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THE UNIVERSE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU out now
looking at this website makes me sad so i don't, if you want to chat find me elsewhere xx

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you’ve heard me shouting about this for too long so here is a little festival announcement - @_inklingroom_ is doing a Festival of New Music from Eastern Europe!

From 18-21 Feb. in London we will be celebrating music from eastern european artists. It’s hopefully a start of something meaningful.

Thanks everyone who has helped shaping this. Big ups to @babayagashutlondon
@a.l.i.c.e.a.g.e.n.c.y @sara.sassanelli @jareddavisz @zlom_ crew for the support!!

and @cafeotodalston @earthackney and @ormsideprojects for the trust and hosting

First wave of artists (more TBA):
@james__holden @zimpelwaclaw
@object.blue + @en_pe @gabor.lazar
@ugneuma + @buttechn @rat.section
@ggbiberkopf @wojciech_rusin
@ramilda.xx @nino__davaze @alisaoleva
@leisure.fm @omoo_gosh

Poster by
@jaanpvl & @oliverudekyll

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Matera Summer 2024

Open Sound Festival | A Land Music Experience

📸 @visiomorfosi

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JAMES HOLDEN (live) | 03 Agosto, Matera (Casa Cava)

* tutti i live e i dj set inizialmente previsti per Le Monacelle sono riprogrammati a Casa Cava, i biglietti acquistati in precedenza rimangono validi per la nuova location

Musicista, ingegnere del suono, dj, produttore, remixer, maestro dei sintetizzatori e sviluppatore di software. James Holden può definirsi un personaggio di culto: attraverso le produzioni per la Border Community, di cui è fondatore, ha forgiato uno stile unico che fa propria la lezione del minimalismo dell’ultima generazione. A questa estetica unisce l’intensità epica ereditata dai trascorsi progressive-trance del primo periodo e uno spirito sperimentale distante anni luce dall’attuale scena dance inglese.

Il percorso musicale di James Holden abbraccia una vasta gamma di linguaggi contemporanei e il suo approccio alla composizione ha portato la club culture su un nuovo livello: quello di un cammino spirituale costellato di groove cosmici e nostalgici. Durante la carriera ventennale, il musicista di Exeter (Regno Unito) è passato da Ibiza al Marocco, dai rave in spiaggia agli incontri mistici, dalla musica trance a quella gnawa.

Esploratore di terre e suoni lontani, il 3 Agosto James Holden incanterà il pubblico dell’ex convento delle Monacelle

@james__holden @vivoconcerti
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La capienza delle location è limitata, biglietti disponibili su @ticketmasterit
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OPEN SOUND FESTIVAL 2024
A Land Music Experience

San Severino Lucano, Matera (Basilicata)
27 lug, 31 lug - 03 ago

James Holden (live) | Venerus (dj set) | Bombino | Vladimir Ivkovic | Thru Collected | Paolo Angeli | Paolo Baldini DubFiles | Fossick Project (Marta Del Grandi & Cecilia Valagussa) | Raffaele Costantino | Ko Shin Moon | Leila Rufus | Federico Nitti | Dadub

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@james__holden and @zimpelwaclaw at @pardontotu · warsaw 14.10.2026 · @svmerki tv

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Sparkles, Crystals, Miracles
@james__holden & @zimpelwaclaw w @pardontotu
stunning visuals by @olalysgaard

14.10.2026

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@james__holden & @zimpelwaclaw // 14.10.2026 // @pardontotu
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#waclawzimpel #jamesholden #pardontotu #warsaw

📷 @lucek_lucek

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New interview with @anderttysma about his new Parallels album (out on @apollorecords ) published today at @digitalinberlin along with a new video for the track Parallels made by @marcoc.ttt
Photo credit: @lonnekevanderpalen

https://www.digitalinberlin.de/andert-tysma/

#ambient #experimentalmudic #minimalism #postclassical #berlin

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14th October 2026: @james__holden + @zimpelwaclaw at @pardontotu , Warsaw, Poland.

Photo: @raven__red

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You'll find cross-genre connections, open up your taste, and become the archivist of where your favorite sound comes from. Deeper and deeper.

#ripakallaxstories

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#technics1210 #classictrance #onlyvinyl #jamesholden

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📢 14 października 2026 roku w klubie @pardontotu , po raz pierwszy w Warszawie na jednej scenie spotkają się James Holden i Wacław Zimpel — i będzie to zarazem ich jedyny wspólny koncert w Polsce. 💥

Artyści zaprezentują muzykę z najnowszej płyty „The Universe Will Take Care Of You”, wydanej w 2025 roku przez legendarną wytwórnię Border Community.

📀 Zakup albumu: https://jamesholden.bandcamp.com/album/the-universe-will-take-care-of-you

🎧 Odsłuch: https://open.spotify.com/album/6oAVVDRw6IfC2uHghD8c17

Elektronika, improwizacja, trans i organiczne brzmienie spotkają się w muzyce, która bardziej niż opowiada, zabiera słuchacza w podróż. To będzie jeden z tych wieczorów, które trudno powtórzyć — i jeszcze trudniej zapomnieć.

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Choć ich muzyczne początki były bardzo różne – @james__holden zdobył międzynarodową sławę jako producent, DJ i remikser muzyki elektronicznej, natomiast Zimpel ukończył klasyczne szkoły muzyczne w Polsce i Niemczech, by następnie poświęcić się free jazzowi i współpracować z artystami takimi jak Hamid Drake czy Joe McPhee – ich drogi zaskakująco często się przecinały.

Brytyjski wizjoner syntezatorów James Holden i polski mistrz klarnetu @zimpelwaclaw połączyli siły, tworząc duet Holden & Zimpel – projekt, w którym dwaj wszechstronni kompozytorzy eksplorują najgłębsze obszary improwizacji w kameralnym składzie, osiągając hipnotyczne, bogate brzmieniowo i głęboko emocjonalne efekty. Dwaj artyści o podobnej muzycznej wrażliwości prowadzą spontaniczny dialog między klarnetem altowym a syntezatorem modularnym, łącząc swoje odmienne muzyczne doświadczenia w eksplozję surowej, pierwotnej kreatywności.

Ostatecznie to wspólna fascynacja transem i hipnotyczną repetycją stała się miejscem spotkania obu artystów. Trance jest nicią przewodnią ich muzyki – obecną zarówno w tradycyjnej muzyce ludowej, XX-wiecznym minimalizmie, krautrocku, elektronice tanecznej, jak i improwizowanym jazzie.

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⏰ Wejście: 19:00, Rozpoczęcie koncertu: 20:30
🎫 Bilety: https://pardontotu.pl/wydarzenia/james-holden-waclaw-zimpel

💻 Więcej: https://fb.me/e/6BddGXnIi

Fot. Justyna Traczyk, Caroline Windel

#jamesholden #waclawzimpel #pardontotu #independentpl

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JAMES HOLDEN — A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS (MAIN MIX)

Released on July 28, 2003, “A Break in the Clouds” marked the very first release on Border Community, the record label founded by James Holden. Carrying the catalogue number 01BC, the record introduced a new vision of electronic music — one that brought together the emotional depth of progressive house, the experimentation of techno and the freedom of more leftfield sounds.

The Main Mix stretches across almost ten minutes, combining warm melodies, rumbling basslines and intricate rhythmic arrangements into a sound that would help define the identity of Border Community.

There is something extraordinary about the way this track unfolds.

It begins with a sense of anticipation.

The percussion establishes a steady pulse.
A melody slowly emerges.
The bassline grows beneath it.

And then, everything begins to open.

What initially feels restrained gradually becomes something enormous, almost overwhelming in its emotional intensity.

But the beauty of “A Break in the Clouds” lies in its contrasts.

Mechanical rhythms meet deeply human melodies.

Tension gives way to moments of unexpected warmth.

And beneath the complexity of the production, there is a simplicity that makes the music feel incredibly personal.

It is the kind of track that reminds you why electronic music can be so much more than a collection of rhythms.

Sometimes, without a single word, it can express something that would be impossible to explain.

More than two decades later, “A Break in the Clouds” still carries that rare feeling of discovery.

A moment when everything seems to align.

When the tension finally disappears.

And, just for a while, the clouds begin to break.

James Holden — “A Break in the Clouds (Main Mix)”
A Break in the Clouds EP
Border Community (01BC)
2003

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