OJP084 : Ureterocele / Tube With Contrast Medium

Cover art by Ureterocele

OJP084: Ureterocele / Tube With Contrast Medium

'Tube With Contrast Medium' was self released in December 2025, one year and eight months after his previous album 'Left Renal Agenesis'. The title refers to a kidney examination in which a tube is inserted through the urethra and contrast medium is injected to confirm whether both kidneys are present. That test revealed that he has only one kidney, and the remaining kidney had enlarged to compensate.

This album was created from a desire to build tracks out of sounds that represented contrast medium being injected, blood traveling through blood vessels, and how the outside world might sound if someone were small enough to be inside the bladder. It also aims to express the small, quiet feelings carried during those tests.

In the title track, the opening koto sound was inspired by an X-ray image, where part of the organs looked like cherry blossoms. The blast beat reflects the speed of the contrast medium rushing into the body. “Gradient Coil Noise” is Ureterocele’s interpretation of the sound heard during an MRI scan. The final three tracks move into beat-driven loop pieces, including a return of the koto sample as a small gesture of respect to listeners who enjoy Japanese culture.

Ureterocele at home

Ureterocele is a Tokyo based dark experimental solo project that began in 2024. The music is created in a DAW with programmed parts and multiple layers of effects processing, while the bass is recorded as fully improvised takes to bring live variation into the tracks. The artist name comes from a medical term related to a congenital condition. Ureterocele has also donated a portion of Bandcamp proceeds to medical institutions in Japan. Influences include Nurse With Wound and The Pop Group, as well as online visual aesthetics such as mallsoft, liminal space, and weirdcore.

Digital release on the 20th of February 2026.

Track Listing:

1: Congenital Anomaly
2: Renal Aplasia
3: Laboratory Test

4: Tube With Contrast Medium
5: Transverse Magnetization
6: Faint High Signal
7: Urinary Flow
8: Gradient Coil Noise
9: Voiding Disturbance
10: Multilocular Cystic Lesions
11: Occulthematuria : re-examination 
12: Radiology Report pt.1
13: Radiology Report pt.2
14: Radiology Report pt.3 
15: Developmental Abnormality - Bandcamp only bonus track

Itunes, Apple music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/tube-with-contrast-medium

And on Bandcamp:

OUC052 : Auster Loo / Make It More

 

Cover art pic by Isabelle Françaix

OUC052 : Auster Loo / Make It More

Simon Leleux (doholla, bendir) and Lydie Thonnard (flutes, vocals) are united by a shared passion for rhythm and improvisation, inspired by their encounters with music and musicians of all styles and backgrounds.

The unique complicity between Lydie and Simon immediately immerses the listener in a captivating experience of their music. Through their freedom of improvisation, the two musicians make the audience complicit in the creation of the moment, a moment in which they participate and which they help to shape.

Beyond rhythmic exploration, sound is paramount: "How can we manipulate our respective instruments in such a way as to evoke other timbres, other instruments, and other musical traditions?" Acoustic, meticulously crafted, improvised, or composed, the music of Auster Loo is like a breath of fresh air that takes us on a journey through space and time, in search of a unique and innovative musical language.

After the album 'Collective' released in 2024 on Igloo Records which brought together eight musicians from different musical traditions around an original repertoire, Lydie and Simon felt the desire and the need to reconnect as a duo, without artifice.

'Make it more' features nine compositions written by the two artists. The album once again showcases the distinctive characteristics of Carnatic music, both in the modes used and the compositional processes. As in this tradition originating in South India, improvisation plays a significant role in the duo's work, allowing each performer to contribute a constantly expanding sonic palette to their music, enriched by their diverse collaborations.

Simon and Lydie - pic by sabelle Françaix

Digital release on the 13th of February 2026.

Track listing:

1: Nascence

2: Mononomo

3: Abilène

4: Royaumont

5: Mango juice for the monkeys

6: Ethio

7: Rajajinagar

8: Kopa

9: Basics for queens

Itunes, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/make-it-more

And on Bandcamp:

ODG235 : Un vrai semblant / Amorces, Traces

 

Cover art by Nicolas Merchant

ODG235 : Un vrai semblant / Amorces, Traces

A new album from Un vrai semblant (see also ODG192 and ODG201) is always an introspection in a new world of his own. 

Perfect electronics, field recordings and ambient vibes in perfectly arranged compositions. You need a few listenings to really enjoy the perplexity of his music but once you're in, you will never be out!

Digital release on the 6th of February 2026.

Track listing:

1: Emergence

2: Suspendu

3: Viens voir dehors

4: Premier message

5: Enveloppement

6: Traces

7: Rencontrer

Itunes, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/amorces-traces

And on Bandcamp: