The Volume Settings Folder Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/the-volume-settings-folder/ New and independent music Tue, 09 Jun 2015 09:49:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-finalwhite-e1490809629909-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 The Volume Settings Folder Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/the-volume-settings-folder/ 32 32 88787050 June 2014 Roundup – A Mixtape https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2014/07/02/june-roundup-a-mixtape/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 11:59:00 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=188 Catch up with all June had to offer on Wake The Deaf with this mixtape, a collection of songs by all the artists we featured. Tracklist: 1. Trying To Walk – Kissed Her Little Sister 2. Kickar Grus – Johan Hedberg 3. Harvey – Alex G 4. I Kept Your Teeth in a Jar By My Bed – Gorgeous Bully 5. Hypochondriac – Diveliner 6. Hallow – Cloud Boat 7. Hunting – Dearest 8. Rain, Windows – Sad Souls 9. […]

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]]> Catch up with all June had to offer on Wake The Deaf with this mixtape, a collection of songs by all the artists we featured.

Tracklist:

1. Trying To Walk – Kissed Her Little Sister
2. Kickar Grus – Johan Hedberg
3. Harvey – Alex G
4. I Kept Your Teeth in a Jar By My Bed – Gorgeous Bully
5. Hypochondriac – Diveliner
6. Hallow – Cloud Boat
7. Hunting – Dearest
8. Rain, Windows – Sad Souls
9. Weeding Riverbanks (Excerpt) – The Volume Settings Folder & Tanner Garza
10. Side A (Excerpt) – Wes Tirey
11. Elevator Song – Keaton Henson
12. Y.O.Y.O. – Thom Byles
13. Accept That the Mark Will Outlast You – Old Earth
14. Dog – Jeremiah Nelson
15. PRPL – Ava Luna
16. Wire Frame Mattress – The Wytches
17. Post Holiday Dead Song – Tyrannosaurus Dead
18. Shut In – Strand Of Oaks
19. Pocket Knife – Liam Betson
20. Jean Moulin – VTCN RADIO
21. Temporary View (feat. Sampha) – SBTRKT
22. Yogyakarta – Derek Piotr
23. Can’t Do Without You – Caribou
24. Days With You (feat Sinead Harnett) – Snakehips

If you missed them, we have such mixes for January, February, March, April and May too.

June Mix from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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]]> 188 The Volume Settings Folder & Tanner Garza – Springtime Return https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2014/06/09/the-volume-settings-folder-tanner-garza/ Mon, 09 Jun 2014 18:39:34 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=205 The Volume Settings Folder is the project of Italian M. Beckmann, who makes ambient music that you can delve into here. Tanner Garza is an American experimental musician with a plethora of releases in various projects, including Texas Harsh Noisefuckers Black Leather Jesus (!). You can find a nice collection of stuff to explore here. Both artists are prolific as they are talented, and it’s well worth spending some time getting to know their work. [NB. The underground experimental scene […]

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]]> The Volume Settings Folder is the project of Italian M. Beckmann, who makes ambient music that you can delve into here. Tanner Garza is an American experimental musician with a plethora of releases in various projects, including Texas Harsh Noisefuckers Black Leather Jesus (!). You can find a nice collection of stuff to explore here. Both artists are prolific as they are talented, and it’s well worth spending some time getting to know their work.

[NB. The underground experimental scene (that contains acts like Texas Harsh Noisefuckers Black Leather Jesus) is a fascinating, one, and a real eye-opener to the boundaries of music (you could would do well to start here, a nice interview with Svartvit on InLog.org). Be warned, this is something of an internet rabbit hole, and reading about increasingly bizarre acts is strangely addictive].

Springtime Return is a great example of ambient music done well. Using field recordings in conjunction with drone, the pair create four tracks that are atmospheric, ethereal and haunting. There is an irony here: for a project conducted primarily on computers or other electronic equipment, and indeed a collaboration that took place across half of the globe via email, Springtime Return is fundamentally organic. It is so layered and nuanced that it sounds like nature; like something ancient and important yet simple, the earth spinning, time passing, drip of water as ice melts on spring’s return.

The release is available in two lovely modes: a handcrafted CD or a tape from Bookend Recordings. For those of you without the necessary spare change can download a digital version via Bandcamp.

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