A review of "Algorithms" from Richard Allen for A Closer Listen

"At this point, Apta may be content to ride out the post-rock wave, but it seems more likely that he is realizing the potential of cross pollination. Highlight the field recordings and drone, the static and stuttering beats, and this project may grow into something unique. The bigger the risk, the bigger the gain or loss, but we’ve always been fans of going big. We’re already looking forward to the next chapter."

Richard Allen for A Closer Listen 

waag_rel003 - listen here

I've embedded the Bandcamp player below... have a wee listen:

waag_rel003 aka Algorithms by Apta has dropped

OK... I went early... I said it would drop tomorrow but... I couldn't wait. Yes, it's that good!

Four tracks from Apta that live in that wonderful no-mans-land of post-rock, ambient, and electronic sounds. Four tracks that I've had for a wee while now and come to adore.

As I say on the release notes... I was delighted when Apta offered this EP for release on weareallghosts... it's the kind of music we wish to promote by the kind of musician worthy of promotion.

I really do hope you enjoy it as much as I have!



Here's what Apta had to say about the EP:

I have made this EP as an attempt to fuse together the contrasting styles of music I love. By encompassing the melodic sensibilities of instrumental post-rock with the slightly skittish rhythmic nature of IDM and electronic music, I am trying to refine my sound into a cohesive whole. This EP was based around the idea of a problem, and a resolution, The contrast of light and dark, and the transformation from one into the other. 

Conceptually, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, but as with most things, it is merely a step towards the eventual goal. 

I'm eternally grateful for everyone out there who likes this, and as ever, to Thomas and weareallghosts.co.uk for giving me the encouragement to carry on. Thanks to all of you who listen.

The EP is available at 320kbps for free over on Archive.org or lossless for pay what you want over on Bandcamp.com. ALL profits will go to Apta... so if you can support this young and upcoming musician... please, please do so.

In closing, my thanks to Apta for entrusting me with his EP... and to you for listening.

Tx

Coming soon... waag_rel003 aka "Algorithms" by Apta

It gives me great pleasure to announce our third release on weareallghosts... a four track EP from Apta entitled "Algorithms".

It's official release date is Monday, 4th June, 2012; and will be available on Archive (320kbps) for free and Bandcamp (.wav or lower) for pay what you want.

I'll tell you more about it in due course... but please be assured, this release is a cracker!

Tx

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*U*P*D*A*T*E*
It's released on 4th June and not 6th June... my bad!

The wait is over... introducing "the devil came to me" by Rebekkah's Cousin Silas

For our sophomore release on weareallghosts, we have something very special indeed... a collaboration between spoken word poet and soprano Rebekkah Hilgraves and ambient musician and weareallghosts collaborator Cousin Silas... Rebekkah's Cousin Silas.



Released simultaneously on bandcamp.com (.wav, .flac and lower) and archive.org (320kbps or ogg)... "the devil came to me" is in four parts:

(1) an initial longform piece entitled "Rachel (above adversity)" that sets the scene for the whole release...
(2) "the Rachel suite" - 15 tracks with similar themes of defiance... of being in the presence of evil and of overcoming... the journey into the heart of darkness and surviving to tell the tale.
(3) + (4) two separate tracks that each have their own stories to tell - "devil in the details" and "a gig is a gig".

This is a collaboration that was and is meant to be... and one I am proud to have on weareallghosts.

Have a wee listen below and download it from either bandcamp.com or archive.org. To save free download tokens... if you are after 320kbps then please use archive.org - you can use *this link* to download directly from there.



My thanks to Rebekkah Hilgreaves and Cousin Silas for entrusting this album to this wee netlabel... and to you all... our listeners... for listening and sharing our music so passionately. It is appreciated!

Tx

Coming soon... waag_rel002 aka "the devil came to me" by Rebekkah's Cousin Silas

It gives me great pleasure to present the artwork for our next release on we are all ghosts and provide some details on it.

Our next release... waag_rel002... is entitled "the devil came to me" and it is the culmination of some serious effort from Rebekkah's Cousin Silas... a new partnership between ambient musician Cousin Silas and poet & soprano Rebekkah Hilgraves... a partnership that when I heard it I knew I had to have it on my wee fledgling label.

I'll post more details in due course but the planned drop date is a week today :: Monday, 7th May... which, by the way, coincides with Cousin Silas' birthday.

Tx

Some thoughts on waag_rel001 from Tim Rowe aka @innervox

I wanted to share this email I received from Tim Rowe aka @innervox ...

Having recently been exposing myself to an overdose of Drone and long-form music in general, it was a refreshing experience to hear these varied tracks from Cousin Silas.

If I were to sum up the whole album in one word it would be "Atmosphere." Each track manages to convey a sense of this in a most unique way.

I was also impressed with the variety in what could be called the style of each track. With some ambient (or similar) music it is easy to allow it to "bland out" and, whilst this can be OK if one is using the music as a background for, say, meditation - it is not always inspiring. :)

This has been written after only a few days brief exposure to the album, but I am looking forward to letting it soak in more fully.

I really appreciate encouragement like this... and am grateful to Tim for sending it over. Delighted he is connecting with the music.

Tx