Focus on the Breath // Context TAPE

This is a collaborative album released by American guitarists Duffy x Uhlmann, who have played together as backing band members of Perfume Genius and Hand Habits, on the Chicago indie label Orindal Record in September 2023. Contains 9 songs from ambient folk to ambient jazz improvised by two guitars. DL code included. The LP is available in black and marble versions. Below is an explanation by Rosie Stockton. "Duffy x Uhlmann communicate with speed, blurring the lines between speed and slow, taking on each other's peaks and flurries as they aim for each other's horizons. Their constant motif is a constant return, knowing that if one wanders off, the other will follow or be called home. It's a steady, committed pulse. Here, fluidity prevails over order, each note passing by like an initial carved into the bark of a tree.

A large quantity has arrived from Orindal Record, an indie pop-folk label based in Chicago, USA. This is an album released in 2020 by Chicago multi-instrumentalist Gia Margaret, who produced it during a period when she was unable to sing due to illness. Contains 11 dreamy ambient folk songs. DL code included. The record is a clear green edition. Below is an explanation by the artist himself and the label. "After canceling my tour due to illness, I couldn't sing for nearly half a year, so I felt like I was stuck in my shell and turned to synthesizers for solace. Writing has helped me maintain my identity as a music maker. Sometimes this music has relieved my anxiety more than therapy or anything else.'' Without a doubt, Mia Gargaret's instrumental tracks highlight Gia Margaret's skills as a musician, composer, and producer. The understated yet immersive arrangement of synthesizers, piano, and acoustic guitar creates an emotional landscape that is at once painful and soothing, much like the view from a car window. “I wanted to create a hopeful sound. I was making music to soothe myself. I would play synth loops as I walked around my apartment, forming my own daily soundtrack. ” Mia Gargaret documents Gia Margaret's self-healing. The album's opener, apathy, includes excerpts from vocal therapy exercises she did. Body samples lectures by British philosopher Alan Watts. (The use of this sample was personally granted by Mark Watts, the late lecturer's son, in exchange for the use of "body" in a documentary film about his father). Other tracks feature Gia's daily field recordings, including footsteps, church bells, a crackling bonfire, and lake waves. "I wanted to capture the feeling of having a really magical time in my life, even though I wanted to forget it completely. This process helped me understand something about myself. "Mia...

This is a 2024-disc reissue record released by HR Giger's Studiolo aka Spencer Clark, a well-known psychedelic artist from Athens, Greece, in April 4 from Discrepant, a jungle music cave in Porto, Portugal. (Original 2 cassette release) Contains 2014 psychedelic strange beats ~ experimental post-new age ambient songs. DL link included. Below is an explanation by the label. "HR Giger's Studiolo," a giant double-cassette editorial reissue released under the name Typhonian Highlife in 8, features underworld voyager Spencer Clarke's labyrinthine sonic worlds set in a particularly enchanting world. Discover connection points. Completely ignoring linear timelines and trajectories, HR Giger's Studiolo draws inspiration from both the Swiss master's vision and the Cenobite iconography Clark previously explored in Fourth World Magazine's Pinhead in Phantasia. are getting rations. The picture of the Cenobite on the CD head that adorns the jacket makes this connection even more obvious. The two-and-a-half hour long trip in the tape version is here neatly edited into a wax container. The first two volumes of HR Giger's Studiolo are among Clark's most mysterious recordings. "HR...

This is an album released by French ambient artist Danny Clay on the French ambient label laaps/IIKKI in April 2024. Contains 4 cinematic neoclassical ambient songs featuring strings and piano. DL code included. The record is a clear blue edition. The previous work is also recommended. Click here to see more Laaps / IIKKI releases...