Benjamin Dauer & Specta Ciera : Traced in Sand [DIST027]

Traced in Sand is the first collaboration between Benjamin Dauer and Specta Ciera (Devin Underwood), both of whom have previously released on Distance. As a duo they intricately weave together synthesizers, field recordings and sparse guitar and piano tones to form an immersive sonic tapestry.”

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Format: 6 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 16 Nov 2014
Style: Ambient, Drone, Field Recording

Maxime Tanguay : Until We Pass Out [then006]

“if you pass out, i pass out.”

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Format: 13 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, WAV
Released: 7 November 2014
Style: Ambient, Techno, Experimental, Deep House, Minimal, Drone, Field Recording

Top Doctor : Some odd graffiti I saw [self released]

“hey

here are my latest soundwaves

it has been inspired bymy own life (on the planet)/how to make the world a better place using the advancement in technology, orwell, adbusting/street art/culture jamming/graffiti/ug hip hop, post-dubstep/bass/90’s warp recordings, organic/analog/lo-fi sound/80’s retro stuff, japanese ideas and concepts like wabi sabi and ma, internet memes/linguistics/internet lingo, subtle humour in art/hidden meaning/riddles/anonymity, field recording/nature/soundscape composition, the now, the sublime/the subconscious/associations, other people and love.

can art be used to change the world into better? i’m slightly worried about the situation right now.

i have been working on these tracks on and off for a long time. if you like it, you should contact me and maybe we can think of a way to work together…or maybe if you know someone you think might like it, share it to them?

use headphones if possible

All the best/enjoy/peace/ yours,
Fake doctor

ps. also looking for funding for a limited tape release, and a full-length vinyl. maybe you can help me out and donate a few coins.”

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Format: 6 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 19 Jul 2014
Style: Downtempo, Experimental, Field Recording, Lo-Fi, Trip Hop

North Hive : Immersion [enrmp347]

“Celestial ambient drone sounds mixed with field recordings. From Russia with love.”

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Format: 5 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps
Released: 23 Mar 2014
Style: Ambient, Drone, Field Recording

Optical Frameworks : Vibrant [CTR047]

Optical Frameworks is one of the most secretive and talented artists on our label. He likes to walk in various places recording sounds. He makes his own microphones so he could record sound under water or under ground. He puts all these sounds on a magnetic tape with his old reel-to-reel tape recorders. And here is another one of his experiments.”

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Format: 4 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 24 Feb 2014
Style: Ambient, Drone, Dub Techno, Field Recording

Bit-Tuner : The Japan Syndrome [hub02]

Bit-Tuner‘s The Japan Syndrome is a free download for the first two weeks. Still, if you want to donate, head over to the Hula Honeys Bandcamp page. Recorded at Zurich’s Helsinki Klub, it’s a fragmentary snap shot, a rampant audio(visual) trip through Japan’s largest cities, that Bit-Tuner visited in spring 2013. The swiss producer captures these cities via field recordings to then transform the found sound into his characteristic dark beats and minimalistic sounds.”

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Format: 8 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 23 Oct 2013
Style: Dub Techno, Trip Hop, Experimental, Ambient, Field Recording

Noname & Paprastai : Spacetime Resonance [CTR043]

“We create sound, as a meaningful communication or as a vehicle for mind. If you want to truly hear our sound you must know how to listen not only with your ears, because our sound is not for entertainment.

We classify our music in three categories: contact music, background music and storytelling music. Contact music is when rhythms of sounds and compositions generate a very simple moment of a seamless connection between the listener and the sound, which evokes intuition, and an unusual sequence of events. These are moments when music resonates with imagination without leaving any kind of difference between the performer of the sound and the listener. Everything becomes one, and unusually simple. Background music is a stream of sound which is good for meditative kind of creative activities. It doesn’t matter if this activity happends only inside of you or outside as well. Storytelling music are compositions that express certain experiences, which are intended to lead you to focus on certain subjects. Our album Spacetime Resonance is a mix of background and storrytelling music.

Any kind of meaningful music reveals it self in an appropriate environment and time. There is a very good saying in Lithuania, which explains things that you can get without putting much effort into it. Translated into english it would sound something like this: ‘cheap sausage is eaten by dogs’.”

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Format: 4 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 21 Oct 2013
Style: Dub Techno, Ambient, Downtempo, Field Recording

Mizgir : Mizgir EP [WOND007]

Mizgir invites you to his secret garden. The music on this EP is universal, intriguing, and romantic. Following its own rules, the approach of Mizgir is soulful, organic, integrating instrumental parts played live as well as improvisational elements. Classical, ethnic, jazz, electronics and silence are the main influences in this open concept.
The track ‘Starostin’ features Sergei Starostin playing rozhok from ‘Shymel Kamish’ and the track ‘Esenin’ features vocal cuts from Sergei Starostin song ‘Devki’.
Arctic Sunrise Intro and Arctic Sunrise are tribute tracks for the crew of Arctic Sunrise, imprisoned in Murmansk – Russia.”

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Format: 5 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 21 Oct 2013
Style: House, Jazz, Experimental, Field Recording

Myniciush & Erimus : Artilugios [blpsq037]

“The Colombian downtempo duo returns to our catalog along with a new partner in sound, Erimus. The three of them have crafted an exquisite exercise in sonic storytelling, rich with texture and crackly ambience. Life moves in time stretched slow motion while these surreal extended pieces melt away your perceptions of reality.”

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Format: 3 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 15 Oct 2013
Style: Ambient, Downtempo, Drone, Experimental, Field Recording, Glitch, IDM

Roedor : Onirismo [MNE 005]

A listening experience featuring an exploration of the universe of timbres and its relation in time, creating textures achieved by field recordings.”

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Format: 10 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 8 Sep 2013
Style: Experimental, Field Recording, Ambient