I've got a brand new Contemplative Podcast for you! On today's episode Matt Emery chats with Daniel Inzani and Alex Hobbis of the Hidden Notes festival, which will take place this year in Stroud, Gloucestershire, on the 23rd and 24th of September: hcdi.gs/HiddenNotes

Welcoming C. Diab, Canadian bowed guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Caton Hower Diab, whose forthcoming new album will be released on Tonal Union early next year

Photography by Megan Magdalena

The Quietus is 15 today!

I slung some words together and Luke Turner has detailed the insane wealth of words and music we've given away to subscribers over the last two years.

Here are some photos, including an action shot of me at the Megatron v2!

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Listen to 'Oblique II' in the Jazz Chill playlist on Apple Music now

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#akusmi #tonalunion #lines

Blue Lake's — Sun Arcs album is highlighted in the records listened to this summer in El Independiente de Granada

'Los discos que he escuchado este verano'
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words by Jesús Martínez Sevilla

#bluelake #sunarcs #tonalunion

Después de un mes de descanso, os traigo algunas recomendaciones de discos lanzados este verano. El maravilloso y vulnerable soul de ANOHNI, el polémico jazz rap de Noname, el black metal extático de Agriculture... entre otros. Espero que encontréis algo que os guste ✌🏽

First of the month? NEW playlist is a GO!

20 tunes, old & new, featuring The Bug Club, Akusmi, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, Fran Lobo, Laura Jean, Peter Brewis, hanntheband, Purling Hiss, The Beths, Green Gardens, Jalen Ngonda, Model/Actriz + Say She She!

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my new album - 'The Seasons Are Not Four' (featuring 'I Promise') is available to pre-order today on 500-run limited edition double gatefold vinyl !

it's also bandcamp Friday which means artists get 100% _

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ロンドン〈Tonal Union〉より、ツィターやスライドギターなど弦楽器を軸に、フォークやジャズをジャーマン・ロック〜ポスト・ロックの視座から融合した美しいアルバム、Blue Lake『Sun Arcs』が登場。ピッチフォークをはじめ各所で高評価を獲得。早めのLP確保がおすすめです。[TOMC]

30 days. And heading towards another sell out!
👉hiddennotes.co.uk
w/ Hannah Peel #midoritakada Manchester Collective NYX Tom Ravenscroft kate molleson Stone Club Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres Akusmi Brìghde Chaimbeul Fran&Flora Sarah Nicolls Josh Semans Dr Leah Broad Boss Morris and...

Tune in tonight to Benji B who features Akusmi as part of the 8-bar Intro on BBC Radio 1.

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Listen in from 11:00pm BST / 00:00 CET
#akusmi #bbcradio1 #benjib #8barintro #tonalunion

We're back on Noods Radio with a guest mix from master of transcendental light flights, golden horizons and the #zither , #BlueLake . A beguiling combination of beautiful sounds, precise mathematical forms, ecstatic minimalism and the inherently esoteric. 10-11AM GMT, 20.8.23 ✨

[PRE-ORDER] Akusmi - Lines
ガムラン/ゴングと現代的なストリングスを融合させたサウンドで話題となった@Akusmiによる5曲の作品集がTonal Unionより登場。限定500枚Clear Vinyl。
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🆕【REVIEW】🆕

Blue Lake
『Sun Arcs』

「北欧のアメリカ人」によって作られた多重録音アメリカーナ

Text by 橋口史人

コペンハーゲン拠点のジェイソン・ダンガンによる、48弦ツィターなどを用いたソロ・プロジェクトの新作

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Thanks to friends Norman Records who highlight Akusmi's forthcoming 'Lines' release on Ltd Clear LP

#akumsi #tonalunion

We're back on Noods Radio this week w/ a guest mix from zither 👑 #BlueLake . Strange and remote yet somehow known and understood; wilfully arcane yet emotionally engaging, formally playful and technically brilliant. A generous set full of macro and micro joys. 20.8.23 / 10-11 GMT

Pre-Order Now:
Akusmi - Lines
Tonal Union

bleep.com/release/408873

+ Clear vinyl
+ Limited to 500
+ Includes 2 exclusive tracks
+ Heavy-weight reverse board sleeve with a hand-numbered edition sticker

Akusmi

This is wonderful

Listen to both 'Secant' and 'Oblique I' by Akusmi, taken from the forthcoming LP / DL release 'Lines'

➜ akusmi.bfan.link/lines

#akusmi #tonalunion

PRE-ORDER: 'Lines' by Akusmi

Composer Pascal Bideau follows on from his acclaimed debut 'Fleeting Future' with a work of post-classical with elements of ambient, electronic, and jazz.

Limited to 500 on Tonal Union.

Akusmi
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