Vanishing (Uk)
I give you a window, from which I rust.’

Vanishing is the new album by Gareth Smith. Borne from the Islington Mill Arts Studios and featuring collaborations and contributions by members of Gnod, LoneLady and an array of other experimental musicians, it is the sound of blunted beats, stripped electronics and flares of melody, which coruscate around a deep emotional centre; words, that address a world, shifting, breaking, Vanishing.

Paddy Shine of Gnod is the most consistent contributor to Vanishing’s stark sound world, offering unused materials from his archives that were re-contextualised and carefully re-scored into the foundation of differing atmospheres chronicled on the albums 8 tracks. The original sources have been carefully re-contextualised, offering at times minimal tenderness, at times beautifully orchestrated passages, arranged and structured by Smith, to fit around his impassioned prose.
It is a prose that addresses a complex identity, both beautiful and brutalised, working through a plethora of difficult themes ranging from isolation, claustrophobia, social and political disenfranchisement. ‘As the recording process developed I realised I had created a musical platform to pursue the lyrical content to its fullest. This is the latest statement of my lifetimes work.’

https://tombedvisionsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vanishing-2

OSWALDOVI (Cz)
A friend of ours once said world history is about the status of, and relationships between, 2 groups: one is doing mighty fine. The second one is not, and wants to take over the privileges and power of the first group.

The vast majority of humans spend their entire existence without playing (an active role in) this game, and would consider themselves lucky if they could live their lives without being the target of systematic violence and injustice, and without being persecuted.

Some of these people make it to the status of citizens. Some then forget about their pasts, some remember them too vividly and become persecutioners themselves. Some others are such extraordinary human beings that they keep on loving despite the hate that surrounds them.

These songs are not about giving answers. They are about asking questions and sharing thoughts. They are about history of our families. These songs are about persecution and the actors involved.
https://oswaldovi.bandcamp.com/

Big Horse
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