Although I decided to handle almost everything myself for this release (including mastering and distribution), I had the great pleasure of having Michael It’z contribute a remix and Florent Dufour create the artwork. Many thanks to both!

The release is available on Bandcamp (see below) and Soundcloud.

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Many thanks to the label Spleencore Records and to Scepticisme for their trust.

The first half of the album is entitled “S’accommoder” and has been composed and produced by Ryefield Society, while the second one (“Perdido”) is from James A. McDermid. The album will be released on CD and digitally on May 23rd. Pre-orders will open on May 16th.

Many thanks to J. Nathan Dziedzic who did the cover artwork and to Andrea Porcu who mastered the album.

Album description:

While their image remains trapped in glamourous clichés, European cities (Lisbon, Paris, London etc.) undergo post-pandemic capitalist dystopia. Their inhabitants are hindered by the wear and tear of life - unemployment, debt, poverty - while millions are pumped into tourism and foreign investment. This collaborative release by Ryefield Society and James A. McDermid takes its roots in these bittersweet places where beauty is hindered by misery, pollution and/or human contempt.”

S’accommoder is a quest for peace and solace in those industrial landscapes. Ryefield Society evokes urban melancholy with acoustic instruments, repetitive melodies and field recordings. Wistful and anxious from its opening track (“A dead world of sunshine and rain” - a title borrowed from the great American writer Richard Wright), this intimate journey finds relief in love and art as narrated in the meditative and organic “A focus on colours”.

Perdido - Portuguese for “lost” - considers a tourist’s experience of European life: eating pastries alongside the Seine in Paris, or perhaps hearing the echoing voice of the Fado singer along the cobbled side streets of Lisbon - all of it dreamy, beautiful and delightful; yet it’s something slowly becoming more and more manufactured as a way to encourage more tourism and more money into the areas slowly being gentrified beyond recognition.

Previews:

It is a particular honor for me to be part of this release, as I had really liked the previous volume in this compilation series. The compilation includes twenty tracks exploring deep and ambient techno territories. It was mastered by J. David Lucio S. and its artwork was designed by Mark Wagner.

The new track is called “Another Escape” and reflects on introspective night walks chasing clearer skies in dark industrial cities. With this intimate track, Ryefield Society explores new territories by blending bass music elements into guitar- and synth-driven melancholia.

The compilation includes eleven tracks that cover a large scope of electronic music styles. It was mastered by Florence Tang and its artwork was designed by maf.

The track is called “Familiar Skies (Anemoia)” and is a very personal one, since it tries to put sounds on the comfortable sensations I associate to the place I grew up in. This dub-influenced downtempo track is a contemplative piece that aims to reflect the beauty of familiar landcapes and a feeling of imaginary nostalgia.

• On April 14th, Francis Beaubois premiered the track Faux Espoirs in his show Electronic Therapy on Radio Mercure.
  
• On April 23rd, DJJJS played Sleeplessness in his show Void filler on radio Dublab.
  
• On April 27th, Karen Vogt opened her show Lost, Found, and Lost Again on CAMP radio with the track Note To Self.
  
• On April 30th, Stephen Galloway played Teen Dreams in his show Tapeta Lucida on radio NSPR.
  
• On June 14th, S-Pill included Sun Fossils in his mix for A Strangely Isolated Place that revisits the catalog of Huinali Recordings and Oslated.
  
  

Thanks to them!

You can listen to it via the Bandcamp player below, and also find links to other digital streaming platforms below.

I would like to thank all the persons involved in this release. Thanks to Scepticisme and Zeze Wakamatsu for their beautiful contributions. Many thanks to Javier Marimon (Off T Visuals) who did the artwork, to Mattias Fridell who mastered the album, and to Huinali Recordings for giving me the chance to release this first LP with them.

Streaming and purchase links:
Bandcamp
Beatport
Spotify
Apple Music
Deezer
Tidal
Amazon Music

I would like to take the opportunity to sincerely thank Zeze Wakamatsu, who contributed a stunning remix to this upcoming album. You can hear it in the player below.

Many thanks to Indefinite Pitch and Oslated for hosting these tracks on their platforms.

The closure track of the album will be premiered on Indefinite Pitch from April 3rd:

I hope you’ll like it.