VHS glitch from Memorex Mori by Conflux Coldwell (2023)
VHS glitch from Memorex Mori by Conflux Coldwell (2023)
VHS glitch from Memorex Mori by Conflux Coldwell (2023)
VHS glitch from Memorex Mori by Conflux Coldwell (2023)
VHS glitch from Memorex Mori by Conflux Coldwell (2023)
Conflux Coldwell - Memorex Mori
22/12/23 - Subexotic Records - preorder available
Like a technological work of #vanitas, this visible decay allows us to contemplate our own mortality and the fragility of the things we hold dear. Other related themes and questions are raised by such #zombiemedia to do with legacy and transience. What will we leave behind for the future? What happens when there is nothing left to leave? What if this random selection of decaying tapes were the last evidence of life on Earth – a sort of Noah’s archive on recovered video tape.
I’m proud to announce my latest Conflux Coldwell album, and second release on the fantastic @subexoticrecords - available to preorder today: https://confluxcoldwell.bandcamp.com/album/memorex-mori Memorex Mori is out 22/12/23 “Last year I found a dusty box of old unlabelled VHS tapes at my parent’s house, including some early work of my own I’d long forgotten about. Unfortunately the tapes were all in very poor condition and I only managed to recover some of the material. Despite the bad quality I decided to sample the videos anyway and make something new out of the various noisy remnants - the final result of that extended process is Memorex Mori…”
The Head Technician showing us how it’s done in #leeds tonight… @dystopian_vectors #pyecorneraudio #sheafstreet #hauntedaudio #slowmotiontechno #drone #industrial #ambient #noise 🖤 https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQ9XmVo7ez/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
“like a projector slide shining light through grit and grime and dust”… another great review from The Wire. I’m really surprised Music for Installation has been this well received. Think I’m going to make my next album 5 hours long just to see if that’s the magic formula :D https://www.instagram.com/p/CovBLVHsvc6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
New Conflux Coldwell release, Music for Installation, is now available for preorder from Bandcamp. The album collects together pieces I’ve done for exhibitions and video art over the years… Link in comments #experimentalmusic #installationart #ambient #drone #noise #soundart #hauntological #immersive #longform https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm8-eIosfAf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
https://confluxcoldwell.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-installation
Waves in nothing, traced for Memorex Mori #vhsnoise #sampledelia #hauntedaudio #experimentalvideo #analogueglitch #noisemusic #drone #nothing #nosignal #damagedtape #mediaarcheology #stuff https://www.instagram.com/p/CkDni8Isyvr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
New Conflux Coldwell album coming soon - sneak preview
Source: SoundCloud / Subexotic Records
Urban Exploration - Terra Incognita - out today on tape and digital… Terra Incognita means unknown territory: an unexplored country or field of knowledge. They used to label blank areas of the map Terra Incognita before the Earth had been fully charted. Few such unknown lands exist in our world today, save for the bottom of the ocean and alien planets beyond our own. However, a place that has not been discovered or that is unknown to the individual, need not be so inaccessible or distant. Strange and inexplicable things can lie hidden just around the corner… Urban Exploration have been making noise for 10 years. This is a landmark release for the Leeds-based group, and their first 'proper' album, working together much more like an experienced and focused band of musicians, than the loose collective of DJs and artists that began improvising and experimenting together, just over a decade ago. Terra Incognita sees the group pushing into uncharted musical territory. The same influences and techniques may be present from earlier releases - techno, folk horror, experimental field recording and radiophonics, exploring post-industrial landscapes, 80s science fiction films etc - but they are no longer separate pastimes vying for sonic attention. On this release they truly coalesce, along with formative memories of earlier electronic music, into something emotional, cinematic, immersive and greater than the sum of its parts. The weird UFO on the cover has its source much closer to home than its form would suggest - the derelict social housing of Sheffield's Park Hill flats. The art and music presented by the group on Terra Incognita, are both indicative of a re-imaginative approach to space and sound, where obsolete objects and discarded forms are transformed into something unusual, gaining new potential when approached from a fresh perspective. see less https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPVVIbsvCF/?utm_medium=tumblr
https://urbexmusic.bandcamp.com/album/terra-incognita
Conflux Coldwell and alias Carbon Copy make an appearance on Post-Industrial, a compilation album from new label MonoTime. Two new tracks ;) https://monotime.bandcamp.com/releases
Some very odd things emerging from the murky depths at Crooked Acres Studios in #Leeds. Submechanophobia feels like being #submerged in time itself, everything slows down to a #mesmerising and frightening limbo. Crooked Acres will return with this and several other exciting releases we have in the pipeline, very soon. Art and snaps by yours truly. #darkelectronica #idm #glitch #drone #hypnosis #uneasylistening #industrialambient #newsound #submarinevibes #newage https://www.instagram.com/p/CQzRyOWsrjY/?utm_medium=tumblr
c-o-n-f-l-u-x.tumblr.com - CC - Conflux Coldwell — << #noise #ambient #experimental #drone #hauntology #electronica #videoart #urbanexploration #oldmedia #ruins #rubbish #things #time https://www.instagram.com/p/CGIx1P5HLJY/?igshid=167n3xplst2lm
Conflux Coldwell live at Fuse Art Space in Bradford. Playing Zoetrope using #octatrack #tapeloops #diytapeecho Laptop is just doing #reverb. Thanks to Ben Dewrance for grabbing this footage. I was just getting back into playing out again when this shitstorm happened :( #hauntology #liveelectronicmusic #noise #ambient #drone #hypnagogia https://www.instagram.com/p/CEcnAe5nJwJ/?igshid=6wy216hb070f