An independent tape label specialising in Ambient, Drone, and Experimental Music
The idea behind this ongoing feature is simple: to open up a conversation amongst musicians operating within ambient, drone, and experimental styles about the current global crisis in relation to Covid-19. As a majority of us are now in a state of lockdown, I believe that music making and listening is as important as ever, … Continue reading Music in a time of Global Crisis #1 – Good Weather for an Airstrike
RTR is returning after a short break at the end of this month. As things start moving again, now feels like a good opportunity to reflect on the label's progress by looking back at some of the artists who have not been featured in The Maker series so far. The first to be featured is … Continue reading The Maker #18 – Tyson Swindell
Ahead of the final release for 2019 on RTR, 'Analog Spaces', Nick Dawson drops by to round the year off for the 17th Maker feature. Under the name of Eumig, Nick creates deeply evolving drones and synthesised soundscapes, using analogue synths and processing equipment. He's been a long-time friend of RTR and there couldn't be … Continue reading The Maker #17 – Eumig
With his latest album 'No Mind' releasing tomorrow, Nick Turner returns to the RTR blog for the 16th instalment of The Maker. The Chicago-based experimental musician previously appeared on these pages for The Listener #4 back in April; this feature comes at the end of a very busy year for Nick. Under the name of … Continue reading The Maker #16 – Tyresta
The fifteenth instalment of The Maker feature follows the release of 'A Garden of Solitude' (RTR022) by London-based improviser and experimentalist, Matt Atkins. Matt is a busy creative with a consistent output across multiple labels, including TQ N-aut, Falt, his own output, Minimal Resource Manipulation, and many others. Matt is also an accomplished and regular … Continue reading The Maker #15 – Matt Atkins
Following on from #13 with Andrew Heath, this latest instalment of The Maker features Groningen-based Anne Chris Bakker. Chris is someone I've been linked with for many years, but it wasn't until he was performing alongside Andrew Heath at the first RTR live event that we had the opportunity to meet in person. Interestingly, both … Continue reading The Maker #14 – Anne Chris Bakker
September and October so far have been very busy for label. The first RTR event took place at IKLECTIK in London on Sunday October 6th, featuring the Andrew Heath & Anne Chris Bakker, Matt Atkins, Andrew Sherwell, and Kevin Buckland. The event was planned to support the release of 'a gift for the Ephemerist' by … Continue reading The Maker #13 – Andrew Heath
RTR listeners may be familiar with Julien Demoulin; the Brussels-based electronic and experimental musician has previously appeared on the RTR Sampler Vol. 2 that kickstarted 2019 for the label. Julien self-released two brand new albums on tape earlier this month: 'Revealed' under his own name, and 'Aphantasia' under his new Pandorama project. 'Revealed' presents fourteen … Continue reading The Listener #8 – Julien Demoulin
The 12th instalment of 'The Maker' series brings Brian Barth into conversation. Under the name of his ambient project, andarctica, Brian's latest album 'buried with the bells' (RTR020) came out on Monday. Four long-form mediations on closure created with lengthy manipulated bell passages a gradually evolving loops. The Amsterdam-based musician talks about Steve Reich's 'Music … Continue reading The Maker #12 – Brian Barth
This instalment of The Listener features Dominic Razlaff. The Braunschweig-based musician has previously released works on Elm Records, Singing Birds, Kaarbanik Sound, and stuk Label under the name of DR. Now joining RTR with his latest album, 'Melancholie' (RTR019), Dominic explore low-fidelity through degraded audio and manipulated field recordings. Dominic joins us to talk about … Continue reading The Maker #11 – Dominic Razlaff
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