a window open

va ~ a window open (calm in trees, febrero 2013)

01 calm in trees ~ x.y.r. | new song (self-released, 2013)

02 the wake ~ universe | gift (self-released, 2012)

03 path inward ~ j.d. emmanuel | time traveler (aguirre, 2013)

04 hill ~ forming | variations of the one essence (worn habit, 2013)

05 la planète oubliée ~ nino nardini | musique pour le futur (neuilly, 1969)

06 exotique ~ roland bocquet | paradia (cobra, 1977)

07 glass animals ~ m.m. peres | un diamante... (salvador, 2013)

08 little green bottle ~ motion sickness of time travel | red tide (hooker vision, 2010)

09 gewiss ~ hans-joachim roedelius | auf leisen sohlen (sky, 1984)

10 skywaves ~  roberto cacciapaglia | sonanze/sonances (proper, 2000)

11 met éireann ~ meadowlands | tri-coastal horizons (exo tapes, 2013)

12 in the center of a room ~ hew | domoboi (rotifer, 2012)

13 alethia ~ johnny greenwood | the master o.s.t. (nonesuch, 2012)

14 summer eyes ~ félicia atkinson | summer eyes ep (morc, 2012)

15 deep soul twinkle ~ grykë pyje | callings from nowhere (ginjoha tapes, 2012)

16 mediterranean years ~ tim coster | mediterranean years (no kings, 2012)

17 support ~ bill doob | sky watchers w/ venn rain (isam, 2012)

18 coastal rubies ~ élément kuuda | va ~ hobo cult 3'' cd boxset vol. I (hobo cult, 2011)

19 discovery ~ floating gardens | generalife (constellation tatsu, 2013)

20 floating reception ~ porzellan | the lost library (cotton goods, 2012)

21 no one's ~ mark bradley | temple music (golden cloud tapes, 2012)

22 eye appeal / valid days ~ forming | variations of the one essence (worn habit, 2013)

23 spalted beech: peacocks ~ m. sage | lux collapsing (patient sounds, 2012)

24 earth ~ ypotryll | earthsea (mineral tapes, 2012)

25 side a ~ dmitri zherbin | untitled (mineral tapes, 2012)

26 visual weather ~ glass house | savage times (sicsic tapes, 2012)

27 how to arrange a bouquet ~ aloonaluna | mythologies (watery starve, 2012)

28 eleven ~ david lackner | the repeaters (peasant magik, 2010)

29 sunbeams ~ former selves | va ~ night hours awake (la forêt sans nom, 2012)

30 lateral ~ oliwa | futura (zeon light kassett, 2013)

31 second moon ~ lunar miasma | arrival (field studies, 2011)

32 transmutation of consciousness ~ kyle landstra | new light (space slave, 2013)

33 low tide ~ golden brown | high tide at gold beach (self-released, 2012)

34 sun environment ~ sun environment | sun environment (private press, 1970)

35 waystation ~ floating gardens | split w/ quicksails (field studies, 2010)

36 garden of paradise ~ steve hillage | rainbow dome musick (1979)

37 untitled ~ courtly illusion limited | untitled (space slave, 2013)

38 amphibian dance ~ sunhiilow | split w/ baldruin (sicsic tapes, 2012)

39 das mirakel ~ baldruin | split w/ sunhiilow (sicsic tapes, 2012)

40 the lynx is watching ~ fluorescent heights | vendetta in paradise (sicsic tapes, 2013)

41 mar de março ~ branches | single (self-released, 2010)

42 rms ~ high wolf | japan tour (winged sun, 2010)

43 ka-ata-killa ~ enumclaw | upcoming tape (sacred phrases, 2013)

44 missing you in the bubble ~ panabrite | frequency bath II (self-released, 2011)

45 I.I ~  microflvrscnce | I (patient sounds, 2013)

46 cop talk ~ grapefruit | twin reflections (sloow tapes, 2012)

47 amare videre est ~ nite lite | megrez (desire path, 2012)

48 lof der zotten ~ sylvester anfang II | van stekene tot zomergem (sicsic, 2013)

49 olo olemattomuudessa ~ tulasi | tulasi (ikuisuus, 2011)

50 sprießwärtsdrall ~ metabolismus | sprießwärtsdrall (amish, 1999)

fotos: jennilee marigomen & carles rodrigo

ayer recibí en el correo uno de los regalos más bonitos que se pueden recibir: una canción compuesta especialmente por vladimir de x.y.r. para nuestro blog. y aquí está, justo a tiempo para formar parte del nuevo compilado y que además acaba reflejando, aunque sea involuntariamente, la radiografía y el clima de todas las canciones. se llama 'calm in trees' y es extremadamente bonita. hay pajaritos y melodías ensoñadoras y teclados celestiales, toda la vida y el espíritu del blog parece resumirse en ocho minutos, la tristeza es alegre y la alegría es melancolía. 'a window open' podría ser un compendio de 'hits' que son hits, esbozos que no llegan a ser canciones, sellos pequeños que ya no son tan pequeños y otros que los siguen siendo al menos en espíritu, ambient de todas las épocas, field recordings, kraut, space folk, meditación, canciones perdidas, adelantos, regalos y alguna sorpresa. enjoy ^^

"special sound-message for my favourite blog "microphones in the trees". lyrics: "i'm sending you warm greetings from the middle of nowhere..where the sun always shines and the bird sing.. i'm so glad to share my serene mood with you... i hope your trees stay calm." vladimir

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tim coster

tim coster ~ a place in the sun (fictitious sighs, 2011)

"this c32 cassette (factory dubbed & printed chrome, dolby B) collects five tracks which more or less reflect pieces I was working on as recordings and in live performances over the last year. recorded mainly with Eurorack modular synthesizer, endless "answer-phone" cassettes, effects and a few other gadgets, this is my first long-ish solo release since Star Mill in 2007." tim coster

"this is spiritualist, purposeful drone. side A uses clear, bell-like tones and a flute that sounds oddly like a calliope as well, giving the opener the feel of both desert and riverside. side B is lower in pitch, contains some careful guitar tones, and gives the impression of drifting in a beautiful, serene way. lovely work." foxy digitalis

"five new tracks recorded using Eurorack modular synth, answer phone cassettes, F/X and gadgets. beautiful, spectral drone and eerie late night atmospherics, with the odd sculptural appeal of Harry Bertoia’s invented instruments crossed with deep cosmo tones and the feel of a more nocturnal, early electro take on the more personal/diaristic Mirror/Christoph Heemann sides. Tim Coster should appeal to fans of Ian Middleton, Asmus Tietchens, Scott Foust et al. very beautiful and recommended." volcanic tongue

foto: jennilee marigomen

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tim coster ~ mediterranean years (no kings, 2012)

"had the great pleasure of witnessing this Auckland/Melbourne charmer play a show at my house earlier this year while on his US tour. With a background in fine art sculpture, his suitcase set with tiny modular synthesizer, looping pedals, keyboard, and accoutrements laid out on the floor looked sufficiently feng shui as the sound drifted slowly out into the room and enveloped the crowd in a lulling cloud that was imbued with folk sensibility and fervor, in addition to restraint. Mediterranean Years includes material he recorded in Echo Park on that trip, and it’s as if he bottled that luminescent cloud and transferred it to tape, still moving, slowly dissipating." no kings

minimalismo cálido y acogedor, música celestial. más que un trabajo, un método de trabajo: 'we'. un sintetizador modular, teclados, loops y cintas manipuladas que, como sin querer, dan forma a dos de los discos más bonitos y relajantes, puro buen feng shui. todo suena a creación en libertad e intimidad, a trabajador artesano en su día a día. para escuchar de noche y despertarse en la casita del árbol que todos querríamos tener.

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sky stadium

sky stadium ~ freely without (exo tapes, 2012)

"Sky Stadium is Jeff  B of New Jersey’s drone-centric moniker. He’s left a prolific scattering of tape releases across several labels over the last year, with each showing healthy levels of experimentation. the releases represent a unique and growing taste, which manages to touch on many of the more commonly shared aesthetics of the recent “new age” and ambient resurgence, while never reverting to any newly minted clichés. each track on Freely Without is self-contained and revolves around a single minimalist theme. subtle variations within the repetitive arpeggios and melodic patterns (real and imagined) lend the tracks a feeling of organic growth and/or decay that defies expectations. overall, there’s too much of a feeling of progression and pop music style coherence to label these as purely drone tracks. label away: new age, ambient, and mood music are all appropriate references here. objectively, is totally headphones music. but seriously, there’s something really gratifying about hearing these drones put out loudly. hearing this music interact with a physical space is gratifying and gives it all a pleasant warmth." impose magazine

"pure new age lo-fi synth worship. body dissolving. clouds rolling. forever floating." weed temple

Sky Stadium es un género en sí mismo: repasar toda su discografía es no querer salir y sentir la necesidad de compartir todos sus discos. decían en foxy digitalis que su música es como ese amigo especial  que siempre está ahí cuando más lo necesitas, el que te recibe con un abrazo cálido y reconfortante y te consuela sin necesidad de palabras. cuánta razón... más que un disco, freely without es un laboratorio alquímico donde todo es posible, como si se tratara de un dibujo surrealista de Moebius. es esa alfombra mágica que son los amigos de toda la vida de la que hablaba Coloma, esa intersección cómoda y mullida en la que te sientes tan a gusto. pura anestesia. freely without es una pequeña sinfonía dividida en ocho composiciones que oscilan entre pasajes de suave ambient y ligeras texturas new age, un sosegado recorrido de tonalidades similares a las de Kyle Landstra, las que inducen al sueño cósmico y a cerrar los ojos. de la emocionante 'i take in the world's pain' que tanto me recuerda a Mirror to Mirror a la sensación literal de flotar con la que se escucha 'to ascend'. 'guide to floating', que no es de este disco pero como si lo fuera, es una maravilla de casi siete minutos que se plasma de la forma más hipnótica posible en imágenes.

foto: jennilee marigomen

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