https://marionettelabel.com Marionette Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:48:36 +0000 https://marionettelabel.com en https://marionettelabel.com/Big-Hands-Thauma Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:29:34 +0000 Marionette https://marionettelabel.com/Big-Hands-Thauma <img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73e70bd746e769dad879e3cd5fbf52637577a4f85c3924850eec938509aadf8c/Marionette26-Artwork-by-Andreas-Bauer.jpg" data-mid="240942521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73e70bd746e769dad879e3cd5fbf52637577a4f85c3924850eec938509aadf8c/Marionette26-Artwork-by-Andreas-Bauer.jpg" /> Big Hands Thauma 12” Vinyl (180g) &amp; DownloadCat. no. Marionette27Release Date: November 21, 2025 Music by Andrea Ottomani Additional percussions on A4 by Yusuf Ahmed and on B2 by Hayato Takahashi Mastered Noel Summerville Cut by Mike Grinser Artwork by Andreas Bauer Thauma by Big Hands ︎ Buy Vinyl / Digital Big Hands is the alias of Andrea Ottomani, an Italian-born, London-based artist, whose productions have maintained an impeccable level of homogeneity over the last decade. His debut album, titled Thauma, was conceived in dreams over two consecutive nights as he traversed the storm-ridden Mediterranean Sea in late June 2024 and was later brought to life with the intent of preserving the sounds and structures as they were originally dreamt. Composed of ten tracks that seamlessly morph into one another, the album contains recordings of tuned percussion instruments (such as bells and the balafon) captured whilst travelling across the Mediterranean (Italy, Greece, Egypt, and Turkey) as well as collaborations with his tight-knit orbit of talented musicians. Palestinian artist, بنت مبارح (Bint Mbareh), echoes and wails in dialogue with Abraham Parker’s &amp; Izzy Karpel’s brass interjections on Fuoco Lento, then proceeds to send chills down the spine as she starts singing in Arabic on A Juniper Tree Whose Roots Are Made of Fire. Tenor saxophonist, Buster Woodruff-Bryant, lays down snake charmer waltzes on Sticks And Stones, followed by a spiritual sax solo on Rinascita which features the natural timbres of Yusuf Ahmed’s bamboo kit. Mantras, along with recordings of Andrea’s community, are dispersed throughout the album, amplifying the nostalgia and melancholy associated with the music. There’s an underlying archaic thread woven into the percussion that meshes perfectly with the organic acoustic instruments, ultimately becoming indistinguishable from the electronic drums or modular synthesis. Field recordings of the sea, cicadas, call for prayer, and the overall recurring noise from the surroundings evoke a vivid sense of space and are the foundation for realizing this visionary sound. Music by Andrea Ottomani Additional percussions on A4 by Yusuf Ahmed and on B2 by Hayato Takahashi Mastered and cut by Noel Summerville Artwork by Andreas Bauer <img width="1200" height="1182" width_o="1200" height_o="1182" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db37550f8c8bbea0ea5e48af15c117a9b3a2a034615b6eb847e6bbd01b6334d9/Big-Hands-Press-Shot-1-by-Chiara-Fossati.jpg" data-mid="240942522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db37550f8c8bbea0ea5e48af15c117a9b3a2a034615b6eb847e6bbd01b6334d9/Big-Hands-Press-Shot-1-by-Chiara-Fossati.jpg" /> https://marionettelabel.com/Ioa-Beduneau-Melodies-pour-Clairons-promo Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:41:23 +0000 Marionette https://marionettelabel.com/Ioa-Beduneau-Melodies-pour-Clairons-promo <img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f7ffee64e70d11339c0bbddc60261b1443d7fd00f0e9863e0a1ae375c48e9a8/Marionette27-Artwork-by-Kerstin-Braetsch.jpg" data-mid="238605672" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f7ffee64e70d11339c0bbddc60261b1443d7fd00f0e9863e0a1ae375c48e9a8/Marionette27-Artwork-by-Kerstin-Braetsch.jpg" /> Ioa Beduneau Mélodies pour Clairons 12” Vinyl (180g) &amp; DownloadCat. no. Marionette27Release Date: November 21, 2025 ︎ Download Mélodies pour Clairons ︎ Download Album Artwork ︎ Download Press Photos ︎ Private Stream Marionette presents Mélodies pour Clairons, the debut album by multidisciplinary artist Ioa Beduneau. Based in the South of France, Ioa’s world is rooted in creation - building intricate self-playing installations and handmade DIY electronics. His practice is driven by a desire to connect, challenge, and open up dialogues around disability and other social constructs. Proudly identifying as a disabled artist who is attuned to how our bodies interact with the world, Ioa brings a fresh and inimitable perspective to electronic and electroacoustic music. On Mélodies pour Clairons, Ioa contemplates lifeforms using modular synths, channeling principles of physical modeling and bioacoustics. Ideas begin on paper and evolve into sound, forming an abstract yet intentional sonic ecosystem. Clairons refers both to a musical instrument and to a loved one with whom this music was shared, serving as a kind of sound diary during the stillness of the pandemic. The movement of air, pressure, resonance, and the physical properties of the clairon (a medieval trumpet) are reimagined and manipulated on this album, resulting in impressionistic and deeply moving compositions with poetic sensibility. Organic ASMR tones, synthesized bird calls, and pirouetting melodies of pipes and bells score an imaginary biodome where chaos and harmony coexist. Striking and singular, these works embody the kind of boundary-pushing music that defines Marionette.. Recorded and composed by Ioa Beduneau Mastered by Noel Summerville Cut by Mike Grinser Artwork by Kerstin Braetsch Press Photo by Mia ftz <img width="4506" height="3004" width_o="4506" height_o="3004" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1fcbe97f4d82e623b3220bc990bc5ce7e0da64ec532e9070b37c6a6be6e12a90/Ioa-Beduneau---Photo-1.JPG" data-mid="238605671" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1fcbe97f4d82e623b3220bc990bc5ce7e0da64ec532e9070b37c6a6be6e12a90/Ioa-Beduneau---Photo-1.JPG" /> https://marionettelabel.com/Delphine-Dora-L-ineluctable-pulsation-du-temps Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:48:19 +0000 Marionette https://marionettelabel.com/Delphine-Dora-L-ineluctable-pulsation-du-temps <img width="3543" height="2362" width_o="3543" height_o="2362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef381fb22681ebcccb93613697544eee0f1dd4d2a90f9031233a92feb042d5d2/Marionette28---Bandcamp-Mockup.jpg" data-mid="244258134" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef381fb22681ebcccb93613697544eee0f1dd4d2a90f9031233a92feb042d5d2/Marionette28---Bandcamp-Mockup.jpg" /> Delphine Dora L'ineluctable pulsation du temps 12” Vinyl (180g) &amp; DownloadCat. no. Marionette28Release Date: March 13, 2026 Piano, keyboards: Delphine Dora Musical Saw: Aby Vulliamy on Ubiquité Mastered and cut by Noel Summerville Artwork by Jon Joanis Press Photo by Dana Hilliot L&#39;ineluctable pulsation du temps by Delphine Dora ︎ Buy Vinyl / Digital Delphine Dora, the prolific French composer and multi-instrumentalist, graces Marionette with a suite of keyboard instrumentals that evoke futurism and the transcendental. Based in France and actively releasing music since the 00’s, Delphine’s remarkable solo and collaborative projects loosely connect the dots scattered across modern classical, folk, ambient, and poetic writing - always seeking new ambitions in terms of her sound. Leaving behind the chaos of city life for the quiet solitude of a small village in the French countryside, Delphine finds herself fully immersed in the present moment and committed to her multi-disciplinary creative practices, savoring the experiences of deep listening in nature and her environment. Drawing from an academic background in Outsider Art and Art Brut, Dora yearns to express intimate inner dialogues, revealing the beauty of vulnerability through transportive musical passages to the mystical and sublime. L’inéluctable pulsation du temps was composed in 2018, at a time when Delphine’s life was becoming increasingly busy, marked by relentless touring and concerts unfolding in rapid succession across different places. Written in parallel with L’Inattingible, her most ambitious album, it stands as its instrumental counterpart. The recordings reflect a period of exploration and assimilation of the Nord Electro, an instrument that opened up vast sonic possibilities, particularly for the development of rich polyphonies inspired by repetitive music. The track titles draw inspiration from an essay by Hartmut Rosa on the notions of acceleration and alienation - a reflection that resonates strongly with the pre-covid era right before the quarantine. The album reveals Delphine’s most colorful and rhythmic side, an aural mille-feuille, in total contrast with her previous melancholic vocal works. On L’inéluctable pulsation du temps, Dora sustains atmospheric drone miniatures that form the foundation for flowing, cyclical arpeggios, spiraling into a liminal dream space where the repetitive phrasing of melodies rewards introspective listening. The compositions move through (dis)enchanted landscapes, taking unexpected turns into more haunted terrain, their contours further blurred by Dora’s intuitive articulation and sense of refinement. By mirroring both the acceleration of time and the experience of alienation, Delphine conjures up timeless sonic meditations, rendering the inevitable pulsation of time as something at once mesmerizing and unsettling. <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2a04ff82fa1ec7339be3b1ecb7454e405e8ed99ce1e7a9a8edd74b47281e69e/Delphine-Dora-Press-Photo-by-Dana-Hilliot.jpg" data-mid="244258138" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2a04ff82fa1ec7339be3b1ecb7454e405e8ed99ce1e7a9a8edd74b47281e69e/Delphine-Dora-Press-Photo-by-Dana-Hilliot.jpg" /> https://marionettelabel.com/Khora-Mas-Aya-Primordial-Mind Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:02:06 +0000 Marionette https://marionettelabel.com/Khora-Mas-Aya-Primordial-Mind <img width="3543" height="2362" width_o="3543" height_o="2362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74523e44c1007af0182fdfdb1713bb19cfcd3c4c5d3ce60812d0635cb297d69c/Marionette29-Bandcamp-Mockup-R1.png" data-mid="246422897" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74523e44c1007af0182fdfdb1713bb19cfcd3c4c5d3ce60812d0635cb297d69c/Marionette29-Bandcamp-Mockup-R1.png" /> Khôra &amp; Mas Aya Primordial Mind 12” Vinyl (180g) &amp; DownloadCat. no. Marionette29Release Date: May 8, 2026 Brandon Miguel Valdivia: Percussion, Flutes, Log Drum, Korg Lambda, Angklung, Tambor Alegre, Udu Matthew Ramolo: Modular Synth, Archival Samples, Angklung, Guitar, Duduk, Bass, Percussion, Arrangements and Mix Mastered and cut by Noel Summerville Artwork by Kerstin Brätsch L&#39;Primordial Mind by Khôra &amp; Mas Aya ︎ Buy Vinyl / Digital Primordial Mind forms the mysteries and intensity of inner life into eight mandalic instrumentals where Mas Aya and Khôra, artists who share 15 years of music making, orchestrate an inspired, prismatic palette of percussive and melodic sources. Each composition presented stages a vigorous meshwork of colours and textures, contrasting riveting polyrhythms with towering arrangements for flutes, synths, and processed acoustic instruments.Tendencies which the artists trace in their solo practices are amplified, blended, and refracted sublimely in unison, serving as energetic portals to collective awareness. Combining trans-ethnic scaling alongside a heady brew of rhythmic influences and advanced electronic processing, the recordings on this album operate with a tactility that vaults between free jazz, dub, raga, ambient, and ritual music. Assimilated powers of primal drum patterning and psychoactive, ceremonial melodies, invoke fourth world adjacencies with the work of Don Cherry, Jon Hassell, Popol Vuh et al. There is an alchemical, Buddhist/Taoist/Hindu inflection that guides the record’s narrative, formed through dialogue between the artists over lifelong shared interest in spiritual modalities generally and the tantric approaches of the global east in particular. The album title is derived from an unexcelled esoteric work known as the Kalachakra (Wheel of Time or Time Cycles) Tantra and its associated commentary the Ornament of Stainless Light which detail forms of inner and outer transubstantiation within its complex cosmology and metaphysiology. Mas Aya is the moniker of Brandon Miguel Valdivia, acclaimed Nicaraguan-Canadian composer, producer, and musician whose electronic and jazz inspired works creatively interlace Colombian, Cuban, and a wide array of traditional music. Khôra is the name of the occult entity that uses multi-instrumentalist, producer, and writer Matthew Ramolo to pronounce itself. Returning to Marionette following 2024's monumental Gestures of Perception, Primordial Mind reinforces the rigorous and magical approach to creation which defines Khôra’s two decades of sonic output. Brandon and Matthew met back in 2011 and the pair toured around eastern Europe with Toronto band Picastro in 2013, also performing as a duo with Brandon contributing drums to Khôra's opening sets. After a short spate composing and playing in the ensemble Bespoken together, they continued to discover shared inspiration in psych/art rock, jazz, experimental and electronic music, providing a fertile soil for friendship and collaboration resulting in their collaged, field-recorded album Tangled Roots in 2017. Mythic and talismanic, the duo's Marionette debut weaves a luminous tapestry of organic pulses, offering itself as a support for resonant meditation and a motor for lucid action and intuition. <img width="8103" height="5405" width_o="8103" height_o="5405" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a9dbc75aed06da5cc334bb254f0351a2356557f4b333168ed4ef4d511f3de22/Khora---Mas-Aya---Live.JPEG" data-mid="246422896" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a9dbc75aed06da5cc334bb254f0351a2356557f4b333168ed4ef4d511f3de22/Khora---Mas-Aya---Live.JPEG" /> https://marionettelabel.com/Shape-of-the-Moon-When-the-land-is-laid-bare Mon, 18 May 2026 23:10:13 +0000 Marionette https://marionettelabel.com/Shape-of-the-Moon-When-the-land-is-laid-bare <img width="3543" height="2362" width_o="3543" height_o="2362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad51e92b2c2364104f4e65a2075ba758a45abd7387fbfd9f874503bf553e1220/Marionette30-Bandcamp-Mockup.png" data-mid="248450809" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad51e92b2c2364104f4e65a2075ba758a45abd7387fbfd9f874503bf553e1220/Marionette30-Bandcamp-Mockup.png" /> Shape of the Moon When the land is laid bare 12” Vinyl (180g) &amp; DownloadCat. no. Marionette30Release Date: June 5, 2026 Additional instrumentation by: mtn grl Rhodes on No need to wait / This is time Matthew Yerge Bells, Bowls, Cymbals, Jaw Harp on The egg and Bohemian death Yoon Lee Guitar, Saxophone on The egg and Bohemian death Recorded by Bear Glass Mixed By Bear Glass &amp; Spencer Hartling Mastered and cut by Noel Summerville Artwork by Jon Joanis When the land is laid bare by Shape of the Moon ︎ Buy Vinyl / Digital Shape of the Moon is the California based duo of Benjamin Burke and Bear Glass that explores existential headspaces beyond mundane frames of thought. Following streams of consciousness that contemplate the stardust that forms us to the very first human sound that reverberated through a cave, Shape of the Moon intertwines language and music into ambient dream-weaving narratives. When the land is laid bare forms a collection of recordings composed of Burke reciting his introspective poems and Glass improvising gripping modular synth and string patterns. Burke brings a wealth of experience working between an impressively vast range of written and visual mediums to Glass’s live electronics and acoustic instrumentation mirroring the spoken word. The pieces on the album consist of excerpts from live outdoor performances under the night sky in the Mojave desert as well as sessions in Glass’s off-grid solar powered studio. Burke drapes vivid vocal narration over deeply immersive textures and melodies conjured up by Glass on Buchla, bass and sitar, painting peaks and valleys that live score the storytelling. The duo tread their own path fusing poetry with undulating electroacoustic instrumentals, arriving at meditative and ASMR territories that draw inspiration from ambient and electronica. Often joined on stage by guest musicians playing anything from Rhodes, percussion, jaw harp and saxophone, the recordings edge towards blues and spiritual jazz. Benjamin Burke is a poet, writer, performer, and visual artist who spends his time lending a hand to unusual artistic expeditions around the world. Most recently, he helped to launch Dhun and Dhun School, a humanist eco-township and progressive education center on a 500 acre biopreserve in Rajasthan, India. He has written and performed countless unusual shows, experimenting widely and, through that, witnessing firsthand what makes ideas resonate for his audiences. This work evolved over time into an approach he refers to as Applied Poetics which he employs to help communities set intentions, scientists present their findings, and humanitarian organizations find their footing. Bear Glass is a sound artist, multi-instrumentalist, music teacher, live sound engineer, and founding member of Mobius Acoustics who build innovative sound systems and host events on the West Coast (utilizing a quadraphonic setup for live performances and immersive drone bath sessions). Glass is involved in various collaborative projects with a couple of releases under different pseudonyms as well as a solo tape featuring a track with prolific producer Carlos Niño. For most of the year, Glass lives sustainably off-grid with his family on a plot of land outside Joshua Tree, a mini utopia infamous for his well curated private campouts and artist residencies. Wide skies, magnificent climates, and being surrounded by the love of family and friends inform Bear’s musical output and artistic practice. Shape of the Moon present their debut album for Marionette’s 30th title, channeling an inquisitive yet playful state of mind that marvels at the mysteries of the universe. Poems written and performed by Benjamin Burke Music by Bear Glass - Modular Synthesizer, Buchla Music Easel, Bass, Sitar. <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fde09187430b7c7382e5889e911331293fcf159903d02aa90221cd79d7474b0/Shape-of-the-Moon---Press-Photo-2-by-Ben-Carter-Grimes.jpg" data-mid="248450807" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0fde09187430b7c7382e5889e911331293fcf159903d02aa90221cd79d7474b0/Shape-of-the-Moon---Press-Photo-2-by-Ben-Carter-Grimes.jpg" /> https://marionettelabel.com/Kirk-Barley-Arc Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:48:36 +0000 Marionette https://marionettelabel.com/Kirk-Barley-Arc <img width="3543" height="2362" width_o="3543" height_o="2362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/729500ea7575ede36e590835cc23ccfa0f404c5ecbdadc734b5c1ecef23e1879/Marionette31---LP-Mockup.jpg" data-mid="249592338" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/729500ea7575ede36e590835cc23ccfa0f404c5ecbdadc734b5c1ecef23e1879/Marionette31---LP-Mockup.jpg" /> Kirk Barley Arc 12” Vinyl (180g) &amp; DownloadCat. no. Marionette31Release Date: July 24, 2026 Written, recorded, produced and mixed by Kirk Barley Live drums on track 2,3,5 and 8 by Matt Davies Mastered and cut by Noel Summerville Artwork by Jon Joanis Arc by Kirk Barley ︎ Buy Vinyl / Digital In Arc, Yorkshire-born artist Kirk Barley explores alternative tunings and off-grid sequencing to shape fluid rhythmic and melodic systems that unfold into rich harmonic forms. Kirk’s fourth album under his own name and debut for Marionette continues his exploration of just intonation through a sparse but finely detailed palette of organic atmospheres, metallic shimmer and off-kilter rhythms. Across the record, glassy pads, gamelan metallophones, clarinet and guitar dissolve into fluid, dreamlike forms, suggesting vast coastal landscapes, charged air and the stillness that follows turbulence. Drawing on the feel of sample-based hip-hop, the minimalism of Terry Riley and Jon Hassell, as well as dub techno and post-rock, Kirk brings together a range of influences in a sound that feels both intimate and expansive. After first hearing Terry Riley’s Shri Camel as a teenager, he became captivated by just intonation and microtuning, inspirations that have shaped his work ever since, from his earliest Bambooman releases to the present solo works and as Church Andrews &amp; Matt Davies. Arc is his first record to be fully rooted in alternative tunings from start to finish. Longtime friend and collaborator Matt Davies appears on Ion, Sundry, Ecstatic and Fret (Haar), where his finely detailed, ASMR-like muted percussion deepens the dialogue between tactile acoustic sound and Kirk’s luminous electronic palette. <img width="4000" height="2671" width_o="4000" height_o="2671" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/900bbaab705da0d3f57088a060402cc40c3c8a76e67a402b6555d71c5c534458/KIRK-BARLEY-PRESS-SHOT---Photo-Credits--Brian-Whar.jpg" data-mid="249593073" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/900bbaab705da0d3f57088a060402cc40c3c8a76e67a402b6555d71c5c534458/KIRK-BARLEY-PRESS-SHOT---Photo-Credits--Brian-Whar.jpg" /> https://marionettelabel.com/Ioa-Beduneau-Melodies-pour-Clairons Sun, 01 Feb 2026 03:44:19 +0000 Marionette https://marionettelabel.com/Ioa-Beduneau-Melodies-pour-Clairons <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6460128d827c5e9cb437def8e71533b5ce7328f5dd59d3ececc056945d50b692/Marionette27-LP-Multi-Shot.jpg" data-mid="244258133" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6460128d827c5e9cb437def8e71533b5ce7328f5dd59d3ececc056945d50b692/Marionette27-LP-Multi-Shot.jpg" /> Ioa Beduneau Mélodies pour Clairons 12” Vinyl (180g) &amp; DownloadCat. no. Marionette27Release Date: November 21, 2025 Recorded and composed by Ioa BeduneauMastered by Noel SummervilleCut by Mike GrinserArtwork by Kerstin Braetsch Mélodies pour Clairons by ioa beduneau ︎ Buy Vinyl / Digital Marionette presents Mélodies pour Clairons, the debut album by multidisciplinary artist Ioa Beduneau. Based in the South of France, Ioa’s world is rooted in creation - building intricate self-playing installations and handmade DIY electronics. His practice is driven by a desire to connect, challenge, and open up dialogues around disability and other social constructs. Proudly identifying as a disabled artist who is attuned to how our bodies interact with the world, Ioa brings a fresh and inimitable perspective to electronic and electroacoustic music. On Mélodies pour Clairons, Ioa contemplates lifeforms using modular synths, channeling principles of physical modeling and bioacoustics. Ideas begin on paper and evolve into sound, forming an abstract yet intentional sonic ecosystem. Clairons refers both to a musical instrument and to a loved one with whom this music was shared, serving as a kind of sound diary during the stillness of the pandemic. The movement of air, pressure, resonance, and the physical properties of the clairon (a medieval trumpet) are reimagined and manipulated on this album, resulting in impressionistic and deeply moving compositions with poetic sensibility. Organic ASMR tones, synthesized bird calls, and pirouetting melodies of pipes and bells score an imaginary biodome where chaos and harmony coexist. Striking and singular, these works embody the kind of boundary-pushing music that defines Marionette. <img width="4506" height="3004" width_o="4506" height_o="3004" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1fcbe97f4d82e623b3220bc990bc5ce7e0da64ec532e9070b37c6a6be6e12a90/Ioa-Beduneau---Photo-1.JPG" data-mid="244258131" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1fcbe97f4d82e623b3220bc990bc5ce7e0da64ec532e9070b37c6a6be6e12a90/Ioa-Beduneau---Photo-1.JPG" /> https://marionettelabel.com/MinaeMinae-R-a-umlichkeit Sun, 18 Jun 2023 15:33:31 +0000 Marionette https://marionettelabel.com/MinaeMinae-R-a-umlichkeit <img width="1400" height="1050" width_o="1400" height_o="1050" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/deba9df524f15060ed5a6b4aaa023199d6b6a2e6dacefb0163247e52ce923d68/Marionette22-Multi-Photo.jpg" data-mid="182459249" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/deba9df524f15060ed5a6b4aaa023199d6b6a2e6dacefb0163247e52ce923d68/Marionette22-Multi-Photo.jpg" /> MinaeMinae Räumlichkeit 2x12” Vinyl (180g) &amp; DownloadCat. no. Marionette22Release Date: May 18, 2023 Recorded and mixed by Bastian Epple Mastered and cut by Noel Summerville Artwork by Jon Joanis Räumlichkeit by MinaeMinae ︎ Buy Vinyl / Digital Bastian Epple makes an eagerly anticipated return to marionette under his elusive MinaeMinae guise that imagines rich sonic architectures for the journeying spirit to voyage to. Räumlichkeit is Epple’s debut album and third release to date following Gestrüpp from 2020, venturing further into melodic electronic nostalgia and percussive beat oriented soundscapes. Spanning fifteen vignettes that trapeze through uncharted winding trails and familiar spaces, the album’s recordings evoke a scenic state of mind. The tracks simulate a room or nested rooms where the breathtaking views of nature and contrasting brutalist structures are explored with an equal sense of curiosity and wonder. Taking the listener down unpredictable paths that are rooted within the music itself, Epple is as much present in the creation as the listening experience which gives the recordings an immediacy and a live element of unfolding before your ears, unfamiliar each time. This novel viewpoint is very much at the core of Räumlichkeit, poetically contemplating the concept of spatiality and how that, in turn, influences the receiving of those fleeting moments. Apart from the world building qualities of the recordings, it's the speed of travel that also impacts the perception of the journey, and Epple tends to manipulate time at a fully immersive rate that grips the mind and body. <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c173492860854ab3030ca11665cfacb0ff67c272e9c0d73bd8ad9ee37075000/MinaeMinae-by-Marlamarlou.PNG" data-mid="182461088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c173492860854ab3030ca11665cfacb0ff67c272e9c0d73bd8ad9ee37075000/MinaeMinae-by-Marlamarlou.PNG" /> About MinaeMinae: Growing up in a small village in southern Germany, Bastian Epple was never interested in kitschy folk sounds, rather he took solace in the time he would spend meditating to repetitive and hypnotic patterns. His guitar strumming and what sounded to his mother like a young Philip Glass on a cheap Casio keyboard encouraged little Epple to tread on this self-taught path of developing his own musical language. This led him to start experimenting with a tape recorder and layering sounds with non-musical samples to eventually working with a DAW. Bastian went on to study Media Art at the Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe and graduated with a diploma in film and documentary media - where he now works as a freelance filmmaker and lecturer at Stuttgart Media University. However, this never stopped him from creating and playing with wide-eyed sounds, eventually amassing a vast collection of tunes and finally emerging from this anonymity. Utilizing modular synth, self made tape echos, synthetic sounds, recordings of ethnic percussion and guitar, MinaeMinae understands musical material similar to documentary footage which he would splice, repitch, and rearrange intuitively into captivating worlds.&nbsp; https://marionettelabel.com/Khora-Gestures-of-Perception Sat, 09 Mar 2024 18:27:09 +0000 Marionette https://marionettelabel.com/Khora-Gestures-of-Perception <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f00227a7dffe56c029e592efd40eed03be3fb36424ddb5ade4ce1a9e0d91a983/m24-multi-edit.jpg" data-mid="209354711" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f00227a7dffe56c029e592efd40eed03be3fb36424ddb5ade4ce1a9e0d91a983/m24-multi-edit.jpg" /> Khôra Gestures of Perception 2x12” Vinyl (180g) &amp; DownloadCat. no. Marionette24Release Date: April 19, 2024 Recorded by KhôraMixed by Khôra and Matt SmithMastered and cut by Noel SummervilleArtwork by Jon Joanis Gestures of Perception by Khôra ︎ Buy Vinyl / Digital Khôra is the medium Matthew Ramolo uses to delve deeply into initiatory world-building by way of sound, image, and lyrical prose. Figuring wholly realized art-myths which distill and rouse the numinous while provoking the visceral and cathartic, Khôra intricately collages studio documents of ritualized instrumental performances, introducing overdubs by transient, heteronymic personae which dismantle stable points of reference in the music and open uncommon planes of consciousness."Gestures of Perception" is Khôra’s first double album with a supporting artbook and features a fascinating array of sources subjected to patterned assembly, poetic layering, and the elevations of the heart. Deft handling of modular synthesis is palpably central, while feedback, erhu, keys, flute, contact electronics, guitar, field sounds, and various percussion objects (rattle and frame drums, seed pod sticks, random metal objects, meditation bowls, kalimbas, bells) all serve to provide breathing structures and energetic contours that guide and scaffold inner and outer journeys into the far-near. Prominent across the record's span is a home-built, solenoid drum machine, responsible for the alive and askew techno-archaic flows and conceived as the album’s "rhythm seed”. The music on Gestures is teeming with organic and alien textures, soaring drones, inter-dimensional noises, and emotionally resonant melodies; balanced on the fringes of exotica and meditative trance, with capacities that untether the listener from the ballast of limited reality.Operating hermetically in the penumbra of Toronto's cultural scene for well over a decade, Khôra has been invested in self-publishing handcrafted editions of spiritually driven recordings which led to the LP/CD reissue of inaugural album "Silent Your Body Is Endless" by Constellation. Khôra has toured extensively in North America and Europe both solo and in collaboration with Picastro, Nick Kuepfer (Hrsta,1/4 Tonne), and Brandon Valdivia (Mas Aya, Lido Pimienta), generated over a hundred hours of unreleased, bewildering drone through durational performance with experimental outfit Nidus (Marc Couroux, Jason Doell), composed for live dance and independent film, been commissioned by MaerzMusik, and seeded and co-run the now defunct music and art venue Ratio in Toronto.Gestures of Perception will be released on April 19 digitally and as a double vinyl featuring a limited edition 42-page work of researched, poetic mythography rich with galvanizing text and images that shed light on some of the mandalic imaginings and esoteric threads informing Ramolo's inner worlds as Khôra. Made with struggle and love in close collaboration with Marionette. https://marionettelabel.com/Belfi-Reidy-dessus-oben-alto-up Sat, 15 Feb 2025 21:12:19 +0000 Marionette https://marionettelabel.com/Belfi-Reidy-dessus-oben-alto-up <img width="3543" height="2362" width_o="3543" height_o="2362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dfafb0b971926be09585062f5504e7ddce0a2f9543a1d40a92a07377b74a264/M25-Mockup.jpg" data-mid="226636399" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dfafb0b971926be09585062f5504e7ddce0a2f9543a1d40a92a07377b74a264/M25-Mockup.jpg" /> Belfi &amp; Reidy dessus oben alto up 12” Vinyl (180g) &amp; DownloadCat. no. Marionette25Release Date: November 8, 2024 Music by Andrea Belfi and Jules Reidy Recorded at Callie's by Marco Anulli Additional recording at Studio Distante Mixed and Mastered by Joe Talia Cut by Noel Summerville Artwork by Andreas Bauer Dedicated to Dean Roberts dessus oben alto up by Andrea Belfi &amp; Jules Reidy ︎ Buy Vinyl / Digital Marionette is pleased to present dessus oben alto up, the first collaborative recording by Andrea Belfi and Jules Reidy. Hailing from different ends of the globe (Australia and Italy) but both longtime residents of Berlin, Reidy and Belfi’s approaches have much in common, bringing together compositional precision and electroacoustic rigour with improvisation freedom, the immediate gratifications of rhythmic pulse, and an overtly lyrical sensibility. Working together during a residency at the sound studio of Berlin’s Callie’s, an arts institution housed in a 19th century machine factory, the pair (with Marco Anulli manning the desk) have conjured up four expansive pieces where the beautifully recorded percussive clarity of Belfi’s drums threads through a sparkling haze of guitars and electronics. Opener ‘dessus’ begins with Reidy’s distinctive just-intoned guitar figures, shimmering over a delicate substratum of Befli’s brushwork and bass drum accents. As in all of Reidy’s recent work, the guitar is twisted out of cliché by the unfamiliar tuning and electronic processing. Hanging almost inaudibly in the background for much of the piece, a rush of synthetic tones surges into the foreground to end it. ‘oben’ is built from kinetic patterns of picked guitar arpeggios, locking into irregular grooves with Belfi’s drums, which move from elegant rolls and cymbal patter to driving closed hi-hats and explosive rock interjections. Around the traditional instruments and across the stereo field, electronic sounds swarm and swirl, fizzing and popping in a sun-drenched soundscape that at points suggests both vintage analogue synth destruction and glitching harmonies. ‘alto’ begins in similar territory but turned up a notch, eventually settling into a propulsive 6/8 groove of shifting drum accents, manically strummed 12 string acoustic, and burbling synth chords. The B side is dedicated to the fifteen-minute ‘up’, where the strategies adopted on the other pieces are put in the service of a more relaxed, slowly unfolding epic. Anchored by a steady pulse throughout, the piece combines chiming guitars, dubbed-out bass lines and constantly adjusted percussive details into a complex flux of sound. Change is at once so subtle and so ever-present that, at any given moment, the listener can never be entirely sure quite how they got there.