This is the live recording of the second edition of the Naviar Haiku Fest, which took place in Norwich (UK) on Friday 25th May at The Birdcage. www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-fest-norwich
The event was curated by Naviar Records and Neil Stringfellow, supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and Resonance Extra.
artists:
Audio Obscura (UK) audioobscura.bandcamp.com
Audio Obscura performs Lap-top based electronics for the ears, haunting the wide spectrum’s of electro-acoustic music with a firm footing in the ambient realm. The sound also strays towards the experimental; musique concrète, idm with post-classical minimal leanings occasionally push through.
Ikjoyce (UK) ikjoyce.bandcamp.com
ikjoyce makes electronic ambient and drone music using modular synthesis to explore themes of nature, space, isolation, man/machine interaction, and the borders of the sleep/wake cycle.
Sevenism (UK) sevenism.bandcamp.com
“I’m a self taught musician and sound mangler blurring the boundaries between analog and digital, acoustic and electronic, generative and human. I work in the present moment letting the music flow wherever it wants. My aim is to make music that is strange and experimental yet resonates on a deeper level.”
Subespai (AUS) subespai.bandcamp.com
Subespai is the solo project of Mauri Edo, a Sydney musician born in Barcelona. Walking the line between ambient, noise and drone music, Subespai paints experimental soundscapes by mixing acoustic and electronic audio sources with effect pedals, field recordings and other gadgets.
We’re making it available here because the remixes are all very creative and deserve to be heard again and because one of our Facebook friends asked us to.
We think most of these artists are still making music so please search online and check them out.
“Recorder! Ricorda…” is the first release in Linear Obsessional’s cassette series, professionally produced cassettes in uniform designs by David (smallhaus) Little. The artists have worked to produce music specifically for this format.
Officina Errante’s piece is an audacious journey through a succession of sonic moods, all sounds recorded on a portable Zoom recorder- the results then manipulated, crunched and highlighted later- time compresses and expands infinitely….tinkles from a borrowed piano add melancholic interludes.. It’s almost like a succession of audio postcards or snapshots, each “movement” capturing moments of stasis or energy, urban clamour or rural tranquility the whole work flowing seamlessly with it’s own logic.
Officina Errante reworked his piece especially for the cassette format and Linear Obsessional is delighted to present this piece of 21st century musique concrete/sonic travelogue.
credits
released June 22, 2018
All sounds, fields and instruments in this work have been sampled from recordings taken by me with the Zoom H5. I could take these recordings also thanks to Niina, Luke, Laura, and Michiko-san who let me play her piano all the time I wanted while I stayed at hers.
Photography by Niina Mahosenaho.
Written and produced by Officina Errante in Tokyo, Tonami and London.
Alternate takes and unused pieces made while composing the album Point.
Drone music by
C. Reider
Dave Stafford
Michael J. Bowman
Ian C. Stewart
Trixie Delight’s second release on TCFSR is once again constructed from her own field recordings over which she plays her zither and sings.
This release includes interpretations by Lone Cosmonaut, Doctor Mario, Dental Drill and 3dtorus.
In 2014 Moki Mcfly brought us the downtempo goodness of Osirus III: Autochron Thitarodes. Today he’s back and surprising us all with this sweet collection of beats exploring the sound of Thailand. Head-noddingly good!
Mega props goes out to Moki Mcfly! It’s been four years since you last had something for us, so you totally caught me by surprise with this tasty gem! Funky Funky FUNKY!
Of course, thanks once again to you for downloading & listening. We always strive to deliver the music you’ll love. Please spread the word about blocSonic, if you enjoy what we do. Remember… everything we release is cool to share! Always keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it! If you’re in radio… support independent music and broadcast it!
This handful of sounds in musical format is anything but arid, since thousand of images do flourish and take place against to our psyche, as we go through the generous timing of the tracks.
Microscopic geometries perpendicularly pass through the space inhabited by omnipresent and opaque bass drums in black notes (as it has to be) which are several times fractured by resounding breaks that keep inviting us to a total immersion. There is no truce or carelessness. Everything is in its place.
The web is solidified and amalgamated by elegant melodies of overseas (Árido III). Other times there are distant voices (Árido II) which characterize the galloping plot that equally spill magic and celebration in an endless coven. Árido I puts us a muzzle and a leash to take us to a ride with an eternal arpeggio of cosmic horseback ride that is little by little being contaminated by weaves of liquid gas and noisy flashes.
The delivery is a resounding trip of oneiric minimalism with remarkable aquatic calling and architecture riddled with compressed concrete. Since minute 1 it warns that from here one does not come back with the same face as the one at the beginning of the trip.
A serious, meticulous, elegant and hypnotic work that invites to be listened with closed eyes, light off and a closed door.
The excellent remixes that complete this robust new delivery of Modismo provide spice to the total, but of course the dish can only be more filling at that level of genre.
Miguel Conejeros, 2008 Stgo. Chile.
Drone Music by Dan Lizard
released June 11, 2018 on FEUERSTEIN Records (Cat #: FSR005)
https://www.discogs.com/Dan-Lizard-Drone-Music/master/1376940
Here we go! Dope music to close out that work week with! This time we’re introducing GLD8TRZ, a dope new squad of EMCEES who’ve delivered “Gladiator Muzik”… an EP packed with dope beats & rhymes. Zero mumbling. So who are they?
GLD8TRZ are a squad of hip-hop lyricists consisting of KIN and BADLUCK of KIN/LUCK along with Breez, BxYungGz & SelfSavior. Individually, they’re masters of delivering lyrical heat over dope beats. Collectively, they fight for the very soul of hip-hop against the forces of wackness that have become all too prevelant in this era of autotune and mumblers.
KIN/LUCK… you’re on fire! Keep the heat coming. Breez, BxYungGz & SelfSavior… gents, welcome to the blocSonic fam. Honored. Word.
Of course, thanks once again to you for downloading & listening. We always strive to deliver the music you’ll love. Please spread the word about blocSonic, if you enjoy what we do. Remember… everything we release is cool to share! Always keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it! If you’re in radio… support independent music and broadcast it!
Danke Sun (previously known as Daily Khaos delivery) is Jordi´s and Javier´s new attempt to make new music returning to their spanish native language but without losing their british and american musical influences.
Now, they come up with a new EP, Movimiento, which includes the songs Movimiento, A contraluz, Al final and Miss interrupción.
All this means a straight move for them, taking into account that, after 20 years, they´re back with their “sung in spanish” melodies, in order to have more connection with their spanish listeners, as this is their first official release ever sung in spanish.
The result is a set of songs where they show us their always distinctive sound, which combines both classical and alternative style,but this time with the addition of the change of language from english into spanish. Consequently, and after their musical evolution during the years, this fresh combination leads them to a new point never experienced before.
This is their second collaboration with russian label Southern City Lab, after their 2015 Magical inerthia album release, signed as Deadlines, their parallel project at that time.
Danke Sun are currently working on their forthcoming album, and it will be composed of completely brand new material.
The two new songs by the Karelian vagabond notforme! make up a postcard from the days past, and every postcard have two sides. The front is a bright, yet frantic picture, inspired by the Steven Hall’s imagery, with his shark feeding on people’s memories and a desperate wish to find a fragile balance in life. The back is a simple, but ironically sharp message to oneself. Without a stamp. To be wrapped in cellophane and hidden in the inner pocket. To remember.
Lyrics, guitar and vocals: Pavel Mokhort Bass guitar and backing vocals: Vladimir Zhmurin Drums: Nikolai Kuskov
Cover design by Vladimir Zhmurin and Pavel Mokhort
Recorded at Kukkovka Hell Studios, Petrozavodsk, Karelia, May, 2018 Mixing & mastering by Anatoly Nikulin, Brno, Czech Republic, May, 2018
Thanks a lot to all of you, who believed in, helped with and waited for the record to happen! See ya’ll in autumn!
The mission in this project is simple and without much pretense. This adventure combines different sounds and small details
built with almost 100% analog technology, featuring sound miniatures and dancing timbres that together reveal nostalgic
landscapes through a contemporary interpretive perspective. The auditory encounter nourishes the ears with these
micro-sounds, synthetic textures, while, at the same time, permeating the contemplative state of its creators in those
sessions produced previously.
Distinct authors from the national electronic scene construct / deconstruct this new work, with their distinct perspectives
and remix contributions: “Unknown Dancer” with a random re-mixing of the same ingredients that reveals surprising results;
René Roco adding mystery, surrealism and complexity to his version; “co-dec” moving towards the most rhythmic approach,
providing new synthetic sounds but without losing the details; and ending with “android” with a very successful, danceable and
elegant transformation of this miniature. Finally, we cannot fail to mention the contribution of Iñaki Muñoz for the cover of the
EP, who always surprises us with the expressive power of his visuals in the concerts of C/VVV.
We continue to prepare ourselves for a new adventure in a random universe, which inspires us from time to time, bringing us
together and surprising us, even in spite of the distances.
Wish us good luck and good harvest.”
Francisco Pinto
(Santiago, Chile. Mayo / May, 2018)
1. Ölü Körpē – Begins With James Watt, Ends in Hiroshima
2. Jelena Glazova – Universe Cosmogony: The Creation Myth
