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ZÖJ anounces new album
Posted On: 19th of April, 2025
Posted In: ZÖJ, Gelareh Pour, Brian O'Dwyer, Kamancheh, Melbourne Music Week, Australian Music, New Persian Experimentalism, world music, traditional music, Iran, Persian, Parenthèses Records, Tradition, Continuum, current
ZÖJ will be releasing their sophomore album "GIVE WATER TO BIRDS" on June 20th, seeing Gelareh Pour and Brian O'Dwyer collaborating with guitarist Brett Langsford.
"Give Water to Birds" is a testament to quiet resilience and poetic stillness — a deeply introspective work where ancient echoes meet contemporary textures. It's music that lingers long after the last note, tenderly unearthing emotion with every listen.
Hangman
Posted On: 16th of September, 2023
Posted In: Jina Mahsa Amini, Hangman, woman life freedom, ZÖJ, zojduet, kamancheh, voice Iran, kaiber, runway, midjourney, gelareh pour, brian o dwyer, Hushang Entehaj, McKenna Motion, Parenthèses Records, Tradition, Continuum, Melbourne Recital Center
This is Hangman, Zöj’s first single from Fil o Fenjoon honouring #womanlifefreedom and #mahsaamini anniversary is out today.
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From Gela:
This track’s been recorded at MRC when Brian and Myles left me in the main room and said, just play something. I turned the pages on my book and found this amazing poem by Hushang Ebtehaj, and played and sang this piece for the first time. What you hear is what Myles captured in that moment. Feel free to turn on the caption and read the translation.
Please make sure you post/do something to honour this important revolution today. For freedom for #Iran, for freedom for all women in this world.
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Thank you all for your support and love.
Woman . Life . Freedom
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KEDA releases 3rd album
Posted On: 11th of February, 2023
Posted In: KEDA, Mathias Delplanque, E'Joung-Ju, Korea, Experimental Music, Ambient, Dub, Traditional, Geomungo, Electronics, Parenthèses Records, Festival Printemps Coréen, Compagnie Linga, John Sellekaers, Flow, Continuum, France, Korea, Brussels, Nantes, contemporary dance, Switzerland, Suisse
Invited by Compagnie Linga to compose the musical score of the dance production 'Flow' and perform it live, KEDA created a mesmerizing soundtrack, in which E’Joung-Ju stirs up lively rhythms and melodic fragments of the Korean geomungo, like an electric bass, which Mathias Delplanque captures and mutates in ambient and noise collages, ensuring a hypnotic pull.
Watch the trailer
L'OMBRE DE LA BETE
Posted On: 17th of June, 2022
Posted In: François Robin, Mathias Delplanque, Veuze, Bretagne, Duduk, Mizmar, A la Zim Muzik, electronics, experimental music, Parenthèses Records, Tradition, Continuum, Xango Muzik
Hello friends,
It's been a long time in the making so we are particularly thrilled to share with you the BIG news that our newest release, proudly co-produced with À La Zim Muzik, is now up for PRE-ORDER.
François Robin & Mathias Delplanque are L'OMBRE DE LA BÊTE , an immersive exploration of the organic sound of the VEUZE.
Expect drone flirting with krautrock and traditional music.
The album will see the light on July 1st, coming in a beautiful 4 panels digisleeve with inserted 4 pages booklet, all designed by French visual artists Quentin Faucompré
Until then, 2 tracks are available on both Bandcamp below.
https://lombredelabete.bandcamp.com
https://parenthesesrecords.bandcamp.com
PR welcomes
Posted On: 8th of December, 2021
Posted In: Parentheses Records, L'ombre de la bête, France, Nantes, Traditional music, britany, bretagne, veuze, Mathias Delplanque, François Robin, A la Zim, bagpipe, cornemuse, electronic music, experimental music
We’re thrilled to welcome L'ombre de la bête to the Parenthèses roster in partnership with french A La Zim!
L'ombre de la bête is a duo made of Mathias Delplanque (electronics) and François Robin, master of the Veuze, a Breton bagpipe found traditionally in southeastern Brittany and in the northern part of the Vendée, particularly around Nantes.
Their music takes inspiration from the traditionals of that region flirts with krautrock, drone and traditional music.
Their album will see the light in spring 2022.
Stay tuned...
Parentheses Records Welcomes
Posted On: 13th of December, 2013
Posted In: Mathias Delplanque, Zaman Productions, Parentheses Records, E'Joung Ju, Geomungo, Electronic, Ambient, Korea, Coree, France, Australie, duo, KEDA
Mathias Delplanque is an electronic music composer, music critic, author of sound installations, teacher, composer for theater and dance and the founding member of several musical ensembles. He lives and works in Nantes (France) and runs the Bruit Clair label, dedicated to electronic music and sound art.
E'Joung-Ju is a master of the gomoungo, the six strings traditional Korean wooden instrument, which has a history of over 1600 years, used both in court and popular music.
Their collaboration now called KEDA started in 2010 and confronts the ancestral sounds of gomoungo to textures, rhythms and electronic treatments. Beyond the meeting of two instrumental practices separated by centuries, their creation stands out as original, hypnotic, warm, alternately dancing and meditative, drawing on blues, African, Jamaican, ambient and noise influences.
KEDA is currently working on its debut album due for release in October 2014 and will be touring Europe in 2014 courtesy of Zaman Produtions.
Check out KEDA's live excerpt at the Musee du Quai Branly (Paris) HERE.
Daramad
Posted On: 22nd of November, 2012
Posted In: Daramad, Mark Cain, Michael Zolker, Saeed Danesh, Reza Mirzaei, Tara Tiba, Kate Pass, Middle Easter, Jazz, Improvisation, KULCHA, Western Australia
Recorded over a weekend at a beach house overlooking the sea in Safety Bay - an idyllic and relaxed setting to record about twelve hours of raw material - the album testifies of the vivid interactions between plucked strings and winds, the rhythmic drive that propels the music and the coalescing of traditional influences with the improvisational energy of jazz.
As with all previous PR releases, Swiss-born visual artist Tom Mùller once again designed the beautiful digipak format, while the Daramad logo was conceptualised by Reza Mirzaei.
With all physical purchase comes the free digital download. Stream and order the album via our store HERE