Dark, icy blues and purples dominate the sonic landscape, punctuated by bursts of neon green and pink. Smooth, clean synths evoke the vastness of space, while a steady, pulsing simulates the rhythmic hum of celestial machinery. Faint, whispered textures evoke the mysteries of time, and distant, ethereal choirs whisper secrets of the cosmos. A perfect combination of electronic and electric acoustic.Comments closed
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I was so taken with Imperial Valley’s record AMERICAN MEMORY that, when I learned there was an opportunity to be put on a waitlist for a six-piece handmade CDr collection of the entire Imperial Valley project, I reallocated a non-trivial sum of money and sent the email. A week later, a sizeable package arrived from Ireland. And look at them all. Lovely A5 folders, and a note to handle the CDs by their edges only.
This IG post is where I heard about the waitlist for these physical editions. This Bandcamp page is where the entire catalogue can be streamed and purchased as digital albums. I am very happy to have them as real objects to play and preserve.
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I’m acquainted with the wonderful Finnish band Paavoharju. I’m woefully behind on all logging, but a couple of weeks ago I took delivery of a care package they and their friends put together for me. I’ll try to break down each piece individually here over the next few weeks.
In the meantime, here’s Paavoharju’s most recent, and the last time I bought a bunch from the fine Finnish label Fonal. I discovered the Finnish scene back in the 00’s, I think, and I have been buying music and art from there ever since.
Unexpected gifts like this leave me lost for words. Thank you.
Comments closedThis is a monster, from the MONUMENT podcast, and I wanted to save it.
Fresh off the release of her excellent debut album ‘Percussive reverie’, we welcome Aerae for MNMT 462. Aerae’s music is shaped by the organic and unpredictable forces of the natural world. In the hands of the rising French artist, techno, downtempo and drum & bass are molded into unrecognizable forms, where evolving textures lock into enveloping and ritualistic grooves.
Tune in now for a deep trip diving into the psychedelic pulse of Aerae’s sound. As the mix descends into the abyss of sonic sorcery and tribalistic hypnotism, you just might lose yourself, or your grip on reality – but for a mix this good it’s a price worth paying.
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“Humans have always looked to animals to understand ourselves better, and though the bones may be the same, our needs and meanings have changed. This is like a modern day Medieval Bestiary in sound, but instead of collecting the real and imagined animals and beasts of the past to teach morals, I am trying to capture the feral essence of the beasts for a few minutes before setting them free again.
It feels like a catch and release of emotion, of sound and of understanding. The animals serve as inspiration for my playing, the instruments I play feel like creatures to me, they breathe and fly and spin off in unexpected directions.”
I remain in awe of the beauty of her work and her insane production speed. I love that she can generate a year of EPs as well as full albums scattered through each year. Absolutely inspirational.
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‘Mirror Ascend’ brings the record full circle. This time, however, the ominous drones have been replaced with a simple guitar melody and distant peals of saxophone. It’s a moment of unabashed beauty that feels like clouds parting after a storm. By the end of this evocatively autumnal album, Mirrored Daughters have wandered deep into the forest, but are finally out of the woods.
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Comments closedComments closedFor this Monument Recordings sessions we present Spectribe a longstanding and well respected DJ and Sound Engineer based in Poland.
Here he shares an ambient voyage recorded on 28th July 2024 during Salon Ambientu, curated by Up to Date Festival and Muse Festival.
Fell in love with this instantly.
Italian artist Jolanda Moletta returns following her acclaimed 2022 album Nine Spells, which reconnected her with her female ancestors with a new album called Night Caves. This is a transformative album that delves deep into themes of ancestry, nature, and inner exploration. Through field recordings and vocal performances captured inside ancient sea and mountain caves in Italy, Jolanda forged a profound connection between her music and the land, weaving a sonic narrative of healing, self-discovery, and belonging.
For fans of Julianna Barwick, but very much its own thing.
3 CommentsKate Molleson returns to Venice, with more music from last year’s Biennale Musica, as well as music from the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra. Plus music by Olga Neuwirth and Richard Baker, performed by the UPROAR Ensemble in Merthyr Tydfil last year. And the latest in new releases.
Opens with a marvellous piece by Charlemagne Palestine.
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These recordings show a bold mix : breathtaking a cappella interpretations of the Octonaires de la Vanité du Monde by Paschal de L’Estocart (1582)and pieces from the Geneva Psalter (1562) meet the reworkings of Sylvain Chauveau. The voices of chant 1450, trained in early music, sing these pieces with lyrics about transience full of emotion and elegance.
Sylvain Chauveau processed individual pieces electronically, whereby transience remains sonically present in his always surprising versions. The reworkings do not take early music as a fixed, quasi-museum repertoire, but as a starting point for something new – everything is in flux, is reinterpreted, changes. A wonderful stream of fantastic music emerges, with ancient and contemporary music coming closer together than one might initially expect
I love takes on early music. For me, there’s always something wintry about them. This is beautiful music for cold days, ringing off imagined frosty stone.
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