Chris Russell - BloomrM_0027
Chris Russell - Bloom
May 2012

Warm and peaceful zones inspired by nature. All carefully sculptured using a combination of field recordings and electronic atmospheres. 		 
åpne sinn – en seierrM_0025
Peter James – Landfall
Apr 2012

Part of a journey. Not the final part or the start. Just a part of it. A mixture of long and short form ambient. 		 
åpne sinn – en seierpl0004
Steve Brand / Ishq – Spiritual Science
Mar 2012

Easy and organic multiple disc release of several long form ambient pieces. Re-mastered during 2011-2012 for this special re-release. 		 
åpne sinn – en seierrM_0024
åpne sinn – en seier
Feb 2012

"en seier" from the Norwegian meaning “one victory”. Rhythms, ambient soundscapes, and multiple collaborations. All straight from the heart. 		 
Austere – EuterperM_0021
Austere – Euterpe
Jan 2012

Honed sonic goodness that covers every style or genre Austere is known for (which is many) but mostly brand-new ground broken, no paths retraced.		 
Peter James – MementorM_0022
Peter James – Memento
Dec 2011

Musical pieces kept as simple as the moments they depict so as not to blur the memories they evoke.		 
Steve Brand - Subtle Movements InsiderM_0011
Steve Brand - Subtle Movements Inside
Nov 2011

“Subtle Movements Inside,” was inspired after re-visiting a group of old poems and by recent events in my life.		 
Steve Brand - SoulSpiralpl0003
Steve Brand - Cahokia
Oct 2011

A three-song journey into one of the deeply mystical places of America’s heartland.		 
Bob Ohrum - All Around MerM_0020
Bob Ohrum - All Around Me
Oct 2011

In the sky and the trees,the sunlight and the breeze, in the buildings and the windows that surround me... they are all around me.		 
Zero Ohms - Worlds, AfterworldsrM_0019
Zero Ohms - Worlds, Afterworlds
Oct 2011

We constantly stand on a precipice of the unknown without the possibility of reversing. This seemingly unknowable void looms, beckoning. And flight is the only, albeit inadequate, response.		 
Steve Brand - SoulSpiralpl0002
Steve Brand - Upwelling
Sept 2011

Upwelling is collection of epiphanies, experiments, singular moments, remixes and re-discoveries.		 
Lowell Levene-Sims - <br>A Thing of Beauty to an Object of RegretrM_0017
Lowell Levene-Sims - A Thing of Beauty to An Object of Regret
Aug 2011

Cover Painting: There are No Wrong Notes by LLS, 2010.		 
Chris Russell - HomerM_0013
Chris Russell - Home (double album)
Aug 2011

recorded june 2010 to march 2011.		 
John Koch-Northrup - Temporal ArcrM_0002
John Koch-Northrup - Temporal Arc
(reissue w/ bonus track)
July 2011

Originally released on Red Antenna on 2001. Re-released July 2011, with one additional track.		 
Disturbed Earth & Steve Brand – What is Memory?rM_0016
Disturbed Earth & Steve Brand – What is Memory?
July 2011

This release is a 69-minute aural exploration of the nature of memory and time, utilizing keyboard atmospheres, flutes and voice.		 
Max Corbacho – Lost LinksrM_0018
Max Corbacho – Lost Links
June 2011

Deleted, unreleased and forgotten tracks.		 
Steve Brand - SoulSpiralpl0001
Steve Brand - SoulSpiral
May 2011

First in a series of re-mastered, re-worked, re-releases and special releases to come on Steve's own label, Pioneer Light.		 
Bob Ohrum – Subliminal ListeningrM_0014
Bob Ohrum – Subliminal Listening
March 2011

A collection of organic soundscapes created by capturing various field recordings, and then creating music to accompany them.		 
I’ve Lost – Scáth M’anamrM_0010
I’ve Lost – Scáth M’anam
March 2011

Scáth M’anam is a Gaelic phrase, which can be translated as “Shadow of My Soul”. The artist, aka Bobby Jones, chose this title by looking to his Irish roots.		 
Relaxed Machinery Artists – sleepMODErM_0009
Relaxed Machinery Artists – sleepMODE
March 2011

Relaxed Machinery presents sleepMODE, a snapshot of the rapidly-growing label celebrating its first anniversary.		 
åpne sinn – espiritistarM_0015
åpne sinn – espiritista
Jan 2011

By turns drifting and ethereal then beat driven, this debut recording spans many musical types and genres.		 
Leonardo Rosado – for rrM_0012
Leonardo Rosado – for r
Nov 2010

 
Chris Russell and Disturbed Earth – The Approaching ArmadarM_0008
Chris Russell and Disturbed Earth – The Approaching Armada
Oct 2010

The Approaching Armada is all about Chris’ electronics that have been soft soaked, the brittle remaining dark and edgy and Disturbed Earth’s presence in the sound.		 
Beta Cloud – The Book of Five RingsrM_0007
Beta Cloud – The Book of Five Rings
Oct 2010

All tracks recorded reflect “aural essays” of the concepts Musashi defined in his text of Go Rin No Sho.		 
Steve Brand - ConiunctiorM_0006
Steve Brand - Coniunctio
Aug 2010

Coniunctio is the joining of two longform ambient works. Pale Blue Orb is very celestial, spacious, glowing in the warmth of enveloping light and consciousness while The Beginning of Days is more terrestrial, Earthy.		 
Bob Ohrum - ElevatedrM_0004
Bob Ohrum - Elevated
June 2010

Elevated is a journey through heartbreaking loss and the celebration of a spirit set free from a broken body.		 
Chris Russell - FrozenrM_0003
Chris Russell - Frozen
July 2010

Frozen recalls the stillness and silence of a winter snowfall transitioning into spring, celebrating the rebirth and renewal of life.		 
Steve Brand - Circular ScripturesrM_0001
Steve Brand - Circular Scriptures
June 2010

Circular Scriptures is charactarized by beatless, diaphanous, semi-transparent layers of sound that flow and overlap, layered with deep earth-shaking timbres and near orchestral and choral allusions.		 

The artists get 100%?!

By John Koch-Northrup, on December 2nd, 2009

Relaxed Machinery is set up in a fairly unique way.  As the label owner, I don’t actually “make” anything.  The artist pays for their release, and in turn, gets 100%

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December 2nd, 2009 | Category: Label Building | One comment - (Comments are closed)

First Release, Working with Steve, Who Am I?

By John Koch-Northrup, on December 1st, 2009

.: First Release and working with Steve Brand

I’m very happy to be able to release a new album by Steve Brand called “Circular Scriptures”.  The release date is set

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December 1st, 2009 | Category: Label Building | Comments are closed

Relaxed Machinery – Welcome!

By John Koch-Northrup, on November 30th, 2009

.: Relaxed Machinery – Welcome!

Welcome to the first of a series posts about the creation and set up of Relaxed Machinery – a new label focusing on organic ambient

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November 30th, 2009 | Category: Label Building | Comments are closed
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