CHAPEL OF INFINITE ECHO

 RIPPED & DUBBED mixtape #5

Back with two hours of sublime loner expression and most high cosmic collaboration, astral commissions beaming direct from the underground and amalgamated for all seekers and the sonically curious. While this set is largely comprised of 2020 and 2021 releases, the title and inclusion of "Chapel of Infinite Echo" is an acknowledgement of what I consider Ripped & Dubbed's overarching focus: drawing lines connecting the early 2000s' DIY CD-R underground with today's Bandcamp and cassette culture. Expect more thorough dives into the era in future installments.

CHAPEL OF INFINITE ECHO

1. Tarotplane - "öd Ulan um" from Lysergic Forgeries [self-released]
2. Lazy Salon - "Doctor Travel" from Twilight Properties [self-released]
3. Joseph Allred - "Holy Blue Window (for Daniel)" from Fire and Earth [Scissor Tail Records]
4. Matthew J. Rolin - "Hallucinations" from The Dreaming Bridge [Feeding Tube Records]
5. Tenderlonious - "Shahla Bagh" from Ragas From Lahore - Improvisations with Jaubi [22a]
6. Luke Stewart - "Awakening the Masters" from Luke Stewart Exposure Quintet [Astral Spirits]
7. Matthew Halsall - "Mindfulness Meditations" from Salute to the Sun [Gondwana Records]
8. Xenis Emputae Travelling Band - "Chapel of Infinite Echo" from The Hieroglyphic Mountain [Deserted Village CD-R (2004); digital via Larkfall]
9. John Kolodij - "At Dawn" from First Fire • At Dawn [Astral Editions]
10. Old Million Eye - "Color Sense" from Warm Alliance with the Outside [Eiderdown Records]
11. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw - "144,000 Rose Petals" from Fantasias for Violin & Guitar [MIDA]
12. Qoa - "Ñünken" from Achiyaku [Aural Canyon]
13. Path of the Sun - "Portal of Twilight" from Path of the Sun [Inner Islands]
14. White Poppy - "A Calming Wind" from Sound Meditation Vol. 2 [self-released]
15. Pulse Emitter - "Cloud Refuge" from Swirlings [Hausu Mountain]
16. Charlatan - "A Song for Matt" from Bird Paintings Vol. 1 [The Jewel Garden]

Thanks for listening! If you have a new or forthcoming release you'd like us to consider for a future Ripped & Dubbed mix, feel free to send a digital download (Bandcamp codes preferable) to flowerroomrecords at gmail dot com. 

RADIANT FREQUENCY

 RIPPED & DUBBED mixtape #4

For the first new mix of 2021, RIPPED & DUBBED presents two hours of pangenre underground music sourced entirely from Bandcamp digital exclusives. Bandcamp's role as the 21st century's most teeming distro hub of private press music is explored, with many releases showcased here available for free download on the platform. While many of these artists' more "official" album releases rightfully gained recognition and praise in 2020, I find the ephemeral fringes of their work to be just as (or more!) interesting and insightful, as a mirror into the freeflowing creative current that runs directly from the musician to the listener in a digital instant - particularly in a year when physical media production, shipping, and supply chain disruptions made official physical releases more daunting and difficult to get into record shops and on fans' hi-fis. There was no trend in music more ubiquitous in 2020 than a turn toward DIY (necessary given the circumstances), and that ethos thrived most amongst the back pages of Bandcamp.

RADIANT FREQUENCY

1. Tuluum Shimmering - "Black Satin" [self-released]
2. Bounaly - "Takamba" from Music from Saharan WhatsApp 10 [Sahel Sounds]
3. Matthew J. Rolin - "What Comes Next?" [self-released]
4. James Ferraro - "II." from Neurogeist [self-released]
5. Nailah Hunter - "Nacre Meadow" [self-released]
6. Inner Travels - "Panorama (Part II)" from Panorama Set [self-released]
7. kafari - "radiant frequency" excerpt from radiant frequency ep [self-released]
8. Aaron Snow - "Outward" from Music for Golfing [Surf Shop Downloads & Tapes]
9. Mary Lattimore - "A Unicorn Catches A Falling Star In Heaven" excerpt [self-released]
10. cloudsound - "nebulan cloud" from Air is Sky; digital bonus album exclusive included with Tempus of Diminution cassette [Geology Records]
11. Garcia Peoples - "Shade at Horler's" excerpt from Tomato Sessions [self-released]
12. Dave Heumann - "Whose Streets" from Peregrine Themes [self-released]
13. Tonstartssbandht - "Olde Feelings" [self-released]

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