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murralin lane - Our House Is On The Wall
Our House Is On The Wall is the debut release from Swedes Murralin Lane, a duo formed by David Wenngren and Yiva Wiklund. While regular followers of Wenngren's main project, Library Tapes, will no doubt be expecting some of his signature piano work, Our House Is On The Wall makes a clean break from that sound, instead framing Wiklund's vocal pieces within crumbling lo-fi tracts fashioned from distorted tones and drones. The vocals themselves take on a certain abstract beauty, often calling upon decay-fixated effects or ramshackle recording scenarios (e.g. directly into a mobile phone). The resultant sound of these pieces (you could probably call them songs, in fact) is quite hard to define. While the prospect of faded vocals and corroded, droning backdrops might seem like a fairly familiar concept there's something in the execution of this album that's very fresh. Perhaps it's to do with the kind of 'lo-fi' sound being explored here. Generally when that term gets thrown around it's in reference to cassette or other such analogue aesthetics, yet everything that greets the ear on Our House... is very digitised; instead of muffled tape sounds you encounter heavy spectral filtering or the kind of sonic side-effects caused by noise reduction plugins. Perhaps if Fennesz and Grouper got together to record some tracks the end result would be something along the lines of 'She Was Climbing' or 'She Collected'. Another very fine 12k release.
Bella Union
CD // £9.99
An intimate, seven-track release finding Peter Broderick in sublime singer-songwriter mode
Autistici Reworked: Resonating Wires
Audiobulb Records
CD // £10.99
Incl. reinterpretations by Richard Chartier, Francisco Lopez, Isan, Sawako and Ian Hawgood with Danny Norbury
DECA / BEDROOM COMMUNITY
CD // £14.99
An exceptionally strong body of work from the young modern classical composer, scored for a dance piece
DAKOTA SUITE / DAVID DARLING / QUENTIN SIRJACQ
GLITTERHOUSE
CD // £13.99
Sumptuous offering from Dakota Suite, joined by the Cello of David Darling and Quentin Sirjacq's Piano.
ON (SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU / STEVEN HESS)
Something That Has Form And Something That Does Not
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
Steven Hess and Sylvain Chauveau completely reworked by Christian Fennesz.
And In The Endless Pause There Came The Sound Of Bees
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
Breathtaking new album from Johann Johannssonn...
Kranky
CD // £13.99
A strong showing from one of the most reliably beguiling outfits in the US underground.
ERASED TAPES
CD // £10.49
Absolutely heartbreaking improvisations on piano and strings from Ólafur Arnalds - highly recommended.
Samadhisound
CD // £12.99
Amazing new album of transformed guitar pieces from the hugely influential Akira Rabelais. Essential Purchase.
Anticipate
CD // £12.99
Gorgeous cinematic pseudo-soundtracks from the deep ambient world of Klimek - Essential Purchase!
12K
MP3 Download // £5.99
FLAC Download // £6.99
A new drone 'n' vocals project formed by Library Tapes' David Wenngren
12K
CD // £7.99
New collaboration from two of Australia's leading electroacoustic practitioners...
12K
CD // £8.99
Classic, cyclical folk-rock structures, with a finger-picking style openly indebted to Nick Drake.
12K
CD // £8.99
Arguably the most hushed and delicate record in the 12k catalog.
12K
3CD // £15.99
64 minutes of advanced electro-acoustic vibrations - new on Taylor Deupree's esteemed 12k imprint.
12K
CD // £6.99
Unique collaboration by sound artists/musicians Molly Berg, Olivia Block, Steve Roden and Stephen Vitiello.
TAYLOR DEUPREE / SAWAKO / MINAMO / VARIOUS
12K
CD // £8.99
Beautiful collection of live recordings from 12k's core artists.
12K
CD // £8.99
Amazing album from 12k, full of melancholy guitar-pieces and delicate arrangements. Highly Recommended!
SPEKK
CD // £13.99
Sleep-themed microsound brilliance from the consistently impressive Spekk imprint
MACHINEFABRIEK
MP3 Download // £1.70FLAC Download // £2.70
An electroacoustic collaboration with trombonist Hilary Jeffery
ERASED TAPES
2x10" // £17.99
The composer collects his works for choreography: Music For Falling Trees and Music For Congregation
Kranky
2LP // £19.99
A strong showing from one of the most reliably beguiling outfits in the US underground.
Unter (w/Machinefabriek Mix) / Über
ERASED TAPES
MP3 Download // £1.95FLAC Download // £2.95
Two absolutely beautiful piano miniatures from Frahm, plus a Machinefabriek remix
NILS FRAHM / JOHANN JOHANNSSON / HAUSCHKA
Explorer's Club: 7. Belfast- Reykjavik
LOAF
MP3 Download // £1.95FLAC Download // £2.95
Superb piano-driven pieces from Johann Johannsson, Nils Frahm, Hauschka & Stefan Schneider
Touch
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
A remastered reissue of a 2007 album originally released under the billing of Lost In Hildurness
Movies is Magic (Extended Version)
Anticipate
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
A special, extended edition of Sebastian Meissner's meditation on film music...
Glacial Movements
CD // £13.99
Netherworld is the alias of Alessandro Tedeschi, a producer of isolationist ambient music from Rome.
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
An amazing album poised between outright aural punishment and an impenetrably black chasm. Immense.
