From his fifth and latest album, Different Time Zones, “Over” is a reflective track by ambient and minimal composer and instrumentalist Seamus O’Muinechain. The musician composed the album across both the Czech Republic and his native Ireland, crafting a composition that is inspired by the role one’s environment plays in the creative process. The video accompanying “Over,” filmed in the Czech Republic, delivers a meditation on place, through abstracted water ripples, snowfall, and a sublime feel of isolation and calm. With not a single human in sight, the video shows a snowy street, absent of all life, making the ambient track deeply existential and accepting, bringing back a sense of connection at the end when a duck swims across the water marking the first sign of life for the duration of the video.
Sebastian Bode and Jonas Wolter release experimental pop music through the name WOODEN PEAK and sound art for films and museums through the name TELESKOP. “Human | Nature | Machine” is their electro acoustic and archaeological composition resulting from years spent collecting sound samples from the Energiefabrik Kanppenrode. A former briquette factory in East Germany that was closed at the end of the GDR and turned into a museum, the site is rich with the area’s mining history. Coming together with bass clarinet player Wencke Wollny, trombone player Antonia Hausmann, and bass player Christian Dähn, the video documents the group’s performance of the piece in the hall of the museum bringing the found sound and ethereal sonic texture to the industrial site.
“Free Advice” is a single from the upcoming debut album by Holodrum, set to drop at the end of February. A collaboration featuring members of Hookworms, Yard Act, Cowtown, Virginia Wing, Drahla and more, the album represents a collaboration and team effort that has been in the works among this community of musicians, for years. The disco rock and synth pop track is accompanied by a video of fun candy pop colors and a nostalgic, innocent set of pixelated video game imagery. Made by Emily Garner and the artist behind PastelFortress, Jonathan Nash, the visual story depicts the true lighthearted, fun, carefree tone of the track.