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Past Inside the Present @pastinside.bsky.social · 20d

2025 Reissues :: 36 & Black Swan | Pausal

On Oct 3, In Four Parts (36 & Black Swan) + Pausal’s Melatonia return on vinyl & cassette (Melatonia also as 2xLP). Available 6am ET, Bandcamp Friday. Limited distro stock to follow.

pitp.bandcamp.com

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Greenwood Hi-Fi @greenwoodhi-fi.bsky.social · 23d

Just received in yesterday’s mail, new recording from Slow Blink, ambient project from TN. Thank you @pastinside.bsky.social and @slow-blink.bsky.social ! Highly recommend for those who like tape loops & drones.

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revoltoftheapes.bsky.social @revoltoftheapes.bsky.social · 23d

Might fuck around and
Listen to some “Forbidden
Questions In Space,” dude

cc: @pastinside.bsky.social

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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · 21d

JUST IN! 'Aire EP' by zakè & Tyresta

Limited-to-100 copies CD of minimal ambient, featuring four longform tracks of drifting improv guitar filtered through hardware-based processing, tape machines, pedals, and subtle effects.

@pastinside.bsky.social
www.normanrecords.com/records/2108...

zakè & Tyresta - Aire EP

Buy AIRE EP by ZAKè & TYRESTA. CD £7.99. Order online today and get FREE UK delivery on orders over £75.

www.normanrecords.com

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Past Inside the Present @pastinside.bsky.social · Sep 12

Slow Blink - Letters Home
Cassette | Digital

Preorder X Listening Party
24 SEPT. 2025
rsvp :: pitp.bandcamp.com

✶
Letters Home is the first PITP full-length from Tennessee-based Slow Blink (aka Amanda Haswell). A beautifully hazy universe of slowly unfolding, ready-made nostalgia.

This is PITP68.

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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · Sep 8

IN STOCK: 'Letters Home' by Slow Blink

Amanda Haswell joins @pastinside.bsky.social with a high-quality C456 cassette featuring two half-hour pieces hearing slowly drifting and dissolving ambient meet bowed guitar, piano, bells, synths and field recordings.

www.normanrecords.com/records/2113...

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Angela Winter @winterstrix.bsky.social · Sep 3

Many thanks to all of you who’ve picked up copies of lightness as well as Forbidden Questions In Space at Past Inside the Present @pastinside.bsky.social; for your lifts and love; and for your spins, shares, and support. It means the world to me.

Love,
Angela

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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · Sep 5

JUST IN! 'Almost An Island'

Almost An Island aka the trio of Kenneth James Gibson, James Bernard, and marine eyes craft ambient through guitars, a six-string bass, synths, pedal steel, piano, and vocals on their @pastinside.bsky.social released latest.

www.normanrecords.com/records/2096...

Almost An Island - Almost An Island

Buy ALMOST AN ISLAND by ALMOST AN ISLAND. LP £17.49. Order online today and get FREE UK delivery on orders over £75.

www.normanrecords.com

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zakè @ambientdroner.bsky.social · Aug 29

Silentium
zakè [f. various artists]
zakedrone.bandcamp.com

f. William Basinski, Benoît Pioulard, ASC, bvdub, Drum & Lace, Lucy Gooch, marine eyes, T.R. Jordan, Slow Dancing Society, Tyresta, Belly Full of Stars, W.R. Thomas, Polar Moon, From Overseas, James Bernard, Angela Winter & more.

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Angela Winter @winterstrix.bsky.social · Aug 26

Big thanks to @bandcamp.com for featuring tomorrow's listening party for Forbidden Questions In Space--what a lovely lift! Please join us @pastinside.bsky.social on Weds. 8/27 at 1pm ET to celebrate the album's release! RSVP at:

pitp.bandcamp.com/album/forbid...

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SHOPFIRES @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social · Aug 17

Chores soundtrack continued. Featuring Kenneth James Gibson who also appears on the previous Bell Gardens album. Well worth checking out in his own right.

@pastinside.bsky.social

pitp.bandcamp.com/album/almost...

Almost An Island, by Almost An Island

9 track album

pitp.bandcamp.com

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Past Inside the Present @pastinside.bsky.social · Aug 15

⚠️🚨
UK/EU/ROTW - PITP Summer Sale!

International shipping just $15 (£12). Whether you snag 1 LP or 100, shipping is capped at $15! No shipping surprises, just sweet deals.

Stock up, save big, and thanks for keeping our records spinning worldwide!

🔛 www.pitp.us/collections/pitpsale

PITP ON SALE

Explore clearance items from Past Inside the Present, including vinyl, cd's, tapes, limited-run shirts, tote bags, and thoughtfully designed ephemera.

www.pitp.us

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Igor @subterrene.bsky.social · Aug 14

So excited for Angela! Looking forward to listening to this release.

#winterstrix #pitp

Past Inside the Present @pastinside.bsky.social · Aug 11

Angela Winter
‘Forbidden Questions In Space’

160g Galactic Petal Pink LP
160g Interstellar Night Black LP
Mystery Disk (bonus)
Digital

We are happy to announce Angela Winter’s PITP debut solo LP ‘Forbidden Questions In Space’! Pre-order // RSVP ::

pitp.bandcamp.com

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Leroy Fouquet @fouquetleroy.bsky.social · Aug 15

2025 @pastinside.bsky.social

Almost An Island
🎶 An Ode To Nothing

youtu.be/Jl-6XZ0zD8Q?...

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Angela Winter @winterstrix.bsky.social · Aug 12

My new album, a track premiere, and a party—August’s flight of my newsletter Auspices is live! ✨

Forbidden Questions In Space arrives 8/27 on @pastinside.bsky.social with a listening party at 1 pm ET. Please join us! RSVP / pre-order link in the newsletter:

mailchi.mp/cfd37637954f...

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DaveLaica @davelaica.bsky.social · Aug 11

In a classic, I really need my glasses moment, I just read the new @pastinside.bsky.social email, and thought they were releasing a record by Anglian Water.
It's actually this, which I will listen to now
pitp.bandcamp.com/album/forbid...

Forbidden Questions In Space, by Angela Winter

8 track album

pitp.bandcamp.com

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Past Inside the Present @pastinside.bsky.social · Aug 11

Angela Winter
‘Forbidden Questions In Space’

160g Galactic Petal Pink LP
160g Interstellar Night Black LP
Mystery Disk (bonus)
Digital

We are happy to announce Angela Winter’s PITP debut solo LP ‘Forbidden Questions In Space’! Pre-order // RSVP ::

pitp.bandcamp.com

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Past Inside the Present @pastinside.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are honored to announce that Angela Winter’s debut solo LP with PITP is on the horizon. This haunting, koan-inspired album unfolds as a deeply immersive journey through ambient, vocal, and drone improvisations.

🔜

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ambi3ntdr0n3r @cs009d4735.bsky.social · Apr 16

#Nowplaying Imagine The Truth : 36 : Reality Engine : @pastinside.bsky.social 💫🚀🤯

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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · Apr 17

JUST IN! '13' by bvdub

Ambient musician bvdub delves into his scholarly knowledge of Eastern ideas and literature, fusing ambient electronic with tranquil organic instrumentation.

@pastinside.bsky.social
www.normanrecords.com/records/2070...

bvdub - 13

Buy 13 by BVDUB. Double LP £29.99. Order online today and get FREE UK delivery on orders over £75.

www.normanrecords.com

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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · Apr 25

JUST IN! 'Lithea' by 36

Sci-fi themes meet kosmische influenced ambient-drone.

Limited 2LP reissue.

@pastinside.bsky.social
www.normanrecords.com/records/2065...

36 - Lithea

Buy LITHEA by 36. Double LP £19.49. Order online today and get FREE UK delivery on orders over £75.

www.normanrecords.com

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Matt Hazley @matthazley.com · May 1

Oh yes @3six.bsky.social @ambientdroner.bsky.social @pastinside.bsky.social

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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · May 2

PREORDER: 'Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel III' by 36 & zakè

Very limited copies of the final collaboration in a trilogy from the two ambient producers.

There's just 100 to go around of the 180g 2LP coloured variant.

@pastinside.bsky.social
www.normanrecords.com/records/2091...

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theiantucker @theiantucker.bsky.social · May 2

i understand not being able to catch full price on a crushed cover but i feel like i straight up stole this

@jamesbernard.bandcamp.com is a favorite

and many thanks to @pastinside.bsky.social
there's a ton of great music on that label

check them!

#vinylsky #vinylcommunity #musicsky #ambientsky

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Kuma @kuma23.bsky.social · May 6

Hadley Roe - The Inner Garden

Team @pastinside.bsky.social really know how to find em. Bewitchingly dreamy..

hadleyroe.bandcamp.com/album/the-in...

The Inner Garden, by Hadley Roe

0 track album

hadleyroe.bandcamp.com

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