Scanner – The Magician’s Hat Vol.4 Studio 2024 (Self-Released)

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Label Description:

Volume 4 of my series, The Magician’s Hat, this time, offers an insight into my studio work from 2024.

Like many other creative people, there’s a significant amount of work that is never experienced, so thought I’d take this opportunity to share a few pieces sitting on the studio hard drive in 2024.

None of them are finished works as such, mere ideas with a sonic playground for experimentation. They range from works exploring different techniques, synthesisers(sic), guitar pedals and software.

Perhaps some of them might be reworked into something else, but for the moment enjoy this little voyeuristic view through the window of the studio.

VAAG – Twenty Two (Point Source Electronic Arts)

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Label Description:

Intricate synthesized percussion with layers of detailed harmonic elements provide a nuanced auditory experience; repeated listening rewards the audience with previously unheard sounds. More focused and composed than his prior work, the album is indicative of VAAG’s growth as an artist and the continual refinement of his craft.
released November 1, 2024

Written and Produced by VAAG

Mastered by Alex Stilts at Orbit Room Audio

Illustration by VAAG

Design by Mike Slansky

Point Source Electronic Arts

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Anatoly Grinberg & Andreas Davids – Emergency Landing (Ant-Zen)

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Label Description:

EMERGENCY LANDING – a remix mini album & addendum to the album INSPIRED BY A TRAGEDY by anatoly grinberg (aka tokee) and andreas davids (mainly known from xotox).

remixes by room of wires, autoclav1.1, flint glass, loss, empusae, ah cama-sotz and spherical disrupted

released November 4, 2024

layout by stefan alt

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INSPIRED BY A TRAGEDY:
ant-zen.bandcamp.com/album/inspired-by-a-tragedy

Dylan Houser – This Is Not Your Domain (Self-Released)

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Label Description:

I was in this large fancy house. I guess it was a tourist attraction, but I was allowed access to this back pool area, which had an indoor swimming pool. I went in, and it looked dilapidated and abandoned, and I saw at least four dead bodies scattered about in it. There was no water in the pool, and it looked like it had caved in. The bodies looked recently deceased and were real, but were considered still “part of the exhibit.”

I proceeded to another door in the back, which led me to this small, brown/red room with water rising and separating the door I came in from and the door on the other side. I had to wait to board this platform to get to the other side. Through that door was a giant clean fancy room, nothing sketchy this time, but it was all water-themed. There was a giant bathtub, two big jacuzzis side by side, a view of the lakefront outside, and even a painting of water. I don’t remember how, but I eventually made my way back to where I started.

Later, I was in this dark wooded area, following a group of people in front of me. We’re walking down this trail when suddenly a tree falls over, causing a giant sandstorm. Then another tree falls over, then another, so I turn around only to find more trees on the other side of me individually falling over.

And the other day, there was this creepy dummy/mannequin sitting in the box in the laundry room of my house between the washer and dryer, and it was telepathically sending me threats. I left the room, went back but it was now sitting on the heater. I noticed my wife wasn’t home and so I called her phone, but this creepy guy answered and said that she “maybe should have been more careful” in a sly manner. I thought it was odd how he didn’t try to cover his tracks.

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released October 31, 2024

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

Dream Division & The Library Of The Occult Electronic Orchestra – A Rose In The Garden Of Winter (Library Of The Occult)

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Label Description:

This album marks a significant evolution for Dream Division, evolving from a solo project into a full band experience. Blending the rich sounds of Italian soundtracks with psychedelic rock, Tom McDowell, the band’s core member and founder of Library of the Occult Records, has assembled an all-star lineup for this collaborative record. Featuring members of The Hologram People, Garden Gate, The Psychic Circle, Miles Brown and Men From S.P.E.C.T.R.E., the album navigates through genres while maintaining a cinematic essence. From the sinister melancholy tones of ‘Black Rose’ to the Giorgio Moroder-esque Giallo disco of ‘Technicolor Terror,’ ‘A Rose in the Garden of Winter’ unfolds like a lost soundtrack to a classic ’70s Giallo film.

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released August 23, 2024

Tom Mcdowell – Synths / Vocoder / Production
Jonathan Parkes – Drums / percussion
Jack Harris – Guitar / Bass
Timmi Meskers – Synths
Miles Brown – Theremin / Synth
Mario Janser – Organ / Synths / Bass
Felipe Boyd – Drums (October Moon)
Churro Green – Sitar
A. Barda – Vocals

Mastered by Darren Page

Artwork – Samuel Tomso

INSANIA – Reverberations (Aural Films)

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Label Description:

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