Rhizome.s has just released two new albums. The first comes from Jamie Drouin and is entitled Attraction. It features a single, 54-minute piece which is "intended for repeat playback in a room with two speakers positioned at least 5 feet (1,5 meters) apart." It's a minimal and austere work comprised of sine tones and the like. The second new release comes from Dominic Lash and features performances of two works. One is Manfred Werder's "2 ausführende seiten 419-424" and the other is James Saunders' "overlay (1) / overlay (2)". Patrick Farmer and Tim Feeney also appear on the album. You can stream both albums above or on the Rhizome.s Bandcamp page. There, you'll be able to purchase digital copies of both releases. You can also attain physical releases by contacting the label at pedrochambel@live.com.pt or bruno_d@outlook.fr. More information can be found on the Rhizome.s website here.
Philip Corner's OM Entering. and Once Enterd Out Now on Kye
Kye has just released a new album comprised of pieces from Fluxus composer Philip Corner and performed by The Barton Workshop. The album is entitled OM Entering. and Once Enterd and was meant to be released late last year but was postponed due to a poor vinyl pressing. The four tracks that make up OM Entering were recorded between 2000 and 2007 in the Netherlands and South Korea. You can read a press release of the album featuring comments on each piece by Corner himself here. You can listen to an excerpt from the album below via YouTube. OM Entering. and Once Enterd comes in a full color, high gloss sleeve designed by Corner and with an insert. There are 350 copies pressed on black vinyl and 50 copies pressed on colored vinyl. For more information or to purchase the album, you can contact label head Graham Lambkin at hawkmoths01@yahoo.com.
Winds Measure Recordings Releases a New Album from Billy Gomberg, Anne Guthrie, Richard Kamerman, and Takahiro Kawaguchi
Winds Measure Recordings has recently released a new album entitled 4x4. It's a collaboration between Billy Gomberg, Anne Guthrie, Richard Kamerman, and Takahiro Kawaguchi. It features two pieces, one entitled "2x2" and the other "3x3", which span 54 minutes. You can listen to an excerpt from the former above. You can find more information about the album on the Winds Measure website here. There, you can purchase a physical copy or download the full thing in FLAC.
In other news, Winds Measure Recordings recently released their annual mix featuring excerpts from their 2015 catalog. You can stream it below via Soundcloud or download it from their site here.
4x4 tracklist:
1. 2x2 (27:23)
2. 3x3 (26:27)
Listen to a Live Performance from Alec Livaditis and Peter Sloan
Last Thursday, Alec Livaditis performed a show with Peter Sloan that was broadcasted live on the Athens, GA-based college radio station WUOG. He's just released a recording of that performance on his Bandcamp page here. He's also uploaded a single entitled November which features two field recordings that were incorporated into that exact performance. You can stream all of these above or on his Bandcamp page. The live performance is presumably meant to be streamed only, something that's made clear by the $99 price tag.
Livaditis released the great yet unfortunately overlooked Clear and Cloud on Kye records last year. You can listen to an excerpt from that album here. To purchase the album, visit Kye's website here.
Download a New Track from David Velez
The always prolific field recording artist David Velez released a new track last week entitled 'Circadian rhythm disorders'. According to Velez, the piece is "about the essential role of objects in the perceptual construction of time." Naturally, the track contains some clock ticking in the midst of its dense, swirling layers. You can stream it in its entirety above. To download the recording and read more information on the piece, visit Velez's Bandcamp page here.
Bruno Duplant's Fictions Out Now on Aussenraum Records
Bruno Duplant's You are here (Somewhere) came out just a few days ago but he also released another full-length album the week before. The album is entitled Fictions and was released by Aussenraum Records. The press release for the album is as follows:
Two major nuclear disasters, Tchernobyl and Fukushima, left its traces in our collective memory. Their devastating impact on the immediate environment left behind the ghost towns of Prypiat and Futaba. French sound artist Bruno Duplant never visited these exclusion zones. He took their existence as a starting point for an electroacoustic composition to investigate the relationship between fiction and reality. Sonic journalism like Peter Cusack's "Sounds from dangerous places" documents the reality of exclusion zones. Bruno Duplant tries to translate the reality of such zones into fiction by using sounds which originally had no relation with these places. Two compositions of same length, one on Prypiat, the other on Futaba. Fiction as testimony of a reality easily forgotten, buried in silence. Fiction as recollection. Cover by Walter Methlagl, mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi. 300 copies on 180g vinyl.
You can listen to excerpts from the album above. You can find more information on the album and how to purchase it on the Aussenraum Records website here.
Impulsive Habitat Release New Batch of Albums
Jeremy Hegge, Peter Terner - All Hid in the Lowveld
SLO-BO (Lorsen Lo) - Activité Humaine Vol.1
Dallas Simpson - The Holy Well Suite
Bruno Duplant - (You are here) Somewhere
Pablo Reche - Autista
Impulsive Habitat have just released five albums that, as per usual, are free to stream and download on their website. These are the first releases from the label since September of last year and marks Impulsive Habitat's continued decision to release albums in batches. This time around, we have albums from Jeremy Hegge and Peter Terner, Lorsen Lo, Dallas Simpson, Bruno Duplant, and Pablo Reche. Those are the album covers above, as well as tracks from each respective release.
More information about each release, as well as download links, can be found at their individual albums pages as listed below:
IHab109: Jeremy Hegge, Peter Terner - All Hid in the Lowveld
IHab110: SLO BO (Lorsen Lo) - Activité Humaine Vol.1
IHab111: Dallas Simpson - The Holy Well Suite
IHab112: Bruno Duplant - You are here (Somewhere)
IHab113: Pablo Reche - Autista
845 Audio Release New Album from Tim Olive & Ben Owen
The Kobe-based and Tim Olive-run record label 845 Audio has just released their newest album and it's entitled 63-66. The album is a collaboration between Olive and Ben Owen and was recorded in Brooklyn back in 2014. 63-66 features four tracks that span a total of 55 minutes and was mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi. You can listen to an excerpt of the fourth track above. For further listening and purchasing information, visit the 845 Audio website here. 63-66 is also currently available via the Winds Measure's distro (US) here. You can find the tracklist and track lengths for 63-66 below.
63-66 tracklist:
1. 63 (20:35)
2. 64 (14:24)
3. 65 (6:14)
4. 66 (13:34)
Kieran Daly Collaborates with Jophnie Advar on New Album
Florida musician Kieran Daly has a new album with Jophnie Advar out now on Madacy Jazz. The album is entitled For Four Days and features sixteen tracks that continue to show Daly's interest in evaluating specific genres on their environmental function. Here, Daly and Advar perform tracks derived from jazz standards while also performing three compositions by Lee Konitz, Thelonious Monk, and Lennie Tristano. Like Daly's release on Gauss PDF last year, there's a definite dry humor at play that makes the album a surprising treat. You can stream For Four Days above and download the entire album on the Madacy Jazz Bandcamp page here.
Daly has previously released two albums on futow and a cassette on Bánh Mì Verlag. He will also be a part of Sam Sfirri's upcoming -273.15ºC on Dromos.
Daniel Bennett & Stephen Cornford's Fellfield Draff Out Now on Hideous Replica
Hideous Replica have just released their newest album and it's entitled Fellfield Draff. The album features three collaborative works from Daniel Bennett and Stephen Cornford, which marks the first time either artist has appeared on the label. Fellfield Draff was recorded in Briston throughout 2013 and 2014 and mastered by Joe Panzner. You can listen to a sample from the album above via Hideous Replica's Soundcloud page. The album is limited to 100 CDs and can be purchased here. The tracklist for the album can be found below.
Hideous Replica are also having a sale throughout the entire month of January. The sale includes all previously released (and currently available) albums on both the main label and the 'Wasted Capital Since 2013' sublabel. More information on the sale can be found here.
Fellfield Draff tracklist:
1. Fell (6:29)
2. Field (9:35)
3. Draff (16:08)