Tag Archives: electronic

{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

Hablamos Muertos – The Ship Is Sinking (Submarine Broadcasting Company)

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Hablamos Muertos is the work of Lisbon based artist José Trujillo.

Jose has been producing solo work since 2017, working with personal experiences filtered through instrumental & psychedelic music

Themes, process, and influences in relation to ‘The Ship Is Sinking’

“The Ship Is Sinking is an album about fragility, transformation, and the echoes of lost spaces. Inspired by Lev Tolstoy’s “What Men Live By?”, the album is structured as a sonic shipwreck, where every piece reflects the disintegration and reconstruction of something that is slowly sinking.

The music is both simple and complex, chaotic and sublime, structured yet dispersed. I started by wanting to create something between Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, and Suzanne Ciani, embracing the contrast between noise and harmony, whispers and screams, ocean waves and deep silence.”

Technical Process & Gear Used

● Moog Mother 32 – A key element in shaping the textures.
● Minimoog (digital version) – Bringing a warm analog depth.
● Fugue Machine – Adding a sense of repetition and movement.
● Suzuki Precision Bass (1978) – Processed through expression pedals, creating fluid and unpredictable harmonics.

Each track on the album represents a stage in the descent:

Mikhail – A spectral opening where melody dissolves into emptiness.
Wreckage – The reconstruction through fragmented noise.
Deep Waters – A hypnotic descent into the abyss, where sound becomes liquid.
Ectoplasma – The lingering presence of what is lost, vibrating in a liminal space.

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released March 21, 2025

This is the second album I have worked on with Raúl Espinoza Garza, who handled recording and mastering. Our first collaboration was Rhetorical Figures (2019). Raúl is not just a great sound engineer—he is a friend with an incredible musical taste, someone with whom I can have deep and fascinating conversations about music and philosophy.

The album cover was designed by Anastasiia Parshina, a painter and art professor, andmy wife. She has collaborated with me on several projects, including the cover for Mechanik Mushrooms. Her work bridges visual art and sound, making her a key artistic collaborator.

José Trujillo, Lisbon, 2025