Zakè
LL
2025 stock LL features two new arrangements by zakè. LL1 is a 21min. monolithic long-form piece, accompanied by From Overseas on guitar and bass. LL2 is an immersive, drone-laden piece that fuse field recordings and fragmented sound elements beautifully together. An incredible line-up of seven prolific producers completely reworked the two original arrangements. Bending the ambient genre to its limits, LL encompasses strokes of ambient, drone, drum & bass, electronica, and deep techno elements, …
Eve
2025 stock Winter’s most precious gift is its snow-muffled hush. eve, the first full-length collaboration between zakè and Benoît Pioulard, pays tribute to the kind of supernatural December night where fleeting moments of peace manifest in visible exhalations and crystalline silence.
Comprising four side-length pieces, eve arose from more than a decade’s worth of sound fragments, recovered and arranged into harmonic strata like photographs in a family album. For each chapter, zakè crafted the so…
My Heart, My Beloved
Zakè Drone Recordings is very proud to present My Heart, My Beloved, a special collection commemorating a landmark birthday in the life of label head Zach Frizzell’s wife and main inspiration, Julia. Three artists – awakened souls, Benoit Pioulard, and zakè himself – each offer a pair of recordings, cumulatively covering a vast emotional territory and sonic palette.
awakened souls (aka Cynthia and James Bernard, veterans of Frizzell’s Past Inside the Present label) based “Valleys and Peaks” on J…
Caelum
Caelum is the third entry in an ongoing series of longform, loop-based sound sculptures from zakè (aka Zach Frizzell), sustaining the tranquil beauty explored on Unfurled Works (2020) and Deep Into the Unknown, We Shall Endlessly Roam (2023). Its four pieces were selected from more than two dozen sketches born out of experimentation in the quiet hours, and refined through Frizzell’s signature treatments, which conjure new worlds from antiquated means.
“Caelum (No. 2)” is led by a cycle of breath…
Jade
zakè (aka Zach Frizzell) and Tyresta (aka Nick Turner) follow their recent ambient treasury, The Worlds We Leave Behind, with Jade, a surprise companion album that teases out several themes from previous works into three long-form sonic vessels, offering some of their most affecting work across nearly an hour of reflective bliss. In the process of allowing their individual instincts to further entwine, they have created a uniquely generative kind of collaboration, where every deep drone and deli…
The Worlds We Leave Behind
The Worlds We Leave Behind is the second full-length from the duo of zakè (aka Zach Frizzell) and Tyresta (aka Nick Turner)
“Building on both quotidian and profound contrasts, ‘The Worlds We Leave Behind’ by zakè and Tyresta continues the theme from the pair’s earlier collaborative efforts, that of personal strife and experiential wisdom, which colour the impressions we derive from our environments. Being a “spiritual sequel” to the pair’s first album Drift (2023), the album educes long, heavy-s…
Mid Sky
*200 copies limited edition* Mid Sky, the first full-length collaboration between Past Inside the Present label head zakè (aka Zach Frizzell) and vocalist Angela Winter, is the result of a patient exchange of ideas and arrangements over the course of more than a year. True to its title, the album occupies a rarefied place between the terrestrial and the cosmic, as Frizzell’s organic drones and field recordings unfurl in tandem with the cascading harmonies of Winter’s otherworldly voice, which cr…
Veta
*200 coipes limited edition* “Yet another vital album of enthralling ambient from the prolific Past Inside The Present label head zakè aka Zach Frizzell. Veta is a world veiled in smoky half-tones. As he often does, he fuses modern ambient classical with analogue production and conjures up thoughts of ceremonial divinity, healing and protection and offers a place to go and find solace from the pains of the world.
There are both deft synths and purposefully layered pads that blend the organic and…
Live Improvisations
*100 copies limited edition* "The colours that appear in autumn are the soul of perennial transition and slow breath; once a chill sets in and the chlorophyll-green of the leaves migrates to the trunk of the tree, those yellows, oranges and reds emerge from chemical remnants that have in fact been there all along, awaiting their moment on the forest’s lissome stage. It is a graceful manner of self-sustenance for the organism, but a source of ineffable beauty for the observing eye. Potent, poetic…
Demain Des L'Aube
Barely a week seems to go by without us hearing from zake, the US ambient producer who is hugely prolific and also unwaveringly creative with each new project. For this latest in a long line of many essential albums on his own Past Inside The Present label he links with From Overseas for the sublime sounds of Demain Des L'aube. This is a 160-gram audiophile vinyl version that sinks you deep into his widescreen and sweeping crepuscular synth work. It is delicate and spare but hugely impactful and…
A Pale Shelter
100 copies limited edition "A Pale Shelter is the kind of record that stops you dead in your tracks without actually really doing very much to create a sonic blockade. It ebbs and flows, glides and meanders through constant refrains, slowly pulling you deeper into thickly textured, minimal waves of ambient, chimes twinkling somewhere in a distant background, echoes of melody creating centerpieces to the arrangements. It's a classic example of what makes Past Inside the Present's output so mesmer…
Tape Hymns
*100 copies limited edition* Tape Hymns is a mesmerizing amalgam of sounds carefully crafted by frequent collaborators zakè and City of Dawn. The warm hiss of analog tape as the foundational structure of these arrangements brings forth pastoral mediations with becalmed, atmospheric intent. Tape Hymns mix echoing sonic tones, slow-drifting sounds with immersive low-end frequencies. Rather than linger in the imperfections of media, the duo pursues an attention to fidelity that forces them to get t…
Remembrance
*100 copies limited edition* Remembrance follows a similar formula found on zakè’s previous effort, Geneva (released on Past Inside the Present, 2020). He produced eight short phonic motifs and then invited artists to collaborate, rework, and expand upon the source material resulting in a new, unique creation.The album consists of eight short vignettes by zakè, six collaborative pieces, and eight completely reworked tracks. The track titles and overall theme of these works are based off the gorg…
Pinehaven
*200 copies limited edition* Pioneers of slow-evolving minimal drone, zakè & City of Dawn transform unadorned inputs into beautiful complexity in their latest effort, 'Pinehaven'. The drone duo is known for their carefully crafted textures, avoiding sudden shifts or abrasive sonorities. Their focus, as heard in previous efforts, offer up the steady ebb and flow of sound, cultivating a profound sense of meditative stasis and explorations of high-fidelity sound. Seven expressive ambient soundscape…
Frizzell & Duque: A Sorrow Unrequited
*300 copies limited edition* “It's not just a clever name. Zake and City of Dawn have come up with a record that genuinely sounds like the reflective moods that so often follow great loss, realised on record. Sweeping synth-strings on 'We Once Believed We Owned The Sky' only serving to reiterate the sense of lamentation that seems to pervade every corner of this album. Sometimes looking back on what was but will never be again is the only real way of making ourselves feel better - by connecting …
Frizzell & Duque: Orison
*200 copies limited edition* Orison is the latest aural exploration between zakè & City of Dawn and a predecessor to their previous orchestral effort, 'A Sorrow Unrequited'. Orison is a prayer or plea to a deity. The archaic origins of the term stem from the Latin language simply meaning to ‘speak to God’. Patient and solemn symphonic drifts that foster stillness, boundless thought, introspection, and eternal contemplation.
Drift
100 copies limited edition A formal collaborative effort long past due, PITP personnel zakè and Tyresta finally converge together to bring forth a collection of arrangements titled, 'Drift'. Drift delves into the depths of patient and reflective music which is woven together by a tapestry of delicate textures and subtle melodies. From the very first notes of the opening track, it becomes evident that Drift is a journey meant to be experienced with undivided attention. The strength of Drift lies …
To Those Who Dwelt In A Land Of Deep Darkness
*100 copies limited edition* “‘To Those Who Dwelt in a Land of Deep Darkness’ is centered around a 40-minute piece that loops a gentle, layered melodic phrase ad infinitum, with only subtle alterations along the way. It was created as a kind of healing balm for people who have experienced deep loss, and I think therein lies its emotional power. To me it feels like the sun gently breaking through clouds as you start to move on and learn to live with grief. More active addendums distills the essen…
Live at the Gothic Chapel
On February 18, 2023 in a very intimate setting, zakè, Marc Ertel, James Bernard, and From Overseas performed live at the historic Gothic Chapel, located at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana US. The set was multi-track recorded from the soundboard and is now available for those who were unable to attend the performance in person.
Hearkeneth
Florina Cassattes is delighted to release Hearkeneth: an aural translation of zakè’s poem, sharing the same title."Her angelic halo shines through a shroud of dark clouds, Tragically and harmoniously beautiful, She was the solace of melancholy, Every part of her angelic wholeness, Filled with wonder and all things lovely. Protector of the night, Lighting our paths as we venture in the shadows, Beckon unto me with thine Angel-voice so soft, In an infinite state, a sustained breath, Who hath liste…