Μηδέν στα δέκα.
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Sunday 29 October 2023
Thursday 19 October 2023
Wednesday 18 October 2023
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Hania Rani / Ghosts
Hania Rani announces her new album, Ghosts, bringing her songwriting and beautiful vocals to the fore and featuring special guests Patrick Watson, Ólafur Arnalds and Duncan Bellamy (Portico Quartet).
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Lusine / Long Light
Seattle-based producer Jeff McIlwain, aka Lusine, returns with his 9th full-length record, Long Light, marking twenty years since he first joined the Ghostly International roster.
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Monday 16 October 2023
Hidden Orchestra / To Dream Is To Forget
Since its inception, producer and composer Joe Acheson has carefully developed Hidden Orchestra from a simple initial project concept of ‘an imagined orchestra’ into something that has flourished into a widespan musical universe of its own, that is truly unlike anything else.
After multiple albums with respected independent label Tru Thoughts, continued support from the likes of The Guardian, BBC6Music, FIP, JazzFM, several awards for innovative soundtrack work intertwined with AI and consistent global touring of an energetic and intriguing live show featuring two duelling drummers, their reach and influence has swollen to make them one of the highest regarded names in independent music today and has even led to collaborations beyond the world of music, with The British Library, Kew Gardens and National Trust all enlisting Acheson for unique installation projects. Yet regardless of the current brief in front of him, the initial mission statement to ‘create electronic music with acoustic means’ remains.
Acheson achieves this task with aplomb, conjuring intricate yet expansive worlds of sound, built in collaboration with a select core of talented musicians, combined with Acheson’s bespoke samples, field recordings, and carefully honed composition and arrangement sensibilities. Detail and craftsmanship are at the core of everything he does, even musically directing a diverse array of instrumentalists to capture unique samples of both improvised and scored nature. This ingenious approach really sets his work apart from the crowd and allows Acheson’s artistic vision to come to life exactly as intended.
While new album ‘To Dream is to Forget’ certainly maintains this mission statement, it does also bring about a sea change for the project on a few fronts. Released via Acheson’s own newly formed Lone Figures imprint, the musical direction for the record involved a concerted effort to condense musical themes and ideas into more immediate arrangements, with less utilisation of field recordings than previously released material.
Predominantly sticking to this ethos has indeed meant an average track length reduction throughout, however there is still the same high level of musicality and no shortage of ideas within this rich collection of 10 original tracks.
A familiar cast of contributors return - with long term members Jamie Graham (drums), Tim Lane (drums), and Poppy Ackroyd (violin) all present, alongside newer personnel - Jack McNeill (clarinet) and Rebecca Knight (cello) all helping to realise Acheson’s musical vision.
The album title is taken from a line by Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa - “No one tires of dreaming, because to dream is to forget, and forgetting does not weigh on us, it is a dreamless sleep throughout which we remain awake.”
And this seems an apt calling card for a collection that draws influence from a fantastic and diverse array of places. Musically at any given point you are as likely to hear sounds akin to Max Cooper or Four Tet as you are Stravinsky, Debussy, and Ravel.
With the idea of ‘reimagining’ playing a key role in the creation of the project, this track leans into the overarching concept and nature of dreams reworking everyday experience into new subconscious stories…
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Orions Belte / Women
Orions Belte has been a steady supplier of groovy, catchy and dreamy instrumental pop since their 2018 debut album Mint. Women is their third studio album.
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Saturday 14 October 2023
Monday 2 October 2023
Sunday 1 October 2023
Nuage / 0% Anxiety
On the process of creating the LP, Kuzmin says:
“For me, music has always been healing – a feeling that removes anxiety, and points you in a positive direction. Perhaps that is why I really wanted to give this vibe to the listeners, to conduct a sound therapy. The last two years of recording the album were accompanied by tough things in my life (and the lives of many others), nevertheless I wanted to record the most danceable and inspiring album of my career – to put forth a mix of nostalgia, freedom and euphoria. This LP became a piece of work that I had never done before and I see it as a message to all freedom and peace loving people. I believe electronic music and the dancefloor are universal spaces, which inspires and creates love and peace. I close my eyes, my mind is under control, my anxiety levels go to zero.”
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Harper Trio
In Cairo/Grandmas Coat is the first single taken from the upcoming album
and is one of 7 original tracks composed specifically for the trio.
Featuring shimmering soundscapes, it flirts with the avant garde and
psychedelic sounds to create an exciting, inventive slice of spiritual
jazz.
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