Tag Archives: ambient

Asher Levitas – Above The Pale Green (Waxing Crescent Records)

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Above The Pale Green, takes its name from a line in Colophon to Songs Of The Groves, a poem by Victor Neuburg. It’s vivid description of a return to nature, frames this collection of field recording collages, ambient soundscapes and outsider pop songs. File somewhere in between Hiroshi Yoshimura and Daniel Johnston.
released June 14, 2024

Written and Produced by Asher Levitas
Mastered by exm
Artwork by Megmayo

Aidan Baker / Han-earl Park / Katharina Schmidt – Thoughts Of Trio (Cruel Nature Records)

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Thoughts of Trio was recorded live at Morphine Raum in Berlin, Germany on February 21, 2024 by Canadian guitarist Aidan Baker, Korean-American guitarist Han-earl Park, & German drummer/percussionist Katharina Schmidt. The group brings together their respective, disparate musical backgrounds to explore the intersections of ambient music, improvisational (free) jazz, and musique-concrète.
releases December 6, 2024

Recorded live at Morphine Raum in Berlin, Germany on February 21, 2024 by Rabih Beaini.

Aidan Baker (bass / guitar)
Han-earl Park (guitar)
Katharina Schmidt (drums)

aidanbakercollaborations.bandcamp.com
katharinaschmidt.bandcamp.com
hanearlpark.bandcamp.com

Limited edition CD available at emerge.bandcamp.com/album/thoughts-of-trio

Orphan Parapet – Time Lapse Of Wet Fire (Self Released)

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Label Description: Nick Podgurski and Colin Marston: synthesizers, acoustic and electronic percussion, production

recorded and mixed at Menegroth, the Thousand Caves, NYC 2022 – 2024
finished at the Milman Observatory, Northampton MA

audio engineering by Colin
artwork and titles by Nick
collaboratively mixed

album also available here:
newfirmament.bandcamp.com/album/time-lapse-of-wet-fire

INSANIA – Reverberations (Aural Films)

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Aural Films goes back to our roots for the “This Music Plants Trees” artists project. Featuring full length albums by artists who have composed music just for the trees.

INSANIA plants a suite of marvelous compositions that take us on a journey though sonic forests.

Our forests are disappearing. You can personally make a difference supporting this music. Every sale plants trees with the Plant a Billion Trees project. Simply enter the suggested amount, or more, to help restore the Earth’s forests with the power of sound.

Forests not only provide clean air and water, but they also hold vast amounts of carbon dioxide and act as a cooling system for the Earth; they stabilize the global climate and fight warming. When nearly half of the trees have been removed from the planet by humans. The home to 80% of the Earth’s land-based plants and animals. We must recognize that forests are essential to the livelihood of all people around the world.

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released August 17, 2024

Welcome to the world of INSANIA (aka Ryo Utasato). INSANIA music is a merging of experimental dark ambient cinematic, glitch and noise. It is at times hypnotic and at times soul wrenching, but it will always leave you wanting more. More at insania.bandcamp.com

The Plant a Billion Trees campaign is a large-scale restoration initiative launched by The Nature Conservancy in 2008. Our first project was to restore Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, and now we have expanded to include forest projects all across the world! By planting trees and helping forests regrow where they have been severely degraded, we’re helping to reduce the impacts of climate change, slow biodiversity loss, ensure clean water and air for everyone, and provide full, healthy forests for future generations. Read more about the project at www.plantabillion.org

Aural Films is an online record label (netlabel) that releases high-quality soundtrack albums for movies that do not exist. We cover a wide range of music styles ranging from ambient to experimental to popular to soundtrack musics. Often on the same albums. You can find our complete catalog of releases online at AuralFilms.com

Aural Films Catalog No. AF0424

Thanksgiver – Botany Bay (Submarine Broadcasting Company)

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A bit of a first here on the Sub.

Our new release is in fact a re-release. ‘Thanksgiver’ by Botany Bay is a beautiful album by Schall und Stille artist Stephan Kleinhert whose albums Biike and The Drunken Fisherman were rightfully well received here.

Thanksgiver is a swampy reverb heavy minimalist elegy that leads with the 20 minute Winter Wolfpack Serenade. To-die-for vocals by Stefanie Mühr and a growing orchestra of bluesy angst. Like ECM meets Daniel Lanois recording Maria Muldaur, it’s simply gorgeous.

This is a stunningly produced work that deserves to find a bigger audience. Originally self released in 2018, SubCastCo is happy to bring this work to our talented & erudite listeners.

At the time of the initial release Stephan had the album pressed to vinyl. We would be super happy if we could encourage our listeners to head over to the Botany Bay BC page and make a purchase. It’s an artistically exceptionally made release with well thought through spot-UV over matt black card with inserts. A perfect clean sounding press for your audiophile pleasure guaranteed.

Hit up Botany Bay here – botanybay.bandcamp.com/album/thanksgiver

So, get on this and tell your friends. It’s absolutely wonderful.

For the Beauty, as the tag line says…..

A(GoB)

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released August 16, 2024

Stephan Kleinert
keyboards, bass, electric and acoustic guitars, melodica, windsynth, ocarina, drums, percussion, programming

Stefanie Mühr
vocals

with

Andrei Boulgakov
electric guitars

Mike Compton
oboe

Martin Giese
acoustic guitars

Ernst Nellessen
saxophones, clarinet

Ivan Shevchuk
acoustic guitars

Tobias Stutz
cello

Susanne Wellmann
french horn, flute

Recorded at Suntrap, Bad Honnef
April 2017 – February 2018

Produced by Stephan Kleinert

Artwork by Christiane Kleinert

Design by Yannick Floßdorf

Additional field recording on “Serenade”
by speedygonzo, cc-by

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