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rADio eNd – Mantra Wave

[LCNLP229]

rADio eNd

“Mantra Wave”

The Necrophile Hummingbird netlabel presents Mantra Wave by rADio eNd

“Trance music for tribal music lovers.”

This album is just a solo improvisation recorded at the Cave Haven (Foucherans) in 2022.
I would have enjoyed that someone upgraded or transformed it, but maybe it wasn’t necessary.
Sometimes the raw thread is the real fabric.

I coined the term “Mantra Wave” with this album but already in previous albums I was using it when talking about to keep the whole improvisation instead to reduce it to the essential.
I won’t define it here — you can sense it yourself.
Since my first steps with CorteX, I’ve been trying to create psycho-active music more inspiring than the usual standards.
Since the Yoshiwaku shamanoise tracks, I’ve focused on the power of repetition to carry the listener into trance.
Since Multiple Personality 3, with its overlong ritual tracks, we left behind the notion of “standard tracks” to explore durations usually found only in instrumental minimalism, serial music, or certain techno constellations.

Was rADio eNd simply listening to the Earth, amplifying her voice?

Turn off your brain.
Let the wave wake your soul.

I made the artwork without AI, but disliked it because it looked too much like something made by an AI.
So I asked an AI to update it as if it had been made by a human… Well… Then I only kept the statue to edit my artwork.
The circle closes.

Special thanks to the creator of the Longo dance for the Mbouiiiii!!!!! concept — a joyful reminder that one can free body and mind through vibration, breath, and surprise.

About healers, guides, and those who teach freedom

In France, more than ever, many people claim to heal everything with countless techniques, generally for money.
Some may offer better listening than doctors trapped in the machinery of big pharma — doctors who, despite their knowledge, can truly resolve only part of the world’s illnesses.

But many “healers” are only selling illusions, playing with people’s hopes, offering dependence instead of autonomy.

Fortunately, some too much rare ones genuinely take care.
They show not how to rely on them, but how to stand on one’s own feet.
They guide the person back to their own inner tools — until the guide is no longer needed.

This album is dedicated to those who do not heal minds and bodies, nor fix energies,
but who teach each person how to do it themselves…
and to all those who learn alone, quietly, without any master.

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posted 20 November 2025

REfugEEs From Beyond – Etrange Constellation

[LCNLP220]

REfugEEs From Beyond

“Etrange Constellation”

The Necrophile Hummingbird netlabel presents Etrange Constellation by reFUGeeS From Beyond.
“Electronicosmic Music for Space Shamans”

Improvisation recorded the 25th July 2025 at Le Champ Du Possible (The Possibility’s Field) in Dole. Track 6 is a solo test done before the session, edited with the today stormy weather. Etrange Constellation means Strange Constellation. There is the english translation of the track titles below :
1. Emergence Of The Time Of Myth
2. Outside Inside
3. Levitation
4. Extra Sensory Experience
5. Somewhere Else Immersion
6. Emergence Under The Rain

Members :
Master of Ceremony : Psyché Pelik
Disc Jockey : Yoshiwaku Mushotoku

I wanted for this one to use french titles, because it’s our native language, of course nations are plagues, we are from earth or beyond, depend on from where you are, and despite we are so happy that people from around the earth and beyond listen to our music, it’s very sad to use the empire language instead of our own one (aŭ via lingvo) to communicate.

A few hours later, our bodies lay in the woods beneath the hermitage cave from the angels valley, surrounded by a shamanic musical circle. Yet our spirits had already departed.
Time is not linear; wavelets surround every event for those who know how to perceive them.

Immersed in the dream, I picked stars, not ordinary stars, lightholes, coming from those constellations that were in the sky and reflected beneath the earth.
We were the links between those who danced.
In each one I placed a seed of that light.
Let’s see what will grow.

I think you can feel it in the music.

Dedicated to those who are not afraid to dream.

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posted 10 August 2025

SANDIKALA ENSEMBLE – Epitaph

[YESNO 117]

SANDIKALA ENSEMBLE

“Epitaph”

Epitaph is a composition by Dion Nataraja, developed in collaboration with Sandikala Ensemble.

Epitaph is a continuation of an investigation into a compositional method in which the tempo progressively decelerates. This method is inspired by the concept of rhythm in Javanese gamelan, where as the tempo of a gending slows down, the spacing between the balungan (core melody) tones widens, while instruments like the gendèr, gambang, and peking become increasingly dense: there is a paradoxical sense of time.

In Javanese gamelan, this process is often likened to the image of a blossoming flower: a gending begins like a closed bud, and as the rhythmic level rises, as the ornamental density increases, the flower blooms. However, I am not interested in a blooming flower—I am interested in a flower that withers and rots. This is why, in my works including Epitaph, the tempo continuously slows down.

The rotten flower is a symbol of critique. I have no desire to align myself with the glorification of tradition—to hell with the sublime. Rather than glorification, this work pays attention to the wounds of history that risk being forgotten. In the middle section of the piece, there is an electronic sound intervention resembling a broken radio: it is a collage of the voices of Wiji Thukul, Mahmoud Darwish (the Palestinian poet), and Frantz Fanon (the anti-colonial thinker and revolutionary from Martinique). Wiji Thukul sings his poem Apa Guna, Mahmoud Darwish reads a poem about his longing for the land of Palestine, and Frantz Fanon speaks on anti-racism and national liberation. But these voices appear unclearly, like traumatic memories arriving beyond our will.

These fragments are sandwiched between quotations from the traditional gending Lalermengeng, a piece often associated with death. Its presence, too, resembles trauma: a history that returns without control. The reference to Lalermengeng also reframes the three voices mentioned earlier; the broken-radio-like sound is also reminiscent of a swarm of flies, hovering around a rotting memory of the past.

At the end of the piece, there is an intervention in the form of noise. This moment is the only one in the work that uses noise, creating a stark contrast. Poetically, noise plays the role of a Ratu Adil—a messianic figure who halts the unstoppable flow of history toward apocalypse. In an irrational world, the hope for redemption is the only rational thing. But redemption can never clearly articulate itself—thus noise arrives. Noise is the future that refuses clear articulation.

Epitaph adalah karya komponis Dion Nataraja yang dikembangkan bersama Sandikala Ensemble.

Epitaph adalah karya kelanjutan dari investigasi mengenai metode komposisi di mana tempo karya terus-menerus melambat. Metode ini terinspirasi dari konsep irama di gamelan Jawa, di mana ketika tempo gending melambat, jarak antara nada balungan semakin melambat, instrumen-instrumen seperti gendèr, gambang, dan peking justru semakin padat: ada konsep waktu yang paradoksal.

Di gamelan Jawa, proses ini sering dikaitkan dengan gambar bunga yang berkembang: gending dimulai dengan kembang yang tertutup, dan seiring naiknya tingkat irama, seiring kepadatan ornamen meningkat, kembang ini menjadi mekar. Namun, saya tidak tertarik dengan kembang mekar: saya tertarik dengan kembang yang layu dan busuk. Ini sebabnya dalam karya-karya saya, termasuk Epitaph, tempo secara terus-menerus melambat.

Kembang busuk adalah simbol kritik. Saya tidak memiliki keinginan untuk terhubung dengan pengagungan tradisi—persetan dengan yang adiluhung. Daripada pengagungan, karya ini menaruh perhatian pada luka-luka sejarah yang terancam dilupakan. Di bagian tengah karya, ada intervensi bunyi elektronik yang terdengar seperti radio rusak: ini adalah tumpukan dari suara Wiji Thukul, Mahmoud Darwish (penyair Palestina), dan Frantz Fanon (pemikir dan pejuang anti kolonial dari Martinique). Wiji Thukul menyanyikan puisinya “Apa Guna,” Mahmoud Darwish membaca puisinya yang berkenaan dengan rasa rindunya pada tanah Palestina, dan Frantz Fanon berbicara tentang anti-rasisme dan pembebasan nasional. Tapi suara-suara ini hadir tanpa kejelasan, seperti memori traumatik yang kedatangannya berada di luar kehendak kita.

Fragmen suara ini hadir dihimpit kutipan gending tradisional, yakni Lalermengeng. Ini gending yang kerap dihubungkan dengan kematian. Kehadiran gending ini juga mirip dengan trauma: sejarah yang tiba tanpa ada kontrol. Referensi Lalermengeng juga memberi asosiasi baru terhadap fragment tiga orang yang saya sebutkan, suara yang terdengar seperti radio rusak juga mirip dengan kerumunan lalat, mengitari memori masa lalu yang busuk.

Pada akhir karya, ada intervensi dalam bentuk noise. Momen ini adalah satu-satunya momen di karya yang menggunakan elemen noise, membentuk kontras yang kuat. Dari sisi puitis, noise berperan seperti Ratu Adil yang menghentikan laju sejarah yang terus-menerus mengarah pada kiamat. Di dunia yang irasional, harapan akan penebusan adalah satu-satunya hal yang rasional. Tapi penebusan tidak pernah bisa mengungkapkan dirinya secara jelas: maka noise hadir. Noise adalah masa depan yang menolak artikulasi jelas.

About the Ensemble

Sandikala Ensemble is a Yogyakarta-based group dedicated to exploring experimental techniques and designing new gamelan instruments in order to expand the horizons of contemporary gamelan music. Founded in 2020 by Dion Nataraja and Yustiawan Paradigma Umar, the ensemble features musicians Roni Driyastoto, Mustika Garis Sejati, Suseno Setyo Wibowo, Muhamad Erdifadillah, and Muhammad Khoirur Roziqin. The ensemble has developed new instruments, including four genders with a 36-tone non-octave tuning system. More recently, Sandikala has added instruments designed by Dion Nataraja, including two gambang and two sets of gong kemodhong, crafted in Klaten by Karnadi Handoko and Siswo Pradangga.

Sandikala Ensemble berbasis di Yogyakarta dan berfokus pada eksplorasi teknik eksperimental serta perancangan instrumen gamelan baru untuk memperluas cakrawala musik gamelan kontemporer. Didirikan pada tahun 2020 oleh Dion Nataraja dan Yustiawan Paradigma Umar, ensemble ini beranggotakan para musisi Roni Driyastoto, Mustika Garis Sejati, Suseno Setyo Wibowo, Muhamad Erdifadillah, dan Muhammad Khoirur Roziqin. Ensemble ini telah mengembangkan instrumen-instrumen baru, termasuk empat buah gendèr dengan sistem laras 36 nada non-oktaf. Baru-baru ini, Sandikala menambahkan instrumen rancangan Dion Nataraja, termasuk dua gambang dan dua set gong kemodhong, yang dibuat di Klaten oleh Karnadi Handoko dan Siswo Pradangga.

About the Composer

Dion Nataraja is a composer, experimental vocalist, and scholar from Indonesia, currently pursuing a PhD in music composition at UC Berkeley. His musical and scholarly works have been focusing on the intersection of areas such as Javanese gamelan, spectral techniques, instrument building, multimedia composition, and anticolonial theories.

The composer-pianist Anthony Cheung described Dion’s music as “a true intercultural music for our time.” By the gamelan composer-performer Wahyu Thoyyib Pambayun, his music has been described as “succeeded in expanding the musical language of the Javanese gendèr.” He has attended masterclasses and studied with musicians of various genres, such as Toshio Hosokawa, Chinary Ung, Ken Ueno, Edmund Campion, Carmine-Emanuele Cella, Nick Brooke, Allen Shawn, Steve Lehman, Darsono Hadiraharjo, and Midiyanto. In 2020, he was awarded as a finalist of Talea Ensemble’s emerging composer competition, and in 2022, he was awarded as a OneBeat fellow.

His music has been included as a part of Brown University’s “Asian Musical Modernisms” course syllabus, as well as in concerts such as PGVIS Symposium (Traditions in Transition), Jogja Noise Bombing, Salihara Jazz Buzz, MATA Festival, Soundbridge Festival, and many more. As a scholar, he has published his writing in Jurnal Kajian Seni of Gadjah Mada University, and he has given lectures in venues such as California Institute of the Arts, Salihara Arts Center, Perpromi, October Meeting, among others. At the moment, he is focusing his work on Sandikala Ensemble, a Yogyakarta-based ensemble that develops experimental techniques and new gamelan instruments with the aim of expanding contemporary gamelan music’s horizon.

Dion Nataraja adalah komponis, vokalis eksperimental, dan peneliti asal Indonesia yang saat ini tengah menempuh studi doktoral dalam bidang komposisi musik di UC Berkeley. Karya-karya musik dan akademisnya berfokus pada persilangan antara gamelan Jawa, teknik spektral, pembangunan instrumen, komposisi multimedia, dan teori antikolonial.

Komponis-pianis Anthony Cheung pernah menggambarkan musik Dion sebagai “musik lintas budaya sejati untuk zaman kita.” Sementara komponis-pemanggung gamelan Wahyu Thoyyib Pambayun menyatakan bahwa musik Dion “berhasil memperluas bahasa musikal dari gendèr Jawa.”

Dion pernah mengikuti masterclass dan belajar dengan para musisi dari berbagai genre, seperti Toshio Hosokawa, Chinary Ung, Ken Ueno, Edmund Campion, Carmine-Emanuele Cella, Nick Brooke, Allen Shawn, Steve Lehman, Darsono Hadiraharjo, dan Midiyanto. Pada tahun 2020, ia menjadi finalis kompetisi komponis muda Talea Ensemble, dan pada tahun 2022 ia terpilih sebagai fellow OneBeat.

Karya musiknya telah menjadi bagian dari silabus mata kuliah “Asian Musical Modernisms” di Brown University, serta dipentaskan dalam berbagai acara seperti PGVIS Symposium (Traditions in Transition), Jogja Noise Bombing, Salihara Jazz Buzz, MATA Festival, Soundbridge Festival, dan banyak lagi. Sebagai peneliti, tulisannya telah diterbitkan dalam Jurnal Kajian Seni Universitas Gadjah Mada, dan ia pernah memberikan kuliah di berbagai institusi seperti California Institute of the Arts, Salihara Arts Center, Perpromi, October Meeting, dan lainnya.

Saat ini, Dion memfokuskan perhatiannya pada Sandikala Ensemble, sebuah kelompok musik berbasis di Yogyakarta yang mengembangkan teknik eksperimental dan instrumen gamelan baru guna memperluas cakrawala musik gamelan kontemporer.

Credits

Instruments: gender barung, gender penerus, gambang, rebab, gong kemodhong, gong ageng, percussion, electronics

Composed and electronics by:
Dion Nataraja

Produced by:

Dion Nataraja & Yustiawan Paradigma Umar

Performed by:

Yustiawan Paradigma Umar, gender barung

Roni Driyastoto, gambang, gender penerus, rebab

Suseno Setyo Wibowo, kemodhong, gambang, gender barung

Mustika Garis Sejati, rebab, kemodhong, gender penerus

Muhammad Erdifadillah, percussion, kemodhong

Mixed and mastered by:
Luke Taylor

Recorded by: Muhammad Khoirur Roziqin

Production crew: Muhammad Eko Sudarmanto

Illustration:

“Kerkhof in het park van Buitenzorg” by Raden Saleh
Edited by Wok The Rock

Sandikala Ensemble Logo and Cover layout by:
Wok The Rock

Recorded in:
Sleman, D. I. Yogyakarta, 2025

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posted 16 July 2025

Les Cartes Postales Sonores – MAASAI CEREMONIES – Emuratta

Les Cartes Postales Sonores

“MAASAI CEREMONIES – Emuratta”

Emuratta est une cérémonie Maasai qui a pour but d’élever les adolescents (Moranis) au rang de guerrier. Destiné a une tranche d’âge de 13 a 18 ans, cette cérémonie est ponctuée de chants, danses et festin.

En amont de cette cérémonie, les Moranis habilles de noir, peinture blanche sur le visage et plumes d’autruche sur la tête, vivent en reclus pendant 1 mois, assistés de leurs aines qui leurs enseignent traditions et règles a suivre pour leur apprentissage de guerrier.

Une dizaine de Moranis est alors au centre de toutes les attentions. Une grande partie du village s’affaire, chants et danses peuvent donc commencer. Les adolescents sont placés au milieu d’un cercle de chanteurs et danseurs, ceci jusque la tombée de la nuit. Ensuite, le chef du village emmènera les Moranis dans la savane pour une nuit de jeun. Les chants et danses dureront jusqu’au petit matin, jusqu’au retour des Moranis au terme duquel ces adolescents se feront circoncire.

Ce rituel se répète tous les 7 ans.

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posted 05 July 2025

MAHAMBORO – 7 Jazz Pop Greats

[YESNO 116]

MAHAMBORO

“7 Jazz Pop Greats”

“Mahamboro menulis dan merekam album ini sebagai respon terhadap komodifikasi musik menjadi pola-pola populis yang mudah dikenali dan dicerna. Lewat sudut pandang tersebut, projek ini menjadi kritik terhadap absuritas dalam menilai dan atau mengukur suatu gaya musik; bagaimana musik eksperimental ataupun jazz melampaui pelabelan karya seni yang dijual di pasar tertentu, pada waktu tertentu, panggung tertentu dan ketentuan tertentu. Judul album ini mengadopsi judul album ketiga dari Throbbing Gristle.”

Multi-instrumentalis yang juga berperan sebagai individu penting di kalangan musik eksperimental, Mahamboro menunjukkan taring tajamnya di album “7 Jazz Pop Greats”. Dari judulnya sudah membuat mata tertegun, diikuti oleh judul lagu yang membuat penggiat musik Jazz seperti saya sedikit terkikik. Di semua track, Mahamboro tetap menunjukkan dentuman dan tekstur yang khas, bunyi gemuruh ala dia ditambah sentuhan manis Saxophone khas Joe Lovano di album Nocturno-nya Charlie Haden.

Saya menyebutnya sebagai pribadi paling berbakat yang pernah saya temui. Tidak hanya talenta, Mahamboro mempunyai kepekaan yang luar biasa terhadap segala seuatu yang ditekuninya. Biarpun kadang saya gemas karena kurangnya fokus di bertahun-tahun masa karirnya, tapi semua orang selalu menganggumi beliau dari jauh. Tidak hanya sebagai seniman suara, namun kontribusi dia di lingkungan musik sekitarnya.

Entah ini intrepretasi trek-trek musik hits Jazz dunia, atau sekedar plesetan, atau mungkin juga cemooh terhadap genre tersebut. Apapun itu, saya paham bahwa ada kelas yang seharusnya dilenyapkan di genre musik di Indonesia. Tidak merasa lebih hanya karna nada/hitungan lebih rumit, tidak memicingkan mata hanya karna bunyinya berbeda, dan menghakimi padahal tidak mengerti.

Dibuka dengan Track manis dibalut oleh kekacauan. Diikuti Track 2 yang menunjukkan benang merah album ini yang terlalu cepat diurai dan ditutup dengan bunyi saturatif yang menarik. Track 3 digempur dengan dentuman keras semi rapat dan Saxophone serupa rapalan musik Rap. Pertengahan Track 4 dikejutkan oleh Altissimo dari Saxophone. Lalu ada bunyi distraktif di Track 5 seperti detik jam dan diakhiri helaan nafas serupa kabut. Track 6 diawali dengan bunyi strobo dan airy saxophone lalu disambut ketukan drum ala Nate Smith, membuat Track ini terdengar seperti musik ritual dibanding musik dansa. Track 7, Nada-nada Arpeggio dibalut dengan efek suara ditemani bunyi angkasa ala Ryoji Ikeda, membuat Track penutup ini menciptakan visual berbayang.

Tidak hanya panggung dengan tata suara megah, ini adalah album yang seharusnya menemani para pencinta kopi di interior brutalist alih-alih bossa nova yang kian tidak selaras dengan situasi negara yang carut marut.

Tesla Manaf, Bandung 30 Mei 2025

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posted 06 June 2025

Diego Lorenzini y Simón Campusano – Estoy Loco y no es por Ti

Diego Lorenzini y Simón Campusano

“Estoy Loco y no es por Ti”

released May 30, 2025
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Música, letra y arreglos: Diego Lorenzini y Simón Campusano.

Simón Campusano: Guitarra y voces
Diego Lorenzini: Voz, ukelele y percusiones

Grabado en Estudio Tres Sillas en Talca, Chile.
Producción musical y grabación: Diego Lorenzini
Masterización: Arturo Zegers Giammarino

Arte de portada: Diego Lorenzini
……………………………….
Music, lyrics, and arrangements: Diego Lorenzini and Simón Campusano.

Simón Campusano: Guitar and vocals
Diego Lorenzini: Vocals, ukulele, and percussion

Recorded at Tres Sillas Studio in Talca, Chile.
Music production and recording: Diego Lorenzini
Mastering: Arturo Zegers Giammarino

Cover artwork: Diego Lorenzini

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posted 03 June 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

Invisible Illusion – A Hole In The Blast Furnace

[LCNLP207]

Invisible Illusion

“A Hole In The Blast Furnace”

The Necrophile Hummingbird Netlabel presents A Hole In The Blast Furnace by Invisible Illusion.

“Resistance Music for Genocided People”

Saved In The Clouds.
I wish children didn’t die. I wish they would be temporarily elevated to the skies until the war ends. Then they would return home safe, and when their parents would ask them: “where were you?”, they would say: “we were playing in the clouds, we were playing in the clouds…”

Ghassan Kanafani

More than one year after the recording of this album Israel government is still killing people.
I’m sick about this never ending horror, lot of people are just looking elsewhere, like asking “please die in silence”. But it’s a fucking genocide.
And USA & Germany are selling the weapons, in theory France not, but when you dig… You find.

A word about this music, this is an improvised live recording, I mean spontaneous music, there is nearly no edit (mostly few glitches removed), there is no mix and no overdubs. For most of my recording I just descent into the Cave Haven turn on the devices by pressing the energy button and let the music come. But sometime to make it more comfortable to the listener I cut out the tracks to make them shorter. For example for Coexistence track I would have taken the ending part to mix it with the beginning and make a half shorter track, but finally I think it’s a bad habit. I prefer keep it as it is, I mean it’s mantrawave, the repetition inducing a hypnotic trance effect, it’s better to do not mutilate the tracks for a so silly idea than to fit with short attention span… Also for Resistance Is A Struggle and Standing Up Against The Genocide, these tracks could seem overlong but are really relevant that way to make the listener feel how it seems never ending tasks.
Thanks for being You and being different of the mainstream people.

Tracks 1 & 11 with poetry by Ghassan Kanafani.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghassan_Kanafani

Tracks 1 to 11 : A Hole In The Blast Furnace A-Side
Tracks 12 to 18 : A Hole In The Blast Furnace B-Side

An anecdote about the album cover, I took the photo inside a blast furnace and what you don’t see is the dead dog someone had left there. There is always something hidden beneath the surface of things.

Dedicated to the victims killed by Benjamin Netanyahou government, as well as the Armenian or all victims of other genocides.

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posted 18 March 2025

PATATATTAK – ETHNOFONIK 2024 ORCHESTRA – Nardanina (PATATATTAK Dub Remix)

PATATATTAK

“ETHNOFONIK 2024 ORCHESTRA – Nardanina (PATATATTAK Dub Remix)”

Dub remix of a track played by ETHNOFONIK 2024 ORCHESTRA @ Théâtre de l’Agora (Evry, France) in november 2024.

Nardanina is a traditional song from Georgia.

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posted 28 November 2024

M-PeX – Livre

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M-PeX

“Livre”

LIVRE is the new album by M-PeX, a work that celebrates freedom and the essence of being free. With the collaboration of André Coelho on double bass, this primarily acoustic album, enriched with elements of ambient electronics, offers a deep exploration of dialogues and improvisations between the Portuguese guitar and the double bass. Composed of 15 tracks, including improvisations captured in direct take, LIVRE invites the listener on an introspective and liberating journey. Highlights include tracks such as ‘Balada da Costa Azul’, ‘Canto Al-Ulyã’, ‘Cónios’, and ‘Al-Çonik’. Released as part of the PRALAC artistic residency, with edition by Enough Records and artwork by Marco Madruga, this album is a reflection on the importance of freedom in artistic creation, in life, and in the world.
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posted 05 August 2024

Jazzaria – Out Of Mind Out Of Sight

Jazzaria – Out Of Mind Out Of Sight

Jazzaria

“Out Of Mind Out Of Sight”

Waste makes haste. Nine saves time, in a stitch. Wait for those who come to good things. Fondness makes the heart grow absence. The cat killed curiosity. Out of mind, out of sight.

This blend of surf guitar and latin rhythm features electric guitars, bass, drum kit, and effects.

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posted 09 June 2024

rEmPiT g0dDe$$ – PRIME ENERGY

rEmPiT g0dDe$$ – rEmPiT g0dDe$$
[YESNO 110]

rEmPiT g0dDe$$

“PRIME ENERGY”

“I dreamt of an instrument obedient to my thoughts, bending & shaping the fabric of reality itself.”

rEmPiT g0dDe$$ adeptly synthesises the traditional tunings of Southeast Asian instruments such as Malaysia’s Serunai, Rebab, and The Philippines’ Kulintang into the dynamic fabric of mutated-club music within the domain of textural industrial soundscapes, characterised by propulsive rhythms echoing the spirit of rave, merging the timelines between traditional practices, grassroots EDM, and post-club rhythms.

Part of Southeast Asia’s electronic music scene, Victoria Yam moves between worlds as easily as she slips between her two experimental music projects, Viktoria and rEmPiT g0dDe$$.

Spending her time between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore the producer and DJ boldly ventures into the farthest, darkest recesses of industrial club, whipping up missives from the underground – playing across Asia and Europe such as Boiler Room for Maho Rasop festival in Bangkok, Naarm’s Speed at Final in Taipei, the Alex Blake Charlie Sessions Festival in Singapore, Pestapora festival in Jakarta, Orbitware in Bali, Nhạc Gãy in Saigon, and King’s Place for the Oram Awards in London where she performs as Viktoria, her singer-songwriter alias.

Produced by Victoria Yam
Artwork by Andrea Miu
Mastered by Vandy Rizaldi (Agensi 56)

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posted 14 April 2024

Fabio Keiner – Yohualtecuhtin

Fabio Keiner – Yohualtecuhtin
[VSS156]

Fabio Keiner

“Yohualtecuhtin”

Yohualtecuhtin “The Lords of the Night” is a project of ambient soundscapes that seeks to interpret the Aztec (Mexica) gods that ruled the hours of the night. Enjoy!
It’s Bandcamp Friday! Support all your favorite artists today :)
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posted 05 April 2024

Cori Matiuss – HELP ACAPULCO

Cori Matiuss – HELP ACAPULCO
[VSS154]

Cori Matiuss

“HELP ACAPULCO”

Acapulco is my place 😪

“El huracán Otis tocó tierra en Acapulco el 25 de octubre de 2023 a las 00:25 horas. Fue un huracán de categoría 5, el más fuerte que ha tocado tierra en las costas del Pacífico mexicano.
El huracán Otis dejó 52 personas muertas y 32 desaparecidas, además de más de 200.000 viviendas afectadas. Se considera el fenómeno natural más devastador de 2023 en México.”

EN:
“Hurricane Otis made landfall in Acapulco on October 25, 2023 at 00:25 hours. It was a category 5 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall on the Mexican Pacific coast.
Hurricane Otis left 52 people dead and 32 missing, in addition to more than 200,000 homes affected. It is considered the most devastating natural phenomenon of 2023 in Mexico.”

Originally self-released on november 14, 2023.

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posted 17 February 2024

Various Artists – Latent Sonorities

Various Artists – Latent Sonorities
[YESNO 109]

Various Artists

“Latent Sonorities”

What might the latent sonorities of ‘traditional’ instruments sound like if their tunings were unlocked for different modernities? Where might the diasporas of trans-Asian sonics intersect and rematriate?

Recorded on September 15th and 16th, 2023 this album features new compositions and semi-improvised work from 8 trans-Asian artists exploring southeast Asian tonalities using traditional instruments, digitized tunings, and sampled recordings.

Thanks to cooperation with Haus der Indonesichen Kulturen – Rumah Budaya Indonesia – Berlin (RBI), select instruments from their Javanese gamelan ensemble were sampled to create Berlin’s first publicly accessible sonic archive of Indonesian instruments and temperaments for electronic musicians.

Following the creation of the sample pack and tuning files, a short residency, open studio, and final performance series of new work using the materials was produced in collaboration with Morphine Raum.

Included with this album download is a PDF booklet where you can get historical background on the instruments and read interviews with stewards, artists, and researchers involved in this project.

The companion site at https://www.latentsonorities.org hosts the sample pack and tuning files recorded and developed by Bilawa Ade Respati and Khyam Allami, an Ableton Live Pack with custom Ableton Instruments by Morgan Sully and Khyam, a Native Instruments Kontact Library, as well as other resources for artists and researchers curious to expand their gamelanic palette.

This open archive has already provoked and stimulated public discourse around the complexities and nuances of musical rematriation, trans-Asian identity, and its political expression through non-Western temperament and tonality.

We hope it serves as a starting point for future exploration of musical cosmologies you may be curious about, a recentering beyond what is sonically inculcated.

This project is co-funded by Musikfonds e.V., Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien/The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media and supported by the National Arts Council of Singapore.

Album Credits:

Sample Pack Consultation, Recording & Digitization:

Bilawa Respati

Khyam Allami

Rabih Beaini

Morgan Sully

Musicians:

Bilawa Ade Respati

Cheryl Ong

Khyam Allami

Mo’ong Santoso Pribadi

Morgan Sully

Pinky Htut Aung

Tusa Montes

Wanton Witch

Mixed by:

Rabih Beaini @rabih__beaini

Mastered by:

Rashad Becker

Artistic Direction:

Morgan Sully

Album Artwork:

Cindy Putri @thckit

Booklet Layout:

Tina Lehnhardt @tina__lehnh

Jan Thedja @_jan_k_

Photography:

Eunice Maurice @hontoo9

Jan Thedja @_jan_k_

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posted 16 February 2024

Corazón – Corazón – Brazilian Edits (TTRaízes Vol. 1)

Corazón – Corazón – Brazilian Edits (TTRaízes Vol. 1)

Corazón

“Corazón – Brazilian Edits (TTRaízes Vol. 1)”

Please welcome the first edition of TTRaízes, our brand new series focusing on edits of Brazilian traditional music. For the grand opening, we invited our dear friend Pablo Arruda aka Corazón, bringing us 10 of his best original edits.

The idea behind the Corazón project is directly linked to the production of the edits in this release. In the attempt to find a different soundscape from the scene in which he was inserted at the time, the artist reached for Brazilian music in a way to form a unique setlist, bringing an original identity to the project.

Therefore, classical and significant music from Brazilian history were carefully selected and went through an experimental process, by studio or by live edits on stage, the songs started to be reconstructed under Pablo’s unique vision.

Originally from Francisco Beltrão in Paraná, Brazil, Pablo is a musician, DJ, and music producer. Now based in Curitiba, he was a drummer for Audac, releasing an album produced by Gordon Raphael, known for his work on The Strokes’ albums “Is This It” and “Room On Fire”. He has performed at festivals such as Popload Gig in São Paulo, Meca Festival in Porto Alegre, and FARM/Picolé at Circo Voador in Rio de Janeiro. He began presenting DJ sets at James Bar, where he was a resident for four years. As a member of GATOPARDØ, he performed at Adhana Festival editions and has five releases under the record label.

Currently, he produces events with Portal Kirin, with Kirin Sets being the main project he’s involved in.

This series will remain a hidden gem in our Bandcamp for obvious reasons. We will invite different artists with edits from different regions of the country, and each edition will come with exclusive and limited cassette tapes.

Follow him around the internet:
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/pablitocorazon
Instagram: www.instagram.com/pablitocorazon
Spotify: open.spotify.com/intl-pt/artist/1zjvUO5Te6TW064KUEORDt?si=YprEGA9xRH2OlugUpPpfGA
Kirin Sets: www.youtube.com/@kirinsets

Curated by
soundcloud.com/ivpalmer
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soundcloud.com/tha_guts
instagram.com/tha_guts

Masters
soundcloud.com/piglion
www.instagram.com/pigmylion

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posted 07 December 2023

YENNU ARIENDRA – Budi Pekerti (Original Score)

YENNU ARIENDRA – Budi Pekerti (Original Score)
[YESNO 108]

YENNU ARIENDRA

“Budi Pekerti (Original Score)”

Budi Pekerti (Andragogy) adalah film drama Indonesia tahun 2023 yang disutradarai dan ditulis oleh Wregas Bhanuteja. Film produksi Rekata Studio serta Kaninga Pictures ini dibintangi oleh Sha Ine Febriyanti, Dwi Sasono, dan Angga Yunanda.

Budi Pekerti menceritakan kisah tentang Bu Prani (Sha Ine Febriyanti), seorang guru BK yang video perselisihannya dengan pengunjung pasar menjadi viral di media sosial.
Akibat tindakannya yang dinilai tidak mencerminkan pribadi seorang guru, ia dan keluarganya mengalami perundungan. Kesalahannya dicari-cari hingga terancam kehilangan pekerjaan.

Original score film ini digarap oleh Yennu Ariendra (Raja Kirik, Y-DRA, Koplotronika).

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posted 05 December 2023

Abu Ama + Bedouin Drone – Dawlat Lībiyyā

Abu Ama + Bedouin Drone – Dawlat Lībiyyā
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Abu Ama + Bedouin Drone

“Dawlat Lībiyyā”

An outstanding collaboration between two artist friends Abu Ama and BedouinDrone who are both renowned for their previous solo releases and collaborations on Mahorka (Abu Ama: “Totem” double cassette, BedouinDrone: “The Border” cassette, “Abandoned Villages” digital, “Taliban” with Runi Graph, “Tipping Point” cassette as Pedro Maras, and their collaboration project shabaH: “1” cassette) and elsewhere.

A very special album that just deserved some very special release edition. The occasion for another Mahorka dream to come true. Yes, it is a pro-pressed 12″ LP with outstanding design courtesy of Brett Tassenon and Angel Draganov.

Released October 14, 2023 as free (cc) digital download and limited (300) pro-pressed 12″ vinyl edition.

The vinyl contains tracks 1-6 of the digital release. The digital release contains one bonus track (7).

Calligraphy art by Brett Tassenon
Cover artwork design by Angel Draganov

“Thanks to Ivo Petrov and the Mahorka crew”

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posted 16 October 2023