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mail-order is closed until august, 6th. please be patient if you place an order!
july releases are delayed to mid-august at best.300610
french post has just raised and changed their rates... so we've updated ours, unfortunately!310510
a 20th playlist has just been added featuring music from mathias delplanque, tanner menard, relmic statute and many others. please check the taâlem radio page.100510
we've just added a little audio player on the releases page gathering audio extracts from all the taâlem releases. 67 samples for 6h30 of music!!!200410
three new taâlem releases are just out since last sunday. they are:
- mirko uhlig "the strings that heal the orchestra" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 65),
- nigel samways "illumine" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 66),
- james mcdougall "between no ground and the bay leaf tree" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 67).
these three releases are also available as downloadable FLAC files. please check the releases page for full details (artwork, press-release, mp3 sample).a new playlist (the 19th) is also online. as usual, a one hour-long program that you can stream and/or download, with extracts from recent free netreleases in the ambient/experimental/field recordings/drone/etc world. please check the taâlem radio page.
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an 18th playlist is online. 60min full of drone/experimental/field recordings/dark ambient/whatever soundscapes taken from various free netreleases with slightly mixed together: dallas simpson, five elements music, brian grainger, the beautiful schizophonic and many more. as usual, check the taâlem radio page.150310
reviews for the voice of eye, christopher mcfall & asher and celer releases have just been published in the french magazine d-side. they've been added to each release page.140210
a new playlist, the 17th, is right now available: a streamable/downloadable 57min programme featuring extracts from various free netreleases by aidan baker, daivd tagg, materia aurora, pure & hati and many more. please check the taâlem radio page. past programmes are still available for download on the archive page.090210
the first reviews for the latest 3"cd-r's are just out, thanks to vital weekly. from now on reviews will be added to each release page. past reviews will (slowly!) be added too.200110
available for one week, here are the three latest taâlem releases. after four japanese artists last october, we are very proud to propose you four american artists:
- voice of eye "primaera" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 62); does the american duo really need to be presented? active for twenty years and thankfully back in business in 2007, bonnie mcnairn and jim wilson have created especially for taâlem a rich, complex & atmospheric 18min-long track. truly beautiful!
- christopher mcfall & asher "an amber hollowed night" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 63); collaboration between these two artists from the ambient/field recordings/experimental scene. created from piano fragments and installation soundtrack from asher and field recordings from mcfall, their multi-layered piece is a monument of evocative music...
- celer "all at once is what eternity is" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 64); celer fastly gained a very strong reputation in the ambient world thanks to their delicate & refined music. here's a new fine example of celer exquisite soundscapes...
these three releases are right now available as FLAC files too. please check the releases page for more details.100110
the new releases (3"cd-r's by voice of eye, christopher mcfall & asher, celer) should hopefully be ready in a couple of days. in the meantime, a new playlist in the taâlem radio is available.031209
a 15th playlist is available for your listening pleasure. almost one hour of ambient/drone/experimental/field recordings/etc. music taken from various free netreleases. you can listen to the program online or download it. previous program is still downloadable too. check the taâlem radio page.101109
many thanks to all the people who ordered "naoshimabox", it's already sold out!031109
after a long pause, new releases are finally ready. four new 3"cd-r's and a limited object to celebrate these four discs. all coming from japan, they are:
- chihei hatakeyama "white sun" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 58); known for his releases on krany or room40, chihei hatakeyama proposes here a fascinating & structured piece based on acoustic guitar.
- pollypraha "jule" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 59); influenced by contemporary music, takeyuki hakozaki creates hypnotizing soundscapes mainly based on processed strings.
- nature of dislocation "elements" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 60); a group of five multimedia artists (music, photography, video, performance). hiroki sasajima and takahisa hirao (in charge of the music) perform pure ambient music, full of melancholy.
- saito koji "prayer" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 61); guitar & effects, that's what saito koji uses to create his trance-inducing sounds you might have already heard on the gears of sand or resting bell labels.
as usual, these four releases are also available as FLAC files.
and now for something different: "naoshimabox", a special object that gathers the four above mentioned 3"s in a nice printed cardboard slipcase. "naoshimabox" includes a fifth exclusive 3"cd-r with unreleased tracks by each artist. "naoshimabox" is limited to 22 numbered copies and is only available from taâlem, not from distributors.
check the releases page for full details.
finally, a 14th playlist is available at taâlem radio. we've a bit changed the concept: all selected tracks (taken from various netreleases) are now mixed together to form a downloadable one-hour long program. check the radio page.
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an important day for taâlem and its latest sublabel Lucioléditions: the brand-new disc by INTERNAL FUSION is available. and it's a CD, yes, a real CD!!!
limited to 300 copies and presented in a slim transparent dvd-case with a full-printed cover, "tribute to hastia" gathers six long & evolutive compositions that show INTERNAL FUSION's evolution. gone are the ethnic/tribal influences and the muslimgauze/rapoon comparisons, this latest disc has a darker & more minimal feeling. his strongest work ever!
check the Lucioléditions website for full details (press-release, cover, mp3s).280209
out for about one month are three new taâlem releases and one (2cdr set) release on Kokeshidisk. they are:
- tzesne "crossing TierraHueca" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 55); four rather short tracks from this talented basque sound artist, mixing field recordings and processing for a maybe more ambient result than usual.
- mathias delplanque "ma chambre quand je n'y suis pas (paris)" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 56); not to be confused with the almost same titled disc released by mondes elliptiques in 2006, they have nothing in common (except the quality!). created in 2001 but never released, this piece, at the border of concrete and drone, was especially remixed and edited.
- michael northam "memory of A" (3"cd-r on taâlem, alm 57); travelling around the world for 15 years, michael northam has worked with many artists and visited many places... this piece was recorded under the rain in india then mixed in berlin.
- aidan baker / arc (2cd-r set on Kokeshidisk, kodi 12); compiled by aidan baker himself, these discs (80min each!) gather various tracks taken from rare and/or out-of-print releases issued on cdr, cd or mp3, and compilations. the aidan baker disc has a very melodic, droney and shiny tone while the arc one is full of tribal ambiences the trio is known for.
see the releases page for more details on the taâlem 3''cd-r's and the Kokesidisk website for the akifumi nakajima 2cd-r set.please note that the three taâlem releases are also available as FLAC files. check each release page for full details.
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