African Paper | Corrosion has been a central focus for my work for a very long time: An interview with Jim Haynes

‘I rust things’ - with this succinct and rather pointed phrase, Jim Haynes describes his (not only) musical approach. The American has been working with sound, images and, most recently, videos for decades. ...

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#Upcoming Composer and field recordist #JacobKirkegaard isn’t a stranger to perilous and hostile regions of the world. With “Snowblind”, he turns to history, and a failed attempt by Swedish explorers to reach the North Pole by balloon in 1897. Available via #HelenScarsdale, January 24th. https://helenscarsdale.bandcamp.com/album/snowblind?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
snowblind, by jacob kirkegaard

11 track album

helen scarsdale
#NowPlaying #IrrAppExt 2/6: Here is the original #HelenScarsdale version. It contains a second piece called, “The Demiurge's Presumption”, which is slated to be reissued on its own in the future. Everything you hear has been constructed from various tape recordings. https://helenscarsdale.bandcamp.com/album/ozeanishe-gef-hle
ozeanishe gefühle, by irr. app. (ext.)

2 track album

helen scarsdale
#NowPlaying #IrrAppExt 1/6: Originally given a proper release in 2004 by #HelenScarsdale, “Ozeanische Gefühle” is the first in the #Orgonosis series, meaning “oceanic feelings” in German, coined by the French playwright #RomainRolland in a letter to Freud. Some elements which had been subdued due to technical limitations, are restored and, in a few instances, extended. https://irrappext.bandcamp.com/album/ozeanische-gef-hle-2001-2004-2024
Ozeanische Gefühle {2001/2004/2024}, by irr. app. (ext.)

1 track album

irr. app. (ext.)
#Upcoming “Sleepwalkers” embraces a familiar set of metaphors in #EkinFil’s drone-pop consternations of narcolepsy and the unsettled state of existence between sleep and being awake. Available via #HelenScarsdale, June 7th. https://helenscarsdale.bandcamp.com/album/sleepwalkers
sleepwalkers, by ekin fil

5 track album

helen scarsdale
#BandcampFriday Get 40% off all #HelenScarsdale releases with the code, “chainsawsymphony”, like this #Hauras cassette. https://helenscarsdale.bandcamp.com/album/pervades
pervades, by hauras

13 track album

helen scarsdale
#Upcoming #SheSpreadSorrow is the work of Italian industrialist Alice Kundalini. Sparse and grimly atmospheric applications of noise, tone, and electronic sequencing. Originally published in a 10-cassette anthology box set in 2019. Available via #HelenScarsdale, August 4th. https://helenscarsdale.bandcamp.com/album/orchid-seeds
orchid seeds, by she spread sorrow

6 track album

helen scarsdale
#Upcoming New cassette by veteran noisemaker #Vertonen of a series of caustic vignettes presented as an unemotional exploration of the human condition in crisis. Available via #HelenScarsdale April 14. https://helenscarsdale.bandcamp.com/album/einige-schadstoffe
einige schadstoffe, by vertonen

9 track album

helen scarsdale
#Upcoming New cassette by #Hauras of echoing voice shrouded in fuzzy static and warbling guitar, evoking a melancholy soundtrack for wandering the western neighborhoods of San Francisco after midnight. Available via #HelenScarsdale April 14. https://helenscarsdale.bandcamp.com/album/pervades
pervades, by hauras

13 track album

helen scarsdale