https://discreetarchive.cargo.site Discreet Archive Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:39:03 +0000 https://discreetarchive.cargo.site en https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/DAFAKE Sat, 14 Jan 2023 12:20:01 +0000 Discreet Archive https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/DAFAKE DAFAKE Antoine Marroncles, composing music under the synonym DAFAKE, is a French experimental musician, sound artist and film composer based in Paris. Creating minimalist electro-acoustic pieces from a range of experimental recording techniques, DIY instrumentation and unseen sound sources such as feedback loops, corrupted data and electromagnetic fields processed and recomposed through a modular system. Antoine has released a string of self-released albums over the past 2 years, as well as a recent collaboration with experimental cassette label Histamine Tapes. Antoine’s work is often processed based, utilising his array of unusual signal sources, to use as the building blocks for contemplative improvised drones. Pairing maximal washes of synthesis with insistent micro sounds captured from field recordings and recordings or electromagnetic fields. Bandcamp Instagram <img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/996a607d0913ea85c44a5ca48e2a2619105621ba82188110a3b7a0eb62cc73e4/IMG_9671.jpg" data-mid="164691009" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/996a607d0913ea85c44a5ca48e2a2619105621ba82188110a3b7a0eb62cc73e4/IMG_9671.jpg" /> https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/About Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:40:44 +0000 Discreet Archive https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/About Discreet Archive was created for music and artefacts that explore quietness and sonic materiality. We create microphones and instruments designed for use in experimental music, sound art and field recordings. &nbsp; We release music that allows for space, presents sonority as object and is concerned with the materiality of sound, sound as thing. We occupy a world of noise, discerning meaning in this sea of noise is increasingly difficult.&nbsp; We invite you to contemplate the world around you through stillness and quiet that sound can provide a focus for.&nbsp; Listen to quiet things loudlyListen for the smallest element in the pieceListen for the largest element in the pieceListen for the interaction between objectsListen for the space that the sound is presented in Listen to the objects that surround your listening Listen to the wholeListen to the individualListen for the smallest change&nbsp;Listen for the elements that do not change&nbsp; Listen again links︎︎︎ &nbsp; ︎ &nbsp; ︎ &nbsp; ︎ https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/Microphones Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:40:44 +0000 Discreet Archive https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/Microphones The Seaphone <img width="250" height="333" width_o="250" height_o="333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d889e6a3d926f048dd5675324805bf66b0488e8fd89029ddd14fb4caa9198060/GetAttachmentThumbnail.jpg" data-mid="231832096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/250/i/d889e6a3d926f048dd5675324805bf66b0488e8fd89029ddd14fb4caa9198060/GetAttachmentThumbnail.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67b7838addcd0a5af781563a63f4bb049f815ae5009234ed24539a2b3bd58b40/DSC_0822.JPG" data-mid="231831319" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67b7838addcd0a5af781563a63f4bb049f815ae5009234ed24539a2b3bd58b40/DSC_0822.JPG" /> The Seaphone is an omnidirectional microphone developed from a geophone element. The resulting microphone is extremely sensitive and can be used to capture very faint sounds. It is equally useful in nature, capturing sounds in the soil, sand and rock, as it is in an urban enviroment, recording steel bridges and industrial machinery. Utiling the included magnet, suction cup or ground spike you can affix the mic to a varity of surfaces. Due to the capsules intended purpose it captures low frequency sound extremely well, and creates unique recordings unlike any other sensor. Due to demand for a waterproof version we have developed the original Earthphone into a Hydrophone (the Seaphone), allowing you to expand your low frequency sound hunting to the rivers, lakes and streams.&nbsp; No phantom power is required. We offer a variety of cable lenghts and a discount on a pair, please see dropdown menu below.&nbsp; &lt;These are currently made to order and may take up to 1 weeks to ship&gt; Directivity: OmnidirectionalFrequency response: 10 – 1000+ HzImpedance: 3500 ΩResonant frequency: 15 HzCable: 2 m, robust polyurethane jacket, shieldedOutput: XLR-3M balanced (can be converted to 3.5mm jack by request) Dimensions &amp; Weight: 92 mm x 42 mm, 350 g (including the cable and the magnet) The Earthphone&nbsp; The Earthphone <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e53732331c0390fe5a51b9e43ac972da926a636dc047ba5169a98549cb7fe9b/DSC_0267.JPG" data-mid="216678410" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e53732331c0390fe5a51b9e43ac972da926a636dc047ba5169a98549cb7fe9b/DSC_0267.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a6d559981aebc8f891b4a366e31dbde13c9c800bbb6fbdb559bc12576a4cdf7/DSC_0250.JPG" data-mid="216678408" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a6d559981aebc8f891b4a366e31dbde13c9c800bbb6fbdb559bc12576a4cdf7/DSC_0250.JPG" /> The Earthphone is a microphone developed from a geophone element. The resulting microphone is extremely sensitive and can be used to capture very faint sounds. It is equally useful in nature, capturing sounds in the soil, sand and rock, as it is in an urban enviroment, recording steel bridges and industrial machinery. Utiling the included magnet, suction cup or ground spike you can affix the mic to a varity of surfaces. Due to the capsules intended purpose it captures low frequency sound extremely well, and creates unique recordings unlike any other sensor.&nbsp; No phantom power is required.&nbsp; &lt;These are currently made to order and may take up to 1 weeks to ship&gt; Directivity: OmnidirectionalFrequency response: 10 – 1000+ HzImpedance: 3500 ΩResonant frequency: 15 HzCable: 2 m, robust polyurethane jacket, shieldedOutput: XLR-3M balanced (can be converted to 3.5mm jack by request) Dimensions &amp; Weight: 87 mm x 35.5 mm, 250 g (including the cable and the magnet) https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/Instruments Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:39:03 +0000 Discreet Archive https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/Instruments Friction Idiophone Mark I A compact Cristal Baschet for studios, stages, and travelling composers <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0f276322d33dac7cf89f67a44f28489f2fe6048d32296b40bcb93de3261ff09/DSC_1015.jpg" data-mid="237540654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0f276322d33dac7cf89f67a44f28489f2fe6048d32296b40bcb93de3261ff09/DSC_1015.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e994c77bdafa6113e543e3cf96fe657b03e70942f5dcb22907704c4556f28c99/DSC_1009.jpg" data-mid="237540635" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e994c77bdafa6113e543e3cf96fe657b03e70942f5dcb22907704c4556f28c99/DSC_1009.jpg" /> <img width="3048" height="4000" width_o="3048" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c494adf70fda049a4cb719baa37ff755fb467c583cc70ae45f3066508a5e958/DSC_1014.jpg" data-mid="237542847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c494adf70fda049a4cb719baa37ff755fb467c583cc70ae45f3066508a5e958/DSC_1014.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2357" width_o="3402" height_o="2357" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9757b0daff65a1c0fda66b01fc30f738047bac0a6c8bdf7c519838b064528f16/CB1.jpg" data-mid="237542825" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9757b0daff65a1c0fda66b01fc30f738047bac0a6c8bdf7c519838b064528f16/CB1.jpg" /> <img width="3993" height="2819" width_o="3993" height_o="2819" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6978a3fc453814f26e56a38cf55878f6793232450c777be3f4b6ffe37a08f6a8/DSC_1005.jpg" data-mid="237542826" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6978a3fc453814f26e56a38cf55878f6793232450c777be3f4b6ffe37a08f6a8/DSC_1005.jpg" /> <img width="3585" height="2851" width_o="3585" height_o="2851" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90b3d4e698765550aeeca752019a9e0c9a2e6e697d3c019330456cc9a84e1bad/DSC_1008.jpg" data-mid="237542840" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90b3d4e698765550aeeca752019a9e0c9a2e6e697d3c019330456cc9a84e1bad/DSC_1008.jpg" /> This instrument is a 2-octave (C3–C5) friction idiophone, based on the principles of the Cristal Baschet — an electroacoustic instrument developed in the 1950s by Bernard and François Baschet. Sound is produced by rubbing glass rods with moistened fingertips, with vibrations transmitted through an aluminium and stainless steel frame to create sustained, harmonically rich tones. Designed for composers, sound designers, and studios, this desktop-format model offers the expressive range of the Cristal Baschet in a more accessible and portable form. Its streamlined construction makes it a practical, cost-conscious option for exploring this distinctive sound world without the scale and expense of a full-sized instrument. Each instrument is built to order. Please consult the FAQ before placing a request. Technical Specifications: Range: C3–C5 (2 octaves) Weight: approx. 9 kg Dimensions: L 600 mm × D 210 mm × H 350 mm &lt;These are currently made to order and may take up to 8 weeks to ship, please email us to discuss&nbsp; variations to design, tuning and resonators&gt; <img width="3402" height="2357" width_o="3402" height_o="2357" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9757b0daff65a1c0fda66b01fc30f738047bac0a6c8bdf7c519838b064528f16/CB1.jpg" data-mid="237542825" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9757b0daff65a1c0fda66b01fc30f738047bac0a6c8bdf7c519838b064528f16/CB1.jpg" /> &nbsp; https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/Music Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:40:45 +0000 Discreet Archive https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/Music .da-music { max-width: 980px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 2rem 0 5rem; } .da-release { margin: 0 0 5rem; padding-bottom: 4rem; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.18); } .da-cat { font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; opacity: 0.65; margin-bottom: 0.75rem; } .da-release h2 { font-size: clamp(2rem, 6vw, 5rem); line-height: 0.96; margin: 0.5rem 0 0.25rem; font-weight: 500; } .da-artist { font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 2vw, 1.6rem); margin: 0 0 0.4rem; } .da-date { font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; opacity: 0.65; } .da-description { max-width: 720px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1.4rem 0 1.8rem; } .da-embed { margin-top: 1.5rem; } DA035 al niente al niente July 2026 An instrumental quartet focused on tones, noises and quiet. The ensemble moves between pure improvisation and text-based contemporary composition, with works by Stefan Thut and Gabriele Pagliano interleaved with three collective improvisations. The pieces invite attentive listening to the temporal and spatial unfolding of sound, where quiet becomes an active material. al niente by al niente DA034 Chaparral Nev Wendell June 2026 A collection of field recordings, trumpet and trombone drones, metal-sheet feedback and small sampled materials, shaped between December 2025 and March 2026. The work reflects Nev Wendell’s relationship to Los Angeles and the chaparral landscape of the Hollywood Hills, moving between urban intensity and the quieter but equally active soundscape of canyon, birds, insects, wind and dry vegetation. Chaparral by Nev Wendell DA033 Muta Mia Windsor June 2026 Muta is a material-driven feedback instrument developed by Mia Windsor through building and improvisation. It works by resonating physical materials and feeding their signals back into themselves through spectral processing. The recording captures a system where sound emerges from the interaction of objects, circuits and environment, with instability becoming central to the act of listening and playing. Muta by Mia Windsor DA032 Volumes Variations Tobias Lanz April 2026 Following the original Volumes, Tobias Lanz returns to the composition through two new acoustic interpretations recorded in the Stadtkirche Burgdorf. One version is for organ, the other for electric guitars and bass activated with e-bows. The room becomes a structural component, allowing small harmonic relations, resonance and phase interaction to become the central events. Volumes Variations by Tobias Lanz DA030 Subtle Vessel Matthew Langford March 2026 Recorded live in the seven-story aquatic space of the Tank Center for Sonic Arts in Rangely, Colorado, Subtle Vessel is the culmination of a two-year recording process that began with a voice memo made at a piano in 2022. Langford re-records and layers the material with trumpet, flügelhorn, delay and water, allowing time, resonance and place to obscure and transform the original source. Subtle Vessel by Matthew Langford DA029 Slick Lucie McLaughlin and Jacob Calland March 2026 A collaborative three-track album beginning with object-based field recordings of small metal oak leaves and acorns at The Diamond in Derry. These recordings are combined with material from an ancient oak woodland in Pengelli, west Wales, alongside magnetically sustained piano tones, flue pipes, DIY instruments and objects. The release also includes an accompanying pamphlet by Lucie McLaughlin. Slick by Lucie McLaughlin and Jacob Calland DA027 En D’autres Lieux Bruno Duplant February 2026 On the edge of Waziers, Bruno Duplant listens to vacant parcels of land, wires, weathered surfaces and the soft turbulence of forgotten urban margins. The work gathers field recordings into an autofictional landscape where memory, chance and close attention overlap, allowing the edges of the city to become a place of quiet possibility. En D’autres Lieux by Bruno Duplant DA026 Hallways Hello Spiral January 2026 Hello Spiral returns to the same North London block as his previous record, this time moving inward from balcony to hallway. Four eleven-minute iPhone recordings capture the building’s connective spaces: carpet, fire doors, lights, elevators, low-frequency mechanical traces and passing footsteps. The result is a quiet study of shared domestic architecture and its internal weather. Hallways by Hello Spiral DA025 Santur &amp; Kamancheh for Electronics Maryam Rahmani &amp; David Esser January 2026 Maryam Rahmani and David Esser reposition santur and kamancheh within a field of electronics, contact microphones, geophones and environmental sound. Iranian classical instrumental resonance is expanded through microphoning, modulation and field recording, tracing migration, linguistic estrangement and cultural translation through sound, memory and place. Santur &amp; Kamancheh for Electronics by Maryam Rahmani &amp; David Esser DA023 Is This The Land I Wish Death To Find Me Mattie Barbier December 2025 The first work was recorded at the Tank Center for Sonic Arts, with magnetic geophones attached to the steel exterior so that trombone activates the building’s resonance directly. The second piece, recorded at home in Culver City, uses re-recorded trombones to create a choir of phantom brass, exploring how rooms and instruments resonate without direct human input. Is This The Land I Wish Death To Find Me by Mattie Barbier DA022 nothingness Michele Bondesan November 2025 A work for double bass and tape recorders that listens inward, toward the erosion of gesture and the drift of sound into memory. Across four movements, bowed double bass tones are captured, looped and reintroduced by portable tape recorders, creating a fragile system of accumulation, decay, disguise and quiet reintegration. nothingness by Michele Bondesan DA021 A Fine Rain Anoints The Canal Machinery Nate Wooley November 2025 Nate Wooley’s field recording composition attempts to embrace the confluence of humans, machines and the natural environments they pass through. Water recordings are interrupted by bridges, engines and trucks; delicate reeds, animals and wind are placed alongside the machinery of movement. The result is a lonely soundscape of community, distance and uneasy coexistence. A Fine Rain Anoints The Canal Machinery by Nate Wooley DA020 Musica DSP Da Camera Emiliano Pennisi October 2025 Synthetic sound is treated as something with weight, temperature and fragility. Pennisi begins with digital signal processing, resynthesis and algorithmic textures, then re-amps the material into rooms, surfaces and objects. Code becomes vibration, marked by air, distance and the acoustic memory of real spaces. Musica DSP Da Camera by Emiliano Pennisi DA019 Unlearning noise Eventless Plot October 2025 Created as part of the Unlearning Noise programme, this electroacoustic work draws from field recordings, processed sounds and other audio sources to reimagine urban locations as imaginative auditory worlds. Eventless Plot use instruments, analog sources, field recordings and Max/MSP patches to explore the hidden meanings and possibilities of city noise. Unlearning noise by Eventless Plot DA018 no. 5 Paolo Calabrese October 2025 An acousmatic composition constructed from recordings of an air conditioner and a 1970s fan. Through multiplication, filtering, panning and frequency shifting, Calabrese draws everyday mechanical sound into sustained tonal planes, foregrounding the usually ignorable and staging an encounter between obsolete and operative technologies. no. 5 by Paolo Calabrese DA017 Downriver Sequences September 2025 Inspired by the work and writing of Iain Sinclair, Downriver drifts through psychogeographic territory where city and countryside become liminal spaces. Slowly shifting drones, fractured textures and faintly echoed voices evoke neglected warehouses, disused monuments, hidden corners and histories resting beneath the surface. Downriver by Sequences DA016 Chitin Narval September 2025 Narval work with everyday objects, self-built wind and percussion instruments, feedback systems, radios, smartphones, mini-synths and dictaphones, developing each performance in response to location. Recorded in Schöppingen, Chitin lets farmhouses, a church, studio space, cornfields, birds and insects shape an intimate and tactile site-responsive sound world. Chitin by Narval DA015 Rain/Post-Rain/More Rain/In Need Of Rain Hello Spiral August 2025 Hello Spiral records from a balcony overlooking the hollow courtyard of a large triangular block of flats in North London. The recordings gather rain, post-rain drips, city spill, domestic sounds and weathered ambience, using lo-fi voice-memo capture to frame overlooked and discarded sound as immersive listening space. Rain/Post-Rain/More Rain/In Need Of Rain by Hello Spiral DA014 Illegal Attic Conversion Jacob Calland August 2025 A 32-minute suite for piano, flue pipe, viol de gamba and field recordings, Illegal Attic Conversion returns to the ghost architecture of memory. Half-built spaces, forgotten extensions and spectral annexes become an internal architecture of entropy and renovation, where tone, recorded air and domestic doubt are allowed to weather slowly. Illegal Attic Conversion by Jacob Calland DA013 Tiago Sousa Tiago Sousa July 2025 Recorded live at OUT.FEST, this patient composition was written for the tricentennial organ of Nossa Senhora do Rosário church. Sousa treats the organ and church with care and restraint, drawing sound from stone, air and reverberation, allowing the architecture of the instrument and room to shape the work’s quiet form. Tiago Sousa by Tiago Sousa DA012 Roto Derek Piotr June 2025 Recorded in 2019 and released after six years in the archive, Roto acts as a spiritual successor to Derek Piotr’s Drono. Two extended tracks use repetition, cyclical voices and digital artefact to move away from the shimmer of water’s surface and into darker, more ambiguous depths of recurrence. Roto by Derek Piotr DA011 A Probable Shoreline Ryan Seward &amp; Andrew Weathers June 2025 Ryan Seward and Andrew Weathers are composers, multi-instrumentalists and improvisers based in the Front Range region of Colorado. As a duo, their practice engages with quietude, space and place through saxophones, electronics, harmonica, percussion and stones. A Probable Shoreline by Ryan Seward &amp; Andrew Weathers DA010 YsbrydMôn Tristan Rhys Williams May 2025 A collection of brief snapshot-like soundworks capturing the spirit of sites on Ynys Môn. Each piece follows a set of self-imposed restrictions: no more than two raw field recordings, tenor recorder monody, vocal recitation of text by Tristan Rhys Williams, and a duration of under two minutes. The works are dedicated to the spirits who roam the island. YsbrydMôn by Tristan Rhys Williams DA009 Time Images Katharina Schmidt May 2025 Created during Katharina Schmidt’s artist residency at ZKM Karlsruhe, these pieces explore emergent harmonies, sine-wave interference and textures abstracted from field recordings. A multichannel composition made for ZKM’s concert space is presented here as a stereo mix, paired with a second piece drawn from residency material. Time Images by Katharina Schmidt DA008 Pulsatilla Magazinist April 2025 Pulsatilla centres on idiophones: bells, vibraphones, crotales, hand-built plate reverb, cymbal sculptures and other struck resonators, alongside digital versions made through physical modelling synthesis. Across two movements, Magazinist explore the exchange between raw acoustic recording and digital synthesis, producing resonances and overtones at the threshold of audibility. Pulsatilla by Magazinist DA007 Annwn Wren BC September 2024 An exploration of the landscape and mythology of Wales. The first six works are inspired by gateways to Annwn and include field recordings from these locations, combined with piano, viol, tape loops and electronics. The final piece represents Annwn itself, otherworldly and ephemeral. Annwn by Wren BC DA006 SubPhonics SubPhonics March 2023 SubPhonics are a London-based sound art collective focused on improvisation and group sound making. Their open, non-hierarchical structure allows varied influences to collide: soothing soundscapes, harsh noise, rhythmic trances, guitar, voice, bass, modular synth, flute, violin, electronics and field recordings. SubPhonics by SubPhonics DA005 Quiet Geometry DAFAKE March 2023 DAFAKE creates minimalist electroacoustic pieces from experimental recording techniques, DIY instrumentation and unseen sound sources such as feedback loops, corrupted data and electromagnetic fields. Quiet Geometry brings together ten modest-length tracks, pairing angular timbres and electromagnetic resonances with quiet, reflective drones. Quiet Geometry by DAFAKE DA004 Intervals Wren BC February 2023 Four pieces written in just intonation, made from digitally manipulated fragments of improvisation. Each work is built around four chords, with one note from each chord becoming the tonal centre for the next. The result is slow and contemplative, focused on evolving timbres and the physical resonance of pure intervals. Intervals by Wren BC DA003 After James Benning Jacob Calland January 2023 A tribute to James Benning and the film Ten Skies. The work responds to Benning’s use of durational static shots, quiet contemplation and structuralist film language, rescoring the film with an earthy minimalist soundtrack built from flue pipes, contact-miked slate, a homemade chordophone and sine waves. After James Benning by Jacob Calland DA002 43.8374, 4.35351 Luc and René Virilio November 2022 Field recordings from Nîmes are combined with sparse piano, re-pitched viol de gamba, sine-wave resonances and percussion to create a sound world of overlapping and unreal spaces. The work is intended to be inhabited as a space rather than listened to in a strictly linear way. 43.8374, 4.35351 by Luc and René Virilio DA001 Outside (Articulated) Luc Virilio November 2022 Recorded in the mountains of north Wales, Outside (Articulated) uses homemade metallophones, extended percussion techniques and free improvisations, later digitally recomposed with synthesis. The work presents sound as a space to be inhabited, exploring stillness, quiet and the materiality of sonic objects. Outside (Articulated) by Luc Virilio https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/Demos Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:40:46 +0000 Discreet Archive https://discreetarchive.cargo.site/Demos We are currently seeking appropriate demos of ambient, avant, contemporary classical and sound art that fits with the ethos of Discreet Archive. Genre/Instrumentation is not of paramount importance, but please read the information page before submitting work to us.Please use the email below to get in touch, and please provide links to streams of previously unreleased material i.e. private soundcloud links, please do not send downloads, links to wetransfer etc. Contact email - jacobcallandva@gmail.com We also welcome submissions of writing pertaining to sound, reviews of contemporary experimental music, graphic and text scores.