans Am. They also agree on the Violent Femmes.

Krautrock is always a recurring theme, but so is ambient. Sebastian didn’t understand this music for a long time because it seemed to dispense with rhythm. Dave instead was looking for the sound for his solo drumming there. The goal: a percussion section that sheds its brutality, achieves a lightness of touch, and is thus capable of telling its own stories. In Sebastian’s previous work, lightness expresses itself more as a playfulness in the handling of ideas than in a reduction of means. His songs are often weighty and rich in sounds, motifs, and ideas.

With suralarm, these intersectional opposites meet and intertwine perfectly. Through a ping-pong of ideas, the two developed the EP’s four tracks. Each musician brought two basic ideas into the ring as a starting point. The title track, “train of thought,” perhaps symbolises the record’s creation process. It corresponds to the equally figurative German word “Gedankengang” (Gedankengang). Just as one thought connects to another during reflection, ideally with the goal of insight, this track develops throughout the successive musical ideas, like how this little album came about.

It’s kraut, it’s ambient. At times powerful, at times light. It offers material for the listener’s undivided attention, but certainly also has the potential to be elevator music. If so, then Paternoster, please!

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posted 05 April 2025

Rani Jambak – VIBRA GENETIKA

[YESNO 114]

Rani Jambak

“VIBRA GENETIKA”

VIBRA GENETIKA is a holistic journey that delves into the interconnected dimensions of life. Since 2013, Rani Jambak has embarked on a path to explore the meaning of her cultural identity as a Minangkabau descendant born and raised in Medan. Through this process, she began piecing together fragments of family history, the complexities of her cultural heritage, and the diversity of her surroundings. This journey has not only allowed Rani to understand her connection to tradition and her ancestral land but also to explore the concept of Rantau (migration) as a vital part of the enduring Minangkabau narrative.

As her journey continues, the transformation of a woman’s life into that of a wife and mother has led Rani to discover new dimensions in understanding herself—a transformation of femininity that transcends physical boundaries, aiming toward harmony between body and soul. Each step along this journey forms a crucial element in shaping her worldview, fostering a profound awareness of the interconnectedness between ancestors, nature, and time. This awareness gives rise to reverence for the past, gratitude for the present, and a vision to perceive “future ancestors” as part of an eternal chain of energy.

VIBRA GENETIKA transcends the search for identity. It is a vibration that goes beyond the energy of genetic inheritance—a resonance that lives within the threads of thoughts, emotions, and the universe. It is a manifestation to dive into oneself and to understand ancestral heritage as energy that continues to echo. It carries the legacy of the past to be interpreted into the future. VIBRA GENETIKA is a holistic expression of spiritual journey and the manifestation of life’s resonance itself.

Rani Jambak, a distinguished composer, producer, field recordist, instrument designer, and vocalist of Minangkabau descent from Medan, actively engages in the exploration of electronic music and soundscapes derived from diverse locations across Indonesia. Her body of work frequently addresses themes related to nature, socio-cultural dynamics, and the interrelationship between humans and their ancestral heritage. In recognition of her innovative contributions to sound, music, and technology, Jambak was honored with The Oram Awards in 2022.

Produced, vocal, field recorded, and mixed by Rani Jambak
Palayaran (Rabab Batok Piaman) by Monen on Orang Piaman
Field Recorded on As I Stand In Fire by Toton Januar
Mastered by Vandy Rizaldi in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Photography by Hario Efenur
Cover by Rani Jambak

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posted 01 April 2025

Xu + Oberlin – Velvet Meadow Resonance Fragment

[mhrk435]

Xu + Oberlin

“Velvet Meadow Resonance Fragment”

Oberlin is the musical project of Alexander Holtz from Koblenz (Coblence), Germany. The centerpiece of his instruments is a modular eurorack synthesizer, which he often combines with guitar, piano and field-recordings. His music invites the listener to contemplate, it often is developing quite slowly, it never demands to be in a certain focus of attention, but it never tries to fulfil any ambient-clichees in the sense of creating just an aural wallpaper either. It is musical improvisation maybe in a more subtle kind of way. Oberlin has released music on Handstitched*, cosmic winnetou, Thirsty Leaves, Vaagner, Hibernate, Secret Press, AOsmosis, some tapes and downloads by himself and, notably two beautiful cassette albums on Mahorka.

Xu is Nicola Fornasari from Cremona, Italy. He began his musical career in 1995 as the bass player and singer for the hardcore band Entropia. Starting in 2007, he began exploring new musical projects, including Xu(e) (a duo with Andrea Poli), Xu (his solo project), La Petite Vague (a duo with Diego Balconi), and That Which is Not (a duo with Pier Giorgio Storti / Belaqua Shua) in 2020. His music has been released on a variety of labels, including Fluid, Whitelabrecs, Shimmering Moods, Slow Tone Collages, Krysalisound, Eilean, Flaming Pines, Rottenman Editions, Rohs! / Lontano, Twice Removed, Cathedral Transmissions, Triple Moon, Thirsty Leaves Music, Audio Gourmet, Tessellate, Haze, Many Feet Under, Subterranean Tide, and Laverna. He has collaborated with artists such as Darren Harper, Bill Seaman and Francis Gri.

“Velvet Meadow Resonance Fragment” is the third collaborative album between Xu and Oberlin. For this project, Oberlin provided acoustic guitar sketches, asking Xu to process and transform them into the foundation of the tracks. The recordings were then manipulated through a modular Eurorack system or altered using the Samplr iPad app. Oberlin handled the final polishing and mastering. This work marks the first chapter of an ongoing experiment. In the next chapter, currently in progress, it will be Oberlin who develops everything, starting from the material provided by Xu. Stay tuned.

Released March 23, 2025 as free (cc) digital download and beautiful limited cassette edition.

Recorded in the Summer of 2023 in Koblenz, Germany and Cremona, Italy

Xu: electronics
Oberlin: guitar

Artwork photo taken and edited by Alexander Holtz
Artwork design by Angel Draganov

“Many thanks to Ivo Petrov and the Mahorka label for taking care of this release”

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posted 01 April 2025

Fabien Robbe – Skeudennoù

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Fabien Robbe

“Skeudennoù”

Fabien Robbe is a composer and multi-instrumentalist (notably piano, trumpet and synthesizers). Established in the heart of Brittany, France, he rose to prominence with traditional music dance ensemble Menestra. He has transposed elements of this background in ‘trad’ to an eclectic mix of jazz, free improvisation (under the guidance of François Tusques) and experimental electronic music.

“Skeudennoù” is his debut solo album on Mahorka, after 2 collaboration albums with Julien Palomo on the label – their “Feeling for the latch” debut as a duo from 2021 and “Miniatures” from 2024. Julien Palomo is also present here on this album, the last track being an eclectic abstract ambient collaboration with him.

Released March 30, 2025 as free (cc) digital download and in beautiful limited Digipak CD edition.

“Skeudennoù” is perfectly showcasing the notable jazz, traditional music and free improvisation composer and performer’s diverse approaches to the experimental electronic music world, providing for a strikingly fresh and unique listen, a milestone album for Fabien we will be definitely returning to.

Recorded in Brittany between 2020 and 2024 by Fabien Robbe.

Fabien Robbe: Modulobuk, Korg ms10, Eurorack Modules, Korg wavestation, Philicorda.
Julien Palomo (guest): modular system on “Tévennec”

Photos by Fabien Robbe.
Design by Angel Draganov.

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posted 01 April 2025

A Symbiotic Experience – Original Silence

[LCNLP208]

A Symbiotic Experience

“Original Silence”

HAMFUGGI Records and The Necrophile Hummingbird netlabel present Original Silence by A Symbiotic Experience.
The last part of a trilogie began with Oneiric Sound and Open Source.

« Subliminal Music for Surreal People »

What is natural evolution? Something ripples across the surface of the mind, merging life forms that aspire to bloom. Fractal flowers escape from our skulls, unable to contain our thoughts.

Deaf Flower, for example, is a kind of calling—to release and breathe. Somehow, life is like… life? I mean, we assume that the ordinary things of everyday life will always be there, but they shrink, disappear, or something happens, and everything changes. Like a certain idea of democracy*—it can vanish if nobody struggles for it.

I’m still that kind of Peter Pan who finds serious adults terrifying because they are often made of lies and so are turning this world into a nightmare. I always thought I wouldn’t live past seventeen—or at most, twenty. Many lives later, now at 47, standing at the threshold of the beyond, after losing many souls returned to dust, I realized that, perhaps, at some point, I will become deaf and blind—if no accident claims me first. We live with the idea that things will stay the same until the grave, but sometimes, they disappear.

That’s okay. Just knowing this helps me appreciate each day I can still see clearly and listen to music.

The death of music? A joke—not a very funny one, perhaps, but mostly a way to say that forms are changing. The only way to kill music would be to replace it with a leurre—and that’s exactly what the mainstream has done. Fortunately, the underground is still alive. I’m not afraid. Anything can be a tool to shape dreams ouside of our minds. Using AI to select elements and mix them with others isn’t so different from experimenting with sampling, cut-ups, mash-ups—any technique, really. As long as you remain the driver, you are still the dreamer.

What happens to the ghost?

No need to dig the concept mind to decipher the title. The best way is to feel it. Music is about feeling.

Nothing rational, indeed. Avoiding the end is irrelevant, because it is the best way to begin a new cycle.

Our entire journey with A Symbiotic Experience is about letting go, letting it flow, letting it be. Symbiosis should not be seen as a mere interaction—it is more like two extremities of the same thread, knowing each other. And when you become aware of this, perhaps things start to feel… too quantum.

I always keep in mind this shamanic advice: complexity is just a decoy, a way to hide the simplest truth of the universe—the Alpha and the Omega: Love.

Back to the roots of the dreamers.
As above, so below.
Thee eternal spring.

Recorded between Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Foucherans (France)
Special Thanks to Serge Kolesnikoff for his sculpture inside the artwork sleeve.

Dedicated to everyone who feel the light of love and share it freely with the world.

* I am an utopian, so called democracy are not enough for me, I would a kind of open source society : mutual aid instead of competition, more share of resources, less frontiers, etc.
—You see what I mean ?

Well of course no centralized power and no representatives politicians…—did I say direct democracy ?

( Video Art Clip soon here https://archive.org/details/a-symbiotic-experience-timelapse )

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posted 28 March 2025

Herbsthauch – Krater

[ACP 1438]

Herbsthauch

“Krater”

“Krater” explores Herbsthauch’s experimental side, combining focused synth work with intimate musique concrète and field recording collages. Inspired by recent collaborations with other artists (such as Bunte Luft Trio or Matteo Traverso) this collection showcases refined soundscapes. The title track, “Krater,” incorporates audio from Mars rover Perseverance, while “Hördrift” blends carefully edited field recordings from nature walks and daily life. The remaining three tracks transform modular synth improvisations into powerful drones, dynamic eruptions, and rich sonic textures.
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posted 25 March 2025

Jazzaria – The Right Amount of Purpose

Jazzaria

“The Right Amount of Purpose”

There are many things to know about, many things to do –
Wrongs that must be righted, suff’ring to eschew.

Yet if one becomes overwhelmed, subscribes to everything,
Their efforts will be languished, and their misery will cling.

If you want to change the world, take it one step at a time:
The Right Amount of Purpose guides you while you make your climb.

Featuring percussion, acoustic guitar, upright bass, orchestral strings, brass, choir, organ, piano, violin, and effects.

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posted 20 March 2025

sevensy – one2one

[mhrk434]

sevensy

“one2one”

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

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posted 19 March 2025

HINOGAR – Search at

[ACP 1436]

HINOGAR

“Search at”

Recorded & Mixed in 2024 by:

Róbert Sipos – composition, mixing, bass guitar, sound samples [Noise Sculptor, Premex Solus, Robotron – creator of many mixes in techno, noise, industrial genres]

Mihály Rácz – composition, mixing, sound samples, ambience [Hideg Roncs, Premex Solus, HYRO; writer, author and editor of Lángoló and his own books, Második Látás / Second Sight fanzine]

Ádám Jäger – sound samples, vocals / throat singing, zither, metal drum, graphics & design
[jagarin, JäGeR; photography & music themed blogger, formerly Blogisztan and Drót]

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https://emerge.bandcamp.com/album/search-at
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posted 15 March 2025

Humanfobia – Vampire ☥▼Mortuorie

Humanfobia

“Vampire ☥▼Mortuorie”

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

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posted 13 March 2025

Various Artists – Aurora 2025: Threshold

Various Artists

“Aurora 2025: Threshold”

Shaped by both natural and otherwordly soundscapes, the first volume of Aurora 2025 immerses listeners in a cinematic exploration of resilience. Interweaving experimentalism and noise textures, it embraces sonic unpredictability. Subtle yet profound, each track reflects on endurance, adaptation, and transformation. Underlying it all is an invitation to listen deeply, to reflect, and to find meaning in the interplay of music and noise.
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posted 09 March 2025

Jazzaria – All’s Fair

Jazzaria

“All’s Fair”

Step on up, come one, come All! All are welcome (and required) at All’s Fair – a Fair where every tit has its tat. All’s Fair, in love and war, serves the needs of All, whether pliantly or peremptorily.

A carnival of topsy-turvy exchange, All’s Fair provides the circus – though you may pay dearly for the bread.

Featuring alto sax.

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posted 05 March 2025

REfugEEs From Beyond – Spiriting Away

[LCNLP205]

REfugEEs From Beyond

“Spiriting Away”

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.

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posted 04 March 2025

Charles Rice Goff III – Transition Transmission

Charles Rice Goff III

“Transition Transmission”

Transition Transmission

by Charles Rice Goff III

1 Of Pomp And Pulpit
2 I Was Saved By God To Make America Great Again

Process:

Goff produced the recordings presented in this collection from unrehearsed improvisations recorded on January 20, 2025, during the second inauguration of American President Donald John Trump. Using a variety of sound technologies and musical instruments, Goff augmented and embellished the audio feed from Pacifica Radio (KPFA, Berkeley, California) live, as it was being broadcasted. No recorded materials were added nor deleted from the pieces presented here.

“Of Pomp And Pulpit” was captured and mixed on a 4 Track cassette tape. It features political speeches from senators Amy Klobuchar and Deb Fischer, invocations of deities from Timothy Dolan and Franklin Graham, and the swearing of Trump and Vice President James David (JD) Vance by Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts.

“I Was Saved By God To Make America Great Again” was recorded and mixed on computer software. Donald Trump is the exclusive speaker in this piece, sprinkled with occasional commentary from the Pacifica broadcasters who covered the event.

There is no authorized interpretation of this presentation.

No artificial intelligence was employed in molding this presentation.

All performances, editing, production, cover art, etc. by Charles Rice Goff III.

Instrumentation:

Korg R3 Vocoder/Synthesizer
Micromoog Analog Synthesizer (original 1977)
Yamaha VSS-30 Sampler/Synthesizer
Stylophone
Le Mega IR 1 Internet Radio
Merchsource Sound Generator
Diane The Mannequin Hand
Ibanez DM 1000 Digital Delay
Yamaha FX 500 Effects Unit
Boss RC 20X Loop Station Loop Duplicator
Tascam 424MKIII 4-Track Cassette Recorder

Software:

Cool Edit Pro II Multitrack Recorder
Audacity Multitrack Recorder
Several Plug-In Audio Sound Effects

Copyright 2025 by Taped Rugs Productions
www.tapedrugs.com

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posted 01 March 2025

Dormance – I

Dormance

“I”

Dormance are
Sobria Ebrietas sobriaebrietas.bandcamp.com
iIliaque liaque.bandcamp.com

Iliaque promotes the potential of Creative Commons (CC) licensing through his choice of sources and samples.

Our label was founded on the principle of DIY so we are pleased to promote the use of Creative Commons licensing.

‘Calluna’, a previous collaboration between Sobria Ebrietas and Iliaque released on TCFSR can be found here tcfsr.bandcamp.com/album/calluna

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posted 26 February 2025