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Jack Prest is an accomplished composer, recording engineer and producer who returns to the spotlight tomorrow with the release of The Risk Of Hyperbole – Vol.2 – Object on Art As Catharsis. “This is my first real foray into working as the lead artist in a project after many years working as a facilitator for…
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Alex of Fields We Found will launch a new label on Feb. 15 called Quiet Details. The Humble Bee’s lichen cloak on a white stone is the imprint’s first release. “Craig’s a huge inspiration and this album could be my favourite of his yet,” says Alex. Each of the label’s releases will focus on the…
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The Ambientologist and Echoes Blue labels have partnered on a new compilation of vocal ambient music entitled Ambient Echoes, Vol. 1 – Anxiety/Hope. The collection features seven pieces, each of them a collaborative effort. The project seeks to combine “the labels’ two sonic profiles, with the open, sacred-sounding reveries of Echoes Blue, married with the…
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Tunisian composer Haythem Mahbouli will release a concept album about the end of humankind on Dec. 2. Last Man On Earth will be released by Schole Records. “The recording rockets us into the future of a hostile earth wherein humanity itself faces extinction,” says Mahbouli. “The album envisions man’s final journey on our home planet…
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Spanish ambient experimental composer Pepo Galán and Australian vocalist/musician Karen Vogt are premiering a pair of Akira Rabelais remixes today with a video for “Panacea I.” The Moderns is first to present this. The pair are perfectly suited for one another. Their last collaboration, The Sweet Wait landed a year ago.
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Composer Rutger Zuydervelt (a.k.a. Machinefabriek) and sound designer Hugo Dijkstal have won best documentary score in this year’s International Sound & Film Music Festival in Croatia. Their work for Berg, directed by Joke Olthaar tied for the top position with Love Martinsen’s work with Maria Loohufvud on Calendar Girls. “I’m amazed by how beautiful Hugo…
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