Some selections

 Some music we've been enjoying lately that comes with a strong recommendation

Thank you if you've picked up SMC's quite stunning debut - copies still available

Floaty, loosely ecological ambient from Australia which reminds us very much of Soda Lite's excellent tape from not too long ago.

Delicate and thoughtful explorations of the sonic potential of the piano across two long pieces

Heady modular worship from our old HQ, Prague

Complex and richly textured debut from Cairo via Prague on the ever-reliable Genot Centre

Now available: SMC 'Moth Room' (CLR21)

SMC's debut tape, Moth Room, is available now!

Moth Room is an apt title for SMC's debut collection of music. The sounds she uses are fragile but highly animated, threatening to disappear as soon as they occur, and often returning with the manic energy that makes this tape so intriguing. Moth Room channels the understated music of Woo and Colleen through a diverse but subtle palette of sounds, which spans to include the fervent hand-picking of Spanish guitar music.

These pieces were recorded between Scotland and Sweden, but have their sights set on the Italian province of Perugia. As she recalls her past in this place using a limited instrumentation, SMC gives the working of memory a musical form. Undulating synthesisers and softly convulsing rhythms resurface across the EP, sometimes as echoes in an intricate guitar line.

Available in an edition of 50 handmade cassettes.