3.0 News: Related Developments in Music
Igloo Magazine review of 3.0 (pinned)
May 17th, 2025: “Not merely content with exploring sound; this compilation sculpts it—drawing from every digital crevice with an ensemble of fearless sonic alchemists: Senking, Ana Volley, While, Oubys, Beta Consciousness, Julien Guillot, Tescon Pol, Whose Body Is This, Ääristymä, NYORAI, tsrono, Latchwork, VAAG, Durance, Black Ant, Vcam, and Pisica. Together, they craft a dense, evocative soundscape that stands shoulder to shoulder with trailblazing labels like Raster and Mille Plateaux, mapping uncharted aural frontiers with cinematic flair.
Unexplained Sounds 3.0 is a bold statement. A hauntingly beautiful homage to the legacy of the Clicks & Cuts era, this compilation highlights past innovation with future possibility, unraveling micro-rhythmic mysteries and glitch-born textures in ways both cerebral and emotionally resonant. Truly, a landmark release destined to echo far beyond the moment of its creation.” - Pietro Da Sacco
Avant Music News review of 3.0 (pinned)
May 31st, 2025: “At first blush, 3.0 seems out of character for the Unexplained Sounds Group, a family of labels focused on experimental ambient, drone, and acousmatic music from all parts of the world. Unlike the aforementioned rough genres, this compilation of 17 tracks from just as many artists is centered around synthetic beats and glitchy rhythms, along with electronic textures and long-held synth chords. The outcome is a marriage of ambient and techno without an emphasis on the dark soundscapes for which the labels are known.
Upon further consideration, a few recent Unexplained Sounds Group releases foreshadowed 3.0, such as albums inspired by William Gibson and Philip K. Dick. Both incorporated a significant yet subtly arranged dose of electronica and IDM to embody their respective futuristic and weird science fiction themes. But 3.0 is quite different in that many of the tracks exhibit the melody, harmony, and rhythm that acousmatic music famously lacks. Naturally, this leads to a large degree of diversity in terms of sound palette, structure, and feel across the album. And more than a few bleeps and bloops. [CONTINUE READING]” - Mike Borella
Saturday June 7th - 7:00pm
Performance
The Rail Car at ATC
Tescon Pol conjures dense, cinematic soundscapes that blur the lines between post-rock, noise, and ambient electronics. With pulsating synths and hypnotic rhythms, their performances swell and dissolve like a dream—moody, immersive, and emotionally charged.
Unexplained Sounds Group - The Recognition Test Radio by Raffaele Pezzella
Friday, 30 May 2025. H 9.30 P.M. CET
Unexplained Sounds radio transmission, The Recognition Test # 366. Mixed by Raffaele Pezzella (a.k.a. Sonologyst).
Streaming:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/unexplained-test-130162149
(Friday, 9,30 p.m. CET)
TRACKLIST: Nicolussi, Rich Wh, Antonin De Bemels, Systemet, Julien Guillot vÄäristymä Sándor Vály, ówt krì, WAYVES, Richard Bégin, Harrison & Dunkley.
tsrono - New Release Inspired by Drone Day 2025: qed
May 27th, 2025: 23:00
under the wide & starry sky
credits
released May 27, 2025
tracks 1 & 2 were created on May 24 for drone day 2025
written + recorded at cross shores
designed for gapless playback
VAAG - New Release on Detroit Underground: Vague
May 22nd, 2025: Dive into the mesmerizing world of “Vague,” an innovative electronic album. This composition artfully integrates fractal glitchy sounds, creating a unique auditory landscape that is both intricate and expansive. The use of Self designed glitchy drums adds a raw, experimental edge with an energetic pulse that feels alive with possibility.
As the beats tumble and stutter through the sonic fabric, they are accompanied by strange melodies that evoke a sense of wonder and curiosity. Each note dances playfully in the dark void, challenging conventional musical boundaries while inviting listeners to explore new dimensions of sound. The crackling textures woven throughout create an atmosphere rich in detail.
VA: Solaris Compilation on Eighth Tower Records Out Now
May 20th, 2025: This compilation is a tribute to Tarkovsky’s vision, an attempt to translate the enigmatic beauty of Solaris into a sonic experience. Each track, like the planet’s ocean, reflects fragments of memory and imagination, evoking both wonder and melancholy. The music contained here draws from the textures of ambient, drone, and experimental electronics, mirroring the film's hypnotic pacing and its exploration of the liminal spaces between waking and dreaming. In these compositions, you may hear the echoes of Kelvin’s (the main character) sorrow, the undulating mystery of Solaris, and the endless dance between presence and absence. To immerse oneself in Solaris is to embark on a journey without easy answers.
Likewise, this collection of music invites you to drift into the unknown, to embrace the mysteries that lie beneath the surface of sound, and to discover, perhaps, something of your own subconscious reflected back at you. Tarkovsky believed in the spiritual power of art to transcend time and space. In that spirit, let this tribute be a continuation of his search for meaning beyond the visible world.
BLACK ANT - New Release on Buried Light Records: YOSHIMITSU 7-0
May 18th, 2025: Yoshimitsu Seven-Zero marks Black Ant’s inaugural release with Buried Light — a deeply textured, time-warped statement that bridges two decades of sonic philosophy into eight years of realized form.
Curated by AshTreJinkins, this collection drifts between humidity and haze, across lakes, steam, and sky — a biorhythmic glide of synesthetic textures and freeform sequencing. Tracks ripple with the energy of winged serpents: itinerant, unquantized, unbothered.
The Yoshimitsu blade — both symbol and tool — slices through linear time, cutting diagonals along the Y and X axes with a tactician’s precision. “Kanpe deyò, barier la louvre. Kenbe bri anndan an.” ("Stand outside, the gate is open. Keep the noise within.")
Black Ant’s sound is less about pattern than paradox. Here, rhythm is inversely proportionate to time. Loops repeat not as redundancy, but as renewal. Yoshimitsu Seven-Zero, not built to break rules — just to remind us they were illusions all along.