(all September 2010 news updates are combined to one entry below)
2010.09.24
New releases and re-stocks from the always excellent Infraction label, just added to the
Hypnos Store inventory.
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Concert Silence (Infraction category) (Price: $13.99) Concert Silence is a collaboration between Charles Buckingham and Matthew Cooper, currently both residing in Portland, Oregon. An ongoing conversation between the two began in 2004 when they met over a shared interest in live sound manipulation. 09.22.07 was the first major outcome of discussions regarding symbiotic cultures and their implications to music. A live performance set up was designed, allowing each player to have equal input and manipulation control, (which can be seen in a diagram within the artwork of the album)…. (more/buy) |
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Concert Silence – Rain Furniture (Infraction category) (Price: $13.99) With Rain Furniture, Charles Buckingham and Matthew Cooper wanted to explore a new and different musical territory than previously traveled, while still using the audio set up from 09.22.07. As a companion piece to the full length, Rain Furniture engages a more raw energy…. (more/buy) |
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Ben Fleury-Steiner – Keep a Weather Eye Open (Infraction category) (Price: $13.99) From the inset,Tender is the opaque morning the scene has been set on Keep a Weather Eye Open into a Bryars-esque dip into the sunken Titanic. Gently clattering china on a slow drop to the bed of the ocean, faint light filtering through. The band plays on, the notes become submerged & eventually a hymnal drone emerges repeating over and over in slow cycles. This is not the end however, as unlike the ill-fated Vessel of Sleep, this work re-emerges to the surface and into hazy light. Roughly 2 years in the making, KAWEO is presented in a digipak with a 12 page color booklet in an edition of 900 copies. KAWEO was mastered by Robert Rich… (more/buy) |
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2010.09.22
Just got a cool new item, an Ambient Temple of Imagination release on the Plague label, added to the
Hypnos Store today.
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ATOI – Ambient Temple Of Imagination (Plague category) (Price: $13.99) Limited edition, housed in A5-jacket. Over 70 minutes of ritual kabbalistic trance. ATOI member Seofon says: It’s the ATOI disc that I’ve always wanted to see released. Featuring Johannes Ayres (IAO Core), Joshua Maremont (Thermal), Stephen Kent, Roy Robinson (23 Degrees), vidnaObmana and Mark Wayne (E.A.R.)… (more/buy) |
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2010.09.01
We just received a bit box of restocks from the Dataobscura and Blue Oasis labels, as well as one new item, now available on the
Hypnos Store today.
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Nunc Stans – We Leave Without Speaking (Blue Oasis/Dataobscura category) (Price: $13.99) We Leave Without Speaking is a single, 72 minute piece of expansive and deeply involving atmospheric ambience that wanders an enigmatic world of its own making, seamlessly flowing through a variety of rich sonic palettes and absorbing soundworlds. A work of considerable beauty, with an underlying sense of forlorn isolation and longing. A mature and sophisticated continuation of the Nunc Stans legacy. Performed by Anthony Paul Kerby, spring 2010, using various synthesisers, guitar, treated piano, field recordings, and digital processing… (more/buy) |
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