according to ancient mythology, the woodland nymph echo was fascinated by the handsome narcissus, and wished to lure him into marriage. unable to say anything on her own, her voice could only repeat the last words said, and this act was not enough for the arrogant narcissus. heartbroken, echo fled deep into the forest, her body turning to mountain stone. her soul is often considered to be the faint reverberation of the wind, still calling out for her lost love. a song for echos central character embarks on a spiritual journey through earth and water, attempting to discover herself and her relationship to the elements before nightfall. ricardo donosos score really heightens the interplay between the attraction and repulsion of the doomed lovers and makes for an all-consuming, disorienting immersion.

limited edition of 150 copies on white vinyl.
according to ancient mythology, the woodland nymph echo was fascinated by the handsome narcissus, and wished to lure him into marriage. unable to say anything on her own, her voice could only repeat the last words said, and this act was not enough for the arrogant narcissus. heartbroken, echo fled deep into the forest, her body turning to mountain stone. her soul is often considered to be the faint reverberation of the wind, still calling out for her lost love. a song for echos central character embarks on a spiritual journey through earth and water, attempting to discover herself and her relationship to the elements before nightfall. ricardo donosos score really heightens the interplay between the attraction and repulsion of the doomed lovers and makes for an all-consuming, disorienting immersion.

an innate facet of the human condition is the very personal way we choose to process our own fatality. faced with dealing with the feelings of anxiety, death and fear after nearly drowning whilst diving in the south atlantic in his youth, ricardo donoso chose to channel them into his creative process. the result was scuba death, a project that was fully realised on donoso’s widely acclaimed 2014 further debut, nitrogen narcosis. after spending time devoted to establishing his kathexis label as well as delivering a trilogy of albums under his given name for the denovali label, donoso returns to further with a second scuba death offering, the worm at the core.

after spending the past three years cutting acclaimed records for such esteemed imprints as innervisions, hotflush, and acid test, recondite has rejoined the ghostly international fold with an ep that builds on the robust field recordings and pale, moonlit melodies of the berlin producer’s breakthrough lp “hinterland”.

plangent records is back with the first various artists compilation (plancomp001) on the label and gathers long time friends, likeminded musicians and new talent on this 10 track release. this platform for deep, low-key, melancholic electronic music shall continue.

scuba death is ricardo donosos alter ego. with more of a focus on analog sound, percussion, sampling, and location recordings, there is an organic undercurrent on scuba death recordings that isnt as prevalent in his solo work.