The theme running through all tracks of this work is ‘water’ (and its numerous concerns risen around the globe).
The album is comprised of tracks by 15 Italian artists (Enrico Coniglio, Francesco Giannico, Gigi Masin, Obsil, Elisa Luu, Attilio Novellino (Un Vortice Di Bassa Pressione) and Pierpaolo Leo among others) working with electroacoustics, microsounds, emotional drive and drowned sounds, all in a free-experimentation zone.
Each artist was prompted to submit a track inspired somehow by the notion of water, according to their individual angle. The upshot is a multilayered work, giving voice to the umpteen facets of a theme which has always created a particularly deep and serious attraction for musicians working in the drone/ambient scene.
The sonorities of field recording, glitched digressions, electroacoustic idylls, dreamy soundscapes, abysmal notes, dilated, diluted, purified, desecrated water…
Together these artists have releases across labels such as Touch, Porter, Laverna, Sub Rosa, Ripples, Cronica, Zymogen and more.
The project is released on Ephre Imprint as a strictly limited edition CDR, plus in conjunction with the Lost Children Net Label as a download.

Tracklisting:

01. Paolo VenezianiInside the edge
02. Cop killin’ beatTanaro
03. LLS0480% water
04. Ennio MazzonPlain
05. Enrico ConiglioThe carb’s secret
06. Un Vortice di Bassa PressioneHydrocoma pt.3
07. Christian Di VitoArborfelix
08. LeastupperboundThe humpback whale
09. Alessio BalleriniHalf water
10. Francesco GiannicoAnother time in this earth
11. ObsilTwo years ago
12. OrnitologyRestless
13. Elisa LuuPiano
14. Gigi MasinA fog book
15. Pierpaolo LeoBioluminescence

Lost Children Newsletter November/December 2010

  • an adopted Lost Child
  • new release: Ben Woods – We Are Silhouettes Now
  • new release: con fuoco d’occhi un nostalgico lupo
  • new website
  • Bandcamp
  • Lost Children Net Label stickers
  • Don’t be a stranger

[An Adopted Lost Child]

As you might of have heard somewhere in the cracks of the internet, the Lost Children Net Label has been going through some changes. Label founder Barry Rogers found himself in a position where he could no longer give the Lost Children the time and attention it deserved and reached out to find people to foster his netlabel.

It is with pride that the team welcomes you to a refreshed Lost Children Net Label at LostChildrenNetLabel.com and invites long-time friends, familiar faces and anyone with a heart for music to join us on the journey one man embarked on almost five years ago and to move forward. Spreading the love for art and artists who create for the sake of creating something new, something unique, something precious along the way.

[New releases]

  • Ben Woods - We Are Silhouettes Now

Lost Children Net Label proudly presents Ben WoodsWe Are Silhouettes Now. A wholesome offering of layered sky-gazing soundscapes, piano driven introspection and subliminal bliss.

It is an addictive seven track EP that will entice its listeners with its elegant structures and variations, reminiscent of those found in the cinematic compositions of Angelo Badalamenti. The music subtly finds its way under the listeners skin, stopping time, bringing a moment of peace draped in shades of melancholic yet uplifting blue as reflected so dexterously in the artwork by Ludo Vanroy. In a way it can be seen as the extension and pinnacle of These Passing Thoughts, a collection of ‘endless hours of wasted moments’, which will offer the additional fix the listener will crave for after listening to We Are Silhouettes Now.


Tracklisting

1. This Departure (3:44)
2. Together Standing (5:50)
3. Your Footprints, My Shadow (5:43)
4. Those We’ll Never Know (4:15)
5. Parting Words (2:02)
6. Above & Beyond (3:20)
7. We Are Silhouettes Now (2:50)

All music written and recorded by Ben Woods
Artwork by Ludo Vanroy monoprints.blogspot.com

Lost Children Net Label proudly presents

  • con fuoco d’occhi un nostalgico lupo

The Silent Ballet and Lost Children Net Label present a special compilation in two parts, dedicated to contemporary Italian experimental music and comes with an essay by Joseph Sannicandro and photography of Adriano Zanni. The title comes from the poem “Con Fuoco” by the Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti.

The twenty-one tracks that are featured on con fuoco are not quite meant to be a “who’s who” of the Italian scene but the volume does strive to be something on an anthology, showcasing this particular moment in time, bringing together established artists with emerging figures, showcasing the tremendous vibrancy and diversity of music being made by Italian artists today. Many of the tracks were composed exclusively for this volume, or else are previously unavailable. Giuseppe Ielasi, a figure of central importance, contributed a track of a recent LP as well as having contributed to the production of other tracks. Neil on Impression were featured in the original Tracking the Trends, as were Giardini di Mirò, whose keyboarding has contributed a track under the name Pillow. Though many of the artists come from Milan, in the end there are artists present from all over Italy.

[New Website & Newsletter]

We left out trusted wordpress hosted site and moved to LostChildrenNetLabel.com. We aim to offer you more functionality and content in slicker, structured design.

We would like to remind you to update your subscriptions to get the Lost Children Net Label news, hot of the virtual press, via RSS and or email.

Newsletters, like the one you are reading now, will drop in your inbox periodically. We don’t like spam and we’re sure you don’t like to get an avalanche of information yourself. That is why we’ll keep these to a strict minimum and will only get in touch when we have something truly important to share.

For those who do like to get updated when content is added on our site, of which we feel it can be of added value to you, can choose to receive email notifications once registered.  You’ll receive a password to access your personal dashboard where you can manage your notifications and settings to stay updated on the topics of your choice.

[Bandcamp]

We have released the con fuoco d’occhi un nostalgico lupo compilation through Bandcamp as well, you can download it on our page in any format you want, at any price you want. Other releases will follow soon…

[Support Us]

“Art, like all knowledge, should be free to the world.”

This was, is and will remain our motto. We encourage you to share the music of the Lost Children Net Label with your friends and like-minded communities.

But we can always use your support to offer an even more valuable platform, therefore we also offer the latest compilation release through Bandcamp with a ‘name your price’ plan as well as a line of heavy duty, high quality stickers in our shop.  This way we can cover basic costs and pursue other ways of releasing music along side our digital outlets in the future.

[Don't Be A Stranger]

Whether you are a musician, photographer, writer, video artist and so on, you might just be the person we would like involve on a future release or other project. That is why we encourage you to take a minute to fill out some details on your profile page if you register to our website. We are always on the lookout for people creating interesting things to collaborate with.

thanks for reading!

…and happy holidays and all the best for 2010!

The Lost Children Net Label team

lostchildrennetlabel.com

We Are Silhouettes Now

Lost Children Net Label proudly presents Ben WoodsWe Are Silhouettes Now. A wholesome offering of layered sky-gazing soundscapes, piano driven introspection and subliminal bliss.

It is an addictive seven track EP that will entice its listeners with its elegant structures and variations, reminiscent of those found in the cinematic compositions of Angelo Badalamenti. The music subtly finds its way under the listeners skin, stopping time, bringing a moment of peace draped in shades of melancholic yet uplifting blue as reflected so dexterously in the artwork by Ludo Vanroy. In a way it can be seen as the extension and pinnacle of These Passing Thoughts, a collection of ‘endless hours of wasted moments’, which will offer the additional fix the listener will crave for after listening to We Are Silhouettes Now.


Tracklisting

1. This Departure (3:44)
2. Together Standing (5:50)
3. Your Footprints, My Shadow (5:43)
4. Those We’ll Never Know (4:15)
5. Parting Words (2:02)
6. Above & Beyond (3:20)
7. We Are Silhouettes Now (2:50)

All music written and recorded by Ben Woods
Artwork by Ludo Vanroy monoprints.blogspot.com

Con Fuoco d’Occhi un Nostalgico Lupo (review by Fluid-Radio)

Fluid-Radio‘s  Adam Williams reviews  Con Fuoco d’Occhi un Nostalgico Lupo.

This compilation comes via The Silent Ballet and Lost Children Netlabel and comprises contemporary Italian experimental music which was created in part to highlight the abundance of excellent and often unheralded artists originating from Italy. Many of the tracks included have been written especially for this volume or else were previously unavailable.

For some years The Silent Ballet has been dedicated to audial excellence and so it comes as no surprise that a work which is compiled by members of TSB’s staff is packed full of quality music. At twenty one tracks spread over two parts, there is a large amount of music for the listener to pour over. Due to the fractured nature of Italian independent music and the relatively less state support which artists receive when compared with many other Western European cities, it is a worthy endeavour indeed to shine the spotlight on this fertile music scene.

There is a real diversity to the track-list and to discuss each musician would be worthy of an article in itself, so to pick merely a few names involved for the sake of brevity, artists such as Matteo Uggeri, Giuseppe Ielasi, Neil on Impression are given a space on the compilation, as is Italian noise guru Maurizio Bianchi, who has offered a track from what he reports to be his last album, having announced his retirement from music once again. Though there are elements to the compilation which will cater to most experimental music fan’s taste, there is a shared aesthetic between the works and this helps to make con fuoco d’occhi un nostalgico lupo a remarkably cohesive body of work which incorporates ambient, minimalism, field recordings and more.

In con fuoco d’occhi un nostalgico lupo, the many people involved in its creation have between them compiled a wonderful and sincere document of Italian contemporary experimental music which can serve as an introduction to the music scene within Italy for the uninformed or as simply a great body of work in its own right.

Con fuoco d’occhi un nostalgico lupo is available now from Lost Children Netlabel for free download or optional payment of any desired amount.

- Review by Adam Williams for Fluid Radio

source: http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/11/con-fuoco-d%E2%80%99occhi-un-nostalgico-lupo/