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Angel Rooms by kemadrin is a study on ideas of sanctuary, solace and the concept of the sacred and safe in modern society.It attempts to create a soundscape that allows the transformation of the shared spaces we spend our lives in, (whether that be the rented flat or the mall, spaces that whilst they offer temporary shelter still withhold permanent sanctuary) into a place of calm and safety in at least the realm of the mind.

By invoking themes taken from both ritual and lullaby it hopes to invoke a subconscious sense of reassurance and tenderness, that in the form of music can be either cleansing in a home setting or  a form of portable solace. Ultimately it’s for the you to decide if this objective is realised.

kemadrin – the angel rooms by unclassed media

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As a gesture of affinity and tribute to the don of the los angeles beat scene, and mainstay of the brainfeeder collective dr strangeloop serocell brings us a long form work of electronic psychedelia, inspired by his audiovisual journeys through inner space.

This drifting dedication takes us through many of the key points recognisable to any fan of either musicians work, and many other spaces in between.

Intended as a gift, we release this as a free download via our soundcloud account.

Feel free to add us up there, if you use it at all, and/or comment upon this or the few upcoming releases which will also reside there.

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Charles Matthews brings us a second piece after his well received ‘Back in’ EP. It bears similarity in structure to the first release and is a resolutely electronic work.

Listening to it you feel close to a force, witnessing something without understanding it. One feels the sort of fear and uncertainty one might experience swimming with whales. There seems no ill intent, but you can’t be certain you have been noticed enough to be considered.

These sounds do not pander. You don’t feel you are here to be entertained. There is wisdom, and an aging beauty in this work, which transcends the merely pretty. You get no sense of an artist here. It seems there is something that is happening of its own volition. It doesn’t just move through the musician; it moves through you as if you were not the last recipient.

I would describe this as a very personal piece. It certainly has been for me. It is like an unspeaking stranger you come to feel you understand, and I feel sure that if you spend some time with it, you will thank me for the introduction.

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Advanced Capitalism takes as its subject the contorted truths made possible by the machinations of capitalism in a post-industrial age.

Drawing on the palette of the industrial music of the 90’s, it asks the listener to find humanity in the shadows of a foreground of distortion and aggression – just as we as a society are asked to find community within a society configured to the needs of multinational corporations.

The beauty within this piece comes in the gaps between the crunching beats and overpowering static blasts. In this work kemadrin offers us hope, seen as a glimpse of the human soul as the ghost within the machine.

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It’s no secret that we at unclassed media, have an ear for the more spiritual feelings and moods provoked by electronic music, which is why we were proud to be approached by ponytea to release this album.

‘LA SANGRE DEL MÁRTIR, PURIFICA POR SIMPLE CONTACTO’ literally translates to ‘The blood of the martyr purifies by simple contact.’
And relates to the assertion by some that if you touch a martyr’s blood you will be as pure as god. This tradition, (which continues to this day in the form of pilgrimage) refers to the assertion that gods love, or in any sense purity of spirit, can be transferable by no more than touch.

The music centres around many of the traditions of music across the range of spiritual practice, tropes such as reverb, echo and high frequencies combine across the album to place you firmly in a setting of ritual and worship. But it is perhaps more the deep yearning within this piece that really captures the Christian traditions of the fall and original sin. This melancholy spirit builds throughout the work and lies unresolved at the end, as something of an open question to the listener, about what it is within themselves which is unaddressed.

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Weapon Engineering, is an intriguing blend of imagery inspired by the weapons of war, and the remarkable advances brought to us by the massacre of billions, it seems in this world that if you want a reliable piece of equipment then military grade is a byword for purist functionality.

In response to this and other thoughts on the nature of military vs civilian engineering, serocell gives us a study of the menacing overtones of precision that lie at the core of modern warfare, the air conditioned cockpits of smart weapon studded Apaches, point and click killings and carpet bombing launched from floating weapons platforms destined for school children, and hospitals.

The irony that the machines used to make this art were developed in part by the military, but equally 3d game programmers is not lost on serocell. If one were to paraphrase these themes a good image would be that of the white sheen of a scrubbed military floor, soiled only by a single drop of blood.

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