PANTALEIMON

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Up With The Moon is the 2024 studio album from Pantaleimon (Andria Degens). Marking a beautifully minimalist and meditative return after a lengthy hiatus, this largely instrumental collection strips away traditional song structures to focus on raw mood, texture, and celestial themes. Moving away from her previous vocal-heavy arrangements, Degens crafts hypnotic soundscapes using a rich palette of organic instrumentation, including the Indian harmonium, acoustic guitars, piano, and her signature Appalachian dulcimer. The album features the standout opening track "The Conversation"—an epic piece depicting contact between the Heavens and a troubled Earth —as well as a moving title track dedicated to the memory of Ryuichi Sakamoto. 

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The Butterfly Ate The Pearl is a deep excursion into, dreamy psych-folk . Guided by the singular vision of British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andria Degens, the album balances enveloping drones with an underlying sense of philosophical wonder with cohesive, long-form soundscapes where natural imagery—fire, ancient forests, and astral mysticism—serves as a backdrop for soothing, ethereal vocals that float effortlessly above the arrangements. Rather than relying on conventional structures, the record builds an immersive universe out of layered, intuitive instrumentation. Hypnotic melodies shift organically between moments of delicate acoustic intimacy and mind-expanding warmth with a collective architectural sound. While the album feels deeply personal and all encompassing, it is vastly enriched by an extraordinary cast of alternative music icons who contribute distinct textures to Degens’ compositions including: Hugo Race (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds),  Will Oldham (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy),  James Blackshaw,  Jay Darlington (Oasis / Kula Shaker), Otto Hauser (Vetiver)

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(Featuring James Blackshaw)

Live in Barcelona captures a rare performance recorded live at La Apolo, Barcelona. This performance preserves a hypnotic evening where long-form drones, heavy harmonium, and rhythmic Appalachian dulcimer shape a meditative, cavernous space.The set showcases unique, organic interpretations of Pantaleimon's repertoire. It stands as the only archival document of this specific musical collaboration. Performance credits: Andria Degens: vocals, octave mandola, Appalachian dulcimer, shruti box. James Blackshaw: 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, E-bow. Production Credits: Live mixing: Xabi. Audio editing: Andria Degens. Mastering: Andrew Liles (Nurse With Wound). Cover Photography: Yolanda Reeves. Artwork Layout: Alonso Urbanos

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Heart Of The Sun, an expansive and atmospheric alternative folk album from Pantaleimon (Andria Degens). Acting as a hypnotic companion piece to Mercy Oceans, this 14-track collection features radically reimagined, remixed, and re-modelled tracks alongside four completely unreleased, original compositions. Heart Of The Sun expands Pantaleimon's signature sound into stunning new shapes through high-profile collaborations and remixes. The result is a time-bending, otherworldly collective experiment where psych-folk dissolves entirely into dark ambient drone, rhythmic electronics, and massive minimalist noise walls crafted by an incredible roster of avant-garde artists, including Andrew W.K., Stephen O'Malley (Sun o))) ), Chris Carter/ Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle), Lilium, and Fovea Hex, amongst others. Front cover artwork; Beth Carter. Photography: Yolanda Reeves.

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Mercy Oceans expands into a full-length exploration of reverence, humble joy, and the overwhelming weight of the natural world. Diverging from earlier instrumental works, the album brings honest, shimmering lead vocals directly to the forefront. Andria Degens' intricate acoustic rhythms on Appalachian dulcimer, Octave mandola and bouzouki intertwine with cello, harp and guitar, forming a comforting yet deeply mystical chamber-folk ecosystem. Collaborators: Isobel Campbell: cello, backing vocals. Baby Dee:  harp. Keith Wood (Hush Arbors): guitar. John Contreras: cello. Jerome Alexandre: guitar harmonics. Engineered by Colin Potter and Marcus MacKay. Mixed by Andria Degens and Michael Tanner. Mastered by Denis Blackham. Front cover artwork: Beth Carter. Photos by photographer/film-maker Cam Archer.

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As the foundational debut album, Trees Hold Time is a starkly beautiful, primarily instrumental texturing of acoustic spaces. The music relies on structural minimalism, allowing the natural resonance of raw string arrangements to breathe. It acts as an ambient-folk blueprint, mimicking the quiet weight of ancient woodlands and shifting seasons through cyclical acoustic phrases. Written and performed by Andria Degens, utilizing Appalachian dulcimer, bouzouki, Tibetan singing bowl. Production and mixing: Christoph Heemann. Mastering: Denis Blackham. Front cover artwork: Andria Degens