The WIRE: "Composer Aimé Dontigny is a founder of the free noise collective Napalm Jazz and of the duo morceaux_de_machines with Érick d'Orion. His works are filled with subtle quotes and references in a reflection on the history of music. His latest album is intended as “a celebration of independence of spirit and human intelligence”, and the cello on this track is by American electroacoustician Paul Dolden." More info + streaming files

Pruitt-Igoe - A_dontigny

The WIRE: "oRSo is a solo project by Phil Spirito, former member of Rex and a contributor to Doug Scharin's groups HiM and Loftus. Spirito's hypnotic mix of tenor banjos, soft organs, muted brass and calm harmonies are in full force on Ask Your Neighbor, his latest release for Contraphonic."

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• MP3: See Me

The WIRE: "The Paavoharju collective comes from Savonlinna, Finland, and was formed when brothers Lauri and Olli Ainala met Emmi Uimonen, Jenni Koivistoinen and various other collaborators. Their music is the outcome of long, intense studies of art and literature, dreams, religious despair and contemplating life in dark, abandoned places."

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• Free MP3 release: Tuote-akatemia / Unien Savonlinna

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The WIRE 296: "Zavoloka's compositions channel the ancient and folk cultures of her native Ukraine through digital filters. A prolific graphic designer, she runs her own Kvitnu label and has collaborated with fellow Ukrainian Kotra, Mark Clifford (Seefeel/Disjecta), AGF and visual artist Laetitia Morais."

• Wikipedia entry
  
• www.zavoloka.com
  
  Zavoloka - hintintin
  Zavoloka & Kotra - Out of Nowhere
  Zavoloka & Agf - nude brainitta

Kingsley Ravenscroft & Alec Bowman got together three years ago and in that time have amassed a lengthy back catalogue of organic soundscapes. Ghosts…, their fifth album to date, is a crackling electrical storm of an affair recorded earlier this year at the foot of the Helvellyn mountain in the Lake District.

• www.theformicarium.com
  
• MP3 release: Agnosia
  
• MP3 release: Pieces for a Condemned Piano
  
  From the Pieces for a Condemned Piano release:
  
• On The Dying Pathway
  
• The Final Stage of Traum