
Excellent packaging on the new ALONE IN THE HOLLOW GARDEN record.

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Excellent packaging on the new ALONE IN THE HOLLOW GARDEN record.


An unusual and lovely thing: a promo CD for Alison Cotton’s forthcoming 10-inch vinyl release THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND. Incredibly kind of her to pass on. And Alison asks, at her @alison_cotton Twitter place, if that you are in a position to review or arrange radioplay, that you get in touch with her for a promo CD.
It is, as expected, marvellous.
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All available from brawlrecords bandcamp com. A happy start to my day. Thank you, Laura.
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All from coldspring bandcamp com.
We have here Egregore and Shrines For The Unwanted, Respite For The Cast Aside by Common Eider, King Eider. Fimbulvinter by Nytt Land. ᛉᛦ – Algir; eller Algir i Merkstave by Trepaneringsritualen. And the magnificent Twll Du by Llyn Y Cwn, which I’m listening to right now.
Comments closedI mentioned this extraordinary record the other day. It was obviously necessary to own it on physical media. You can buy it too – it shipped out to me really fast.

Please excuse the slight crookedness of the photo, it has been A Day already
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The one top left is 景 by 光淵 (Pool Of Light).
The other three are ITANGEON’s Summer Solstice bundle.
A quiet happy morning.
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I discovered this a few months ago, and only just got around to picking it up. It is nine improvised soundscapes with no edits. It is, as you may imagine from the title, like listening to someone paint the sky. There are raw, rumbling textures that are very nearly the sound of the pigment against the tooth of the paper. MORPHING CLOUDS is a good place to be tonight.
Comments closedThe other Laraaji record I wanted on physical, the superb collaboration with Blues Control, arrived. It’s worth it for “Freeflow” alone.

The one below is what I’m listening to right now. It’s a space between certain musics and methods. A couple of different generations of ambient styles, traditional and classical musics, early instruments and digital futures. It’s calm and explorational. I want to live inside it for the rest of the day.

The FRKWYS series has been inspirational.
yes i’m a writer who talks about music all the time deal with it
Comments closedMy vision is so fucked up today I have no idea if this photo is blurry or not:

The øjeRum, WITHOUT BLOOD THE SUN DARKENS, is an hour-long landscape-soundscape, and it’s helping.
The MUUR, entitled BOD, is also an hour long, and is far more like listening into a weird ritual under a mystery cult temple. One for late nights when I’m trying to think.
Both available through Cyclic Law.
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