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The color leaches out of everything, eventually the chill seeps in. The radiator announces your first head cold of the season. There’s comfort in discomfort.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/player-widget.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?hide_cover=1\u0026amp;mini=1\u0026amp;light=1\u0026amp;feed=%2FSeasonal_Work%2Fthe-guermantes-way%2F\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seasonal Work","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41581880279174,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/3874\/2150\/files\/IMG_2257_db6d0514-c6c1-4d39-99c9-57656429922a.jpg?v=1739247270"},{"product_id":"seasonal-work-within-a-budding-grove-mixtape","title":"Seasonal Work - Within a Budding Grove (Mixtape)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeasonal Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin a Budding Grove\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Released\u003cbr\u003eUSA, 2023\u003cbr\u003eCassette\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHome-brewed mixtape, hand dubbed onto a \u003cspan\u003eMaxell UR 90 cassette\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eThis one’s a mixtape for a belated spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player-widget.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?hide_cover=1\u0026amp;mini=1\u0026amp;light=1\u0026amp;feed=%2FSeasonal_Work%2Fwithin-a-budding-grove%2F\" height=\"60\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seasonal Work","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41581880311942,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/3874\/2150\/files\/IMG_2255.jpg?v=1739246984"},{"product_id":"seasonal-work-swanns-way-mixtape","title":"Seasonal Work - Swann's Way (Mixtape)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeasonal Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSwann's Way\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Released\u003cbr\u003eUSA, 2023\u003cbr\u003eCassette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHome-brewed mixtape, hand dubbed onto a \u003cspan\u003eMaxell UR 90 cassette\u003c\/span\u003e. 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This doesn’t feel like a gimmick—it’s an album deeply interested in sound as such. The piano is mic’d nice and close, so you can hear the brush of the hammers, the air of the pedals. Maillard’s playing is impressionistic, softly jazzy, thoughtful, \u0026amp; intelligent. 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It’s the first line of an email, which landed in my mailbox seemingly out of nowhere. The words were written by Baptiste Martin, the composer behind Les Halles. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his letter, sent as a pdf document, Baptiste offered his friends a concise but striking report on his whereabouts from the past months. In brief, Baptiste was lost, found, lost and found again, yet seemingly forever confined to the walls of his cerebral interior. The letter describes a loss of grip and self-control, like a baby water turtle trying to hoist his way out of the fish tank by scratching the glass walls, without any result. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaptiste is a musician and not a writer. His opening line is thus followed by an album, not a novel. This is the album. Yet, ‘Original Spirit’ doesn’t tell the story of his psychotic shock as a lineair nonfiction, it offers a vague resolution to all the mischief in life: the hope for the existence of an original spirit, untainted despite all that might happen during the course of a life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album provokes images of what I would perceive as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e indeed an original spirit of oneself: an abstract nothingness breezing through landscapes of colours, searching for places beyond the boundaries of what we call freedom in the material world. A stream of sound, nostalgic to a time that never existed, a mystical loophole that we know isn’t there yet still crave for. In short: the sound of an uncannily serene feeling beyond hope.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRingo Gomez-Jorge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Product photos from the label's Bandcamp page.)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seasonal Work","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135769120902,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/3874\/2150\/files\/Les_Halles_-_Original_Spirit.jpg?v=1750370163"},{"product_id":"jason-kolar-a-synonym-for-repetition-cassette","title":"Jason Kolar - A Synonym For Repetition (Cassette)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Kolar \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Synonym For Repetition\u003cbr\u003eStroom\u003cbr\u003eBelgium, 2025\u003cbr\u003eCassette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnother great new tape from the Stroom label, a more cerebral, high-concept counterpoint to the ethereal float of Les Halles' \u003cem\u003eOriginal Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e, though still lovely \u0026amp; disarming. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1647400309\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/stroomtv.bandcamp.com\/album\/a-synonym-for-repetition\"\u003eA Synonym For Repetition by Jason Kolàr\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the label:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Synonym for Repetition\" weaves together a tapestry of parallels, all intricately linked to Japan. 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Information about the context \u0026amp; personnel is scarce, which is refreshing. Not quite jazz, not quite “art music,” this makes its home in the wonky world of the TRjj crew and Kristian Poulsen, organic music that goes its own away. What can you get with ten American bucks these days? A little more than a coffee, a little less than a cocktail, with an effect somewhere in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2974389809\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/taxfreerecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/estate-moments\"\u003eEstate Moments by Ruhiges Gewerbe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM THE LABEL:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImprovised protest songs from free music group Ruhiges Gewerbe. Special! \"10\/10\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Watt\" needs to stay! 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That is, I imagine the music of TRjj or Trii or Trii Group or C3TRii or Tacita Trjj—all part of the corporate-sounding “TRii Grouping,” featuring a rotating or maybe just willfully obscured personnel and often issued courtesy of Irai Verlag—originating in some mysterious otherplace, a benevolent version of The Zone in Tarkovsky’s \u003ci\u003eStalker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStretching to nearly two hours, this particular transmission is a double cassette you can plan a day around, letting it spool forth until it becomes a psychoactive sonic wallpaper, a sound installation that's actually nice to listen to, a Wunderkammer of alien synth moves and playful rhythms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=641658750\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/taxfreerecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/dodges-aim\"\u003eDodges Aim by Alepher\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM THE LABEL:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis material has been released digitally via the Belgium music label called Stroom in the form of single tracks, as well as via the Internet Archive as a free download in the form of 4 bulky sides (A,B,C,D) as it was originally conceived. 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Then I heard the tape. With an A-side covering the release show and a B-side capturing a live rehearsal, this is a perfect extension of the album's dream, the recognizable shapes of its tracks melting and flowing into one another to expand that oceanic feeling. Keep the tape rolling; I won't doubt again. Officially a Jemima completist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA        Live at Spanners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eB        Live In Studio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seasonal Work","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42455466705030,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/3874\/2150\/files\/Jemima_-_Live_Live_Cassette.webp?v=1758662819"},{"product_id":"real-people-music-real-people-002-cassette","title":"Real People Music - Real People 002 (Cassette)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReal People Music\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReal People 002\u003cbr\u003eMusic That Shapes\u003cbr\u003eSlovakia, 2025\u003cbr\u003eCassette\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinning, far-ranging compilation of private press gems. 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Not exactly, not literally, but enough to know it is there.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is music to walk with. To sit with. 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Formed by Michal Kořán and Filip Homola, Dia Archa emerged from the same circle as Richter Band, Jaroslav Kořán, and Modrá, tracing an overlooked lineage of post-industrial minimalism and domestic ambient experiment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorking at the tail end of the socialist era with almost no access to instruments, the group built their sound from Casio keyboards, prepared guitar, and borrowed synths, exploring long tones, accidental rhythms, and environmental texture. The results feel both intimate and detached – fragments of melody suspended in air, recorded on consumer tape decks in theatres and living rooms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere’s a sense of stillness running through these recordings – a kind of private ambient music that predates the terminology, made without precedent or scene. 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When the music is never over, and stars are crushing down on you. Since I was little, I come to this music store every chance I got. I sneak in through the alley. I still make this trip a lot. Some weeks ago, during a trip, they played this “A Mistake by Mistakes” cassette tape compilation, out on that enigmatic Berlin, Neukölln based label Kashual Plastik. Sick folk-not-folk-modern-folk-for-theee-folks music. Edgy. Instantly attractive. Making moments, that briefly make you overcome the atrocities of our time. Emo sharing style. Dreaming fab. Drifting in make-believe. Walking down alleys of mind. It features contemporary psychedelia, folk in acoustic beauty, flickering tape effects, Roger Corman-ish score suspense, loop magic, minimal wave, gamelan tribalism, lo-fi-indie, trip hop, field recordings, Woodsist voodoo, piano crescendos, instrumental guitar visions. Sliding, Gliding. Lots of individuals humming, spoken wording, singing. Melodies in constant change. Melodies for the strange. Twenty-two hallucinations, created by citizens like TRJJ, Beau Wanzer, Wormhook, Orion Music Workshop, Esse Pi Enne, Gil Shani, Drop Zone, Gajek or Who Cares?. Their music got me down\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e on my knees and I couldn’t focus on anything. Later that day I rented a hotel room somewhere. I live here since a while. I wear a watch now, out of habit not because I need it. By mistake, some oddly mistakes, gave me plenty of time. I don’t know, what you might feel about this. I make this trip a lot. It gives me some kind of care. 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In my limited knowledge of this aural pocket, I immediately connect Mon's sound to the phenomenal (sole) solo release of Su Tissue. But also no stretch to hear in Suite the miniature worlds built by Sakamoto, Satie and The Necks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVivid swirls of colour are conjured by Mon's arps, whipping up winds to carry the listener elsewhere. 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Hand-dubbed, genuine DIY business, made with love \u0026amp; highly recommended. Limited copies of everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4093581600\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alteredstatestapes.bandcamp.com\/album\/a-glow-of-hands\"\u003eA Glow Of Hands by various artists\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM THE LABEL:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Glow Of Hands marks the fifth AST compilation, continuing a thread established via Feral Flotsam (2 x c90, 2012), From The Bottom Of The Earth To The Top Of The Wazir (12\", 2018), Osmosis (2 x c30, 2020) and Pedestal Arts Estate (c90, 2020). Each of these work-meetings has marked something of an epoch in AST's (de)evolution and its varied (per)mutations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this sense, A Glow Of Hands might be the most settled yet. \u2028A core nucleus of hands (minds, ears) that have toiled away in service of building Something, one wing of which is Altered States Tapes. AST is a rickety structure that, defying all estimates, has now stood for 16 years. This compilation was originally intended as a magnetic tape plaque to commemorate the event of 15 years standing. Like all global, bureaucratic organisations, this projection was not achieved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat you find here are varied and tender responses to sound made by people I\/we\/AST can call friends, peers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is the \"old\", for instance early AST inductee Hour House, here made \"new\" in collaboration with YL Hooi, Tarquin Manek and Zach Schneider (some of other AST eras).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eManekly speaking, Tarquin appears under his Static\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e Cleaner Lost Reward nom (first rearing it's hydra head on AST in 2012) and in duo with longtime fellow, James Vinci as Act Now (who has had various ID's on AST, at various times).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eWe are honoured to have Mikey Young, gracing these worn walls. \u2028He, an entity that should require no introduction to those already acquainted with this sphere, not only blessing the label with his album Curtains (2020), but also toiling to shape many of its releases into a mastered, listenable form (this one included).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eThere are also the seemingly opposed, but playfully complimentary tones of Hayden Moon's eco whispers and the garage-clank of Suburban Cracked Collective, both taking different approaches to time spent in Newcastle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eClearly, there are various projects in which I dabble: an offcut, considered \"too weird for TV\", of Th Blisks (a band also counting Yuta Matsumura and Amelia Besseny in its glowing hands).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eThere is the newly-minted trio of Troth \u0026amp; Glen Rey., soon to release a real-life LP (details TBC). \u003cbr\u003eA first-time pairing of myself (as Ossifa) with Australia's goatest and weirdest Modern Fictional Mind, Shaun Prescott.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eAnother new band debuting, Aught Group. Essentially a duo of myself and fellow Hobartian Sam Davison, here in group-form featuring the beamed-in vocals of Millie Hall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eMillie also appears, in a rare apparition, on her ownsome (although beautifully quadrupled in voice). \u2028\u003cbr\u003eSimilarly scarce in public appearances, a vocal cover of The Big O by Anna Savage, whose 2022 7\" still stands as one of my fave historical ASTs (please come back for another, Anna).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eLastly and by no means leastly, challenging me for sheer volume of appearances on AGOH is Amelia Besseny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eAppearing here in solo-guise as Impatiens, in nod of more-to-be-realised later this year. \u003cbr\u003eBut also in spirit as the light by which I am able to remain afloat and continue these activities in a life that has often been less than accomodating.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seasonal Work","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67843438215302,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/3874\/2150\/files\/Various_Artists_-_A_Glow_Of_Hands.jpg?v=1793379142"},{"product_id":"kesin-kesin-cassette","title":"Kesin - Kesin (Cassette)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKesin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKesin\u003cbr\u003eAltered States Tapes\u003cbr\u003eAustralia, 2026\u003cbr\u003eCassette\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM THE LABEL:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the debut (and, perhaps, solitary) release by a cross-continental, site-based project comprising Keelyn Szederkenyi (Toronto) and Mathew Spisbah (Naarm\/Melbourne).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor anyone \"familiar with the lore\" of AST (forgive me dignity, for I have sinned) will know that Spisbah is an integral hand in the kitchen. As Oil, he is responsible for two of my favourite releases on the label, Untitled (2016) and Clench (2017), as well as cameos on various comps.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI've been waiting 9 years for The Son to return, so it's all open arms for Kesin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpisbah and Keelyn connected at a residency in Aulus in the south of France, conjuring a kind of ambient-pop music that you see here as Kesin. One [slightly deranged] descriptor for what they do is 'horny ambient'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI guess what I mean by this, is there is a feeling of sultriness amidst the oft-isolating realm of creaking abstract music, one that only a voice amidst the shadows can help conjure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI'm also trying to point to what I hear as the playfulness of Kesin - while it's 5 tracks may sound austere on first glean, I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e find there is a kind of unexpected fluidity in them that can only be achieved by being open to experience, not being rigid in expectation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile clocking in at a brief 16 minutes, there is a great deal to absorb here. On their own, Spisbah's accompaniment, built from synthesised piano, jagged percussion, courtside squeaking, et al would be enough to hold the gaze, but with Szederkenyi's smoke-wisp exhalations, they become something far more singular and enticing as a point of reflection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI can't really speak any better to the process involved in this release than Spisbah himself. \u2028Take it away, bruv ~\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\"I wanted to find a point of difference with this first release in a while... something that reflected the softness, introspection and wall-staring you end up doing more as you get older. \u2028The grimy carnage of making glute-clenching noise beats is still somewhere within these songs, but it's in the hold, not the catharsis anymore\".\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seasonal Work","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67843779133574,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/3874\/2150\/files\/Kesin_-_Kesi.jpg?v=1793379238"},{"product_id":"brm-nuwa-space-by-keating-cassette","title":"brm \u0026 nuwa - Space By Keating (Cassette)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebrm \u0026amp; nuwa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpace By Keating\u003cbr\u003eAltered States Tapes\u003cbr\u003eAustralia, 2026\u003cbr\u003eCassette\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2881021922\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alteredstatestapes.bandcamp.com\/album\/space-by-keating\"\u003eSpace By Keating by brm \u0026amp; nuwa\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM THE LABEL:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpace By Keating is the second, stunning offering from Nipaluna\/Hobart duo brm \u0026amp; nuwa. The same keen brains responsible for 2025's beautiful and haunting 'plastic magic box' tape on AST.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile there are still figurative nods to Basinski in SbK, this release sees Blake and Frankie adding new techniques and, occasionally, minimal percussion to their already fine-tuned ambient-songcraft. SbK represents a slight stylistic shift into almost-IDM modes at times, but still retains the subtle, aching affect of the tape-work on 'plastic magic box'. There is a deft patience in these pieces and I have listened to them so much by now that they feel part of my DNA. There is an unspoken, almost telepathic communication between the duo, born from long, unfurling jams and the intimacy of time spent with each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebrm \u0026amp; nuwa, individually and together, are two of my favourite current musicians. Maybe it is that they live locally, so I get to see them conjure the magic of their various projects live. Or that they are such sweet people, who I've gotten to know personally since meeting them a few years ago. Regardless, I believe that there is something inherently vital in this music, even more so when\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e considered that this is made by early 20-somethings in what is essentially a big town (Nipaluna\/Hobart). This is as good as any ambient music on NTS, any experimental project in a 'big city' and this is only one of the numerous projects that brm and nuwa turn their attention to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003ebrm \u0026amp; nuwa's music comes from a genuine need to make something weird, to communicate isolation as a means of connection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eHopefully it connects with some ears out there, as it has with me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seasonal Work","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67843868983430,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/3874\/2150\/files\/brm_nuwa_-_Space_By_Keating.jpg?v=1793378238"}],"url":"https:\/\/seasonalworkrecords.com\/collections\/cassettes.oembed?page=4","provider":"Seasonal Work","version":"1.0","type":"link"}