With just a couple days to go until the release of Good Luck In Death’s debut instalment, we caught up with NAHAL Recordings co-founders Paul Régimbeau (Mondkopf) and Frédéric D. Oberland (half of Oiseaux-Tempête) to find out more about the roots and shoots of their new baby. Stream ‘Mystery Malaise And Eternal Spleen’ within.
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Results121Still Life / Moving Sounds: A look into Michael Vallera’s sense-awakening music and photography
Draped in ominous atmospheres and rumbling echoes, the work of multi-talented musician Michael Vallera is one of subtle detailing and slow-drip obsessiveness. We caught up with Mike to talk his new full-length on Denovali, living in Chicago and his approach to music and photography.
After The Flash Flood: Prairie talks up his latest album on Denovali
With just a few hours to go before prairie’s new album ‘After The Flash Flood’ on Denovali hits the streets, we caught up with Marc Jacobs to discuss his recording process and unique vision. Meanwhile, get a taster with ‘Elephants Will Rise Again’ down below.
Premiere: Strahinja Arbutina – Sit
An essential component in the steady ascension of Croatian collective low income $quad over the last couple years, Zagreb-based producer Strahinja Arbutina has established as a prime
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Dravier: Deep Thought Glacial River
Born from a recurring dream he made before putting the first touch to the tracks – involving “an expedition that leads into a glacier where an ancient ice metropolis lies”, ‘Deep Thought Glacial River’ casts its net far and wide; meshing bleached-out exotica with subdued prog folk tropes and teeming beds of organic noises to create a riveting sound fresco.
Belong: October Language
Twelve years after its original release, Belong’s debut ‘October Language’ gets it first vinyl pressing courtesy of John Elliot’s Spectrum Spools label. The reissue launches the record into a new context, shedding new light on both its predecessors and what came after.
First Listen: Hear a first extract from Michael Vallera’s forthcoming record, ‘All Perfect Days’
Wrapping your ears around Michael Vallera‘s forlorn melodies and smouldering guitar riffs often feels like being drawn into all-devouring emotional quicksands. By turns conjuring up flickering
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December
With a new EP just out via Helena Hauff’s Return To Disorder, we caught up with French producer December to discuss his roots in electronic music production, first loves, favourite hang-out spots in Paris and studio modus operandi.
Rafael Anton Irisarri: Sirimiri
Shrouded in melancholic vapours and forlorn harmonics, Irisarri’s new album for Umor Rex presents four majestic extended cuts as so many viewpoints on an untouched phantasmal valley. Drawing its name from the Basque word for ‘drizzle’ – which makes absolute sense given the fine-grained, caressingly fresh nature of its sound design, ‘Sirimiri’ offers sensations in their purest essence, primitively symbolic yet actively contemplative.
In Perspective: African Ghost Valley
African Ghost Valley are a bold and ambitious duo formed by Childe Grangier and Gabriel Ghebrezghi. They go unparalleled when it comes to carving out harsh, immersive drones and battered ambient scapes. Ahead of the release of their new record on Natural Sciences we caught up the duo for an in-depth chat and premiere new track “North”.
Premiere: Ice Dog – U Glavi Leti Ptica Belim Repom Meduze
Better known for his work as 33.10.3402, the mysterious alias under which he released a handful of choice platters for high-flying labels such as ESP Institutes, L.I.E.S.
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DJ Richard: Path Of Ruin EP
With DJ Richard convincingly meditating on winter and its inherent melancholia. His handwriting is apparent, but never loses its verve – no matter how harsh the weather is outside.
Tom Hang: To Be Held In A Non-Position
Jimmy Asquith is best known for heading up the suite of Lobster Theremin labels, it’s distribution arm, and its fledgling London based record store. Just recently, he has started to make himself known as a producer in his own right, rolling out an EP and archive out-takes releases under the moniker Tom Hang. Now, following these initial exploratory expeditions, is his debut album ‘To Be Held In A Non-Position’.
Premiere: Moon Zero – Sunk Cost
Two years on from the release of his self-titled debut LP on Denovali Records, Tim Garratt returns as Moon Zero with ‘Relationships Between Inner & Outer
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Premiere: Razgraad – HoarWoodsDivine
From his debut instalment, ‘The Water Towers‘, released last year, to his sophomore offering ‘The Ideology Of Pessimism‘, due out in a week on Yerevan Tapes, the extended sonic
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Premiere: DJ Spider & Franklin De Costa – F Planet (Shifted Remix)
Born a couple years back with a diptych release for Berlin-based label Killekill, the collaboration between New York’s very own DJ Spider and seasoned German producer
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