Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re fully aware that the new La Sudar album, The Debussy Loops, is available to stream and download now. Some call it post-drone. Some call it space elevator music. We don’t know. We’re glad it’s finished. So for the next couple of weeks, while we bask in the post-release glow, we’re going to shift the spotlight over to some of the artists we’ve discovered on Bandcamp this year.

This week: CHORCHILL

One of our favorite pastimes as we were putting together The Debussy Loops was our Tuesday and Thursday ambient walks. Mondays and Wednesdays after work we’d go out for a jog, but Tuesdays and Thursdays we’d take the vape and go down to the beautiful Astoria Park waterfront and walk around, browsing the “ambient” tag on Bandcamp to find artists currently working in the genre in order to find contemporary sounds for inspiration. We found a lot of incredible music this way.

Our most recent find is Chorchill, an artist (or artists?) working out of Germany. We haven’t dug fully into their catalog yet, but the record featured above (“Shakmat“) is a truly remarkable record of soundscapes, minimal piano work, evocative, atmospheric Rhodes-style piano sounds and remarkable chill out vibes throughout. Check out the standout tracks “Portes” and “Dimi” for a good representation of this minimalist style. A couple of other fantastic tracks like “The Hamlet Escape” and “Tea Bags” also feature synthwave-inspired blippy percussion, giving the tracks a sense of gentle propulsion that never overwhelm the tasteful melodies happening throughout. We look forward to exploring this artists work in the weeks to come. We hope you enjoy it too.

Until then don’t forget about our Songwriting Prompt Contest!! Entries are closing soon so get them in!!

Finally- here’s another picture of Astoria’s most beautiful cat, Maple. She’s sitting on the coffee table! Who would have ever thought of such a thing!

If you’re a follower of the Audio Saturdays column here, you know that for the past couple week’s we’ve been exploring the music of early 00s indie band Trousers. It was a lot of fun revisiting that old material, but now that the album is finished we’re kind of at a loss for what to do next. While we mull over some ideas, we’re going to go back to what got us here, at least for the time being.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re fully aware that the new La Sudar album, The Debussy Loops, is dropping on Tuesday (6-22-21). And right here is the single. It’s called The Debussy Loops 6. Some call it space elevator music. We don’t know. We’re glad it’s finished.

And don’t forget about our Songwriting Prompt Contest!! Entries are closing soon so get them in!!

Finally- here’s another picture of Astoria’s most beautiful cat, Maple. Yes, as a matter of fact, she does enjoy lying on the floor! She also loves eating, and sitting on the couch!

If you’re a follower of the Audio Saturdays column here, you know that for the past couple week’s we’ve been exploring the music of early 00s indie band Trousers. It was a lot of fun revisiting that old material, but now that the album is finished we’re kind of at a loss for what to do next. While we mull over some ideas, we’re going to go back to what got us here, at least for the time being.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re fully aware that the new La Sudar album, The Debussy Loops, is dropping on Tuesday (6-22-21). And right here is the single. It’s called The Debussy Loops 6. Some call it space elevator music. We don’t know. We’re glad it’s finished.

And don’t forget about our Songwriting Prompt Contest!! Entries are closing soon so get them in!!

Finally- here’s another picture of Astoria’s most beautiful cat, Maple. Yes, as a matter of fact, she does enjoy lying on the floor! She also loves eating, and sitting on the couch!

If you’re a follower of the Audio Saturdays column here, you know that for the past couple week’s we’ve been exploring the music of early 00s indie band Trousers. It was a lot of fun revisiting that old material, but now that the album is finished we’re kind of at a loss for what to do next. While we mull over some ideas, we’re going to go back to what got us here, at least for the time being.

We’re not quite ready to make the full announcement about the new la sudar music coming in June so here’s another random piece of music we found in our archives. It’s labeled “kraftwerk” but it’s obviously us just fucking around on our synth. It’s doesn’t sound anything like Kraftwerk either. Maybe from last year?

We have no idea if it’s worth listening to. Maybe you’ll let us know?

Also, here is another picture of our cat since everyone liked the one we posted last week.

If you’re a follower of the Audio Saturdays column here, you know that for the past couple week’s we’ve been exploring the music of early 00s indie band Trousers. It was a lot of fun revisiting that old material, but now that the album is finished we’re kind of at a loss for what to do next. While we mull over some ideas, we’re going to go back to what got us here, at least for the time being.

Here’s something random I found on my phone. It’s pretty and minimalist and embryonic. From summer 2018ish. Never did anything with it, but maybe you can? Let’s make this another Audio Saturdays Songwriting Prompt contest.

I’m officially putting this acoustic snippet into the public domain. Best song using this music (either the music or the recording itself) gets $50 bucks.