AMULET OF TEARS
explorations in ambient since 2020
AMULET 042: ATO VARI
A blend of dim electronics and atmospheric soundscapes - the metaphysically enveloped selection takes on velvety vibrations & elegant elements, creating an alternating grind in loop frames.
Ato Vari aka Mads Gravers Nielsen is a poetically sentient musician from Copenhagen, Denmark. His music has been featured on Posh Isolation, Holy Geometry, Buried in Slag and Debris, GERÄUSCHMANUFAKTUR, Eartern Nurseries & Perfect Aesthetics.
AMULET OF TEARS ON PALANGA STREET RADIO #2
Andrej & Undveld return to Palanga Street Radio for the second episode of the Amulet of Tears radio show.
AMULET 041: ROOKAS
Thoroughly curated selection creating a musing field of reflection and fusion, veiled tensity, melodicity & dynamic intermixture of lush electronic elements fold together in burgeoning sequences.
rookas is a Lithuanian artist, DJ, event organizer & founder of the label - static motion. Longtime comrade also featured on Amulet of Tears latest compilation.
NEW AMULET: POSH ISOLATION CO-FOUNDER VANITY PRODUCTIONS
Nordic electronic and experimental music maven Christian Stadsgaard crafted a contagious mix under his solo moniker Vanity Productions.
Tight encounter with demonstrative anarchic force - malleable poles and static maelstrom under active turbulent conditions. Vibrations in aggravating allure & convulsive tension pairing in an evocative manner.
STREAM 'ONLY AUTUMN RETURNS' IN FULL
TEARS016: 'Only Autumn Returns', the new album by Appropriate Savagery is out now and streaming everywhere. Although the vinyl edition is already sold out, the release is still available on cassette and digital formats.
'THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS' IS OUT NOW
'The Interpretation of Dreams', the brand new compilation from Amulet of Tears, is out now and available for streaming on all major platforms. The vinyl edition has been already shipped, while there are still a few cassettes remaining.
'The Interpretation of Dreams' is a conceptual compilation. 11 artists have been selected to soundtrack an imaginary dream interpretation session based on works of Sigmund Freud.
Work on this release began in early 2023 and all artists were given 3 months to create a piece based on the assignment.
The result is a compilation divided into 4 parts: 'Freud’s Couch', 'Manifest Narrative' 'Latent Content' and 'Aftermath: The Essence of Dreaming'.
'Freud’s Couch' represents the setting for the session. The famous Freud’s couch was covered by rugs. This is reflected in the compilation’s artwork, designed by Anasisana.
'Manifest Narrative' part of the compilation is the content of the dream. It unravels slowly, dives deep into the nightmare episode and finishes with ecstatic notes.
Meanwhile, 'Latent Content' is the actual interpretation of the dream, explaining the meaning behind it.
The final part, 'Aftermath: The Essence of Dreaming' is the closure, something to take away from the session and the compilation.
It is Amulet of Tears’ 15th release and the 3rd conceptual compilation, following 'The Birth of Tragedy' and 'Invisible Cities.
AMULET 039: ϙUE
This month's mix features ϙue, Ukrainian artist, co-curator of ІСКРА and part of OO0oϙ0O0O00O, who meticulously honed fluid ties to evoke a sense of equanimity and awe - introducing layers of gradual build-up, being circulated among resonating drones and murky melodies, cultivating sounds at large scale, radiantly snapped by visions through magnetic vulnerability and liberation of untamed esprit.
PRE-ORDER TEARS016: APPROPRIATE SAVAGERY - ONLY AUTUMN RETURNS
Flinch & bones - hymns of woe
Dissolves in mouth
Mopes denounced
Spreading grey
Draft, limestone
No beat after beat
Dread, lone
Lung branches - hold still
Sink below, fleets
As the fossil trails afield
As the rot curves unreeled.
Farewell has merely become a part of life we already live. Standing in front of fading realms, fragil, as it is ephemeral. Fleeting memory, monody, chromatic grief, maladies - from warm skin to cold stones. De-seeding the stasis that allows the uninterrupted heartache to go on.
'Only Autumn Returns' captures bittersweet remembrance as a poignant tribute to the the depth of human transience and the enduring power of impermanence.
1. Sunk Offshore, One Single Oath
2. Abdication, During the Great March Storm (Part I-II)
3. Facing This Tattered Veil (Blackened Veins)
4. Indomitable, Worn Out by a Decade
5. Clasped Hands & Protruding Bones (Kneeling Aside)
6. Still the Same Cocoon (April 19, 2023 - 5.41pm)
AMULET OF TEARS PRESENTS 'THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS'
Leap, slink, appeal
Unravel royal road
Solid ground to yonder
We drift of one's own
Invented and invited
Leaven to the unlined
Visions of unconscious, endow with a mind:
Fantasies of glacier pervades a glimpse
Deviant swells are never seen sealed.
Introspective pilgrimage through the enigmatical realms. Amulet of Tears presents a compilation that serves as an intimate and nuanced odyssey, ignited by ambiguous envision of Sigmund Freud's - 'The Interpretation of Dreams'.
'Surveying' the subconscious to unravel transcendental thresholds, hidden dimensions, alternatives & impossibilities within core or peripheral perceptions, soared through phantasmal viewpoints.
1. FH HF - Lampshade and Shifting Sillhouetes
2. rookas - Right Behind Your Eyes
3. Jonas Raudonius - Dueling Circle
4. Anasisana - Unfastening
5. Arkhad - Phlegmatic
6. Evitceles - Spatial Embodiment
7. White Stains - Mirrors on a Balcony
8. Cementation Anxiety - Latent Loss
9. ív - Decay of Vigilance
10. øjeRum - Nothing Ever Nowhere Never
11. Shuta Yasukochi - Away
AMULET OF TEARS RADIO SHOW PREMIERE
The premiere of Amulet of Tears show on Palanga Street radio co-hosted by Andrej and Undveld is now archived. Lots of forthcoming music, recent discoveries and all-time favourites in this episode.
MASSIVE CLEARANCE - EVERYTHING MUST GO
Amulet of Tears announces a clearance - prices reduced on every item, including the only 2 remaining vinyl and both latest releases by yolabmi and Undveld. Thank you for your support, 2 new releases are coming very soon!
PREMIERE: TEARS016 - APPROPRIATE SAVAGERY
Flinch & bones - hymns of woe
Dissolves in mouth
Mopes denounced
Spreading grey
Draft, limestone
No beat after beat
Dread, lone
Lung branches - hold still
Sink below, fleets
As the fossil trails afield
As the rot curves unreeled.
'Only Autumn Returns' coming soon...
PREMIERE: EVITCELES - SPATIAL EMBODIMENT
Leap, slink, appeal
Unravel royal road
Solid ground to yonder
We drift of one's own
Invented and invited
Leaven to the unlined
Visions of unconscious, endow with a mind:
Fantasies of glacier pervades a glimpse
Deviant swells are never seen sealed.
'The Interpretation of Dreams' coming soon...
AMULET OF TEARS PRESENTS ANASISANA'S LIVE SET
Anasisana delivers a live set that winds together graceful gradients, lingering melodies and contrasting textures within blending elements and cohesive sounds. Allowing varied patterns to bring a sense of soothing rhythm and a multilayered musical experience in its transitional, boundless slumber, where vague dreaminess flourishes in open spaces.
AMULET OF TEARS EVENT #2
This Sunday, 07.30, Amulet of Tears is back at Draugų Vardai for another day-time session of explorations between ambient, drone, noise and experimental music featuring Andrej, Quaint, Budnikaitė, Arkhad and Undveld. Start at 15:00!
AMULET 037: AUDIO. VISUALS. ATMOSPHERE
Amulet of Tears presents Audio. Visuals. Atmosphere. mix by the label travelogues, with a focus on solid ambiances for an eloquent portrayal of unhurried world. Creating an utterly enraptured assemblage that melds relational facets exquisitely & expounds the meanders of filmy soundscapes.
Audio. Visuals. Atmosphere. explores expressive collages between redolent dynamics and lush shapes of crafts since 2015.
NEW AMULET FROM FINLAND
This month’s Amulet of Tears mix comes from Finnish producer Romance Relic with distinguishable palette of ingressive lines & steady scrapes riding over subdued frequencies and distorted sounds.
The nettle fades into a chant, receding to the surface where the sounds gather and dissipate on awakening, on a lingering trail, shrouded in half-lit, surreptitiously out of its grasp.
2 NEW RELEASES ARE OUT NOW
2 new releases are out today and available for streaming on all major platforms:
Apple Music: yolabmi / Undveld
TEARS013: yolabmi - Internal Resurrection
Garnering through and out, at the metaphysical intersection of the world, where harmoniously noisy flocks swiftly pass beyond divine blue air.
Japanese sound artist yolabmi delivered highly experimental musical visionary of modular buzz tones and atmospherics, approaching from harmoniums to high frequency stereo tones. 'Internal Resurrection' utilizes alleviative, yet extremely rousing soundworld captivated by sonic atmospheres.
TEARS014: Undveld - Cloud Atlas
Darksome clouds remaining in the horizon, where radiance and dusk come together, where chores upheave in murky gloom and the sky hollows at gray trees.
Undveld brings further emotional depths, combining both - aerial and hefty forms of mind. 'Cloud Atlas' subtly builds over emotive essences of deeply layered inner tension. The massive dramatic drones and delicately shimmering flares of chords.
yolabmi - Internal Resurrection
Undveld - Cloud Atlas
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