Rene J. Nunez Cabrera is a New York City-based artist and composer operating through various monikers: Begun in 2013, Horoscope is central to his orbit of output. “1 Play Morose” is the latest installment of material from that project, pulling from cinematic tropes and building upon Cabrera’s broader approach to production processes. At his most balanced articulation of unease and bliss, “1 Play Morose” scores the actions of a young woman’s repetitious banalities through the pandemic lockdown in New York City. Originally set to soundtrack a black-and-white film, difficulties in production derailed the project's development. Nonetheless Cabrera kept the recordings, his most serene and sublime to date.

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Rene J. Nunez Cabrera (b. 10/08/84, Miami FL) records sounds and creates multimedia projects as Horoscope, Moist, and under his own name. Cabrera’s live performances are as much a raw, uncensored vehicle of personal catharsis as they are a ritualistic forecast of what the future may hold. With numerous cassette and vinyl releases on labels such as LIES Records, Ascetic House, and Wharf Cat as well as tours with a wide range of artists, Horoscope has been a fixture in North American and European contemporary noise and electronic music circles. His last three albums (“Carne”, “Poems e on magnetic tape”, and “Moist 96”) are all different studies on nostalgia told through sound. His next steps, including “1 Play Morose”, are moving forward rather than looking backwards.

releases July 2, 2021

Composed and recorded by Rene J. Nunez Cabrera

Mastering by Glyn Maier

Design and Layout by RJM Vanderheyden

https://enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/1-play-morose

"The CD is scratched.” A saying from the early millennium, it describes the phenomenon of skipping music on a damaged CD, the locked, repetitive groove. For nearly a decade, Fossilized Wilderness has been experimenting with a peculiar modification to CDJ equipment, birthed by long hours sorting through promotional CDs sent to a radio station. In embracing choppiness, a body of abrasive but bright ambient work has been constructed from the refuse of musical commodification.

The CD skip is both rhythm and tone on this LP, but if you expect the monotonous motions of a concept album, don’t: The moods here are just as granular. The six tracks shift from digital euphoria to shoegazing sentimentalism, a balanced mix of terror, plaintiveness, and joy, an impressive feat considering that the scratch of a CD produces potent nostalgia as well as Pavlovian irritation for many—a drive to eject the thing and fix the problem.

For those not growing up with it, the scratched CD is a relic phenomenon, something that happened with an artifact format. But just because it’s an artifact doesn’t mean it’s obsolete. On this LP, Fossilized Wilderness uses a sonic palette of subtly-shifting broken loops to create something new: delirious spectres rising from an ocean of plastic.

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Fossilized Wilderness is Ryan Martin, a pillar of the North Carolina underground music and arts scene. His most active artistic alias is Secret Boyfriend, with numerous cassette, vinyl, and CD releases on labels such as Blackest Ever Black and his own long-running DIY-informed imprint, Hot Releases.

releases April 5, 2021

mastered :: Nathan Taylor

"The sounds on Florian T M Zeisig's 'Coatcheck' are little like the experience of stereotypical clubbing. Likewise, these remixes are meant for the club of the future, or perhaps, the non-club of the present: a place emphasizing organic flows instead of machinic rhythms, a place of distanced, isolated collectivity at a time of transition to something different. Many of these remixes have resulted in entirely new compositions, more like collaborations than reinterpretations.

Joanna Pope—Berlin-based independent researcher, writer, composer, and producer—conjures a gorgeous pastoral composition based upon Zeisig’s filtered textures on “First Version.” Montreal-based Patrick Holland takes “Only Textures,” originally a swirling miasma, and sculpts it into dub burner perfection. Meanwhile, Exael’s breakbeat treatment of “Aspire,” reinserts the track into a more recognizable dance lineage. Forest Management, the moniker of Chicago-based John Daniel, strips out the low end of the cheekily titled “Ambient Middle Part” and hones in on its vacillating, verdant undergrowth.

In addition to the remixes, 3 bonus tracks from Florian T M Zeisig are included in this release. They were recorded during the same sessions as 'Coatcheck' but were not included on the LP due to time and space constraints."

releases October 30, 2020

order :: enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/coatcheck-remixes

artwork :: Sam Lubicz ~ www.instagram.com/slubicz

mastering :: Glyn Maier

exclusive mix of upcoming//unreleased tracks for Montez Press Radio (https://radio.montezpress.com)

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01 - Chaperone - I Cannot Describe an Illustration of How I Sit

02 - Florian T M Zeisig - Aspire

03 - M//R - Drum Dub 1 (Haze Mix)

04 - Horaflora - Motorcycles Were Suddenly Observed At All Hours

05 - Nazanin Noori - IMAGINE ALL THAT FALL | IN A POTHOLE | ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY

06 - Karabasan Drane - Crystalline State

07 - Yeong Die - WORSTWARD HO

08 - LXV - Edouard

09 - Lauren Tosswill - shape note

10 - Léo Hoffsaes - Une vipère vient de filer sur le rivage

11 - Taylor Bratches & Grant Aaron - Subtle Body

12 - Glyn Maier - semel dolerite

13 - Nicholas Maloney - Lignum Muzek 2

14 - LXV & Lack - Strand

15 - Julien Malaussena - Odd Music

16 - Housefire - Untitled Dub

17 - Emily Berregaard - Crumbs In Your Sheets

18 - Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III - Bird Of Praise Return

19 - Bobby Flan - Cage of Windchimes

20 - Chaperone - Swapping Contacts

21 - Fossilized Wilderness - Drive #2

22 - Nick Klein & Lack - ii-a3

23 - Emily Berregaard - Yucca

:: through brackish water to promised bogs; vital stillness ::

Patrick Chaney's Solid State Entity alias has steadily carved a unique path in the hypnotic spaces intersecting techno, ambient, field recording, and meditation. Ostensibly using a club-friendly sonic palette, his intricate polyrhythmic percussion patterns become embodied mantras. On "Dystonia Mix", Chaney uses three turntables and several effects pedals to present a mixtape that is expansive in source material, timbres, and various "post-psychedelic" states.

Artwork :: Solid State Entity

Mastering :: Glyn Maier

Silkscreening :: Thomas Sara

all proceeds to MAPS :: maps.org

buy :: https://enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/dystonia-mix

:: verdigris shadows etching, brilliant absentia; liminal paths ::

Paris (FR)-based composer Léo Hoffsaes deftly nestles neo-classical chamber pieces into wide-open spaces on his debut solo album "J’ai pour eux cet amour..." While the strong compositions alert listeners to his education and background, Hoffsaes eschews any particular theoretical or stylistic mode. Smoothly modulating chords are blended with expansive field recordings, creating hazy, gauzey, breathing "sound moments" for the listener to rebuild their own worlds. With an intentionally open concept and sound, "J’ai pour eux cet amour..." is stellar modern environmental music.

Recorded in 2019 :: 43°20'10.3"N 1°08'36.1"E

Mathilde Vrech :: Viola, Violin

Marylou Mayniel :: Cello

Nicolas Rode :: Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone

Léo Hoffsaes :: Guitar, Bass, Piano

Tony Marie (Loto Retina) :: Organ on ''Il fait nuit depuis une heure maintenant - je m’avance dans la forêt"

Marion Molle :: Cover art

Thomas Sara :: Silkscreening

Nathan Taylor :: Mastering

all proceeds to Peace Ridge Sanctuary :: peaceridgesanctuary.org

buy :: https://enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/j-ai-pour-eux-cet-amour-qui-ne-passe-jamais-qui-ne-faiblit-pas

"Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless—

A lump of death—

a chaos of hard clay."

recorded on Jan 20, 2019 in one take direct to cassette using 2x Technics 1200s and a Bozak CMA-10 mixer.

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DJ and labelhead legend Mike Simonetti (Pale Blue, 2MR) returns to his "At the Juncture of Light & Dark" mix series after a 4 year hiatus. Enmossed is pleased to present "Volume 8", recorded in the dead of winter and accompanied by a characteristically grim snippet from Lord Byron's "Darkness". Using choice selections of Simonetti's vast record collection, "Volume 8" does not remain solely in 'darkness'; it meanders through the underbelly of krautrock, psychedelic synth, crude post punk, and even a few bebop and jazz burners. An expansive journey, "Volume 8" gives us a peek into a deep collector's cold night.

mastering :: Lack

artwork :: Joe Bastardo

silkscreening :: Thomas Sara

all proceeds to Planned Parenthood Northern New England :: plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-northern-new-england

:: tracing each step, taken aback as consideration promotes our alteritive auspices ::

Bobby Flan, alias of Rob Goyanes, moves between the club, academy, and love letter. Drawing upon Goyanes' work as an art critic, Bobby Flan engages the histories and qualities of (dys)functional dance music and sonic abstraction. Conceived as a long-form, long-term mixtape, the 15 tracks of 'We Take a Look But Give a Listen' were recorded over a five-year period, from 2014 to 2019. They represent the arcs of Flan's music from its beginnings in Miami, Florida, to its current state in New York City. Nasty techno tracks, heartfelt ambient compositions, and syncopated sketches comprise this release of numerous styles and traditions, providing us with snapshots of his artistic development. But it is far from an introverted diary—Bobby Flan connects with an ongoing conversation on form and purpose.

mastering :: Patrick Chaney

cassette mix :: Lack

artwork :: Alex Swing

silkscreening :: Paul Benson

all proceeds to Alianza Ceibo :: https://www.alianzaceibo.org/