cw48

tristan magnetique - 2

c32 & c36

"tristan likes the limits of one single vintage keyboard combined with a four track tape recorder. he says that the pedals are crucial, and he likes to stare out of the window while playing his music. so much to discover."

synthesizer music to be played on your walkmen while wandering through inner worlds. watch the steps while humming along.

 ferro tape,
home-dubbed in real time.
professionally printed j-cards,
artwork & layout by max rossner.
limited to 70 hand-numbered copies.

sold out at source!

cw49

pjs

precipice c62

"in precipice, pjs conjures a lush sound-world that begs complete immersion on the part of the listener. with a maze of loops wandering across the surface, sometimes burrowing deep, and other times reappearing as if summoned, this complex meandering of sound feels like a low-flying journey above an alien dreamscape, both vast in its scope and delicately wrought in its abundance of detail. using sparkling pads, windswept reverberations, melancholic horns, and crystalline cries from endlessly repeating waterfalls, each track creates its own evolving geography for the listener to observe and get lost in. we may not recognize where we are, or where we are headed, but pjs welcomes us as passengers to embrace this experience of unknowing and to sit back and enjoy: here, the journey itself is the point."

think of lying with your back on a fluffy cloud, glimpsing through your half closed lids into the electric blue void. that's how the music on this tape sounds like. even better actually.

ferro tape,
home-dubbed in real time.
professionally printed j-cards,
artwork & layout by max rossner.
limited to 50 hand-numbered copies.

sold out at source!

cw50

oberlin

grauer morgen, ungewisse bilder c40

"oberlin likes to walk through the woods before his house especially on foggy winter-days. It´s when the outlines of all things dissolve and everything seems to be connected to one another, at the same time things are damped and less obstrusive. especially on these days he tries to transfer the atmosphere from the outside to the inside as well, to dissolve the outlines of his intruments as well an let them flow one into another. a meeting of guitar, piano and a eurorack modular. somewhere between the rivers rhine and moselle."

beautiful drones to soothe your mind and soul. buy this tape to warm up your home.

 

 

ferro tape,

home-dubbed in real time.

professionally printed j-cards,

artwork & layout by max rossner.

limited to 50 hand-numbered copies.

sold out at source!

Zeit1

günter schlienz

know your new age LP

”know your new age”, a third album by günter schlienz released on zoharum, is a great treat both for devout followers of his work and also the newbies. starting with the shimmering of seawaves, it takes you on a journey through the universe created by one mr. schlienz. inspired by the works of peter-michael hamel, deuter and eberhard schoener, he has created 6 meditative composition clocking in at 52 minutes. schlienz merely takes cues from his masters to develop a unique sound based on sonic structures built on his own modular synthesizer interspersed with occasional acoustic guitar accompaniment and subtle field recordings. after organ studies, music for space airports and musical interpretation of autumn, this album would be best experienced meditating on the seashore. yes, ”know your new age” lives up to its title. 
(michal porwet / zoharum)
this is music to heal your soul.

 

sold out at source!

cw45

günter schlienz

lissajous

"the concept around those tracks is relatively loose. first i was fascinated by the idea of how jules lissajous made acoustic vibrations visible in his experiments. i think this has a vibe of synaesthesia, so some pieces are an attempt to transform certain memories and the associated emotions into sound.
furthermore, the projections lissajous made in the 19th century must had been very pretty and i'm fascinated by the fact that we perceive integer mathematical relationships as nice, no matter if perceived acoustically or optically. so i did the drones which can be heard on this album rather optically than musically, i took a look at the lissajous image of the drones in the oscilloscope and then decided if i would use it. i also love all these enlightened natural scientists of the 18th and 19th centuries. they were really crazy in a way that seems almost funny to us today. real freaks.
so for me this album feels like a bit of a self-propagation with a twinkle in the eye."

electronic music to comfort your restless mind.

limited edition 140gr black vinyl. 

cover photography by paul skomsvold, edited by katya velkova.

cw46

navel

ambient2, in space

"hello chodura is a decent man. though being a famous celebrity due to his epoch-making works 'Weltraumfahrt - Mit 72 bunten Bildern zum Einkleben' he always stayed modest. one late summer he invited navel to his dacha amidst a tremendous fairytale-like garden far out in the middle of nowhere to record with him. though he had promised us some sessions with him as a guide for our endavours, he left shortly after we arrived and only returned just before we left. his dacha just offered enough space for our numerous guitars, magnetic tape machines and effects, due to the circumstance that hello had left his own equipment there. a giant telescope out front of the hut, and then there was this metal housing as tall as a man equipped only with a single magic eye tube, a large switch and a small enamel plate reading somewhat like "time scope accomodator" in cyrillic letters. we made use of this machine throughout all of the recordings, never really being able to figure out what the machine was actually doing. except that we always sort of felt this strange aura of the dacha, seemingly synchronizing the brainwaves paradigmatically in terms of time and space. the listener of this fine vinyl album will perhaps catch a glimpse of what navel had experienced while recording the music. thanks to everyone who tries, and to the great hello chodura."

beautiful ambient music for the weirdo in you. buy this record to switch on your time scope accomodator immediately!

limited edition 140gr black vinyl. cover photography by günter schlienz.

single copy €15.-

prices including postage

EU €24,00 EUR Rest of the World €31,00 EUR

cw47

trikorder23

much time no horse

"niko breathes music. i have never met a person who could judge the being, the soul, the future and the past of a piece of music faster. but the most amazing thing about him is the fact that he is able to play this piece at the same time on almost any given instrument. with or without notes. his musical works lie like stones behind him along a rather winding path. in the 90s he taught the kids in england and france how to dance with drums in the teutonic style, always smiling all along the motorik way. he gave countless releases in many genres the very last polish, but very often also the kick-off. now and then the audience could listen to one of his releases, which appeared with various projects on various labels in germany and abroad. cosmic winnetou is proud to announce this release, because with it he presents one of his milestones on my tiny little label for the second time. recorded with the expert help of christoph, joachim, klemens, michael und roland, niko shows with his guitar and drums which power a lovingly demanding music can have. mostly instrumental his pieces describe how chamber music could sound in the 21st century. his chamber is just to the left of the hill, the stars in the skylight. niko exhales." 
(günter schlienz)

wonderful guitar music about your personal longings and and the obstacles along the course. 

go and buy this record, you will enjoy the ride!

limited edition 140gr black vinyl. artwork by niko lazarakopoulos.