Many thanks to @darylworthington.bsky.social for the kind words on Carlos Ferreira in @thequietus.com “… like dust particles circulating in a haunted airlock” thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for July by Daryl Worthington

A decision made on any recording is whether to capture its setting or obscure it – keep the recording earthed to the real world or synthesize another one. Some recordings of instrumentalists strive to...

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Mere of Light tapes are officially out of print! Thanks for your support. You can still get one from the artist in person, or grab a copy from @dntrecords.bsky.social dntrecords.com/product/mere...

Thanks to @tabsout.bsky.social for including the Mere of Light tape in the latest episode! Plenty of opinions on marble swirl shells, comparisons to the grimace milkshake, and hilariously determined to give us typos every chance they get. 🤷💜🥤

Tabs Out Cassette Podcast@tabsout.bsky.social · last mo.

EPISODE 218 🥖 HENRY KAISER covers The Dead on SST 🎹 Piano Etiquette from JEFF COYNE 😱 WAV goes too scary 👋 RYAN J RAFFA & SAM PREKOP say goodbye ➕ more on Sound of Light, @bumpy.bandcamp.com, Ephem Aural, Galtta, Adventurous Music, and Universo Esteso Recordings tabsout.com/episodes/epi...

Many thanks @byroncoley.bsky.social for writing on Carlos Ferreira. "... like staggered electronic routines (in the Burroughsian sense)" Pick up Issue 510 of The Wire, w/ an amazing cover feature on the mighty @fire-toolz.bsky.social 🔴 @thewiremagazine.bsky.social ▶ www.thewire.co.uk/issues/510

It's an honor to be included on Jeff Conklin's excellent program The Trailhead. Many thanks to @thetrailhead.bsky.social for spinning Carlos Ferreira's "timepiece" on the new episode!

Jeff Conklin @thetrailhead.bsky.social · 2mo ago

5. Carlos Ferreira - Timepiece - A Failure May be Imminent and Cause Unpredictable Error (Lighten Up Sounds, 2026)

Thank you for the great support of the new album from Carlos Ferreira. We’re proud to present this new work exploring the balance between chaos and order. Tapes are disappearing quickly: lightenupsounds.bandcamp.com/album/a-fail...

Thanks to @psych-wonderland.bsky.social for the kind words on Mere of Light! “… McArdle’s instrumental virtuosity and fascination with dark and mystical lyrical themes seamlessly coexist with strong pop instincts” psychotropicwonderland.com/mere-of-ligh...

With patient methods of erosion, we expose a new, secret oxide. The new album from Carlos Ferreira is drawn from themes of memory, perception, and the balance between chaos and order. An elegant act of elemental entropy. lightenupsounds.bandcamp.com/album/a-fail...

Carlos Ferreira is a Brazilian experimental guitarist and composer creating work focused on the act of listening as a poetic and political gesture.

Thanks to @brainwashed.bsky.social for featuring a track from Mere of Light in the latest program! 🧠

Brainwashed@brainwashed.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Podcast Episode 795 is live New stuff from Object Hours, Christine Ott & Mathieu Gabry, Lili Holland-Fricke, Cabaret Voltaire, Mere of Light, Lawrence English, and Noveller, plus older stuff from Panasonic, Om, and Arthur Russell. brainwashed.com

Many thanks to @byroncoley.bsky.social for sharing kind words on Mere of Light in the latest issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social ! “… a counterbalance to the raging reality in which we find ourselves.“ 🙏✨

Huge thanks to @thequietus.com and @darylworthington.bsky.social for featuring Mere of Light in the new Spools Out column! 🙏✨ "... like a geography-defying sonic mirage." thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Many thanks to @darylworthington.bsky.social and @thequietus.com for featuring the new release from Mere of Light! 🙏 thequietus.com/tq-charts/mu...

Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of April 2026 | The Quietus

This April feels like it passed in the blink of an eye, so much so that wading back through the sea of new releases that accumulated over the last month, it’s striking just how much excellent gear we’...

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✨ Many thanks to @prismreviews.bsky.social for writing on Mere of Light!

@prismreviews.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"If you like ambient music, if you like harp music, Mere of Light takes you a step further into the world-building of a musician with a strong vision and a power to bring imagination into reality." @lightenupsounds.bsky.social prismreviews.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/m...

The new Mere of Light cassettes are now available through the DNT distro shop, alongside a spread of great titles from the contemporary substrata.

DNT Records@dntrecords.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just added some new items to our distro shop. Brendan Glasson, @lightenupsounds.bsky.social @ctatsu.bsky.social @ooutsidetimee.bsky.social 🛒🛍️🎸🪕🎶 dntrecords.com/shop/?orderb...

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Anti-Algorithm@antialgorithm.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW MIDWEST MUSIC: APRIL 24, 2026 Heat of Ritual - Mere of Light // Milwaukee, Wisconsin (experimental / psychedelic pop) mereoflight.bandcamp.com/album/heat-o... #midwestmusic #newmusic #localmusic #undergroundmusic #musicrecommendation #milwaukee #wisconsin #experimental #psychedelic #pop

Thanks to Matt Warwick for including Mere of Light in the great Glazed Over Playlist. 🍩 www.buymusic.club/list/lord_ga...

Lord_Garbage - Glazed Over Playlist 4-24-2026

A website for curating and sharing lists of independent music downloads available on Bandcamp.

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Thank you for the great response to the new release from Mere of Light! We’re excited to share this music, and your support means the world. The tapes turned out beautifully: Featuring artwork by Phoebe Mol, pressed in a limited edition of 50 copies. lightenupsounds.bandcamp.com/album/heat-o...

✨ Many thanks to White Light // White Heat for premiering the new short film by Mere of Light! Heat of Ritual: Portals is a handmade fairytale, featuring marionettes and detailed shoebox sets created with warm sincerity by the artist herself. www.whitelight-whiteheat.com/wl-wh-premie...

WL//WH Premiere: MERE OF LIGHT’s Handmade Fairy Tale “Heat of Ritual: Portals”

WL//WH Premiere   MERE OF LIGHT Mere of Light is the solo Electronic Folk project of Elise McArdle, an electronic producer, songwriter, vocalist, and electro-acoustic harpist based in New…

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Congrats and happy release day to Mere of Light! The new album from Elise McArdle is a glowing orb of rhythm and heart, a fairy tale of dreamlands and distant worlds. lightenupsounds.bandcamp.com/album/heat-o...

Heat of Ritual, by Mere of Light

6 track album

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"... like childhood summers remembered in a dream" Thanks @trevlad.bsky.social for the kind words and for including Mere of Light in the latest program! www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tr...

Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 195

A sonic journey with a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark—perfect for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe. Want to be part of the transmission? Send your vibrati...

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Trevlad@trevlad.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🎛️Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 195🎛️ Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 🎧 www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tr... 👩‍🎨👨‍🎨 Kliment @alanelettronico.bsky.social Dr. Niccolò Trentini @exitchamber.bsky.social David Cordero Auscultation @themetamorph.bsky.social Kronstad 23 Mere of Light ...

Huge thanks to @seawindofbattery.bsky.social for spinning a track from the new Mere of Light album on the latest program via @campradio.bsky.social 🙏✨🔋 www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/batt...

Battery Operated / 09th April 2026

Battery Operated is a sonic journey through experimental, psychedelic, ambient, cosmic americana, and spiritual jazz. Join me for a bi-monthly recharge of curated soundscapes to set your mind free. ||...

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CAMP Radio@campradio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Listen again: Battery Operated / 09th April 2026 Playing tracks by Trey Anastasio, dave rice, Mere of Light, Golden Brown, Jessica Dunn & Landon Caldwell and more. @seawindofbattery.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/batt...

"McCardle is methodically building her own, evolving world." Thanks to @sun13music.bsky.social for the kind words on Mere of Light. Full album drops next weekend! lightenupsounds.bandcamp.com/album/heat-o...

Heat of Ritual, by Mere of Light

6 track album

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Sun 13@sun13music.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Weirdo Rippers #22 Ft. @worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social, Laurel Halo, Ben Seretan & John Thayer, Wahn, Stuart Cook, Isabel Pine, and more... sun-13.com/2026/04/16/w...


Mere of Light is the project of Elise McArdle, an electronic producer, songwriter, vocalist, and electro-acoustic harpist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Creating music rooted in themes of magic, fantasy, and feminism, her new album offers six tracks of real-time, transformative electronics.

We're back in action with new music arriving in April! It's a good time to subscribe to our free newsletter: www.lightenupsounds.org/connect

The DNT Distro is back in action, a much needed resource. Support the analog underground! 😎

DNT Records@dntrecords.bsky.social · 4mo ago

After a decade-long sabbatical, DNT Records returns for our second act! (Act 1: 2005-2015) Today we've relaunched the mailorder distro website, and later this year we'll relaunch the label. Please help us spread the word! DIY/Experimental/Drone/Weird/Psychedelic/Etc dntrecords.com

Lighten Up Sounds is back in action for our upcoming Spring campaign, w/ new cassette releases arriving in April & May. Use code "halfsies" for 50% off everything in the shop: lightenupsounds.bandcamp.com

A freshly woven spool of technicolor silk, Günter Schlienz' "Kurpark" is inspired by Nature and the books of Walter Kempowski. lightenupsounds.bandcamp.com/album/kurpark

First post! We're gearing up to share some exciting new music in the coming months, and we're happy to connect with all the great folks on this platform. Check out the new website: RIP dot com, long live dot org! www.lightenupsounds.org