Jon DeRosa / Aarktica

Pressing Concerns: Charlie Kaplan, Aarktica, Friendship Commanders, People Mover Hey, folks. It’s the first Pressing Concerns of the week. Thanks for joining us. We’ve got new albums from Charlie Kaplan, Aarktica, Friendship Commanders, and People Mover below, which…

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Charlie Kaplan @ciwk.bsky.social, Aarktica @aarktica.bsky.social, Friendship Commanders @fcommanders.bsky.social, and People Mover:

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Ecstatic Lightsongs is featured on Bandcamp today as a New & Notable release ❤️‍🔥

Available for a limited time as a Name-Your-Price download: Aarktica.bandcamp.com

Ecstatic Lightsongs is out today! ✨

“DeRosa delivers ‘a sonic love letter to his earliest influences,’ evoking the artists that initially inspired him like Talk Talk and The Durutti Column” - Opus Zine

Available now on all streaming platforms 🖤

“Trick of the Light” by Aarktica - Opus Jon DeRosa’s long-running project delivers one of its most personal albums to date.

The new @aarktica.bsky.social album is a love letter to Jon DeRosa’s earliest influences, including Talk Talk and The Durutti Column. Listen to one of the album’s highlights.

“Trick of the Light” by Aarktica - Opus Jon DeRosa’s long-running project delivers one of its most personal albums to date.

DeRosa delivers ‘a sonic love letter to [his] earliest influences,’ evoking the artists that initially inspired him, like Talk Talk and The Durutti Column.

Indeed, Vini Reilly’s deft touch echoes throughout Trick of the Light’s delicate guitar filigrees.” - @opus.ing

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Bands, I need your recommendations for t-shirt printing. Who do you like?

I’ve had mixed results with print-on-demand…

Ecstatic Lightsongs is out TODAY as a Name-Your-Price Bandcamp exclusive.

aarktica.bandcamp.com/album/ecstat...

“Ecstatic Lightsongs invites us to step into a sound world where memory, rhythm, and emotion converge in haunting, luminous harmony.” - Apricot Magazine

Aarktica Aarktica is the ambient/atmospheric project of Jon DeRosa. Aarktica’s audio explorations span decades and include a wide-range of styles, straddling shoegaze and ambient, electronic and drone, and mos...

Order Ecstatic Lightsongs on limited LP or CD at Aarktica.bandcamp.com

Aarktica covers The Chameleons’ “Second Skin,” the third single from the forthcoming Ecstatic Lightsongs album. Out now wherever music is heard.

“…blissfully hazy production and gorgeously graceful arrangement.”

Treble Zine has good things to say about Aarktica’s latest single, out today.

30 year anniversary coming up. Maybe a remastered edition is in store. If I can find those ADATs…

For the old heads… my first CD release. This one will turn 30 next year, I believe.

Beautiful to see one out in the wild 🖤.

I don’t think too many floating around still! Wow, amazing to see one here 🖤

Thank you.

“Destination Paradise” is the second single from Aarktica’s forthcoming album Ecstatic Lightsongs. Out today everywhere music is heard 🖤

Preorder Ecstatic Lightsongs on CD or LP at Aarktica.bandcamp.com

“Trick of the Light” is the first single from Aarktica’s forthcoming album Ecstatic Lightsongs. Out now everywhere music is heard ❤️‍🔥

Preorder Ecstatic Lightsongs on CD or LP at Aarktica.bandcamp.com

Music artists make, on average, only $0.003 to $0.005 per stream, yet platforms like Spotify made over $1.3 billion in profits in 2024.

Let's pass my Living Wage for Musicians Act to take on corporate greed in the music industry and give musicians the fair pay they (cont in reply...)

Aarktica’s forthcoming album Ecstatic Lightsongs available NOW for preorder on LP, CD & Digital. Preorder now and get the new single “Trick of the Light” not available elsewhere.

aarktica.bandcamp.com/album/ecstat...

Dancing in a Dream feat. Carina Round

Out today everywhere music is heard.

Independent musicians, who do you use for digital distribution? I have used CD Baby since forever, but non-existent customer service is a drag. Distrokid? Any suggestions appreciated 🙏

Sam Rosenthal • Islands Let's fund an LP, MD & cassette of 1985's minimal synth electronic album. Black Tape For A Blue Girl vocalist Oscar Herrera on 2 songs.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sam... Help crowdfund a re-release of ISLANDS, my 1985 pre-BlackTape electronic album. If we reach the $6000 goal, my 2025 remix will be out in 3 formats: 140-gram color vinyl, MiniDisc, & cassette.

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All Democrats should take note of this type of messaging. Brilliant and authentic.

LA DODGERS just now:

“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”

Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.

Last Call ★ Name-Your-Price Download
Aarktica - No Solace in Sleep (2025 remaster)
projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-solace-in-sleep-2025-remaster

Kickstarter ★ 12 hours to go for 2LP/CD edition
www.kickstarter.com/projects/aarktica/aarktica-no-solace-in-sleep?ref=e0if4e

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Less than 48 hours left….

Thank you so much, Penny. Test pressing coming your way!

They picked the wrong city - LA knows how to respond, and we are all learning by example

I can send you some as a gift, message me 🙏

This Saturday, May 31st, join me — along with Sam from @projekt.bsky.social and fans from all around the world — as we listen to the 25th anniversary remaster of No Solace in Sleep and catch up in the text chat.

RSVP: projektrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/no-sol...