Miasmah

14/12/2023

Miasmah will be present at the silent green independent label market in Berlin, this Sunday 17th together with a bunch of other small labels. If your in town, stop by and have a chat.

silent green präsentiert

23/11/2023

Winter sale at anost.net now. Some ridiculously cheap prices for quite a big selection of Miasmah backstock. Now´s the time to pick up on what you´ve missed.
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https://www.anost.net/label/2910/miasmah-recordings
https://www.anost.net/sale

16/11/2023

Svarte Greiner / Erik K Skodvin plays London this Sunday for the first time in 13 years! Looking much forward.

more info >>
Boundary Condition: Svarte Greiner + Dirar Kalash + An Trinse + Artur Vidal & Stephan Barrett

25/10/2023

Release concert for "Neutral Star" tonight in Berlin at KM28!
Pictured : The Pitch - (Baltschun, Nutters, Olsen, Thieke)

16/10/2023

This Thursday in Berlin at KM28. 8pm. No pre-sale, just show up early for guaranteed entry. With Clarice Jensen & Svarte Greiner / Erik K Skodvin.

12/10/2023

Some Incoming reviews of "Neutral Star" by The Pitch & Julia Reidy. Release concert October 25th at KM28, Berlin.

"It's hard to believe that this is all the work of a live session in Rabih Behaini's studio, the Berlin-based Morphine raum, which only adds to the magic of this splendid encounter and the brilliance of this (neutral) star. Nothing more to say, incredible album." - Sodapop Webzine (translated from Italian)
http://www.sodapop.it/phnx/the-pitch-julia-reidy-neutral-star-miasmah-2023/

"This is ambient jazz in a vein similar to that of the Necks – riffing on musical figures that combine the playing of The Pitch with the fingerpicking virtuosity of Reidy. But while Neutral Star may be underscored by a jazz aesthetic, this music also moonlights as an exercise in deep listening with meditative drone permeating throughout. " - musiquemachine.com
https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=10026

"it certainly needs some dedication, but if you succeed in finding the here and now for this music, you will get a rewarding experience. Repeated listening is recommended." - Free Jazz Blog
https://www.freejazzblog.org/2023/10/the-pitch-julia-reidy-neutral-star.html

03/10/2023

Hmm.. Let´s check in on what Kaboom Karavan is up to.

29/09/2023

One week since release date for The Pitch & Julia Reidy - "Neutral Star" today! Did you have a chance to deep dive into this gem yet? Here´s a few incoming reviews.

"It is very hard to believe that this is all the work of a live session in Rabih Behaini's studio, the Berlin-based Morphine raum, which only adds to the magic of this splendid encounter and the brightness of this (neutral) star. Nothing else to say, incredible album." - Sodapop Webzine (translated from italian) http://www.sodapop.it/phnx/the-pitch-julia-reidy-neutral-star-miasmah-2023/

"Perfect music for an attentive star-gazing session." - Salt peanuts https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/the-pitch-julia-reidy/

"Neutral Star, das mit seiner auf Vibraphon, Klarinette, Kontrabass, Gitarre und Elektronik einen leicht jazzigen Unterton offenbart, enthält zwei seitenfüllende Stücke von gemächlichem Aufbau, deren mal dröhnende, mal sich scheinbar richtungslos durch den Raum schlängelnde Formen in steter Wandlung begriffen sind." - African Paper http://africanpaper.com/2023/09/26/neutral-star-the-pitch-in-kollaboration-mit-julia-reidy/
The Pitch - (Baltschun, Nutters, Olsen, Thieke)

22/09/2023

Out today!

2 track album

20/09/2023

Great review of "Neutral Star" through Boomkat.com, who also has the LP available. Official release this Friday!

"The unsurpassable Julia Reidy returns alongside Berlin-based quartet The Pitch, who bless Reidy's peculiar xenharmonic tones with sparse flourishes of vibraphone, clarinet, double bass and electronics. A dizzying display of obtuse harmony and doomy, cosmic jazz, it's like Bohren & der Club of Gore playing Glenn Branca." >>

The unsurpassable Julia Reidy returns alongside Berlin-based quartet The Pitch, who bless Reidy's peculiar xenharmonic tones with sparse flourishes of vibraphone, clarinet, double bass and electronics. A dizzying display of obtuse harmony and doomy, cosmic jazz, it's like Bohren & der Club of Gore p...

04/09/2023

A snippet from the upcoming new Miasmah release "Neutral Star" by The Pitch - (Baltschun, Nutters, Olsen, Thieke) & Julia Reidy

LTD to 240x on transparent vinyl. Read a full 4 page feature on the quartet in the September issue of The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music

Pre-order and more info :
https://the-pitch.bandcamp.com/album/neutral-star?label=3740494305&tab=music
mi-so-store.com/products/the-pitch-julia-reidy-neutral-star

16/08/2023

There´s a big double-spread feature on The Pitch - (Baltschun, Nutters, Olsen, Thieke) in the September issue of The WIRE Magazine in connection with the upcoming "Neutral Star" album (Miasmah, sept. 22nd)

"on closer inspection the shift into just intonation has yielded a much richer palette, suggestion what the modal jazz developed by Miles Davis & John Coltrane might sound like as a collective drone" - Peter Margasak

I know the notion of collective intonation and organised improvisation might sound intimidating, but believe me this is worth the challenge as it is both abundance of details and great beauty to be found here for the patient ear.

14/08/2023

> https://the-pitch.bandcamp.com/album/neutral-star
> https://www.mi-so-store.com/products/the-pitch-julia-reidy-neutral-star

The upcoming Miasmah release "The Pitch & Julia Reidy - Neutral Star" is now up for pre-order and you can pre-listen to one whole side of the record on bandcamp. This is pure hypnotic gold for the patient ear. Improvised and performed in front of a live audience on vibraphone, clarinet, upright bass, analogue synthesizer & electric guitar. Musically somewhere in the far edges between Glenn Branca & Bohren & der club of Gore. Sept. 22nd 2023. LTD to 240x on transparent vinyl.
The Pitch - (Baltschun, Nutters, Olsen, Thieke)

09/08/2023

MIA058 : THE PITCH & JULIA REIDY - NEUTRAL STAR.

Announcement of a new Miasmah release, coming September 22nd on LTD transparent vinyl + digital. Pre-order up end of this week!

Recorded at Morphine Raum by Rabih Beaini. Cover art by Monique Recknagel & Erik K Skodvin. Mastered by LUPO.

"The Pitch is a quartet made up of Boris Baltschunn, Koen Nutters, Michael Thieke and Morten Joh. Founded in Berlin in 2009, they play a hypnotic form of structured improvisation full of acoustic exploration and electronic intervention. On Neutral Star, The Pitch are joined by Australian guitarist/composer extraordinaire Julia Reidy for a record of star gazing electro-acoustic jazz."

Listen to a short excerpt here : https://soundcloud.com/miasmah/the-pitch-julia-reidy-endless-limitless-excerpt

07/08/2023

*A glimpse from the past* From the making of Kaboom Karavan´s epic The Log and the Leeway which was released in the unfortunate year of 2020. Still stands as a pillar of the strange and wonderful in the Miasmah catalogue.

Yihaa, Kaboom got some music finished for a new album ! With the generous aid of these 3 incredible musicians ( Bart Maris, Raphael De C**k & Stefaan Smagghe ). It will take quite some time before the release will see the light of day, time for you to practice your best dance moves in the meanwhile !
( photo Bart (c) Stefanie De Clercq / photo Raphael : (c) Kathleen Michiels )

27/07/2023

Star gazing electro-acoustic jazz coming up on Miasmah. Listen to a teaser clip here. LTD LP + Digital, September 2023. Pre-order up in a few weeks.

Short excerpt from the upcoming album "Neutral Star" by The Pitch & Julia Reidy. LTD LP + Digital, September 22nd on Miasmah. "The Pitch is a quartet made up of Boris Baltschun, Koen Nutters, Michael

19/07/2023

New Miasmah release coming soon.

21/06/2023

Two years ago since this piece of beauty was released. Matt Christensen - Constant Green (June 2021). How Matt can still remain as obscure and underrated as he is, is hard to believe. This record has been spun more than any other here at mi - so offices. A good time to bring up this great music video for the track "I had a vision i could move anywhere" :

Video for the song "I Had A Vision That I Could Move Anywhere" taken from the album "Constant Green" by Matt Christensen. Out June 18th on MiasmahVideo edite...

01/06/2023

Thanks to Initiative Neue Musik Berlin / field notes for doing a labelportrait with Miasmah. Read it in their May - Aug physical edition, or through their site here : (in German) : https://www.field-notes.berlin/de/diskurs/204482/labelportrait-miasmah

19/05/2023

Sun 13 today premieres a video for the track "Phased Harmony 1" from Mondkopf´s "Spring Stories", LP edition out today! Video directed by AS HUMAN PATTERN . Watch it here >>

Watch the video for the lead track from ‘Spring Stories’.

17/05/2023

LP editions of Mondkopf´s Spring Stories + Svarte Greiner / Erik K Skodvin - Devolving Trust now available from your trusted outlet (hopefully). anost.net (DE/World), Boomkat.com (UK), Norman_Records (UK) Forced Exposure (US) ++ or our own stores :

mi-so-store.com/
https://miasmah.bandcamp.com/

p.s. We´re having issues with the Miasmah website. Sorry about this. We are still alive and dealing with hosting issues.. Hopefully fixed soon.

11/05/2023

Svarte Greiner / Erik K Skodvin - "Devolving Trust" LP - May 19th. Finally an LP edition of last years new Svarte Greiner album has arrived. Edition of 300x black vinyl in a Silver spot colored sleeve. You can already get it direct from our own Mi - So Berlin store or pre-order it through Bandcamp, anost.net and more. Official release next week!

https://www.mi-so-store.com/
https://svartegreiner.bandcamp.com/

07/04/2023

Spring music in various forms available to pre-order on vinyl!
>> https://miasmah.bandcamp.com/music
Mondkopf Svarte Greiner / Erik K Skodvin

07/04/2023

06/04/2023

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25/03/2023

Zelienople - Hold You Up (March 13th, 2020). Just slightly more than 3 years ago this brilliant piece of music was released - right on the cusp of global transformation. A record that will always stand with me as a beacon of peace and sanity during a time of the opposite. Timeless beauty. https://zelienople.bandcamp.com/album/hold-you-up-2

23/03/2023

8 years ago, today! James Welburn´s mind-blowing debut album, Hold came out - March 23rd, 2015.

6 track album

03/03/2023

"A surprising release that may well appeal to many fans of synth based music , as much as those that may see it as a totally spaced out Dead Can Dance" - Audion

Audion magazine reviews "All That We See or Seem" - S/T in their newest magazine.

For info, for the ones worried about vinyl lenght, we can mention that the vinyl edition has a whole own mix of made especially for the vinyl edition, which is 25min a side. Still long, but we can confirm that it sounds great all the way through, with no compromises made!

Full mag here: http://www.ultimathulerecords.com/audion.html

17/02/2023

1/3rd of "All That We See or Seem", Ellen Southern voice/sound/art was interviewed at Kaput - Magazin für Insolvenz & Pop. Mostly about her other project Dead Space Chamber Music. A fascinating read by a great artist. Full interview here : https://kaput-mag.com/stories_en/ellen-southern-i-can-express-myself-best-through-the-words-of-others/?fbclid=IwAR3sYNUtDXMFr7fHZPYXJ-K5j-JushJAt0h1Nx6fc3SO7R_RDCVAznOkBGI

I met Ellen Southern online when my band hackedepicciotto were asked for a joint interview with Dead Space Chamber Music to discuss making music with found/environmental sounds. I had not heard of her band before and after the zoom conversation, which I enjoyed very much, I listened to their music o...

06/02/2023

Here´s a recently interview with Mondkopf about his Miasmah album "Spring Stories" (2022) published by Noir Gazer

We´re still in deep winter here, but once spring arrives once more, look out for a LP edition of this great album!

MONDKOPF – INTERVIEW MERT UZBAY   Türkçe dilinde görüntüleyin >   First of all, thank you very much for granting this interview to us. How is your day so far? — Hi, happy to do it! So far my day is chill. I’m in the south of France for some vacations. It is morning and I am drinking a c...

03/02/2023

Another incoming review of the deeply beautiful "All That We See or Seem", this time from Kathodik (IT) "An uneasy mood, which starts subdued as dark ambient hissing and then, positions itself on the sides of a percussive pagan ritual with biting vocals between Gerrard and Galas." (DeepL translate). Read the full review here :
https://www.kathodik.org/2023/02/03/all-that-we-see-or-seem-all-that-we-see-or-seem/

All That We See Or Seem ‘All That We See Or Seem’ recensione di Marco Carcasi: https://www.kathodik.org/2023/02/03/all-that-we-see-or-seem-all-that-we-see-or-seem/ Miasmah

18/01/2023

The brilliant "All That We See or Seem" LP comes in on 2 best of lists the last days. on Igloo Magazine´s top list as well as Headphone Commute´s "Music For Capricious Souls Adrift In Noir-fi". Well deservered!

https://headphonecommute.com/best-of-lists/headphone-commutes-best-of-2022/music-for-capricious-souls-adrift-in-noir-fi/

https://igloomag.com/features/best-of-2022

For the last fifteen years, this music haunted my days, then cautiously moved through the ether and entered my bloodstream. This is the music of the ghosts lost in-between the worlds.

16/01/2023

Svarte Greiner / Erik K Skodvin´s "Devolving Trust" album is part of Headphone Commute´s best of 2022 : "Music For Sonic Installations In The Cavern Of Your Skull". They also included "Schächten" in the section "Music For Walking And Not Crying In The Autumn Rain". Not to mention these lists are a good possibility to check out a lot of great releases from 2022 >>

Your mind is just a canvas; your life – projected film. Your skull is a museum of memories; your ego – a neurotic guard. Your consciousness is sleeping in this theatre, alone and undisturbed.

06/01/2023

mi - so (miasmah - Sonic Pieces) 2022 in moving images :

A visual summary of the year 2022 by Miasmah & Sonic Pieces. Including in-store events from our Berlin shop mi - so.For a more in-depth summary, go to the 20...

05/01/2023

On point review of the hypnotic "All That We See or Seem" album from September last year. Google translate from italian :

"Gothic poetry, with a dreamlike and chilling character, dear to the most extremist and romantic masters of the 19th century (the two acts capture a text by Poe and the Scandinavian poet Leino), intertwines and revitalizes in the minimalist and ambient neo folk sound composition. we are talking about an admirably daring debut in its expressionism, whose coordinates are aghast, galás, dead can dance, Amber Asylum, Primi Virgin Prunes. Atypical maelström" - Rumore

02/01/2023

Happy New Year! In 2022 Miasmah had one of the most prolific years ever - which was not really planned this way, but that´s how it goes atm. Together with Sonic Pieces we have made a full summary of our 2022 seen from our shop mi - so´s perspective including our Berlin happenings. Go here to get the full roundup including Erik´s best of 2022 and more : https://www.mi-so-store.com/blog/2022/12/27/mi-so-2022-roundoup
Miasmah 2022:
Svarte Greiner / Erik K Skodvin - Devolving Trust (CD)
Mondkopf - Spring Stories (CD)
All That We See or Seem - All That We See or Seem (LP)
Svarte Greiner / Erik K Skodvin - Schächten (LP)
re-presses / re-issues :
Deaf Center - Neon City (LP) + Pale Ravine (2LP - not seen here)
Clarice Jensen - For This From That Will Be Filled (LP)
Kreng - Works For Abattoir Fermé 2007 - 2011 (4LP re-issue)

Thanks to all listeners! 2023 will be more relaxed but with a few surprises.

31/12/2022

All That We See or Seem - s/t on Tartine de contrebasse releases of the year (including review):
(google translate excerpt) "Big release on Miasmah, with the eponymous album of the trio All That We See or Seem. Two giants of 30 minutes each, taking their audience to territories deserted by life as we know it. Marshy plains in black and white as far as the eye can see behind us, forests inviting us to a last journey just ahead, full of pagan spirits invoked by rituals from another era"

Imaginez un instant vous réveiller aujourd’hui d’un coma long de 15 ans : une nouvelle Guerre Froide a commencé, un Tiananmen 2 semble se profiler sous couvert de pandémie désinformée, l’électricit…

16/12/2022

Wow! Great to see Mondkopf´s brilliant (an rather underrated) album "Spring Stories" get some love in Sun 13´s top records of the year. Clocking in on spot nr. 3 even. Now might be a good time to mention that this explosive gem will get a vinyl treatment planned for next spring! More info on this next year.
Quite the great list here also btw. >>

We select our top 50 albums of the year.

09/12/2022

OUT TODAY! Svarte Greiner / Erik K Skodvin - “Schächten” LP soundtrack for Thomas Roth´s post-WW2 thriller of the same name.
This record is quite the ride and goes through ups and downs, evil, friendship, winter landscapes, confrontations, beauty, loudness, silence and everything in between.
Streaming and puchase links :
https://erikkskodvin.bandcamp.com/album/sch-chten
https://open.spotify.com/album/3iaaGVhkqC880TbEGHxI8w
https://www.mi-so-store.com/products/erik-k-skodvin-schchten
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14636114/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Erik K Skodvin's feature-length score to Thomas Roth's thriller "Schächten" feels like the epitome of all his musical projects, conjuring a dark cinematic trip through 1960's post-WWII Vienna in a film that touches on topics such as law, justice & revenge.
Releasing a soundtrack as a stand-alone album can be challenging; and "Schächten" is by no means a typical listening experience. The record contains 24 more or less short pieces evolving through dramatic movements, underlaying menace and deep emotive scenes. One thing that stands out is the linear atmosphere throughout the story which creates a wholeness that keeps your attention to the very end. Set in wintery Austrian landscapes in dimly saturated colours, the film's dramatic events with dark political undertones feels like a perfect situation for Skodvin's atmospheric collages - perhaps sounding closer than ever to his early works as Svarte Greiner or Deaf Center. Cello, violin, piano, analogue synth and plenty of hardly recognizable instrumentation come together in a record that feels very organic in its subdued tones. The score also features percussion by Andrea Belfi as well as a Chopin piano interpretation by Kelly Wyse to the bizarrely schizophrenic piece "Judenfreund".
With the contemporary world sliding into darkness again, listening to the soundtrack feels like coming to terms with ones own anxieties - something that in the end comes through as a cleansing experience. As quoted in the film "Everyone is their own devil. And we make this world our hell".
Short synopsis : "Vienna 1960s - The young Jewish business man Victor has to witness how the prosecution of a N**i crime against his family fails. The political and legal system is still virtually run by former N**is with large parts of society being entangled in the past. When Victor also loses his grief ridden father and his girlfriend’s family opposes their relationship and his identity, Victor begins to loose faith in formal justice and takes matters in his own hands."