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Discordant solo electric guitar recordings exploring improvisational form and the lofi aesthetic from Italy’s Vito Pesce. An assembly of DIY sketches and ideas for further development. Restrained, sinister, uncharted.
Italy’s Emmanuele Gattuso whose work bridges lofi confessional songwriting, heavy industrial driven loops and electro-acoustic based electronic ambient into a singular, moody collection. Electronic whispers, ominous low-tone, smouldering static.
Collaboration between Chors Blor / Christ Phyr Blyr and host Adrian X Sands of WLUW Chicago’s Spontaneous Earth radio programme. Six years of sample-heavy musique concrete / schizoid-electronica remixed and edited to two tracks, presented for download here for the first time.
Using an arsenal self-generated of loops and samples, an array of home-made, altered or prepared electric guitars and a moniker that denotes the head-tripped quality of his recordings, Miller Royer AKA Brainplane creates lo-fi skewed pop soundscapes based on improvisation and live experimentation.
Part screengazer meditation, part beat-heavy audio collage, this collection of instrumentals by New Fast reference beat culture of west coast hip hop, shifted down to a hazy, narcotic speed. Broken samples, blown bass lines, repetitive loops disappear towards a singularity – never over the edge / not quite out of sight. Upcycling old cassette tapes [...]
“From a series of collaborations between Matthias Boss and Marcello Magliocchi. Marcello Magliocchi plays sound sculptures by Andrea Dami, made of various metals including iron, brass, copper, steel, aluminum and featuring other elements like strings, stones and gongs. Matthias Boss plays violin.”
“This record was made between June and September of 2012. I used only portable devices (walkmans, FM transmitters, dictaphones, journalist type digital recorders, cameras, AM radios, etc). Some of the recordings were made with magnetophone, others with professional walkman and others with a Roland digital recoder. Most of the music i make is related to [...]
Hard-boiled electronics and atypical computer manipulation from Guidance Council, an enigmatic arts collective from Washington DC, USA. Four tracks of highly processed & deeply distorted samples and sputters, live recordings mixed with generative sound, with the spastic overtones of soundcard latency glitches – DIY from the digital age.
“The birth of this duo goes back to a short and fulminant set, played in the occasion of the MAB Trio concert at the SPM Ivan Illich in Bologna (IT). In this following meeting, recorded in Bari for the “Fonosextant” live series directed by M. Magliocchi, the potential of that spark is evolved and highlighted [...]
“This album is an examination of language and maths. bred from intermittent bursts of spontaneous creativity during a 4 year silence, this album explores the possibilities of translating syntax into sound. each track examines a texture at a macro level, eventually weaving together to create one giant shape.”
“At work, one night in 2009, I suddenly thought “What if I tuned the mandolin D/D#, G/G#, G/G#, D/D#, and then piled other acoustic instruments, tuned to the same notes, on top of that?” It didn’t come to me in words like that – the concept just popped in from some other zone. That happens [...]
“The work is a collaboration between Marcello and Maresuke on web. Marcello also works with sounding sculptures made by Maestro Andrea Dami and made these tracks to the Fortezza Smilea in Pistoia/Tuscany , Italy. Maresuke received tracks in Tokyo, Japan …and played!…both musicians working in the field of instant composition / improvised music…The use of [...]
“Two Serbia-based music makers join their forces on this EP using each other’s track as reference points.Both Lomz & Lezet were intent on imbuing these tracks with their respective voices and approaches to song-crafting. Their mutual interest in obsolete personal computers and consoles and chiptune music was what got them working together, but this had [...]
“here we play with eostre, recurring and renewing in an endless spiral, a little different each loop, but always the same. she cycles ‘round and ‘round, appearing in time and in every new human, and in every human in unexpected ways, exciting and inviting, awaking our senses to the joy of living and being alive. [...]
“This work has been realized thanks to recordings made within my house during a night in 2011 while I was sleeping.”
“From a series of collaborations between Matthias Boss and Marcello Magliocchi. Marcello Magliocchi plays sound sculptures by Andrea Dami, made of various metals including iron, brass, copper, steel, aluminum and featuring other elements like strings, stones and gongs. Matthias Boss plays violin.”
First DWS release by Southern California ambient-noise duo Sun of 81. Two tracks of drone, shifting between stuttered electronic cacophony, gentle loops of static-drenched harmonics and ominous, distant swells. Calamitous signals bounce off the magnetosphere, back and forth in collaborative dissonance toward a great-final-something.
In honor of DEEPWHITESOUND’s 100th release this compilation of new, unreleased work exemplifies the wide range of sounds composed & performed, recorded & mutated by the dozens of artists who have provided their work to be distributed here. A celebration of and thanks to all who support the free exchange of music and art. Featuring [...]
Pulse + drone, heavy effect, head-down movement. “Recorded somewhere in California, state of exception.”
A collection of distorted and disturbed electro-acoustic expressions. Processed and spliced instruments pocked with effected, spoken vocals and the grit of harsh editing form a dysmorphic “hello”. “All instruments played by The Human Kind. All lyrics improvised. Remember- this is not serious music. Any lyrics that may sound serious (“With the right to mentality, the [...]
Solo acoustic guitar-oriented tracks recorded entirely in mono directly through laptop. Digital lo-fi ranging from wide & shimmering instrumental songs evoking the “new weird america” aesthetic, to warped drone, deeply dissonant and richly distorted.
“Wolf Like Dog is one of the many projects of Ronny. It’s a solo drum project using pedals and cell phone made background rhythms. Its made to be played loud and spazz out!”
A lo-fi blend of vicarious, submerged pop tunes and swirls of shifted drone. This second release from New Fast clings to the surface barely, peering in anti-rhythmic fits towards an endless center.
“The Handbook for Acoustic Ecology takes its name from Barry Truax’s (Ed.) work, originally published in 1978. This reference work compiles all major terminology from the fields of acoustics, psychoacoustics, environmental acoustics and noise measurement, electroacoustics, music, linguistics, and soundscape studies, with extensive cross-references and straightforward explanations. Photograph by Frank Singley.”
“All music written and recorded by Wartime Tapestry at the end of 2011. Limited run of 50, in handmade packaging. Slow shifting drones inspired by the daily routine.”
“Something’s wrong but you don’t know what it is, do you?” This album represents humankind’s constant struggle with emotional and psychological conflict, and the search for some kind of resolution. Cover art by Anna Cervova.
“Xanadu was the name of the summer capital of Kublai Khan’s Yuan Dynasty in China. Xanadu was a story told by the Venetian traveler Marco Polo. In 1797, it inspired a famous poem, Kubla Khan, by one of the leading English poets of the Romanticism movement, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The band Rush, a huge Pregnant [...]
“Live performances at artamotive gallery, ne mpls, recorded 3.20.04. 4 tracks, complete sets by Michael Abraham, Mr. Density vs The Golden Wire and Sonomex. accompanied by ‘instant art’ courtesy jim carmouche & recorded by gabe.”
Haunted screeches and harsh electronic collisions conjured on this debut release from 3-piece weirdo noise collective Ghost Volcano. Tracks 1 and 2 are from a recording session that took place in Mayo, MD in November 2011. The first track includes a guest appearance by Tyler Grimsley on bass. The last track, Raw Stars, is an [...]
“Left it, kept own – now stuck and reverend, – thought simple special set. Sits like whatever groups around, should stick by it – - keeps like larger makings, always always always kept, – - just when what the “tube” was stepping far down the roads so, so many regular folks .. – held the [...]
Unlover, the DWS debut from Amniotic (solo project of musician Johannah Henderson) mixes lethargic, midnight vocals with methodically layered and sequenced washes of deep static, menacing percussion culled from looped field recordings and the repetitive backbone of plucked electric guitar. the marriage forms a dark undercurrent, rumors of secrets, unseen paths. This download includes: UNLOVER [...]
Double track release from Berlin composer Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt, utilizing elements of sampling along with his ‘accidental guitar method’. Loops of static, snips of electronic melody and manipulated vocals. “Born Under Saturn was created after reading a book by the same name. I created ["She Lives on Light"] composition after becoming aware of a [...]
“My second album, ironically titled “Prelúdio Tardio” (“Late Prelude”). It is a semi-conceptual album consisted with two electroacoustic pieces, two proper songs and one partially improvised performance. The background story of this album carries the lateness in two aspects: of its elaboration and its (severely late) release. I planned this album for a long time [...]
harsh drone / prepared guitar recorded to tape, used in a live performance at Fringe Festival Launch on Sept 11 2010 in Honolulu, HI.
The compilation Fuzzy Memories by West Oakland’s Psychic Handbook serves as a retrospective, a collection of various tracks previously released on CD-R / cassette, and never before made available on the internet. Clashing electronic drone-pop, hypnotic beats and swirling synth melodies permeate and mesmerize. Spaced out groove / scatter-dance !
“The album Convent Music was recorded by Dreamboat Crusaderz (Jesse Gold) during a sound art residency at St. Cecilia’s Convent in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Performed from inside a translucent plastic tube made by collaborator Lillian Gerson, these pieces are meditations on the body externalized into its surrounding environment. Jesse loops vocal lines over “field” recordings taken [...]
adopt & rename was recorded in the attic of the artist’s home in hudson, NY in the fall of 2010. it focuses on the spontaneous creation of loop-based drones. vocals, guitar, and electronics are performed live on this album by anastasia clarke.
talk midway is a new york-based experimental musician. Con*tect, a lo-fi ambient album, was made during the winter of 2010 using thrift store keyboards, decayed Japanese pop cassettes, guitars, and lots of delay.
Hard collision of battling amp noise and drone loops produced by the “accidental guitar” method developed by Berlin composer Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt. Recorded live in 2010.
NIGHTMARE DRUM SONG self-titled release of blown out drums & drones, erratic anthems of danse and dirt. “Recorded winter 2008 in Honolulu, HI. Conceived in half waking dream states beyond temporeality. Original release on ALBACORE RECORDS.”
“une collection de morçeaux en version original, datant 2009/2010, tous réalisés par Matthieu Silec aka AEMCLM.” “A collection of pieces in the original version, dated 2009/2010, all directed by Matthew Silec aka AEMCLM.”
Here is an exclusive web only album, “Live at The Wail” taken from my performance on July 9th 2010 in Portland, OR. Thank you to Jessica Taylor for recording this. This live performance featured Ethan Jayne (Blood Beach, Total Bros) as the pillar saint figure, Sarah Stark ballet dancing and percussion and myself in Maison [...]
collective-thing meets the maker, so the scramble has a superposition now. Prelude to “Church of Perpetual Freefall” in Two Parts - m.yeda on fx vox & amp / uvovu on bike wheel & tapes. Recorded June 13, 2010 at the old Creative Research Co-operative (Bethel St.), Honolulu HI.
“written and recorded in various bedrooms and bathrooms in the bay area. featuring a drum solo from Moses “manos de dios” Rios. A fun adventure through a world of shitty hooks, and just plain bad pop music. “
heavy blinking or going home “for yr own safety”. field recording / composition deposit, featuring m. yeda on trumpet.
a collection of spoken word / vocal manipulation recordings from beyond the ether. 52 field recordings of reverse secrets; an anti-confessional. Recorded in 2007, released 2010.
“This tape is the result of my concerted efforts to create, write, conceive, and record a “weird hardcore record” in February 2010. All songs were recorded to 4-track in Febuary, except for those classified as the Arlprir EP, specially recorded in April to differentiate this mp3 version from the tape. I playd vocals, guitar, bass, [...]
lo-fi anti-psych-pop from vancouver native Belle Bête, recorded to four-track some years ago and re-released with gracious permission. DIY outsider folk with skewed pop sensibility.
disjointed bombast of amplified vinyl, destroyed turntablism & handcrank cassette tape.
psyche-scape of mangled field recordings, chamber confessionals, errant broken melodies from lurker NELHMA CHESMSA.
“Modern life is exceedingly wearing; the noise, the excitement, the hurry, the competition, irregular hours, hard study, anxieties, worry, lack of proper food and exercise make a heavy tax on the constitution soon resulting in a breakdown of health. One can, however, be unaffected by these evils of modern civilization, if one should perform the [...]
“Recorded live October 2nd, 2009 in the Swan garage underneath Alex Grimley’s paintings. With Summer Mummy: Anastasia Clarke: Guitars and Voice, Login Visscher: Bass and Voice, Colin Laclair: Feedback, Bob Singley: Guitar and Organ. Meowy: was not present, off hunting mice on the farm. Thank you to Martin Zimmerman for the use of his guitar [...]
“Carpophore, 10-60 cm, like a cauliflower, whitish or slightly ochreous, evidently ramified, with flattened, broad, ribbonlike and intricate branches, apex yellowish and whitish or faintly pale yellow, fragile. Odor quite pleasant, faintly of aniseed, flavor pleasant, of walnut. Spores whitish to light ochre, ovoid, smooth.”
“an experiment in textured sound.”
another tape recording drenched in lo-fi hiss and space echo dissipation from the nomadic People’s Pop Ensemble!
un projet sonore qui a été utilisé dans le cadre d’un film art/documentaire video réalisé en 2008 par Sabrina Pulicani. Tout les morceaux sont réalisés par Matthieu Silec. a sound project that has been used as part of an art film / video documentary produced in 2008 by Sabrina Pulicani. All songs are written by [...]
twelve minute piece of cascading, undulating rhythms constructed from analog loops of a sole guitar, processed and layered against itself by explorative sound artist Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt of Berlin.
avant-stomp / trash-rock / noise-nik project featuring eden darko, billy savage, m.yeda and db amorin on guitars, drumbs, vox, pots, sticks, traffic cone, glass, tv set & cassette tapes. recorded feb – may 2009 at the blue room, honolulu HI.
another collection of meticulously crafted electro-ambience & spoken word compositions by French musician Matthieu Silec. the deep lull of ebbing static, a froth of hiss, and oddly organic glitch pops comprise this intensely beautiful and intriguing album.
“We write songs about outer space, John F. Kennedy, scarves, evil robots and the future. Most of the songs are played with instruments we picked up from second-hand thrift stores.”
Selections of live, improvisational lo-fi noise-folk recordings borne from stream-of-consciousness group expansion and culled from over 60 hours of material. While the combination varies from track to track, the core players are xteen, jon, lana, edgar, blaine & d.b. MOWGLI FOLK LOAD blends the tonality of american roots and spanish guitar, the irreverance of punk [...]
Selections of live, improvisational lo-fi noise-folk recordings borne from stream-of-consciousness group expansion and culled from over 60 hours of material. While the combination varies from track to track, the core players are xteen, jon, lana, edgar, blaine & d.b. MOWGLI FOLK LOAD blends the tonality of american roots and spanish guitar, the irreverance of punk [...]
collection of spatial experimentations using minimal drone and vocal re-renderings. extraterrestrial campfire field recordings.
“all sounds recorded/sampled from a circuit bent Casio SK-1 keyboard. recorded on digital 8-track. no additional fx or software used.”
recordings rooted in twisted acoustic guitar compositions and strange-folk songs of existential dysphoria, augmented with a wide array of sounds both organic and electronic.
tape cut ups, vocal manipulations & sparse field recordings from mystery case nehlma chesmsa. atmospheric conditions in an otherworldly conversation. captured dead of night.
instrumental electronic pop & dense shoegaze wash. sweetly sinister.
17-minute track by electro-magician 0.1 taking falsetto harmonies, crackling glitch percussion and the edge of your seat and turning it into stereo dance clash.
full length album by composer Helios Wilson Levick blending live instrumentation and extensive sampling, shellac’d in digital shine running a full range of genres from minimalist glitch to loungy rock to ambient hip-hop? sounds include but are not limited to: Guitar (both acoustic and electric), bass, electric mandolin, drums, piano, dinner plates, winter boots (tapped [...]
live instrumentation and buzzing synth pop married in a blender. lo-fi drums and analog bliss, the singer-songwriter gets funk-fucked.
somber electronic / ambient arrangements with a postrock feel. soundtrack to a corroded digital film.
stunning synth and electronic glitch compositions by french musician Matthieu Silec. subtle malfunctions, small noises.
“This machine, which is obviously Nazi, suffered from an outrageous plane crash” / “She wanted her money, sighting ‘they must pay, and even though I am in love with them, they ought to get the hell out.’ And since her man left, she only has felt absolutley outraged.” two pieces, the first over half an [...]
more skewed acoustic lofi folk from the people’s pop ensemble! recorded on tape decks across Spain, this full length album blends pop sensibilities, lethargic nearly-spoken vocals, and some kind of reverb from space.
delicious avant-pop from The Vaginals of san diego. Written/performed by Maria LaCochina with additional atmospheric korg sounds from Bobby Bray.
live amplified tape cassette player, toy circuit manipulations and distorted vocals edited into two short tracks. loud & crunchy
abrasive, harsh noise spoken word album using extensive vocal manipulation and sample manipulation including portions of BDSM pornography
largely ambient with sparse electronic percussion, gorgeous synth-drenched melodies, cascading harmonies from another galaxy in yr head, pinched screeches and aimless distorted vocals form aural heaven.
shrouded in mystery, provocateur Nehlma Chesmsa combines gritty Tom Waits-esque guitar+vocal pieces with musique concrete and manipulated field recordings. a sinister glance, a dark underwater carnival.
four tracks based on piano and laced with static bursts, detuned violin samples and high frequency turbulance… courtesy of LEZET, aka Igor Jovanovic, avant-garde composer from Serbia.
transmissions from the bastard canyon explored by idol eyes, mixing tape loops, cutups + aural collage, handdrums banjo and vocal distortion. spasms of rural americana, temporal disturbances aplenty. Note from Idol Eyes on Expanded Edition: “[Jiya Dhareka (Expansion)] features 3 new tracks which were found in 2011. Buried deep on disconnected hard-dives, SD-cards and tape [...]
Artist Psst, Shh! explores the limit of electronic composition with ultra high and ultra low frequency shenanigans, sample cutups and tone manipulation. late night television through fuzz goggles and a back alley window, watching someone who is sleepy yet afraid of the dark.
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First release by artist [praw]. Delicate piano-based loops and compositions, drenched in reverb, drifting between crisp melodies and luscious, deep, ambient drones. Includes a bonus track created solely for release here.
“The gods grew quite tired of living thier lives in the dark once the sun went down in heaven. They decided to get ants under the control of humans, with the power of e.s.p., to take down every major building in the world, and build with that material a fleet of rocket ships, that had [...]
this release was recorded very quietly in a house. side A features edgar & dominic, as recorded on minidisc, playing keyboard, ukelele, broken tape machine, broken microphone, marbles and pre-recorded source material on cdr. side B features blaine & dominic playing keyboard, ukelele, guitar, cassette deck, radio and metal rim.
The second in a series of releases exploring live AM transmission manipulation. Screeching amplified radio buzzes awash, low oscillating drone, bursts of signal punctuate the aural landscape. off-white noise like summertime on opiates.
another short album of no-fi bedroom pop goodness from ronny. six static-laced bodyjerk hits recorded straight to tape, encoded to lowbitrate mp3s, & crunchy as fuck.
a collection of lengthy tape manipulation pieces (and one short guitar number) utilizing an array of source material…feedback loops, analog squeals and stuttering clicks and beats create a uniquely schizophrenic universe .
this release was recorded live during sunset in a forest on the island of Oahu, and captures the incarnation named lanager burrdom & pressure party syphoning unit, consisting of lana, edgar, blaine, dominic, erin, jin and amelia. recorded on cassette tape and minidisc, mixed at a later date. everyone plays the spoons, forks, tire rim, [...]
nr band is the side project of damian lyman and thomas cassady (of an exciting new bears club). straying from the skewed songwriter pop of their main project, nr band explores atonality and loosely structured noise pop with extensive use of electronic editing, synths and electric guitar. the result is jarring yet melodic, brutal without [...]
this release captures the meanderings of the incarnation named lanager burrdom, consisting of lana, edgar, blaine and dominic, recorded on cassette tape and minidisc, mixed at a later date. instruments used: flute, radio, guitar, ukelele, casiotone synth, marimba, tahitian ukelele, typewriter, tapes, spoons and maracas.
coarse electro-ambient music for the future tribe. a harsh blend of real instruments, transhuman vox and static-drenched textures. all songs written and recorded by Omoi. all tracks recorded, mixed and mastered by Omoi in Tim’s bedroom, Redmond, Washington. cover art also drawn by Omoi.
“A more laid back affair. Gentle breezes, running streams.”
Solo album by Lucas de Almeida of Inverness. Recorded mostly as an escape from the recording process of All White Upward From the Streetlight, which was turning into a mess of overproduced and artificial sounding songs. This album is all about the rawness and the instant in which songs are conceived. All of the songs [...]
Solo album by Lucas de Almeida of Inverness. A departure from First Fever, the songs are more polished and focused. Recorded between February and June of 2007 in the metropolis of São Paulo, Brazil. Again the songs reflect the sleek and overstuffed surroundings of the place of their conception.
Solo album by Lucas de Almeida of Inverness. Conceived in a very short time in January of 2007, it is five songs about the first impressions of life in a huge metropolis (in this case São Paulo, Brazil).
Solo album by Lucas de Almeida of Inverness. Written and recorded between May and November of 2006 in a small brazilian town called Campinas, and it reflects that town’s characteristic parks and streets. It vaguely tells a story about a fever and its deliriums, although that can also be a metaphor for something larger. Conceived [...]
travelling lo-fi folk pop band currently residing in Paris. ukelele, electric guitar, harmonica, found percussion, vocals and whistles.
sean carson (aka del*.*) plays strings, keys, computer, other. another collection of doomed compositions featuring mangled electronics, voices and instruments.
drones & loops culled only from electronically manipulated vocal samples, each track comprised of samples from a different person, all of whom are under the age of 25.
sean carson plays strings, keys, computer, other. Collection of subdued electro-acoustic compositions performed on modified / broken instruments and processed electronically. dark, moody & dirty.
Full length of twisted folk / psych-americana from san franciscan multi-instrumentalist Almaden. Recorded at the Druid Heights Commune 20 Miles east of Gizdich Rach, featuring druid singers and hand clapping and maybe Alan Watts on “Creatural Spiders” (track 5).
Analog synths, keyboards and drum machines – skewed, ultra lofi electro-pop & wailing vocals recorded live in Ronny’s bedroom with a small tape recorder.
Live solo guitar recording, no overdubs, only edited for time. Detuned electric guitar, screwdrivers, contact mic and minimal reverb.
First release from artist Christ Phyr Blyr featuring hand-sequenced stuttering manipulated samples & glitch mechanized noise. Swallow yr television & keep the dissociatives ready.
The first in a series of releases exploring live AM transmission manipulation. Captured are various local and international radio spots, country rock & contemporary hawaiian music and a number of radio talk shows transfigured and resampled into new sounds ranging from harsh drone noise to quiet synthetic glitch to hypnotic psychedelia.
Live recording of improvisational acoustic guitar and vocals, mixed with spliced cassette tape noise intros / outros.
Manipulated field recordings of amplified sounds found around the house, and radio transmission during 4 hour drive through Utah. Source files also used in longer composition intended as an audio companion for a physical sculpture piece entitled House Sounds: Indefinite Loop For ‘House’
Synth noise generated by images of WWII victims of nazi concentration camps.
Digitally sequenced & manipulated vocal loops recorded to cassette tapes and re-manipulated as it was returned to digital format. All sounds created by voice.
Original MP3 release created in 2004, re-released here in 2006.
Manipulated samples through random loop generator + brainwave sychronizer. Includes the following sound sources: Inuit throat singing, japanese flutes, field recordings from Nepal/Cambodia/Vietnam/San Francisco, funeral drums from Ghana, lectures on psychedelic use by Ken Wilber and Roger Walsh, lectures on national and global affairs by Noam Chomsky, poetry by Allen Ginsberg.
Mini-CD recording in Los Angeles, and mixed over one night in Kailua, HI. Sounds generated from live circuit board and field recording manipulation.
8-minute, slow-drone release, recorded July 2006.
Original CD-R created in 2003, re-released in 2006.
Recorded in one take, live on January 29 2006, using a random sound sequencer, self-recorded samples & found sound.
5-song CD-R recorded in eastern San Fernando Valley, California. All songs written, recorded and re-recorded, manipulated and finally mixed through latter months of 2004. All guitars, pots, sticks, electronic drums, tambourine, boxes, and found sound played/created by Nic Amorin and Lee Only. Self-assembled first run of 30 copies finished in February 2005, with four different [...]