Konx-Om Pax - Ways Of Seeing - VINYL LP

Tom 'Konx-om-Pax' Scholefield's Caramel is quite a different record from the dark, mould-pocked ambience of his debut 'Regional Surrealism'. Although it's primarily a beatless album, it's one with a big smile on it's face. Scholefield started making 'Caramel' after his last record in 2012, InchMy surroundings have a direct influence on the mood of what I make. I made Regional Surrealism when I was living in a big empty flat on my own in Glasgow town centre surrounded by concrete and junkies. Moving next to the park, closer to friends and getting to tour the world had a positive effect on the feel of the tracks.Inch 'Caramel' has a lightness and energy, an unrepentant joyful cheesiness even - like the rave piano and spiralling arpeggios of 'Cosmic Trigger' or the big beatless build up of the title track. InchA lot of the tracks are very simple, that's quite an important theme.Inch He adds InchI remember the Human League talk about how you can play their songs using only a couple of fingers on the synth, or Boards Of Canada saying it's important to be able to hum their melodies really easily.Inch There's also a strong element of rave memory in this ambience. It's influenced in some ways by touring the world with Lone doing visuals and DJing, but also from simply listening to old rave tapes and taking in the warmth and energy. As he says InchSome of the tracks are like photocopies of photocopies of rave tracks, where the drums have dissolved and it's just the melodies that have survived.Inch You can hear this distinctly on 'Perc Rave'. Other tracks are more or less drones that build into melodies, like 'Beatrice's Visit', as he says InchI'm always trying to find the most ecstatic and basic loop and just let it run and do it's thing. I heard a funny story about Basic Channel popping out to get a kebab and letting their machines run while they were out.Inch Other tracks ap

You might be familiar with Konx-om-Pax's previous work without already being aware of it. Glasgow's Tom Scholefield; is a 3D film director and graphic artist who's made videos for locals Hudson Mohawke and Mogwai as well as Martyn, Jamie Lidell, Kuedo and Lone; sleeve artwork for Oneohtrix Point Never, Rustie, King Midas Sound and others; plus he has toured with Mogwai as a DJ. So how on Earth does he find the time to make music, or the energy? Scholefield explains that he writes music to chill out. In contrast to his bright, synthetic and colorful artwork and videos, his music is more mossy and analog. Often beatless, personal and located in a transporting surrealism, it's sometimes inspired by the idea of re-scoring films and TV. 'Glacier Mountain Descent' for instance is a re-imagining of the opening scene from Werner Herzog's Aguirre. Album Tracks 1. Intro 2. Isotonic Pool 3. At Home with Mum and Dad 4. Twin Portal Redux 5. Sura-Tura-Gnosi-Cosi 6. Zang-Tumb 7. Glacier Mountain Descent 8. Pillars of Creation 9. Slootering 10. Lagoon Leisure 11. Hurt Face 12. Chambers 13. Silent Reading 14. Let's Go Swimming

This album, recorded over an intense three-day window in Berlin, brings together Charif Megarbane and the Jakarta-based band Ali. Their collaboration builds on a long, organic history of musical exchange between Indonesia and the Arab world, blending shared references, improvisation, and years of band experience. Rather than a conceptual fusion project, the record evolved naturally through spontaneity and the musicians' overlapping backgrounds. The title Tirakat reflects this process, a word rooted in both Arabic and Javanese traditions, capturing discipline, journey, and the layering of influences that shaped the album. Album Tracks 1. Intro 2. Abaday 3. Mosaics 4. Kuda Arab 5. Mata Api 6. Ahmad's Lament 7. Jamal 8. A Ladder on the Balcony 9. Bandar Batavia 10. Ombak, Ombak 11. Frag Men Ted Mea Ning 12. Pekojan Funk 13. Silk End