tegu

tegu ~ owl island (not not fun, 2024)

Across 53 minutes, the music moves between séance and visitation, alternately lurking and expectant, bathed in a sheen of starlight and streetlights. Fellow voyagers Wave Temples and X.Y.R. join for a pair of smoky, cosmic cameos, but otherwise this is a solitary affair – locked in, looking up, mapping new constellations in the expanding void. ~ britt brown, not not fun

owl island is a place far somewhere in the universe which the US label Not Not Fun has been meticulously crafting for past 20 years ~ hazed fourth-world utopianism, full of exotic paysages which are more and more becoming a pure fantasy on our densely populated planet. though it's not necessarily Earth where Tegu sounds are taking us, since the music on the tape has no signs of humans ~ even the ever-present drums here sound more as natural phenomena in their monotonous propulsion, while well-rounded synth melodies which support them probably are metabolic product of some exquisite air-purifying plant family. there is no pathway in these thickets but nothings too dangerous as well, maybe only the possibility of dissolving in this inviting greenery. is this paradise gardens? (as the cover art suggests) or it's a fresh start for this spark of sentience once dazzled by its own greatness?

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plant music / grey garden home

va ~ plant music: a leafy listening compilation (dublab, 2015)

"nurture nature with dublab’s Plant Music! these songs were composed by dublab’s favorite musicians with growth of leafy friends in mind. Plant Music is a dublab Proton Drive exclusive so when you pick this up you will not only be helping plants to grow, but you will also cultivate dublab’s positive music mission."

1. a&r ~ weeping willow

 2. alejandro cohen ~ remembering
3. carmen villain ~ blomic
4. dexter story ~ mahogany
5. dntel ~ ficus sheen
6. ethio cali ~ green tej
7. golden hits ~ for the ferns
8. suneye ~ sprout
9. impa quince ~ i bloom when you bloom
10. j d emmanual ~ texas star plant
11. jp jenkins ~ cactus conciousness
12. mary lattimore ~ david green
13. matthewdavid ~ electronic dream plant
14. prints ~ vision
15. rainbow arabia ~ succulent
16. t.e.a.l. ~ moss
17. vitamin wig c ~ rose power

~ proton donation ~

va ~  グレーガーデン ホーム (grey garden home compilation) (onmyōdō cassette, 2015)

opaline, sunmoonstar, sleepland, aeki takashi, ...

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opaline

 opaline ~ shade virtual (habitat tapes, 2014)

~ for everything there is a mirror. a perfect replication.
a sequel. a sequence.
a representation to destroy or build a context.

what is real and what is thought? what is touch and what is envisioned?
what is invented and what is projected?

there is a synthesized counterpart to every world.
to all thought there is a thinker. a creator.

we are the gods of our virtual landscape. ~

"Opaline is the music of Portland based ambient artist Hunter P. Thompson. finely wrought and contemplative, 'Shade Virtual' takes you through oozy, fine mists into a synesthetic sonic ocean glistening with waves of crystal and turquoise. for those of you who have already encountered his previous new age recordings, this album will reward your expectations." habitat tapes

'shade virtual' de Opaline podría parecer otro de los múltiples discos de ambient y new age que pululan por ahí, pero si te detienes a escuchar todas las cintas que, como miguitas, ha ido dejando en el camino, te das cuenta de que su música es algo muy especial. no sé exactamente qué la hace diferente del resto de músicas aéreas y ensoñadoras (pienso en Ghostrider,  Difference Clouds, Nibiru Communion y Pulse Emitter, aunque podrían ser muchos más), pero sí sé que 'star hive module', un teclado describiendo una melodía infinita, otro sobrevolándolo, es simplemente perfecta. o 'echolocation'. me encanta el título, cómo Peter Hunter Thompson disecciona las notas y parece hacerlas eternas, cómo se detiene en ellas, sin prisa. cómo se queda con cada mínima melodía, y la repite, y la reanuda, y la convierte en magia celestial, en 'water colors', en 'un océano holográfico', en las dos partes de 'una corriente de aire' (tan Rachel Evans y Former Selves), en 'resplandor' (tan bonita, tan x.y.r.), y de nuevo por fin en 'una colmena de estrellas' (tan de quedarte ahí para siempre).

artwork: crystal pérez

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