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The Acceptance Cycle:

This is a bit easier to write about as it’s essentially a conclusion to The Sound of Someone Leaving album. That album was about loss in many of its forms. 'The Acceptance Cycle' (like its title suggests) is about the cycle you go through in reaching acceptance. The final track (Cycle Seven) has an element of acceptance about it, with the preceding six tracks taking the listener through a range of emotions before reaching that final place- with the Title track setting the scene at the start. To sum this one up- it’s an expressive outpouring of emotions that come after a shock or traumatic event (The Sound of Someone Leaving) which eventually leads you to a place of peace and acceptance. The two pieces are connected- but it’s hard to say how, it’s more of a feeling, like one is ‘discovered’ almost by surprise after listening to the other.

Phil Tomsett - April 2024

And now, looking down on us from heaven, you will find the peace you deserve and you will be reunited with dad, uncles, cousins ​​and some of our friends... I offer these sounds so that all of you can connect and celebrate the beautiful memories of the past. I will never forget you brother, I will never forget you family... In memory of Nacho Galán "Jaula"

Music composed by Pepo Galán, with contributions from Sita Ostheimer, Karen Vogt, Bicyclops, Mark Crocker, Ohmu, Hannah Elizabeth Cox, Lee Yi, Daniel Rosenholm and Mi Cosa de Resistance.

Mastered at Black Knoll Studio (NY) by Rafael Anton Irisarri.

Designed by Daniel Crossley (Fluid Audio)

A Temporal Journey Through Daydreams and Nostalgia...

Dreamu, the alias of Madrid-based experimental musician and producer Fran Sarró, presents nrem, his debut album, a 13-track instrumental LP. Inspired by the N-REM (non-rapid eye movement) N1 sleep phase - the transitional state between wakefulness and sleep where reality begins to blur into dreamlike images - nrem delves into this liminal space. Dreamu's landscape is colored by the melancholy of an idealized past that never existed.

The album, recorded primarily on reel-to-reel tape machines and cassettes, employs techniques such as reversed sounds, tape speed changes, and granular synthesis. Its palette is built from processed electric guitars, pianos, samplers, and field recordings.

nrem is the result of a decade-long journey of personal and sonic exploration, crafted within the intimate space of his home studio in Madrid. Surrounded by cables, effect pedals, and tape machines, Dreamu sketched harmonies and textures while navigating an emotional evolution marked by ups and downs, insecurities, and expectations. Composing became a refuge, where those feelings could crystallize into sounds that honestly reflected his vision.

Mastered by Taylor Deupree

Designed by Daniel Crossley

Released by Fluid Audio

Taken from the upcoming album 'Eight Views Of A Summer', released through Fluid Audio...

Credits:

squncr: tape manipulation, field recordings, sampling, electronics, zither, accordion, Hohner Organetta, Yamaha CP70 and Roland Space Echo.

Written and produced by squncr

Mastered by Julien Bayle/Void Label

Designed by Daniel Crossley

Taken from the upcoming album 'Wave Particles', released through Fluid Audio...

'Wave Particles' is a project that holds special significance for me. It delves into my ongoing fascination with the intricate interplay between nature, consciousness, and technology. Throughout the year, I've had numerous opportunities to explore these themes. I've become particularly intrigued by the role that resonance plays in connecting these elements, fostering a profound sense of interconnectivity within our surroundings.

As we find ourselves at a unique juncture where nature, consciousness, and technology converge. Through this music, I've aimed to capture the threads that bind these elements together - Alex Smalley

Maria Smalley on vocals

Jane Wild plays violi

Alex Smalley plays guitar, process synthesisers and field recordings

Mastering: Alex Smalley

Music: Maria Smalley / Jane Wild / Alex Smalley

Design: Daniel Crossley

Label: Fluid Audio

Track taken from the upcoming album 'These Were Failed Assumptions' released through Fluid Audio...

Music by Tropic of Coldness

Mastered by Alex at quiet details studios

Design by Daniel Crossley

The artistic collaboration between Giuseppe Cordaro and Marco Giambrone is an immersion into sonic exploration, born from the convergence of distinct musical perspectives and backgrounds. Despite living in distant cities, both share roots firmly planted in a remote mountainous village in Sicily, a wild terrain that has shaped their work.

The focal point of this musical journey is the Platani River, known in ancient times as Alico (derived from 'Halykòs,' which means 'salty' in Greek). It's from this river that the entire concept takes shape and evolves, following its sinuous course from the source to its mouth in the sea. Each track of the album is named after the river's tributaries, often little more than thin streams of water that dry up in the summer, leaving muddy beds. This intricate and sensitive path culminates with the Alico River finally merging into the Mediterranean Sea, embracing Capo Bianco.

These wild and captivating places have been the source of inspiration for the two musicians, who decided to capture the sensations experienced during their explorations and transform them into a sonic journey. Water, rock, sand, and the vibrant life along the riverbanks are transfigured by modular synths, guitars, and field recordings.

The album was created by adopting an instinctive and authentic approach, avoiding overdubs to favor the genuine essence of analog instruments. The result is a sonic journey that captures the raw and magnetic essence of these places, transforming visual suggestions into an immersive and engaging auditory experience. Listening to this work, one is immersed in a sonic world that mirrors the irregular beauty and wild vitality of the Sicilian landscape, uniting past and present in timeless sonic snapshots.

Written by Giuseppe Cordaro e Marco Giambrone

Recorded by Giuseppe Cordaro at Home Studio Boschi di Puianello - Marco Giambrone at Home Studio San Giovanni Gemini

Mixed by Marco Giambrone

Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi

Credits:

Giuseppe Cordaro : Modular Synthesizer, Programming, Field recordings, (AL)chemy

Marco Giambrone: Guitars, Effects, Autoharp, Solina

"Platanis oritur inter Castrum Novum et Cammaratam, novi nominis oppida, ex parvis quidem fontibus"

This beautiful collaboration between Andrew Heath and James Osland places itself in a dense, fog-like, woven landscape and charts paths that reveal slow moving cloud-like structures and motifs. Informed by muted modular tones, ethereal guitar work and sparse piano with found-sounds and field recordings that dance around the dense air and leaves the listener in a cocooned, dreamlike state.

Elysian Fields is the pair’s second release. They were drawn together by a mutual respect for each others work in the ambient music field. Both are UK based artists. Andrew having released several albums and EPs on Disco Gecko, Whitelabrecs, Rusted Tone Recordings, Elm Records and Chihei Hatakeyama’s Japanese label, White Paddy Mountain. He has collaborated with among others, the legendary Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dutch ambient guitarist, Anne Chris Bakker and electronica artist, Banco de Gaia. James Osland not only runs the boutique cassette label, Elm Records but releases as an artist in his own right having worked with such labelsu as Unknown Tone Records, Whitelabrecs, Flaming Pines and Rusted Tone Recordings to name a few. His work seeks to explore our relationships with sound, memory and place through a variety of different sonic processes.

Both artists continue to quietly work on material together so expect more from this wellspring of beautiful and dreamlike work.

Mastered by Alex at quiet details studios

Design by Daniel Crossley

Release date:

12.01.24

Taken from the upcoming album 'Better Late than Never'...

1. Caught in a current

2. Tales we tell

3. A diary entry from years ago

4. Tanpopo

5. A room of one's own

6. Later

7. Paper lanterns

8. Tales we tell (The Humble Bee Remix)

9. A diary entry from years ago (Tape Loop Orchestra Remix)

Credits:

All songs performed and improvised by Yasuhiko Fukuzono (aus) and Danny Norbury;

Except track 6 written by Yasuhiko Fukuzono

Track 7 written by Danny Norbury

Track 8 remixed by Craig Tattersall

Track 9 remixed by Andrew Hargreaves

Performed & recorded between 2010-2013 at:

Union Chapel, London

Fujimigaoka Church, Tokyo

Float, Osaka

Nowhere, Toyama

St James Priory, Bristol

Frameworks Festival, MUG im Einstein München, Munich

Mastered by Fields We Found

Design by Daniel Crossley

Taken from the upcoming album 'Oyasumi', forthcoming on Fluid Audio...

In a musical exchange back and forth between Tokyo and Copenhagen, Kei Nogami (JP) and Mathias Lystbaek (DK) has the created the album Oyasumi. The album is centered around eclectic electroacoustic loops with the addition of piano, flute and cymbal. Oyasumi means ‘Goodnight’ in Japanese, and the music reflects the sleepy haze before dreaming, with repeated fragments of melodies reminiscent of childhood lullabies and music boxes. This quiet album is an exploration of looped and improvised material, suitable for tranquil moments and contemplative pauses.

- Kei Nogami (K Nogami): Loops, electronics, field recordings & found objects.

- Mathias Lystbaek (Circa Alto): Piano, flute, bass & cymbal.

Credits:

Artist: K Nogami & Circa Alto

Album: Oyasumi

Composition & mix: Kei Nogami & Mathias Lystbaek

Cover photo: Kei Nogami

Label: Fluid Audio

Design: Daniel Crossley