Flatland Frequencies
Casio Music 2, the latest addition to Nick Joliat’s series, unfolds as a heartfelt exploration of obsolescence, a poignant reflection on musical identity, a meticulous investigation into polyrhythms and timbre, and a poignant transmission from the secluded realm of chronic illness.
Out now via Bandcamp
Sea of Suns EP is reminiscent of Boards of Canada’s distinctive style, effortlessly transporting listeners to a dreamlike realm where nostalgia and futurism coalesce. The artist (of the same name) weaves together intricate electronic textures, ethereal melodies, and sampled drum loops, creating a sonic landscape that feels simultaneously familiar and otherworldly.
Our favourites being the second half of the EP, where the sample loops give way to bring focus on the melodic elements.
Out now via their Bandcamp
Cate Brooks is back with her seventh release for Clay Pipe Music. Never one to stand still, ‘Easel Studies’ finds her pushing the boundaries of sound synthesis and experimentation on the Buchla Music Easel while still sounding beautifully beguiling and hypnotically melodic.
All songs composed & recorded live by roya on a Buchla Music Easel.
Mastered by Andreas Tilliander.
Design and artwork Tzenko Stoyanov.
From the vaults of Henry Homesweet’s sprawling discography, Pen Name present ‘In The Flow’, a 2015 EP worthy of the reissue treatment. With the Yeon alias, Homesweet explores a deep and mysterious tropical sound, enveloping the listener with meticulous stereo design (headphones recommended). Freshly remastered for tape / digi and featuring an unreleased extended cut on the B side.
Live performance of Karlheinz Essl’s “Coastline” project for modular synth patched as an unstable dynamic system. Performed in the CMS assembly hall SX55 in front of the CMS life size image (18m x 18m) at CERN P5- CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid experiment) at CERN, the European Centre for Particle Physics on August 17, 2023. Filmed by Michael Hoch.
https://www.essl.at/works/coastlines.html
After a couple of years intensely researching, saving (and selling), in 2015 I finally ordered this instrument. The excitement was real and I was totally ready for a complete paradigm shift in making and performing music and the Shared System filled that role, inspiring many records in the process. However in that time, I haven’t made a full release completely focused on it.
All the tracks on this album were recorded in single takes using the Make Noise Shared System and an external spring reverb.
Composed in June – August 2023, the motive for recording this album was to focus and build on ideas that would only briefly surface during fleeting moments in a live performance or undocumented jam, giving priority and space to develop those themes.
Anyway, hopefully the music will tell it’s own story, but the gear and background info is there for anyone interested!
Lovely selection of 7 works centred around the Yamaha TG33, Buchla Easel Command and OP-1 for sequencing. There’s a positivity and familiarity in the harmonic content throughout these tunes, while still still sounding very much it’s own.
Some tracks feature Laurie Spiegel-esque Buchla arpeggiations floating in and out of the stereo field, balanced with some more shiny FM-centric pieces.
Recommended.
| Tai-chi Seminars in Leverkusen | Jöns | Music for Euronews |
| Still, Waiting | The Lifted Index | A Still Voice |
| Kontu Folktale (vinyl exerpt) | Verna Gillis | From Slavery to Freedom (Music of the Suramaka Maroons, Suriname) |
| Kitchen | yyu | Karaoke |
| Râles (vinyl excerpt) | Pierre Henry | Variations Pour Une Porte Et Un Soupir |
| Night Drive | Pulselovers | Northern Minimalism |
| Consagish (feat. Moon Wiring Club) | Dolly Dolly | Antimacassar |
| Dawn Rain | Cloud Tears | Songs For Summer Rain |
| Love (vinyl excerpt) | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
| Smile | Ulla | Tumbling Towards a Wall |
| A Ship With No Captain | Lo Five | Persistence Of Love |
| Look Back To Differentation | Akhira Sano | Phase Contrast From Recollection |
| Soak | Ulla | Tumbling Towards a Wall |
| An Audio Obstacle Course (vinyl excerpt) | Shure | Trackability Test Record (TTR 101) For Stereo Cartridges |
| Confluent | Akhira Sano | Phase Contrast From Recollection |
| My Queen is Dead (Long Live The Queen) | Dolly Dolly | Antimacassar |
| The Kindest Touch | ‘t Geruis | Terre, Poussière |
| Sea Fishing. A Survey by Clive Gammon (vinyl excerpt) | BBC | Gone Fishing |
| As Well | Between | Low Flying Owls |
| SICK | Dolly Dolly | Antimacassar |
| Shell Patterns | Coral Sea | If Memory Serves Me |
| A Tesco for Liberec | Jöns | Music for Euronews |
| Know | Between | Low Flying Owls |
| Dream | yyu | Karaoke |
| Selte 2 vinyl excerpt) | Das Lied der Völker | Hawaii |
We’re back on the airwaves with a new monthly residency.
Come check every four weeks for the finest horizontal sounds of the flatlands, now via London’s Threads Radio!
First show proper will be 5th July, 1.5 hours of the best new and old experimental electronic music.
In the meantime, get your ears into the pilot episode:
| Name | Artist | Album | Year |
| Lattice | Polypores | Praedormitium | 2023 |
| a spearhead in my pocket | the humble bee | lichen cloak on a white stone | 2023 |
| Spectral Interference (Datassette version) | Mücha | Hello Caller | 2023 |
| Fõrste snõfall over Gravdal | T. Jervell | Undergangen (Håp) | 2022 |
| Quantis | POS | VN002 | 2023 |
| Halftime Blues | Kalabrese | Let Love Rumpel – Part 2 | 2022 |
| curryking | eikoo | Gikrit | 2021 |
| a7_rippled_quick edit | Luke Sanger | Fools Fayre | 2023 |
| 日帰り旅行 | Psychedelic Digestion Therapy | Psychedelic Digestion Therapy | 2021 |
| Soap | Umlaut | 2019 | |
| Wind for Weighted Keys | Andrew CS & Glia | Nimi | 2022 |
| The Chance to Jump Off | Tony Rolando | Shared System | 2022 |
| Synthesizer Voice (Legowelt Remix) | Pampidoo | 2023 | |
| Gnaw | Loula Yorke | Partials III | 2023 |