#87 (02-10-2015) — Bandcloud (2014-2022)

Hey. It's October and yet it's been unseasonably sunny in Dublin, and London and Manchester too I believe. Good thing music knows no seasons.

Volutes - The Quiet Hours
This is marked as, among other things, "electronic bass music deep house" but the beats are few and far between. It's a stark and sombre collection from this Chicago-based artist, dare I say ~cinematic~ if you'll allow me.

H Takahashi - Sea Meditation
Oh my. The latest tape on the always intriguing Entertainment Systems is a delight. It's a dreamy release of soothing melodies that are almost lullaby-like in their simple beauty. If you liked Phases Of A Forest Moon by Inner Travels you'll like this.

TEN HYPHEN TWENTY - Ossuary Gardens
An early contributor to the wonderful Where To Now? canon, Ten Hyphen Twenty (or 10-20) has just self-released this stunning album on his Bandcloud. Dank and oppressive and expansive and wonderful, there aren't really any words for it.

Concrete / Field & Wound - Concrete / Wound
Another excellent entry from Invisible City Records. More dark and searing drone, as befitting the top third of this mail.

SHM Podcast #37: Aleks
Yet another glorious swooning ambient mix from Shimmering Moods.

FADER Mix Yamaneko
It's your boy Yama, mixing it up for FADER. Is it The Fader? Or FADER? Meh. This isn't quite the beautiful and enriching Yamaneko you know, rather it's austere and dark, an unexpected turn from him. It opens with a beautiful piece that's all lilting sax though, which really caused my heart to swell.

Juno Plus Podcast 122: Nina
It seems this week is all about hazily fogged atmospherics. Nina Trifft has done the latest JP pod past, with stellar results. No tracklist. Dig deep.

Willie Burns - Single Life - Single Life EP - OMR06
I copped this release a few weeks ago on this recommendation, and now a full track has been put on SoundCloud. The whole release is quite interesting, a bizarre take on techno that's slightly off kilter, in rewarding fashion. The title track is swooping and cavernous and gurgling, and quite beautiful too.

Cokemachineglow - Dronecast / II
Robin Smith, also of Norman Records, has done a mix for Cokemachineglow, and it's ace. Starts with charmingly simple plinky-plonk melodies, goes dark and deep, and heavy at times. Features Inner Travels! Read more here.

ML154: Blood Room (Seagrave)
Seagrave of Blood Room contributes this mix for Mitamine Lab, accompanied by some Stephen Willats art. It's all dank rap and screwed vocals. Muggy.

That's it! Have a good weekend. And a good week. If you've missed anything, see here for my Q3 roundup.