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abundance
"abundance" is the new album by Iksre (Phoebe Dubar) composed of eight tracks, eachoffering positive, elevating, shimmering, and textural sonic experiences. The songsincorporate layered vocals, viola, analog and software synths, binaural beats, and uniquesound healing instruments. Iksre (I Keep Seeing Rainbows Everywhere), creates ambientmusic that teeters on the edge of danceability, inviting listeners to connect themselves to theabundance that surrounds them.
The creative process leading to th…
Wenge
Wenge, pronounced /wen-gee/, is a legume tree native to the forests of Congo, Zaire, Gabon,Cameroon, and the southern regions of Tanzania and Mozambique. Some of its indigenous namesare dikela, mibotu, bokonge, and awong. It is a hard and heavy dark-colored wood used for musicalinstruments, like guitars, flutes, drums and balaphones, which we play on the recordings. The namestruck us as an apt metaphor for resiliency, stability, durability, and the sonic resonance we bring youon this release. We…
Thousand Bells
Yui Onodera and Takashi Kokubo are two visionary artists hailing from Japan, known for theirexceptional ability to create captivating and immersive sonic experiences. The compositionsseamlessly blend Yui Onodera's minimalist sensibilities with Takashi Kokubo's mastery oftraditional Japanese instrumentation, creating a sonic tapestry that transports listeners to arealm of serenity and introspection.
Grammy-nominated Takashi Kokubo is a veteran musician, composer, and sound designerwho has played …
Music for Tomato Plants
Loris S. Sarid is a Rome born musician and sound designer living in Glasgow (Scotland).Music for Tomato Plants was born while taking care of a little tomato plant, grown on thewindowsill of his flat during the winter 2020. The album is a homage to the unapparentcourage of simplicity, and the beauty and lightness of the most ordinary things.
“In the same spirit of Mort Garson, Green-House and others who synthesize the natural andmusical worlds, this ambient serenade for tomato plants is a welcome…
Resolve
*2023 stock* Resolve is a followup to Campfire stories and features fragmented field recordings as inspiration for improvisational piano and ambient pieces. It's designed to be a gapless, single listening record and explores dreams, the unconscious, and the way we perceive and recall memories/experiences.
La Force Aquarienne
In his debut release with Constellation Tatsu, Andy Aquarius takes us on a journey from the forest to the sea. Aquarius was in the process of writing another album, the follow up to ‘Chapel’ (Hush Hush, 2021), when multiple voices emerged, each of them holding a distinct energetic signature. Those incantations became ‘La Force Aquarienne,’ a collection of intuitive prayers.
The first track, ‘U Lisi’ (Ukrainian for ‘In The Forest’), represents the connective and grounding tissue of our shared dim…
A Love Letter to Water
A Love Letter to Water is the instrumental debut EP by Colombian-born, Los Angeles based therapist and musician Alicia Ramírez, aka Inkarose.
Paisajes Imaginarios
*2023 stock* Paisajes Imaginarios is a collection of piano-based and lo-fi sonic frequencies made with tape manipulation. The idea was to create something that transports the listener and helps instill reflection and enable retreat from everyday life.
Aeonium
Tarotplane's new tape on Constellation Tatsu comes after many years of research and correspondence. They find him seeking to recreate the unique sound of the late great legend that is Manuel Gottsching. As such, his Aeonium album is a truly psychedelic treasure that fuses some magical moments from Krautrock as well as plenty of new and innovative sounds in between. It has twinkling cosmic melodies and sleek synth lines that are in constant flux. This one comes with great cover art in the form of…
Ganymede
Inspired in equal measure by the throbbing urbanity of coastal cities, continental European art-rock experimentation, left-ï¬Ã‚Âeld techno, and the freewheeling punk aesthetic of contemporary home studio recording, Jonas Reinhardt’s music transcends its inï¬Ã‚‚uences to bring into being a work that’s wholly new while referencing a celebrated aesthetic of the past. Jonas Reinhardt's 'Ganymede' is an experimental science ï¬Ã‚Âction ï¬Ã‚Âlm set on the solar system's largest moon. On Ganymede, i…