TVCL 356 Isle Peaks.

Side A
Mood mist: provisional elements still in the process of arriving, cargo unloaded without describing the activity, a river goddess moving through the dreamer, an arrival measured rather than triumphant, a door into the world of forest held for a moment, isle peaks still open to the water.

00:03:30 **Mantris** - Holding Together
https://mantris.bandcamp.com/track/08-holding-together
Album: 64 Flux. Label: Hi Scores
https://mantris.bandcamp.com/album/64-flux
*The Mumbai artist who returned after decades away places “Holding Together” as track eight on 64 Flux. Where his recent Mahorka work moved from darkness toward hope through progressive sound and melody, this piece sits inside a longer flux: sparse elements that feel provisional, as if the surrounding tracks are what keep it from dissolving. On Hi Scores the track doesn’t announce so much as it maintains its place—quiet, conditional, and still in the process of arriving.*

00:07:21 **David Boulter** - Unloading Cargo
https://whitbyelectronicus.bandcamp.com/track/unloading-cargo
Album: Pictures at an Exhibition. Label: ElectronicUs, Bonfire Hill
https://whitbyelectronicus.bandcamp.com/album/pictures-at-an-exhibition
*The Tindersticks keyboardist contributes to the Whitby exhibition album with a piece that sits alongside works accompanying specific paintings. Where his Clay Pipe mini-album Whitby reinterpreted the coast through woodwind, strings and electronics, “Unloading Cargo” keeps the same measured distance—instrumental lines that suggest activity without describing it. On the free/pay-what-you-want Bandcamp release the track holds its place in the gallery sequence: quiet, observational, and still tied to the harbour town.*

00:10:33 **Bålsam** - River Goddess
https://balsam.bandcamp.com/track/river-goddess
https://le-mont-analogue.bandcamp.com/track/river-goddess
https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/track/river-goddess
Album: Soñador. Label: Le Mont Analogue, DRONARIVM
https://le-mont-analogue.bandcamp.com/album/so-ador
*Anthony Asher-Yates places “River Goddess” early on the personal album that follows his decade in the Colombian jungles. The four-minute piece sits among tender ambient loops and subtle tropical textures, the kind of quiet that carries both healing and the weight of what came before. On the limited cassette the track holds its place without announcing itself—part of a sequence that includes a mother’s voice message and a recording with his daughter—keeping the river moving through the dreamer.*

00:14:28 **Tim Stebbing** - Arrival
https://tim-stebbing.bandcamp.com/track/arrival
Album: No Place Like Home.
https://tim-stebbing.bandcamp.com/album/no-place-like-home
*The Leeds synthesizer artist opens his concept album about settling another planet with seven minutes of sequencer-led Berlin School electronics. “Arrival” establishes the scale without rushing the landing: melodic lines and ambient pads that feel measured rather than triumphant. Released in October 2026 as the first of eight tracks, it sets the tone for the longer piece—chilled, instrumental, and still in the process of arriving.*

00:22:29 **Bitchin Bajas** - Isle Peaks
https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/track/isle-peaks
Album: Isle Peaks. Label: Drag City Records
https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/album/isle-peaks
*The Chicago trio’s title track sits inside the 2026 EP drawn from the same analog sessions as Inland See. Where the longer opener “Ajami” stretches into suite-like proportions, “Isle Peaks” moves more gradually—acoustic guitar, drone and field recordings carrying the piece outward until the chords begin to shimmer. On the Drag City 12" the track holds the middle ground between the group’s hypnotic drift and its more recent song-oriented mode, still open to the water.*

00:20:56 **Monroeville Music Center** - World Of Forest
https://monroevillemusiccenter.bandcamp.com/track/world-of-forest
https://illuminatedpaths.bandcamp.com/track/world-of-forest
Album: Cave & Castle. Label: Illuminated Paths
https://illuminatedpaths.bandcamp.com/album/cave-castle
*The short piece sits inside the 2015 cassette album that treats its titles as rooms to enter and leave. At under two minutes, “World Of Forest” keeps the project’s musique-concrète brevity—concrete sounds arranged into something that feels both playful and slightly off-kilter. On Illuminated Paths the track doesn’t linger; it opens a door, holds it for a moment, and moves on.*

Side B
Mood mist: vespers still carrying the evening light, old material turned over once more, a fictional island already sinking, goldenrod turning toward the longer nights, an imperfect among the first steps toward self-awareness, a skeleton already half-buried.

00:35:13 **The Green Kingdom** - Vespers 2
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/vespers-2
https://thegreenkingdom.bandcamp.com/track/vespers-2
Album: Vespera. Label: whitelabrecs
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/vespera
*Michael Cottone places the shorter of the two Vespers near the end of the 2026 album. Softly processed piano and reverb-soaked guitar sit inside the dusk atmosphere that runs through Vespera, the four minutes holding the same luminous restraint as the longer Vespers 1 without repeating it. On the whitelabrecs release the track keeps its place in the measured sequence—quiet, unhurried, and still carrying the evening light.*

00:39:08 **The Last Ambient Hero** - Everything Old Is New Again
https://thelastambienthero.bandcamp.com/track/everything-old-is-new-again
Album: Night Games.
https://thelastambienthero.bandcamp.com/album/night-games-2
*The Manchester project closes its 2026 late-night tape album with a short piece that feels like a final pass through the Uher. Recorded after everyone else had gone to bed and then curated down, the two-and-a-half minutes sit among the other brief tracks as a quiet reminder that the old material can still be turned over once more. On the limited CD the track holds the end of the sequence—edited, layered at different tape speeds, and still unfinished enough to keep moving.*