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The Box
The Box (limited numbered 6xLP box set + download code)
Cat: PITPBOX 01. Rel: 13 Oct 22
 
Ambient/Drone
Signal (LP1: Hypersona) (1:31)
2249 (2:48)
Inside (6:48)
Intercept (3:43)
The Box (1:15)
Nephyr (5:26)
Beacon (3:02)
Hypersona (5:42)
Juliet (3:02)
Dream Window (1:58)
Forever (4:29)
Track 12 (0:53)
Another World (LP2: Orphans) (2:26)
Movarian Fields (2:58)
Two Doors (4:24)
Vision (2:45)
Point Of No Return (2:34)
Sine Orphan (5:14)
Fressa Fa (Slow version) (6:12)
Hollow (LP3 & 4: Hollow) (4:03)
Find Me (1:51)
Home (4:54)
Tunnel (4:28)
Geiga (5:57)
Ghostfields (3:42)
Fiona's Room (1:29)
Siren (4:38)
Darkroom Distortion (2:48)
Equassa (3:44)
Freefall Peak (1:31)
Arc (7:55)
Lightout (2:40)
Clear (LP5 & 6: Lithea) (0:44)
Cocoon (5:47)
Susurrus (7:48)
Lithea (2:32)
Deluge (4:07)
Radio (0:56)
Reunion (5:27)
1983 (3:28)
One (5:09)
World After April (0:41)
Seance (5:48)
Dreamscape (1:34)
Dayasan (5:20)
Broken Toy (1:43)
Leviatha (4:39)
Levitate (5:34)
Saphron (3:21)
Another World (10:55)
Review: "The Box" is a collection of the earliest and perhaps most cherished recordings by UK producer Dennis Huddleston, better known as 36. Written between 2005 and 2012, it compiles the albums Hypersona (2009), Hollow (2010) and Lithea (2012) into a 6LP boxset, alongside a bonus LP of exclusive and unreleased tracks titled Orphans. Originally written as a triptych, The Box showcases an incredibly eclectic, deeply emotional range of tracks, bridged together by that optimistic melancholy, which has since become the hallmark of the 36 sound.
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 in stock $134.55
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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 in stock $32.66
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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 in stock $32.92
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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 in stock $32.92
Symmetry Systems
Symmetry Systems (limited transparent blue vinyl LP)
Cat: PITPV 052BLUE. Rel: 23 May 22
 
Ambient/Drone
Porcelain (5:54)
Gold (5:03)
Amber (4:12)
Violet (4:16)
Indigo (4:28)
Emerald (4:18)
Shadow (4:21)
Midnight (4:03)
Review: 'Symmetry Systems' is the new LP by Dennis Huddleston AKA 36. Inspired by Warp's 'Artificial Intelligence' releases from the early 90's, it's a melodic, synthesiser-driven record, with a wink to the past and a nod towards the future. "I have a deep love for those early Warp albums, particularly the Artificial Intelligence compilations. It was a wonderful time for UK electronic music. That beautiful, warm machine sound, with an optimistic (if somewhat naive) vision for the future. I found the whole thing incredibly inspiring and wanted to revisit those memories, albeit with a 36 twist" Like 'Wave Variations' before it, this record explores various approaches to the theme, with each track directly inspiring the next one. All tracks are sequenced in the order they were made. 'Symmetry Systems' is a collection of hypnotic machine music, made with a delicate human touch.
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 in stock $27.98
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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The Other Side Of Darkness
The Other Side Of Darkness (limited gatefold 2xLP)
Cat: PITPV 039. Rel: 15 Feb 21
 
Ambient/Drone
Take Me By The Hand (9:31)
Spinning Around (4:57)
To Start Again (4:12)
Shelter (2:57)
Ripples (3:51)
Past Self (5:07)
Guide Me Home (One Misstep) (4:45)
Need Your Light (11:25)
Review: This intriguing and predictably atmospheric album is the first collaborative full-length from experienced modern ambient producer Dennis Huddleston AKA 36, and Los Angeles duo Awakened Souls, whose full-length hook-up with Pepo Galan, Palettes, received plenty of praise last year. Between them the trio have conjured up a hugely evocative and emotion-rich collection of cuts, where heart-aching, slow-motion guitar laments stretch out across swelling synthesizer chords, meditative pads, distant-sounding vocal snippets, enveloping aural textures and soft-focus piano refrains. It's a wonderfully meditative and picturesque set all told, and one that could well turn out to be one of the most essential ambient albums of 2021.
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 in stock $18.65
Anon 1
Anon 1 (LP + download code)
Cat: PITP WLS03R. Rel: 27 Jan 22
 
Ambient/Drone
36 - "All Possible States" (9:28)
Isaac Helsen - "Before The Wind" (9:12)
Review: 'Anon 1' was originally released as a very limited Anonymous 12" on Past Inside the Present in 2020, featuring 36 and Isaac Helsen. The idea was to let people hear the music and judge it not on the names behind it, but purely on the quality of the music itself. When it sold out, the label revealed who wrote it. Obviously quite a few 36 & Isaac Helsen fans missed out, so Past Inside the Present repressed the record, but this time with the knowledge of who made the tunes now public.
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 in stock $10.12
Stasis Sounds For Long Distance Space Travel (reissue)
Cat: PITP 39CLEAR. Rel: 21 Nov 22
 
Ambient/Drone
Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel (Stage 1) (5:59)
Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel (Stage 2) (6:16)
Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel (Stage 3) (5:00)
Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel (Stage 4) (10:33)
Review:  Given the respective outputs of committed ambient explorers and sound designers zake (best known for releasing no less than five fine albums in 2019) and 36 (most recently seen on A Strangely Isolated Place with the superb album "Fade To Grey"), you'd expect this trip into aural deep space to be rather good. It is of course, with the four tracks mixing echoing sonic tones and drifting sound effects with slow-burn electronic melodies and the kind of immersive, sustained chords that were once the preserve of German maestro Pete Namlook. The third track in the suite, appropriately titled 'Stage 3', is little less than stunning, in part because of its grandiose, almost classical intent. No surprise to discover, then, that after a stretch of being out of print it's back via a reissue, this version being a limited clear vinyl edition.
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 in stock $25.67
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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 in stock $20.48
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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 in stock $20.73
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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 in stock $25.92
Repetition Hymns
Repetition Hymns (limited gatefold clear vinyl 2xLP + insert)
Cat: PITPV 034C. Rel: 24 Mar 21
 
Ambient/Drone
Closer (3:36)
Eternal Return (4:32)
Electronic Memory (No 1) (3:14)
The Innocence Of Sleep (3:22)
Miserere (5:19)
No Tomorrow (3:38)
New Winds (1:45)
Perpetual Notions (2:43)
Empryrean (3:20)
Rites Of Luna (3:25)
Luminous (5:08)
Theory Of Knowing (5:41)
Rites Of Luna (reprise) (4:20)
Evolving Robots (4:39)
The Space Between (5:39)
Electronic Memory (No 2) (2:30)
A Ballad For Broken Wings (5:44)
Grace The Sky (6:49)
Detachment (7:38)
Review: The enigmatic Black Swan's Repetition Hymns is a gorgeous collection of 19 short pieces that all add up to a great sense of momentum. Well suited to the slow passing of time that we have all endured during lockdown, the ambient pieces range from frosty and angst ridden to more pure and heavenly. As each imperfect loop unfolds, it changes in infinitesimally minor ways that only reveal themselves if you really give yourself over and get deeply immersed for the duration. Ad you should, because it is a great and rewarding use of time.
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 in stock $33.17
Repetition Hymns
Repetition Hymns (limited gatefold marbled vinyl 2xLP + insert)
Cat: PITPV 034S. Rel: 24 Mar 21
 
Ambient/Drone
Closer (3:36)
Eternal Return (4:32)
Electronic Memory (No 1) (3:14)
The Innocence Of Sleep (3:22)
Miserere (5:19)
No Tomorrow (3:38)
New Winds (1:45)
Perpetual Notions (2:43)
Empryrean (3:20)
Rites Of Luna (3:25)
Luminous (5:08)
Theory Of Knowing (5:41)
Rites Of Luna (reprise) (4:20)
Evolving Robots (4:39)
The Space Between (5:39)
Electronic Memory (No 2) (2:30)
A Ballad For Broken Wings (5:44)
Grace The Sky (6:49)
Detachment (7:38)
Review: The enigmatic Black Swan's Repetition Hymns is a gorgeous collection of 19 short pieces that all add up to a great sense of momentum. Well suited to the slow passing of time that we have all endured during lockdown, the ambient pieces range from frosty and angst ridden to more pure and heavenly. As each imperfect loop unfolds, it changes in infinitesimally minor ways that only reveal themselves if you really give yourself over and get deeply immersed for the duration. Ad you should, because it is a great and rewarding use of time.
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 in stock $28.20
Departing In Descent
Departing In Descent (limited coloured vinyl 2xLP + download code (comes in different coloured vinyl, we cannot guarantee which one you will receive))
Cat: PITP V033. Rel: 28 Oct 22
 
Ambient/Drone
Preludes In Parting (10:08)
Stares In Sapphires (8:23)
Harmonies In Hesitation (feat Marine Eyes) (10:53)
Interactions In Isolation (8:20)
Halvings In Hypnosis (10:06)
Strategies In Struggle (9:03)
Lamentations In Light (8:18)
Formulas In Fathoms (9:25)
Review: Anyone who's cast even the most casual eye over their ever expanding catalogue will have realised that one thing Past Inside The Present do best is bring artists together for unexpected and inspired collaborations. Departing in Descent is the first collaboration between James Bernard and Bvdub but their creative conversation effectively started as far back as 1994 when the latter bought Bernard's Atmospherics album in 1994 when it was "mistakenly stocked" in his local house music store. He says it was and remains his favourite ambient album, so when the pair found themselves crossing paths for one night in LA years later, a collaboration was the only logical conclusion. The results are more organic and friendly on the ear than some ambient offerings, with real instrumentation meshed with walls of woozy synths and delays, but no less fantastical and ambitious for it.
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 in stock $33.17
Misty Memories
Misty Memories (translucent sepia vinyl LP + MP3 download code limited to 100 copies)
Cat: PITPV 061SEPIA. Rel: 30 Sep 22
 
Ambient/Drone
Misty Memories
Driftwood
Fallen Leaves
Weathering
Misty Memories II
Silent Friends
Waves Vanished
Misty Memories III
Review: Regular collaborator with label boss zake, City of Dawn teams up with From Overseas, an aptly named producer based on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The result is classic Past Inside The Present - quivering, celestial ambient music that would fit into the drone category if it weren't for the fact it's constantly, subtly changing and evolving almost imperceptibly. Utterly horizontal in attitude, utterly heavenly in realisation, this is a corker even by PITP's very high standards, with this edition arriving in limited transparent sepia vinyl LP (+ download code) form.
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 in stock $17.62
Misty Memories
Misty Memories (translucent marbled vinyl LP + MP3 download code limited to 200 copies)
Cat: PITPV 061OXIDIZED. Rel: 30 Sep 22
 
Ambient/Drone
Misty Memories
Driftwood
Fallen Leaves
Weathering
Misty Memories II
Silent Friends
Waves Vanished
Misty Memories III
Review: Regular collaborator with label boss zake, City of Dawn teams up with From Overseas, an aptly named producer based on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The result is classic Past Inside The Present - quivering, celestial ambient music that would fit into the drone category if it weren't for the fact it's constantly, subtly changing and evolving almost imperceptibly. Utterly horizontal in attitude, utterly heavenly in realisation, this is a corker even by PITP's very high standards, with this edition arriving in limited oxidized iron vinyl LP (+ download code) form.
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 in stock $17.11
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 $27.98
Glazed Vision
Glazed Vision (heavyweight clear vinyl LP + MP3 download code limited to 200 copies)
Cat: PITP V053CLEAR. Rel: 05 Nov 21
 
Ambient/Drone
Realms II (6:31)
Glazed Vision (7:13)
Telepathy (5:55)
Immortality (4:53)
Divinity (4:00)
Telepathy (Worriedaboutsatan remix) (7:31)
Review: Cult American ambient label Past Inside The Present looks to New York City-based composer Christina Giannone for her new full length Glazed Vision, which is pressed to nice heavy 160 gram transparent clear vinyl. This is her third full length following 202's The Faint and a collaborative work also last year, and it is another development of her dark, heavy, drone fulled ambient landscapes. These are lo-fi, foggy tracks that hang in mid air and make you feel like you're doing the same as only the most subtle of shapeshifting chords brings a sense of motion. It is bleak yet beautiful and never less than hugely absorbing.
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 in stock $24.36
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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 in stock $20.48
Transition
Transition (limited coloured vinyl LP + download code (comes in different coloured vinyl, we cannot guarantee which one you will receive))
Cat: PITP V015. Rel: 14 Nov 22
 
Ambient/Drone
Wanderer (6:16)
Temporary Relief (6:59)
Transition (5:52)
First Snow (3:14)
Stargazing (11:45)
At Night (4:15)
Review: Stockholm's Havenaire follows up a series of head-turning ambient releases on the likes of Shimmering Moods, Polar Seas and Glacial Movements with a limited new long player on Past Inside The Present. Across six slowly shifting soundscapes he layers up his misty-eyed chords into music that is designed to empty your mind but that also gently sweeps you heart. There is subtle hope and optimism amongst the ambient fog here that leaves you feeling cleansed and soothed. All six pieces have their own character but are very much united by a sense of calm and serenity that is utterly captivating.
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Crossing Water
Crossing Water (limited coloured vinyl LP (comes in different coloured vinyl, we cannot guarantee which one you will receive))
Cat: PITP V045. Rel: 27 Mar 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Crossing Water (5:01)
August In Repitition (3:04)
Gradually Fade (6:04)
Soft Fruits (1:52)
Smoke & Oleanders (3:23)
Noisy Houses (4:40)
Taffeta Sails (2:06)
Swells (4:53)
Two Ways Home (2:41)
Review: Aussie composer Cat Tyson Hughes is an experimental artist whose new album Crossing Water on Past Inside The Present marks her debut long player. It comes after she's been involved with several other projects and offers a fragile and delicate mix of subtle instrumentation and rich voice textures imbued with an array of lovely field recordings. These are superbly patient and slow-burn tracks that really have a cathartic effect as nature and natural sounds permeate each composition. The melodies take your mind away as the freely structured, minimal arrangements really make you take note.

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A New Landscape
A New Landscape (limited translucent orange vinyl LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: PITPV 026ORANGE. Rel: 18 Aug 22
 
Balearic/Downtempo
Human Disturbances (5:41)
Under The Microscope (6:38)
Time & Patience (5:20)
Collaborative Survival (5:05)
Advanced State Of Decay (7:41)
Myxomycetes (4:42)
Below The Forest Floor (5:31)
Art Of Noticing (4:45)
Review: Christopher 'Lav' Landin is a master of ambient sounds but it's been a while since we heard from him after 2017's collab with Purl on A Strangely Isolated Place. A New Landscape is a fresh album on Past Inside The Present that comes on limited and transparent orange vinyl. Contained within are a beguiling bunch of tunes with soul stirring pads, gently propulsive rhythms and gorgeous sound designs that call to mind various different references from deepest space to a warm spring day. It is an accomplished album design for mental escape.
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 in stock $23.84
A New Landscape
A New Landscape (limited coloured vinyl LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: PITPV 026COLOR. Rel: 18 Aug 22
 
Balearic/Downtempo
Human Disturbances (5:45)
Under The Microscope (6:37)
Time & Patience (5:21)
Collaborative Survival (5:03)
Advanced State Of Decay (7:41)
Myxomycetes (4:34)
Below The Forest Floor (5:41)
Art Of Noticing (4:34)
Review: Christopher 'Lav' Landin is a master of ambient sounds but it's been a while since we heard from him after 2017's collab with Purl on A Strangely Isolated Place. A New Landscape is a fresh album on Past Inside The Present that comes on limited and coloured vinyl. Contained within are a beguiling bunch of tunes with soul stirring pads, gently propulsive rhythms and gorgeous sound designs that call to mind various different references from deepest space to a warm spring day. It is an accomplished album design for mental escape.
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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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 in stock $30.58
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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No Beauty In The World
No Beauty In The World (limited clear vinyl LP)
Cat: PITPV 043CLEAR. Rel: 20 Jan 22
 
Ambient/Drone
No Beauty In The World (part I & II) (5:26)
No Beauty In The World (part III) (2:38)
Limniad (5:02)
For Ennio (I) (4:58)
For Ennio (II) (0:51)
Impossible Rooms (3:54)
(Fragments) (2:19)
Arctic Horizon (5:29)
There Has To Be A Reason (2:37)
Impossible Mirrors (3:53)
Review: 'No Beauty In The World' is a reflection of how in a world so cruel we can find beauty, with its music bouncing between beautiful ambience and piano loops, modular synth melodies to darker textural and feedback driven drones. Unlike other wounds records where the fluidity of the entire album tells a story, 'No Beauty In The World' explore various sonic possibilities and territories. This is a culmination of over 2 years of writing and recording, constantly driven by the uncertainty and darkness in the world that we live in. Despite it all, the sonic arc of the album gives us something to hope for, maybe there is beauty in the end. The record was engineered and mixed by Diogo Strausz (Far Out Recordings) in France and mastered (digital and vinyl) by Lawrence English (Room40). The record features collaborations from guitarist Carlos Ferreira and drummer / synthesist Phillip Stosberg.
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Love Me Tender
Love Me Tender (limited clear blue vinyl LP + digital download code)
Cat: PITPV 027. Rel: 24 Mar 21
 
Ambient/Drone
Kibou Among The Chaos (2:54)
Far Away, Home Away (4:07)
Forest Bathing (5:27)
Fitzroy Wildbeast (3:12)
Love You Tender (10:53)
Silent Night (5:15)
Review: RECOMMENDED
This is the first album Ai Yamamoto has released for US imprint Past Inside The Present, and it almost feels like an artist finally coming home - albeit a home they never lived in before. A perfect meeting of minds a long time in the making, fittingly the work included here has also taken a while to materialise, with the arrangements presented written and recorded over a two year period, between 2018 and 2020.

Japan-born, Melbourne, Australia-bred, Yamamoto's extensive experience working with pianos, strings, wind instruments and keen attention to detail in terms of textures and timbre is clear to hear within moments of hitting play. Having been making music for the best part of two decades, she's long-since honed her craft and fine-tuned those skills, ensuring Love Me Tender is a hushed ambient beauty you won't easily forget.
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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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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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Carolina
Carolina (purple marbled vinyl LP)
Cat: PITPZD 01. Rel: 18 Aug 21
 
Ambient/Drone
Gaffney Fields (7:40)
Chesnee Rivulet (8:49)
Woodland Aurora (8:50)
Meadow Twilight (7:08)
Review: According to the artist himself, zake's first solo album of 2020 was recorded and produced during "a four-day excursion in several secluded areas" in South Carolina. As a result, listeners can expect to hear babbling brooks, birdsong and the gentle rustling of leaves beneath Zake's alluring mixture of enveloping ambient chords, unearthly drone tones, opaque electronics and slowly-shifting, heavily processed neo-classical movements. The results are hugely immersive and undeniably enjoyable, with each of the four tracks delivering a head-in-the-clouds journey that ripples with becalmed, atmospheric intent. In other words, it's the kind of ambient music you can get lost in. More please!
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A Pale Shelter
A Pale Shelter (clear vinyl LP + insert + MP3 download code limited to 200 copies)
Cat: PITPV 056C. Rel: 13 Dec 21
 
Ambient/Drone
A Pale Shelter (feat Benoit Pioulard) (4:20)
Mourning Shadows We Perish (5:37)
A Failing Of Will (6:40)
Solace Awaits Us (feat Benoit Pioulard) (5:57)
Whispers Unheard (4:24)
Today Is All We Have (4:07)
In Silence She Speaks (3:27)
Review: 'Yet today is all we have In silence she speaks The rivers below Valleys and peaks As a pale shelter once cherished The shadows we mourn Have all but perished '

'A Pale Shelter' is a trio collaboration between zake, City of Dawn, and Ossa. Two tracks feature close friend Benoît Pioulard. Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri.
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Syntheticopia
Syntheticopia (LP + download code)
Cat: PITPZD 021. Rel: 30 Aug 22
 
Ambient/Drone
Astronomer, Inc (3:55)
Syntheticopia (2:08)
Calculating Trajectory (1:53)
Galaxy Twilight (5:08)
Mission Control (0:51)
Drifting (5:41)
Uncharted Region (5:28)
Space & Time (5:42)
Acquisition Of Signal (3:26)
Metric Expansion (3:42)
Review: Space is the place - at least, it's the place uppermost in the mind of Indianapolis-based label Past Inside The Present founder zake and his sonic partner Ossa - location given as the north pole according to his Twitter - as they embark on collaborative 10 tracks. The fact that that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA to you and me - has supplied them with celestial sound emissions for the tracks is a bonus. But ultimately, the real headline factor once it's actually on your turntable is the vivid atmospheres and gorgeous textures that the pair are capable of generating. The album's closer, 'Metric Expansion', is a tremulous glory, peaking and slipping away like rays of sunlight. 'Space & Time', meanwhile, is a simple, gliding analogue delight, and 'Drifting' proves you can carve imperceptible beauty from a couple of well-crafted chords.
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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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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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