Michel Banabila‘s latest release, inspired by the Juno Jupiter mission * Cerfilic‘s quiet and unhurried string music resembles the work of The Stars of the Lid * and a massive (11+ hr) free anniversary gift from the Taâlem label.
New split drone album by [Law-Rah] Collective and Cinema Perdu, Celer‘s tribute to his great-uncle (who drowned in the ocean near Hammamet), and introducing the 18-member acoustic drone ensemble Book of Air with ‘VVolk’
A long awaited new album by Solo Andata – The debut album from Claire M. Singer (on the Touch label) – and drones(/notdrones) by Derek Piotr
Abstract electro-acoustic soundscape collections: fascinating new releases from Bjarni Gunnarsson, Pierce Warnecke and N.E. Trethowan
Drones for the start of summer season:
With music by Xiu Xiu, Christina Vantzou, Hilde Marie Holsen, Michel Banabila, Barton Rage & Bill Laswell, J. Peter Schwalm, Ricardo Donoso (in a Thomas Köner Remix), Joe Frawley, How to Disappear Completely and a remarkable rework of 60 different recordings of Gymnopédie 1
Because of the drones, atmospheric field recordings and insect sounds, this mix will be labeled as an ‘ambient’ mix by most listeners.
And of course it is…. but at the same time it isn’t.
It simply isn’t ‘unobtrusive’ enough to be ‘ambient’.
An hour-long journey of scene changes, meandering between *Kitsch* and *Kult* – a bit more ‘psychedelic’ than ‘ambient’, in fact.
Tiny Portraits of an Old Writer, Music and Buildings (and Music), and the everyday lifecycle of Eat, Drink, Shop, Relax…
(Shortlist featuring new releases by Quiet Noise, Tiny Portraits, Bionulor and Lucy)
Edgar Varèse defined music as ‘organized sound’…
This shortlist presents some fine examples of ‘organized sound’: the final chapter of Multicast Dynamics’ four-part series, audio/visual experiments from Tobias Freund & Valentina Berthelon, urban dreamscapes from Mario Gronnert and CommonSen5E, and, to conclude, a work by Richard Eigner that may best demonstrate why Varèse’s definition is a good one.
Saffronkeira presents his work in various collaborations, Orson Hentschel feeds the tape with estranged sound material.
A return to roots as well as a bright look into the future: Guy Gelem returns to his homeland roots, while Denzel & Huhn define a fresh new Krautrock direction.
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