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Ø – Sysivalo (Sahko Recordings)

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Label Description:

label: Sähkö Recordings
Cat No: SAHKO-037
format: 2lp+cd in one package, download & stream
release date: 15.9.2025
Barcode: 5050580857285

Mika Vainio started making a new Ø album in 2014. He almost finalized the record before his too early passing in 2017. The album Sysivalo is the 9th out of 8 full scale albums, released under the Ø alias by Vainio. Ø was his longest running project from 1993 to 2017. Sysivalo was recorded during 2014-2017 and is 60 min long album with 20 tracks, produced by Vainio. He described the record as a distinct Ø album that was going to include several shorter tracks, etudes. The title, Sysivalo, is invented by Vainio by combining the Finnish words sysi (dark or sinister) and valo (light).

Like life itself, the album carries a quiet darkness – honest and full of hidden light. The many of the tracks are beatless subtle soundtracks of eclipsed emotions. Like an incapacitated creature waiting for something to happen.

The closing track Loputon (Endless) is maybe the most beautiful tracks Vainio has ever written, Vainio’s last word.
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released September 15, 2025

Written, produced and performaed by Mika Vainio (1963-2017)
in Berlin and Oslo in 2014-2017

Compiled post mortem by Rikke Lundgreen
and Tommi Grönlund according to Mika Vainio’s notes
Digital mastering by Denis Blackham
Vinyl mastering by Rashad Becker

Front photo and print by Mika Vainio
Sleeve by Tommi Grönlund

Pulse Emitter – Tide Pools (Hausu Mountain)

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HAUSMO150 – LP / CD / DIG
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released September 26, 2025

Music by Daryl Groetsch,
Portland, Oregon.

Main synthesizers:
Spectrasonics Omnisphere, AAS Chromaphone, Korg Wavestate, Korg Gadget, VirSyn Addictive Pro. Plus a variety of sequencers and arpeggiators. No Al.

“All the busy little creatures
Chasing out their destinies
Living in their pools
They soon forget about the sea”
-Neil Peart, “Natural Science”

Mastered by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio. Art by Max.

{AN} EeL – Trance Music (Pan Pan Pan Avian Distress Call)

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Label Description: One of the Best Times Ever
Was Sex on the Beach
And not the Drink – Nothing
Metaphorically, Wet Wild & Juicy
Sex on the Beach, Stars in our Eyes
The Glow of reckless Youth Riding
Waves of Pale Moonlight
I Saw the Stars that Night, But they
Were Outshone
Always there
But
Always Alone – A Blink
in Time, A Moment in Stride
Inside so Close
The Dance of Sighs,
The Pitter Patter pattie
Try it on for Size ~
It’s What passes for Clase
Classy
Both Here
And Far
And Wide ~

The Hedonistic Imperative – Planetoid 3 (Self-Released)

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Label Description: Planetoid 3

Decades of attempts later.
Escaping the pull of gravity.
Released into the void.
Yet another culmination.
I disappeared, intermittently.
I appear, briefly.
“Please enjoy this soundtrack to a parallel world. Creating, recreating, and fine-tuning this experience has brought me great satisfaction and much needed diversion. May listening to it provide you with something valuable as well.”

Third time’s the charm?

Kevin Drumm – Technology (Self-Released)

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Recorded at Dead Macs Mobile Chicago Il.
Sorry, prices are going up, just like everything else.

Big Shout out to Freyja for lending me her computer.

Source material: A couple lousy refurbished modern laptops…
Thank you also to:

Mike Balsamello
Jamar Davis
VOIVOD
Jon Abbey

Dylan Houser – Goth Luau (Self-Released)

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Goth Luau was recorded during some enchanted evening with a fractured knee in Novembe of 2024 at Nullis Pretii ov Lakeland Residential Studios, and then road tested over the next few months via the Nullis Pretii Mobile Studio

In memory of the Safety Harbor pier, the edge of the universe

Thanks: Spookstina, Bizarre Charlie Alien, WSLR, Liz, Joe and Maggie, Damon Nobles, Surprise Sidney, Lord Dealwithit and The Day Odin Got Stoned (two princes), Jerry Kranitz, Collector of Dust, Nathan James Carter, Corvid Canine, CJEANCRY, Jake Joyce, Illuminated Paths, Hal McGee, workers comp, Craig and Ashley

Get well soon, Glaive

Jack Hertz – Compilated II (Aural Films)

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Listen to a new collection of tracks from the many compilation projects I have contributed to in years past. Click on each track to see the album, label and link for the original compilation releases.

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released April 18, 2025

Jack Hertz – Sound Design, Composition, Production, Cover Art

Jack Hertz is fascinated by all aspects of creating sound. From the earliest instruments to the present day hardware and software innovations. More at JackHertz.com

Aural Films is an online record label 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. AF0455

JHD254

{AN} EeL and Steven Leak – the wholly other (M I S T)

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Introducing the collaboration between {AN} Eel and steven leak. Meditative and epic drones meet visceral, emotive vocals and an unusual combination of instruments in this beautiful musical work from the duo.

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released April 25, 2025

Track 1 “ Monday sky”
steven: soundscapes and treatments
neal: paino. vox

Track 2 “the magic mothswarm”
steven: soundscapes and treatments
neal: handclaps, vox, piano

Track 3 “rusted petal chains”
steven: soundscapes and treatments
neal: vox

Track 4 “the wholly other”
steven: soundscapes and treatments
neal: accordion, vox

Track 5 “dark-framed shimmering endpoint”
steven: soundscapes and treatments
neal: gamelan, guitar, vox

steven: I asked Neal if he’d be interested in sending me some music that I could deconstruct, reconstruct and treat as I saw fit. Neal is a truly generous spirit and so I received two packages of stems of music incorporating a variety of instruments as well as Neal’s voice.
The result is “the wholly other”.
I love this music.
I hope you do also.

Neal: This Music in particular resonates with the season for me – It is, the beautiful area we both live in Peterborough /Nogojiwanong ( Nogojiwanong = Translates as ” place at the foot of the rapids ” ) but it has been a particularly difficult winter – And also, we are in a particularly difficult time. However, I find great comfort in being able to come out of the depths of winter ( Literally, Figuratively, Whatever ) and make what at least counts as a gesture in the direction of hope, if not an actual healing balm. So enjoy these lovingingly crafted sounds, as we look forward to a warm future

Steven Leak made his part of this music with an Arturia Minifreak, Red Panda Tensor and Particle pedals, a TC Infinite pedal, cutlery, tuned wine glasses, a stainless steel water bottle, and a Zoom multiplex pedal.

Composed and produced in Peterborough, Ontario Canada by steven leak and Neal Retke
Mixed and Mastered in Denmark (with additional treatments) by Erik Emil Eskildsen