OVD053 : Pierre Vervloesem / Minimal Tropical

 

Cover art by A.L. - pic by Pierre Vervloesem

OVD053 : Pierre Vervloesem / Minimal Tropical

Pierre going Brazilian in his personal and typical way to offer the world his visions of what should be the best Brazilian songs and rhythms. 

Track number 6 'Uma Canção Irritante' is a deconstruction of Corcovado by Antonio Carlos Jobim. 

The great Morgan Agren is on drums on number 10. 

A perfect way to finish 2021 and dance on this new-year eve! Enjoy!

And on Bandcamp:

Merry Xmas and happy new-year to all!

 

OJP062 : Toshinori Kondo feat.Ruben Van Rompaey / Ethereal Resonance

 

Cover art by A.L.

OJP062 : Toshinori Kondo feat.Ruben Van Rompaey / Ethereal Resonance

A perfect combination between the electrified trumpet from the late Toshinori Kondo and an ambient drone and effects concocted by Dutch percussionist Ruben Van Rompaey. 

40 minutes of pure ethereal resonance as the title rightly suggest! 

Close your eyes, empty your mind and let you transport in a parallel world without all the problems of ours! Merry X-Mas to all!

Digital release on the 24th of December 2021

Track listing:

1: Ethereal resonance

And on Bandcamp:

ODG151 : Xtof Calis / Unifié

 

Cover pic by Pedro Bruneel

ODG151 : Xtof Calis / Unifié

Xtof Calis (see also ODG122 and ODG127) in something completely different from his usual introspective album! What he says about it: 

'This album shows my love for rhythm and electronic dance music. I started every piece with laying out a groove at 120 bpm. Then I started to lay out the ambient textures that fit in how I prefer to territorialize the body.'

Digital release on the 17th of December 2021

Track listing:

1: Un pas

2: Unifié

3: Hypothèse gaïa

4: En manque

5: Eh bien

6: Rêve chaosmique

7: Je rêve

And on Bandcamp:

OUC036 : John Americus Witt / Lychnobite

 

Cover art by Silas Plum

OUC036 : John Americus Witt / Lychnobite

The new album from the fascinating American contemporary composer John Americus Witt (see also ODG115, OUC026, OUC033 and OUC034) with, once again, four radical and strange compositions. 

Let him explain:

"So, a Lychnobite is one who works in the night and rests during the day.  As someone who falls into this cycle with some regularity, here is what that feels like.

First, “Awaken At Dusk”.  This is disorienting, and extremely specific.  The feeling of starting the day as the sun sets brings a sense of surreal isolation that has no analogue.  The most primal parts of the Self sense that something is off, and send small signals throughout the night to remind one of this fact.

Second, “The Night Machines”.  This is where the majority of the work gets done.  There is a permission to create and experiment that is absent during daylight hours.  One can feel a connection with the other nocturnal things; the patterns they keep and lives they live.  This is most profound outdoors.  Focus is clear.  Instincts are followed without arbitrary and cyclical analysis.  Purpose becomes clearer in the moonlight.

Third, we have “The Invisible Hour”.  This can vary, as it is not tied to a specific number, but more of a sensation.  The outside slows.  There is rest.  Whatever frenzy was present earlier has receded, leaving in its wake this chunk of hidden time.  Few things are pressing.  Thoughts are slow, but not labored.  It is in this Invisible Hour that one can truly enjoy the sensation of being alone; a living battery trickle-charging in the night.

Fourth, at last, “Peaceful Sleep In A Patch Of Sun”.  There is something particularly exhausting about living at night.  Sleep comes easy most of the time.  Wash the paint from your hands.  Take off your headphones.  Put down your pen.  The sky is a dark, hopeful blue.  The birds gingerly being their songs.  The world is waking up.  As this waking world moves around you, nestle in.  Cover your eyes.  The sunlight will make its way around the room; patches moving across your body as you sleep."

So be it!

Digital release on the 10th of December 2021

Track listing:

1: Awaken at Dusk

2: The Night Machines

3: The Invisible Hour

4: Peaceful Sleep in a Patch of Sun

And on Bandcamp:

ODG152 : Out Of Tune Wolf / Down from the Abbey

 

ODG152 : Out Of Tune Wolf / Down from the Abbey

Out of Tune Wolf (see also the superb ODG094) is a solo project by Josh Rodenberg, an American sound artist based out of Doha, Qatar. 

Rodenberg is a father, educator, skater just trying to navigate his small universe in the most positively impactful way he knows how to. 

His future projects include sound design for an experimental documentary and VR game about Springtails and a podcast that is a sonic narrative.

'Down from the Abbey' is composed of tracks from 2020 that were in progress and were completed in 2021. The brutal realities of the year made it a struggle to keep positive and motivated. 
As always, art is the purest solution to battle my mental demons. This a battle won but still fighting the war.

Josh

Digital release on the 3rd of December

Track listing:

1: Post 1

2: Through the Shoots

3: These Trees

And on Bandcamp: