Thank you for downloading this year’s compilation. We, as well as all of the artists involved, hope you enjoy the compilation. Deploy Your Senses began in 2012 as an annual compilation series, showcasing music from all over the world. Since the 2013 edition, we have also begun to offer a visual section to accompany the music. Please, support independent artists. CONTENTS BELONG TO THEIR OWNERS’ RESPECTIVE LICENSES
track #1
Follies (USA) – Amongst Silhouettes ‘Follies’ is Kate Siefker from Bloomington, Indiana. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/folliesmusic www.facebook.com/folliesmusic
Pic by: Dave Savard
Pic by: Sergey Neamoscou
track #2
A Quiet End (Canada) - Equine ‘A Quiet End’ is the Art Rock project of Neil Helmut Grey, based in Toronto, Canada. 2014 has seen the release of the ‘Lapse/Stutter 7”’ and ‘EP I’. A gorgeous blend of shoegaze, infused with elements of post-punk and post-rock, as well as electronic and progressive alternative music. ‘The Lapse/Stutter 7”’ EP is an exciting and ambitious turning point for the project and the first in a series of EPs, leading up to a full-length album in 2015. Websites: www.aquietend.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/aquietend www.soundcloud.com/aquietend
Pic by: Chrissen Indri
track #3
White Night Ghosts (France) - Follow The Ghost ‘White Night Ghosts’ is the project of Antoine Warneck. His music is the combination of electronic and Shoegaze. The band is signed on the French label ‘Cranes Records’ and will release a second EP soon. Websites: www.facebook.com/whitenightghosts www.soundcloud.com/whitenightghosts www.whitenightghosts.bandcamp.com
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Miners (Australia) - Soft Focus Starting as a one man bedroom recording project, Miners has recently expanded into a four-piece band. With a sound that explores the noiser, spacey side of indie rock, Miners’ carry on the legacy of bands like Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine and Lilys. They have so far shared the stage with the likes of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Day Ravies, Zeahorse and Lowtide. An EP has been recorded and is due out soon. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/minersband www.facebook.com/minerstheband
track #4 Pic by: Dave Savard
track #5
PBSR (UK) - Spirited The solo project of Pablo Serrano, this 21-year-old musician originally from Murcia (Spain) has spent 2/3 of his life devoted to music. Nowadays, he writes music for his solo project, collaborates with graphic designers, photographers, filmmakers and other musicians of several parts of the world on various projects. Pablo is now is based in London. Websites: www.pbsr.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/user/PBSRworld www.facebook.com/pbsrworld
Pic by: Anna Crespo
track #6
Calumma Amber (UK) - lielielielielielielielow Beginning late winter 2012, Calumma borrowed a 90’s Music Station synthesizer from her friend & producer ‘Slur Cult’ and began programming beats & recording. Mixing 808 beats with African percussion and adding layer upon layer of harmonized vocals to craft sound rather than explore structure. Websites: www.facebook.com/pages/Calumma-Amber/663885540313745 www.soundcloud.com/calumma-amber
Pic by: Gon
track #7
BEDsSHELi (Japan) - Color Tear ‘BEDsSHELi’ is a shoegaze/glitch, or electronic/post-rock project created by Ayane from Tokyo, Japan. She creates carefully entwined layers of beauty amongst surreal forests of spring resonance. Websites: www.bedssheli-book.bandcamp.com www.soundcloud.com/bedssheli www.facebook.com/bedssheli.book
Pic by: Martina Rigoli
track #8
Unsuspected (Spain) - Expand freely ‘Unsuspected’ was born in the summer of 2010. They are a band from Málaga/Granada (Spain). Their music is very intimate and evocative, leaking emotions only to vanish like a dream. They work in a home studio, evolving and wandering with the possibilities as they arise. Influenced by Dream Pop, Shoegaze, Post-rock, and Electronic music, their sound finds them tending towards experience while finding and chasing their individual aesthetic sense. Websites:www.unsuspected.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/Unsuspectedband www.twitter.com/Unsuspected_
Pic by: Eva Ramírez
track #9
Gentlemen’s Whiskers (UK) - 10ft taller ‘Gentlemen’s Whiskers’ is the battle faced by the artist / acoustic guitar warrior named Michael Carrington. Writing and recording everything from the discomfort of his home based in Churwell, Leeds. Websites: www.m-carrington.co.uk/gw.html www.facebook.com/gentlemenswhiskers www.tougherthanbuffer.tumblr.com
Pic by: Karolina Ubartaite
track #10
Idls (Spain) - Borneo Interpretaciones del leve sentir (Idls.) is a singer-songwriter who loves nature, electronica, ambient and Asian culture. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/idls www.facebook.com/interpretacionesdellevesentir www.interpretacionesdellevesentir.bandcamp.com
Pic by: Bastian Kalous
track #11
Little Brontosaurus (India) - Cannon Fodder ‘Little Brontosaurus’ is a music project which uses as many acoustic elements as possible while still trying to retain that signature Trap tone. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/littlebrontosaurus www.facebook.com/LittleBrontosaurus Pic by: Leo Rydell
track #12
Humanimals (South Africa) - Ice Pose ‘Humanimals’ is a project started by Matthew Watson (the other half of MoonSwing Netlabel, and also 1/4 of the indie band Bye Beneco) to explore the realms of math-pop and math-rock in a unique and refreshing way & breathing new life into forgotten corners. Hailing from Johannesburg, South Africa, ‘Humanimals’ never ceases to amaze with his series of oddly titled singles! Websites: www.soundcloud.com/matthew-edwin-john-watson www.humanimalsmusic.bandcamp.com/
Pic by: Beatriz Fletes
track #13
Groovenuts (Japan) - Untitled 09 ‘Groovenuts’ is Sato Shingo, a track-maker and DJ from Sendai, Japan. Groovenuts tracks are available to download for free on the links provided. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/groovenuts www.facebook.com/shingo.sato.1232
Pic by: Jxxux
track #14
Decagram (Taiwan) - Project Crop Circle A Graduate of the Motion Picture Department of NTUA. A Taiwanese feral electronica music artist. ‘Decagram’ also creates digital Images. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/chen-shuhuang
Pic by: Clara Heras
track #15
SHENG (Taiwan) - Mōryō Sound Designer, Audio Post/Mixing Engineer, Bedroom Producer. Now more focused on “Dialect” re-sampling/re-arrange, mix with Foley/Ambient/Field Recording/Test Tone/Traditional Instrument Pic by: Jane Delgado
Websites: www.soundcloud.com/yan-sheng-wen www.mixcloud.com/yan-sheng-wen www.mazeyan0416.tumblr.com
track #16
lu_shush (USA) - Leaving ‘Lu_Shush’ is a 20 year old electronic musician/producer from Missoula, MT. He recently performed at Sled Island Music Festival, and they had this to say about him: “Through extraction and sampling, lu_shush makes malleable soundbits into full-blown narratives. These ‘scapes are potent nostalgia set to swelling electronic-based cadence. It is the sound of ambient experience itself.” Websites: www.facebook.com/MumbleTeam www.mumbleteam.bandcamp.com www.soundcloud.com/lushush
Pic by: Juan Borgognoni
track #17
Kyubey (South Africa) - Seohyun ‘Kyubey’ is an independent musician/producer from Johannesburg, South Africa. Creating layers of intricate melodies and rhythm, ‘Seohyun’ is a definite salute to math-pop and all things twinkly – A wonderful debut and a clear indication of things to come! Websites: www.moonswingnetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/ seohyun-single
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track #18
DaytimeTV (UK) - Pageantry ‘Daytimetv’ is a rolling project between two friends Yash Easterlow & Mike Holmes. Living in different cities makes it difficult to regularly make music together, but they love every second when they do. Compared to the first two tracks released by the duo two years ago this is a much more intense embodiment of their shared passion. Websites: www.daytimetvuk.bandcamp.com www.soundcloud.com/daytimetv
Pic by: Beatriz Fletes
track #19
Kursk (UK) – End Of zurich ‘Kursk’ a meld of post hardcore, post rock, screamo, and math influences, melded with intense spoken word vocals. Kursk are based in Leeds (UK). Websites: www.kurskuk.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/kurskband
Pic by: Thomas Alburquerque
track #20
Finiteclouds (Switzerland) -Finite.dissipated ‘Finiteclouds’ is a Switzerland-based collaboration between the artists Obsolete Burden and Dravis. On their debut single “finite.dissipated”, Shoegaze-inspired guitar layers meet deconstructed piano sounds, creating imaginative soundscapes in the presence of energetic drum beats. Websites: www.moonswingnetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/finite-dissipated-single www.soundcloud.com/dravis www.soundcloud.com/obsoleteburden
Pic by: David Molina
track #21
Jokers Are Wild (UK) - Lucrecia Jokers Are Wild is the solo project of Mike Holmes (1/4 of UK band Kursk & half of Daytimetv) that started early 2009, it is a meld of post rock & electronic production. Mike is a bedroom producer and this project serves as a medium to vent and experiment with different textures in the aim to produce something pure & represent a true embodiment of himself. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/jokers-are-wild www.jokersarewild.bandcamp.com
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track #22
Wiwichu (Canada) - The Intellectuals Fall Off. There are no musos in the band, so we’re punk. We have loud guitars and drums, so we’re rock. We’ve got no idea where we’re going, so it’s jazz. “The Intellectuals Fall Off ”, though, is a heartbreaking post-rock jam. Websites: www.facebook.com/cosmicwiwichu www.cosmicwiwichu.bandcamp.com www.youtu.be/MnDdrjOSGRU?list=PLy6DlRuKm5YRXwi5_3pF0kDucxaHNrp_Q
Pic by: Clara Heras
track #23
How Scandinavian (USA) - Left Field Cult Film Theme Song This track is from the early years of ‘How Scandinavian’, the goal was an emulation of ‘New Order’. At the time ‘How Scandinavian’ had not really devoted a track to having a real synth backing, making this a very experimental track. This song is actually a small portion of a longer 6 minute jam that was produced some time after the original track. Websites: www.howscandinavian.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/howscandinavian www.twitter.com/wolves_lower
Pic by: Dave Savard
track #24
Her Stems Spiral (South AFrica) - Every Night Is A Lie Her Stems Spiral’ is an experimental project started by Shannon Lawlor (also 1/2 of MoonSwing Netlabel) currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a chance to escape conventional song-writing and structure, and experiment further with mood and shifts in genre- from post-rock to mathcore and much more! Websites: www.herstemsspiral.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/HerStemsSpiral www.soundcloud.com/her-stems-spiral
Pic by: Erwan Prijadi
track #25
Amanita (USA) - Phobias ‘Amanita’ is an instrumental post-hardcore/math rock band from metro Detroit, Michigan. Locally known for their extremely varied style and intense live show, Amanita is working on a split EP and a full-length album to be released in 2015. Websites: www.amanitamusic.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/amanitami
Pic by: Oct Streitenberger
track #26
We Deserve This (Germany) – Trails ‘We Deserve This’ is an one man Instrumental-Rock project from Velbert/Germany. Jan-Dirk Platek creates a new vision of the so-called Post-Rock genre combining heavy riffs with delicious melodies and electronic elements. Trails is taken from “Nulllinie“ and is available in digital stores and Bandcamp. Websites: www.wedeservethis.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/wedeservethisband www.soundcloud.com/we-deserve-this
Pic by: Lisa Toboz
track #27
Cake Jetski (USA) - Ares A modest project that started as quiet bedroom melodies in 2012 and Based out of Michigan, USA; ‘Cake Jetski’ is an outlet for instrumental work that tends not to follow any specific musical niche other than an enveloping pulse. Websites: www.cakejetski.bandcamp.com www.soundcloud.com/cakejetski
Pic by: Thomas Alburquerque
track #28
Caves of Glass (USA) - The Hollow ‘Caves of glass’ began in 2012 as collaboration between Larry Hansen (Zora), Jim Tobakos (Amanita), Dan Leader (Qualia), Zach Galkin (Lethargy) and Mason Riddle. The project fuses elements of Post-rock and electronic music with metal genres such as sludge and doom. The project has taken a back seat due to the busy musical lives of its members, but they still aim to release a full-length album at some point in the near future. Websites: www.facebook.com/cavesofglass www.soundcloud.com/cavesofglass www.cavesofglass.bandcamp.com
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track #29
Southern Skies Motel (India) - The Lunar Observatory An experimental acoustic post rock project from Bangalore. The project consists of a mashup of genres, ranging from funk to electronica. It predominantly consists of freestyle and percussive acoustic guitar riffs combined with captivating samples. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/thrifleganger/sets/southern-skies-motel www.facebook.com/farfetchdind
Pic by: Lisa Toboz
track #30
Farfetch’d (India) - Volatile ‘Farfetch’d’ is a post-rock/ambient project from Bangalore. It has a simple blend of progressive guitar melodies and ambient shoegaze. Farfetch’d aspires to great luscious sounds that sooth and inspire simultaneously. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/thrifleganger/sets/post-rock www.farfetchd-official.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/farfetchdind
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track #31
9m Lied (Spain) - Tiger Mosquito Instrumental rock: 2 guitars, 1 bass and drums all recorded live, That’s all folks. Websites: www.facebook.com/9MLied www.9mlied1.bandcamp.com
Pic by: Natalia DomĂnguez
track #32
Lemuria (South Africa) - Carmine Skies ‘Lemuria’ is an experimental post-rock/electronic project started by members of ‘Eyes Like Mirrors’ and ‘Bye Beneco’ in 2007. They have only released a single release containing 2 tracks, and a handful of demos which have mysteriously disappeared or dissolved over the years. They may not always be active, but they will most certainly always be around. Websites: www.lemuriabliss.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/Lemuriabliss
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track #33
Land Of Nubia (Canada) - Delta ‘Land of Nubia’ is a Canadian experimental post-rock band, formed in 2013 by Jeff Peaks (Guitar), Dave Savard (Bass/Synthesizer) and JF Noel (Drums). Websites: www.soundcloud.com/landofnubia www.facebook.com/landofnubiaband www.landofnubia.bandcamp.com
Pic by: Jose Manuel
track #34
Black Oil Documents (Germany) - The Hypothalamus Overdrive Founded 2013,the members are M.Hupel and Ch.Fiesel,the song is taken from the unreleased album called: “The Moldau Diaries� Websites: www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Oil-Documents/143273825882092 www.spheredelic.com/de
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track #35
Varuna (International) - The First Drops Of Rain Varuna is the ongoing collaborative project of Zach Galkin (Lethargy) and Dan Leader (Qualia). After several collaborative efforts over Soundcloud, they recorded an entire album together entitled ‘Time and Tide’. Varuna’s sound is characterized by thick layers of synths combined with light floating guitars. This creates a combination of calm oceanic sounds with the occasional stormy Post-rock crescendo. Websites: www.varunaproject.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/Varunamusic
Pic by: Kat Ward
track #36
Sonic Delay Line (UK) – Sleeping Under Starlight Instrumental, Post Rock, Ambient, Shoegaze group out of the North West of England. Check Facebook/Reverb Nation for more details regarding any upcoming shows/releases. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/sonic-delay-line www.facebook.com/pages/Sonic-Delay-Line/103679073077230
Pic by: Thom Milson
track #37
TrucitatE (Germany) - Lost Summer ‘TrucitatE’ is the solo project of Johannes Nonn from Leipzig, Germany. He creates Post-rock songs with atmospheric soundscapes, which make significant use of strings in sharp contrast to the use of distorted guitar. Viola melodies are a characteristic present in all of his songs, granting them a rich and dark sound unlike any other. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/trucitate www.facebook.com/pages/TrucitatE/352464288137584 www.trucitate.bandcamp.com
Pic by: Carla Gadea
track #38
At The End Of The Day (France) – Howling Distaster ‘At the End of the Day’ is a solo bedroom project of a French composer started in 2012. His music is designed to create an environment that brings the listener to their own realm of ethereal thoughts. From the very start of these tracks they will take you on a journey filled with cinematic, dark ambient and intense guitars. Astonishing atmosphere and sounds full of passion that definitely shouldn’t be missed. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/at-the-end-of-the-day www.splittingsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/at-theend-of-the-day-countless-stars-in-an-empty-sky-ssr-rr-0061 www.facebook.com/pages/At-the-End-of-the- Day/146198332203958
Pic by: Laura Carrascosa
track #39
Dream Bear (USA) - Sleepdiver ‘Dream Bear’ is the solo chill/dream-wave effort of Michael Tenzer, a Chicago-based musician and producer (also 1/3 of dream-pop trio Savage Sister). He combines ambient, pitch-bent swells of ‘80s synthesizers with punctuated beats and washes of vocal overdubs. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/dreambearfantasy www.facebook.com/dreambearfantasy www.dreambear.bandcamp.com
Pic by: Mikael Bidard
track #40
Herons Wake (Canada) - Landform II (Shield) ‘Herons Wake’ is a project of Jake Bornheimer, he produces an organic sound that reverberates from the myriad of basement apartments in Ottawa. Websites: www.heronswake.bandcamp.com www.bornheimer.co.vu
Pic by: Mikael Bidard
track #41
La Zappa di Damocle (Italy) - C-Horde Stefano Serafino AKA ‘La zappa di Damocle’ is an aspiring artist from Lecce, Italy. With a passion for ambient music, drone and jazz he makes mysterious electronic music which could probably serve as the soundtrack to just about anything! Websites: www.soundcloud.com/ndejizij
Pic by: Markéta Jakesova
track #42
They Themselves Are Beasts (Canada) - A Kindness Of Ravens (pt. 2) Produced and composed by Andrew McLeod-Boudreau, They Themselves Are Beasts is an ever evolving experimental post-rock, multi-genre band hailing from Toronto Canada. Exploring textural ambiences and emotional cadences with a slight amount of indie rock flair and syncopated grooves. There is also a large presence of psychedelic influence. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/drewmcleod www.facebook.com/drewmcleodmusic www.theythemselvesarebeasts.bandcamp.com
Pic by: Trav
track #43
Ben Rath (UK) - Without Measure Ben Rath is a guitarist and musician based in Nottingham, UK. Recording from his home, he draws on influences from experimental, drone, ambient and abstract composition, borrowing textures and sounds from these genres and using them to craft pieces that maintain a strong emotional resonance to their core. Websites: www.benrath.bandcamp.com www.soundcloud.com/b-rath www.facebook.com/benrathmusic
Pic by: Viviana Levrino
track #44
SunnSetter (Canada) - Last Light Sunnsetter is a side project of film composer Andrew McLeod-Boudreau. Focused on lush electronic compositions, ethereal soundscapes and syncopated rhythmics. Sunnsetter is planning a debut LP release in the near future. Websites: www.facebook.com/SUNNSETTER www.soundcloud.com/drewmcleod www.theythemselvesarebeasts.bandcamp.com
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track #45
I Could Float Here Forever (Netherlands) - Adieu, Pale Friend I Could Float Here Forever’ is a three-headed audio/visual art collective, originating from the Netherlands. She strives to bring her audiences a dynamic, intense range of compositions throughout her musical repertoire, celebrating the joys and sorrows of everyday life through music, art and visuals. Not so much a band in the traditional sense, ICFHF composes and records tracks incorporating a multitude of instruments, home appliances, seemingly random objects and other doodamajiggums. ‘I Could Float Here Forever’ releases her work free of charge to anyone willing to listen, and subsequently presents said pieces in elaborate stage performances; Accompanied by self-engineered visual art. Websites: www.icouldfloathereforever.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/icouldfloathereforevermusic
Pic by: Gio Soifer
track #46
Lethargy (USA)- Construct Lethargy is the solo project of Zach Galkin. He composes light, airy synth pieces largely inspired by Post-rock and Ambient music, and focuses on combining energetic melodies with melancholic atmosphere for an eclectic and diverse sound. If you enjoy the music, there is a lot more to check out on Soundcloud. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/lethargy www.lethargymusic.bandcamp.com
Pic by: Thomas Alburquerque
track #47
All Lights (USA) - Spiral ‘All Lights’ is a one-man project aiming to write ethereal post-rock and ambient music using only guitar. Websites: www.soundcloud.com/all-lights www.facebook.com/LastReport www.alllights.bandcamp.com
Pic by: Beatriz Fletes
track #48
Choir Of Wolves (UK) - We Run Till We Fall
Danny Coxill is a UK based ambient artist and composer. ‘Choir of Wolves’ was formed on a snowy day early 2014, submerged in inspiration and beauty drove Danny to immediately begin writing music. This is the soundtrack to nature - or more accurately, what nature may sound like if you choose to listen! Website: www.moonswingnetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/ choir-of-wolves-ep
Pic by: Erwan Prijadi
track #49
Bethlehem Struluckt (Mexico) - Some Warmth, Into This Eternity ‘Bethlehem Struluckt’ is a self-taught composer from México. He makes melodramatic ambient music for the film called “life”. Mixing sadness, peace and some emotional textures, ‘Bethlehem Struluckt‘ is Inspired by nostalgia, dreams, and all past times, and the constant search for warmth in eternity. Websites: www.bethlehemstruluckt.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/user/Struluckt www.struluckt.blogspot.mx
Pic by: Gaby Rosell
track #50
K.S.C.I.A.A (Germany) - Freefall Made up of 22 year-old composer, producer and pianist Tino Scharge, and 19 year-old violinist and violist Julian Drechsler, K.S.C.I.A.A. Are a neoclassical duo from Germany, combining the ideals of classical music with the possibilities of modern production techniques and technology, in which they draw influence from everything they hear. Their goal is to create images through every track that will spin a unique tale to every listener. Websites: www.facebook.com/KSCIAA.Music www.store.ksciaa.com
Pic by: Juan Borgognoni
track #51
Noiseferatu (Spain) - Requiem for the World ‘Noiseferatu’ is the solo project of Luis Asenjo. His songs are laden with atmospheres of light and darkness in equal measure, where invocations of parallel worlds and altered states play with experimentation and the avant-garde, this produces the collision that is ‘Noiseferatu’. Sounds like Tangerine Dream mixed with the quantum paranoia of a primitive man meditating in the woods. Websites: www.nosferatunoise.bandcamp.com www.soundcloud.com/luisitorn www.asenjo.wix.com/luisasenjo
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track #52
Crimson Mourn (Spain) - It’s Easier With The Lights Out The solo project of Mauro Beltrán, He is about to release his third album. Websites: www.youtube.com/user/TheCrimsonmourn www.facebook.com/pages/Crimson-Mourn/145022832261499 www.soundcloud.com/crimson-mourn
Pic by: Shinda Kohi
track #53
The Nest Itself (Australia) - On Rare Occasions Five piece instrumental band from Melbourne, Australia Websites: www.thenestitself.com www.thenestitself.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/nestitself
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track #54
The Black Out Orchestra (South Africa) - Darkness Calms Me Down ‘The Black Out Orchestra’ is a horror/fantasy based classical collaboration between Shannon & Matthew from MoonSwing Netlabel. “tBOO” was conceived during Halloween some moons ago, and will continue to release music whenever they possibly can! Websites: www.facebook.com/TheBlackOutOrchestra www.theblackoutorchestra.bandcamp.com/releases
Pic by: Maider Jiménez
Pic by: Benoît Debussier
track #55
Sound Of Freedom (Canada) - Shades Of Grey ‘Sound of Freedom’ is Dave Savard’s ambient project. It is an attempt to capture a passion for melodies, and the inner need to express deep feelings, through simpler means available in the present moment. The music is a mix of the endless possibilities inherent in electronic gear, and the fragile energy of traditional instruments; the project is driven by raw emotion. The result is a blend of electro-acoustic-atmospheric sounds. Websites: www.sofsounds.tumblr.com www.twitter.com/davesavard
Pic by: Francisca Pageo
track #56
Harnes Kretzer (Germany) - Petrichor Harnes Kretzer is a German based composer and musician focusing on modern classical and ambient compositions. The warm and mellow sound of a very old piano tempted him to explore the possibilities of this acoustic instrument. He taught himself to master and control the richness of the sounds, replayed the sounds on old tape recorders and entangled them with field recordings, noisy children’s toys, drawling synthesizers and squeeking piano stools. Websites: www.harnes-kretzer.de www.harnes-kretzer.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/pages/Harnes-Kretzer/167643379969663
track #57
Bleak Fiction (Argentina) - Ghost Picture ‘Bleak Fiction’ is a one-man project from Argentina. It features ambient / dark ambient and drone music. BF was born in 2011 with the purpose of recreating mental states of dreams, depression, hope, solitude and introspection. Websites: www.bleakfiction.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/pages/Bleak-Fiction/242249185802326 www.vk.com/club58547696
Pic by: Martina Rigoli
VISUAL SECTION · AKUMA AIZAWA (Spain) Akuma Aizawa is a young creative girl from Madrid who express her experiences through her collages and work. You can find her on Flickr too, where you can see some of her old works. - cargocollective.com/akumaaizawa · AMANDA ELLEDGE (France) Self-professed daydreamer, she often concentrates on using found textures to create her own layers, often transforming her work into a sort of visual poetry. - cargocollective.com/x99 - flickr.com/photos/x99elledge - x99elledge.tumblr.com · ANNA CRESPO (Spain) Anna is an artist based in Murcia. She studied Fine Arts in Granada and there is no end to her hunger for visual experimentation, amongst other things. -annacrespoo.blogspot.com.es
·BASTIAN KALOUS (Germany) I live in a small town in South Germany, in Bavaria, it’s called Freyung. It’s deeply covered in the woods and this is also the place where the most of my images have been taken. This image was taken at a wild creek which is called Buchberger Leite. I found my love to take pictures with instant films a few years ago and it’s still totally amazing as it was in the beginning. To take pictures with this unpredictable medium is full of magic. There are so many similar things to this wild nature which surrounds me. I love the fact that i can’t control the process of the film developing. It’s as wild as the nature i capture on it. - bastiankalous.com - facebook.com/BastianKPhotography - flickr.com/photos/bastiank ·BEATRIZ FLETES (Spain) Beatriz is a spanish student who began to study Fine Arts until she discovered other fields to focus on with Illustration. She wants everybody to enjoy her work as she does through effort and study, whilst she hopes to become to a professional illustrator. - beatrizfletes.tumblr.com ·BENOIT DEBUSSIER (France) Benoît Debuisser (born in 1973) is living and is working in Lille, North of France. He’s an absolute citizen, he loves black textures and his major interests are photography, netz, etheral music and books. - www.benoitdebuisser.com - www.flickr.com/photos/benoitdebuisser - benoitdebuisser.tumblr.com - cargocollective.com/benoitdebuisser
·BLANKO (Spain) José Antonio (a.k.a. Blanko) is currently living in Murcia and studying Illustration. As long as he can remember, he has been drawing everything he holds in his mind. - blankoartealgo.blogspot.com CARLA GADEA (Spain) Carla Gadea can’t describe herself. She believes that photography is an instrument by which the unconscious helps herself become what really she is. She is not only intended to express her emotions, it is there for other people to give its meaning; they said: “Emphasizes individuality as a part of the whole” “Displays the connection with nature, our origins” and has “An oneiric vision does not empty of reality”. They said that it represents the emotional distance from people who hide their soul to the rest of the world and those who open themselves with their laugh. “She’s the creation of a new reality represented by lively elements interspersed with a touch of mistery”. - carlagadea.com - facebook.com/carlagadeafotografia - instagram.com/carla.gadea ·CHRISSEN INDRI (Indonesia) -facebook.com/chrissen.indri -instagram.com/pigeonalley CLARA HERAS (Spain) Art student from Madrid. A culture fanatic with no clear path, who likes to get carried by her interest in everything. - claraheras.wordpress.com
· DAVE SAVARD (Canada) Dave grew up in Quebec (Canada) where he studied graphic design and fine arts. He lived and worked across North America, experimenting with music, fine arts and applied arts. His creative goal is to learn from his work, and ultimately, to make a difference by creating and sharing beauty. - davesavard.com - twitter.com/davesavard ·DAVID MOLINA (Venezuela) Art Student from Mérida, Venezuela. Actually studying the last grade of Visual Arts at Los Andes University. A drawer dedicated to figuration; he researches in collage and lines as composition resources to represent the human inside the item house. - damolinamolina.wix.com/dosmolinos - instagram.com/damolinamolina · ERWAN PRIJADI (Indonesia) a.k.a. Wanski He was born on 1993, and he’s from Indonesia. Sad eater and obsessed with pattern. So deeply in love with something biological - wanski.tumblr.com - facebook.com/erwanprijadi
·EVA RAMÍREZ (Spain) Born and living in Málaga, Spain; she considers herself a world citizen. She likes to observe (or perhaps to stay in rapture), to understand, to delve into the world of lights and finally to reinterpret shapes. It has struck her lately the mysterious message that generates the minding of photography and digital illustration. - facebook.com/evarrzoe - zoe-pec.tumblr.com - flickr.com/photos/60336667@N04 ·FRANCISCA PAGEO (Spain) Every creation entails a mystery: the kind of mystery that takes us from the invisible to the visible. Francis Bacon defined it as an accident. Through that accident, the work of Francisca Pageo becomes itself a mystery. Her artwork seems like a lost paradise, that reminds us of the clouds and suns we draw in our childhood. A place where beauty still can save us. - franciscapageo.com - misspaq.blogspot.com ·GABY ROSELL (Argentina) She was born at Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Fascinated by literature since she was a child, looking for the words as a way of expression, she found in photography her true way to express herself freely, capturing comings and goings, brewing transformations, until she quit studying literature for traveling, without defined time and destination... Her photos tries to capture walks, explorations and metharmorphosis, sways, and an eagerness for experimentation and enjoying everything. - flickr.com/photos/sabinaleveyabsurda
·GEMMA (Spain/France) a.k.a. Espacios-paréntesis Spanish artist, photographer and architect living and working in Paris. Collage is my way to look for some answers, putting pieces together and trying to get some sense out of it. Collage has a privileged relationship with our epoch, the latter being understood as a juxtaposition of heterogeneities. a contingent net upon the temporary meeting points, their fugues and voids included. The disappearance of every kind of hierarchy and an « assemblage » of inequalities. Overlapped messages texturize ephemeral realities, only fulfilled if related with the environment.” - carmenw.com/collections/gemma-anton - cargocollective.com/gemmaanton ·GIO SOIFER (Brasil) Photographer and drawings model/poser. Gio shares her studio with her grandmother in a workshop called Apartamento, open to other artists proposals, with the goal of enriching the artistic cultural scene of Curitiba. Her visual universe is made of personal essays / chapters that becomes into photographies, videos, items, collages where feminism, body, memory and violence plays a major role. - giosoifer.com - giosoifer.tumblr.com ·GNOXXIE (Spain) - gnoxxie.tumblr.com
·GON (Spain) Illustrator and architecture student who lives in Murcia, Spain. His work is influenced by his relation with nature and experience in the Scout Movement as well as fairy tales and yarns. Collage, watercolors, and textures bring his little worlds to life.
·JXUXX (Spain) He’s a 21 years old photographer from Valladolid, Spain. His photographies are a touch with feelings and inner impulses, as well as a way to incarcerate his fears and anger against what happens at his surroundings.
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- cargocollective.com/jxuxx - jxuxx.tumblr.com
·JANE DELGADO (Spain) Berlin born artist. Paintings, drawings, customized objects. Works on his first novel. Leadsinger of Goteki 452. - jane-delgado-art.com
·KAROLINA UBARTAITE (Spain) Karolina Ubartaite is a plastic artist born in Lithuania (1992) . She studied Advanced vocational training in Plastic Arts and Design in Illustration in Spain. “I am a dream hunter, a poetress who only learned to write with a pencil and a paintbrush” - facebook.com/ubartaiteilustracion
-JOSE MANUEL (Spain) a.k.a. ecotono He’s a student from Valencia. He’s 36 years old and he studied chemical engineering. After spending some years working in a lab, in 2006 he started with photography. He’s interested in analogic format and polaroids, as well as looking for a way to combine photography and cinema. - facebook.com/pages/Ecotono/497283210284335 ·JUAN BORGOGNONI (Argentina) - juanborgo.com.ar - facebook.com/juan.borgognoni
·KAT WARD (UK) My name is Kat Ward and I live in Southampton, England. I love to shoot film with simple cameras because it enables me to create ethereal worlds full of light leaks and lens glare. For me, these imperfections add to the magic. - cargocollective.com/katward - flickr.com/photos/shooting_shadows - kat-ward.tumblr.com
·LAURA CARRASCOSA (Spain) Born at 1993, Madrid. As a child, he loved to watch family albums with her father, so he bought her first camera, urging to make their owns. She worked on musical videos, photographic reportages and works with Snoot Colectivo Fotográfico. After finishing school, she started studing artistic photography; developing Vorhandenheit, a fanzine. She’s obsessed with the movies Persona and Léolo, as well as the fog and the non-sense. Nowadays, she’s studying phylosophy as well as she works on photography. - flickr.com/monoloquia ·LEO RYDELL (Spain) Born in Andalucia from British-Swedish parents, studied photography in Granada and Creative Direction in Madrid. Co-editor of Luis Venegas’ The Printed Dog and EY! Boy Collection. His artworks are a result of a series of accidental experimental processes that work in an intuitive and almost mathematical way. In November 2014 he self-published Colored Dudes, a compilation book of his first pieces. The limited edition book is available in selected stores worldwide. - leorydelljost.com ·LISA TOBOZ (USA) Lisa Toboz is a writer, editor, and self-taught photographer working primarily with instant film. Her work has been recently published in Blur Magazine and Poladarium 2015. She lives in Pittsburgh, USA. - lisatoboz.squarespace.com - thelongwayhomediaries.com
·LOOR BRAVO (Spain) His work focus all his potential in the development of free feelings and the fearless expression, obtaining his true self, evolving with life in the perpetual present. - cargocollective.com/loorbravo ·MAIDER JIMÉNEZ (Spain) Potential artist. Collector of gazes and feelings. - maiderjimenez.com - facebook.com/pages/Maider-Jim%C3%A9nez/182442498597738 ·MAKE THIS TRIVIAL WORLD SUBLIME (France) Make This World Trivial Sublime (MTTWS) is a graphic design project started in 2012. Their work is inspired by neo-psychedelia with a weakness for symmetry and total creative freedom. Their creations are mostly digital and consist of posters, covers, illustrations, etc. - facebook.com/MakeThisTrivialWorldSublime ·MARKÉTA JAKESOVA (Czech Republic) Markéta is from Prague, in the Czech Republic, she is a 27 years old student of literature, religious studies, and philosophy. She focuses on the postcolonial, feminist and postmodern philosophy. Markéta is also interested in analog photography and films to which she got through her best friend. - flickr.com/photos/toffee_maky
·MARTINA RIGOLI (Italy) She’s a 24 years old freelance photographer from Italy. She’ve studied photography and graphics fundamentals at the CFP Bauer in Milan for three years (2010 - 2013). She’s especially interested in creative and experimental photography, portraits and urban exploration. - flickr.com/photos/marrt - nevermade.deviantart.com - behance.net/martinarigoli - facebook.com/martinarigoliph ·MIKAEL BIDARD (France) Mikael Bidard is a French Photographer who decamped the native country for Vancouver, BC, Canada, in January of 2013… and stayed. Moved to first learn English and now graduated of Cinematography and Production Design. He started shooting instant film just last year, when his friend “Olivier Barjolle” introduced him to the magic world of Polaroid and Film Photography. - mikaelbidard.tumblr.com - flickr.com/photos/mikaelbidard - @mikaelbidard_photography ·NATALIA DOMINGUEZ (Spain) Natalia Domínguez is a virtual artist who lives and works in Valencia, Spain. From a nihilistic and ironic point of view, her installations, sculptures and drawings analyse creative failure as a source of inspiration and execution, while seeking the keys that demystify the artist-genius. For this concrete occasion, she has decided to position herself at the service of music, enjoying drawing and sounds. - nataliadominguezartwork.tumblr.com
·OCT STREITENBERGER (Spain) Oct Streitenberger has been for 21 years living under a doormat. - octstreitenberger.tumblr.com ·SERGEY NEAMOSCOU (France) My name is Sergey Neamoscou. I’m a franco-russian analogue photographer. I was born and raised (in Moscow 1981) in a country that you will no longer find on the world’s map. This is country is USSR. I grew up in post soviet era. It was a time filled with dreams about a better life when being a kid I had to learn everything on my own. I think the environment was driving people crazy. I spent a lot of time sitting by the window counting the cars and waiting for extra-terrestrials. I think this is when I learned to observe and process the world around me. - facebook.com/neamoscou - flickr.com/photos/neamoscou -SHINDA KOHI (Spain) Shinda Kohi completed photography and video-edition studies and after that she finished Illustration studies and completely devoted to arts, her great passion”. She likes to draw deformities, vaginas and feelings and sometimes children books. She´s hidden in some nook of Madrid, and continue doing weird artworks. - facebook.com/pages/Shinda-K/283428435093700 - shinda-k.tumblr.com
·THOM MILSON (UK) Thom Milson is an illustrator and designer living in Leeds. He has a BA (hons) in Art from Leeds Metropolitan University and has produced work for clients and publications across the globe. He likes straight lines and always uses a ruler. He is a dog enthusiast and cheese fan. - twitter.com/thommilson - thommilson.com - instagram.com/thommilson
·THOMAS ALBURQUERQUE (Spain) Introspective, sometimes. He likes too many things. - facebook.com/pages/Thomas-Alburquerque/315010925294500 - thomillustration.tumblr.com ·TRAV (England) Trav draws, paints, makes animations and films. He is every cliche of being creative, he enjoys swimming’ - backdownwarchild.co.uk - vimeo.com/exm
·Viviana Levrino (Italy) a.k.a. ViannaVi Her images are her Stream of Consciousness She contemplates natural and animistic worlds She feels parallel, dreamlike and spiritual dimensions She shifts barycentre of reality elsewhere - flickr.com/photos/vivianalevrino - facebook.com/viannavi.vi - behance.net/viannavi
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