BLWBCK018 – Release date : May 28th, 2012
Tape {66 c.} fluorescent green cassette C50
including the digital edition
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From September to December 2011, EUS (Costa Rica), Postdrome (UK), and Saåad (France) came together to explore their shared visions of drone and ambient music. The result is Sustained Layers, a 44 min introspective work formed by carefully assembled layers of drones, field recordings and blurred melodies. This collaboration was made possible by the constant experimentation and improvisation that took place throughout recordings, and distance becomes a key part of the record as the time zones separating the artists shaped the progression of the album entirely.
01. Arrows of Night
02. 3PM
03. Drone Me Tender
04. Limbo
05. Inner Cold
06. 3AM
07. Destruction
08. Dawn (feat. Metal Alvin)
music written & recorded by
EUS – Jose Acuña
Postdrome – Charlie Floyd
Saåad – Romain Barbot & Greg Buffier
recorded in Toulouse (France), Oxford (UK) & San José (Costa Rica)
from September to December 2011
additional vocals on ‘Dawn’ by Molly Ann Donahue (Metal Alvin)
recorded in november 2011 – New York (US)
mixed by Nico Guevara at Eleventy Studio – Costa Rica during march 2012
mastered by Gregory Hoepffner in Paris during april 2012
artwork by Romain Barbot
Postdrome’s music has always been abstract enough to change every time you hear it. It sends you into an unknown territory, a land of sculpted soundscapes and detailed textures where your imagination has space to grow…
Postdrome’s music has always been abstract enough to change every time you hear it. It sends you into an unknown territory, a land of sculpted soundscapes and detailed textures where your imagination has space to grow…
Co-released by In Paradisum & BLWBCK, this split release offers two live improvisations for more than 50 minutes of pure contemplation by Saåad & Insiden …
Co-released by In Paradisum & BLWBCK, this split release offers two live improvisations for more than 50 minutes of pure contemplation by Saåad & Insiden …
Karelle opens up a core of unstable emotions, new fields of research at the bottom of the cave, whilst avoiding emotional blackmail and keeping concepts part of his mystery.
Karelle opens up a core of unstable emotions, new fields of research at the bottom of the cave, whilst avoiding emotional blackmail and keeping concepts part of his mystery.
‘Hidden Scenes’ is made of vast & ambient soundscapes, ethereal melodies, played through a thick smoke. An immersive night journey, wrapped in a deep sadness but scattered with pale flickering lights… each drone and each noise is dragging its own chord, unveiling a meticulous work out of an apparent abstraction…
‘Hidden Scenes’ is made of vast & ambient soundscapes, ethereal melodies, played through a thick smoke. An immersive night journey, wrapped in a deep sadness but scattered with pale flickering lights… each drone and each noise is dragging its own chord, unveiling a meticulous work out of an apparent abstraction…
Characterized by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements, ‘Ritual’ is a sonic refuge far way from modern distractions, a place of introspection with no wall, with nothing to do than stare at the slow-rising sun. A captivating debut forged in reverb, solemn and fragile…
Characterized by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements, ‘Ritual’ is a sonic refuge far way from modern distractions, a place of introspection with no wall, with nothing to do than stare at the slow-rising sun. A captivating debut forged in reverb, solemn and fragile…
Saåad is back on BLWBCK with a new cassette, featuring an improvisation recorded at the end of the ‘Orbs & Channels’ sessions and 4 reinterpretations by Listening Mirror, Pleq, Almeeva & Noir Cœur.
Saåad is back on BLWBCK with a new cassette, featuring an improvisation recorded at the end of the ‘Orbs & Channels’ sessions and 4 reinterpretations by Listening Mirror, Pleq, Almeeva & Noir Cœur.
The music of Dawnshape is a constant duel between pop efficiency and thirst for experimentation, led by Antoine’s simple and sensible vocal melodies through unusual song structures and odd harmonies.
The music of Dawnshape is a constant duel between pop efficiency and thirst for experimentation, led by Antoine’s simple and sensible vocal melodies through unusual song structures and odd harmonies.
Inspired by Blade Runner’s Voight-Kampf and the Carrousel of Logan’s Run, ‘Nijisousaku’ is eight scenes of hazy beats, freckled synth washes, cosmic drone and delayed guitar static assembled into a rough cut, featuring script revisions by Cex and Catlips; the soundtrack to a NASA transmission’s stumbling journey through the immensity of space.
Inspired by Blade Runner’s Voight-Kampf and the Carrousel of Logan’s Run, ‘Nijisousaku’ is eight scenes of hazy beats, freckled synth washes, cosmic drone and delayed guitar static assembled into a rough cut, featuring script revisions by Cex and Catlips; the soundtrack to a NASA transmission’s stumbling journey through the immensity of space.
‘Imitation Of Meditation’ will leave you in a hypnagogic state, like a slow-moving rock in suspension. Dive into this alloy of fathomless textures, forget walls and deadlines, dream about dreaming… if you play the game words become null and void.
‘Imitation Of Meditation’ will leave you in a hypnagogic state, like a slow-moving rock in suspension. Dive into this alloy of fathomless textures, forget walls and deadlines, dream about dreaming… if you play the game words become null and void.
Misery redefines his approach of misanthropic music with “Lore”. More experimental, more lo-fi, more technical, “Lore” is shaped of two 19 minutes tracks and two shorter ones, as a dusty reflection in a broken mirror.
Misery redefines his approach of misanthropic music with “Lore”. More experimental, more lo-fi, more technical, “Lore” is shaped of two 19 minutes tracks and two shorter ones, as a dusty reflection in a broken mirror.