30 Tuesday Aug 2022
Posted in Ambient, Classical/Neo-Classical, Experimental, Mixing
Materiaal Series, Part XV
This is the first half of the Oct. 12 2018 live performance on WPRB’s Program ‘Music with Space’ in Princeton, NJ.
Recorded to 2-track stereo.
Released March 8, 2019
Bernhard Wöstheinrich – Roland Juno 60, Moog Minimoog Model D (Reissue), Electronics, Live-Arrangement
Editing and mastering: Markus Reuter
Cover drawing: Christine Kriegerowski
Special thanks to Mike Hunter and George “G$” Bley
26 Friday Aug 2022
Posted in Uncategorized
Tomotsugu Nakamura is a musician and graphic designer residing in Tokyo, Japan. His primary artistic practice is to compose music with some fragments of minimal acoustic and electronic tones and some field recordings. In Concert, he has played with various genre of musicians and his works have been released by Kaico, Audiobulb Records, and more recently by the recent label LAAPS.
’’Nothing Left Behind’’ is his second release on LAAPS after his well acclaimed album “Literature” released in July 2020.
All songs written and produced by Tomotsugu Nakamura
Recorded between May 2020 and September 2021
Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Russell Burden
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
23 Tuesday Aug 2022
Posted in Uncategorized
Released June 18, 2022
by Jacek Doroszenko, various electronics, bells, prepared piano, field recordings, sound installation recordings
by Jacek Doroszenko, various electronics, bells, various analogue synths
21 Sunday Aug 2022
Posted by gabulmer | Filed under Ambient, Classical/Neo-Classical, Ether-Jazz, Experimental, Jazz Fusion, Mixing, Noise, Post Rock, Rock, Tech/Glitch
19 Friday Aug 2022
Posted in Ambient, Ether-Jazz, Experimental, Jazz Fusion
Cellist GUILHERME RODRIGUES (Portugal, residing in Berlin) and guitarist DIRK SERRIES teamed up for a chamber music-esque session at the Sunny Side Inc. Studio (Anderlecht, Belgium). THE SAGE FLOWER is that collection of detailed interaction, acoustic outbursts and linear minimalism*. The album is released in a limited run of 100 copies on the prolific Creative Sources label from Portugal
Recorded, mixed and mastered at the Sunny Side Inc. Studio (Anderlecht, Belgium) on March 13th, 2022. Released on Creative Sources.
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[My two cents: outbursts of din, overlapping stochastic bursts, oft-times caustic reverberation, musical janglings, danglings . . as well as occasional chords and even . . . notes!].
A podcast is forthcoming . . . as soon as I can wrap my head (and ears) around this latest flurry . . !
;- )
Released July 12, 2022
Guilherme Rodrigues : cello
Dirk Serries : archtop guitar
Photography by Martina Verhoeven www.martinaverhoeven.com
www.creativesourcesrec.com
www.newwaveofjazz.com
www.guilhermerodrigues.net
14 Sunday Aug 2022
Posted in Ambient, Ether-Jazz, Experimental, Jazz Fusion, Mixing, Noise
Arid Desert Flower | Avant-Garde/Ether-Jazz/Jazz/Noise | 79:19
Eclectic combinations of scratchy noise disguised as music (sometimes bordering on melody!); extraneous machinations and utterances never before heard via strings, woodwinds & reeds!
Predominantly sourced from A New Wave of Jazz’s recent (June ~ August) catalog releases, this also introduces works by Ensemble Ektòs, rand (rand will appear on September’s #ambient podcast as well) & Matthew Whiteside — which fit in perfectly with the avant-garde/experimental sound for which I was striving.
(the title & art were driven by one of the albums represented herein: The Sage Flower, by Guilherme Rodrigues & Dirk Serries).
A pleasure in the construction, I’ve watched (and listened) to the various iterations of A New Wave of Jazz over these past several years — and have tried to keep up with the innovation & improvisation presented with each new bundle of releases. I think that this podcast represents, thus far, the best I’ve heard to date. It stands upon the shoulders of previous compositions and yet, incredibly, inches forward & onward!
(and, btw, check out Martina Verhoeven’s whirl-wind piano-work on track 12!)
Listen via Mixcloud or Hear.This
01 Hydra Ensemble – Vista IV (excerpt)
02 Dirk Serries & Asmus Tietchens – Höfner Akte 8A/8
03 Ensemble Ektòs – Semèia Kài Tèrata (parts 1 ~ 6)
04 Guilherme Rodrigues & Dirk Serries – Punctuation Marks
05 Dirk Serries, Anton Mobin & Quentin Stokart – Stochastic Regions (1.8)
06 Ensemble Ektòs – Semèia Kài Tèrata (part 14)
07 Dirk Serries, Daniel Thompson & Martina Verhoeven – Today & All the Tomorrows (l)
08 rand – 9.3
09 Guilherme Rodrigues & Dirk Serries – Temperal
10 Tullis Rennie, Cath Roberts & Dirk Serries – Moving Sideways
11 Matthew Whiteside – Quartet No. 5 (Remix)
12 Onno Govaert, Martina Verhoeven & Dirk Serries – Twofold (l)
13 Colin Webster & Matthew Grigg – Brain Free Circus
14 Alan Wilkinson & Dirk Serries – Upshot
13 Saturday Aug 2022
Posted in Ambient, Ether-Jazz, Experimental
12 Friday Aug 2022
Posted in Uncategorized
This is a very nice V/A collection from Ultimae (a la D.J. Christian Samsara): ambient, mid-range techno/electronica & downtempo, dub-soaked beats! For me, personally, I get lost in the rhythms & tempos – listening via ear-buds especially when working out or running.
It balances the fine line of dreaminess & intentionally focused & engaging electronica; capturing the listening side of my brain so that the push-ups, pull-ups, crunches & stretching become easier (given that my brain is now otherwise occupied!)
I’m not posting this as audio — but I’ve remixed the tracks from slowest-to-fastest (see bottom of this page).
Thanks very much for another great V/A release, Ultimae!
Released last month (July).
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Ultimae proudly presents “ISOLATED”, a various artists compilation selected by Danish DJ Christian Samsara with a definite ambient and cinematic downtempo spirit.
The 10 track story presents exquisite tracks by Christian Samsara, Martin Nonstatic, AES Dana, Erot, Lauge, Claudio PRC, Sonmi451, Miktek and newcomer to our realm, ASC.
It reveals remarkable nuance and depth of field, fuses intricate rhythmic patterns and atmospheric elements with evocative melodies conveying a gentle mesmerizing power. A feeling of wandering and softened yearning fills the air; isolation, according to Christian Samsara, heightens our senses and brings up a deeper resonance with music and nature.
Released July 4, 2022
Written & Produced by Various Artists
Selected by Christian Samsara
Audio Mastering By Vincent Villuis at Ultimae Studios (studios@ultimae.com)
Photo credits : Annie Spratt
Tracks:
Isolated (remix) | Ultimae Records/Ambient Landscape | 82:49
01 SONM451 – Glacially Slow
02 ASC – Solitude
03 James Murray & Francis M Gri – Toma *
04 EROT & Christian Samsara – Silicium
05 AES Dana & Miktek – Lavender
06 AES Dana – A Bluetiful Day (ground edit)
07 Martin Nonstatic – Layers of Space
08 Erot – Moraine
09 Lauge – Oceanography (in motion edit)
10 Eskostatic – Sky Cottage *
11 Claudio PRC – Arctic Movement
12 Martin Nonstatic – Hidden Depths
13 J.Peter Schwalm, Stephan Thelen
(w. Eivind Aarset, Tim Harries, Manuel Pasquinelli) – Quaoar *
Tracks added, not appearing on ‘ISOLATED’
10 Wednesday Aug 2022
Posted in Ambient, Ether-Jazz, Experimental, Jazz Fusion
Sometimes reckless meanderings, finger plucking & excursions, dancing around the concept of Avant-Garde, causative sonance.
Released June 13, 2022
Dirk Serries : acoustic guitar
Asmus Tietchens : processing
Iris Pompesius – photo
Karajew – graphic art
08 Monday Aug 2022
Posted in Ambient, Classical/Neo-Classical, Experimental, Jazz Fusion, Mixing, Noise, Tech/Glitch
You could write a review about this new release by rand and call it a piano & electronica album; or you could label it an ambient album, or a neo-classical fusion album; perhaps an experimental album or a soft-techno & glitch album; you could even label it a Jazz or an Ether-Jazz album . . .
. . . and, in every case, you’d be right!
I’m labeling it a predominantly Jazz-based album (think ECM) with crossover ventures into ALL of the areas delineated above. What it is . . . is a beautiful set of piano pieces with (mostly) beatless, techno machinations, clicks, pops, swells & whirs woven brilliantly & seamlessly throughout . . . skilled sonic architecture.
The piano playing reminds me of Raphael Loher (Kali Trio) or Lucca Fries (Hely) with a hint of Nik Bärtsch floating in the background. The electronics provide an ethereal skyline for the piano’s grounded-ness: soft & hard compositional frameworks accompanied by soft, to mid, to slightly harsh techno/electronic treatments.
It certainly represents a new direction in crossover-genre, fluidly Jazz-based experimental sound; with each track a new beginning within the adventure (we’ll explore their 2 previous EP’s, i & ii in a future post).
Standout tracks for me:
9.3, San Gimigano, Permanent Green, Siegfried 2.0
Rand (Frank Bogdanowitz & Jan Gerdes) deftly capture the listener’s aural attention (as well as their imagination) with the debut of Peripherie – out September 9th!
Tracks:
A1 – Hoola
A2 – Drangsal
A3 – 9.3.
A4 – Siegfried 2.0
B1 – Permanent Green
B2 – Blood Moon
B3 – San Gimignano
rand will appear on 2 upcoming A.L. podcasts: an Avant-Garde/Experimental Jazz show this Sunday evening (U.S. eastern time zone); and an Ambient show in mid- September.
Additional information:
https://twitter.com/rand_2019
https://www.instagram.com/rand_gerdes_dr.nojoke
https://www.facebook.com/randmusic
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQmRodkdLP1sAuBqpyqRooA
https://soundcloud.com/rand_gerdes_drnojoke
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Digressions & musings on Ambient, Electronica, Mixing & the Ether
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