{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68c1ddba4027d9f21feab351/68d056a4203f72ea57fb25f7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Artefacts: Ambient & Drone - Los Angeles","description":"<p><strong>Artefacts – Ambient &amp; Drone: Los Angeles Edition </strong></p><p>Welcome to <em>Artefacts</em> – your quick guide to recently released ambient and drone records. In this episode we’re focusing on artists and labels connected to Los Angeles.</p><p><strong>Featured Releases:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Magnetic Loops IV</strong> – Savvas Metaxas (LINE, Los Angeles)</li><li>Longform tape compositions using a Revox A77, electric guitar and saz. A meditation on repetition, loops and navigating life transitions.</li><li><a href=\"https://lineimprint.bandcamp.com/album/magnetic-loops-iv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://lineimprint.bandcamp.com/album/magnetic-loops-iv</a></li><li><strong>Forgetting is Violent</strong> – Patrick Shiroishi (American Dreams)</li><li>Two suites confronting racism, colonialism, and personal loss. Urgent yet hopeful, grappling with violence past and present.</li><li><a href=\"https://patrickshiroishi.bandcamp.com/album/forgetting-is-violent\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://patrickshiroishi.bandcamp.com/album/forgetting-is-violent</a></li><li><strong>Protostar</strong> – Martin Stürtzer (Synphaera)</li><li>Sequencer-driven ambient that blends Berlin School nostalgia with cosmic exploration, a follow-up to 2023’s <em>Cosmic Echo.</em></li><li><a href=\"https://synphaera.bandcamp.com/album/protostar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://synphaera.bandcamp.com/album/protostar</a></li><li><strong>Wouldn’t Have to Hurt</strong> – Claire Rousay</li><li>Field recordings, drones and fragmented melodies exploring tension, everyday intimacy and mental health.</li><li><a href=\"https://clairerousay.bandcamp.com/album/wouldnt-have-to-hurt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://clairerousay.bandcamp.com/album/wouldnt-have-to-hurt</a></li><li><strong>Labellum of Porcelain</strong> – Chaperone (Jungle Gym Records)</li><li>Seven “sonic still lifes” of distorted repetitions, spectral shifts and expansive reverberant spaces.</li><li><a href=\"https://junglegymrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jgt133-labellum-of-porcelain\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://junglegymrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jgt133-labellum-of-porcelain</a></li></ul><p>Whether you’re into tape loops, field recordings or sequenced cosmic synths, this episode charts some of the most intriguing ambient and drone releases linked to Los Angeles.</p>","author_name":"Jim Reeve-Baker"}