Aortha, Generation Skweee, Roomdark – Mouskins
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Aortha, Generation Skweee, Roomdark
“Mouskins”
This musical triptych dedicated to the Belarusian group of intuitive improvisation Knyaz Mishkin.
posted 20 March 2014
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Soni Sfardati – Sāqiya
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Soni Sfardati
“Sāqiya”
“Sāqiya gazes at history. Beautiful sounds, coming from the sea. Music scores written by amanuenses. Tarantellas intertwined in baroque embroideries, in a game of disguise, on allusive grooves. Bright and colorful wonders. Virtuous words drawn from an endless dictionary at the crossroads of cultures: Arab, French, and above all Spanish. Stories of encounters, exchanges, smiles, yet stories of oppression.”
posted 17 March 2014
VA – Sound Interpretation: Minsk
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VA
“Sound Interpretation: Minsk”
Let’s go for a walk through Minsk!
This release is the first from Sound Interpretation series dedicated to cities.
We believe that each city has its own unique air. But anyone who works with the sound knows that every city has a inimitable soundscape and rhythm. So let’s make a musical journey through the cities. Cities you’ve been or would like to visit.
posted 13 March 2014
V/A – Anti-Chiptune Chiptune
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V/A
“Anti-Chiptune Chiptune”
At TWG, we’ve always pushed the odd, the weird, and the emotionally robust. In celebration of the more esoteric corners of the chiptune stratosphere we’ve compiled 19 tracks from some of chiptune’s most notable and talented purveyors of “what?” to showcase what can be done when the term chiptune is examined. From scene veterans as prolific as Alex Mauer and inpuj’s ilkae, to newer blood like Nappes and TWG staples like Guardia and Vegas Diamond. We’ve got the final every Fauxhound track, +Let’s Disinfect!+ covering Bit Shifter’s ‘Activation Theme’ in a folk punk style, an Alex Mauer track written in 1997 and live NES Rom manipulation from DJ NORTON ANTIVIRUS. Plus a whole ton more. Some is unexplainable, some is not chiptune and som is not music, but we hope you enjoy this eclectic selection of oddities. ~~~~Thank you for listening to the ACCSS’ message~~~~
Tracklist:
01. Kubbi- Synergy
02. Vegas Diamond- King
03. Nappes- Polar
04. Alex Mauer- Superball
05. Gab Pearson- alcaline pizza (Remix)
06. sandneil- death trebuchet
07. wailord- farming hand
08. AndaruGO- NEVER LOG OUT/////NEVER SURRENDER
09. Fauxhound- jan{ {{ { 3
10. DJ Norton Antivirus- NES CPU Jam Special Vol, Side A (Take 1)
11. KOOL SKULL- LIPPSTIKK
12. spaceaser- miamiflush
13. Love Through Cannibalism- Rattata’s Moment
14. HunterQuinn- OKdumpster.com
15. Guardia- You Gotta Go
16. MrWimmer- golden
17. ilkae & meek- ‘v’;;)_–==T
18. aaceeprss- numb
19. +Let’s Disinfect!+- Activation Theme (Bit Shifter Cover)
Tracklist:
01. Kubbi- Synergy
02. Vegas Diamond- King
03. Nappes- Polar
04. Alex Mauer- Superball
05. Gab Pearson- alcaline pizza (Remix)
06. sandneil- death trebuchet
07. wailord- farming hand
08. AndaruGO- NEVER LOG OUT/////NEVER SURRENDER
09. Fauxhound- jan{ {{ { 3
10. DJ Norton Antivirus- NES CPU Jam Special Vol, Side A (Take 1)
11. KOOL SKULL- LIPPSTIKK
12. spaceaser- miamiflush
13. Love Through Cannibalism- Rattata’s Moment
14. HunterQuinn- OKdumpster.com
15. Guardia- You Gotta Go
16. MrWimmer- golden
17. ilkae & meek- ‘v’;;)_–==T
18. aaceeprss- numb
19. +Let’s Disinfect!+- Activation Theme (Bit Shifter Cover)
posted 10 March 2014
23RedAnts & pablo orza – .escap.ism
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23RedAnts & pablo orza
“.escap.ism”
founded in april 2012 by macarena montesinos and niet f-n and based in spain, 23RedAnts is a cello/electronics duo who try to explore new territories between free improvisation, glitch music, and noise.in their first two years they have collaborated with different musicians and released four digital albums available for free download. they also collaborate with other artists such as dancers, visual artists as well as performing live during art exhibitions.
pablo orza is a self taught multi-instrumentalist from galicia, spain, primarily working in free improvisation. in 2003, he collaborated with parto duo to create the centro de novas tecnoloxías do pico sacro (TPS) – an artist collective interested in real time creation.
their first album for pyr consists of conversations that took place between cello, electronics and guitar. macarena, niet and pablo documented the conversations in 2012 and organized them into three volumes that all relate. the sound is micro, patient and highly fluid.
posted 07 March 2014
Various Artists – EdP Sampler V
Various Artists
“EdP Sampler V”
This is the 5th EdP sampler, celebrating free culture from around the globe! Give it a proper listen and don’t forget the previous samplers; great music selection in those too!
Cover art by shutupandance
posted 07 March 2014
Free Variety Theatre – Galactic Anatomy
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Free Variety Theatre
“Galactic Anatomy”
Free Variety Theatre was founded in early 2013 by Alexander Cutteridge and Daniel Moschopoulos as a vehicle for online collaboration—initially non-realtime distance collaborations with likeminded artists on SoundCloud. We have already established working relationships through attentive offline collaboration with musicians and producers in North and South America, Australia and throughout Europe, and have recently extended our outlook into the realm of tele-musical internet performance.
In parallel to our collaborative efforts, we have, over the last year or so, been developing and refining more conventional modes of improvising (namely playing in the same space and time). “Galactic Anatomy” is FVT’s first collection of recordings featuring the two of us playing alone. We have cautiously defined the genre as “techneurotic jazz”. The main intrigue/challenge from the outset has been to convincingly integrate improvised performance on traditional acoustic instruments (piano, electric guitar, trumpet) with digital electronic devices (laptop, samplers, analogue modelling).
posted 07 March 2014
A.A. VV. – NN Vol. 3 True Purpose Of The Electronic Distortion
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A.A. VV.
“NN Vol. 3 True Purpose Of The Electronic Distortion”
“There’s no two without three” or “Three is the perfect number”.. you choose which one is more suitable for introducing this third anniversary compilation that every year gives us the opportunity to prepare this special release of previously unreleased tracks by a lot of great artists. This year, the huge compilation features music by professional artists such as Robert Lippok and Herself which goes a special thanks for having participated with other emerging artists that deserve special treatment that Nostress Netlabel reserves. The introduction of new catalogs of physical media supports such as CDs and your kind donations, has offered to us the opportunity to be able to have the necessary funds to organize events and local concerts and for that we are grateful. We continue our work with pride and hope to be able to do more and learn about new artists and music of great interest.
posted 03 March 2014
I.Z. aka IDzeroNo – Asteroid
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I.Z. aka IDzeroNo
“Asteroid”
[onorezdiLP017] Asteroid (Feb. 21. 2014)
You can buy my music here much appreciated : https://onerpm.com/#/disco/profile&album_number=221304477
You can buy my music here much appreciated : https://onerpm.com/#/disco/profile&album_number=221304477
posted 23 February 2014
bristophe – die ersten zwei kirchen
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bristophe
“die ersten zwei kirchen”
bristophe is an improvising duo that consists of brice catherin (from france, based in geneva) and christophe schweizer (from switzerland, based in germany). between them they play instruments like: cello, trombone, a bit of electronics, tuba, a touch of clarinet, plus e.g. recorder and other flutes, double bass, alpine horn, voice, bird calls, a few toys, etc. occasionally the two meet in one place, and that’s when sound happens.
their second album for pyr, die ersten zwei kirchen, is another two disc set – this time documenting two sessions of improvisations that took place in two different churches in germany and switzerland. to explore these spaces, the duo used: strings, brass, church organ, piano, harpsichord, clavichord, and the alphorn as well as their voices, electronics, birdcalls, and little instruments. as always, listen carefully.
posted 21 February 2014
va – (hyp007) trckpck
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va
“(hyp007) trckpck”
– Title: hypnosetrckpck
– Cat-Nr: hyp007
– Format(s):MP3
– Cat-Nr: hyp007
– Format(s):MP3
posted 20 February 2014
Colin Webster and Graham Dunning – Estigate
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Colin Webster and Graham Dunning
“Estigate”
Linear Obsessional Recordings are excited to present this extraordinary duo- featuring textural recordings of extended technique saxophone and turntable with specially recorded dubplates. “Estigate” is a thrillingly original recording.
Colin Webster: Tenor and baritone saxophones
Graham Dunning: Turntable, mixer and dubplates.
Recorded on 12th January and 15th August 2012 in a storage facility in South London.
All tracks recorded live. No overdubs or cuts.
Download includes PDF brochure of notes and images.
posted 10 February 2014
ce françois couture – derrière
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ce françois couture
“derrière”
ce françois couture is an experimental musician, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist based in st-faustin, quebec, canada. he came out of the music closet at age 38. he plays keyboards, theremin, percussion, and ukulele, but his main instrument is the no-input mixing desk, which he uses to sculpt rivers of controlled feedback.
françois’ first album for pan y rosas is a 39-minute improvisation performed using no-input mixers. it was recorded direct to disc. the sound is reverbed drone wave flow with shimmers.
posted 06 February 2014
Relentless – Document #102013
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Relentless
“Document #102013”
Sébastien Branche: Saxophone
Artur Vidal: Saxophone
Artur Vidal: Saxophone
Relentless is an experimental sound creation project based on saxophone. Coming from free improvisation, their current proposals are focused on different practices of sound art. Specificities of the performance space, exploration of their musical instruments and ways to relate with the public are the foundations of their work. For the past few years, they have been looking into the relations between dancing, video and improvised music. Relentless is, in a way, the sound layer that settled through these investigations. Long tones, circular breathing, multiphonics, objects, are some recurring elements always renewed in a dialog between an idiom that settles through practice, and the necessity to improvise to create a music that takes into account each sound and each instant in its composition.
posted 03 February 2014
Fundstücke – Live
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Fundstücke
“Live”
Fundstücke, the duo project of Gunnar Lettow (Hamburg) and Gary Rouzer (Washington DC), began as an online collaboration in 2010. Their debut recording was released in November 2011. They first met and performed together at the 2012 Blurred Edges festival in Hamburg, Germany. The two tracks on Fundstücke Live were recorded later that year during a short East Coast US tour.
Der Erste was recorded on 30 September 2012 at the Atlas Theater in Washington, DC.
Der Zweite was recorded on 27 September 2012 at the Spectrum in NYC.
Gary Rouzer- prepared bass, amplified objects
Gunnar Lettow – präparierter e-bass, electronics
posted 02 February 2014
Frank Wilke / Andrè D. – Vertical Theory
[LBN024]
Frank Wilke / Andrè D.
“Vertical Theory”
Vertical Theory is the joint work of two musicians, possessed of free improvised music. The music came over the distance of about 1.26843e-10 ly in their head mostly first at nocturnal walks in such diverse regions of Europe as the French Maritime Alps on the one hand and the West German Ruhr area on the other.
posted 01 February 2014
Rete del disagio – Vino Balicio
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Rete del disagio
“Vino Balicio”
Rete del Disagio
Vino Balicio [0kbps054]
01 – Quello che volevo sentire
02 – I king del burger king
03 – Post-punk post tutto
04 – Balice, il tuo furby ha problemi
05 – Quella roba che puzza di mangime per pesci
06 – Nessuno mi risponde a Milano a parte Teo
07 – Al binario
08 – Cipster, noccioline ed altro
gianpaolo fausto, marta blu, matteo donà, stefano balice, tommaso busatto: kazoo, bell, electronic, uneasiness guitar, mobile telephone, car, various percussion, chips and nuts
recorded live in turin and milan, 01-01-2014, 02-01-2014, 03-01-2014
Rete del disagio (the uneasiness network) is not a band, and has no stable line-up.
Rete del disagio was born when followers and supporters from different web communities as upupachan, vaporized art movement, deep lake records and mav [0kbps] records, start to physically meet to bring the noise from the net to the streets.
MAV [0kbps] Records, January 2013
posted 28 January 2014
Mark Browne – The Prejudices of History
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Mark Browne
“The Prejudices of History”
British sound artist, saxophonist and noise maker Mark Browne follows up his 2012 album “Malapert and Erratic” with this EP- featuring improvisations on percussion, bowed guitar,thigh bone and saxophone recorded on the evening of the 7th December 2013.
“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.
posted 25 January 2014
Canis Latrans – Conspiraciones
MIST055
Canis Latrans
“Co[i]nspiraciones”
New album from the chilean project of experimental music, with collaborations of Horror House, Rotten Smile and Tripulante 32.
posted 17 January 2014
lucie vítková – ideas and techniques
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lucie vítková
“ideas and techniques”
lucie vítková is czech composer and performer. she graduated in accordion performance at brno conservatory in 2010 and composition at janáček academy of music and performing arts in brno (cz) in 2013. during her master’s degree, she studied at royal conservatory in the hague (nl) and at california institute of the arts in valencia (usa). she has studied with martin smolka, jaroslav šťastný, martijn padding, gillius van bergijk and michael pisaro. she is member of the ensemble marijan, dunami, dust in the groove, and prague improvisation orchestra.
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.
posted 15 January 2014
Various Artists – Button Box
LOR047
Various Artists
“Button Box”
Button Box” is a collection of 46 mixes constructed from elements taken from the Linear Obsessional album “Air Buttons” by Richard Sanderson (LOR046)
“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.
posted 24 December 2013
bristophe – le fils de la prophétesse
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bristophe
“le fils de la prophétesse”
bristophe is brice catherin and christophe schweizer.
they play instruments like: cello, trombone, a bit of electronics, maybe some tuba, a touch of clarinet, plus e.g. recorder and other flutes, double bass, alpine horn, voice, bird calls, a few toys, and whatever else they come across that might produce some type of sound.
they improvise.
they are half swiss living in hamburg (germany), half french living in geneva (switzerland).
occasionally both halves meet in one place, and that’s when sound happens.
their first album for pyr, le fils de la prophétesse is a two disc set that clocks in at over two hours. the first disc contains almost sixty miniature improvisations the create a whole. the second disc is more long-form, but the two relate as one.
posted 20 December 2013
Richard Sanderson – Air Buttons
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Richard Sanderson
“Air Buttons”
Air Buttons” is an album of improvisations for melodeon and electronics. Download includes a PDF booklet of notes and images.
Richard Sanderson- Melodeon, Footpedals ElectronIcs, Wind-Up Gramophone,
Contact Microphone, Field Recordings.
These pieces were recorded at home in Hither Green, usually on Friday afternoons when the housework was done and before the kids came back from school. As with my previous album of melodeon improvisations the instrument was recorded in three different ways â using footpedals (wah, distortion and pitch change), pushing it through contraptions made with Audiomulch software on my laptop, or augmenting it with other sounds â in this case, field recordings and a wind-up gramophone. The gramophone was recorded with a contact microphone (made by Jez Riley French) attached to the needle, or to a toothbrush. âAbove The Breakersâ was played on pre-WW1 one-row melodeon, all the others were played on a D/G Hohner Pokerwork. The title of âFlim Flamingoâ was suggested by Gary Widdowfield.. âVelux Dopplerâ was created from two field recordings- one of Beckenham Parish Church Bells, the other of the rain falling on the roof window of my bedroom. The field recordings on âShadeâ were made in my garden. The tracks were recorded 2011-13 and assembled November 2013. Thank you for listening.
posted 28 November 2013
Gaetano Fontanazza – Music For Toys Meditation
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Gaetano Fontanazza
“Music For Toys Meditation”
Gaetano Fontanazza, a.k.a. Pseudo, guitarist and musician extraordinaire, offers his first release on Sucu Music, the beautifully entitled “Music for Toys Meditation”. As usual, he explores all of the most extreme and fantastic territories his guitar and his array of effects, musical skill and inventive, can take him (and us) to.
It is a short-length release, clocking off at 25 minutes, where ambient, glitch, noise and soundscapes create a unique aural and emotional experience in the listener. Not to forget some acoustic moments which, unexpected as they may sound, given the profoundly electronic feel of the work, do not appear strange or gratuitous at all.
It is a short-length release, clocking off at 25 minutes, where ambient, glitch, noise and soundscapes create a unique aural and emotional experience in the listener. Not to forget some acoustic moments which, unexpected as they may sound, given the profoundly electronic feel of the work, do not appear strange or gratuitous at all.
posted 19 November 2013
Canis Latrans – Anunciación EP
MIST048
Canis Latrans
“Anunciación EP”
Canis Latrans is an experimental project from Chile.
posted 16 November 2013
