{"title":"PITP Archive Repository","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/Past_Inside_the_Present_Pitp_ambient_label_drone_music_6e619a41-29d3-4ba1-a479-693925781e4c.png?v=1755768392\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003ePITP Archive Repository \u0026gt; sold out \u0026gt; out of print \u0026gt; out of circulation \u0026gt; no longer available \u0026gt; alphabetical order\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"endless-melancholy-seamless-lp","title":"Endless Melancholy 'Seamless' [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e160g black vinyl record housed in a full color, semi-gloss jacket. PITP center labels. Record placed in a white innersleeve. Shrinkwrapped. Bandcamp download code included. Edition of 300.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eEndless Melancholy is previously known for releases on such labels as Preserved Sound, Dronarivm, Thesis, Sound in Silence, and, of course, his very own Hidden Vibes imprint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e‘Seamless is a reflection on our admiration of the universe and its eternal beauty. The gaze of humanity has always been set towards the stars. The majesty of the universe has always been a great inspiration for many artists, and this is my humble dedication to it.' - Oleksiy Sakevych.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eSeamless consists of 2 longform compositions. Each of them presents a variety of moods and sonic forms, which were created using the electric guitar, synths, piano and strings, all carefully recorded and wrapped in the warmness of analog noises and sound effects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eWritten and produced by Oleksiy Sakevych\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eMastered at Schwebung Mastering (Germany) by Stephan Mathieu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eLayout \u0026amp; design treatments by zakè\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e© Past Inside the Present\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eThis is PITP-V032 | MMXX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40765320790105,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/emseemless.jpg?v=1703170870"},{"product_id":"36-isaac-helsen-anon-1-lp","title":"36 \u0026 Isaac Helsen 'Anon 1' [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e160g black vinyl record cut at 45rpm housed in a full color, semi-gloss jacket. PITP branded labels. Record placed in 20 lb. black paper inner sleeve with a .75 gauge archival polypropylene lining. Shrinkwrapped. Bandcamp download code included. Edition of 300.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19 minutes of lush, slow-moving ambient trails by 36 and Isaac Helsen.\u003cbr\u003eTrack 1: Written and produced by 36\u003cbr\u003eTrack 2: Written and produced by Isaac Helsen\u003cbr\u003eTrack 3: Remixed by 36, zakè, From Overseas and marine eyes\u003cbr\u003eMastered by 36\u003cbr\u003eLayout and design by zakè\u003cbr\u003e©℗ Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003eThis is PITP-WLS03 | MMXXI\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40765323739225,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/anon1-1.jpg?v=1703171292"},{"product_id":"sean-curtis-patrick-the-best-driving-music-in-the-world-ever-lp","title":"Sean Curtis Patrick 'The Best Driving Music in the World Ever' [LP]","description":"160 gram LP on 'cherenkov blue' vinyl housed in a semi-gloss jacket. Full color center labels. Record placed in black, anti-static inner sleeve with a .75 gauge archival polypropylene lining. Shrinkwrapped. Edition of 200. Bandcamp download code included. Edition of 300.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"This all came together due to a bout of loneliness and depression that swept over me that Friday evening. Being lonely sometimes can render positive results, something I am learning. On my walk home, I decided to go and make a guitar-based record and not leave the house until it was done. I succeeded and this is what was made. This is not a one-off experiment, that will disappear a few weeks from now: This is my fifth solo full-length record. It is \"canon\", to quote film nerds. I hope you enjoy it and appreciate the context of its creation. Context they say that's everything these days...\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- SCP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten and produced by Sean Curtis Patrick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMastered at Black Knoll Studio (US) by Rafael Anton Irisarri\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'The Black \u0026amp; Gold Door' album cover painting by Sean Curtis Patrick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVinyl layout and design by Sean Curtis Patrick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e©℗ Past Inside the Present\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is PITP-V048 | MMXXI","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40765328031833,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/seancurtispatrickthebestdrivingmusiccdlppitppastinsidethepresentambientdronelabelrecords.jpg?v=1703291154"},{"product_id":"free-dust-wood-early-lp","title":"Free Dust 'Woo'd Early' [LP]","description":"160 gram transparent blue swirl vinyl housed in a full color, semi-gloss jacket. Full color labels. White innersleeve. Shrinkwrapped. Bandcamp download code included. Edition of 500.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor a year, in 2015, Matthew Sage (aka M. Sage) cataloged near-daily recordings made with a very narrow creative constraint; electric guitar and a few pedals, all recorded and mixed directly to cassette 4-track. Eschewing the often complex studio gadgetry and computer editing that he relies on for his primary project, Free Dust became a respite that offered room for technique to fall away and for pure expression to surface. He collected and released more than two-and-a-half hours of this material throughout the year as quarterly digital downloads; this body of work was then re-released as a double-CD in 2019 on his now-defunct label Patient Sounds.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow, Past Inside the Present presents a new collection of Free Dust material, the first proper LP for this project. Woo’d Early is a succinct diurnal counter to the sprawling dusk-settling realms of Archive; these fluttering dawn-oriented guitar works, using the same constraints that originally defined the project, were recorded in the very early mornings of late Summer and early Fall 2019. Instead of cerebral evening ruminations, these are billowing guitar atmospheres as casual morning ponderings. Where Archive was a diaristic account of acclimating to a new life in a new city, Woo’d Early is mornings having adapted. Reveling in the constraints presented by restricted gear, Sage explores melody and texture with an inquisitive, sensitive, and casual curiosity. Not without their hiccups, complications, and delightful quirks, these mostly-docile reflections are a mottled silver sliver of the complicated peace that mornings and maturation present every day; the tender and gray midwestern sky, chalky and pale before the rustling of the day has shaken off the evening’s inky dust. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten, recorded and produced by Matthew Sage\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded in Chicago, Illinois in 2019\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMastered at Schwebung Mastering (Germany) by Stephan Mathieu\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhotography, design and assemblage by Matthew Sage\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCreated using electric guitar, electronics and magnetic tape design\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e© Past Inside the Present\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is PITP-V013 | MMXXI","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40765868736601,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/freedustmsagecachemediawoo_dearlycdlppitppastinsidethepresentambientdronelabelrecords.jpg?v=1703291318"},{"product_id":"copy-of-free-dust-wood-early-lp","title":"Pepo Galán \u0026 Sita Ostheimer 'Contact' [LP]","description":"160 gram 'transparent amber' vinyl housed in a full color, semi-gloss jacket. Full color labels. Record is placed in a white innersleeve. Shrinkwrapped. Bandcamp download code included. Edition of 300.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is Pepo's and Sita's first debut album as a true collaborative effort under both artists' names. Contact is in appreciation and gratefulness of their creative, ever growing partnership.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePepo Galán and Sita Ostheimer have collaborated in one way or another since 2015. Pepo composed music and furnished accompanied arrangements for Sita's dance creations and Sita recorded her delicate vocals for several of his solo albums.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten and produced by Pepo Galán\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePepo Galán: Piano, Synth, Voice, Guitar \u0026amp; Field Recordings\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSita Ostheimer: Lyrics and Voice\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLee Yi: Synth, Cello, Additional Guitar \u0026amp; Effects\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMacarena Montesinos: Additional Cello on 'Distance'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded between Berlin and Málaga\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMastered at Black Knoll Studio (NY) by Rafael Anton Irisarri\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhotography by Pepo Galán\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLayout, design \u0026amp; assemblage by zakè\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e© Past Inside the Present\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is PITP-V028 | MMXX\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e+++\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Although they’ve regularly worked on each other’s projects for over half a decade, 2020’s ‘Contact’ represented the first time that Spanish producer Pepo Galán and Berlin-based choreographer Sita Ostheimer have formally collaborated. 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Ostheimer's evocative vocal delivery is perfectly accompanied by Galan's mellowed neo-classical tones and restrained flourishes of electronics, for an altogether seductive and poignant listening experience.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-Juno Records (UK)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40765869457497,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/contactpepogalansitacdlppitppastinsidethepresentambientdronelabelrecords.jpg?v=1703291190"},{"product_id":"pallette-pathways-lp","title":"Pallette 'Pathways' [LP]","description":"160g black vinyl record housed in a full color, semi-gloss jacket. PITP center labels. Record placed in a white innersleeve. Shrinkwrapped. Bandcamp download code included. 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Don't expect long build-ups or over-extended crescendos; These are short tracks that take you straight to Elysium and then dissolve into the ether.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe further explains the output of Wave Variations, 'Ocean tides inspired the album. I think we've all felt that sense of longing and wonder while standing at the beach, staring at the waves\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand gazing into the endless horizon. I think it's something that transcends all generations of people. Like the waves, these tracks leave as quickly as they arrive. I feel it's one of the most minimal records I have made, with far fewer individual sound sources at my disposal. It keeps me on my toes and forces me to deeply explore the instruments I have available to me.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis stripped-back sound gives the album a hypnotic quality to it. 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Her prolonged illness taught me valuable lessons about impermanence and what it means to turn towards pain and suffering in order to remain connected with the world around me. 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Textures change repeatedly; a haze envelops everything, as chords disintegrate into emptiness. Left with the void at our backs, phantom melodies are stretched to the breaking point and disappear on the solemn breeze.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Telepathy” mines similar spectral terrain, glassine tones brushed with decay, like submerged chains dragging against the ocean floor. Underwater ballet floats away, “Telepathy” a hand reaching back to hold everything together. There’s such a heavy sense of loss infused to this aural spread it pulls everything downward. As an antidote, “Immortality” grinds toward the sun, invisible harmonics rotating with force, tugging strings harder and harder until we begin to lift toward the heavens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiannone washes everything with a rough mist, clouding her melodies with rough patterns, moving against the elegant grain. Urgency drops listeners into the thick of Glazed Vision with opener “Realms II,” synthetic strings whirring to life surrounded by rippling vibrations. It looks for catharsis, but only finds a stronger, more anxious force. Glazed Vision is moving even at its most bleak and behind its careful steps and apprehensive ambiance, a quiet beauty lurks and waits for the right moment to make its move.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Foxy Digitalis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cult American ambient label Past Inside The Present looks to New York City-based composer Christina Giannone for her new full length Glazed Vision, which is pressed to nice heavy 160 gram transparent clear vinyl. This is her third full length following 202's The Faint and a collaborative work also last year, and it is another development of her dark, heavy, drone fulled ambient landscapes. These are lo-fi, foggy tracks that hang in mid air and make you feel like you're doing the same as only the most subtle of shapeshifting chords brings a sense of motion. It is bleak yet beautiful and never less than hugely absorbing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Juno Records (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40768188514393,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/christinagiannoneglazedvisioncdlppitppastinsidethepresentambientdronelabelrecords.jpg?v=1703322894"},{"product_id":"color-of-time-color-of-time-lp","title":"Color of Time 'Color of Time' [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e160 gram LP on 'Harvest Swirl' vinyl housed in a UV high gloss coated jacket. PITP branded center labels. 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Bandcamp download code included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten, recorded, and produced by zakè, City of Dawn, Ossa\u003cbr\u003eAdditional production and vocals on ‘A Pale Shelter’\u003cbr\u003eand ‘Solace Awaits Us’ by Benoît Pioulard\u003cbr\u003eMixed at Kaleidoscope Tone Studio by zakè\u003cbr\u003eMastered at Black Knoll (NY) by Rafael Anton Irisarri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoetic narrative 'A Pale Shelter' written by Julia Frizzell\u003cbr\u003ePhotography by Benoît Pioulard\u003cbr\u003eAll song titles by Julia Frizzell\u003cbr\u003eDesign and layout by zakè\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©℗ Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003eThis is PITP-V056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◾️◾️◾️ REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Pale Shelter is the kind of record that stops you dead in your tracks without actually really doing very much to create a sonic blockade. It ebbs and flows, glides and meanders through constant refrains, slowly pulling you deeper into thickly textured, minimal waves of ambient, chimes twinkling somewhere in a distant background, echoes of melody creating centerpieces to the arrangements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a classic example of what makes Past Inside the Present's output so mesmerizing and beguiling. It's in the quietest, most serene moments that we feel the greatest power in the music. At times, it's the aural equivalent of watching the shadows of a fire dance on stone walls. Elsewhere, it's more like gazing out over endless beauty. Ultimately, this is exactly why they say less is more.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Juno Records (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A Pale Shelter’ by zakè, City of Dawn, Ossa is a beautiful and occasionally sinister album. 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Record placed in black, anti-static inner sleeve with a .75 gauge archival polypropylene lining. Shrinkwrapped. Bandcamp download code included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e'No Beauty In The World' is a reflection of how in a world so cruel we can find beauty, with its music bouncing between beautiful ambience and piano loops, modular synth melodies to darker textural and feedback driven drones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike other wøunds records where the fluidity of the entire album tells a story, 'No Beauty In The World' explore various sonic possibilities and territories. This is a culmination of over 2 years of writing and recording, constantly driven by the uncertainty and darkness in the world that we live in. 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Jordan 'Dwell Time' [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e160 gram transparent clear vinyl housed in a full color, matte jacket. PITP branded center labels. Record placed in black, anti-static inner sleeve with a .75 gauge archival polypropylene lining. Shrinkwrapped. Bandcamp download code included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eDwell Time focuses on the moments in between. Expanding on Satie’s Furniture Music, which explores the role of music as a backdrop, Dwell Time explores the moments in between active and passive listening. A sound that maintains a unique balance of properties can start as an active relationship that slowly dissolves into the background and accompanies a listener over its course. The Dwell Time signal remains completely analog, utilizing homemade tape samples and hardware synthesizers to encourage the listener to move between the different states of listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten and recorded by T.R. Jordan\u003cbr\u003eProduced and mixed at Black Knoll Studio (NY\/US) by Rafael Anton Irisarri\u003cbr\u003eMastered at 12K Mastering (NY\/US) by Taylor Deupree\u003cbr\u003ePhotography and graphic design by Cynthia Bernard\u003cbr\u003eLayout by zakè\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©℗ Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003eThis is PITP-V041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◾️◾️◾️ REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"‘Dwell Time’ by contemporary classical and electronic composer T. R. Jordan focuses on the periods of time between actively listening to music and having music as background listening. 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The tracks which ultimately made it on the album helped them relax enough to go to a place where thoughts fade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten and recorded by awakened souls\u003cbr\u003eMixed at Ambient Mountain House (CA\/US) by James Bernard\u003cbr\u003eMastered at Black Knoll Studio (NY\/US) by Rafael Anton Irisarri\u003cbr\u003eArtwork and design by Cynthia Bernard\u003cbr\u003eLayout by zakè\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©℗ Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003eThis is PITP-V030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◾️◾️◾️ REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Authors of four collaborative albums since 2020 alone, ‘Night Songs’ is the first entirely self-recorded material from Awakened Souls, the project of Los Angeles-based husband-and-wife duo James Bernard and Cynthia Field. Composed during the stresses of lockdown and the pressures of day-to-day family life, the ambient, loop-based material seems perfectly in sync with the brain’s wave patterns as sleep comes on.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Norman Records (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Night Songs is the latest record from awakened souls, the Los Angeles based husband and wife duo- James and Cynthia Bernard (marine eyes). In the Spring of 2021, they found a good night's rest was more important than ever to help them through pandemic days of schooling kids from home and balancing work and life. After going on an evening walk, James and Cynthia would write in their bedroom studio and test the evening's songs out for sleep. Even prior to being together, they both loved searching for just the right album to calm their minds at the end of the day. 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Records are placed in soft, white paper innersleeves. Shrinkwrapped. Bandcamp download code included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eHealing Together is a benefit compilation for mental health recovery featuring 23 ambient-electronic artists from around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecognizing that music is a bridge to normalizing conversations about the challenges people are going through, each artist was prompted to create a song that would help someone with mental health struggles know they’re not alone. This sprouted into a collection of ambient music holding space for the many emotional landscapes we experience as humans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHealing Together features new compositions specially prepared for the compilation from the incredible line-up of women artists Nailah Hunter, Penelope Trappes, Clarice Jensen, Drum \u0026amp; Lace, Sofie Birch, Hollie Kenniff, Clariloops, more eaze, Ami Dang, Karen Vogt, Patricia Wolf, Zoe Polanski, Sachi Kobayashi, Christina Giannone, Ai Yamamoto, Cat Tyson Hughes, IKSRE, Inquiri, Belly Full of Stars, Claire Deak, Pechblende, Caminuata and marine eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the 3rd benefit compilation from Past Inside The Present and the first to be released on vinyl. Cynthia Bernard (marine eyes) curated, sequenced, and provided album art for the compilation marking her first project with PITP since joining the team in Spring\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNet profits of the compilation will go to Sounds of Saving, a non-profit fueling hope for mental health both by celebrating the power of human connection to music and directing people towards the resources they need before it’s too late.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMastered at Telegraph Mastering, Portland, Oregon by Amy Dragon\u003cbr\u003eCompilation curation, photography, and design by Cynthia Bernard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©℗ Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003eThis is PITP-HS03\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◾️◾️◾️ REVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This 23 track compilation, whose proceeds will be donated to the nonprofit organisation Sounds Of Saving, is compiled by Cynthia Bernard, a recording artist and employee of Indiana based label Past Inside The Present. It's an outgrowth of her mix series featuring women ambient artists, which itself was the result of Bernard's displeasure at the amount of ambient compilations featuring only men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe theme arose from the pandemic mental health issues Bernard witnessed, both among her five children and the PITP staff, who are candid about their personal lives in the workplace. Although she doesn't cite a connection between the female artists and the psychological theme, one should note that women are overall more likely to report mental health issues than men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe compilation is consistent. Starting with more classical influenced pieces and transitioning toward drone and sound art as the set goes on, the tracks are not only gentle, soothing and carefully made, but they also have a uniformity as if they were all recorded by one artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first part of the compilation is the strongest: Clariloops's \"Today\" has hints of Japanese ambient and optimistic Berlin school electronic, while Drum \u0026amp; Lace's \"Felt\" is dominated by a bassy keyboard pluck- an incredibly satisfying and underused sound. Cat Tyson Hughes's \"Almonta\" ends the album with a moment of remarkably still inner peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCountless people describe the act of listening to music as healing. As many again, especially on YouTube, bill ambient music as helpful for anxiety and insomnia. Yet music is almost never suggested as an aid by mental health resources, and almost no musicians market their music as being beneficial for the psyche. Healing Together is a significant move towards bridging this gap.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Sinow\u003cbr\u003eThe Wire, Issue 459, Soundcheck\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow ugc\" href=\"http:\/\/thewire.co.uk\/\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\u003ethewire.co.uk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◾️◾️◾️ARTISTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSofie Birch, ‘Willness’\u003cbr\u003eFinding yourself in the wilderness of emotions. Trying to hold on to a point of focus. This point of focus will lead you through the chaos, but it takes will and courage to hold on.\u003cbr\u003eMagic happens when you find the will and courage to heal and transform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sofiebirch.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003esofiebirch.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHollie Kenniff, ‘Embers’\u003cbr\u003eI think that being creative, even for short time each day, is essential to health and well being and I hope that listeners feel inspired by the music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/holliekenniff.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003eholliekenniff.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClariloops, ‘Today’\u003cbr\u003eThis piece is about focusing on and appreciating every aspect of the present moment, good and bad. I used clarinet and sounds from my organelle to create intertwining layers that evoke feelings of joy, melancholy and peacefulness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clariloops.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003eclariloops.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrum \u0026amp; Lace, ‘Felt’\u003cbr\u003eThe track 'Felt' is inspired by a sense of togetherness, and that even if we are alone physically we are still connected to those that we love and care for. The name of the track was inspired by the piano that is featured in the track, our home felted upright piano, and it was recorded on a whim as an iPhone audio memo and used as is. The field recordings featured were also all recorded at my home in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/drumandlace.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003edrumandlace.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSachi Kobayashi, ’Scent of Roses’\u003cbr\u003eThey say that the scent of roses heals people. I wrote this song while imagining you relaxing in a sunny garden with roses, smelling their fragrance. I hope you can imagine that too when you listen to this song.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sachikobayashi.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003esachikobayashi.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBelly Full Of Stars, ‘Charlie Day’\u003cbr\u003e‘Charlie Day’ is written in memory of my good friend Charlie Hickey. On the day of his passing, my husband and I sat on our porch in shock and grief, sharing our memories of Charlie. As we talked, our words tuned and transformed from deep sadness to comfort and even moments of joy, remembering who he was, and who he will always be to us - sharing his spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe murmur of distant voices has always been a comforting sound to me. Woven through Charlieday is a recording of that conversation - a remembrance of the healing power of shared words and spirit, even on the most difficult of days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow ugc\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/38ohhjr\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\u003ebit.ly\/38ohhjr\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003emore eaze, ‘Better’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/moreeaze.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003emoreeaze.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003emarine eyes, ‘Doorways’\u003cbr\u003e‘Doorways’ is an exploration of how creativity can help us step into a new state of mind when we feel weighed down by negative emotions. I used field recordings of gentle waves close to our home in Southern California as a reminder of life’s ebbs and flows and OP-1 textures to emulate a fresh sense of space. I hope this song can help others find grounding and believe other doorways are out there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/marineeyes.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003emarineeyes.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIKSRE, ‘You Will Find’\u003cbr\u003eI wanted this song to speak to anyone who may feel like they’re alone - to show them that even if they think they’re completely on their own, there’s someone else out there for them. It may be a friend, partner, even a pet. Whoever it is, if you keep on looking, one day you'll find them, and life will feel a little more complete. Underpinning the song are binaural beats at 7.83hz - the Schumann resonance, or the Earth’s frequency; but also the alpha\/theta border which sound healers recognize as the brainwave for deep healing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/iksre.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003eiksre.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInquiri, ‘Ruminating’\u003cbr\u003eAt the end of a long day, when the mask we've been wearing all day long just to survive finally drops, and the whirlpool of unresolved emotions, distorted scenarios replayed over and over, and the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, begins to swirl--that's the sound of this piece for me. It's the sound of trying to re-ground and find calm in the heaviness of grief, fear, and loneliness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/inquiri.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003einquiri.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClarice Jensen ‘Getting Lost is Okay’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/claricejensen.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003eclaricejensen.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristina Giannone, ‘Decor’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/christinagiannone.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003echristinagiannone.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Wolf, ‘Cognitive Distortion’\u003cbr\u003eWith the title, I wanted to point to what cognitive distortions are so that people may seek ways work through them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/patriciawolf.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003epatriciawolf.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenelope Trappes, ‘Possession’\u003cbr\u003eThe panic, worry, and the fear of being alone can be so great that it can fully take over and possess us, leaving us grappling for some kind of sense of control. This song is about the internal battle that every human faces at some point in their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/penelopetrappes.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003epenelopetrappes.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Deak, ‘Dampen The Waves’\u003cbr\u003eDampen The Waves is in a tangled messy dialogue with Francesca Caccini's baroque lament Lasciatemi Qui Solo (from 1618). My title is lifted directly from a translation of her lyrics. Thinking about how Francesca (and many women composers) have disappeared through layers of history, I began to fold, weave, and deliberately lose her beautiful song through my own playing and processing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deakdupe.bandcamp.com\/releases\"\u003edeakdupe.bandcamp.com\/releases\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmi Dang ‘Cerulean’\u003cbr\u003eI created this song in one evening. Often I say my words through music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/amidang.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003eamidang.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePechblende ‘Glacial Lake Lullaby’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pechblendeaux.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003epechblendeaux.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaren Vogt, ‘I know it is hard’\u003cbr\u003e‘I know it is hard’ is an improvised, vocal-based piece that includes a quick shake of the house keys to anchor the message reflected in the title. 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Full color center labels. Record placed in black, anti-static inner sleeve with a .75 gauge archival polypropylene lining. Shrinkwrapped. Bandcamp download code included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e'Symmetry Systems' is the new EP by Dennis Huddleston AKA 36. Inspired by Warp's 'Artificial Intelligence' releases from the early 90's, it's a melodic, synthesiser-driven record, with a wink to the past and a nod towards the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I have a deep love for those early Warp albums, particularly the Artificial Intelligence compilations. It was a wonderful time for UK electronic music. That beautiful, warm machine sound, with an optimistic (if somewhat naive) vision for the future. I found the whole thing incredibly inspiring and wanted to revisit those memories, albeit with a 36 twist\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike 'Wave Variations' before it, this record explores various approaches to the theme, with each track directly inspiring the next one. All tracks are sequenced in the order they were made. 'Symmetry Systems' is a collection of hypnotic machine music, made with a delicate human touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"credits-label\"\u003eAll tracks written, produced and engineered by 36\u003cbr\u003eArtwork by Mario Morales\u003cbr\u003eDesign by 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©℗ Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003eThis is PITP-V052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◾️◾️◾️ REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Influenced strongly by Warp Records, particularly the label’s Nineties-era ‘Artificial Intelligence’ series, is Dennis Huddleston’s new 36 EP titled ‘Symmetry Systems’. 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This collection of arrangements reveal buoyant electronic soundscapes with a touch of bittersweet melodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten and recorded by Lav\u003cbr\u003eMixed by Christopher Landin and zakè\u003cbr\u003eMastered at Black Knoll Studio (NY\/US) by Rafael Anton Irisarri\u003cbr\u003ePhotography by Christopher Landin\u003cbr\u003eLayout and design by zakè\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©℗ Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003eThis is PITP-V026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview ▪️▪️▪️\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Christopher 'Lav' Landin is a master of ambient sounds but it's been a while since we heard from him after 2017's collab with Purl on A Strangely Isolated Place. A New Landscape is a fresh album on Past Inside The Present that comes on limited and coloured vinyl. 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Bandcamp download code included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e'chamomile is equanimity. awe. love. comfort. longing. compassion. creativity. grief. tranquility. heart-searching. having been a journal writer for over twenty years, my intention is for each of these songs to feel like new entries--distilled miniature worlds of my creative process and inner life. infused with field recordings of meaningful places-my favorite forest tree, windchimes my uncle gave me before he passed away, birds and a fountain from a tiny house my husband and i stayed at, los angeles city streets, the ocean close to where my childhood best friend lives, the flipping of journal pages, a meditation center at sunset, and a neighborhood park in a city i no longer call home-within these songs live my everyday beauty. the struggles. the places i go to find calm and gently sing melodies of strength.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-cynthia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003echamomile is the sophomore solo release of Los Angeles-based artist and producer marine eyes (Cynthia Bernard). Her soothing debut record, idyll was released on Stereoscenic Records in March 2021. Cynthia is also one half of the ambient duo, awakened souls alongside her husband James Bernard, and has collaborated with artists such as zakè, 36, From Overseas, Pepo Galán, and many others. She most recently curated the mental\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateEllipsis\"\u003e...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003ca\u003emore\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewritten, produced and performed by cynthia bernard\u003cbr\u003emixed at ambient mountain house by james bernard\u003cbr\u003eassistant mixing by cynthia bernard\u003cbr\u003emastered by rafael anton irisarri\u003cbr\u003eadditional guitar on ‘what’s on the inside’ by city of dawn\u003cbr\u003ecover art by cynthia bernard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©℗ Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003eThis is PITP-V010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◾️◾️◾️ REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'chamomile' is filled with the sounds of nature and visions of the clouds and heavens above, chamomile is a totally absorbing listen, wrapping you up in its harmonious chordplay and transporting you to a calmer, sunnier, altogether nicer place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Juno Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lush tones of secret garden hymnals become tangible, ethereal landscapes in Cynthia Bernard’s hands as marine eyes. The ten vignettes on chamomile don’t simply tell a story; they invite listeners to find their own narrative within these lilting arrangements. The empty space is nestled within the warm synths, expressive guitars, and magnetic field records. Somewhere we can immerse ourselves and find a hypnotic calm. [...] Bernard’s gift is this heavenly world. chamomile is a wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Foxy Digitalis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[...] \"An album I’ve been leaning on quite a bit lately is the gorgeous chamomile by marine eyes. chamomile is her debut release with label Past Inside The Present and it showcases her brilliance as an new age\/ambient\/drone composer. chamomile is slow motion bliss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ten songs on chamomile rise like sunset hues over calm water. “cocoon” gives me the feeling of sitting on the screened-in porch with a cup of coffee as the sun sleepily makes its entrance over the calm lake. The family still sleeping, there’s a sense of oneness that comes over me in that instance. “cocoon” captures the mystery and the ambivalence in that moment. It’s at once peaceful and melancholy. “magic familiar” has the heft of a walk on the beach, complete with the hum of stirring waters and sun-baked psychedelia. Voices in the distance that blend into a chorus of gauzy release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCynthia Bernard mixes voice in her music, giving the proceedings an almost angelic touch. Clouds parting, sunlight coming down like an escalator from the cosmos inviting you to ascend to a higher plane. On “what’s on the inside (featuring City of Dawn)” Bernard creates walls of glorious reverb-drenched vocals. This song has an incandescence to it; meaning escapes in the cavernous ebb and flow as if the song’s beating heart welcomes you into its sonic chambers. “suspended universe” goes into Cocteau Twins territory with almost pop sensibilities as her vocals sit front and center. Pure transcendence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCynthia Bernard, aka Marine Eyes, described the album as pieces of journal entries, and wanted these ten songs “to feel like new entries–distilled miniature worlds of my creative process and inner life.” I feel she has done that with Chamomile. You can feel the people and places that helped make this album a reality. The textures and voices in the music come out as living things. They invite you in, lovingly with wide open sonic arms.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-J. Hubner, Complex Distractions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In many places, it’s shaped up to be a brutally hot summer. As temperatures creep to dangerously high levels, it can be tempting to turn towards darker ambient textures as a way to simulate being shaded and cool. Chamomile—the new album from Los Angeles producer Cynthia Bernard, aka marine eyes—is the rare, sunny electronic record that absolutely hits on a blistering afternoon. Centered on ambient’s usual instrumental fare (like field recordings and a Teenage Engineering OP-1), she also incorporated bass and guitar into her writing process. The completed project blends billowing synthscapes with more traditional vocal and string flourishes that are reminiscent of Liz Harris\/Grouper, if her work wasn’t so deeply impacted by the foggy gloom of the Oregon coast. 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B\/W center labels. Vinyl record placed in an anti-static inner sleeve with a .75 gauge archival polypropylene lining. Includes download card. Shrinkwrapped. Bandcamp download code included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eOrchestral Tape Studies II is an enthralling amalgam of orchestral textures carefully crafted by zakè. It is a continuation of its predecessor, Orchestral Tape Studies which was released to high acclaim in 2019.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing forth pastoral meditations with becalmed, atmospheric intent, Orchestral Tape Studies II is a convincing display of beautiful scores primed for the self-reflective moments that are both contemplative and thought provoking. 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The ambient\/new age composer has spent the last several years building a catalog of forward-thinking, thoughtful, and intellectual albums. Records that accumulate beautifully orchestrated sound collages and sonic realms that put you, the listener, in a state of contemplative and meditative bliss. Using electronics to create both a higher state of being as well as a sort of sonic therapy for the soul, zakè attempts to push the power of sound further with each release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2019 zakè released Orchestral Tape Studies, “a group of richly layered movements of fragmented orchestral loops, paying homage to minimalist symphonic composers and orchestras.” It was an eye\/ear\/mind opening sound experience, creating a sort of zoned-out peace for 30 minutes. A deep space drift that felt as monolithic as it did micro.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ezakè returns to that world with Orchestral Tape Studies II, a revisitation to that musical world. Orchestral loops, repetition, and a gauzy, overcast feeling overwhelm on this stunning new long player. Accompanied by real strings and guitar\/bow, zakè connects to the listener on a spiritual and cosmic level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrchestral Tape Studies II extends 2019s sonic experience from 4 tracks to 9. The songs seem to melt into one another, creating a 40-minute sound excursion; an existential journey into a wordless existence, floating along that rainbow-hued slipstream life leaves behind. These songs seem to emanate from a metaphysical orchestra that exists in our minds. These are the sounds of sleep and dream; the soundtrack for the life we lead when we’re on the plane between here and there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are moments of joy and hope, like on “Lament For Strings I” and “Lament For Strings II”. They have symphonic weight, while still having a touch of hazy sonic indifference. It’s this engrossing coming together of organic and synthetic. Light and life in musical form. Likewise, “Hearken” begins as almost just a hint of something before blossoming into ambient bliss. Composers like Philip Glass and Steve Reich come to mind here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Silenzio” is darker and more mysterious. “Bestir Thyself” lays heavy with mournful strings and an overcast disposition and a monumental, cinematic presence. “Ashes Depart” has that cinematic heaviness as well, though it feels as if it’s leading us to lighter days. “Lament For Strings III” closes out this journey, lamenting in wavering strings and bringing up the spirit of Tangerine Dream’s Phaedra. The song ends in a fading, gauzy hiss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ezakè continues to evolve his art and compositional magic with the ethereal Orchestral Tape Studies II. Thinning the lines between ambient, new age, and classical, zakè works to bring them all together into something thought-provoking and viscerally and intellectually alive.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-J. 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Records are placed in a black, anti-static inner sleeve with a .75 gauge archival polypropylene lining. Includes download card insert. Shrinkwrapped. Edition of 415. Bandcamp download code included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eThe world has found itself in a significant hurry. We have also found ourselves in the most distracted period of time in history; finding it tremendously difficult to remain in a moment of stillness, quietude, or allow time for self-reflection. Conversely, our vast universe continues its expansion into infinite development; a climate of deafening silence in a boundless four-dimensional continuum. It remains mesmerizing with a quiet allure that freely suspends in space-time; a true account of the beautiful unknown that sparks hope, reverence, and an awesome realization of impenetrable mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel” is audibly rich in its delivery with an array of tranquil billows and patient tones. It is a journey and soundtrack that commences at Earth’s thermosphere, gently moving towards the untraveled parts of space, lushly floating on forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese arrangements represent a group of celestial transmissions that are delicate in nature and intended for the listener to embrace moments of stillness, quietude and reflection, of which are on a trajectory of extinction at a place we call Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracks 1-4 are featured on 'Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel' LP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracks 5-11 are featured on 'Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel: Extended Hypersleep Programs \u0026amp; Reductions' Cassette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracks 1-4 Written, produced and engineered by 36 \u0026amp; zakè\u003cbr\u003eTracks 5-8 Written, produced and engineered by 36\u003cbr\u003eTracks 9-11 Written, produced and engineered by zakè\u003cbr\u003eAll tracks mastered by 36\u003cbr\u003eArtwork, layout and design by 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©℗ Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003eThis is PITP39\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"credits-label\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e◾️◾️◾️ REVIEWS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"If you’ve ever seen a space-travel movie, you’re probably familiar with the concept of longterm stasis, aka hyper sleep: just a bunch of humans chilling in torpor en route to some newer, brighter world, light years away from the marvelous blue marble we call home. Hypothetically, the trope may become a reality further down the line; the aerospace engineering company SpaceWorks, for instance, has proposed “torpor-inducing transfer habitats” as a means of smoothening mankind’s eventual journey to Mars (assuming we make it there before bringing about our own demise, of course.) Until then, we’ll have to settle for the soundtrack, Stasis Sounds For Long​-​Distance Space Travel. A collaborative release between the British producer Dennis Huddleston (aka 36) and Zaké, a “healing sound propagandist” from Indianapolis, IN, it’s a sonic approximation of the impossible (and impossibly expensive) space nap, manifested here as three soft, soothing, melancholic ambient movements: the four-stage title track, which represents the journey away from home; a nostalgic, field recording-flavored “extended hypersleep program” inspired by all the places left behind (caves, rain, cities); and at the end of the tranquil dream, a trilogy of “reductions” to let us back down to earth. I highly recommend listening to this record at night, looking up at the stars, bundled up in your favorite sweater. It’s not the same exact thing as a stasis pod, but it’s close.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Zoe Camp, Bandcamp (Best New Ambient Music on Bandcamp)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e+++\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Given the respective outputs of committed ambient explorers and sound designers Zake (best known for releasing no less than five fine albums in 2019) and 36 (most recently seen on A Strangely Isolated Place with the superb album \"Fade To Grey\"), you'd expect this trip into aural deep space to be rather good. It is of course, with the four tracks mixing echoing sonic tones and drifting sound effects with slow-burn electronic melodies and the kind of immersive, sustained chords that were once the preserve of German maestro Pete Namlook. The third track in the suite, appropriately titled \"Stage 3\", is little less than stunning, in part because of its grandiose, almost classical intent.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Juno Records\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+++\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The first collaboration between frequent Past Inside the Present contributor 36 and the label’s founder zakè tells a very human story through layers of literal and figurative atmosphere. The album voices a personal longing for others to feel content with switching off, for self-reflection and stillness. The album comes in three “movements;” the introductory self-titled track attempts to capture what’s being left behind, “Extended Hypersleep Program” is the central narrative, and “Reduction” is its denouement (it could be read either as a return to Earth or a further descent into uncharted territory). The drowsiness instilled by the implied cryogenic slumber feels manufactured, the rounded-off sonic edges reminiscent of the album’s futuristic, clean, and sterile setting. There’s a surrealism that pervades the album that not only assists in telling its story, but gives it its own unique tonal flavor.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Ari Delaney, Bandcamp (Best New Ambient Music on Bandcamp)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+++\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"On Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel, Dennis Huddleston, who, once again, appears here as 36, and Zach Frizzell, the very founder of the Past Inside the Present label, who also records under his zakè moniker (also known as 扎克), offer us over 90 minutes of space roaming drift. The yellow and red swirly transparent vinyl and its beautiful transparent cobalt brother featured the first four stages of this extended voyage, while the digital release on Bandcamp includes the Extended Hypersleep Program [this one is composed solely by Huddleston] and additional “reductions” [in turn composed solely by Frizzell] to truly bring your self-inflicted chaos to a still. The release is an ideal selection of mind settling music, especially during these times of self-isolation, where, interestingly enough, the [human] world found itself slowing its pace.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Headphone Commute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+++\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The now veteran of the ambient-drone Dennis Huddleston, aka 36, ​​of Leeds, and zakè, of Indianapolis, unite to describe in this album one of the typical sci-fi scenarios, namely that of the journey long lasting in the cosmos. In particular, they refer to the process of \"hibernation\" of the astronauts, a state of deep and prolonged sleep that could make possible operations such as the colonization of Mars or the exploration, with human crew, of our Solar System. The science fiction pretext of \"Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel\" is, however, the occasion for a reading that combines the space theme with the meditative one: the Universe intended as a place of exploration of thought, boundless field of introspection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIdeally divided into three large parts, the work articulates its 97 total minutes as follows: a 28-minute suite in four \"stages\" that closely follows the typical sounds of film science fiction, with a very slow fanfare diluted in subliminal melodies that recall Vangelis to the point of colliding with a sidereal wind, a meeting point between the cosmic restlessness of Klaus Schulze and the new age poetry of Constance Demby; after a piece dedicated to the stasis room (for about 6 minutes), a 30-minute triptych of nostalgic dreamy frescoes appears, animated by minimal sounds and clouds of drones, as well as by more descriptive field-recordings, which remind us of the landscapes in a moving way Earthlings (a cave, rain, a city at night). Three conclusive \"reductions\", diluted versions and pareidolitic illusions of the sounds already listened to, which translate the border between dream and wakefulness into music, recalling the splendid, rarefied and imaginative journeys of the Stars Of The Lid, culminating in the final \"Reduction 3 \", a full 21 minutes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat distinguishes the dream from death? In the first with the immobile body a mind coexists that explores an inner universe, abstract and soothing, synesthetic and hypnotic; in the second, they dominate total anguish and, afterwards, a boundless nullity. This \"Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel\" is never eerie, because a spark of emotion animates its long suites and contrasts the journey of the mind with the stasis of the body. Far from the metropolitan chaos, from the incessant stimuli of the hyperconnected global village, from the pressing deadlines and from the alarming breaking news that take sleep away, we find ourselves meditating for an abundant hour and a half, leaving for a while that with the movement of the body replace the boundless journey of the soul. It is no coincidence that 36 published the EP \"Music For Isolation\" in early April: what is the quarantine that the world has been experiencing in these months, if not a long standstill?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Ondarock, Italy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+++\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Since its earliest iteration, ambient has consistently been defined by the idea of concept – as explicitly representing an idea, space, or journey. The new collaboration between 36 \u0026amp; zaké is an exquisite example of this tradition, as Stasis Sounds is a “soundtrack that commences at Earth’s thermosphere, gently moving towards the untraveled parts of space, lushly floating on forever.” This is a record that evolves slowly, like water gently trickling from a glacier, drawing the listener in to get lost in its subtly epic scope. The gleaming tape loops, the thoughtful synths that stretch tantalisingly into the infinite distance, Stasis Sounds feels like stepping into the turn of Earth.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e​-All Things Loud\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+++\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel, sees UK ambienteer, 36, collude with US ‘healing sound propagandist,’ zaké, in a field recording-infused ‘extended hypersleep program’ inspired by nostalgia for an imagined left behind (cities, caves, rain). Spatial transmissions awash with billowing tones for quiet reflection—an act congruent with the tenor of life on this current version of Earth.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Igloo Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+++\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Past Inside The Present are on a mission to make you slow down and enjoy the now more than we do in modern life. They do so with this latest 12\", which features four accompaniment programs \"designed to give the stasis user a pleasurable experience in extended hypersleep.\" This is hi fidelity listening music that is as cathartic and escapist as it comes. Each track is like tuning into and endless continuum of sound that ebbs and flows infinitely. Celestial and delicate, if you can't relax in the company of these then you got real problems.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Juno Records, Essential Listening\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40768214728793,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/36zakestasissoundsforlongdistancespacetraveldennishuddlestoncdlppitppastinsidethepresentambientdronelabelrecords.jpg?v=1703328599"},{"product_id":"36-zake-stasis-sounds-for-long-distance-space-travel-ii-2cd","title":"36 \u0026 zakè 'Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel II' [2CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGlass-mastered, silkscreen printed 2xCD housed in a 6-panel, matte-laminated digipack. Clear cd trays. Shrinkwrapped. Features exclusive artwork. Includes all 18 tracks. Pressed and printed at Pressed at Pure Music, Manchester, UK. Edition of 500. Bandcamp download code included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eMission Control requested additional sound artifacts for all travelers that commenced their maiden voyage on January 31, 2020 documented as PITP39. Eighteen chapters of aural anesthetics were dispatched to the traveling vessel. The mission was successful, the travelers received the transmission and can continue their journey through the outer reaches of space in hypersleep. These tracks are now declassified and available for public listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracks 1-6 Written, produced and engineered by 36 \u0026amp; zakè\u003cbr\u003eTracks 7-12 Written, produced and engineered by 36\u003cbr\u003eTracks 13-18 Written, produced and engineered by zakè\u003cbr\u003eTrack 18 features additional synth work by Ossa and sound treatments by awakened souls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll tracks mastered by 36\u003cbr\u003eArtwork, layout and design by 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©℗ Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003eThis is PITP40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◾️◾️◾️ REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"36 and zakè follow up the epic work of Stasis Sounds For Long Distance Space Travel Part 1 with another eighteen chapters \"of aural anesthetics\" which \"continue their journey through the outer reaches of space in hypersleep.\" The album comes in different coloured versions and boasts the sort of grainy and immersive ambient that immediately takes you out into the farthest reaches of space. It's widescreen and cinematic and makes for the sort of journeying album that is perfect for zoning out of everyday life and enjoying some mindful moments to yourself\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Juno Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If the above-covered release, at only 30 minutes in length, was a concise tiny gem, then this 105-minute album is an expansive outer stellar drift. This is the second installment of the appropriately titled Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel, which first appeared back in 2020 as is foreshadowed [and yet still, above expectations], Dennis Huddleston and Zach Frizzell, who record under their 36 and zakè monikers respectively, offer us a gorgeous soundtrack for an interplanetary voyage, even if that journey is within.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlbeit the vinyl, features the six additional stages (to the first four offered up on the initial volume), for me, the cruise-controlled excursion sets into motion only at track seven. This is where, in a horizontal position, after the barely audible hypnotic clock-ticking dies down, I am finally at peace and prepared for the arrival. Here and now, long, wafting, splayed synth pads drone out with deep-breathing bass, sprinkled textures, and fully immersive ambient atmospheres. I have indeed used this music for my afternoon naps [or long-distance travels, as I prefer to refer to them] and can attest to its opiate properties, which can be soothing and pensive, intriguing, and calm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn absolute treasure of modern-day ambience, and I am only hopeful that the duo will continue leading us through vast outer space. Now out on Past Inside the Present [which is run and curated by Frizzell himself], an independent American label, which has really inspired and awed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Headphone Commute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’ve recently discovered a gorgeous and all-encompassing slice of ambient heaven in the form of two albums, titled Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel I \u0026amp; II. The artists are 36 and zakè. 36 is the musical project of UK musician Dennis Huddleston, while zakè is, well, zakè. His work has been talked about and adored on these pages many times over the last couple of years, starting back in 2020 with Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea’s Liberamente(released via Azure Vista Records.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 36 \u0026amp; zakè’s Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel I \u0026amp; II these two ambient musicians take us up into the cosmos. Slow, drifting swaths of electronics encompass you and take you on a cosmic journey. I do think music can heal, and with these two albums they emanate a kind of soothing, sonic pulse that calms the nerves and quiets the mind. Who doesn’t need some of that these days?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere’s lots of music that comes my way, and honestly it’s hard for me to cram it all between my ears. Believe me, I try. Listening to and writing about music is something I’ve done on a regular basis for over a decade now. And listening to music? Well I’ve been doing that since I could walk. At least since I could pick up my parents copy of The White Album and ask my mom to put it on the turntable. So when I don’t have enough time in the week to devour all the amazing music coming my way that’s both a bummer and pretty amazing. It means that just because I’m not hearing it, doesn’t mean that people aren’t continually opening their heads and hearts and giving the world the gift of sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I hear from labels like Past Inside The Present, Zakè Drone Recordings, Azure Vista Records, and Moon Glyph Records I make sure I listen. Their ambient and drone albums have been a source of mental comfort for years now. They’ve opened my brain to the world of ambient and new age. It’s a deeper trip, and I feel it’s the logical progression from the world of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, and Rudiger Lorenz. Where the darker realms of Komische and Berlin School were the gateway for me into electronic and heavy synth, ambient and new age were the welcoming step into the light. Still dig the dark, but you can’t stay there all the time unless you’re a mushroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel I \u0026amp; II have the vastness of a widescreen view of Earth from the point of view of a space station. It’s awe-inspiring, like earth from several thousands of miles away, or the sight of the aurora borealis hanging over the atmosphere from a galactic view. This is music to fall into and let it engulf you. 36 and zakè build slow moving soundscapes that soothe the listener into a weightless world, using synths and electronics like paints. Each brush stroke and added layer of color creating vast canvases of cosmic visions and ethereal light.\u003cbr\u003eOver the two volumes of Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel there’s plenty of sounds to keep you in stasis for a couple hours. Sonic bliss and a sort of cosmic peace make these records truly special, and a welcome respite in these troubled times.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-J. Hubner, Complex Distractions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is well known and much-loved ambient album amongst those who follow the genre closely, and after various vinyl formats before now, it finally arrives on CD courtesy of Past Inside the Present. The hugely prolific zake - who often releases several albums a year - and 36 really go deep on this one. It is a quietly epic and certainly adventurous journey into outer space where echoing sonic tones and drifting sound effects all melt into one another as electronic melodies arrive and disappear to soothing effect. There is an almost classical architecture to these grandiose tracks which makes it all the more of an absorbing and beautiful listen.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Juno Records\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40768215646297,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/36zakestasissoundsforlongdistancespacetravelII2xcdcdlppitppastinsidethepresentambientdronelabelrecords2.jpg?v=1703328793"},{"product_id":"purl-sinius-embryology-2lp","title":"Purl \u0026 Sinius 'Embryology' [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e180 gram 2xLP on [a\/b] Solid White [c\/d] Solid Blue, housed in a 4mm matte jacket. Full color center labels. Includes a download card for the digital album. Shrinkwrapped. Strictly limited to 200 units. Bandcamp download code included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eWith their roots in India and Sweden respectively, Daljit Kundi and Ludvig Cimbrelius met in the sphere of UK music culture. With Daljit growing up in Birmingham, and Ludvig having been heavily influenced by the influx of innovative electronic music from the British isles, it was in the realms of ambient jungle that the musical duo first set sail together. Their debut release ‘Timeless Travellers’ is an intergalactic voyage undertaken in the spirit of innocence and exploration that remains a hallmark of the genre, including remixes from their long time friend Simon Huxtable (Aural Imbalance) as well as the melodic genius Ulrich Schnauss. 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As the founder of Polar Seas Recordings, Deschamps has created and facilitated a considerable catalog of patient music in keeping with the imprint’s name, incorporating plectrums, analog synthesizer and field recording as the bases of his output. The impressions of northern climes that he creates make for an unlikely but perfect fit amid the hazy, coastal spaces of the source material here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoft Octaves’ title track is an exemplary iteration of each artist’s strengths, as the curtain slowly parts to reveal a daylit panorama accented by an organic rustle, echoing guitar swells and subtle digital grain. Standout “Trembling House” builds on this tenor, incorporating the voice of marine eyes (aka Cynthia Bernard, James’s partner in PITP duo awakened souls) layered in ghost tones around itself, a lullabied comfort even as it drifts away into the ionosphere. 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There is a quiet unease, but the center holds itself reassuringly; this too shall pass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Time Won’t Forget What You Meant to Me” is perhaps the most direct nod to the artist’s main inspirations here; a lucid, evocative synth progression is wrapped in panning whispers, like the maundering conversations that arise and fall away by the lakeside or along trillium-lined forest trails. The final side succinctly collects the themes of all that came before; “The Return” hums with angelic sweetness and a sense of light emerging beyond the greyscale roil, while “Coda” closes the suite with towering guitars, warbling piano and a kinetic rush toward an unreachable horizon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn considering the onset of adulthood realities and the attendant passing of friends and family members over the years, Sullivan cited this quote from Clive Barker’s Imajica as particularly resonant:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Remember that everything you learn is already part of you, even to the Godhead Itself. Study nothing except in the knowledge that you already knew it. Worship nothing except in adoration of your true self. And fear nothing except in the certainty that you are your enemy’s begetter and its only hope for healing, for everything that does evil is in pain.”​\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll songs produced, arranged, composed\u003cbr\u003eand performed by Slow Dancing Society\u003cbr\u003eMixed and mastered by Drew Sullivan at SDS Studios\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Photography by Drew Sullivan\u003cbr\u003eLayout and graphic design by zakè\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2024 Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003e℗ 2024 Past Inside the Present Publishing (BMI)\u003cbr\u003eThis is PITP-V049\u003cbr\u003epastinsidethepresent.com\u003cbr\u003eslowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarketed, distributed, and\u003cbr\u003ephonographic copyright:\u003cbr\u003ePast Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003eMatrix \/ Runout (Side A): PITP-V049 \/ A \/ DUNK!PRESSING\u003cbr\u003eMatrix \/ Runout (Side B): PITP-V049 \/ B \/ DUNK!PRESSING\u003cbr\u003eCut at ODM\u003cbr\u003ePressed by dunk!pressing\u003cbr\u003eManufactured and assembled in Belgium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40789085978713,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/slowdancingsocietydrewsullivanpitppastinsidethepresentambientdronelabel2lp2xlpvinylrecord_2.png?v=1706189898"},{"product_id":"asc-loss-cd","title":"ASC 'Loss' [CD] (2nd ed.)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGlass-mastered, silkscreen printed CD housed in a 4-panel, 300g satin cardstock Digipak. 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One innocuous autumn afternoon you lean against its railing for a photograph that your companion insists on capturing because of that perfect peach light in the distant cirrus. 4:23pm. The creaky waist-high beam gives way just a bit, loosened by seasonal damp, and you startle slightly but find your footing with a well-trained portrait smile. The image is forever catalogued behind the lens and you move on along the decaying birches, reminded that tomorrow is not a guarantee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eASC (aka James Clements) brings us Loss in its most heart-rending and therapeutic form in his new LP for Past Inside the Present following decades of genre-fluid releases on Auxiliary, A Strangely Isolated Place and many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll through the cavernous chapters of Loss are heavy mists, quiet bird calls and softly ponderous chord progressions. Especially in the field recordings of “Tears in Rain” there are echoes of the old photographic experiment in which a swath of subjects is shown the same facial expression and asked, “What is this person feeling or experiencing?” An identical image can yield assessments ranging from dread to bliss, exhaustion to relief, joyous wonder to abject\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e confusion. These profound pieces are similarly potent litmus tests of where the listener is in their emotional journey; they may be a sublime comfort on a sanguine morning, or a source of pure sonic sympathy in a complicated moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew experiences except loss – especially the abrupt loss of a loved one – can so completely realign your internal map and compass. The plan was there; it was going so well; I did everything right. In sections of this collection like “Sensory Disintegration” and “Fleeting Elation”, with a bruised but forgiving heart, Clements boldly faces the void in order to create something where there is only a cruel nothing. There is no replacing a breath on the neck, or that diffuse, gowned shadow along the wall, but there remains the hope that these compositions will sing beyond the stratosphere like any cosmically bound radio signal, outlasting their maker and all fleeting reminiscences that carry on in pure, vaporous vibration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTruly, words can only do so much. With Loss, as with his many other instrumental projects, ASC offers a distillation of immutable feeling: beauty wrenched from ache, acceptance demanded from doubt. The complex rhythms of many of his other records are left aside in favor of languid meditation. Even in its heavier moments it is an album that presents an undeniable degree of sensitive and resolute devotion; a priceless honorarium for moments dreamt but never to be.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40909538754649,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/ascloss1.png?v=1708118367"},{"product_id":"dawn-chorus-and-the-infallible-sea-alpha-cs","title":"Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea 'Alpha' [CS]","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e'Alpha' encompasses arrangements from Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea's debut album. These selected tracks have been rearranged, remixed and remastered by James Bernard at his Ambient Mountain House studio. An alternate version of 'Drala' from their Azure Vista Records debut, 'Liberamente' appears on this deluxe edition, along with a live version of Alpha and the trio's very first recording improvisation demo 'Amber'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlpha incorporates ethereal movements, richly layered cascades, and slow-motion soundscapes. 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One innocuous autumn afternoon you lean against its railing for a photograph that your companion insists on capturing because of that perfect peach light in the distant cirrus. 4:23pm. The creaky waist-high beam gives way just a bit, loosened by seasonal damp, and you startle slightly but find your footing with a well-trained portrait smile. The image is forever catalogued behind the lens and you move on along the decaying birches, reminded that tomorrow is not a guarantee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eASC (aka James Clements) brings us Loss in its most heart-rending and therapeutic form in his new LP for Past Inside the Present following decades of genre-fluid releases on Auxiliary, A Strangely Isolated Place and many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll through the cavernous chapters of Loss are heavy mists, quiet bird calls and softly ponderous chord progressions. Especially in the field recordings of “Tears in Rain” there are echoes of the old photographic experiment in which a swath of subjects is shown the same facial expression and asked, “What is this person feeling or experiencing?” An identical image can yield assessments ranging from dread to bliss, exhaustion to relief, joyous wonder to abject\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e confusion. These profound pieces are similarly potent litmus tests of where the listener is in their emotional journey; they may be a sublime comfort on a sanguine morning, or a source of pure sonic sympathy in a complicated moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew experiences except loss – especially the abrupt loss of a loved one – can so completely realign your internal map and compass. The plan was there; it was going so well; I did everything right. In sections of this collection like “Sensory Disintegration” and “Fleeting Elation”, with a bruised but forgiving heart, Clements boldly faces the void in order to create something where there is only a cruel nothing. There is no replacing a breath on the neck, or that diffuse, gowned shadow along the wall, but there remains the hope that these compositions will sing beyond the stratosphere like any cosmically bound radio signal, outlasting their maker and all fleeting reminiscences that carry on in pure, vaporous vibration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTruly, words can only do so much. With Loss, as with his many other instrumental projects, ASC offers a distillation of immutable feeling: beauty wrenched from ache, acceptance demanded from doubt. The complex rhythms of many of his other records are left aside in favor of languid meditation. Even in its heavier moments it is an album that presents an undeniable degree of sensitive and resolute devotion; a priceless honorarium for moments dreamt but never to be.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40976946692185,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/b1w.png?v=1709736861"},{"product_id":"copy-of-t-r-jordan-dwell-time-ii-cd","title":"T.R. Jordan 'Dwell Time II' [CS]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmoke tint cassette tape with white imprinting, housed in a clear norelco box. Loaded with FerroMaster C456™ super ferric, ultra-high performance type-1 music grade analog tape. Cassette box housed in a thick, matte O-Card wrap. Shrinkwrapped. Limited to 50 units.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eT.R. JORDAN – DWELL TIME II (Past Inside The Present, 2024)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dwell Time II, the second installment in a trilogy of tape loop experiments from T.R. Jordan, begins fittingly with “Dynamics”, as a grainy, fluttering howl opens into voluminous spatial tones, while dulcet synthesizers swell between the stereo channels with melancholy, crystalline sweetness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuiding his delicate world of sound through various technical and tactile manipulations, Jordan unearths sounds and textures that are otherwise not found in a natural state. Part of the fascination in working with physical formats is the ability to alter and interrupt – in this case, wrapping the plastic film of the cassette in foil, or bending and distending it with a fingertip, creating what the artist proudly calls “gorgeous imperfection”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuffused with soft warbles and fragile, insect-like clicks, “Swapped” trains a macro lens on the inner workings of loam and undergrowth, evoking a verdant air of renewal that always emerges from the chrysalis of natural cycles. Following close behind, “Allusion” carries the calm pace of a slowed clock, counting out moments of aching anticipation in melodic, meditative counterpoint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJordan’s fascination with mutability is evident in every\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e second of this suite – even the most seemingly reliable loop is subject to the whims of a weakened battery, repositioning of the tape deck, or tempered malfunction. “Nested” offers a particularly deconstructed view, combining the spatial patience of Hiroshi Yoshimura and the connective tissue of early Eno experiments in its glassy tremolos and mysterious corners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Proxy” forefronts the stop-stutter of physical looping with antiquated machinery, and the hand-hewn effect of trying to control something as it tries to escape into the air, like flowing bands of the aurora borealis. “Repetition is a form of change”, the saying goes, and as each renewal of the loop asserts its own idiosyncrasies, we find the pulse of contingency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a continuation of the first Dwell Time album (Past Inside the Present, 2022), Jordan’s intention is a cohesive suite in three movements, all with the same materials and methods, in a concentrated period of inspired experimentation with no energy wasted – a form of “musical composting”, in his words. Citing the particular malleability of the Library of Congress’ C1 cassette deck, and the “halfway broken beauty” of the Roland RE-201 tape delay, he brings together disparate sources into captivating sonic approximations of flowing creeks, mossy rocks, and drifting clouds in equal measure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album’s final two pieces, “Murmur” and “Tampered”, bear this out with notable grace, as a sense of perennial permanence leads into waves of seafoam hiss, rounding out the set in a peaceful surrender to the cosmos. Brought into its final form with production by Rafael Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio, mastering by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung, artwork by Cynthia Bernard, and endless support from label head zakè, Dwell Time II is a remarkable ode to the infinite, viewed through the lens of the momentary.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Written by Thomas Meluch\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten and recorded by T.R. Jordan\u003cbr\u003eProduced and mixed at Black Knoll Studio by Rafael Anton Irisarri\u003cbr\u003eMastered at Schwebung Mastering by Stephan Mathieu\u003cbr\u003ePhotography and graphic design by Cynthia Bernard\u003cbr\u003eLayout by zakè\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2024 Past Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003e℗ 2024 Past Inside the Present Publishing (BMI)\u003cbr\u003eCassette :: PITP-C028 \/\/ CD :: PITP57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow ugc\" href=\"http:\/\/pitp.us\/\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\u003epitp.us\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/ pitp.shop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarketed and distributed by\u003cbr\u003ePast Inside the Present\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCassette pressed by NAC\u003cbr\u003eManufactured and assembled in the US\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCD glass mastered at \u003ca rel=\"nofollow ugc\" href=\"http:\/\/duplication.ca\/\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\u003eduplication.ca\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePressed by \u003ca rel=\"nofollow ugc\" href=\"http:\/\/duplication.ca\/\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\u003eduplication.ca\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManufactured and assembled in Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ About the Artist:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a student of music, T.R. Jordan cultivates harmony, melody and texture from across the centuries. He began classical piano lessons while still stretching to reach the pedals, and counts Debussy and Chopin among his earliest influences; in this way, we hear something of the moonless night in his careful pacing and melodic mastery. As his passion developed, further influence came from the tape manipulations of Brian Eno and William Basinski, creating a natural drive toward experimentation, and an embrace of uncertainty through forgotten formats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an era largely defined by flawless resolution and digital acuity, Jordan dares to place acoustic and analog elements in lower-fidelity environments, creating distinct but familiar compositions. This approach is best heard on Dwell Time and Dwell Time II (Past Inside the Present), the first installments in a trilogy of loop-based reflections on quietude and the verdant infinite, all created during a singular period of epiphany and inspiration. Jordan prefers “methods and means that are temperamental, and that eschew perfectionism,” such as the beloved, versatile Library of Congress C1 cassette deck for the blind, and the joyously unpredictable Roland RE-201 tape delay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombined with an academic knowledge of the piano and double bass, Jordan’s willingness to sacrifice any sense of musical certainty and push headlong into the unknown, is much of what makes his unique soundscapes so striking. Long time production assistance from like-minded composer Rafael Anton Irisarri brings yet another dimension to Jordan’s work, as his pursuit of uniquely fascinating forms both honors, and upends, established theory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40992534659161,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/trdt2_732eff1a-5423-4faa-9f00-c1b48a962481.png?v=1710211548"},{"product_id":"asc-loss-cs-1","title":"ASC 'Loss' [CS]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrange cassette with black imprinting, housed in a clear norelco box. Loaded with FerroMaster C456™ super ferric, ultra-high performance type-1 music grade analog tape. Shrinkwrapped. 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One innocuous autumn afternoon you lean against its railing for a photograph that your companion insists on capturing because of that perfect peach light in the distant cirrus. 4:23pm. The creaky waist-high beam gives way just a bit, loosened by seasonal damp, and you startle slightly but find your footing with a well-trained portrait smile. The image is forever catalogued behind the lens and you move on along the decaying birches, reminded that tomorrow is not a guarantee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eASC (aka James Clements) brings us Loss in its most heart-rending and therapeutic form in his new LP for Past Inside the Present following decades of genre-fluid releases on Auxiliary, A Strangely Isolated Place and many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll through the cavernous chapters of Loss are heavy mists, quiet bird calls and softly ponderous chord progressions. Especially in the field recordings of “Tears in Rain” there are echoes of the old photographic experiment in which a swath of subjects is shown the same facial expression and asked, “What is this person feeling or experiencing?” An identical image can yield assessments ranging from dread to bliss, exhaustion to relief, joyous wonder to abject\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e confusion. These profound pieces are similarly potent litmus tests of where the listener is in their emotional journey; they may be a sublime comfort on a sanguine morning, or a source of pure sonic sympathy in a complicated moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew experiences except loss – especially the abrupt loss of a loved one – can so completely realign your internal map and compass. The plan was there; it was going so well; I did everything right. In sections of this collection like “Sensory Disintegration” and “Fleeting Elation”, with a bruised but forgiving heart, Clements boldly faces the void in order to create something where there is only a cruel nothing. There is no replacing a breath on the neck, or that diffuse, gowned shadow along the wall, but there remains the hope that these compositions will sing beyond the stratosphere like any cosmically bound radio signal, outlasting their maker and all fleeting reminiscences that carry on in pure, vaporous vibration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTruly, words can only do so much. With Loss, as with his many other instrumental projects, ASC offers a distillation of immutable feeling: beauty wrenched from ache, acceptance demanded from doubt. The complex rhythms of many of his other records are left aside in favor of languid meditation. Even in its heavier moments it is an album that presents an undeniable degree of sensitive and resolute devotion; a priceless honorarium for moments dreamt but never to be.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Past Inside the Present","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41002350051417,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/files\/o4w.png?v=1710529482"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/3189\/7689\/collections\/pitpside_aed5114c-8c74-484d-b2c4-788aaa9cbcc8.png?v=1755768971","url":"https:\/\/www.pitp.us\/collections\/pitp-archive-repository.oembed?page=4","provider":"Past Inside the Present","version":"1.0","type":"link"}