Absolutely addictive dub transmission from Night Foundation, featuring vocals from Little Annie, just dropped on Noir Age in the form of a limited edition 7" single. Super trippy, deep and alluring. Brilliant collaboration, recommended! You can buy the record (and digital) here.
Noir Age returns in 2023 with a lathe-cut from Arles, France based musician and composer Reeve Schumacher. "Foreseer" is a hypnotising and eerie drone piece that has a cinematic quality one could expect from Bobby Krlic for example. Totally capturing and beautiful. The lathe can be pre-ordered here, it'll be out on January 27th.
Za Za is a collaborative project from the minds of Richard Vergez (Night Foundation) and Mónica Mesa (doris dana), brought to life following their performance at Edge Zones in Miami during the summer of 2022. Their self-titled LP is described by the label to be deeply rooted in improvisations, yet it manages to sound incredibly cohesive and natural. A hypnotising collage of dark jazz, obscure found sounds and drowsy drone that will transport you to another time and place.
As always with Noir Age, the album is out on tape and can be ordered here. Stream down below.
Noir Age label commemorates its 50th release with "Side By Side" - a compilation of rare and unreleased tracks by Noir Age artists' side projects. Divided into four sides spread across two cassette tapes, the release is basically a trippy journey into the past, present and future of the label, spanning multiple genres and styles. Experimental electronic music at its finest.
There are last copies still available for sale here, after that it's all sold out. Stream below.
I've slept on the last few releases from Noir Age, so today decided to check out "Sentimental Atmospheres" from Colombian-born, Miami-based experimental sound artist Doris Dana. The album, dedicated to all the moments in-between, is a collection of desolate soundscapes that mix classical sombreness with luminous ambience, all wrapped up in a cinematic blanket of fleeing moments. It's an album that may crush you with its emotional weight, but the experience will be really rewarding if you last till the end.
There are still some tapes available for sale here, you can also check out the whole album below.
Another stellar release from Noir Age is on the horizon, this time from the label founder Richard Vergez. As Night Foundation he's released 10 albums so far (or at least Discogs says so), "Reflection" will be his sixth project with Noir Age. There are currently two tracks from the album available on bandcamp - "Double Edge" has a dubby, pulsating rhythm with Blade Runner-esque dark jazz undertones, while "Reflection III" emanates a brooding and slightly unsettling air with its war-like drums. Both are equally good, and I'm looking forward to hear the rest.
You can pre-order "Reflection" here, and stream it below.
Noir Age is back with another fascinating release, this time from Swedish producer Indiegubben. There are currently two tracks from "Mörka Moln" available for preview on label's bandcamp, both equally dark and seducting in their atmosphere, hovering over the area where ambient and drone boundaries seem blurred. To a certain degree, this teaser of the album reminds me of the less-experimental works from his fellow Swedish musicians Ectoplasm Girls, so that may be a good guide for anyone interested in checking out this record. I definitely look forward to the full album, which is scheduled for February 22nd.
Pre-order the tape and digital here, and stream the album below.
Zhe Pechorin is a Belgrade-based music producer who released earlier this month her new album on Noir Age (home to Distant Tongues). "Signs" is a six track journey through otherworldly portals, gliding smoothly alongside sci-fi tones & droned out minimalism. Organically shifting and progressing through the noisy cosmic vortex, the album is a blisssful slow-paced trip that brings to mind the opening sequence in Blade Runner. Fantastic record that makes me want to dive into Zhe's back catalogue.
You can buy it on tape here, and stream it below.
Found this interesting tape today while shopping at Industrial Coast. I'm not really familiar with the label (Noir Age) or their artists, but the collage on the cover did draw my attention. Distant Tongues is a duo consisting of friends Raphael Alvarez and Richard Vergez (who is also the head honcho of Noir Age). Their debut "Ongue Ditas" is a psych-drone record that oozes with trippy new age vibes, or as the label puts it a melding of early minimal music, ambient, and techno primitiv with Carribean, Portuguese, and Basque influence.
You can listen to the whole thing below, and order cassette version here.