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' _:_________|_ _|_________:_ | | | | _ _____|___|_ _|___|_____ _ | | | | | . | | . | | : | | : | | l | | l | | X | | X | | X | 01. Dominic Pierce - Island 02:38 | X | | X | 02. Anti - Midnight Waves 02:36 | X | | X | 03. Mycatisflying - Pulse 02:49 | X | | X | 04. Rushing Silver - Didn't Expect That 03:02 | X | | X | 05. Y.F.N.D.D. - Once And Never Once More 03:19 | X | | X | 06. Bunko Stew - Gloomy Dew 03:22 | X | | X | 07. Leaf Beach - Lemon 01:48 | X | | X | 08. Emerld - Keep Goin' 02:22 | X | | X | 09. Prgmat - Propose To My Drum Machine 03:00 | X | | X | 10. Sadiva - Take It Home 02:37 | X | | X | 11. Dillema - Night.Wit.Yu 01:48 | X | | X | 12. Original.Sky - Trophies 03:15 | X | | X | 13. Smeyeul. - What You Want 02:47 | X | | X | 14. Yunnan - Breathingfire 02:20 | X | | X | 15. Msnthrp - Legend 01:28 | X | | X | 16. Beto - Paraiso 01:20 | X | | X | 17. Sen$ei - Memories 01:39 | X | | X | 18. Daneel - Last Call 03:09 | X | | X | 19. Zod1ac - Indigo 02:29 | X | | X | 20. Born Sexy - Bonnie 03:54 | X | | X | 21. Bryzone_Ybp - Parcel 02:47 | X | | X | 22. Drchamploo - Reflection 03:17 | X | | X | 23. Dark Mind - Tribute -2006- 02:41 | X | | X | 24. Objektiv - Highlands 02:20 | X | | X | 25. Rtik - By My Side 03:26 | X | | X | 26. Torin Bell - Memories Of Summer 03:17 | X | | X | 27. Konkiri - Cephalopods 02:07 | X | | X | 28. Pehoz - Lone 05:05 | X | | X | 29. Piffass - Zora's Domain 03:10 | X | | X | 30. Postmark - Pastelz 02:10 | X | | X | 31. Dupre - Memory Found 01:37 | X | | X | 32. (Gsc) - Park 01:36 | X | | X | 33. Card Houses - Something Like Wut 02:13 | X | | X | 34. Jake And Bake - Got Myself A Present 01:51 | X | | X | 35. Slyme - Clouds-Bump- 01:02 | X | | X | 36. Spliff Jackson - Explorations 01:39 | X | | X | 37. Entro - Late Night Ramen 02:27 | X | | X | 38. Mr. Stee - Half Remembered 02:06 | X | | X | 39. Dr. Overflow - Mines 02:53 | X | | X | 40. Tristano - Please 01:17 | X | | X | 41. Mondriaan - Blossom 01:43 | X | | X | 42. Medacin - Lonely 01:20 | X | | X | 43. Indescribableindy - Knoidea 00:59 | X | | X | 44. Zemauno - Nice2meetu 01:48 | X | | X | 45. Elginnnn - Nouvelle Aquitaine 02:41 | X | | X | 46. Furozh - Different Times 01:41 | X | | X | 47. Oxcyde - Days Gone 02:13 | X | | X | 48. Bean Franklin - C Section 03:17 | X | | X | 49. P.Stmdrn - Fleetngdreem 01:02 | X | | X | 50. Korey Wade - Flip Da Scrip 02:04 | X | | X | 51. Drips Zacheer - Ahead 01:36 | X | | X | 52. Truehoustonemcee - Invocation 01:47 | X | | X | 53. A Brisk Breeze - I Just Wanna Be Someb01:59 | X | | X | 54. Sifty Fent - Shawshank -1994- 02:35 | X | | X | 55. Japannabis - Timespace 01:34 | X | | X | 56. Michaelson - Stole My Heart 01:26 | X | | X | 57. Nimzo - Sleep 01:30 | X | | X | 58. Nion - Lovely 00:48 | X | | X | 59. Cory Giordano - Movement Insists 01:45 | X | | X | 60. Levirya - Bygones 02:26 | X | | X | 61. Mercedes Benz - Fondness 02:10 | X | | X | 62. Gaz Korbier - Q'importe La Saison 02:42 | X | | X | | X | | X | 141:49 min| X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | ! x | | x ! . - : : - . :: . . :: `:::: . . ::::' :: :: `:::: . . ::::' :: :: `:::: . r e l e a s e . n o t e s . ::::' `:Tape with downloadcode, proof included. :' `: :' `:There may not be a more appropriate way to celebrate :' `:Cassette Store Day, October 14th, than pressing play on :' `:FUTURES Vol. 4, a two-plus hour tape of scratchy, stoic lo-:' `:fi and ambient beats from premiere independent label Inner :' `:Ocean Records. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Inner :' `:OceanÆs name reflects both the expanse of mountain, sky and:' `:plains which surrounds the Calgary, and the well of :' `:creativity within ourselves that stirs with the experience :' `:of music. 62 tracks by 62 artists, most of them exclusive :' `:to the tape, spill across the stereo spread on FUTURES Vol.:' `:4, the latest installment in a running compilation which :' `:continues to look ahead, promoting new sounds and new :' `:artists through an old but timeless format. :' `: :' `:Conceived by a handful of record labels in 2013, Cassette :' `:Store Day is a growing celebration. It lacks the pull or :' `:popularity of Record Store Day, but its intention is :' `:different. ôCSD is focused on celebrating cassettes rather :' `:than supporting shops,ö according to cassettestoreday.com. :' `:While for many labels today is an occasion to reach into :' `:the past and re-release classic albums on tape, for Inner :' `:Ocean itÆs another opportunity to slide into the future, :' `:and the future is chill. :' `: :' `:Almost four years ago, FUTURES Vol. 1 was Inner OceanÆs :' `:first compilation. ôThere was always an element of looking :' `:ahead when compiling them,ö, says Inner Ocean Records :' `:founder Cory Giordano, ôwhether it be new directions in :' `:sound, working with new artists or simply a soundtrack for :' `:moving forward in life.ö Then, the compilation was a :' `:vehicle for Inner Ocean to promote its own artists (the :' `:label currently has approximately 25 producers on its :' `:roster). Now, the compilation is open to submissions, :' `:allowing Inner Ocean to work with more artists and connect :' `:with more people in the community. We counted only three :' `:cuts from Inner Ocean artists on FUTURES Vol. 4. This is a :' `:testament to Inner OceanÆs reputation, and its ability to :' `:help foster the lo-fi community. :' `: :' `:FUTURES Vol. 4 naturally embraces more than just lo-fi. The:' `:scratchy, stripped down, instrumental style pioneered by :' `:the likes J Dilla and Nujabes is a starting point to expand:' `:upon. Jazz tropes, ambient textures and experimental tones :' `:saturate the compilation and help to refresh or redirect :' `:its movement as it rolls along. Experimentation and :' `:boundary busting within the lo-fi lexicon has been the :' `:calling card of the FUTURES tapes. Yet regardless of how :' `:far a song stretches from familiarity, it is the ambience, :' `:the chill, delicately put forth with pads, drum machines :' `:and cozy cut samples, that serves as the compilationÆs :' `:common denominator. :' `: :' `:A lo-fi compilation is ideal for Cassette Store Day because:' `:as Cory tells us tape cassettes are inherently low fidelity:' `:and do not present the full frequency range. ôYou can get :' `:the cassettes loaded with a few different types of tape, :' `:each offering their own sound characteristics,ö he says. :' `:ôThough they all have hiss and have that subtle, tape- :' `:saturated tone.ö Since its inception in 2012, little music :' `:leaves Inner Ocean Records unless packaged in at least one :' `:physical format. With the cassette format naturally lending:' `:itself to lo-fi soundscapes, Inner OceanÆs embrace of the :' `:genre has been a fateful marriage of music to material. :' `: :' `:ôIf listening to vinyl is likened to watching movies shot :' `:and projected on gorgeously rich film stock, listening to :' `:tapes is like watching 90Æs movies on VHS, a little gritty :' `:but nostalgic and satisfying,ö says Cory. When you can cram:' `:1,000 tunes on one memory stick, thereÆs great pride and :' `:intention to the selection of physical formats. ThereÆs :' `:also great expense and labor involved, but for Inner Ocean :' `:itÆs a labor of love. :' `: :' `: :' `: :' `:ôAs nice as it is to be able to stream any song you want at:' `:any moment, Cory rhapsodizes, ôthat immediate access :' `:somehow takes away from the magic of music. ThereÆs nothing:' `:like throwing down your vinyl collection on some turntables:' `:and hanging out with your friends, or tossing a tape into :' `:your car and cruising to some chill beats.ö :' `: :' `:With such a large compilation, its best to breeze through :' `:the entire thing side by side and get totally lost in the :' `:lo-fi. But for reference weÆll offer our favorite cut from :' `:each side. On tape no. 1, itÆs got to be the love song of :' `:love songs ôPropose To My Drum Machineö by PRGMAT on Side :' `:A, and the oriental and experimental sound of :' `:ôBreathingfireö by Yunnan on Side B. For tape no. 2 we :' `:favor the R&B noire vibe of Jake and BakeÆs ôGot Myself a :' `:Presentö on Side A and the wobbly ôFlip Da Scripö by Korey :' `:Wade on Side B. :' `: :' `:You can purchase the tape at Inner Ocean's website. If you :' `:donÆt have a cassette player, you can still scoop up :' `:FUTURES Vol. 4 on mp3 to explore this massive compilation. :' `:If you like what you hear, stay chooned. WeÆll likely :' `:feature more extraordinarily chill music from Inner Ocean :' `:Records in our new LoFi Sundays column. :' . ......... . . ................... . : .....::::::::::' : | `````:::::::' | : | `:::::::' | : | | `..:' | | _|__| ` |__|_ __ _________.' | | `._________ __ _ _____________ _ _______________ S! | . ______ _____ / __ __ _____ /__ __ ____ i . _/ ___/ | ___/ /__| |__| | | ___/ / /__| |__ \__| i__ |________. |__________________.| |______/_______ ___\_____ __/ |__| |_____ _ |__| . |__| __ _________ . c r u e l t y . _________ __ `. | _ ___ ____ ____ | .' "|""| | | | ___| ___| |""|" | | ` | | | | : | ` ._______| | : | ------- | : """""" : ' ''''' ` ` --- ` ` _ "" ` -