SEQUENCE5 - Free compilation from Futuresequence

Futuresequence has a series of compilations showcasing great ambient, drone and experimental electronic music from a wide array of artists, some you may know already and others you certainly may not know yet. SEQUENCE5 was released at the tail end of last year and they were kind enough to include a track of mine n3122.

Click image for link to Bandcamp page (FREE download in FLAC, LAME V0, 320CBR etc).

Yes, that is correct. 42 tracks entirely for FREE. Some excellent names in there and a lot to look out for. Moon Zero has an EP titled 'Tombs' and that should be dropping on Futuresequence at the end of the month. Keep an eye out for that one.

-Sleep Cycles

My Favourite Records - 2012 Edition

Firstly, let me say that 2012 was an incredible year for music.  The volume of exceptional records put out by so many great labels during the year was almost innumerable, and picking a top however many albums isn't the easiest job in the World with that in mind. To tell you the truth, I've been putting it off for a month now and to keep it simple, I decided to limit my list to a Top 10 and then supplement that list with another list [of Honourable Mentions]. Here goes:

Top 10

01. Taylor Deupree - Faint [12k]

02. High Aura'd - Sanguine Futures [Bathetic]

03. Lee Gamble - Diversions 1994-1996 [PAN]

04. Bee Mask - Vaporware/Scanops [Room40]

05. Brambles - Charcoal [Serein]

06. Sean McCann & Matthew Sullivan - Vanity Fair [Recital]

07. Recondite - On Acid [Acid Test]

08. Billow Observatory - Billow Observatory [felte]

09. En/Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Blood Split [Constellation Tatsu]

10. Ian Hawgood - The Shattered Light [Koen Music]

Honourable Mentions

Here is just a brief (but very excellent) selection of the remainder of my favourite albums from the year just passed. No particular order here (also no formatting). Everyone understands how Google works by now anyways...

Christoph Berg - Paraphrases*

Black Elk - Sparks

Ricardo Donoso - Assimilating The Shadow

Pye Corner Audio - Sleep Games

Gabriel Saloman - Adhere

Drape - An Idea And Its Map

Wolf Maps - Landforms

Kyle Bobby Dunn - Bring Me The Head Of Kyle Bobby Dunn

Rain Drinkers - Yesodic Helices

Pulse Emitter - Aeons

Simon Scott - Below Sea Level

Troy Schafer - Evening Song Awaken

Shed - The Killer

Celer - Without Retrospect, The Morning

Hakobune - All the Other Hearts I Knew

Offthesky and Man Watching The Stars – Afar, Farewell

Willamette – Always In Postscript

Sparkling Wide Pressure – Grandfather Harmonic

Vikki Jackman - A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring

Ex Confusion - Embrace

Jason Lescalleet - Songs About Nothing

SaffronKeira - A New Life

*Christoph Berg - Paraphrases gets the prestigious Sleep Cycles "Best Artwork And Packaging 2012" award. So satisfying. Facture always does a wonderful job.



-Sleep Cycles

Phys Mem - 18/04/2012

http://subcity.org/shows/physicalmemory/69549/

Our last show, which we had to sadly cut short, featured new material from En and Mike Shiflet as well as a whole bunch of other delights like Alva Noto's Xerrox Vol. 2, Andy Stott and Nils Frahm.

Go have a little listen.

VA - April Mixtape 2012 - Ambient (compiled by Sleep Cycles)

01. Sparkling Wide Pressure - Looking To Remember
02. Eluvium - All The Sails
03. John Chantler - Untitled 4
04. Radiant Husk - Natoma St.
05. Skyramps - Dripping Water Hollows Out A Stone
06. David Wenngren & Christopher Bissonnette - In His Ghostly Heart
07. Pulse Emitter - Pangaea
08. Burning Star Core & Prurient - Gambling Addiction
09. Nate Young - Collapse
10. The Caretaker - Approaching the Outer Limits of Our Solar System
11. Bas van Huizen - Startersfarce
12. Secret Abuse - Futility
13. Stars Of The Lid - Goodnight



"This one starts on the nicer side of things and has a pretty sinister, eerie, nighttime-y kind of end to it. I included a little more noise and weirdness. A bit of contrast never hurt anyone! Hope you all enjoy. Happy droning." - Sleep Cycles

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Physical Memory back on the air.

http://www.subcity.org/shows/physicalmemory/c6ce7/

After a year long hiatus, Phys Mem returns to Subcity. We're on air every two weeks, Tuesday nights Midnight until 2am.

This is our first show back in a looooooong time. This time we have a new set up: Charlie on the laptop, and I take to the decks for vinyl only. We're still putting a major focus on Ambient, Drone, experimental electronics and all that good, weird stuff.

Track list from last night is listed on the episode page.

Cheers,
Sleep Cycles