The latest transmission from The Vernon Spring’s upcoming record Under a Familiar Sun, “Esrever Ni Rehtaf (feat. aden)” is a wide-eyed tribute to the mysterious magic of giving new life.
Inspired by fleeting moments during Beste’s partner’s pregnancy, Sam once again joined with Brooklyn-based vocalist/writer/astrophysicist aden for a journey across visceral atmospheres. Bringing together field recordings, 808s, and his delicate piano, they create a series of gentle movements resembling fragments of sound heard by an unborn child.
As is customary, Eric Timothy Carlson and Aaron Anderson deliver another accompanying piece of the record’s visual puzzle.
Under a Familiar Sun is out May 9, and available now for pre-order on Limited Edition Blue & Green “Oisin” color LP, Black LP, and digital via the RVNG webstore.
Fit for Consequences: Original Recordings, 1984–1987 is the first ever archival release from Repetition Repetition, the “two-man electric minimalist band” consisting of Ruben Garcia and Steve Caton, arriving on May 30.
Hailing from Los Angeles in the mid 1980’s. Repetition Repetition’s unique blend of cosmic art-rock minimalism / maximalism was self-released across a series of cassettes produced in micro editions, and while garnering the attention of and collaboration with luminaries such as Harold Budd, remained under the radar during the band’s initial tenure.
We’re priming the senses today with “The Machinist,” which demonstrates the vitality of this collection. Fit for Consequences collects additional material from across the duo’s catalog, remastered, restored, and presented in viny and digital editions.
The first pressing of Fit for Consequences: Original Recordings, 1984–1987, is available now for pre-order in a first edition of 550 LP direct. Furthermore, Over & Over, a supplementary collection of Repetition Repetition material, is available alongside seven test pressings directly from the FT$ and RVNG webstores, lovingly assembled and numbered in custom inner sleeves and jackets (both while supplies last!).
Satomimagae has described her new album Taba as a loosely connected series of short stories. “Omajinai,” the second tale shared from the collection, considers the vague mystery and infinite poetry contained in even the most transient moments. The story ends afloat, enigmatically unresolved, and deeply flickering in memory.
The accompanying video, directed by frequent collaborator Norio, is an imagistic ode to these moments of quiet contemplation, charting the expanses of the mind that can be captured in a single breath.
Taba is available now for pre-order in a limited edition, hand-screen printed Artist Edition vinyl (exclusively through RVNG), on black vinyl, Japanese import cd (via Plancha), and wherever music awaits you.
“In every iteration, the pieces get shaken around and placed somewhere else in your mind. just the same clouds re-forming again and again and the same notes and letters too.”
Marking one year of Discovery Zone’s beloved 2024 album, Quantum Web EXP arrives today, reimaging, extending, and reshaping the album with new mixes / unheard tracks, inviting a deeper dive into its maze-like, shimmering circuitry.
Reveling in reinterpretation, expect to encounter fragments–a loop, a shadow or perhaps just a memory, of the familiar, before entering again into the unknown. Continuing her work with enigmatic french producer E/T, JJ Weihl breathes new life into the record with a weirder, wilder approach, questioning the permanence of music as a form.
The full album, released by RVNG and Mansions and Millions, is available now from our webstore and Bandcamp page in a cassette edition and digitally. A second hologram edition of the initial quantum web LP is also available, and shipping, now. Today happens to be bandcamp friday, so… you know what to do.
“We are just one element in the collective (taba) and yet each individual’s invisible experiences and memories remain somewhere, influencing us, or society, without realizing it.”
Taba is the new album from Satomimagae; her breathtaking follow up to 2021’s Hanazono. The record marks a subtle yet surprising shift for the Japanese musician and producer. whereas Hanazono bloomed from the soil of a kind of insular, private beauty, Taba takes a bird’s eyes view, placing Satomi in a wider, wilder world.
Observing and absorbing the fleeting scenes and sounds of life flowing outside of her home studio, Satomi has turned slightly away from linear songwriting, moving towards a more circuitous sense of storytelling, backed by an expanded palette of tones and textures. Casting her eye towards the perplexing nature of the seemingly everyday, there is a sense of an impulse towards defining our increasingly alienated age.
The first signal of sound from Taba comes today with the hypnotic “Many.” Wrapped in a warped intimacy, the track arrives alongside a video directed by creative collective ON-EI [音映].
Taba is available now for pre-order in a limited edition, hand-screen printed artist edition vinyl (exclusively through RVNG), on black vinyl, Japanese import CD (via Plancha), and wherever music exists digitally.
