up is a nice place to be

va ~ up is a nice place to be part I (calm in trees, 2012)

01. the drive ~ jed kurzel

      snowtown (ivyleague, 2011)

02. xochitl ~ dvvllxns (jon porras)

      lxtvny (shelter press, 2012)

03. carried by sea ~ pentros

      a night residue (love all day, 2012)

04. revella ~ spires that in the sunset rise

      ancient patience wills it again part II (hairyspiderlegs, 2012)

05. future nostalgia ~ former selves

      split w/ quiet evenings (constellation tatsu, 2012)

06. painted figures ~ je suis le petit chevalier

      a guide to the sun (sicsic tapes, 2012)

07. one for lee ~ valerio cosi

      for lee jackson in space (self~released, 2012)

08. a boat ~ x.y.r.

      robinson crusoe :: lost soundtrack (self~released, 2012)

09. jane ~ sam rosenthal

      before the buildings fell (projekt, 2000)

10. baia ~ dick schory's new percussion ensemble

      music for bang, baaroom, and harp (rcavictor, 1958)

11. barney's world ~ unidiscus (norm chambers)

      unidiscus (self~released, 2012)

12. water music bourrée (handel) ~ wendy carlos

      well-tempered synthesizer (east side digital, 1999)

13. wässer ~ inoyama land

       danzindan~pojidon (yen, 1983)

14. arabesque no.1 ~ isao tomita

      snowflakes are dancing (rca red seal, 1974)

15. natalie barney's salon ~ julian lynch

      music for how mata hari lost her head (soft abuse, 2011)

16. her smell theme ~ vincent gallo

     recordings of music for film (warp, 2002)

17. tree 7. kanuka ~ birdcatcher

      trees (pseudoarcana, 2012)

18. violas ~ berlenga

      split w/ europa rural (exo tapes, 2011)

19. ecstasy waterfall ~ dreamers cloth

      plays ecstasy waterfall (relax with nature, 2008)

20. untitled ~ europa rural

      splith with berlenga (exo tapes, 2011)

21. 65,000 colourz ~ mt. tjhris 

      temple movement (ailanthus recordings, 2012)

22. what'llya do what'llya say ~ michael hurley

      back home with drifting woods (mississippi, 2012)

23. easy rider ~ chris sikelianos

      the american dreamer o.s.t. (mediarts, 1971)

24. no lord is free ~ hiss golden messenger

      bad debt (self~released, 2010)

25. fallin' in love ~ american spring

      fallin' in love/shyin' away (col., 1973)

va ~ up is a nice place to be part II (calm in trees, 2012)

01. bed time ~ young man
      boy (frenchkiss, 2009)
02. néctar ~ miaux
      étude des têtus (taped sounds, 2012)
03. the last living legend ~ orphan fairytale
      comets comes alive (blackest rainbow, 2012)
04. from a harmonic algorithm ~ laurie spiegel
      unseen worlds (scarlet~infinite series, 1991)
05. kuoleman tappajan kuolema ~ lau nau
      valohiukkanen (fonal, 2012)
06. from sterling to snow ~ ricardo donoso
      assimilating the shadow (digitalis, 2012)
07. beached ~ lee noble
      persona (bridgetown, 2011)
08. celestial gaze ~ raajmahal
      unreleased track (kelippah, 2012)
09. untitled a4 ~ euglossine
      floridian abstract (housecraft, 2012)
10. jungle apparition ~ komodo haunts
      atoll phantasm, split with hobo cubes (hooker vision, 2012)
11. amnesia and comets ~ aloonaluna
      va ~ goldrush II, companion tape (goldrush, 2012)
12. you are the sun ~ inez lightfoot
      three weaving at the well (biological radio, 2012)
13. spacepony ~ bil vermette
      archives I (field studies, 2012)
14. aquasun no.5 ~ paul lemel & eric marving
      aquasun (sylvester music company, 1974)
15. together again ~ gary sloan and clone
      harmonitalk (finders keepers, 1980~2012)
16. front porch rumbling ~ gonzález & steenkiste
      stuffed with the down of the eider (eiderdown, 2012)
17. untitled V ~ poor farm
      drifts along weakley hollow (poor farm editions press, 2012)
18. the hunters ~ john marshall
      unknown, maybe from the documentary 'the hunters'
19. for you ~ jeffrey cain
      for you (raccoon, 1970)
20. faretheewell (fred's tune) ~ fred neil
      fred neil (cap., 1966)
21. main theme ~ bernard herrmann
      taxi driver o.s.t (arista, 1976)
22. chimera ~ pierrot lunaire
      exercise in futility (semata, 2012)
23. morning ~ langsyne
      langsyne (garden of delights, reissue 2012)
24. merry go round ~ j.d. emmanuel
      sound paintings (rain forest music, 1980)
25. tangi tahiti ~ webley edwards
      hawaii calls: exotic instruments vol IV (cap., 1961)
26. constantly collapsing paradise ~ zonotope
      cruising through the hypersphere of resonance (2010)
27. my birthday on iscandar ~ 400 lonely things
      iscandarian sunset~split with transmuteo (rotifer, 2012)
28. cnidarian sunset ~ transmuteo
      iscandarian sunset~split with 400 lonely things (rotifer, 2012)
29. paradise found ~ martin denny
      quiet village (liberty, 1959)
30. lady (fallin' in love) ~ d. wilson
      unreleased album landlocked (cap., 1972)

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fotos: lauren wisnewski & casey bunæn

 

sun cycles

sun cycles ~ home (bilogical radio, 2012)

"in honor of the four~year anniversary of our very first date, we've decided to put up a free download for friends and fellow music lovers. Sun Cycles is our own new family collaboration, and our very first tape, Home, was a secret Biological Radio release that we sent to a handful of friends in January 2012, a release that is no longer secret nor available in its original cassette format. the album is made up of seven tracks that we wrote together in a new territory where modal forest jams meet electrical currents at sunrise. all songs recorded by Matt & Jackie around the hearth.

Sun Cycles is Matt McDowell (lap steel, guitar, bass, piano, percussion) and Jackie McDowell aka Inez Lightfoot (mountain dulcimer, voice, keyboard, tapes, guitar, percussion).

click here to download Sun Cycles ~ Home. cheers!"

aquí, la entrevista de rachel evans a jackie (que además de inez lighfoot, sun cycles y waterfinder es la otra mitad de rivière amur junto a félicia atkinson aka je suis le petit chevalier)

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born again for the first time

va ~ born again for the first time (digitalis, 2012)

"In celebration of the fact that we finally redesigned the Digitalis label site for the first time in over 7 (!!!) years, we got together a huge group of some of our favorite bands & artists from Digitalis’ past, present, and future for a sweetforce compilation. This all came together pretty fast and it’s a true testament to the quality of all this contributors that so many came through with such killer tunes. This compilation will stand up to the best of them and hey, it’s free if you want it to be.

New/unreleased tracks from the following: Emuul, Discoverer, Charlatan, Bastian Void, seht, Hobo Cubes, Jerry Paper, Inez Lightfoot, Seekersinternational, Ossining, Rambutan, Milton Cross, Mohawk Park, Mass Ornament, Thug Entrancer, Panabrite, Paco Sala, Sagas, Sovetskaya Gone, Brainshadows, Oxykitten, Piotr Kurek, & Sweater Weather.  Holy fuck."

foto: elliot michael fairhurst

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riviere amur

riviere amur ~ bois flotté (i had an accident 2011)

"riviere amur is inez lightfoot + je suis le petit chevalier = jackie mc dowell + félicia atkinson = two wandering foxes running wild together towards invisible lands"

"Bois Flotté is like discovering something unfamiliar through the familiar. An alternate perspective on reality. Side A begins with the familiar sound of the ocean, as meditative chants and slow tonal changes emerge from beneath. Crashing waves decrease in force as if Rivière Amur could calm the most violent of seas. Bells chime in the background, like a hypnotist signaling you in and out of consciousness. Don’t fight it. Forget everything you know and accept this new reality. Approach the world with a naïve eye, as if just born. All knowledge is now a priori. Disassociate objects around you from the names given to them. Focus on the aesthetics: shapes, color, and movement. What do you see? What do you hear? Whispered voices and chirping birds in the background have become nebulous and have fused with the droning soundscape. Familiar sounds have transformed into something new. Something radiant. Don’t fight it. You’re now ready for Side B." half hour handshake

qué ilusión formar parte de un disco tan bonito ^^

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inez lightfoot

inez lightfoot ~ nature songs (biological radio, 2011)

"Inez Lightfoot is homemade music from the mountaintop barrows and the deciduous forests and many spaces in-between. She uses nature-derived inspiration to conjure analog soundscapes ranging from fierce and uncanny to gentle and ritual."

"Some sounds I've made recently, inspired by nature. I think that Biological Radio will release Nature Songs on cassette this fall!" inez lightfoot

si las canciones fueran viajes: recall what you saw in the eye

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inez lightfoot / je suis le petit chevalier

inez lightfoot / je suis le petit chevalier ~ split (stunned 2011)

"...from the hush of a winter’s midnight, Inez Lightfoot opens this hour-long ceremony evoking animal powers and seasonal forces of nature. Presiding with the intimacy and strength of a curandera, Inez synchronizes the flow of analog electricity with raw expressions of blood & breath. Captivating as the light of a full moon, this is beautiful hyp-gnosis at an earthen altar. Felicia Atkinson echoes these sentiments with her own brand of mysterious music generation. Performing as Je Suis le Petit Chevalier, Felicia unites the energy of synthesizer with her voice into a brew of humid atmospherics. Every sung line and keyboard pulse is like a pebble dropped onto the still surface of a pond, leaving behind distinct after-impressions yet always giving way to the next entrancing note..." stunned

foto: ananda serné

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