Gentle Hum by Ah! Kosmos & Hainbach
Gentle Hum is the second duo album by Berlin-based electronic music artists Ah! Kosmos and Hainbach. Following their 2023 debut Blast of Sirens, the 14 pieces see Başak Günak and Stefan Goetsch work with non-musical instruments capable of creating experimental music to haunting and melancholic effect. Their patient and careful excavation of textures and tones treats noise and hum not as incidental artefacts, but as integral, living elements of the sonic realm. The intricate interplay of the rhythms and sounds of test equipment, analogue synthesizers, occasional piano accompaniment, and even processed vocals provide the soundtrack to a journey through in-between states and suspended time.
Tracklist
| 1. | Gentle Hum | 2:40 |
| 2. | Ruin | 3:04 |
| 3. | Threaded | |
| 4. | In a Pattern Like a Shell | |
| 5. | Apparition | |
| 6. | Into the Glare | 2:22 |
| 7. | Like Sleepwalkers | 3:00 |
| 8. | Bindings | |
| 9. | An Afterlife | |
| 10. | Pulse of Summer | |
| 11. | As if a Phantom | 3:44 |
| 12. | Roar | |
| 13. | Further Than Sunlight | |
| 14. | Shelter | 3:30 |
Credits
All songs written and performed by Başak Günak & Stefan Goetsch
Produced by Ah! Kosmos & Hainbach
Recorded in Berlin 2023-2025
Synthesizers, piano, test equipment, organ by Başak Günak & Stefan Goetsch
Cello by Yasemin Özler
Voice by Başak Günak
'Bindings' recorded at Willem Twee Studios (Den Bosch, Netherlands)
Mixed by Başak Günak
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu, Schwebung Mastering (DE)
Lacquer cut by LUPO
Original Artwork by Maira Fragoso Peña
License
All rights reserved.
Based out of Berlin, Germany, electronic music composer and perfomer Hainbach creates shifting audio landscapes THE WIRE called "One hell of a trip". His music has been released on Opal Tapes, Seil Records, Spring Break Tapes, Limited Interest and Marionette.