Black Box Memories

This Loving Presence

Lo-fi electronica for sleepless nights thinking of another tomorrow.

"These tracks were put together during the editing sessions for "A Taxonomy of Grief". Like most of us during the pandemic, my sleep patterns became increasingly out of kilter so I found myself working on these drowsy tracks through the night and early morning over the course of a few days in late December." - Sumatran Black

Missing Heart Pieces

“Missing Heart Pieces” is the sophomore release of Sumatran Black side-project Black Box Memories.

Moving away from the mournfully dark atmosphere of "Transmissions”, “Missing Heart Pieces“ is a more sentimental body of work that sees this project move in a more melodically oriented direction.

Featuring spoken contributions from long lost friends, samples of once forgotten compositions from his own archive and a lot of tape hiss and trembling oscillators, “Missing Heart Pieces” is the soundtrack to the innate loneliness that lurks inside us all.

Written and recorded by Sumatran Black in Istanbul, Turkey in 2018-19

Artwork “Missing Heart Piece” by Fazi Vahdat based on a concept by Sumatran Black.

Transmissions

Sumatran Black Records presents a collection of hazy subconsciousness, enigmatic loops and nostalgic pads.

'Transmissions' is the debut release of Black Box Memories, a side project of Sumatran Black.

"While mixing and editing the follow up to 'In the Dread', I still felt I had some creative momentum and was producing a number of tracks that I was extremely happy with. They just didn't fit in the overall sound and concept of 'Fathomz' but I thought that together they made a pretty nice collection of ideas.

Written and recorded by Sumatran Black in Istanbul, Turkey during early 2017.