Internet Archive - Collection: nishi

Yakkami - From 605

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:05:04 GMT

Enigmatic Japanese composer Yakkami brings us his first Nishi release. "From 605" is a five track e.p. full of glitchy ambiences verging on dub at some points. All in all, a lovely debut from our newest member....

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Cagey House - Model City

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:44:39 GMT

Longtime member Cagey House returns to Nishi with a new 11 track release for us. "Model City" is a delightful album full of playful melodies in his distinctive style. Welcome back, Cagey!.

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Holzkopf - Epilepsy Circle

Sun, 06 May 2007 20:12:01 GMT

Canadian Nishi veteran Holzkopf originally released his double EP "Epilepsy Circle" as "Sum(n) Gun(m) Kicked Under the Table with Epilepsy" and "A Circle is a Natural Shape" on CD in very limited numbers from nOnCapable Recordings, and in mp3 form on Severed Digit Recordings....

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Siegmar Fricke - Orthotic

Sat, 05 May 2007 21:27:43 GMT

Prolific German composer Siegmar Fricke has been active in the electronic music scene since the 1980's. His first Nishi release, "Orthotic", is a four track EP in the abstract style he calls "Pharmakustik"....

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Nth Synthesis - Chaptire Premier

Sat, 05 May 2007 19:57:33 GMT

"Chaptire Premier" is a dark electro EP from Nishi newcomers Nth Synthesis. Nth Synthesis is an international collaboration project between musicians and video artists Pierce Warnecke of the United States and Romain Serrate of France....

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Parataxis - Abandoned Site

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:59:35 GMT

Matt Kenefick's Nishi debut is a time-frozen journey through a compactified space of empty structure. These tracks feature micro-scale processing, synthetic and processed vocal textures, convolution and other spectral transformations, blended with metal/wood percussion and chimerical string/pipe/tub....

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Samarah - Robots Smile Too

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:52:54 GMT

Following up on her recent contribution to Nishi 100, Samarah’s “Robots Smile Too” features self-contained bursts of glitch-pop and minimal techno with slinky bass lines and catchy melodies while maintaining her trademark sultry vocals, textural cuts and displaced beat sensibility..

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K.D. Expression - For the Broken Heart from Collapsed Dreams

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:09:08 GMT

K.D. Expression returns to Nishi with a nine track album this time. "For the Broken Heart from Collapsed Dreams" is a well developed and rich mixture of epic sounds, driving beats and haunting moods. This release aptly includes a bonus track from K.D.'s side project, "Deadline"..

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Rich.vom.Dorf. - Marsian Weekenders

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:33:19 GMT

Rich.vom.Dorf. returns to Nishi with a five track album follow up to his 'Misinterpret Yourself' It has his trademark rhythmic playfulness and catchy melodies, and is perhaps a touch more upbeat and dense than his previous album..

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Court of Hidden Faces - Snow

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:06:37 GMT

Court of Hidden Faces, who some of you may remember from the Nishi 100 compilation, returns with a delicate 4 track release. The only sound sources for these tracks were an electric guitar, crackle from the amp, and a recording of rain....

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Modul - Globe Puzzle

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:24:26 GMT

An astonishing concept driven album that traverses the spectrum of electronic music. Split into four groups of three tracks, with each group related to a cardinal point of the compass. These are lucid and complex compositions that travel between electro and ambient, with glitch flourishes..

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RahMoonAhs and N!N!N! - HippyHope [nsh107]

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:45:27 GMT

If you ever thought that electronic music ought to have more guitar solos, you are about to be vindicated. N!N!N!'s fretboard wizardry alternates between weaving among RahMoonAhs' intricate digital soundscapes and soaring above them, and the results are chaotic, eclectic and beautiful..

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Ambient Field - Sci-Fi [nsh106]

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:40:00 GMT

Patrick Wiklacz continues to indulge his (and our) fascinations with classic science fiction and analog synthesizers, at the intersection of the past and the future. This score for an imaginary sci-fi movie incorporates all manner of otherworldly noises in alien configurations, synthesized and satur....

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Zirkulardynamik - Live [nsh105]

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:13:14 GMT

Sometimes we like to be soothed by abstract soundscapes and intricate rhythms. For the other times, Berlin-based elektrockers Zirkulardynamik are here to dial up some serious aggression. This live recording captures the full force of their feedback-heavy take on industrial techno/rock..

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Sascha Müller - Funktionales Karma [nsh104]

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:10:23 GMT

A four part exploration of minimal house-like experiments. The rhythms are largely implied between the endlessly shifting pads and the interlocking layers of percussive elements..

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K.D. Expression - Pleasures [nsh103]

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:02:49 GMT

Although considerably darker than his previous work for Nishi (which was somewhat overcast to begin with), "Pleasures" is still infused with the insistent synth lines and strident beats we have come to expect from K.D....

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Restive - m2006/11-08 [nsh102]

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:03:16 GMT

Not many artists take the trouble to ensure that each track on an album lasts an exact whole number of minutes, but that's the kind of attention to detail you can expect from Restive. From the synth washes and sporadic clicks of opener "aguirre" to the digital snowstorm of "chillwindz", via the jigs....

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Mystified - Hunting Collecting [nsh101]

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:56:45 GMT

Alternating between rhythmic pieces ("Trickle Down Side Stick Mix"), manipulations of homemade sounds ("Rubber TV") and good old-fashioned drones ("Recycled RM"), and featuring an excerpt from the epic "Trash Everest" (in Thomas' own words: "to take something small or ordinary and make it sound much....

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Various Artists - nsh100

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:16:18 GMT

Yes, Nishi has reached its 100th release. To celebrate, we asked some past, present and future artists to submit tracks for a compilation album. The result is almost 3 hours of music spanning dozens of genres, styles and moods (not to mention several continents)....

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Mr September - Live At Nowhere [nsh099]

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:15:53 GMT

Jazz cross-bred with electronica... nnnnnnnice! But don't be put off by "the J word"; Andy Selby's virtual ensemble avoid self-indulgent noodling and create a catchy, coherent set of tracks. Synthetic bass and brass, ethereal e-piano and intricately sliced drums: something cool for these hot summer ....

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Pocka - Locked Together Like [nsh098]

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 18:56:18 GMT

Brad Mitchell's new 3 track EP is a fine display of covertly tuneful ambient music. "Where The Deals Are Now" buries itself under fuzzy, sporadic outbursts; "Our Hell Is This Song" somehow avoids collapsing into a sea of distortion; "Moritzlaker" drifts between squealing feedback and pulsating hypno....

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Antanas Jasenka - Car Music [nsh097b]

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:09:30 GMT

Car Music shifts the emphasis onto rhythms, sometimes frantic and sometimes sporadic, while retaining a keen ear for the unusual..

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Antanas Jasenka - Zacheta [nsh097a]

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:03:38 GMT

Zacheta transcribes a live performance in Warsaw, and is all about minimalism and abstractness, with all manner of drones, blips and scrapes orbiting each other..

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bject - Truth Wounds [nsh096]

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:57:46 GMT

Proving that there's still goodness to be had from the humble vocoder, and that ICQ is a powerful medium of communication, this Brazilian duo give us nine tracks of irresistibly adventurous and ambitious pop music....

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Otsu.Vihara - Phearofobia [nsh095]

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:52:02 GMT

In which Andrew Latham, better known as Mayfairgrin, lets off some steam. From the blissful ambience of opening track "Psybuuria" to the thundering three-part epic "Narrow", and the varying degrees of what comes inbetween, Phearofobia is a study in harshness and relentlessness..

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Mystified - Mystical Steam [nsh094]

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:43:48 GMT

If you're not already familiar with Thomas Park's work, may we be the first to welcome you to the netlabel scene. Mystified is back for a second Nishi release, this time drawing on field recordings and homemade sounds to create his patented blend of beats and atmospheres..

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Leksha - Mark EP [nsh093]

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:37:32 GMT

Key phrase: "order in chaos". Solid, crunchy, almost hip-hop-esque rhythms underpin the expansive glitches and pads on this EP from Russia, but a healthy dose of unpredictability is retained..

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ILI - Cronicles Hoa Sa [nsh092]

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:29:34 GMT

Glitchy polyrhythms from Russia. Oleg Semenovyh's tours of the post-IDM landscape are unpredictable and minutely detailed, encompassing all manner of sound sources..

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Yuri Lugovskoy - EP [nsh091]

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:23:44 GMT

The latest Ukrainian artist to join our party presents three circling soundscapes. All of these untitled pieces are fascinating and unsettling to various degrees, with the repetitive chatter of "Track04" being particularly haunting..

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digital_mode - Hightech EP [nsh090]

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 04:07:41 GMT

A little uncompromising d'n'b to get you moving through the long winter nights. This Austrian duo lay down four storming slabs of syncopation, to be played as loud as possible..

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Cagey House - Octopus Two [nsh089]

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 02:56:21 GMT

Dave Keifer's previous EP for Nishi was very well received. This time we're treated to a full album of his skewed, adventurous, melodious, quirky takes on electronica..

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Mystified - Dark Lacunae [nsh083]

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:20:19 GMT

Proving that quality and quantity needn't be mutually exclusive, netlabel superstar Mystified adds his first release for Nishi to his already extensive portfolio. Covering all bases from brooding, pitch-black drones to skewed rhythmic explorations, you never quite know what direction the music is go....

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K.D. Expression - Mental EP [nsh085]

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:19:02 GMT

An enigmatic EP from an enigmatic artist. The breaks and melodies are slick and flawlessly produced, never dirtier nor cleaner than they need to be. The overall atmosphere is compelling and uplifting, but it can get rather dark in the shadows..

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Pino The Frog - Western Girls [nsh086]

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:18:28 GMT

Vancouver's Pino The Frog is practically one of the family. For his third Nishi release, he treats us to more of his unique brand of digital obfuscation. Melodies and rhythms shine almost imperceptibly through layers of arbitrary complexity....

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John Kannenberg - A Canticle For Leibowitz [nsh087]

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:18:02 GMT

The man behind the Stasisfield netlabel gives us his "possible soundtrack" for Walter M. Miller, Jr's science fiction novel. These fine-grained soundscapes are sure to evoke vivid mental images of a post-apocalyptic world, whether you're familiar with the book or not....

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JapJap - Shapes Are EP [nsh084]

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:27:36 GMT

Seamlessly fusing elements of ambient and drum 'n' bass, this 4-track EP from the Netherlands is packed full of frantic breaks and instantly familiar synth hooks, but never hesitates to make room for blissful washes and pads....

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Zirkulardynamik - Bessere Welt [nsh082]

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:10:49 GMT

This 9-man juggernaut has already been tearing up the German festival circuit with their über-aggressive take on electronic industrial techno punk rock, and now they're here to do much the same thing on your hard disks....

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Kabana - Front EP [nsh081]

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:10:37 GMT

The title track is a study in relentless pads, cyclic bass, clicky minimal rhythms, and the odd ethereal swoosh. On the flipside, Cardiogram is a slightly dubbier affair, bringing the heartbeat-like bass to the foreground and underpinning it with clicks and sporadic pads....

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Blue T-Shirt - SOLO/0705 [nsh080]

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:10:33 GMT

A month in 36 minutes: one track for each day of July 2005. Blue T-Shirt cooks up a smorgasbord of electronic styles and moods. Track 5 has barely begun when it dissolves into swathes of reverb; track 12 could be the soundtrack to the world's shortest film; track 10 is a chaotic flurry of filthy dru....

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Zed - Collecting Dust EP [nsh079]

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:10:17 GMT

A superlative demonstration of textural guitar playing, and of ambient/drone music in general. Three tracks of epic washes evolving from constantly twisting six-string improvisations, bookended by three tracks of more straightforward (but no less satisfying) drones....

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Mombus - Corpuscle Bureau [nsh078]

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:10:05 GMT

Warm music from cold climates. Mombus gives us six miniature instrumental pop classics, sweetly melodic and catchy but never twee or tacky. They jump around too much to fit into any particular pigeon-hole, but fans of electronica, IDM, post-rock, synth-pop, folktronica etc won't want to miss this on....

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Dave Seagrim - Resolute [nsh077]

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:20:54 GMT

Resolute by Dave Seagrim is a masterclass in building and releasing tension. Five adventurous anthems which are as suited to the armchair as to the dancefloor..

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Monokit - Monolyth [nsh076]

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:20:51 GMT

Dutch/German duo Monokit offer up an album of compact emotional atmospheres. Monolyth allows you to explore 17 landscapes, ranging from the comforting to the unfaimilar to the downright unsettling, and still be back home within the hour..

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Nikita - Field [nsh074]

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:19:26 GMT

Field, the sophomore Nishi release from Nikita, continues the theme of minimal rhythms established first time round. Glitches and microscopic precision never sounded so soulful..

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Chefkirk - Label Other End [nsh075]

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:19:09 GMT

We're pleased to welcome prolific noisemerchant Chefkirk to our extended family. You'll be forgiven for thinking that each of the tracks on Label Other End is actually an entire album played at breakneck speed; an impressively frenetic display of order collapsing into chaos, and vice versa..

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Subpoint Disaster - Travels Across Gray Areas [nsh073]

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:32:44 GMT

Grainy improvised post-rock is the order of the day from Subpoint Disaster. In Travels Across Gray Areas, the reverb, recording noise and general atmosphere share center-stage with the sparse guitar/bass/drums instrumentation..

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Maina - Ola Calma [nsh068]

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:31:36 GMT

"Hi, I'm yesterday, and today I'm looking for tomorrow." Ola Calma by Maina is an intoxicating blend of vocal and electronic experimentalism, which shifts frequently and effortlessly between calm and aggression..

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Mistrust - Making Movies EP [nsh072]

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:13:53 GMT

Up to now, no Nishi artists have had their music featured on an extreme sports DVD (correct me if I'm wrong!) But Mistrust is here to change that. Making Movies EP is "drift music" which never coasts on autopilot, down-tempo compositions which refuse to be caught napping..

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Yeah Pretty Boy - Petting 1: Everything Minor (And A Scratch) [nsh071]

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:13:33 GMT

The title isn't the only intriguing thing about Petting 1: Everything Minor (And A Scratch) by Yeah Pretty Boy. Finest ambient music peppered with an array of spikes and hooks which are sure to snag you and refuse to let go..

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Phyle - Earth [nsh070]

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:12:35 GMT

Lovers of smooth incandescent drones will instantly warm to Phyle's Earth. Glacially slow yet frothing with turbulence, these three monolithic soundscapes could come from a distant nebula..

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