A SENSIBLE GRAVITY (VOLUME TWO)

"I think ‘Gogmagog’ is a lost classic, a real timeless masterpiece. All I could find out about the release was this on Discogs - http://www.discogs.com/Folding-Staircase-Gogmagog/release/740094

I bought this cassette in the mid eighties. It was for sale via the Coil mailing list, back in the day when things existed, a time when there were real tangible objects.

In between side one and two of ‘Gogmagog’ I have placed some of my field recordings. I made the flute recordings by a street musician on a very cheap cassette recorder. They were recorded in Kathmandu in the very early 90’s.

Following this is a cassette recording that was given to me in Siwa, Egypt. Unfortunately I have no idea who the artists are playing on this.

After this I have placed another field recording I made in Kathmandu, this time of a street musician singing and playing a small bowed instrument much like a violin.

Sorry for the sound quality!" - Andrew Liles

The Folding Staircase - Land Of Stone

The Folding Staircase - Gogmagog

The Folding Staircase - Artemis

The Folding Staircase - Crying Flesh

The Folding Staircase - Chorus - Water

The Folding Staircase - Chorus - Fire

The Folding Staircase - Set On The Hill

Andrew Liles - Field Recording 1 Kathmandu, Nepal

Andrew Liles - Field Recording 2 Kathmandu, Nepal

Andrew Liles - Field Recording 3 Kathmandu, Nepal

Unknown Artist - Egyptian Music

Andrew Liles - Field Recording 4 Kathmandu, Nepal

The Folding Staircase - Organ Works, Parts 1-6

The Folding Staircase - Organ Works, Part 7

BS052 Radio For The Daydreamers - Mother Superior and Her Fields of Migraine

After the first album, Radio for the Daydreamers have worked on defining their sound much more and have tried to create a balance of different elements(/genres/styles/whathaveyou) of music. We have collaborated with some amazing artists recently, and have thence created "Praying for the be(a)st", a tryptich following a creative non-fiction story of a faustian character. Our intentions with this album, were to take elements from avant garde jazz, classical music, black metal and electronic music and create an amalgamation.

"Mother Superior and Her Fields of Migraine" is the first installment of the Praying for the be(a)st tryptich. This section tells the story of our character indulging in misery, self-realization, seclusion, developing phobias, anxieties and a need to break out to help his own mind. Accepting negativities, even though it is clear that the consequences of those negativities would be grim. To accept evil just to get some purpose. This section of the story takes place in a single room. We hope the music is picturesque enough for you to immerse yourselves into this story.

01 - Black River Time Bombs
02 - With Wings, You Will Learn To Fall
03 - Wasted Faces In Secret Places (Behind This Wall Acoustic Version)
04 - Crawl Into My Crawl Space
05 - Ghosts Keep Me Safe, While You Are Gone (Pictures Of Invisible People Remix)
06 - Magnetar Mephisto
07 - Goodbye Voltaire (You Gave Me Sleep)
08 - I Am Not Coming Back Home
09 - Goodbye Voltaire (And All The Rain That Made Me Smile)
10 - No One Ever Comes Here, But Me (Død Av En Spøkelse Versjon)
11 - Always In Hallways
12 - Curl Up, Time To Die
13 - Praying For the Be(a)st
14 - Every God Is A Monster
15 - Freelance Dream Killing Machine (Gunpoint Dub Mix)

BS051 Citizen Prozac - I. Began. Cube.

"Come with me to where the light meets the sky
Beneath the glow we can fill our minds
Nothing can go wrong
Something always goes wrong..." - Citizen Prozac

01 - The Rainbow Fish
02 - Thugs in Suits
03 - Take me Back
04 - Fat Justice
05 - Winterfell
06 - Nevermore
07 - A Dog in the Rain
08 - Silencer
09 - Goodbye

BS050 Various Artists - Doing Nothing

Too many things created by chaos continue to feed this entropy. Now it`s time for Doing Nothing..

01 Cometa - Root
02 Miquel Parera Jaques - nxLiveCode17_2011-04-22_05-46-11
03 Korin VG - Dance
04 Marco Lucchi - Lorca
05 Geronimodeleon - Tea
06 KraftiM - Flowall
07 Soliton - To distant places they have flown
08 Wilhelm Matthies and Mehata Hiroshi - Itsukashima
09 Kalendar - 51.5.0.09.210320011.043856
10 In_Cognitus - Ouroboros
11 Citizen Prozac - A Dog in the Rain

BS049 Ocelote Rojo - Pacarina

"Ocelote Rojo is Francisco Aravena making amazing homemade recordings which you could describe as world lo-fi music with a tropical feel in them.
If you need a comparison, it brings in mind a summer version of Hala Strana's sound without his droning part but with the same ability to capture beauty with an acoustic guitar." - Natasja

01 - Tenochtitlan Sunbeam Gun
02 - Untitled #1
03 - H'ain
04 - Kaykay Filu
05 - Nostalgia (bonus track)

BS048 Black Square Cloudcast - back to Avant-Garde VII

“Dabbe will appear, closed to judgement day. Will shake the world" - from Turkish film "D@bbe" (2006) Director: Hasan Karacadag

"The word 'Dabbe' appears in a number of verses of the Qur'an, although Surat an-Naml: 82 is the only one that refers to this particular event that will happen in the final times. When we set out the features of the 'Dabbe' as it appears in this verse, the following picture emerges:
1. The Dabbe is a moving, living thing.
2. The Dabbe is the product of the earth.
3. The Dabbe is a thing or creature that speaks and gives a particular message, which is addressed to all of mankind." - End of Times

Photo: "Face 026. © S.A" by Sylvestre Anasse

00:00 Max Neuhaus - 'John Cage - Fontana Mix - Feed' (1967)
09:56 Mauricio Kagel - Acustica, Side 1 (1971)
33:32 Robert Ashley - She Was A Visitor (1968)
38:56 Arrigo Lora-Totino - L'esperienza (1965)
46:18 OTTO MUEHL - KLAVIERKONZERT K (1971)
51:21 Remko Scha - Shake (1982)

BS047 Urban Interventions - Headphone Travels 01

The first release of "Urban Interventions" - "Headphone Travels 01", brings together AN MOKU and Marcus Beuter prepared live sets and creates a personal interpretation of an urban ambiance.

Foto and Design by Sara Hochuli

Mastering by Jan Bertram

01 - Headphone Travels 01