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felsteg – Hold

felsteg – Hold
[djummi.031]

felsteg

“Hold”

Matt and Dave named their project Felsteg, which is Swedish for misstep. And this is certainly not due to a lack of conviction in their shared musical work. Rather, and on the contrary, the name describes their approach to music quite well for me. On “Hold” you can hear two experienced live musicians who consciously decide to “misstep” when playing. Misstep as an opportunity!

The music on the album was created live and spontaneously. Starting with rudimentary song ideas, they played sessions together in which improvisation became the means to flesh out the basic ideas. At the same time, these sessions were professionally recorded on multiple tracks in the studio, then supplemented with additional elements and mixed at the end.

On their debut album, Matt and Dave managed to create songs that, despite all their complexity and jazz affinity, are characterized by a pleasant lightness and catchiness, even naturalness.

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posted 17 May 2024

Alessandro Ciccarelli / Theo Jörgensmann / Lorenzo Santoro – Axiomatic 473’ Exploration

Alessandro Ciccarelli / Theo Jörgensmann / Lorenzo Santoro – Axiomatic 473’ Exploration
[PT158]

Alessandro Ciccarelli / Theo Jörgensmann / Lorenzo Santoro

“Axiomatic 473’ Exploration”

Alessandro Ciccarelli (live electronics, electroacoustic objects, coils, guitar), Theo Jörgensmann (clarinets), Lorenzo Santoro (clarinets)
Recorded in Rome in September 2023
Mixing and mastering: La chambre d’Éliane
Cover photo: Alessandro Ciccarelli
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posted 28 April 2024

Thomas Park – Shadows In The Lounge

Thomas Park – Shadows In The Lounge
[treetrunk 782]

Thomas Park

“Shadows In The Lounge”

As the vapers vaped and ‘retters ‘retted, plumes of smoke of various flavors spiralled towards the ceiling of the old lounge, which was now covered in a thin glaze of brown. The red satin chairs, once new, were torn in places and punctuated with cigarette burns. The wooden sculptures and armchairs were shiny, but a sticky to the touch. And as light bulb after light bulb expired shadows gradually began taking over the old lounge.

This session was recorded at Loud On 7th Studio– in one take with no overdubs. Sound and music by Thomas Park.

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posted 26 April 2024

Downtown Deceit – Where Do We Go From Here?

Downtown Deceit – Where Do We Go From Here?
[SR251]

Downtown Deceit

“Where Do We Go From Here?”

Dowtown Deceit is:
Some Succubus Coalition & Kοκκαλα

Lyrics by Boari Nicola & Akis Karanos

Kοκκαλα
kokkala.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Akis Karanos
www.instagram.com/rain_tumor/

Samples list:
source instagram / tiktok

1.Where do we go from here?
2.Best way to spot an idiot
3.Enzo Traverso – Left Wing Melancholia
4.How to get people to answer ‘yes’ to your questions.
5.”We don’t care.We don’t care. Make it a major world war”
6.Charles Bukowski, on Freedom
7.People running and not getting anywhere
8.“Selling recycling sells plastic” – Laura Sullivan
9.How Americans Reacted to The Drink Driving Ban in the 1980s
10.Want to start a revolution for real? Then stop participating with the system and say NO.
11.The episode that aired after Bob Ross lost his wife
12.ALPHA CUCKS SIT DOWN
13.’The Human Use of Human Beings’
14.How to write a screenplay by David Lynch
15.Dali speaks against meaning in his art
16.marcel duchamp on the power of art
17.6 Psychology tricks
+
Classic TV Commercials of the 50’s and 60’s

Handmade CDr ricepaper jewel case as Spettro Records’ first 4 releases in 2010. Includes A4 by Akis Karanos in handknit sleeve made by my grandma.

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posted 14 April 2024

Mauro Sambo & George Cartwright – Mantieni il calore

Mauro Sambo & George Cartwright – Mantieni il calore
[PT157]

Mauro Sambo & George Cartwright

“Mantieni il calore”

01 tutto si muove, lo sento
Mauro Sambo – electronics, percussion
George Cartwright – piano

02 ho bisogno di lasciare tracce
Mauro Sambo – electric guitar, electronics, percussion, gong
George Cartwright – tenor sax, acoustic guitar

03 il fluido si è solidificato
Mauro Sambo – contra alto clarinet
George Cartwright – electronics

04 mossi ondeggianti e fragili
Mauro Sambo – electric guitar
George Cartwright – alto sax

05 qualche minuscolo frammento
Mauro Sambo – alto sax
George Cartwright – alto sax

06 il vento la spinge e lei non oppone resistenza
Mauro Sambo – gong, electronics, percussion
George Cartwright – electric guitar

The titles of the CD and the songs
are taken from the book “Flussi” by Matilde Sambo

Cover art “Cantus ab aestu” 2018 by Matilde Sambo

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posted 07 April 2024

Charles Rice Goff III – Anthimerias

Charles Rice Goff III – Anthimerias

Charles Rice Goff III

“Anthimerias”

Anthimerias

by Charles Rice Goff III

01 Engineer
02 Study
03 Style
04 Craft
05 Form
06 Design

Anthimeria: a word that is both a noun and a verb.
Anthimerias have become more and more ubiquitous as human linguistics have evolved throughout the early 21st Century.

The Process:

The recordings in this collection all started out as improvisations, played by Goff on a Casio AP-24 electric piano. This full-sized, 88 key piano was purchased from a Salvation Army store in Bonner Springs, Kansas, and appears to once have been employed to serve up the music for church services somewhere in the Kansas City area. Goff recorded his improvisations through the open-air microphones of a Canon S2 IS digital camera. By avoiding the use of direct line-in recording, all the overtones echoing from the piano’s speakers, some of the sounds of Goff’s fingers hitting the piano keys, and even some occasional squeaks of Goff’s chair are present in these recordings.

Using “AmazingMIDI” computer software, Goff converted each of these digital recordings into MIDI files. This particular software converts every bit of recorded data from a wave file into a monophonic MIDI format. The MIDI file then can be read by MIDI score-writing software, allowing all of its recorded sounds (including overtones and the noises of squeaking chairs) to appear as notation. Such score-writing software provides the means for artists to apply sounds from a wide variety of virtual (computer-generated) instruments to the MIDI notation. Score writers also allow artists to transpose musical keys, delete/add notation, copy and paste musical passages, add reverb and chorus effects, etc.

Goff used three different score-writers, programmed into three different computer operating systems, when molding the recordings for Anthimerias:

1) Midisoft Music Mentor MIDI Scorewriter (released 1994)
run on Microsoft Windows XP OS (2013)

2) Musescore MIDI Scorewriter (Version 1.1, released 2011)
run on Microsoft Windows 10 OS (2016)

3) Musescore MIDI Scorewriter (Version 3.6.2, released 2021)
run on Linux Ubuntu OS (2022)

Each of these three setups provided Goff with its own unique pallet of sounds and editing controls. Goff gradually refined his compositions by transferring partially-edited MIDI files from one setup to another, allowing him to alter the files again and again using all three sets of software parameters. He later re-converted his edited MIDI files into wave files and further orchestrated them with Cool Edit Pro 2.1 (released 2003) multitrack audio-editing software. During this final process, bits of the original, open-air Casio electric piano recordings were layered into some of the mixes as well. Thus, each Anthimerias composition features its own unique blend of instrumentation, dynamics, and overall attitude.

No material that did not originate from the Casio electric piano improvisations was added during the production of this collection. Some of the aforementioned overtones and incidental finger and chair noises did convert into MIDI notation, however. Several of these happy accidents were incorporated into the final mixes of this collection. No artificial intelligence was used in the production of Anthimerias.

To help listeners envision the composition process of Anthimerias, a printed PDF score of “Form” is included in this collection. This 265-page document was created through Musescore software after Goff had finished editing the piece.

Recording Dates Of Goff’s Original Casio Electric Piano Improvisations:

July 13, 2023 (Design)
September 14, 2023 (Engineer)
November 30, 2023 (Study, Craft, Form)
December 23, 2023 (Style)

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posted 02 March 2024

Jazzaria – Ave Anima

Jazzaria – Ave Anima

Jazzaria

“Ave Anima”

Breath, air, wind, life – the soul. Of the things worth honoring, this is high on the list. Celebrate spirit – and remember it is shared.

Featuring improvised clarinet accompanied by Kimiko Ishizaka’s public domain piano performance of Bach’s Prelude No. 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier (BWV 846).

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posted 25 February 2024

Datel zkázy – Gamba Bauhaus

Datel zkázy – Gamba Bauhaus

Datel zkázy

“Gamba Bauhaus”

released January 25, 2024

Ian Mikyska: viola da gamba
Jan Faix: live processing, sampling

Recorded live in Ostrava Days, Minimarathon of Electronic Music, Plato Bauhaus by Jan Faix, 26 August 2023.
Mastered by Mikuláš Mrva
Cover by Jan Polanský

EPP 256

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posted 30 January 2024

Trance*Industrial*Toy Orchestra – tears of a modest ox andaloup – happy new esra 2023

Trance*Industrial*Toy Orchestra – tears of a modest ox andaloup – happy new esra 2023
[ACP 1384]

Trance*Industrial*Toy Orchestra

“tears of a modest ox andaloup – happy new esra 2023”

brandstifter : casio sk-1, korg monotron, vocals, guitar, orff-trommel, toys;
jürgen fastje ‘chock’ : microkorg, guitar, banjo, ukulele, rhythm ace FR-1, stylophone S-1, stylophone beatbox, okarina, toys;
herr penschuck : korg microsampler, korg mini kaosspad, mikroplankton/nintendo DS, voice, vocals, toys;remixes by- chaotalion
– lars vogel
– heidrun schramm/nicolas wiese
– anja kreysing
– pharmakustik
– toenungsfluid
– thorsten soltau
– herrpenschuck
– meinein
– lil tindermann

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posted 15 January 2024

Makunouchi Bento – The Virtual Bluescreen-Collar Choir (Live at Progress. Paradigm Shifts #5)

Makunouchi Bento – The Virtual Bluescreen-Collar Choir (Live at Progress. Paradigm Shifts #5)

Makunouchi Bento

“The Virtual Bluescreen-Collar Choir (Live at Progress. Paradigm Shifts #5)”

The recording of our live act from “Progress. Paradigm Shifts #5” (18.11.2023, Muzeul Corneliu Mikloși, Timișoara, Romania), powered by Simultan, curated by Arne Hendriks & Ștefan Tiron.

www.facebook.com/events/1139362020111750/

00:00 01 Intro
01:28 02 Blu Marin Messa
05:32 03 One Strung Counterpoint
11:55 04 Director’s Barbers Moment
15:38 05 The Pink Trombone Thief
19:58 06 Our Lady of the Soup Kitchen
26:12 07 Cantata for Cats and Spoons
31:56 08 Tatar Throataches
38:13 09 Daydream in the Factory Dispensary
43:59 10 A Serpentine Queue to Folly

-̖͑-̑̋͂–̝̤͉̘̜͚-͕̩̤͓̹̼̝ͯ̑͐̉͛̔ͭ-̲͖̗̣͙͎ͦ͑͗̉̔̒-͚͔̩͐̊ͤ̚ͅ-͖̫͔-̥͉͎͎̫̝ͮ̇̓̆̂ͧ-̱̲̙͓͊̐ͣͫ—-͚̦̤̙͎̑̀̒ͬ̋͆ͅ–̙͔̲̗̮̰ͤͤ́̅̆ͥ–͈̥̻̬̹̀̎̽̎ͨ-̬̗͍̼ͯ͛̽̒-̠̤̒ͬ–̳̫̒̒-͐-̪̹̪͆̒͂-̗̉-͈̄–͔̮̦͚̀̅̂͑ͦͮͅͅ-̥̺̫ͯ̓̚-ͣ͒͂̽̔-̺̘͙̌͒̊̾ͅ-̹͔̝̗̙̱–̳̯̻̬̦͕̯̆̐ͦͣ̌̈̊-̖͔̦͎̭̰̓̂̅͆̂̿-͇̫̏͒-̞͉̻̳̗̺-̃̏̈́́͒ͯ͋–̩̲͓̮̳͌ͬ̇ͤ̚–́-̰̱-̥̜̲̦̥̺—-̭̙͇͓ͦ͊ͤ͐ͧͅ-͍͎̙͚͖̜̺͂͛̋ͪ͋͒ͮ-̰͍̩͕̣̤̝ͧ̍̎̄̊͌̒-ͭͭ̄-̤-̈́̇̚–̭͖ͯ̓-̘̭̠͉̫-̿ͤ̽̊̂-͚̬̫͚͑͋ͩ̽-͉-̻͍͚ͅ–̠̝̞̟̾ͣ͛̚–̭̯ͮ͛-͔͌-̻-̰̏-͈̼̙̯̞̀̃̇ͥ̑-̩͎̫̖̖ͩͥ̑͑ͫ-͇̬̺͕̤͑̈́͌͋̓-̩̱̻͖͑̀̓ͭ-͖̠̠̉̃̿-͇̰̲͔̫͎ͅ-͈̼͖̳̠̼̔͛̅͛̎̂-̲͖̗̪̬̬̤ͨ̂̔̎͑ͣ̚-̄̇-̦̹͎̝̲̺͎-͋̄ͧ-͇̣̲̼̞ͯ̉̈̓ͫ-ͪ-̦̠͚̤̘̲͔ͨ̔̀ͤ͌̓̚-̱-͈̬̹̎͒̚–͕̰-͌̊̈͗ͨͭͨ-͇͖̦̈̓͆-̙̝̹̪̯͉̟̓̾͋̔̀͊̚-͓̜̓͆-͛̀ͪͨ-̹̟

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the sonic journey of “The Virtual Bluescreen-Collar Choir”. This experimental music project delves into the realm of the surreal, where technology meets the nostalgia of a bygone era.

Inspired by the working men’s clubs of yesteryear, where camaraderie and community were forged through song, we have created a virtual choir that pays homage to these forgotten spaces. But here’s the twist – our choir consists solely of synthesized and re-synthesized voices, blending the past with the present in a futuristic soundscape.

As French philosopher Jean Baudrillard once said, “Simulation is no longer that of a territory, a referential being, but rather that of a code, a differential equation.” In this vein, The Virtual Workmen’s Choir challenges the notion of authenticity and questions whether technology can truly replicate the human experience.

Our soundscapes transport listeners to a world where the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur. Imagine strolling through a smoky, dimly-lit room filled with the echoes of laughter and chatter, only to find yourself enveloped by a cappella harmonies that seem almost otherworldly. That’s what you’ll encounter in our virtual choir, where the synthesized voices take on a life of their own.

But there’s also a hint of melancholy woven throughout our compositions. As German philosopher Martin Heidegger mused, “The essence of technology is by no means anything technological.” In simulating the voices of a lost community, we’re reminded that progress often comes at a cost. We ponder the price of innovation and ask: What do we sacrifice when we exchange the warmth of human connection for the convenience of digital reproduction?

And yet, within this dreamlike atmosphere, we discover a strange sort of beauty. Our virtual choir becomes a metaphor for the fragmented nature of modern society, where individuals come together virtually but remain disconnected physically. It’s a reflection of our times, where social media reigns supreme and online personas supplant face-to-face interactions.

So let us embrace the surrealism of The Virtual Bluescreen-Collar Choir, allowing ourselves to be enchanted by its haunting allure. Let us ponder the philosophical underpinnings that govern our relationship with technology and confront the existential queries it raises. For in doing so, we may just uncover hidden truths about ourselves and the world we inhabit. Thank you for joining us on this thought-provoking sonic adventure.

–ͫ̔͂̐̅-̗͙̦̯̙͈̻̐ͫ͋͂͌͌̌–̻̱̦̯̈̃ͭͫ-̪ͥ-̱̗̼͔–ͫͧ̇ͨͯ-͇́-̥-̰̻̰͚̃͗͛̂̌̃ͅͅ-̞-̣͛-͓͕̦͙͒̀̓̂-̼͇ͤ́-̦̪̘̮̝͚̄͌͌̆̑ͪ-̻̟͚͎͙̈ͣ̔́̚-̆̊-͌̿ͤͤͥ̊̚-͓̮̤̥͖–̲̟͙̞͕͙-͓̤͙̫͒͑̈́ͪ-̈́̽ͮ̾̐ͦ-̗̥̼̣͖̳-ͬͨ̎̉–̪̗̙̙̜̮̓͐ͥ͒̐ͦ̋ͅ-̭̘̈́̍-̘ͦ-͑-̳̱̓̿-͚̈́̚ͅ-̤͓̯ͅ–̩͉̠̟̯̘-̟̹͓̥̠͎̘̾͑͐͛̃͐ͮ–͖̙̀͆̚ͅ-̪͕̒ͭ-ͅ—-̯͇̟̙ͯ͛̈́͆-͕͔͕̬͔̙ͅ-̥̦͉̓́̇-̾ͦ-̦̼̱̞̘̬̆̆͂ͨͦͬ-̖̻̟̯̮̫̘̎͌ͪ̆ͮ̒̊-͑ͥͭ̓ͦ-̩̯͙ͣͪ̓-͖̯̣̹-̻̠̼͕̻̬̥ͬ̈́͐ͣͬͦ̅–̦̳-̜͉͚̺͇̠̥-̥̗͈̮͚̝-̫̞-͈̭̤͓ͨ͆ͫ͒̋ͅ-͙͖͚̥̻̘̩͛͒ͮͧ͛͒̎-̪̖͕̣̻ͥ̊͊́̀—̩͍̹͌̋̈́–̈́ͨ̏ͭ̽̚̚-͇̳̜̒̔̈́-̬̰̙̠–̰̭͈͖̹͈ͩ̿̽̀͂̐-ͧ-̩͊–̱̙̹͔͑̑ͦ̋-̬̫̳-̬͌–̫̥̦̗͎̦̄͐̀̍̓̇–͖-͍̭̫͕̬̽ͬ̋̒͌-̱̠̼-͖͓̅̅-͎̜̺̊ͦ͐-͙̻͕̼̬̜ͧ͂ͧ͛̓ͤ-̻̮̅ͯ-̑ͪ͆-ͧ͋͒-

Doamnelor și domnilor, bine ați venit în călătoria sonoră a „The Virtual Bluescreen-Collar Choir”. Acest proiect muzical experimental sondează profund tărâmul suprarealismului, unde tehnologia întâlnește nostalgia unei epoci trecute.

Inspirați de cluburile de altădată ale bărbaților muncitori, unde camaraderia și comunitatea s-au făurit prin cântec, am creat un cor virtual care aduce un omagiu acestor spații uitate. Dar iată întorsătura – corul nostru este format numai din voci sintetizate și resintetizate, îmbinând trecutul cu prezentul într-un peisaj sonor futurist.

După cum spunea odată filosoful francez Jean Baudrillard, „Simularea nu mai este aceea a unui teritoriu, a unei ființe referențiale, ci mai degrabă cea a unui cod, a unei ecuații diferențiale”. În acest sens, Corul Muncitorilor Virtuali contestă noțiunea de autenticitate și chestionează dacă tehnologia poate reproduce cu adevărat experiența umană.

Peisajele noastre sonore transportă ascultătorii într-o lume în care granițele dintre realitate și fantezie se estompează. Imaginați-vă că vă plimbați printr-o cameră fumurie, slab luminată, plină de ecouri de râsete și vorbărie, doar pentru a vă regăsi învăluiți de armonii a capella care par aproape din altă lume. Asta veți întâlni în corul nostru virtual, unde vocile sintetizate capătă viață proprie.

Dar există și un indiciu de melancolie țesut în compozițiile noastre. Așa cum medita filozoful german Martin Heidegger, „Esența tehnologiei nu este în niciun caz ceva tehnologic”. În simularea vocilor unei comunități pierdute, ni se reamintește că progresul are adesea un cost. Reflectând la prețul inovației ne întrebăm: Ce sacrificăm atunci când schimbăm căldura conexiunii umane pentru comoditatea reproducerii digitale?

Și totuși, în această atmosferă de vis, descoperim un fel ciudat de frumusețe. Corul nostru virtual devine o metaforă a naturii fragmentate a societății moderne, în care indivizii se unesc virtual, dar rămân deconectați fizic. Este o reflectare a vremurilor noastre, în care rețelele sociale dețin supremația, iar personajele online înlocuiesc interacțiunile față în față.

Așa că haideți să îmbrățișăm suprarealismul Corului Virtual Bluescreen-Collar, lăsându-ne vrăjiți de farmecul său obsedant. Să reflectăm la fundamentele filozofice care guvernează relația noastră cu tehnologia și să ne confruntăm cu întrebările existențiale pe care le ridică. Căci, făcând acest lucru, este posibil să descoperim adevăruri ascunse despre noi înșine și despre lumea în care locuim.
Vă mulțumim că v-ați alăturat în această aventură sonoră care provoacă gândirea.

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posted 09 January 2024

Jazzaria – The Waltz of Steamboat Willie

Jazzaria – The Waltz of Steamboat Willie

Jazzaria

“The Waltz of Steamboat Willie”

For the once and future Mouse
The Lawyers lawyered hard –
They lobbied both Senate and House,
Ensured his use was barred.

But now the time has come at last
The Mouse is finally free!
All may use him, none must ask –
And pay no lawyer fee!

This mouse-whistling-inspired jazz waltz features tenor sax, upright bass, electric piano, and brush drum kit.

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posted 07 January 2024