Another musical travel guide from The Smiling Buddhas. Most of the tracks are intoxicating techno numbers, but two longer ambient pieces open up multi-layered soundscapes from areas full of myths and lost indigenous cultures.
TEND combines strong songwriting with metallic, mechanical industrial clang, flickering rhythms with catchy synth lines, gritty oxygenated atmospheres; and in this EP, touches of the bizarre, glitch, raw and abstract. I welcome TEND back to Owlripperland, with 'the Mimic', released December 26, 2025. Presented here is a taster of tunes, versions, demos, remixes and video that tease their forthcoming album, but also works as a unique mass in itself. 'An uncharacteristic departure from usual cosmic themes. Focusing instead on the internal, the 'Mimic' tackles frustrations and complications of dealing with somebody fully unaware of forces that drive their behaviour. The accompanying video (on TEND YouTube and in the download) ties the lyrics to images depicted in the cover art for both 'the Mimic' and the album 'Harboured in Transparencies of Sober Lamentation', which arrives to Owlripper on April 17th, 2026 * * * * * TEND is P. Thomas Donnelly and Matt Clay (Glasgow, Scotland) https://t-end.bandcamp.com Cover collage by P.TD Track 1 mastering, plus t2 & t3 remixes by Paul (The Owl/ripper) theowlripper@gmail.com / https://theowl.bandcamp.com Track 4 edit version from '42 Seconds #7' compilation https://owlripperrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/42-seconds-7
3 track album [2025] Zen is a Buddhist tradition that developed by blending Mahayana Buddhism, particularly Yogacara and Madhyamaka philosophies, with Taoist thought, especially Neo-Daoist.
5 track album
16 track album
11 track album Sounds, Synth, Sculpted and Styled by УВБ-76
7 track debut album
long-form ambient for meditation
dark ambient explorations, each made with only one sample
melancholic electronica for the Winter season
9 track album 2 bonus
Collaborative plundering between Lost Colossus and 𝕺𝖇𝖎𝖙𝖚𝖆𝖗𝖞 隠者. Follow 𝕺𝖇𝖎𝖙𝖚𝖆𝖗𝖞 隠者 : obituaryhermit.bandcamp.com
Electronic and cassette mayhem performed by Kris Kuldkepp and Jeff Surak. Recorded live April 14, 2025 at Underwerket, Copenhagen. released December 15, 2025 zero221
12 track album
3 track album
more music for the Winter season
8 track album
![Zen Machine [dark noise ambient]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.band.codes%2Frelease-5063b1b8-6012-4332-8df0-e02c6984d730.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
