So I ordered a CD bundle from Black Mara Records. If you’re reading this on the Instagram pass-through, you’re going to want to click over to warrenellis . ltd for this. It arrived today. It needed to be documented in full.

That describes them well enough. One of the things I have always loved about the internet is being able to listen to music from everywhere. Anyway, this big package arrived.

This all seems normal, right? Beautiful CDs.

Some large CD packs. This is fine. I have many outside CD cases. They’ll fit right next to the big Phurpa pak.

Some handmade stuff is emerging with the handmade CD sleeves. It occurs to me that this may be a spell.

This is lovely.

It’s a box, yes.

what is happening

The little cake is a candle.

This is a book.

So is this.

Beautifully wrapped in fabric, both of them, as you can see, along with another pendant. I actually wear pendants – my usual wear is a slice of the ayahuasca vine, brought back for me from the Peruvian jungle. Now I have several more to choose from every day, all evidently from several parts of Russia.

If you’re curious, it’s this bundle here, I think. I suspect the individual objects will vary from package to package.

I’d already had a few deliveries this morning that delighted me, but this was something else entirely. Thank you, Black Mara. I am amazed.

Not the best photo, but I wanted to get the sticker saved before I unwrapped the disc. Sold by the French label Akuphone, and picked up from their Bandcamp page, where you can give it a listen. Perfect way to start a week of deep focus.

Today is kind of relentless, but I wanted to make sure I logged this:

Preserved Sound:

Preserved Sound is an independent record label based in Hebden Bridge in the north of England. Our philosophy is simple – to release limited edition, hand-assembled albums by artists we like.

Buying records is about more than just the music – although this matters very much to us too – and Preserved Sound hopes to make products that will be cherished far longer than their digital counterparts.

My kind of operation. Delighted to be able to support them. You can listen to their associated artists on their Bandcamp page.

The Senja Recordings is a collection of various outdoor recordings and studio improvisations recorded on the island of Senja, Arctic Norway, between 2015 and 2018. 

Absolutely gorgeous, especially for the deep-focus work day I have in front of me. You can stream the whole thing here. And buy it. I needed a physical copy of this.

Or at least quite a bit of it. I dunno, people seem to like the shelf shots.

Digipaks do tend to lean when you stack them.

You can discover the night ambient curation of Cryo Chamber at their Bandcamp page.

And, yes, the script is going poorly, so I’m taking photos of things.

Well, actually, today is terrible and I feel like death, BUT all these fine things showed up. Top left is Nivhek, which is Grouper/Liz Harris. Bottom left is entitled The Rise Of The Spectral Horizons. And thank you for the lovely note, Alison Cotton!

I have long wanted a complete copy of this, and the new reissue just landed here. Of the many films I wanted to meditate on this year, this collection was close to the top of the list.

Basically that guy who only listens to space ambient and thinks about cosmic horror a lot now

Inbox 12, and I’m out the door for a meeting, but this just showed up, hi bye

This is exquisite, and exactly what I needed on a crazy day with weird weather. It’s gentle balm on a recovering burned brain.