Label Description: Nils Frahm, born in 1982, had an early introduction to music. During his childhood he was taught to play piano by Nahum Brodski – a student of the last scholar of Tschaikowski. The three instrumentals, which make up his debut ‘Wintermusik’ are piano led pieces, coloured with occasional celeste and reed organ parts. The record’s equal measures of sorrowful refrains and uplifting passages, combined with a real intimacy that makes for an album you’ll want to return to again and again. The songs were originally intended as a Christmas present for friends and family, hence its winter release.
Foetus is one of the major musical projects of NYC composer JG Thirlwell.
HALT is the final Foetus album, and the first Foetus album in twelve years. It completes the cycle of an arc that began in 1981 with the first Foetus album DEAF.
Thirlwell worked on HALT on and off over a period of eight years. As with each album he has made, he wanted to reinvent the music, use new forms, innovate and introduce new surprising forms into his musical palette, at the same time as feeling like a leap forward.
HALT deals with themes of war, religion, disease, media, global warming, anxiety, hypocrisy, conspiracy, death and mortality, among other things. Dread is a leitmotif through many of the Foetus albums and this one is no exception.
HALT will be followed by its companion album, LEAK, in 2027.
COMPOSED, PRODUCED, PERFORMED AND RECORDED BY JG THIRLWELL AT SELF IMMOLATION STUDIOS
MIXED AT SELF IMMOLATION STUDIOS AND CIRCULAR RUIN STUDIO FINAL MIXES WITH BEN GREENBERG AT CIRCULAR RUIN STUDIO DRUMS RECORDED AT 30 BELOW ENGINEERED BY BRENT MCLACHLAN
SPECIAL GUESTS LEAH ASHER (The Rhythm Method) VIOLIN ON 2, 11 JAKE BALDWIN TRUMPETS ON 3, 7, 10 BRIAN CHASE (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) DRUMS ON 1,3 ,8 TIMO ELLIS (Netherlands) GUITAR ON 3, 7 SIMON HANES (Tredici Bacci) BANJO ON 9, BASS ON 9, 11, ACOUSTIC GUITAR ON 9 BRENDON RANDALL MYERS (Dither) GUITAR ON 3, 4, 10 SAMI STEVENS VOCALS ON 3 LAURA WOLF ADDITIONAL VOICE ON 8
“Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.”
~ Alan Watts
TRYPTYCH is the 12th Symbion Project album from electronic musician, composer, and producer Kasson Crooker. The three long-form songs seamlessly blend into each other and feature layers of lush strings and woodwinds, haunting sound design, French horns, percolating synthesizers, Japanese koto, and field recordings.
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released January 1, 2025
Composed, orchestrated, mixed, produced, and mastered by Kasson Crooker
French horns played by Gus Sebring (Boston Symphony Orchestra
Japanese koto performed by Kasson Crooker
Copyright and published by Speed of Dark Music 2025 (BMI)
Released on FOIL Imprints
Archer Volume 1 is the long-awaited soundtrack album of JG Thirlwell‘s scores for the animated FX series Archer . Thirlwell created the musical score for season 7-14 of the series , from 2015-2023.
The album comprises 27 tracks and is drawn from seasons 7-9 of the show. It is released on maraschino red vinyl. The digital version of the album comprises 30 tracks.
Thirlwell joined the show in 2015 and was able to expand and build on the Archer universe with his musical stylings. The show won an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Animated Program for season 7.
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