An independent tape label specialising in Ambient, Drone, and Experimental Music
For the final instalment of The Maker before tomorrow's release day, Alexander Caminada joins the conversation. Alexander is a sound artist, videographer and photographer based in Stroud, and has been recording and releasing music under the project Phonsonic since 2016. Alexander is also one third of Konstruct,; alongside fellow Stroud-based musicians Andrew Heath and Simon … Continue reading The Maker #34 – Phonsonic
Joining us for the latest instalment of The Maker feature is Anton Bogdanov. Anton has been recording, performing, and releasing music under the project name Pool Of Light since 2017, combining guitar, analogue synths, voice, and extended playing techniques to create lengthy and evolving dronescapes. Anton's latest offering under the Pool Of Light project, 'Modern … Continue reading The Maker #31 – Pool Of Light
For this instalment of The Maker, Adelaide-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Lang joins the conversation. Andrew Lang will be familiar to most regular readers, having recently released his second album, 'Momentary Senses', on RTR at the beginning of December. Prior to appearing on RTR, Andrew's debut album, 'Burnt Shades', was released via Harry Towell's Whitelabrecs … Continue reading The Maker #29 – Andrew Lang
Under the project name of SELVEDGE, Kansas-based Chance Dibben released the album 'BLOOM IN RUST' via RTR in October. The album appeared in Bandcamp's Experimental Music monthly rundown for November and received an honourable mention in the Post Ambient Lux best ambient of 2020 list. Chance's work as SELVEDGE explores the darker tones of ambient … Continue reading The Maker #28 – SELVEDGE
For this instalment of The Maker, experimental musician and sound artist Stuart Bowditch joins the conversation. Stuart will be familiar to readers, having recently released his album, ‘Song’s for Wyatting’ (RTR028) on Rusted Tone Recordings in August. Stuart has released via labels such as Hibernate Recordings, Fractal Meat Cuts, and Rednetic Recordings. In addition, Stuart … Continue reading The Maker #26 – Stuart Bowditch
Joining theconversation for this instalment of The Makeris Bristol-based musicians, sound artist and label co-runner of Liquid Library, Owen Chambers. Having steadily released music under the name of Tremolo Ghosts since 2013, Owen’s more recent project,Carnivorous Plants, has delivered more frequent releases as well as covering a wider range of instruments and found sound sources. … Continue reading The Maker #23 – Carnivorous Plants
Now that the label is back up and running with physical releases again, it's time to draw the blog attention back towards the regular Maker and Listener features. Jeff Brown's album, 'Forgive the Trespass' (RTR025), was the first album to restart the label since the last tape release out way back in December 2020, coming … Continue reading The Maker #22 – Jeff Brown
RTR regulars will be familiar with Tiago de Almeida from his appearance in one of The Listener features last year. In addition to creating and performing ambient and drone music under his own name, Tiago also runs the Berlin-based tape label Inner Space Travels, launched in early 2019. IST has released music from the likes of Luis Mielich, The Last Ambient Hero, … Continue reading Music in a time of Global Crisis #8 – Tiago de Almeida – Inner Space Travels
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
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
Rusted Tone Recordings 