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Daniel[i] & Purl - A1. Daniel[i] & Purl – Pulsate
2
Daniel[i] & Purl - A2. Daniel[i] & Purl – Compensate
3
Daniel[i] & Purl - B1. Daniel[i] & Purl – Intimidate
4
Daniel[i] & Purl - B2. Daniel[i] & Purl – Resonate
Genre : Techno - Ambient
Tracklist 12" :
a1 Daniel[i] & Purl – Pulsate
a2 Daniel[i] & Purl – Compensate
b1 Daniel[i] & Purl – Intimidate
b2 Daniel[i] & Purl – Resonate
LISTENERS GUIDE - WHS03
The infinitive is the basic dictionary form of a verb when used
non-finitely. It is also the form chosen by Daniel[i] and Purl
for the tracks of WHS 03: return to the basics, simplicity,
pure nature distilled into music.
Pulsate starts with an ethereal soundscape, created to then
open to a deeper underwater exploration. There´s a universe
down there and the listener will be guided to appreciate its
beauty: lanternfish giving the tempo of this journey, marine
life to marvel at. We take a step back to observe and fill our
eyes and ears. We come back to the surface, finding peace and
calm.
Opening in a slow, thoughtful and majestic way, Compensate is a
hymn to balance. Since the very beginning, the listener will
notice a contrast between gloomy atmospheres and lighter
sounds, resulting in a chasing sensation that´s uncomfortable,
yet fascinating. Desire to explore, together with acceptance,
surrender to the things we simply can´t understand as humans.
The listener is then invited to explore darker, faster, more
pounding atmospheres. Intimidate anticipate it all in its title
: sounds, tempos, images, they all chase each other to create
an atmosphere that's daunting and fascinating at the same time.
A track to accompany one's journey, be it real or spiritual, a
trip where we let things happen as they come, accepting the
flow of life.
Resonate closes the B side drawing with sounds the depth of our
natural state. Close your eyes and transport yourself in lost
woods, alone in a tent at sunset, when the day is almost over
and ready to make room for the night. The wood is speaking, the
animals are awake, it's frightening but incredibly beautiful.
Crickets are singing their songs, frogs are bouncing from one
pond to another, water connects with air, resonate with earth
and with the smallnes of man in the face of nature._ Format : digital and 12" vinyl.
_ Catalogue : WHS03
_ Original work produced, written and mixed by Daniel Danieli &
Ludvig Cimbrellius.
_ Visual art by Polygonia.
_ Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci at Enisslab Studio in Rome.
_ Pressed at RandMuzik in Leipzig.
_ Distributed by wordandsound.
_ Listeners guide written by Stefania Trinchero
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Tracklist 12" :
a1 Daniel[i] & Purl – Pulsate
a2 Daniel[i] & Purl – Compensate
b1 Daniel[i] & Purl – Intimidate
b2 Daniel[i] & Purl – Resonate
LISTENERS GUIDE - WHS03
The infinitive is the basic dictionary form of a verb when used
non-finitely. It is also the form chosen by Daniel[i] and Purl
for the tracks of WHS 03: return to the basics, simplicity,
pure nature distilled into music.
Pulsate starts with an ethereal soundscape, created to then
open to a deeper underwater exploration. There´s a universe
down there and the listener will be guided to appreciate its
beauty: lanternfish giving the tempo of this journey, marine
life to marvel at. We take a step back to observe and fill our
eyes and ears. We come back to the surface, finding peace and
calm.
Opening in a slow, thoughtful and majestic way, Compensate is a
hymn to balance. Since the very beginning, the listener will
notice a contrast between gloomy atmospheres and lighter
sounds, resulting in a chasing sensation that´s uncomfortable,
yet fascinating. Desire to explore, together with acceptance,
surrender to the things we simply can´t understand as humans.
The listener is then invited to explore darker, faster, more
pounding atmospheres. Intimidate anticipate it all in its title
: sounds, tempos, images, they all chase each other to create
an atmosphere that's daunting and fascinating at the same time.
A track to accompany one's journey, be it real or spiritual, a
trip where we let things happen as they come, accepting the
flow of life.
Resonate closes the B side drawing with sounds the depth of our
natural state. Close your eyes and transport yourself in lost
woods, alone in a tent at sunset, when the day is almost over
and ready to make room for the night. The wood is speaking, the
animals are awake, it's frightening but incredibly beautiful.
Crickets are singing their songs, frogs are bouncing from one
pond to another, water connects with air, resonate with earth
and with the smallnes of man in the face of nature._ Format : digital and 12" vinyl.
_ Catalogue : WHS03
_ Original work produced, written and mixed by Daniel Danieli &
Ludvig Cimbrellius.
_ Visual art by Polygonia.
_ Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci at Enisslab Studio in Rome.
_ Pressed at RandMuzik in Leipzig.
_ Distributed by wordandsound.
_ Listeners guide written by Stefania Trinchero
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SHORT INFO:
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SHORT INFO:
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Genre : Techno - Ambient
Tracklist 12" :
a1 Daniel[i] – Jalada
a2 Daniel[i] – Jalada (Wa Wu We Ventilation)
b1 Daniel[i] – Jalada (Feral Night Vision)
b2 Daniel[i] – Jalada (Illuvia Inversion)
LISTENERS GUIDE – WHS 01
It all starts with Jalada, an ocean of possibilities. It commences with whisper,
root-energy of the label, carefully and wisely performed by each of the four
tracks part of this record.
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everything, like mist surrounding a pond whose colors are reverberating all
around. Jalada paints with sound the shades of spring, engaging in a beautiful
dance with Mother Nature, exploring with attentive eyes, and ends with a
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anchored to a natural environment: meditative, collective dance. Dense
soundscapes, immersive pads, frequencies in constant motion, techno filled with
lifeblood. Happily walking in nature, the listener is invited to look around.
The wind blows constantly, shaping melodies, expanding textures, bringing
darkness at times, light altering the surroundings at others. However, nothing
can change the direction and determination of this joyful stroll.
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at night. Little bells like stars lighting up create a multidimensional,
shamanic atmosphere. Fascinating as the night itself, this version is both
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beginning that was a journey already. Percussive elements in the background
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Tracklist 12" :
a1 Daniel[i] – Jalada
a2 Daniel[i] – Jalada (Wa Wu We Ventilation)
b1 Daniel[i] – Jalada (Feral Night Vision)
b2 Daniel[i] – Jalada (Illuvia Inversion)
LISTENERS GUIDE – WHS 01
It all starts with Jalada, an ocean of possibilities. It commences with whisper,
root-energy of the label, carefully and wisely performed by each of the four
tracks part of this record.
Daniel[i] starts in medias res, with muffled sounds that seem to embrace
everything, like mist surrounding a pond whose colors are reverberating all
around. Jalada paints with sound the shades of spring, engaging in a beautiful
dance with Mother Nature, exploring with attentive eyes, and ends with a
delicate coda that leaves the listener hungry for more.
Jalada’s first treatment is by Wa Wu We. We move to the outer world, still being
anchored to a natural environment: meditative, collective dance. Dense
soundscapes, immersive pads, frequencies in constant motion, techno filled with
lifeblood. Happily walking in nature, the listener is invited to look around.
The wind blows constantly, shaping melodies, expanding textures, bringing
darkness at times, light altering the surroundings at others. However, nothing
can change the direction and determination of this joyful stroll.
Feral steps in for the second rework, where his signature touch sets the scene
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shamanic atmosphere. Fascinating as the night itself, this version is both
primed for the dancefloor and reminiscent of a ritual in nature, where space and
time have no meaning. Haunting yet earthbound: the song of Syrens for nocturnal
beings.
The last treatment brings magic in: slower whispering, a diaphanous atmosphere,
watery sounds forging an enchanted universe. Illuvia is the rain bringing the
listener back to that misty pond, dripping sweat framing a candid smile after a
night of dancing. Solo collection of all thoughts, somehow needed for a
beginning that was a journey already. Percussive elements in the background
suggest a sort of uneasiness. Eventually nothing bad happens, dissolving into a
blissful end that maybe is just another beginning
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LISTENERS GUIDE - WHS02
Sit tight, keep an open mind, let the balm of music surround you.
You are one of the multitude, in a collective listening act.
The nocturnal cicadas will guide your steps into Olorun’s enchanted world.
Asiento is gentle yet brave, attentive yet curious, the feeling at the start of
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accelerating your pulse: a need for exotic places. Accept it and savour it.
Tribal rhythm of the unknown, a pleasant memory of our past and the anchor to
the natural world. Intrigued by a flock of birds flying high, cherish the beauty
of this haven of sweetness immersed in lush nature.
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world, especially because we can’t fully comprehend it. The adventurous Spirit
will show us the beauty of Gaia.
Aroüagues brings in ancestral voices to chase the listener, organic percussion
to create magical soundscapes. Like a sturdy shell that passes through foggy
textures, this is a moving meditation. The connection with the natural world is
reminded by the sound of the cicadas.
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b2 Olorun – Aroüagues (Daniel[i] Amalgam)
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Sit tight, keep an open mind, let the balm of music surround you.
You are one of the multitude, in a collective listening act.
The nocturnal cicadas will guide your steps into Olorun’s enchanted world.
Asiento is gentle yet brave, attentive yet curious, the feeling at the start of
any journey, real or imagined. You can feel a light summery breeze on your skin,
accelerating your pulse: a need for exotic places. Accept it and savour it.
Tribal rhythm of the unknown, a pleasant memory of our past and the anchor to
the natural world. Intrigued by a flock of birds flying high, cherish the beauty
of this haven of sweetness immersed in lush nature.
Yoruba is a delicate ode to movement, a cinematic fantasy of this adventure
through the jungle. Pulsing, chasing, echoing: we are fascinated by the natural
world, especially because we can’t fully comprehend it. The adventurous Spirit
will show us the beauty of Gaia.
Aroüagues brings in ancestral voices to chase the listener, organic percussion
to create magical soundscapes. Like a sturdy shell that passes through foggy
textures, this is a moving meditation. The connection with the natural world is
reminded by the sound of the cicadas.
Daniel[i]’s Amalgam is a liquid sculpture, modeled on the crescendo of this
short but delightful voyage. Fog has become warm, a sense of rarefaction to come
full circle, creating a twirling, bouncing sense of dance, a place where getting
lost again and again. A place where appreciating the untouched beauty of this
universe, in times where this seems the most difficult thing to do.
a1 Olorun – Asiento
a2 Olorun – Yoruba
b1 Olorun – Aroüagues
b2 Olorun – Aroüagues (Daniel[i] Amalgam)
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2 Por Una No Clara Razón
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7 Atardecer
8 Otonno
9 Petalos y Cenizas
Short info:
Bélver Yin's soul mining odysseys have been unjustly overlooked for three decades. An anomaly in the Spanish alt-pop scene, their forlorn instrumentals and ethereal romanticism would have struck a chord in the British league of Felt, The Chameleons, Cocteau Twins and Dif Juz, leaving their 1991 debut Luz Bel deserving of reappraisal.
While coining their band name from a Jesús Ferrero novel and quoting Laozi philosophy on album sleeves, Bélver Yin create illuminating textures that unlock a wordless language of memory and adolescent emotion. Formed in Salamanca by self-taught musicians Pedro Ortega Sánchez and José María Martín, the guitar-bass duo spent two years crafting their divine interplay with interim drummers before submitting a demo to Noisex Music, their only attempt at label courting. The phone rang mere days later with owner and producer Bernar Marks (The Dust Sessions) offering to cut an album and the band ventured to Valencia with cloud-touching optimism soon after.
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TRACKLISTS:
A1. A Little Beat
A2. Wrong Chord
B1. Check Your Hat
B2. Feel Communication
SHORT INFO:
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TRACKLISTS:
A1. A Little Beat
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SHORT INFO:
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LP - RE MASTER - Part of the V.I.R.U.S series
GENRE/S: Ambient/ Electronic
Info
Initially released in 2006, ‘Revep’ is the third collaboration album between Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto and the third installment of V.I.R.U.S.’s five albums series.
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The album’s original recordings resulted from musical exchanges that began with ‘Vrioon’ and revolved around a collaborative arrangement of Sakamoto’s classic ‘Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence,’ the theme music
to the 1983 movie starring David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano, and Ryuichi Sakamoto himself.
In ‘Revep,’ the piano takes the lead while the padded bass and pitched electronic frequencies mark sudden change. Deeply evocative and effortlessly colliding worlds of analog beauty and digital mastery,
this album is considered another indispensable record from the duo’s ongoing collaboration.
ALBUM ART DESIGNED BY CARSTEN NICOLAI
MASTERING BY BO @ CALYX
TRACKLIST:
LP Tracklisting:
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: Siisx
Playtime: 00:07:24
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719499
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: City Radieuse
Playtime: 00:07:48
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719502
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: Mur
Playtime: 00:08:14
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719500
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: Veru 1
Playtime: 00:08:01
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719503
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: ax Mr. L
Playtime: 00:04:18
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719501
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: Veru 2
Playtime: 00:05:15
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719504
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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GENRE/S: Ambient/ Electronic
Info
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The video shot at le Corbusier’s Unité D’Habitation in Nantes (called ‘cité radieuse’) takes the viewer through the modular system and design applied to the residential buildings. The film’s narrative unfolds
through a sequence of images tracking the apartments’ indoor space and details, and points to the different benchmarks of standardized production as they correlate to their environment and its inhabitants.
The album’s original recordings resulted from musical exchanges that began with ‘Vrioon’ and revolved around a collaborative arrangement of Sakamoto’s classic ‘Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence,’ the theme music
to the 1983 movie starring David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano, and Ryuichi Sakamoto himself.
In ‘Revep,’ the piano takes the lead while the padded bass and pitched electronic frequencies mark sudden change. Deeply evocative and effortlessly colliding worlds of analog beauty and digital mastery,
this album is considered another indispensable record from the duo’s ongoing collaboration.
ALBUM ART DESIGNED BY CARSTEN NICOLAI
MASTERING BY BO @ CALYX
TRACKLIST:
LP Tracklisting:
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: Siisx
Playtime: 00:07:24
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719499
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: City Radieuse
Playtime: 00:07:48
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719502
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: Mur
Playtime: 00:08:14
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719500
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: Veru 1
Playtime: 00:08:01
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719503
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: ax Mr. L
Playtime: 00:04:18
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719501
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto; Ryuichi Sakamoto
Title: Veru 2
Playtime: 00:05:15
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719504
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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1
Yutaka Hirose - Reflection
2
Yutaka Hirose - Fluctuation
3
Yutaka Hirose - Light From Clouds
4
Yutaka Hirose - Air To Feel Outside
5
Yutaka Hirose - Inner Voice
6
Yutaka Hirose - Looking Back
7
Yutaka Hirose - The Breath Of Cyberspace
8
Yutaka Hirose - Babel’s Library
9
Yutaka Hirose - Cross Section Of The Underground
10
Yutaka Hirose - Voice From Past Technology
11
Yutaka Hirose - Study For Scientists
DLP: 350gsm Sleeve, Sticker, Liner Notes
Tracklisting DLP
A1. Reflection
A2. Fluctuation
B1. Light From Clouds
B2. Air To Feel Outside
B3. Inner Voice
C1. Looking Back
C2. The Breath Of Cyberspace
C3. Babel’s Library
D1. Cross Section Of The Underground
D2. Voice From Past Technology
D3. Study For Scientists
Release Info:
Info
WRWTFWW Records couldn't be happier to announce the release of Yutaka Hirose’s never-heard before 11-track collection TRACE: Sound Design Works 1986-1989, available on double LP and double CD, with liner notes from the artist.
TRACE is a collection of 11 unreleased tracks produced by Yutaka Hirose between 1986 and 1989, during the Sound Process Design sessions, right after the release of his classic Soundscape series album Nova. Sound Process Design was Satoshi Ashikawa's label, home of the Wave Notation trilogy (Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Music For Nine Postcards, Satsuki Shibano's Erik Satie 1866-1925 and Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way). Following Wave Notation, Sound Process Design worked with museums, cafes and bars to create site-specific soundscapes, starting with the sound design of the Kushiro Museum. Yutaka Hirose was called to work on these projects.
Rather than simply providing pre-recorded compositions, Hirose sought to create a "sound scenery". To achieve this, he participated in the conception of the space and paid particular attention to the accidental combination of sounds by placing the speakers, using a multi-sound source, and following the concept of "sculpturing time through sound".
The composer explains: "sculpturing time through sound means that time, the space itself, the sound played in it, and the audience all become one sculpture. It is close to the idea of a Japanese tea ceremony where you use all of your 5 (or 6) senses to taste the tea."
TRACE: Sound Design Works 1986-1989 is divided into two parts. The Reflection segment is based on an ambient soundscape. It narrates "a sleep that starts with the sound of water droplets at dawn and slowly disappears into darkness" and feels like a natural and soothing progression of Nova. It was played in entrance halls, at events, in cafes and bars. The Voice from Past Technology segment expresses the dream world born out of that sleep and is based on what Yukata Hirose calls hardcore ambient, environmental music with a noise approach. It was played in museums and science centers.
All in all, TRACE is a crucial addition to every Japanese environmental music fan’s collection, alongside Midori Takada’s Through The Looking Glass, Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Green, Satoshi Ashikawa’s Still Way, Motohiko Hamase’s Notes of Forestry, Inoyamaland’s Danzindan-Pojidon, and Yutaka Hirose’s very own Nova.
Points of interests
- For fans of environmental, minimalism, ambient, furniture music, Satoshi Ashikawa, Midori Takada, Hiroshi Yoshimura, entrance halls, museums, and time sculptures.
- 11 never-heard tracks from Yutaka Hirose (Nova) recorded between 1986 and 1989, available on Double LP and Double CD.
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Tracklisting DLP
A1. Reflection
A2. Fluctuation
B1. Light From Clouds
B2. Air To Feel Outside
B3. Inner Voice
C1. Looking Back
C2. The Breath Of Cyberspace
C3. Babel’s Library
D1. Cross Section Of The Underground
D2. Voice From Past Technology
D3. Study For Scientists
Release Info:
Info
WRWTFWW Records couldn't be happier to announce the release of Yutaka Hirose’s never-heard before 11-track collection TRACE: Sound Design Works 1986-1989, available on double LP and double CD, with liner notes from the artist.
TRACE is a collection of 11 unreleased tracks produced by Yutaka Hirose between 1986 and 1989, during the Sound Process Design sessions, right after the release of his classic Soundscape series album Nova. Sound Process Design was Satoshi Ashikawa's label, home of the Wave Notation trilogy (Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Music For Nine Postcards, Satsuki Shibano's Erik Satie 1866-1925 and Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way). Following Wave Notation, Sound Process Design worked with museums, cafes and bars to create site-specific soundscapes, starting with the sound design of the Kushiro Museum. Yutaka Hirose was called to work on these projects.
Rather than simply providing pre-recorded compositions, Hirose sought to create a "sound scenery". To achieve this, he participated in the conception of the space and paid particular attention to the accidental combination of sounds by placing the speakers, using a multi-sound source, and following the concept of "sculpturing time through sound".
The composer explains: "sculpturing time through sound means that time, the space itself, the sound played in it, and the audience all become one sculpture. It is close to the idea of a Japanese tea ceremony where you use all of your 5 (or 6) senses to taste the tea."
TRACE: Sound Design Works 1986-1989 is divided into two parts. The Reflection segment is based on an ambient soundscape. It narrates "a sleep that starts with the sound of water droplets at dawn and slowly disappears into darkness" and feels like a natural and soothing progression of Nova. It was played in entrance halls, at events, in cafes and bars. The Voice from Past Technology segment expresses the dream world born out of that sleep and is based on what Yukata Hirose calls hardcore ambient, environmental music with a noise approach. It was played in museums and science centers.
All in all, TRACE is a crucial addition to every Japanese environmental music fan’s collection, alongside Midori Takada’s Through The Looking Glass, Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Green, Satoshi Ashikawa’s Still Way, Motohiko Hamase’s Notes of Forestry, Inoyamaland’s Danzindan-Pojidon, and Yutaka Hirose’s very own Nova.
Points of interests
- For fans of environmental, minimalism, ambient, furniture music, Satoshi Ashikawa, Midori Takada, Hiroshi Yoshimura, entrance halls, museums, and time sculptures.
- 11 never-heard tracks from Yutaka Hirose (Nova) recorded between 1986 and 1989, available on Double LP and Double CD.
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Marcellus Pittman - Facid Trunktion
2
Marcellus Pittman - Sanskrit Body Rock
3
Marcellus Pittman - Ask It Acid
Tracklist
A1. Facid Trunktion
B1. Sanskrit Body Rock
B2. Ask It Acid
Release Info:
Detroit’s Marcellus Pittman returns to Acid Test following his Unknown Species track featured on the “10 Years of Acid Test” compilation, he’s back with his debut EP for the label.
Juddering mechanical beats, layered percussion and gurgling 303 basslines are on the menu, from one of Detroit’s finest.
Housed in a full colour sleeve, with a photo by Marcellus himself
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A1. Facid Trunktion
B1. Sanskrit Body Rock
B2. Ask It Acid
Release Info:
Detroit’s Marcellus Pittman returns to Acid Test following his Unknown Species track featured on the “10 Years of Acid Test” compilation, he’s back with his debut EP for the label.
Juddering mechanical beats, layered percussion and gurgling 303 basslines are on the menu, from one of Detroit’s finest.
Housed in a full colour sleeve, with a photo by Marcellus himself
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Skeet - Alone Tonight
2
Skeet - Brief Call
3
Skeet - Young Girls
4
Skeet - Avril In The Alps
5
Skeet - Conscious Effort
6
Skeet - I Was Never Told
7
Skeet - Left on the Shelf
8
Skeet - Song of Love
Tracklist:
1. Alone Tonight
2. Brief Call
3. Young Girls
4. Avril In The Alps
5. Conscious Effort
6. I Was Never Told
7. Left on the Shelf
8. Song of Love
Short info:
Simple Reality cements the short lived legacy of Coventry DIY group Skeet.
Emerging from a scene of first-generation punks and 2 Tone kids, Skeet was instigated by Gary and Nigel Meffen in 1981, fusing tightrope instrumentals with a Roland CR-8000 under the glow of projected visuals. After a cassette of their debut performance found its way to Kay Booth who worked at Inferno Records, the unsuspecting frontwoman took the liberty of adding her own vocals. Instantly embraced as a permanent member, Booth’s shy delivery and open-diary expressions of social alienation and romantic rejection hovered over the brothers’ scratchy guitar and agitated bass.
Playing as few as 10 shows, their unnerving minimalism was recorded in a suburban home studio, borrowing a reel-to-reel from Toby Lyons (The Colourfield) and a mixer from Jerry Dammers (The Specials). Record labels gestured interest until one day they were no more - no arguments, no official split, just a silent parting of the ways and three people taking journeys in different directions. Unheard and unloved in the vaults for nearly four decades, 'Brief Call' finally resurfaced via the Coventry Music Museum compendium Alternative Sounds Volume 1, followed by a micro pressing of the full suite on Chris Long’s Almost Unknown imprint in 2023.
Simple Reality now offers a definitive snapshot of these must-hear neurotic post-punks. Mastered by Skeet fanatic Mikey Young, newly discovered instrumental multitracks are restored alongside a live recording of their final stand. Performed atop of a trailer in a pub beer garden, the release-worthy desk tape adds three new tracks and a more energised swing at ‘Left On the Shelf’s apathetic techno-pop.
RIYL: Fire Engines, 23 Skidoo, A Certain Ratio, Young Marble Giants, pel mel
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1. Alone Tonight
2. Brief Call
3. Young Girls
4. Avril In The Alps
5. Conscious Effort
6. I Was Never Told
7. Left on the Shelf
8. Song of Love
Short info:
Simple Reality cements the short lived legacy of Coventry DIY group Skeet.
Emerging from a scene of first-generation punks and 2 Tone kids, Skeet was instigated by Gary and Nigel Meffen in 1981, fusing tightrope instrumentals with a Roland CR-8000 under the glow of projected visuals. After a cassette of their debut performance found its way to Kay Booth who worked at Inferno Records, the unsuspecting frontwoman took the liberty of adding her own vocals. Instantly embraced as a permanent member, Booth’s shy delivery and open-diary expressions of social alienation and romantic rejection hovered over the brothers’ scratchy guitar and agitated bass.
Playing as few as 10 shows, their unnerving minimalism was recorded in a suburban home studio, borrowing a reel-to-reel from Toby Lyons (The Colourfield) and a mixer from Jerry Dammers (The Specials). Record labels gestured interest until one day they were no more - no arguments, no official split, just a silent parting of the ways and three people taking journeys in different directions. Unheard and unloved in the vaults for nearly four decades, 'Brief Call' finally resurfaced via the Coventry Music Museum compendium Alternative Sounds Volume 1, followed by a micro pressing of the full suite on Chris Long’s Almost Unknown imprint in 2023.
Simple Reality now offers a definitive snapshot of these must-hear neurotic post-punks. Mastered by Skeet fanatic Mikey Young, newly discovered instrumental multitracks are restored alongside a live recording of their final stand. Performed atop of a trailer in a pub beer garden, the release-worthy desk tape adds three new tracks and a more energised swing at ‘Left On the Shelf’s apathetic techno-pop.
RIYL: Fire Engines, 23 Skidoo, A Certain Ratio, Young Marble Giants, pel mel
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Lucy - Cannon Fodder (Original Mix)
2
Lucy - Cannon Fodder (Planetary Assault Systems Rework)
3
Lucy - Cannon Fodder (DJ Sotofett's Sound Clash Mix)
Tracklist
A1 Cannon Fodder (Original Mix)
A2 Cannon Fodder (Planetary Assault Systems Rework)
B1 Cannon Fodder (DJ Sotofett's Sound Clash Mix)
Life and Death welcomes Italian synth wizard Lucy, for the label's inaugural release of 2017.
Luca Mortellaro's cavernous techno offering comes equipped with a DJ Sotofett version and a rendition by Planetary Assault Systems, further cementing the diversity of the label's scope.
DJ Sotofett recalls fine nineties loop techno while Luke Slater once again confirms his pioneer status.
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A1 Cannon Fodder (Original Mix)
A2 Cannon Fodder (Planetary Assault Systems Rework)
B1 Cannon Fodder (DJ Sotofett's Sound Clash Mix)
Life and Death welcomes Italian synth wizard Lucy, for the label's inaugural release of 2017.
Luca Mortellaro's cavernous techno offering comes equipped with a DJ Sotofett version and a rendition by Planetary Assault Systems, further cementing the diversity of the label's scope.
DJ Sotofett recalls fine nineties loop techno while Luke Slater once again confirms his pioneer status.
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Automatisme - Alter-Rate 8
2
Automatisme - Alter-Rate 3
3
Automatisme - Alter-Scape 6
4
Automatisme - Alter-Rate 2
5
Automatisme - Alter-Rate7
6
Automatisme - Alter-Scape3
7
Automatisme - Alter-Rate 6
8
Automatisme - Alter-Rate 9
9
Automatisme - Alter-Scape4
10
Automatisme - Alter-Rate 1
11
Automatisme - Alter-Scape 6
12
Automatisme - Alter-Scape7
Genre: Electronics,, Glitch
Tracklist:
Alter-Rate 8
Alter-Rate 3
Alter-Scape 6
Alter-Rate 2
Alter-Rate7
Alter-Scape3
Alter-Rate 6
Alter-Rate 9
Alter-Scape4
Alter-Rate 1
Alter-Scape 6
Alter-Scape7
Short Info:
ALTER- : A REACTION TO THE ALTERMODERNISM IN SOUND ART
For the Automatisme - Alter- album. I am inspired by how the art historian Nicolas Bourriaud defines the Altermodernism. Bourriaud understands the term "Alter" as a way to mean "other". The altermodernism would be another modernity that is different from the avant-garde modernism and post-modernism. More precisely, this is a new paradigm from the XXIe century with alternative ways to motivate artists to be more radical in art by traveling in the physical and digital world, by cutting the frontiers and by creating other time lines. I apply the "alter" subject to time and to landscape and those, to the rhythmic and the ambient glitch music
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Tracklist:
Alter-Rate 8
Alter-Rate 3
Alter-Scape 6
Alter-Rate 2
Alter-Rate7
Alter-Scape3
Alter-Rate 6
Alter-Rate 9
Alter-Scape4
Alter-Rate 1
Alter-Scape 6
Alter-Scape7
Short Info:
ALTER- : A REACTION TO THE ALTERMODERNISM IN SOUND ART
For the Automatisme - Alter- album. I am inspired by how the art historian Nicolas Bourriaud defines the Altermodernism. Bourriaud understands the term "Alter" as a way to mean "other". The altermodernism would be another modernity that is different from the avant-garde modernism and post-modernism. More precisely, this is a new paradigm from the XXIe century with alternative ways to motivate artists to be more radical in art by traveling in the physical and digital world, by cutting the frontiers and by creating other time lines. I apply the "alter" subject to time and to landscape and those, to the rhythmic and the ambient glitch music
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VA - A1. dOP and Logdam - Barry White
2
VA - A2. Sil - Inclination
3
VA - B1. Sapurra - Co Weed
4
VA - B2. Baltazar - Johnny Ibiza
- 12", ltd
Special remarks :
Tracklist
A1. dOP and Logdam - Barry White
A2. Sil - Inclination
B1. Sapurra - Co Weed
B2. Baltazar - Johnny Ibiza
Shortinfo:
The Bird Which Never Wants To Doze with the big help of dOP&Logdam, Sil, Sapurra and Baltazar.
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Special remarks :
Tracklist
A1. dOP and Logdam - Barry White
A2. Sil - Inclination
B1. Sapurra - Co Weed
B2. Baltazar - Johnny Ibiza
Shortinfo:
The Bird Which Never Wants To Doze with the big help of dOP&Logdam, Sil, Sapurra and Baltazar.
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Zemög - Derin
2
Zemög - Tucan
3
Zemög - Fisiltilar
4
Zemög - Derin (Daniel[i] Revisit)
GENRE/S: Techno, Dub, Ambient.
TRACKLIST:
A SIDE
01. Zemög – Derin
02. Zemög – Tucan
B SIDE
03. Zemög – Fisiltilar
04. Zemög – Derin (Daniel[i] Revisit)
SHORT INFO:
Deep suspension, tribal minimalism, and delicate whispers dominate the textured and meditative spaces of Zemög's universe. The imaginary and exuberant places, the waves that travels above the crystal clear water, the mist and the path to an unknown mountain. The drums resound their acoustic vibration and call our ancestors. Daniel[i]'s revisit closes the EP meditatively, a possibility to contemplate, thank, to reflect on our interior and externalize negative energy.
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TRACKLIST:
A SIDE
01. Zemög – Derin
02. Zemög – Tucan
B SIDE
03. Zemög – Fisiltilar
04. Zemög – Derin (Daniel[i] Revisit)
SHORT INFO:
Deep suspension, tribal minimalism, and delicate whispers dominate the textured and meditative spaces of Zemög's universe. The imaginary and exuberant places, the waves that travels above the crystal clear water, the mist and the path to an unknown mountain. The drums resound their acoustic vibration and call our ancestors. Daniel[i]'s revisit closes the EP meditatively, a possibility to contemplate, thank, to reflect on our interior and externalize negative energy.
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Midori Takada - Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter (In The Morning) - 21:25
2
Midori Takada - Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter (In The Night) - 22:42
Genre: Ambient, Environmental, Mbira, Marimba, Ambient, Minimal, African
LP: 350gsm Sleeve, Obi, Liner Notes
Tracklisting LP
A1. Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter (In The Morning) - 21:25
B1. Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter (In The Night) - 22:42
Info
WRWTFWW Records and MEG Museum (Geneva) are honored to present the first new solo album by renowned Japanese percussionist Midori Takada (Through The Looking Glass) in 23 years, Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter, available on vinyl LP, housed in a 350gsm sleeve, with OBI, and liner notes, as well as on digipack CD.
Recorded in a live setting and played with instruments conserved in the collections of the MEG Museum, Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter is Midori Takada’s very own rendition of "Nhemamusasa", a traditional work emblematic of the musical repertoire for mbira of the Shona of Zimbabwe, well known worldwide, thanks notably to its version by Paul F. Berliner included on the famed 1973 album The Soul of Mbira.
The choice of this title by Midori Takada evokes the links between traditional African and contemporary music which are the foundation of this work, and it also translates the resolutely multicultural vision of the artist.
Midori Takada explains: "African music is remarkable for its polyrhythms. Not only are there simultaneously several rhythmic motifs, sometimes as many as ten, but furthermore it may be that the part played by each musician has its own starting point and its own pace, all combining to form a cycle. All the cycles progress at the same time according to a single metrical structure which functions as a reference point, but which is not played by any one person from beginning to end. The structure emerges out of the multi-level parts, all different. With the Shona, the musical system is based on the polymelody: one performs simultaneously several melodic lines which are superimposed, each having its own rhythmic organization. It is truly captivating. In Western classical music, one four-beat rhythm induces some precise temporal framework and regular reference points, which come on the strong beats 1 and 3. But in the logic of the Shona musical system, and in other African music, the melody can begin in the very middle of the cycle and be continued up to some other place in an autonomous manner, as if it had its own personality. It’s very rich."
The album comes with in-depth liner notes that include an interview with Midori Takada, a point of view by Zimbabwean scholar, musician and activist Forward Mazuruse, and background information on the project by Isabel Garcia Gomez and Madeleine Leclair from MEG Museum.
The sleeve features an artwork by celebrated Zimbabwean painter Portia Zvavahera.
Part of the budget for the album was donated to Forward Mazuruse’s Music For Development Foundation whose aim is to identify, nurture, and record young but underprivileged musicians in Zimbabwe.
The album is released in conjunction with Midori Takada and Shomyo of Koya-san's You Who Are Leaving To Nirvana, also available on LP and CD on WRWTFWW Records.
Points of interests
- For fans of percussion, Mbira, environmental, marimba, minimalism, traditional, African music, Japanese music, Through The Looking Glass, and very old music instruments.
- First solo album by Midori Takada in 23 years, available on vinyl and CD, music played with instruments from the collection of the MEG Museum in Geneva, artwork by Portia Zvavahera.
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LP: 350gsm Sleeve, Obi, Liner Notes
Tracklisting LP
A1. Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter (In The Morning) - 21:25
B1. Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter (In The Night) - 22:42
Info
WRWTFWW Records and MEG Museum (Geneva) are honored to present the first new solo album by renowned Japanese percussionist Midori Takada (Through The Looking Glass) in 23 years, Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter, available on vinyl LP, housed in a 350gsm sleeve, with OBI, and liner notes, as well as on digipack CD.
Recorded in a live setting and played with instruments conserved in the collections of the MEG Museum, Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter is Midori Takada’s very own rendition of "Nhemamusasa", a traditional work emblematic of the musical repertoire for mbira of the Shona of Zimbabwe, well known worldwide, thanks notably to its version by Paul F. Berliner included on the famed 1973 album The Soul of Mbira.
The choice of this title by Midori Takada evokes the links between traditional African and contemporary music which are the foundation of this work, and it also translates the resolutely multicultural vision of the artist.
Midori Takada explains: "African music is remarkable for its polyrhythms. Not only are there simultaneously several rhythmic motifs, sometimes as many as ten, but furthermore it may be that the part played by each musician has its own starting point and its own pace, all combining to form a cycle. All the cycles progress at the same time according to a single metrical structure which functions as a reference point, but which is not played by any one person from beginning to end. The structure emerges out of the multi-level parts, all different. With the Shona, the musical system is based on the polymelody: one performs simultaneously several melodic lines which are superimposed, each having its own rhythmic organization. It is truly captivating. In Western classical music, one four-beat rhythm induces some precise temporal framework and regular reference points, which come on the strong beats 1 and 3. But in the logic of the Shona musical system, and in other African music, the melody can begin in the very middle of the cycle and be continued up to some other place in an autonomous manner, as if it had its own personality. It’s very rich."
The album comes with in-depth liner notes that include an interview with Midori Takada, a point of view by Zimbabwean scholar, musician and activist Forward Mazuruse, and background information on the project by Isabel Garcia Gomez and Madeleine Leclair from MEG Museum.
The sleeve features an artwork by celebrated Zimbabwean painter Portia Zvavahera.
Part of the budget for the album was donated to Forward Mazuruse’s Music For Development Foundation whose aim is to identify, nurture, and record young but underprivileged musicians in Zimbabwe.
The album is released in conjunction with Midori Takada and Shomyo of Koya-san's You Who Are Leaving To Nirvana, also available on LP and CD on WRWTFWW Records.
Points of interests
- For fans of percussion, Mbira, environmental, marimba, minimalism, traditional, African music, Japanese music, Through The Looking Glass, and very old music instruments.
- First solo album by Midori Takada in 23 years, available on vinyl and CD, music played with instruments from the collection of the MEG Museum in Geneva, artwork by Portia Zvavahera.
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