Porya Hatami & Arovane – Kaziwa [Time Released Sound]

While very well established and highly respected as solo artists, Porya Hatami and Uwe Zahn, aka Arovane, have only recently formed their creative partnership, but it has turned out to be a fruitful one with the release of three full length albums featuring their collaborative work in less than a year – Resonance on ÉTER (2015), Veerian which also featured Darren McClure on…

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Olga Wojciechowska – Maps and Mazes [Time Released Sound]

The latest bespoke artisinal release from our friends at Time Released Sound features Polish composer Olga Wojciechowska who plays acoustic and electric violin as well as collaborates in a variety of projects with choreographers, DJs, musicians and producers. Maps and Mazes is a collection of eleven pieces originally written for various international theater/dance and film productions coalesced into…

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A Sense of Place: Mark Lyken and Emma Dove – Mirror Lands

Tucked into a recessed portion of Scotland’s eastern coastline, Black Isle is a peninsula that sits between the windswept Highlands to its north and the city of Inverness and the Great Glen to its south. The waters of the surrounding firths are traversed by dolphins, porpoises, seals, migrating whales, cargo & cruise ships, and fishing boats as…

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Through a musical lens: Francesco Giannico – Metrophony [Time Released Sound]

“Through a musical lens” is a short series of reviews focusing on albums that present and explore human experience through music. Each album incorporates field recordings, ephemera, or motifs that revolve around everyday life and memory thus creating an especially intimate connection between their transportive sounds and the listener.  In August of 2013, electroacoustic musician and…

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Porya Hatami – Arrivals and Departures [Time Released Sound]

    Arrivals and Departures by Porya Hatami  [Time Released Sound] What other word could we use to describe the year 2014 for Porya Hatami but prolific?  He has already given us two excellent solo albums in the form of Shallow (on Tench) and The Garden (on Dronarivm) as well as a pair of full length collaborations,…

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Travelogue: Week 2014-39

Noteworthy highlights from the past week of music discovery, releases, previews, and other news.  Daily updates are available on the Stationary Travels Facebook and Twitter feeds and audio/video links to all tracks featured during the month are available on the Songdrop page. Album Previews Porya Hatami | Arrivals and Departures | Time Released Sound (Sep 28) What a prolific burst…

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Travelogue: Week 2014-35

Noteworthy highlights from the past week of music discovery, releases, previews, and other news.  Daily updates are available on the ST Facebook and Twitter feeds and audio/video links to all tracks featured during the month are available on the Stationary Travels Songdrop page. Album Releases Everyday Dust – The Principality of Dustland [Sparkwood Records] The Principality of…

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