★AKTI Records
D'une nostalgie inconnue
On D'une nostalgie inconnue, Delphine Dora turns a three‑week Portuguese sojourn into an intimate cartography of feeling: piano, harmonium and field recordings tracing a dream‑folk geography where Atlantic waves, stray voices and solitary improvisations blur into one interior tide.
Taivaskanava
Taivaskanava by Juho Toivonen. Originally released as a cassette on Grapefruit Records, now getting repressed on cd. Quiet, drifting pieces for late hours, small sounds and open space, carrying the same fragile mood as the original tape. original artwork by Arsi Keva. features spoken words by joshua burkett and plunderphonics rip-off from this kind of punishment. good luck spotting it.
“Solo work by this Finnish musician, who also runs the Akti label. Toivonen’s music is simultaneously rural and…
Two Actors
"Messiaen traded his goods for brain rot. Mark Harwood, the elusive Penultimate Press helmsman, slips into character again—plural, fractured, unreliable. Two Actors plays like a dialogue without a script: human versus machine, or one man arguing with his own shadow. Unlike his first solo record, "A Perfect Punctual Paradise..” voices only mumble and stumble on occasion. Here the “Actor(s)” appear in a variety of forms; sincere, female, mocking, beautiful, journalistic, operatic and more. Digital…
Yellow Freqs
”Yellow Freqs,” the second cassette release by Jan-Erik Viitakoski, unveils a sonic tapestry that resurrects the forgotten gems of Finnish minimalism. As an archival treasure, this album showcases Viitakoski’s early foray into both synthetic and piano compositions, offering a rare glimpse into his experimental genius. The various sound quality (some being low, some rather high depending on the tape in question) compositions resonate with an eerie atmosphere, a haunting beauty transcending time, …
Dark Country
*2024 stock* Dark Country is the first collaboration between Stockholm-based experimental musicians Jon Collin and Niclas Anderstedt Lindgren. On Dark Country you have the familiar echoes from Collin`s post-bluesy attack on strings, but this time accompanied with a considerable amount of speaker crackle and Lindgren`s clever yet reticent sound sculpting. All the sounds you`ll hear on Dark Country are created by live guitar improvisations and electronic processing thereof.
Unessakaan Ei Voi Välttyä Ratkaisun Etsimiseltä
Miro-Benjamin Lindström's CD, "Unessakaan ei voi välttyä ratkaisun etsimiseltä," immerses listeners in a sonic journey characterized by its deeply minimalistic essence. Lindström crafts a captivating atmosphere through slow, quiet compositions that invite microscopic introspection. The album's title, translating to "Even In A Dream One Cannot Escape the Search for a Solution," hints at the contemplative theme threading through the six tracks. The listener is gently guided through aural landscape…