Relaxed Machinery

“Coniunctio” Now Available on CDBaby

SteveBrand — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:47:06 +0000

Coniunctio Now Available on CDBaby!

I’m pleased to announce that “Coniunctio: Pale Blue Orb/The Beginning Of Days,” my new release on relaxedMACHINERY.com, is now available as a download from CDBaby for $12.99!

CDrs of this release will be available at the Hypnos Store in the near future.

A wallpaper, press release and full cover art will be available here in the near future. Stay tuned from more developments.

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Listening Party! Steve Brand – Coniunctio – August 13

JohnKochNorthrup — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:26:41 +0000

Join us on August 13th at 10 pm CDT on StillStream.com to listen to Steve Brand’s new double album, Coniunctio, in it’s entirety!

Darrell Burgan will once again host our World Premiere Listening Party and I’m very excited to hear the album in it’s entirety with a great group of people in the StillStream chat.

Please join us!

Would you like a sneak preview? I thought you might!

Steve Brand – Pale Blue Orb (Excerpts) by Relaxed Machinery

Steve Brand – The Beginning Of Days (Excerpts) by Relaxed Machinery

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I’ve Lost – Dissociative Fugue (Feedback Loop Label) Reviews

JohnKochNorthrup — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:16:46 +0000

Relaxed Machinery artist I’ve Lost currently has an e.p. released on the Feedback Loop Label. Below are three recent reviews.

http://disquiet.com/2010/07/21/ive-lost-bobby-jones-fugue/

TWO AMBIENT FUGUE MP3S

The sounds are just select enough, just refined enough, just stretched-to-near-breaking enough to seep into the background. The music presents a dreamstate of melodic progression, each note held until it seems to make a move from one ear to the next, passing like scenes outside the window as you make your way across the country by car. These are “Absence” and “The Big Empty,” the two tracks that comprise Dissociative Fugue, the new free release by I’ve

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Coming in August! Steve Brand – Coniunctio

JohnKochNorthrup — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:05:38 +0000

Steve Brand - Coniunctio - Front Cover

Coming in early August – a special double album from Steve Brand featuring two long form ambient works.

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Chris Russell – Frozen release party Friday, July 16 at 10 pm CDT (UTC-5)

JohnKochNorthrup — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:37:30 +0000

Join us this coming Friday on StillStream.com for the world premiere of the 3rd Relaxed Machinery release: Chris Russell – Frozen!

I’m very proud that the owner of StillStream, Darrell Burgan, has agreed to play Chris’ album from start to finish during his Friday night program, Blue Water Drift Dive. I’m betting that Darrell will start the album sometime during the first hour – maybe around 10:30 pm CDT. The show normally runs until 1 or 2 am.

Below are a couple of full length preview tracks, where to buy the download or CDR, and

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Steve Brand on Somafm DroneZone June 2010 playlist

JohnKochNorthrup — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:22:36 +0000

Congratulations to Steve Brand for getting on both the “by spins” and “by listeners” charts for DroneZone! I’m very proud of Steve’s album on Relaxed Machinery – and love his albums on Hypnos and AtmoWorks. Steve is a consistently wonderful artist and person.

John

DroneZone for June 2010…

http://somafm.com/charts/dronezone/dronezone-12Jun10.html

Top 30 Artists BY SPINS 1. Steve Roach (46) 2. Igneous Flame (23) 3. Cleveland Wehle (19) 4. Stephen Philips (18) 5. Stars of the Lid (17) 6. Solyaris (16) 7. Biosphere (15) 8. Robert Scott Thompson (15) 9. Harold Budd (14) 10. Jim Cole & Spectral Voices (13) 11. Cliff Martinez (13) 12. Dilate (12) 13. A Produce (11) 14. Vidna Obmana (10) 15. Maitreya (10) 16. Gas

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New Releases / New Artist

JohnKochNorthrup — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:04:34 +0000

Where to buy our new and recent releases:

Bob Ohrum – Elevated is now available as a download and as a CDR.

Chris Russell – Frozen is now available as a download and as a CDR.

Steve Brand – Circular Scriptures is also available as a download and as a CDR.

Chris Russell – Frozen – World Premiere Release Party

Tune in to StillStream at 10 pm CDT to hear the world premiere of Chris Russell’s 3rd album, Frozen. Darrell Burgan’s “Deep Water Drift Dive” radio show will feature the album in it’s entirety uninterrupted. Most of the Relaxed Machinery artists will be

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“Circular Scriptures” Ping Things Review

SteveBrand — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:05:48 +0000

I’m always happy to hear about new labels and the music that each brings, and I was particularly happy to hear that my buddy John Koch-Northrup of Interstitial was starting a new label called Relaxed Machinery (check it out at http://relaxedmachinery.com/). Not only has John come up with a really fair and sensible business model for label work, he’s also got really great taste so I have every expectation that he’s going to put out some great music. Certainly the first release, “Circular Scriptures” by Steve Brand lives up to and surpasses all my expectations with the label. I was

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“Circular Scriptures” on “Secret Music” Top 20 for May, 2010

SteveBrand — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:01:22 +0000

Scott Raymond WVKR-FM 16 Penn St. Fishkill, NY 12524

newage@secretmusic.net

WVKR-FM “Secret Music” Top 20 Playlist May, 2010

1. Palancar – Serenetatis – Earth Mantra 2. The Circular Ruins – Invisible Cities – Dataobscura 3. Loscil – Endless Falls – Kranky 4. Devin Rice & Erin Aas – Arrival – Self Released 5. Bruno Sanfilippo & Mathias Grassow – CROMO – ad21 Music 6. Jack Rose – The Black Dirt Sessions – Three Lobed Recordings 7. Carl Weingarten & Walter Whitney – Dreaming In Colors – Multiphase 8. Chad Kettering – Voices of the Ancients – Soniclayers Music 9. Zon Vern Pyles – Looking Forward – Zon Vern Pyles 10. Broekhuis, Keller & Schonwalder – Repelen

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Press Release: Bob Ohrum – Elevated

JohnKochNorthrup — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:41:56 +0000

Text version of the press release. PDF – Relaxed Machinery style coming shortly.

artist: Bob Ohrum album title: Elevated label: Relaxed Machinery catalog #: rM_0004 release date: June 22, 2010 music style: ambient – beatless

.: about the release :.

“Elevated” is a journey through heartbreaking loss and the celebration of a spirit set free from a broken body.

01 song for you (i’ll never forget) – 5:30 02 while they slept – 9:20 03 everytime i close my eyes – 7:59 04 elevated – 14:13 05 diwedd – 6:12 06 the wasteland – 10:23

“In 2007 I wrote and recorded ‘Elevated’ as a tribute to my father, a great man and a

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