The National Association of Record Labels of Ireland (NARLI) is a nationwide umbrella organisation of independent labels, including Diatribe, Ergodos, Farpoint, Heresy, Raelach, Sofia Records and Tone Burst, with associate members IMC, Crash and Islander.
Every year since 2016 NARLI have convened for an AGM (Annual General Music) which is released as the ‘Minutes’ of the meeting.
The NARLI AGM 2022 in the NMD @ NCH will also feature an all-day record fair with representation from all partner labels.
Halo is a noir patchwork of generative soundmasses. Sonic elements rearrange themselves and unfold according to their own internal logic. Revealed are themes of alienation and anti-idealism.
Included is a DIY PCB of the EMF Pingler, a detector of invisible signals and ghosts. A noise device that picks up on its environment and makes sound when it is passed through electromagnetic fields (EMFs). The PCB itself features beautiful designs that make it a worthwhile trinket for those who may not want to solder.
As with all TB instrument and DIY PCB releases, if the EMF Pingler is used in your music-making please share the results with us. ‘Toneburst wishes to publish sound creations made by other makers.’ www.grahamfranz.com
This is the 50th Fringe Tones. After making an hour-long mix each month, this mix is made from recordings from TONEBURST. This is named differently because of the chilling effect it may produce on listening, or how cool it is? Enjoy Fridge Tones .
The sailors make fast the loose ends to ensure the boat is shipshape.
“Tying Up Loose Ends” is a nautically themed project split into 2 segments. The first, titled “Noise Forecast”, is heavily inspired by BBC shipping forecasts, the rhythm of their delivery and the alien yet comprehensible language used within them. The compositional framework for this part of the project is a text-based score which was written in a way that aimed to allow each participant a unique translation. To further contrast the finished pieces, careful attention is made in approaching different artists with varying sonic palettes.
The score for this first installment of the project reads as follows:
The second project segment, titled “Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan & Derelict”, is an exploration of how new life can be given to short pieces of sound that perhaps could get lost somewhere in a timeline. To achieve this, audio is salvaged from one person and recycled by another, although organised in such a way that ‘who is collaborating with who’ remains unknown. Artist and equipment information are intentionally removed as to hopefully have no influence over the finished works. Guidelines for FJL&D are: “SALVAGE You have received some salvaged audio from another participant involved. Use these sounds as a starting point. RECYCLE Please use both files, although they don’t have to be used in their entirety. One shot or single cycle samples are fine. You are free to edit & treat these in any way you see fit. Chop, Sample, Granularize & Mangle. Unrecognisable is good. Additional instrumentation is allowed and encouraged. This is not a remix project. COLLABORATION Audio discovered amongst your posts has been shared with another participant to carry out the same process.” Loose Ends #1 is focused around the fictional land, and surrounding coast, of “Culport”. The tracklisting is as follows;
NOISE FORECAST
1. Claude & Ola – Culport
2. Sw1n Hunter – FOAM_DRIFT(2vids)
3. Shane Latimer – Deluges: Clustered
4. Una Lee – 1 fib or no
5. BJC – Torrential Data v4_2
6. Scy1e – Racing the dawn
7. Mysterioso – Unapproved Beliefs
8. Vivienne Griffin – The Fake Haven
9. Hadi Bastani – nines am(o)ur ai
FLOTSAM, JETSAM, LAGAN & DERELICT
1. T.Jervell – Fanfare of Spring (Initials M.C.)
2. sweetearthflying – prismatic wounds
3. Sqrtsigil – nontitle
4. Morn Valley – Solar Transmission
5. Expanding Foam – saxa vord
6. Wimming Spools – flotsum & jetsum
7. Disxiple 113 – fiesta, forever
8. Subfusc – Batons With some sprinkles of sea sounds recorded by Matilde Meireles, Lisbon, 2020. Many thanks to all who took part for their incredible work.Barry & Phil – Tone Burst
Strings, reeds, magnetics and other amped-up items…
Trouble or Fortune – Ochón a Leanbh yvette young – midwest emo on crack riff Danny Clay + Matt Atkins – A3 – Minimal Resource Manipulation Dream Division – The Devil Rides Out – Library Of The Occult Drew Mulholland – Frozen Sound In Ember – Library Of The Occult The Unseen – Newlywed Arrival – Library Of The Occult there are no birds here – sidereal-skafer – Hreám Recordings Old Amica – Log – Fox Food Records Fatwires – Foundation Haze – Depth of Field – The music of John Del Stephen – Soon moving moon Allenheimer – Train – Unfiled Damselfly St James Infirmary – The Harrow Ways (reprise) SAH – Intimacy – Reel Long Overdub Walrus Ghost & Max Frankl – Corners – Hush Hush Records Michele Andreotti – LA STRADA – Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series sweetearthflying – inative penetration Duelling Ants – Porous Ambalek – Glistening in Thin Sunshine – Seil Records The Humble Bee & Benoît Pioulard – Per – dauw ghost and tape – hatch – Home Normal Curved Light – Lucky Stumble themawt – vocal harmony 4 Hardworking Families – Small Feedbacks – TQN-aut melodium – wreckage Shadowgraphs – Tuolumne by Night (Interlude) Mike Coykendall – Something To Chew On – Field Hymns Records kageraw – melodiuma Dorcha – me_ets Sunday Morning Kitchen Crew – The Orange Martyrs – House Of Spin Posset – Last bus back to the West End of Newcastle – TQN-aut Ash Cooke – Reptiles – TQN-aut
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