Just some pictures for now. There is also a new project in the works. A collaboration with Christian of GMII/Ego Ensemble/Dat War So. It is a noise kind of thing. Samples and drums. More on that later.
This time we offer you the debut release from Taeppeat. A sparse promise, that offers itself to comtemplation while never approaching static. Both tightly sequenced and spontaneous. Soothing meditation in tension. A focused yet restless meandering.
Not video game music for a change. Just the awesome sounds of an emulated YM-2149 chip. And I know there are too many voices for the authentic Atari ST sound.
An adventure into the profound boredom of a hangover. Typical sunday beams, lazy thoughts, internal yelling, where, where, "where was I going yesterday?". Questions usually posed after a night in relation with humans behaving like animals. In the end, you stumbled backwards to your residence, and these memories consist of abrupt flashes fastwarding in your mind like a raging drum solo. Sunday.
Today we've released two records from two new entities within the drome. First we have Christopher Aaby and Frederik Højlund under the name 'Chillbots' taking you to into a slick and stilish rendition of outer space - all improvised. Second we have Dat War So exploring a huge percussive sound in two rude jams, that keep evolving from one dislocated groove to another.
Finally Ultraneutralt Orkester is ready to release their album entitled 'Drifter'. We release it digitally now, and pretty soon a cd-r will also be available.
Situated within a somewhat rude and swampy soundscape the album initiate an imaginary journey, that eventually fuse harsh vibes and ultra bliss. A wide open gate to a mythical inside - hideous yet entrancing. Like an over ripe peach or the botched rescue inherent in messianic talk. Heat violence / Rough Love.
Tracklist:
1. Horse Mask
2. Sights
3. Weed Face
4. Black Breath
5. Drone Lion
6. Hologrammar
7. Night Shape
The new record is done and we are really happy about it. It feels complete, yet crooked in all the right places.
We are currently making artwork and videos. We also need to decide on a title. It is all very exciting.
A busy week in the drome offers up yet another fresh release. It is a return of the Grand Magnus and the II with 75 minutes of jams signalling the constant expansion of the group. Demo #1 sees them evolving by adding more members while exploring percussive textures. Don't worry though, the hazed air of psychedelic jamming is more dense than ever. So hurry up, download, and let it cloud your sense and work your brain.
Yes, it is so! I've finally collected a bunch of tracks and wrapped them up in a package, slapped a name on it and attached some artwork. The name of said package is "Metronomicon", and currently it's available for absolutely free, right there to your right.
It's a very pleasant listen, with a lot grander synths than I normally do, and also some much more choreographed tracks. Some are still 75% improvisationambient though. Give it a whirl.
The opening track, "Sound photograph: Aalborg" is attached for your listening pleasure.
Playing around with extra bridges on my guitar while in a blissed out spring haze.
This is highly unlikely to end up on any album, since it doesn't sound like the rest of my stuff.
On an unrelated note, I went to a super harsh punk show friday. It was amazing. I had forgotten about that sort of energy. I wish my music was angry like that.
The debut release from Taeppeat. A sparse promise, that offers itself to comtemplation while never approaching static. Both tightly sequenced and spontaneous. Soothing meditation in tension. A focused yet restless meandering.
01 - Japanese fashion 01
02 - Japanese fashion 02
03 - Japanese fashion 03
04 - Japanese fashion 04
05 - Globule
06 - Protostar
07 - Red dwarf
08 - Red giant
09 - Collapse
10 - Supernova
11 - Intelligent life is love part 1
12 - Intelligent life is love part 2
13 - Intelligent life is love part 3
14 - Number generator part 1
15 - Number generator part 2
16 - Number generator part 3
17 - Number generator part 4
18 - Number generator part 5
Description
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These two sessions were recorded separately, weeks apart. The first 10 tracks are from the later session, and the last 8 are from the earlier one.
There was no real unifying theme to these sessions - they can be considered experiments in experimentation, in that they share the property of being highly improvisational.
In these sessions we have still been trying to find a good instrument setup, and there are major differences in the sounds of the two as a result. The style is also diverse, spanning from mellow to painful.
An adventure into the profound boredom of a hangover. Typical sunday beams, lazy thoughts, internal yelling, where, where, "where was I going yesterday?". Questions usually posed after a night in relation with humans behaving like animals. In the end, you stumbled backwards to your residence, and these memories consist of abrupt flashes fastwarding in your mind like a raging drum solo. Sunday.
Ghost#020: Dat War So - Calculating Threshold
Runtime: 32 minutes 58 seconds DOWNLOAD
A venture into constant dislocation of rythmic and melodic structures. The early stages of a sound yet to be developed and disintegrated. Features people from Grand Magnus, Ego Ensemble among others.
Line up:
Kasper Hand
Grand Magnus
Sigurd Buch Kristensen
Rasmus Graff
Christian Davidsen
This is a collection of improvised jam sessions between Randcore and Christopher Aaby. Everything was performed live and recorded, and the best sections were selected for recorded release.
With the two projects usually working exclusively in the digital domain on studio recordings, these jam sessions are a combination of that digital mode of work combined with the two artists’ backgrounds in drums and guitar, respectively.
01 - orbit part 1
02 - orbit part 2
03 - orbit part 3
04 - epistellar jovian
05 - slower than light travel part 1
06 - slower than light travel part 2
07 - slower than light travel part 3
08 - pulsar wind
09 - slower than light travel reprise
10 - disintegrated sun part 1
11 - disintegrated sun part 2
12 - disintegrated sun part 3
'Drifter' is the debut of Ultraneutralt Orkester - a duo consisting of Johan Heinsen (Kontrolorgan) and Rasmus Aaen. Situated within a somewhat rude and swampy soundscape they initiate an imaginary journey, that eventually fuse harsh vibes and ultra bliss. A wide open gate to a mythical inside - hideous yet entrancing. Like an over ripe peach or the botched rescue inherent in messianic talk. Heat violence / Rough Love.
Tracklist:
1. Horse Mask
2. Sights
3. Weed Face
4. Black Breath
5. Drone Lion
6. Hologrammar
7. Night Shape
Ghost#017: Grand Magnus and the II - Demo #1
Runtime: 75 minutes 01 seconds DOWNLOAD
This time, they expanded the line up even more. HC was somewhere else, but Sigurd, Graff and an old friend from Jutland, Jacob Bugge, came out and made everything wonderful! This release features a long jam, where the new members are introduced. Then three tracks follow, and especially the percussive elements are explored further. They hope you enjoy!
1. sound photograph: Aalborg
2. phils house
3. for the bleeding hearts of the 80s
4. hus
5 - 7. ruins, glory, flight
8. skyskraber
9. oceanic
10. laid to rest
11. heronlectro featuring Johan Volt
12. childhood dreams and delusions
In my mind, these songs tie into an urban theme, referencing the noise and man-made sounds of metropolitan surroundings. To some this is an environment full of life and activity, perhaps even more so than rural environments. To others, the city is a dead place of artificial intelligence and machine automatons. It is from within this dual space that the melodies, structures and sounds of the included songs take their inspiration.
Interruption Songs is the second album from Kontrolorgan. It uses synths, bells, drums, electronics and singing to conjure dronescapes with psychedelic undercurrents, thus building on the outline already present in Kontrolorgan's earlier work. Interruption Songs is, however, a more structured entity than previous releases. Some parts are improvised while others are tightly sequenced. Most lie somewhere in between while exploring themes concerning imagination and the suspension of functional time in artistic rituals. Almost all tracks feature manipulated samples from field recordings originally recorded by Christopher Aaby and Frederik Højlund. Christian Davidsen plays cymbals on 'Mythology Loops'. Rasmus Aaen plays upright bass on 'Mythology Loops' and 'Disappearance Song'.
Tracklist:
01. Anachronism
02. Smoke I / Atlas Ripple
03. Smoke II / Rivers
04. Mythology Loops
05. All Vulpine Kings
06. Disappearance Song
Ghost#014: Grand Magnus and the II - Echo Blowjob
Runtime: 39 minutes 59 seconds DOWNLOAD
Three dogs and the miles high Grand Magnus just taking a chill at the rehearsel. Rehearsel chilling. Four heads cosmic knottin' and puffin'. Wednesday night, everything fine. Smelling the drums, an amplified hand, one of the two visiting a girl and h to the c makin' the beat. Four dudes in a room, the sound of Miles high and all the other idiots. Just good!
Drums - Miles high Magnus
Guitar - Kasper Hand
Bass - Lapp Davidsen
Perc. - HC
The first full length release from Randcore. It is a voyage that starts on an atomic dancefloor, takes a walk through a radioactive wasteland and ends far out in space. "Radiation Queen" is a mix of hard hitting chipsounds, noise and randomness.
Tracklist:
01. You Programmed Us
02. Lines Of Basic
03. Bare Curcuits
04. Fail Safe
05. Radiation Queen
06. Pins And Needles
07. Liquidators
08. To Hel
09. All Sorts Of Glands (Dealbreaker Cover)
10. Termination Shock
11. Bow Shock
'Sun Shape Mirror' is a collection of songs recorded in november and december of 2009. It focuses on electronics and psychedelic drones. Some tracks are abrasive and others are soft and pleasing. Sparse, repetitious vocals are buried in the mixes. A few tracks even feature electric guitar. All songs were written and recorded by Kontrolorgan. The artwork was also created by Kontrolorgan. Mastering by Christopher Aaby. It it released on cd-r (25 copies) and mp3.
Tracklist:
01. Interstellar Frisbee
02. Excavations
03. Beastface
04. Light Mane
05. Voyages and Execrations
06. Triangular Orbit
07. Antumbra
Hidden Kingdom is a record about everyday life, its magic and its inherent exceptions. It focuses on acoustic guitar and voice. All tracks on 'Hidden Kingdom' were recorded, mixed and mastered by Gigavolt. The recordings took place from june till december 2009. 'Ancestral Mouth' and 'Secret Nest' feature Rasmus Aaen on upright and electric bass. The 'Drome Breather' tracks were recorded live during a short break while creating the ghostdrome. They all feature Frederik Højlund on acoustic guitar. The artwork was created by Gigavolt as well, and features eight drawings about symmetry and the way in which mirroring can turn something familiar into something else entirely.
Tracklist:
01. Partitions
02. Night Bones
03. Ancestral Mouth
04. Secret Nest
05. The Rug
06. Heron Heron Heron
07. Ripper
08. The Ordinary
09. Ornithomancy
10. Drome Breather - Initiation
11. Drome Breather - Naked Tree Astral Ray
12. Drome Breather - Wax Poles
13. Drome Breather - Night Wound
Release date: Jan. 13th 2010
Ghost#010: Ego Ensemble - Certain Aspects of Life
Runtime: 105 minutes 31 seconds DOWNLOAD
This is a 1 ½ hour trip to a virtual museum of modern sound. We take the risk of saying nothing at the melting point of human ears, where sound can be made into music, since music is nothing but a human invention. Rethink this invention as much as you feel. That is what you can do for this release.
Tracklist:
Certain Aspects of Life pt. I
Certain Aspects of Life pt. II
Certain Aspects of Life pt. III
Certain Aspects of Life pt. IV
Certain Aspects of Life pt. V
An archive of digital feedback. Recorded in the summer of 2009 while reading too many books and thinking hard about secret spaces, exploration and discontinuity. The album primarily consists of almost static drones of soft noise.
Tracklist:
1. Where you go is where you lead us to
2. Wakes
3. A mouth spitting out teeth
4. Jesus kills
5. Skeletor
6. Maneater
Celebrating the launch of the ghostdrome we decided to put out a compilation. It features one track and one piece of art from each artist meant to represent the diversity of the drome. The result is an assorted mix of various types of noise and a couple of ventures into the realm of more conventional melodic structures.
Tracklist:
1. Randcore: Dead capacitator
2. Christopher Aaby: Oceanic
3. Kontrolorgan: A voice only heard with eyes closed
4. Dusty Awe: Don't wanna get blamed for it
5. Gigavolt: Shadows cast by a protecting hand
6. Pukewolf: Decrepit rust eater
7. Ego Ensemble: Certain aspects of life pt. 2
8. Disappearer: Phosphoglucomutase
"Algorithmic Composition" explores the relationship between man and machine through musical compositions.
All of the tracks here were created entirely or partially through algorithmic means, that is - through computer applications that Christopher Aaby either made or configured to output sound or notation. The hope is that each composition will retain some of the "ghost in the machine", and that the listener will be able to take a little peek into what a computer finds beautiful.
Tracklist:
1. Falling petals in D
2. Candlelight in E for guitar and percussion
3. Birdsong in A
4. Voyeur from the beyond in Gm
5. Nightflora in F
6. Aluminium in E and Final drowsiness in Am
The noisy beginnings of Randcore. The "Road Ghost" EP features four tracks and is a mixture of noise soundscapes, chipsounds and drum n bass. The download also features the artwork from the EP.
Tracklist:
1. Let's Panic
2. Aery Talons
3. To The Mathmos
4. Machina
Gigavolt's 2008 failed attempt at worldwide pop domination. A lush record for falling asleep in the afternoon. All songs made and recorded by Gigavolt.
Tracklist:
1. Whomever
2. Hometowns
3. Purple fabric / Black dunes
4. Sparkles as the marrow is sucked
5. Ihe
6. Hazel brandy
7. Painted gold
8. Fashion victims
A collection of songs made in 2005 and 2006 merged into a whole. Ranging from doomy soundscapes driven by thunderous bassriffs to intricate rocksongs and cautious pop melodies. All songs were written, performed and recorded by Christopher Volt and Johan Volt except "Kolonimacht: Målscorer" which was written by Christopher Volt, Johan Volt and Rasmus Volt Mejer.
Tracklist:
1. Electric baby ghosts
2. Pirates and doctors
3. Radical uncertainty forever
4. Violent language
5. Kamuflage
6. Neon skeleton maneuver
7. Brainfixing machine
8. Kolonimacht: Lost luggage
9. Cosmonauts in stockcars
10. Margrethe 500
11. Matadors
12. Warm debate
13. Kolonimacht: Målscorer
The first release from Gigavolt. Mostly noise interspersed with psychedelic riffs. Recorded prior to 2004.
Tracklist:
1. Henry Kissinger
2. Nosebleeds
3. Moving at the exact speed of invention itself
4. Metropolitan birdcatchers and riverbanks
5. Mafioso disco disco
6. Mother of pearl
7. Messianic stroboscope
8. An omnivorous attempt at bending the rules
9. The basement
10. Blood vessels
11. Dinosaurus stereo
The ghostdrome is the collective efforts of its members. It is also a shared communal space and yes, it is haunted. E-mail us at: contact(at)ghostdrome.com. Everything is free. Keep it so. Copyleft 2009.
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