Subheim

Subheim: Raeon (Olive Green/White Splatter) [Vinyl LP]

The Subheim debut full length finally available on vinyl! Subheim is the deeply personal project of electronic music composer and visual artist Kostas K., a downtempo, experimental venture fusing IDM elements with rich ambiance and female vocals by Katja. Complex and uncompromising, Subheim's debut album is full of intricate rhythms, deep reverbs, and bitcrushed sounds, combined with pianos, cellos, and beautiful synthwork. Haunting melodies and distant voices meet complex beats and luring atmospheres to create a unique blend of dynamics and emotion. 'Approach' flirts with post-rock and atmospheric downtempo styles, while still maintaining an original sound that is both captivating and inspirational. Vinyl: thick sleeve + thick printed inner sleeve, 2 different vinyl colors, 180g vinyl, free download code Stream: www.denovali.com/subheim

Berlin-based musician Subheim composes deep electronic music with acoustic elements. His work is a collage of field recordings, slow evolving drum beats, hypnotic melodies and echoing voices. Subheim's third album, Foray, is not for the faint-hearted. An attentively crafted LP with emphasis upon clarity and enveloping warmth, Foray is driven by a progressive subtlety, yet supported by an underbelly of sometimes forlorn, and at other times, disturbing emotion. Moving away from the orchestral ensembles and soundtrack explorations of his second album, Subheim pursues a more minimal approach, taking a much darker turn to deep ambient textures blended with the added realism of field recordings. Vinyl: thick sleeves + thick printed inner sleeves, 2 different vinyl colors, 180g vinyl, free download code Cd: nice digipak packaging Stream: www.denovali.com/subheim

Following on from 2015's praised "Foray" LP, berlin-based SUBHEIM releases his new "Trails" EP on Denovali Records. As with any Subheim release, it is important to consider your frame of mind when listening to his music. "Trails" takes the listener on a very personal journey with intent, riding upon an undercurrent of impending necessity. There is simplicity in its design, though the further you delve the more complex it becomes. - "Sometimes gloomy, and sometimes lush, but always sweeping and atmospheric" - INTRO - "Seductive, emotionally-charged nocturnes" - IGLOO - Subheim's "Foray" featured on Headphone Commute's Best of 2015 list Vinyl: thick matte sleeves, 2 different vinyl colors, 180g vinyl, free download code Cd: nice digipak packaging Stream: www.denovali.com/subheim

Subheim: Foray [CD]

Subheim uses ΠΟΛΙΣ as a vehicle to depart from traditional songwriting structures, crafting each track as a piece of a larger sonic collage. Songs come out of nowhere, abruptly come to end before they even get a chance to start or introduce new motifs and surprise reprises long after we expect the next track to cue up. These stutter-start forms reflect the four years it took for the record to take shape. Though this is clearly Subheim working at a new level, listeners will recognize the sound instantly as his, with both hints of the IDM/electronica of Approach era and the unmistaken human element that is present in all his work. The natural, off-grid time feel of the record is effortlessly augmented with field recordings and found sounds, this time around with the addition of more grit and power, and with heavier use of analog synthesizers.

Subheim: Noaie [CD]