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Deep Into The Unknown We Shall Endlessly Roam
Deep Into The Unknown We Shall Endlessly Roam (white & brown vinyl LP + MP3 download code limited to 200 copies)
Cat: PITPZDLOOP 2LP. Rel: 25 May 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Mute Faces Remained Transfixed In Perpetuity (8:21)
And The Smoke Of Torment (6:08)
Ascendeth Up Forever (7:15)
Untitled (9:36)
Deep Into The Unknown (2:34)
We Shall Endlessly Roam (3:33)
And Quietly Fade Away (2:49)
Review: The ever inventive and always prolific zake is back on his own label Past Inside The Present with yet another new album. Deep Into The Unknown We Shall Endlessly Roam has already arrived with us on cassette tape and now it comes as a limited edition album on white and brown vinyl with just 200 copies pressed. It has been made from archaic tape machines such as a Sony M-570V microcassette voice recorder and obsolete VSC Soundpacer and then recorded to analogue tape for that levelly lo-fi and misty aesthetic. The artist himself says this record is "is dedicated to those who continue to yearn for greater understanding" and it is another sublime listen.
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 in stock $18.93
Live At The Gothic Chapel
Live At The Gothic Chapel (limited white & black vinyl LP)
Cat: PITPLIVE 01. Rel: 25 May 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Signaling (7:22)
Fernweh (7:14)
Wanderlust (0:39)
Knowledge Rooms (part I & II) (5:24)
Lament For Strings I (2:16)
Alpha (2:50)
Hearken (4:32)
Lament For Strings III (1:37)
Review: Back in February, the prolific Past Inside The Present label boss Zake hooked up with Marc Ertel, James Bernard, and From Overseas at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis for a very intimate live show in a historic Gothic Chapel. A vast array of instruments were used including a Fender Telecaster, Meris Mercury 7, Eurorack modular synthesizer, Stingray bass guitar and literally tens more tools and toys and the resulting eight tunes of absorbing ambient are all presented here. It is another mystic and mystifying release from this label that reaches sublime new emotional highs.
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 in stock $24.37
Pulse 02
Pulse 02 (coloured vinyl 12"+ MP3 download code limited to 200 copies (comes in different coloured vinyl, we cannot guarantee which one you will receive))
Cat: PITPPULSE 02. Rel: 24 May 23
 
Techno
ASC - "Tidal Disruption Event" (11:33)
Joachim Spieth - "Subtle" (7:38)
Joachim Spieth - "Subtle" (Nitechord remix) (4:45)
Review: Past Inside the Present's 'Pulse' series is an investigation into ambient tech and beat-driven ambient sounds. Who better for the job on this second edition than master craftsmen ASC and Joachim Spieth? ASC opens up with 'Tidal Disruption Event', an understated, underwater rhythm with jittery percussive patterns and bright shards of melodic light piercing through the mix as more coarse soundwaves break over the top. Spieth's 'Subtle' is just as artful and delicate a mix of persuasive rhythm and melodic beauty. A classy Nitechord remix closes out this fascinating EP.
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 in stock $19.19
Slowly Shifting Lakes
Cat: PITP 33CD. Rel: 21 Apr 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Frozen In Waves
Lands In Motion
Searching For Glowing Shores
Under Dying Skies
Rivers Run From Tears
Geometries Of Water
Quietly Falling Floors
White Light On Black Suns
Statues In The Sky
In The Emptiness Of Your Arms
Tattered Wings Still Fly
Fall On Dead Years
Ascent To Indifference
Stay Because You Love Me
Review: It wasn't so long ago we were writing about the joys of BVDUB's Fumika Fades, a new double pack in February that sunk us deep into moving ambient soundscapes. Now the Bay Area dub techno titan Brock van Wey is back once again with yet another album - he dropped plenty of them last year too so is clearly in a mad creative patch. Slowly Shifting Lakes comes in multiple formats, this one being a double CD. The ambient here is coarse and textured, fizzing synths stretching out over skittish rhythmic frameworks before sinking into calmer waters on cuts like the escapist 'Searching For Glowing Shores.' Another triumphant album for sure.
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 in stock $20.74
Undisclosed Fields Vol 1
Undisclosed Fields Vol 1 (limited cassette + download code)
Cat: PITPHSP 82. Rel: 12 Jun 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Mvmt 1 (5:55)
Mvmt 2 (4:48)
Mvmt 3 (5:04)
Mvmt 4 (4:27)
Mvmt 5 (5:46)
Mvmt 6 (5:32)
Mvmt 7 (5:13)
Mvmt 8 (3:20)
Mvmt 6 (Dotlights rework) (4:11)
Mvmt 5 (Maiya Hershey & Almost Silent rework) (5:43)
Mvmt 8 (Origami23 rework) (5:08)
Mvmt 2 (Arbee rework) (2:38)
Mvmt 6 (Zake rework) (7:43)
Mvmt 2 (Tying Tiffany Tiff Lion rework) (5:48)
Review: G.Teixeira is an artist based in France and someone with a multi-faceted sound. His Almost Silent alias now turns out Undisclosed Fields Vol.1, a first release on Healing Sound Propagandist that takes the form of eight movements and six reworks. It's as dense as ambient gets, frankly, with heartbreaking melodies passing by and disappearing before your ears. Fizzing synth drones are layered up over crepuscular chords and the whole thing has you gazing off into the distance, your eyes glazing over as you happily get absorbed in the subtly shifting sounds, tones and timbres. This, then, is another high class album from both artist and label.

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Drift (US Edition)
Drift (US Edition) (limited 180 gram smoke splattered vinyl LP + download code)
Cat: PITPZD 24. Rel: 12 Jun 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Monuments At Sea (8:32)
Through The Mist (4:25)
Ashes In The Wind (4:45)
Drift (11:20)
Reason To Believe (4:28)
Review: Past Inside the Present label regulars zake and Tyresta at long last come together for a well-overdue collaboration. This collection of sounds is called Drift and is all about reflective mood music that will send you deep inside yourself. It's a typically immersive listen from two of ambient's finest practitioners with lots of wide open spaces for you to sink into, slowly shifting timbers to gaze at and poignant atmospheres that cannot fail to leave an indelible impression. As usual, the sound design is top-notch here and the attention to detail second to none. It was well worth the wait, then.
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The Lower Lights (reissue)
The Lower Lights (reissue) (limited numbered opaque red vinyl 2xLP + MP3 download code)
Cat: PITPV 011R. Rel: 12 Jun 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Galatea (6:45)
Future Love (7:21)
Midnight Helix (6:56)
Talos Sequence (3:47)
Social Credit (2:54)
Through The Prism (9:37)
The Lower Lights (4:52)
Minerva (5:01)
Tempora (5:59)
Lahaina Noon (3:17)
Review: Past Inside The Present has really gone to town with the re-release of this 36 album The Lower Lights: it comes in several different formats and vinyl versions with this one being a limited, numbered and opaque red vinyl including a download code. Musically it is just as essential as a collection of tracks from a year-long 'Audio Diary' project undertaken by 36 between April 2018 and April 2019. It first came back in May 2019 and soon sold out, such is the quality of the vibrant and eclectic ambient sounds within. This is not sleep-inducing background material, but rather emotionally charged soundscaping with a mix of dark, futuristic and urgent pieces all making the cut.
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The Lower Lights (reissue)
The Lower Lights (reissue) (limited numbered translucent red vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: PITPV 011TR. Rel: 12 Jun 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Galatea (6:45)
Future Love (7:21)
Midnight Helix (6:56)
Talos Sequence (3:47)
Social Credit (2:54)
Through The Prism (9:37)
The Lower Lights (4:52)
Minerva (5:01)
Tempora (5:59)
Lahaina Noon (3:17)
Review: Thanks to this lovingly presented reissue from Past Inside The Present, you can own The Lower Lights by 36 in just about whatever coloured vinyl you wish: This is the Past Inside The Present translucent red version with others also available on Juno. It's an album first put together by the label back in 2019 shortly after 36 had finished a year-long 'Audio Diary' project. Not all of the tracks they wrote in that time make the cut, but the best 10 do. They are direct, absorbing and energetic ambient soundscapes that are emotionally charged and demanding of your attention.
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The Lower Lights (reissue)
The Lower Lights (reissue) (limited coloured vinyl 2xLP (comes in different coloured vinyl, we cannot guarantee which one you will receive))
Cat: PITPV 011RC. Rel: 12 Jun 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Galatea (6:45)
Future Love (7:21)
Midnight Helix (6:56)
Talos Sequence (3:47)
Social Credit (2:54)
Through The Prism (9:37)
The Lower Lights (4:52)
Minerva (5:01)
Tempora (5:59)
Lahaina Noon (3:17)
Review: The Lower Lights is well known as one of the most emotionally potent ambient records of recent years. It is a collection of 10 tunes from a busy period in which 36 undertook a year-long 'Audio Diary' project. The sounds are immediate and direct, demanding of your full focus and a mix of dark and urgent, cyberpunk-inspired and emotionally charged ambient sounds that bring all new thinking to the genre. Nice work.
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Stasis Sounds For Long Distance Space Travel II
Cat: PITP 40CD. Rel: 12 Jun 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Stage 5
Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 8
Stage 9
Stage 10
Earth Visions (part 1)
Earth Visions (part 2)
Earth Visions (part 3)
Earth Visions (part 4)
Earth Visions (part 5)
Earth Visions (part 6)
Deep Space (part 1)
Deep Space (part 2)
Deep Space (part 3)
Deep Space (part 4)
Deep Space (part 5)
Deep Space (part 6)
Review: This is well known and much-loved ambient album amongst those who follow the genre closely, and after various vinyl formats before now, it finally arrives on CD courtesy of Past Inside the Present. The hugely prolific zake - who often releases several albums a year - and 36 really go deep on this one. It is a quietly epic and certainly adventurous journey into outer space where echoing sonic tones and drifting sound effects all melt into one another as electronic melodies arrive and disappear to soothing effect. There is an almost classical architecture to these grandiose tracks which makes it all the more of an absorbing and beautiful listen.
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 in stock $13.74
Orchestral Tape Studies II
Orchestral Tape Studies II (transparent red vinyl LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: PITP 44R. Rel: 29 Jun 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Lament For Strings I (2:36)
House Of Light (3:44)
Hearken (4:24)
In Return (9:24)
Silenzio (2:44)
Bestir Thyself (4:47)
Lament For Strings II (2:38)
Ashes Depart (5:55)
Lament For Strings III (1:52)
Review: It has been some five years since US ambient maestro zake dropped the first volume of his Orchestral Tape Studies. We're glad to finally have the second instalment in the series available because there has rarely been music as cathartic and soothing as this on our shelves. It's made from drones, field recordings and richly layered movements of fragmented orchestral loops. It is heavily inspired by the sound of the greatest minimalist symphonic composers and orchestras of the last 100 years and comes in several different colours. This version is a transparent rose vinyl LP and download code.
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 in stock $24.88
Orchestral Tape Studies II
Orchestral Tape Studies II (coloured vinyl LP + MP3 download code (comes on different coloured vinyl, we cannot guarantee which colour you will recieve))
Cat: PITP 44C. Rel: 29 Jun 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Lament For Strings I (2:35)
House Of Light (3:43)
Hearken (4:23)
In Return (9:22)
Silenzio (2:39)
Bestir Thyself (4:47)
Lament For Strings II (2:36)
Ashes Depart (5:53)
Lament For Strings III (1:52)
Review: As with the first volume of his Orchestral Tape Studies series back in 2019, zake places a real focus on tone and recurrent murmurs in these magnificent arrangements. They are a mix of delicate repetition, sound treatments and subtle manipulations that pay homage to minimalist symphonic composers and orchestras in his own unique way. It is another adventurous and immersive listen from zake and one that comes in many different coloured vinyl versions. This one is a coloured version, but what colour you will not know until you open it up.
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Orchestral Tape Studies II
Orchestral Tape Studies II (LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: PITP 44B. Rel: 29 Jun 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Lament For Strings I (2:42)
House Of Light (3:43)
Hearken (4:25)
In Return (9:25)
Silenzio (2:41)
Bestir Thyself (4:48)
Lament For Strings II (2:36)
Ashes Depart (5:56)
Lament For Strings III (1:53)
Review: Ambient innovator make seems to drop something new almost every week. But you won't hear us complain because few have a breadth and depth of sound that matches his lo-fi and absorbing output on his home US label Past Inside the Present. He dropped the first volume of his Orchestral Tape Studies way back in 2019, and finally follows it up now with a second volume. Once again this is a selection of richly layered movements of fragmented orchestral loops that all pay homage to minimalist symphonic composers and orchestras and makes use of field recordings as well as gentle drones to soothe your soul.

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Played by: Joachim Spieth
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LL (feat Warmth, Aural Imbalance, ASC, Bvdub)
ZAKE / VARIOUS
LL (feat Warmth, Aural Imbalance, ASC, Bvdub) (coloured vinyl 3xLP + download code (comes on different coloured vinyl, we cannot guarantee which colours you will receive))
Cat: PITPZD 026. Rel: 30 Jun 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Zake - "LL1" (20:22)
Coppice Halifax - "LL1" (Beige mix) (18:30)
Warmth - "LL2" (Faded mix) (6:19)
Aural Imbalance - "LL1" (Night mix) (7:15)
Influx - "LL1" (Acid mix) (6:27)
Innesti - "LL1" (Adrift mix) (3:22)
ASC - "LLO" (Line 1.5 mix) (7:45)
Aural Imbalance - "LL2" (Lull mix) (8:05)
bvdub - "LL1" (LITSOT mix) (20:00)
Zake - "LL2" (4:01)
Innesti - "LL1" (Calm Light mix) (4:52)
Nitechord - "LLO" (Lines mix) (8:31)
Review: Another week, another new release from the unstoppable ambient powerhouse that is zake. His latest full-length LL has two new cuts by the American maestro with remixes from a hefty selection of equally prolific producers all served up on his home label Past Inside the Present and no fewer than six sides of vinyl. Across this immersive two hours of music, there is a mix of ambient, drone, drum & bass, electronica, and deep techno from Warmth, Aural Imbalance, ASC and Bvdub. It is yet another essential release from zake and co.
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 in stock $34.49
Generations
Generations (cassette limited to 50 copies)
Cat: PITPHSP 84. Rel: 27 Sep 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Support (3:14)
New Life (5:50)
Affirmations (4:20)
Time Waits For Nobody (4:23)
Family (4:50)
Lullaby (3:47)
Surprise (5:38)
Anxiety (5:47)
Belonging (3:20)
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Small Hours
Small Hours (180 gram splattered vinyl LP + MP3 download code limited to 200 copies)
Cat: PITPV 046. Rel: 23 Oct 23
 
Ambient/Drone
The Weight Of Letting Go (2:43)
Farewell To The Humming Air (7:04)
Spiral Arms (5:56)
Heavenly Beyond (5:27)
What Is Real (5:26)
I Dreamt That We Were Laughing (5:37)
Small Hours (11:01)
Review: Tyresta's Small Hours album (a direct follow-up to 2020's All We Have) comes on beautiful 180-gram splatter green vinyl via Past Inside The Present and is another majestically subtle and intimate ambient work that explores "impermanence, grief, loss, healing, and growth". It's an album that reveals more with each listen as the carefully layered-up synths and melodies intertwine harmoniously to make for a perfect late-night soundtrack. There's plenty of soul searching to be done while lost in the midst of this album, but it will be a rewarding task as you cannot fail to find "solace, rejuvenation, and a rekindling of the unfettered spirit," as the label puts it.
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 in stock $27.74
Polymorph EP
Polymorph EP (CD + download code)
Cat: PITPZD 25. Rel: 28 Sep 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Polymorph (extended mix)
Polymorph (ASC mix)
Polymorph (Zake remix)
Polymorph (Aural Imbalance remix)
Polymorph (Ossa remix)
Polymorph (Influx remix)
Polymorph (Fax remix)
Review: Past Inside The Present welcomes back accomplished and prolific ambient master zake, this time alongside Oss and Fax who released the original featured track, 'Polymorph' on Module. Here it gets revisited by a top contemporary team after the hazy and absorbing extended mix kicks things off. ASC then goes dark with his mood rework and Zake himself remixes with a more optimistic sense of crepuscular synth lushness. Aural Imbalance layers in some fizzing and malfunctioning electronic sounds, Ossa suspends you amongst his heavenly rays and Influx brings gently broken beats. Fax shuts down this varied offering with a more edgy ambient sound.
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 in stock $10.89
Demain Des L'Aube
Demain Des L'Aube (audiophile vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: PITPV 054. Rel: 05 Oct 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Faraway (4:43)
Heather In Bloom (4:36)
Tomorrow At Dawn (9:22)
Day Will Be As The Night (10:17)
I Will Walk Eyes Fixed On My Thoughts (8:36)
Across Mountains (14:33)
When The Land Whitens (8:07)
A Bouquet Of Green Holly (20:38)
Review: Barely a week seems to go by without us hearing from zake, the US ambient producer who is hugely prolific and also unwaveringly creative with each new project. For this latest in a long line of many essential albums on his own Past Inside The Present label he links with From Overseas for the sublime sounds of Demain Des L'aube. This is a 160-gram audiophile vinyl version that sinks you deep into his widescreen and sweeping crepuscular synth work. It is delicate and spare but hugely impactful and never less than utterly comforting, even when the moods can be heavily introspective.
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 in stock $27.99
Midnight Letters
Midnight Letters (cassette)
Cat: PITPC 027. Rel: 30 Oct 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Dawn In Eastern Sky (5:39)
Midnight Letters (6:27)
Lonesome October (5:29)
Aurora (6:40)
Paper Rain (3:25)
Kardis (5:05)
I Witness & Wait (5:26)
Review: Minneapolis' Chris Bartels aka Blurstem, and Philadelphia's Andrew Tasselmyer of the likes of Hotel Neon and Gray Acres have hooked up once more for a second collaborative album Midnight Letters. This album's starting point was original concepts played out on guitar which were then processed and experimented with through an ages-old analog tape machine. Add in an array of iPad audio processing apps, samplers, and Ableton software and you have a perfect mix of tools to serve up a sonic journey that perfectly merges the old with the new. The resulting ambient soundscapes are immersive and sparse but packed with subtle details that convey all manner of emotions.
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 in stock $14.26
Tour Sampler
Tour Sampler (limited CD)
Cat: PITPSMPLR 2. Rel: 31 Oct 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Benoit Pioulard - "Rasping Descend"
Hotel Neon - "Arcadia"
Viul - "The Quiet Road"
Benoit Pioulard - "Grinnell Ridge"
Hotel Neon - "Illumination" (rework)
Benoit Pioulard - "Daisy Wound"
Viul - "Spring Mash"
Viul - "Sur Canadian TV"
Hotel Neon - "January 18"
Benoit Pioulard - "Kit"
Viul - "Ade"
Hotel Neon - "Bloom"
Benoit Pioulard - "Grane"
Viul - "Outside The Dream World"
Hotel Neon - "Fold"
Review: Benoît Pioulard, Hotel Neon and Viul were given the original version of this CD sampler to sell while on a tour of the US's West Coast in Autumn 2022. Past Inside The Present has now secured the rights to issue it themselves on a new CD. The tracks are exclusive contributions from each of the artists and have never been available anywhere before with 'Rasping Descend' by Pioulard, 'The Quiet Road' from Hotel Neon and 'January 18' by Viul. The rest of the tunes that feature on it have all been on vinyl, digital or cassette tape before now so this is the first time they are all together on one CD.
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 in stock $8.29
Cadere
Cadere (mini CD single + download code)
Cat: PITPZD 029. Rel: 06 Nov 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Cadere
Alpha (live)
Review: Past Inside The Present is at it again, and by 'it' we mean both releasing great music and also doing so on unusual formats. This new single 'Cadere' is taken from Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea's forthcoming long-player, which will arrive in the Spring of next year, and it comes on a rather unusual glass-mastered 3" mini-CD which includes a download link and code. It's a lush and widescreen ambient single detailed with subtly uplifting chords coated in lo-fi hiss and hum. Also included is a live version of 'Alpha' which in its original form was on a previous album of the same name. It's from James Bernard and Kevin Sery and was recorded live at the Gothic Chapel in Indianapolis so has a decidedly spiritual edge.

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Demain Des L'Aube
Demain Des L'Aube (limited cassette)
Cat: PITPV 054MC. Rel: 13 Nov 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Faraway (4:43)
Heather In Bloom (4:36)
Tomorrow At Dawn (9:22)
Day Will Be As The Night
I Will Walk Eyes Fixed On My Thoughts (10:17)
Across Mountains (10:17)
When The Land Whitens (8:36)
A Bouquet Of Green Holly (14:33)
Review: This is a special cassette tape version of the recent album from zake, one of ambient's most prolific artists, alongside From Overseas on his own Past Inside The Present label. As always it is an almost impossibly deep ambient selection that once again finds him exploring fresh and always emotionally moving musical territory. Demain Des L'aube features eight tunes that convey real melancholia and have a gently persuasive sense of movement. Each one is vast in scale and sweeps you up and sinks you into the grainy lo-fi pads, wispy melodies and distant string-based sombreness.
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Soft Octaves
Soft Octaves (180 gram red & blue & black smokey vinyl LP + MP3 download code limited to 200 copies)
Cat: PITPV 060. Rel: 07 Feb 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Point Of Departure (4:59)
Flow State (4:50)
Suadade (2:08)
Trembling House (feat Marine Eyes) (4:30)
Overcast (2:31)
Soft Octaves (6:30)
Cortege (5:19)
Renascence (4:12)
Summation (4:14)
Review: California's James Bernard is a much-loved regular on this label as well as being a veteran of the wider ambient scene who has been hard at it for more than three decades. His latest outing on Past Inside The Present with Anthene (aka Brad Deschamps of Toronto) is Soft Octaves, an album that finds them crafting a series of sounds using electric six-string bass. It has a huge range from the deepest depths to the wispiest of highs and each of the tracks here was recorded in one single take. The results are spellbinding indeed and the range of the bass's sonic ability is astonishing as it sounds at times like a cello, at others woodwind and is always intriguing.
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B4 Plus 3
B4 Plus 3 (cassette limited to 50 copies)
Cat: PITPZD 30. Rel: 14 Mar 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Bracken (11:49)
Betrayal (10:08)
Burnt (11:25)
Banded (11:37)
Blight (6:21)
Bane (6:04)
Barren (11:36)
Review: The prolific ambient producer Zake (Zach Frizzell) has his latest release out for out us to enjoy. B4 Plus 3 features seven compositions in all. Many of them are brilliantly done drone pieces that are expressive in beautifully done tones that rise and slide. The heavenly 'Braken' as the opener for example. The layered tones creatively mask the depth of the drones to the point of a spontaneous feel that is almost changed by anything as slight as a light wind. 'Betrayal' present bells that ring out from the meandering depth while 'Blight' is deep and foreboding tot he point of being machinelike. 'Bane' is one of the most moving pieces in drone we have heard in a long, long time. Limited to only 50 cassettes in total (+download code), act fast to get the brilliant, peaceful and moving B4 Plus 3.
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Dwell Time II
Dwell Time II (limited cassette)
Cat: PITPC 028. Rel: 26 Mar 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Dynamics (4:59)
Swapped (3:29)
Allusion (5:33)
Nested (4:52)
Proxy (3:58)
On Air (4:42)
Murmur (4:41)
Tampered (5:03)
Review: Dwell Time II is the second part of a three-part project on Past Inside The Present from T.R. Jordan. Each of the albums was made using the same material in the same time frame, and they are all part of one overarching and coherent suite that he refers to as "musical composting." This is the cassette tape version and it is full of grainy, fluttering howls, soft warbling pads, pastoral references like flowing streams and mossy rocks and plenty of grand spatial elegance that harks back to the likes of Hiroshi Yoshimura and early Brian Eno experiments. Another immersive offering from this fine label, then.
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Oku
Oku (limited cassette)
Cat: PITPFMR 38. Rel: 26 Mar 24
 
Jazz
Preamble (2:51)
Fjord (3:25)
Oku (1:52)
Carpentry (0:37)
Dinah (2:24)
Foco (2:08)
Rain (3:13)
Talk Talk (1:54)
Kingdom (1:56)
Lennington (2:29)
Bebe (2:24)
Piping (2:58)
Tyme (1:41)
Titus (4:04)
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Embryology
Embryology (180 gram white & blue vinyl 2xLP + MP3 download code)
Cat: PITPV 050. Rel: 31 Jul 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Acceptance (11:42)
Ekvir (6:37)
In The Dark (9:59)
The Light Of Dawn (7:06)
So Many Questions (11:34)
The Rising Tide (6:53)
Letting Go (10:03)
Metric Expansion Of Space (8:46)
Review: Daljit Kundi and Ludvig Cimbrelius have Indian and Swedish backgrounds but actually came together in the UK music scene and specifically ambient jungle. They set off to explore that world totters and did so with aplomb across several great albums and EPs. This new album was actually nearly done many years ago but was shelved owing to struggles with record labels. When Past Inside The Present heard it though they encouraged the album to be finished and so here it is. It's an emotional work which "attempts to represent a psychic darkness that is as deeply restful as it is ripe with creative potential." It's absorbing, beautiful ambient from a pair of real dons.
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To Belong
To Belong (hand-numbered CD + MP3 download code limited to 200 copies)
Cat: PITP 42CD. Rel: 11 Apr 24
 
Ambient/Drone
To Belong
Hushed
Timeshifting
Bridges
Cemented
Of The West
Suddenly Green
Mended Own
All You Give (For Ash)
Bluest
Night Palms Sway
In The Spaces
To Belong (reprise)
Call & Answer
Catching Light
Into Change
Review: What does it mean To Belong? Cynthia Bernard aka. Marine Eyes only begins to scratch the surface of this question on her latest ambient record (yet leaps a great deal forward in wrestling with it nonetheless), following up her prior effort 'Chamomile' with a distinctly beauteous fortnight of forenoon drones, all of which spur the realization that "belonging is everywhere and nowhere". Belonging is indeed a kind of ephemeral longing of being than can only ever be partly grasped, attained. Through its looping washes of warmed, brackish, padded backwash - not to mention its many bass-undergirded angel choirs - the likes of 'Timeshifting', 'Bridges' and 'Mended Own' stand out as such revelatory highlights, all contributing to an incredible album of sonic diaristic reflection, in which every sound sticks out clearly yet plays its proper part in a humble, rose-smelling gestalt.
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Live Improvisations
Cat: PITPZD 027BLACK. Rel: 15 Jan 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Chihei Hatakeyama & Hakobune - "Live Improvisation" (I) (21:35)
Zake & From Overseas - "Live Improvisation II" (II) (21:33)
Review: This is a special audiophile vinyl version of Live Improvisations, an album featuring two sides of music, one the response to the other. The A-side is a recording of a 2014 session between Hakobune and Chihei Hatakeyama that was made with the colours of autumn and rural Japan in mind. Both of these artists have composed dozens of works that have established them as leaders in their field and this is no different. On the flip, zake and From Overseas craft 'Live Improvisation II' and 'forge an intercontinental bond' as they recorded the music in one take with no editing afterward. It's a gorgeous listen that shows a real mastery of tone and texture.
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Unlikely Places
Unlikely Places (180 gram clear & white vinyl LP)
Cat: PITPV 051. Rel: 23 Oct 23
 
Ambient/Drone
I Was Complete (4:16)
Waiting (3:34)
It Could Be Wings (3:26)
Shadows (1:46)
Fall Asleep, Dream (7:26)
As You Are (4:34)
Moonbeams (5:22)
Better For (2:27)
Here (4:07)
Whispering Goodbye (4:21)
Review: The ambient husband-and-wife duo is an effective formula, one which here reawakens in the form of Awakened Souls. James Bernard and Cynthia Hall Bernard join forces for the making of Unlikely Places, a mini-album of Californian swells, field-recorded wonderments and guitar-drenched accompaniments - ultimately a washed-out ode to the creative possibility in all things. Centring on the idea that inspiration can be found anywhere, this is an album of relentless, gazy, waterfally gushings, from the hopeful 'It Could Be Wings' to the moodier 'Moonbeams'.
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Destroyesterday
Destroyesterday (limited CD)
Cat: PITPDT 01/AY052. Rel: 14 Dec 23
 
Ambient/Drone
All The Weight Of The World
Alone In Crimson
Please Let Go & Let Me Hold You
Destroyesterday
Review: Past Inside The Present welcomes the excellent pairing of Brock Van Wey aka Bvdub and vocalists and instrumentalist Lacey Harris aka Inquiri for a brilliantly escapist new ambient EP, Destroyesterday. They combine to majestic effect with 'All The Weight Of The World' a swirling soundtrack with vocals floating amidst the melancholic pads. 'Alone In Crimson' is more textural and suspenseful and 'Please Let Go & Let Me Hold You' then has the spoken word vocals front and centre as intense synth crescendos sweep you up. The title cut is a hypnagogic delight that leaves you adrift in your own dreams.
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Do We Become Sky?
Do We Become Sky? (180 gram black & blue merge vinyl 2xLP + MP3 download code limited to 200 copies)
Cat: PITPV 049. Rel: 07 Feb 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Prelusion (2:11)
Do We Become Sky? (5:06)
The Past Is Always Following Close Behind (9:04)
Empty Lake, Empty Streets, The Sun Goes Down Alone (5:41)
Retrograde (8:14)
Cavanaugh Bay (5:37)
Another Heart In Need Of Rescue (5:26)
Devastation Is The Path To Recreation (12:58)
Time Won't Forget What You Meant To Me (9:10)
Moments Bruise & Bleed (4:37)
The Return (8:24)
Coda (8:35)
Review: Washington's Slow Dancing Society aka Drew Sullivan has gone long here: Do We Become Sky? is a deeply immersive 86-minute work that very much rewards being listed to in one sitting. It is "a spiritual successor" to his 2008 album Priest Lake that draws upon feelings of loss, mostly using the tonality of the Korg Wavestation as a foundational instrument through the work. It features well-balanced boiling of tension with subtle moments of release, swelling harmonies, plucked guitars and evocative synth progressions that always keep things moving both physically and emotionally.
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Reality Engine
Reality Engine (audiophile vinyl LP + download code)
Cat: PITPV 055. Rel: 05 Feb 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Imagine The Truth (3:50)
Axiom Haze (3:36)
Discrete Time (3:33)
Reality Engine (3:59)
Echo Diffusion (3:24)
Beyond The Hyperreal (4:01)
Blissgrid (3:04)
State Space (3:43)
Principle Dilution (4:21)
Everything & Nothing (3:41)
Review: 36's new album Reality Engine explores "the blossoming dynamics of artificial intelligence and the ever-changing definition of reality" on Past Inside The Present and does so with a continuation of his richly melodic sound while also evolving into new realms. The sheer beauty of these sounds is enough to uplift and energise, with chords ascending to the heavens on the opener 'Imagine The Truth' and then rolling out to infinite horizons on 'Axiom Haze'. 'Reality Engine' suspends you amongst the clouds and 'Beyond The Hyperreal' is a perfect marriage of immersive and organic sounds and hints of digital augmented reality engines. A sublime album, for sure.
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Stasis Sounds For Long Distance Space Travel II (reissue)
Stasis Sounds For Long Distance Space Travel II (reissue) (solar flare vinyl LP + download code)
Cat: PITP 40SOLAR. Rel: 05 Feb 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Stage 5 (6:03)
Stage 6 (5:32)
Stage 7 (5:36)
Stage 8 (5:45)
Stage 9 (6:09)
Stage 10 (5:42)
Review: Another 18 chapters "of aural anaesthetics" from 36 and Zake, following up their epic work Stasis Sounds For Long Distance Space Travel Part 1, or "continue their journey through the outer reaches of space in hypersleep" as they'd put it. The album comes on unique solar flare coloured vinyl, and as for its contents, well, they're grainy and immersive, widescreen and cinematic, immediately transporting you out into the farthest reaches of space. Perfect for zoning out of everyday life and enjoying some mindful moments to yourself.
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Stasis Sounds For Long Distance Space Travel II (reissue)
Stasis Sounds For Long Distance Space Travel II (reissue) (audiophile vinyl LP + download code)
Cat: PITP 40BLACK. Rel: 05 Feb 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Stage 5 (6:03)
Stage 6 (5:32)
Stage 7 (5:36)
Stage 8 (5:45)
Stage 9 (6:09)
Stage 10 (5:42)
Review: Hot on the hells of the epic work Stasis Sounds For Long Distance Space Travel Part 1 comes the second instalment, seeing 36 and Zake "continue their journey through the outer reaches of space in hypersleep" as they have it. There's a healthy 18 track selection to lose yourself in, as these experts of the sublimely chilled ambient get to work - in a typically gentle fashion, obviously.
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Live At Black Circle
Live At Black Circle (limited cassette)
Cat: PITPHSP 86. Rel: 26 Feb 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Track 1 (24:57)
Review: Marc Ertel's Live At Black Circle on Past Inside The Present US arrives on limited edition cassette and is another sublime ambient entry into this now legendary label's impressive offerings. He has served up similar here before alongside the likes of boss man zake and this time goes deeper than ever into slowly shifting soundscapes that are pregnant with emotion, grey in scale but with a real sense of melancholic beauty. As his tones and timbres evolve, the moods slowly shift and you get ever more subsumed into his sonic universe.
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Loss
Loss (cassette imited to 50 copies)
Cat: PITP 37CS. Rel: 14 Mar 24
 
Ambient/Drone
The Weight Of The World
Sensory Disintegration
What More Can Be Said
Begin Again
Fleeting Elation (1:41)
Passing Of Time (0:01)
Song For Christine (0:01)
Permanence (0:01)
Tears In Rain (4:47)
Review: ASC returns with a deeply emotive album on Past Inside the Present, showcasing a new chapter in his musical journey. Known for his versatility across electronic and drum & bass genres, James Clements channels introspection and healing in Loss. Quiet bird calls and field recordings intertwine with ASC's expertly crafted synths, creating a therapeutic sonic landscape. Each track evokes a range of emotions, from melancholy to hope, acceptance to sorrow. Loss invites listeners to embark on a poignant journey, where ASC's mastery shines through in every moment. It's a captivating and beautiful testament to the power of music as a form of self-expression and healing.
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Reality Engine (B-STOCK)
Reality Engine (B-STOCK) (audiophile vinyl LP + download code)
Cat: PITPV 055. Rel: 01 Jan 90
 
Ambient/Drone
Imagine The Truth (3:50)
Axiom Haze (3:36)
Discrete Time (3:33)
Reality Engine (3:59)
Echo Diffusion (3:24)
Beyond The Hyperreal (4:01)
Blissgrid (3:04)
State Space (3:43)
Principle Dilution (4:21)
Everything & Nothing (3:41)
Review: ***B-STOCK: Creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition***


36's new album Reality Engine explores "the blossoming dynamics of artificial intelligence and the ever-changing definition of reality" on Past Inside The Present and does so with a continuation of his richly melodic sound while also evolving into new realms. The sheer beauty of these sounds is enough to uplift and energise, with chords ascending to the heavens on the opener 'Imagine The Truth' and then rolling out to infinite horizons on 'Axiom Haze'. 'Reality Engine' suspends you amongst the clouds and 'Beyond The Hyperreal' is a perfect marriage of immersive and organic sounds and hints of digital augmented reality engines. A sublime album, for sure.
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