SW021 - Meteor by Shamik is out now. 

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Our 21st release comes from label founder, Shamik. Meteor expresses the heavy feelings created by unexpected events that spiral into a deeper sadness. The song’s first recordings were created in 2018. To trigger different workflow ideas, and after feeling overwhelmed with too many electronics, Shamik simplified his production and turned to one synth. He pressed record and put down layer after layer. He then sampled and resampled the audio to make soundscapes out of the synth melodies. Returning to this project while experiencing long covid, Shamik finally finished Meteor, nearly 3 years later. The audiovisual release features a full music video by Esther Bogorov. It too was a long project, built over three years of change and conversations. The visuals are a pursuit of patterns of movement through which a new space can evolve. Using code and natural building materials, Esther researches and designs visual narratives and narrative landscapes.

The ninth instalment of our podcast features a stellar 35 minute mix from Desire Process who is a producer based in Vancouver. She recently released her folk/acoustic EP 'the woman you need' as Clara Sanchez. Label founder Shamik closes out the episode with several beatless tunes which came out last year, and music from our last couple releases.

Track list: Desire Process

0:00 - Claire Rousay & Patrick Shiroishi - I Remember What It Was Like 5:35 - No Translation - Every Presence 9:35 - Cedric Noel - Onliest Bloom 14:16 - Malibu - Nana (Like A Star Made for Me) [Julianna Barwick Remix] 18:22 - Ai fen - Raw Air 21:48 - City & i.o - Unkind (feat. Dis Fig) 26:11 - Alex Zhang Hungtai - Excerpt from SIDE A of Young Gods Run Free 29:10 - bUDi - aWORLDaWAY 32:07 - Context, NA - Sinking Feeling

Shamik

35:00 - respectfulchild - Trickle 40:28 - Ruby Singh - Flora & Fungi 46:40 - Ansley Simpson - Spirit To Soar 49:37 - Sally Zori - Day 1 52:02 - shn shn - Silk 56:29 - Matthew Cardinal - Dec 4th 59:38 - Sachi Kobayashi - Weathervane 1:01:53 - Melody McKiver - End Credits Suite 1:04:35 - Ashwell Woodland - Stand Dry For Your Share, Livingston

Artwork by Sarah Koury.

Our 20th release comes from multi-disciplinary artist, Ruby Singh. The album was built and shaped using field recordings captured on the beautiful west coast of Turtle Island. Ruby also used plantwave technology to convert electrical data from plants and fungi into midi, Uno, Arutria & Micrologue synths, and analogue delay pedals. It's a 5 part audio/visual series aligned with the solar cycle. It began on last year's winter solstice, and will continue forward until this year's winter solstice.

"This suite was created to be a source of reflection, respice and rejuvenation. Reflecting on our relationships and connection with ourselves, each other and the more than human world. Rejuvenating a sense of wonder for the natural world and how we might be able to move into right relations with the lands, waters and sky that nurture us." -Ruby Singh

Polyphonic Garden: Suite 1 is out now. 

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Ruby Singh - Flora & Fungi

This composition of light and sound is an offering to mark the winter solstice and our collective journey through the longest night of the year. This piece was composed using the biosonification of Flora and Fungi with plantwave technology. May this work allow us to reflect on our interdependence with each other, the planet and the more than human worlds. As the light returns, may we grow inside us, a deeper well of hope to hold the difficult days. This was created during a residency at Deer Lake Park on the territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking people.

Released December 21, 2021. 

Ruby Singh - Amaryllis. 

This composition of light and sound is an offering for the autumnal equinox. The sun is moving towards rest and the chilly nights dive deeper into the dark. The word “equinox” comes from latin meaning equal night, light and dark share the sky as partners. In the annual ritual of growth, harvest, death and rebirth it is time for harvest. Amaryllis in greek means “to shimmer,” shimmering is the dance between light and dark. May we recognize the intelligence of nature, let it move through us and let it guide us. We are gravely out of balance with the natural world, may this piece serve as a centering for anyone that needs it. This piece began as a composition for a play named “Amaryllis” and as Ruby began to expand it, it was clear it wanted to bloom under that title. The six petaled flower is reflected in the moving mandelic sequences of fall ripened maple leafs, filmed from the shared ancestral and present day territories of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh Nations. This is part 4 of a 5 part solar cycle series “The Polyphonic Garden Suite 1.”

Released September 21, 2021

Ruby Singh - Eutrophic Inception

This composition of light and sound is an offering for the summer solstice. When the sun reaches its highest point in the sky, we experience the longest days and shortest nights of the year. The Earth in all her glory seems to bow from the north pole towards the centre of our solar system. May this piece allow space for you to explore your relationship to light. Though these are the brightest days we face dark truths. May we become containers of light to hold these truths, so we can hold and enact the possibilities of radical transformation. This piece contains underwater footage of the shallow canal that joins 2 lakes from the shared ancestral and present day territories of the Klahoose, Tla’amin and Homalco Nations. Ruby visited these lakes for the past 20 years and they have gifted him immeasurable insights and lessons, including the understanding of what it means to be buoyant. The music was created with thoughts of the first plants that might have grown in these waters to what they have become now. 

Video directed & edited by Sarah Koury.

Shot by Ruby Singh.

Released June 18, 2021. 

Ruby Singh - Breaking Sky

This offering of light and sound is to mark the Spring Equinox, when we experience earlier sunrises, later sunsets, softer winds and sprouting plants. We hope this allows space for you to explore your relationship to the sky and all sky beings. From the outstretched budding branches to the feathered relations and all of our sky kin.  As the light grows stronger, may we draw on that fortitude to feel into and create courageous spaces in our lives to press forward towards justice. This piece contains a dawn chorus field recording from the shared ancestral and present day territories of the Klahoose, Tla’amin, and Homalco Nations. This is part 2 of a 5 part solar cycle series marking our journey around the sun. All love to you dear ones. 

Album out on Sensing Waves on Summer Solstice 2021. 

Pleased to share Ruby Singh will be releasing an album on Sensing Waves on Summer solstice.  He has created some really beautiful ambient / meditative AV pieces which we will be rolling out all year. Here is his song / video Tahlequah, released on the 2020 Winter solstice. It contains songs and sounds of the Southern resident orcas of the Salish Sea, and honours Tahlequah the mother in jpod who gave birth to a calf last year. 

Next video coming on the Spring equinox, stay tuned. Peace & love.

Our 19th release comes from Ashwell Woodland out of Vancouver which is the ambient project from Laine Butler. 460215 is a touching album mourning the passing of his father. Experiencing the loss gradually led to creating a musical outlet for the difficult days. Modular synthesizer was the main instrument used in the recordings, for its sheer possibility for boundless, simultaneous expressions. Ashwell Woodland’s creation of generative melodies triggered experimentation and sculpting of sonic palettes over the course of time. This was time spent grieving but also channeling the grief into a healing album through endless hours of movements in the modular’s capabilities.

Out now for free/ by donation on Bandcamp and all other digital retailers: 

http://hyperurl.co/460215

Our 19th release is out next week and it comes from Vancouver artist, Ashwell Woodland - the ambient project from Laine Butler.

Here is a clip of the music video for Provenance. Full video: youtu.be/ceSChWU-10I

Creative direction, composition, and visuals by Ashwell Woodland. Based on generative AI animations by Tim Rolls.

This is a very heartfelt release about loss and self reflection, and we are grateful to be putting it out very soon.

Our eighteenth release comes from Siadic out of BC. Siadic is two brothers, Adam & Simon Whitaker-Wilson, who are currently based on the Sunshine Coast and Kamloops respectively. Hub, their January 2015 release with us, is to this date our most popular one. We are so happy to have them follow it up with a beautiful 2-track masterpiece. The EP contains samples captured in Bristol and Berlin in the summer of 2018. The lush movements within the instrumentation will leave you lost in a timeless hypnosis.

Out now on all digital platforms: http://hyperurl.co/whxkac

Artwork by Tim Rolls.

Photo by Justin Snell. 

Siadic - 4K0

Filmed and edited by Simon Whitaker-Wilson & Justin Snell.

Siadic’s Zenith EP is out on Sensing Waves 05/07/19.

The eighth instalment of our podcast includes music from Canadian artists Kid Koala, Calmpound, Autem & Nightwork, Secret Pyramid, and Casey Mecija. We've included immersive beatless music and several vocal cuts. As winter moves into spring, we hope you enjoy this mixed selection of deep tunes. Our next releases are coming soon!

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Track list: 1) Peter Bark - Night Ferry 2) Bucky - Heart of Fire 3) Kid Koala feat. Trixie Whitley - Lost At Sea 4) Calmpound - Blackwater 5) Anna Wise - Comes In 6) Mark A. Mitchell - How Can I 7) Baechulgi - Acceptance 8) Bilo503 - Bayybe 08 9) Swarms - This City In Flames 10) Drama - Barely Friends 11) Autem & Night Work - Ring 12) Secret Pyramid - Touch 13) 36 - Esper 14) Casey Mecija - Sounds That Mark Our Words

The seventh instalment of our podcast includes several recent Sensing Waves releases, and a wide array of music from the past couple years. Shamik includes Canadian artists Midnight Movies, Calmpound, Žhii, Synapps, Edna King, Loft, and Kupanda in the 65 minute session. Wishing you all the best in the new year.

Track list: 0:00 - Ital Tek - The Speed of Darkness 1:46 - Clams Casino - Say Your Prayers 5:15 - Matthew Collings - The Flame Alphabet 9:40 - Midnight Movies - The Night Is Lonely Without You 13:48 - Synkro - Vanishing Point 19:09 - Calmpound - Suddenly 23:16 - Halo - The Wastelands 26:07 - Žhii - Sheet Music War Machine 31:05 - Heaven - It's Not Enough 33:19 - Kate Faust - Capsizing 36:30 - Bucky - Ciggies Out The Window 40:26 - Synapps - Reflections 45:34 - Edna King - Wake Me Up 50:30 - Loft - Assorted Shapes 54:00 - Shamik - Udaipur Arrival 56:09 - Fourtet - LA Trance 1:01:31 - Kupanda - When I'm Here

Our seventeenth release comes from Loft out of Victoria, BC. He follows up his Feb 2015 release, Deep Rest, with a colourful, lofi instrumental EP. The project contains fuzzy soundscapes, whimsical themes, and peaceful airiness showcasing Loft's ability to create a fun world splattered in ear pleasing synths and moody arpeggiations. Plastic Nostalgia represents a time, place, and an escape. Out now. 

Bandcamp- http://bit.ly/2yiijGv iTunes- http://apple.co/2Ar9dJh Spotify- http://spoti.fi/2zmsL3S Soundcloud- http://bit.ly/2iDjGce

New teaser for the upcoming Plastic Nostalgia EP by Loft. This song is titled Assorted Shapes, and the project will be out next week.

Video created by Tim Rolls.