Hey, hope all is well!

Couple of new things for ye this month..

[HPLL030] KWAIDAN
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Intrepid explorer Mat Ranson, more well known around these parts as Fisk
Industries, may well have just taken off on an around-the-world expedition, but
he didn't leave without dropping a few new releases our way.

His first release is called Kwaidan, a one-off project inspired by Masaki
Kobayashi's ghost movie of the same name.

Awash with kinetic energy, the music bristles with texture and ghostly treated
sound sources, aiming to hint at the eerieness of Kobayashi's original ghost
stories. Two tracks, each close to 12 minutes, and wound around a similar
trajectory, built upon intricate punchy drum programming, pounding out an
incessant rhythm with waves of sawblade synths vying for attention against an
aggresive low-end bass, trying to rend and pull apart the forward motion.

Using the longer time frame, themes are able to fully develop and be explored
with subtle nuance, slowly building up a sense of dread and claustrophobic
foreboding, whilst simultaneously allowing more space for the sound to breathe,
and a more natural flow and ebb to the listening experience.

This is the first in our series of digital 12"s - high quality mastered
releases, and available exclusively only as FLAC or 320kbps MP3s. You can buy
the files at:
http://www.highpointlowlife.com/releaseinfo.php?id=30

Sound Sample at:
http://highpointlowlife.com/downloads/masaki_excerpt.mp3

and full previews:
http://www.last.fm/music/Kwaidan/Kwaidan



WEB RELEASES
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Aside from that, we also have two new excellent free web releases up
on the site this month:

[HPW033] THE VILLAGE ORCHESTRA - LIVE AT CAFE OTO
This recording was made at our 'Towards The Singularity' event at Cafe Oto in
August. A Beautifully tailored Max/MSP live set using geographic recordings made
in and around Dalston and Stoke Newington.
http://www.highpointlowlife.com/webrelease.php?id=33

[HPW034] FISK INDUSTRIES - TRIPTYCH
The second of Mat's farewell releases, three tracks of tightly wound
immaculately produced electronics, sloping along on crisp off-kilter rhythms.
http://www.highpointlowlife.com/webrelease.php?id=34



GIGS
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[NETAUDIO FESTIVAL / SHUNT, LONDON] 22nd - 25th October 2008
The Netaudio festival is a four day festival celebrating the creative
output of networked musicians and online communities, and has an
incredible lineup including Lackluster, Disrupt, Appleblim, Autisici
and many more. I've been helping Last.fm curate one of the nights on
thursday, October 23rd, where we'll have the The Village Orchestra and
Production Unit DJing in the bar alongside John Eden from
Uncarved.org, while in the main room A.R.E. Weapons, SJ Esau and DDD
will be playing.
http://2008.netaudiolondon.cc/festival/


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I shan't bore with you with too much other random stuff, if you'd like to know
more about whats going on behind the scenes, what we're listening to and
reading, then you can find out more over on at The Highpoint Bloglife:
http://highpointlowlife.com/blog/blog.php

take care, thanks!
thorsten