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Released: violetcurrents – Lighthouse (ORO-01/2013)

April 30, 2013by violetcurrents Leave a comment

Here we go: a new album on a new netlabel. More on the latter soon, for now please head over here for streaming, downloads and liner notes. violetcurrents – Lighthouse […]

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Hana Sumai – death is beautiful/withering coils (2013)

March 4, 2013by violetcurrents Leave a comment

Like his previous shattered bone orchestra/liminal space, Hana Sumai‘s new album spans two long-form tracks that start sparse and build. They sure build, but not toward great droning climaxes. They […]

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Raj’s primal microsound: interview with Derek Piotr

February 28, 2013by violetcurrents Leave a comment

Derek Piotr is a Poland-born sound artist based in New England, whose work focuses primarily on the voice. He has been intern to Meredith Monk, had his work nominated by […]

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Derek Piotr – Raj (2013)

February 19, 2013by violetcurrents Leave a comment

Contrary to Derek Piotr’s AGORA (2011), a ‘meeting place’ rife with different ethnic sound signatures, Raj,  ‘Kingdom’ or ‘Paradise’, sounds like an endpoint; not a gathering of styles, but their […]

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Hanetration – Torn Heat ( VULP-0041, 2012), Nae Troth (2013)

February 17, 2013by violetcurrents Leave a comment

Hanetration has released Nae Troth, a companion EP to last year’s Torn Heat. It features what I suspect is Torn Heat material, mutilated to the point where it’s uncertain to […]

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    • Arezzo (2011)
    • Orchestre dans un lac gelé (2010)
    • Drifting intro open (2010)
    • Split with Fibroma (2010)

Labels

  • Chipdipdrops - breakcore, hardstyle, sampling
  • Distance Recordings
  • Feedback Loop - A very fine netlabel
  • gterma - Ambiance and mysticism
  • Hibernate Recordings
  • Hidden Vibes neoromanticism, post-rock
  • Resting Bell - a comprehensive netlabel from Berlin
  • Subterranean Tide variable ambient, haiku project

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  • Derek Piotr
  • Magnog
  • ngc-147
  • Stefanus Strom

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  • Save the pollinators - Bees and bats are your friends. Make meadows, not lawns.

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  • Tales of Japanese tea

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