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LR198
Nailah Hunter – Quietude EP
LP | DL

*total runtime: 10min
*edition of 200 lathe-cut vinyl
*vinyl-only original bonus song “The Brook“
*12″ silk–screened cover insert
*photography Tara Niami

L.A. ‘s afro-futurist fantasy harpist/vocalist/composer Nailah Hunter presents awaited new material via the minimalist hi-fi Quietude EP of cover songs. “Come Wander” – the cult-folk ballad from the infamous last episode of The Twilight Zone, “Guinevere” – an often-overlooked medieval ode from psych-folk icon Donovan, and “Talk Show Host” – a Radiohead b-side stripped to the essentials and retold.

Cello on “talk show host” by Ginger Murphy
Recorded at Beacon Street Studios in Venice Beach, CA by Dewey Thomas
Mixed and Mastered at Dios Mio Music by Dewey Thomas in North Hills, CA. Photographs by Tara Violet Niami

LR195a
Colloboh – Zero Day – single
DL

*debut track from Colloboh
*digital–only
*5-track EP
on horizon

Introducing Baltimore’s Colloboh – experimental producer Collins Oboh. Born in Nigeria, raised in the DMV, and now at 26 years of age, Colloboh asserts himself as a no-nonsense contender of electronic music composition utilizing modular synthesizer. 5-track EP due Q3/Q4 2021.

LR185
J Foerster / N Kramer – Habitat
LP | CS | DL

*total runtime: 42min
*artwork by Ettore Sottsass, used with permission
*3way color-in-color vinyl edition of 100
*marbled cassette edition of 50

Habitat, an environmental music collaboration by Berlin based composer Niklas Kramer and percussionist Joda Foerster, is inspired by the drawings of Italian architect Ettore Sottsass. Each of the eight tracks represents a room in an imaginary building.

In Habitat the duo layers, loops and merges sonic textures and patterns into fluid blocks without the restraint of statics. African log drum, Bolivian chajchas, vibraphone, kalimba and various other percussion instruments are processed, pitched, harmonised and filtered through modular synth and script based sample cutting to form a collage of asynchronous layers.

By using acoustic instruments and expanding their sound into abstract shapes, Habitat evokes a vague intimacy, a curious state of comfort in the unknown.

_ Written and produced during summer 2020 by Joda Foerster & Niklas Kramer
_ Instruments used: African log drum, Bolivian chajchas, vibraphone, kalimba and various other percussion instruments, Various Sythesizers
_ Production techniques: live recording, script based sample cutting and processing (norns), analog tape bouncing
_ Composition: No grid, asynchronous loops, driven by textures
_ Mastered by Matthew “Matthewdavid” McQueen
_ Artwork used with permission by Ettore Sottsass.
“Casa Molto Normale” – Technica Mista Su Carta – original painting 61x46cm – VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021

LR197
Muwosi – Of Compassion EP
CS | DL

*total runtime: 8min
*cassette edition of 200 (exclusive cassette–only instrumentals)
*production Lionmilk
*mastering Swarvy
*art direction Zach Sulak

Muwosi is the project of Cincinnati-based vocalist & song-writer Monica Windom – her Of Compassion is a now-needed contemporary R&b / Jazz / Hip-Hop / Electronic production that gracefully culminates into the good vibe. The EP is equally due to Muwosi’s musical relationship with the songs of Stevie Wonder as it is with the avant modernity of Solange, and speaks of summer-time with layered vocal harmonies over Rhodes piano that are fine-tuned with the chops of LA producer/keyboardist Lionmilk. Mixed & mastered by rising LA engineer Swarvy slides the cherry on top of this difficult-to-deny glimpse at something larger on the horizon..

LR177
Green-House – Music for Living Spaces
LP | CD | CS | DL

*total runtime 39min
*art direction Michael Flanagan
*mastering Matthew “Matthewdavid” McQueen

Leaving Records presents Music For Living Spaces, the debut LP by non-binary Los Angeles-based artist Green-House. Olive Ardizoni helms the project, which made its debut with the charming 2019 EP Six Songs for Invisible Gardens. Music for Living Spaces represents an evolution of its predecessor’s minimalist compositions into songs that move with winsome melodies and emotional arcs. Though recorded during a pandemic, the transporting nature of Music For Livings Spaces offers a remedy for dreariness. Ardizoni states, “I’m trying to hit that part of the brain that’s affected by the emotional state that you’re in when you perceive something as cute.”

Music For Living Spaces’ first single “Sunflower Dance” sports a breezy, bucolic vibe. The track is intended to invoke the whimsical image of hamsters happily dancing in a field. Ardizoni brings an intentionality to these playful atmospheres. They state, “In our culture, we prioritize profound artistic expression through emotions like sadness or aggression, but cuteness, silliness or fun, are the things that we trivialize in our culture. We say that they’re childish and it gets invalidated.” The complex and radiant productions on Music for Living Spaces counter this view. Ardizoni continues, “Cuteness and joy are gateways to compassion. It’s the gateway to empathy and activating the network in your brain that boosts moral concern for other people in the world around you.” Despite its general sunniness, Music For Living Spaces does not solely rely on exuberant, colorful moods. “Royal Fern” is a sophisticated composition of voices calling and responding to each other in rippling waves, while towards the closing of the album we hear Ardizoni’s ethereal voice for the first time that carries a nuanced, contemplative aura that defies categorization.

Music For Living Spaces is a step forward for Green-House. Ardizoni states, “The intention of this project is to facilitate the connection between humans and nature. Instead of perceiving nature as something that’s separate from us, or outside of our homes, we can recognize nature as something that is within us and in everything we do in our daily lives. You don’t need to have access to the great outdoors to feel connected to the environment.”

photo by Robb Klassen

LR194
The Growth Eternal – Kensho ! EP
DL

*total runtime: 6min 45sec
*art direction by Byron Crenshaw

“This EP comes from my direct experience, me trying to see and connect with my true nature. I hope it helps you like it helped me. If it does, that’s Kensho.” -TGE

The Growth Eternal is Tulsa-native, LA-residing bassist vocoder producer player and composer Byron Crenshaw.
Kensho ! EP is his latest EP out on Leaving Records – a follow-up to last year’s Bass Tone Paintings.

LR193
andrew cs – * EP
CS | DL

*total runtime: 11mins
*cassette includes exclusive “helicopter sunset” that’s rlly gr8
*art & design by andrew cs

andrew cs is a multimedia field recordist & creative programmer from the american midwest. exploring recursive time loops through his own digital memories, andrew’s sound blends ASMR acoustics with bending synthesized loops improvised on custom monome grid and ableton softwares. following a half-chance encounter with a field recorder as a teen, andrew began cataloging moments of temporary calm – archiving disk drives of present textures in conversation with a future self. his EP, “*”, offers passing glimpses of years entangled between rural illinoisian stillness and the oscillations of chicago’s west side following his last trip home in summer 2019.

LR179
Sam Gendel – Fresh Bread
2LP | 3CS | DIGI

*total runtime : 3hr 44min
*1st edition of 150 3CS w/Obi band
*1st edition of 500 2LP w/two photographic prints

*Initially quietly published then deleted via the 2020 pandemic-obscured Fresh Bread website – this 52-track all genre Sam Gendel anthology showcases unreleased tracks collected from Gendel’s personal archive of home recordings and public performances spanning the years 2012-2020. Comprising predominantly solo works, contributing players on select tracks include Carlos Niño, Jamire Williams, Daniel Aged, Gabe Noel, and Philippe Melanson.

*all music Sam Gendel
*design Sam Gendel
*blind contour drawings Marcella Cytrynowicz
*mastering Matthew “Matthewdavid” McQueen