Noontide by Micah Frank Noontide is a product of the now; “The entire thing,” Frank explains, “was composed during the coronavirus quarantine months of March and April” in New York City. “I think the pacing of the pieces was very much determined by the uncertainty and social inactivity of that period.” “A Plume Apart,” the…
2nd Edition Cassette of Gestures (Hainbach) Seil Records launched a 2nd Edition Cassette of Gestures. It is a limited edition of 80 cassettes READ BELOW FOR THE CURRENT SHIPPING SITUATION DUE TO COVID-19++ Dark transparent cassettes with white on-body printing. (These are darker than the first edition) 2nd Edition Cassette of Gestures (Hainbach) includes unlimited streaming…
All the Roads Released All the Roads by Larum – Micah Frank & Chet Doxas is now available as a digital download or Limited Edition Cassette. The word larum means, “sound of warning or danger; a commotion”. You probably don’t know it. An early, archaic form of the word “alarm“ it becomes more recognizable, doesn’t…
FOIL – Tape Pieces Vol. 1 Tape Pieces Vol. 1 represents the first in its series — a collaboration between composer Chris Child (Kodomo) and sound artist (Puremagnetik owner) Micah Frank. The EP began with a question: “How can we move away from Puremagnetik’s familiar tools that govern the structure and precision of creating loop-based music?” While the…
Selected Public Works Vol. 1-4 (Lightbath) Selected Public Works Vol. 1-4 collects four years of modular synthesizer performances by composer/improviser Bryan Noll with his Lightbath project. The majority of these works were originally presented in video form showcasing—in real-time—the physical act of coaxing music out of a mercurial box of colorful wires, knobs, and lights.…
Tapes: Synths.01 a Library for Kontakt Tapes: Synths.01 is the first instrument in the Tapes series. The Kontakt library focuses on synth sounds and sound synthesis in overall. The sound sources were created using various hardware and software synthesizers and effects – from digital FM and physical modeling synths to analog (and digital) eurorack modules.…
Lightbath released Volumes 1-4 of Selected Public Works on gray shell cassettes with black imprinting loaded with C456 super ferric analog tape and housed in a clear Norelco box with full-color j-card featuring artwork and design by Michael Kempen. Limited to 50 units. Includes digital downloads for all four volumes via download cards. Availability The…
