Commentarium in apocalypsin , is a musical piece conceived for an exhibition, and it is inspired by some of themes presented , such as the themes of destruction and creation, the medieval apocalyptic vision and even the reappearance of the idea of ​​the human apocalypse in the contemporary age.
 Divided into three movements, the piece is united by the permanence of time, Grave, one of the slowest in musical composition. From the height variations of the C mode, the three tempos are developed, with the brass instruments and the voices playing the role of suggestion and emotion, against a background created by a sound designer. Some compositional elements are particularly perceptive, such as the Gregorian reminiscence, although here in a polyphonic register (referring to the Portuguese manuscript "Apocalypse of Lorvão" 1189 ), in the First Movement, it manifests itself in a fragile human universal order, which serves as a catchphrase for the themes melodic presented by the horns, incorporating increasingly intricate harmonies, amplified by the increasing degree of dissonance, foreshadowing the appearance of the Second Movement, dedicated to the human apocalypse. dissonant, they accompany the dynamic increase, with intervals that clash and fight each other, which is also manifested in the choral work, especially in the level of the recording of the sopranos, symbology of a struggle that is established at the same time on earth, but also in the In the final step, which was intended to be reconciliation and rebirth, the mode moves away from its character of that and seeks to accompany the idea of ​​a world that seeks to regenerate itself, probably without humanity already being present. Brass winds and horns in particular carry, in this last movement, the idea of ​​a symbolic element of the construction that carries within itself the gene of destruction.

Commentarium In Apocaplysin Theme

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"Sunn O))) live: Das musst du mal erlebt haben!" Seit 25 Jahren spricht es sich rum, inzwischen ist das Drone-Duo eine Erfolgsgeschichte, wie man sie in solchen Nischen nur selten erlebt.

In einem längeren Gespräch mit Musikredaktor Omar Fra spricht Stephen O'Malley über die Langlebigkeit und den Erfolg der Band, geht auf ihre Ursprünge und Ziele ein. Er reflektiert seine Rolle als Musikhörer über überhaupt seinen Musikkonsum. Immer wieder dreht es sich um den Begriff des "Engagement" oder eben um den Zugang, den man sich zu Musik verschafft, sei es jetzt O'Malleys neuste Endeckung von einem Festival oder ein hypotethisches Publikumsmitglied, das nachher zum ersten Mal die Band live hören wird - weil sich eben rumspricht: "Sunn O))) live: Das musst du mal erlebt haben!"

25 years of quality sonic experience: Stephen O'Malley von Sunn O))) im Gespräch

From the upcoming Fiasko! by Kaboom Karavan

June 2024

Kaboom Karavan - How to put valium in a madmans drink

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This is that feeling of when something shows up you had forgot about. It’s a mystery to you, a part of lost time, a blackout. It had just left you; the how, the why, the when?! It all escapes you. It is a semi-familiar blur, mixed with the thought; was I supposed to do this? A tiny alien part of yourself had submerged itself, incongruent with your idea of self.

My first ever CD was God Fodder by Ned's Atomic Dustbin, given to me for the Xmas of 1991. I could only listen to it in the living room when my parents where out of the house, and I didn't get a CD walkman until 1997. Before this I had to make mixtapes to listen on my MC walkman. But elements of that first CD snuck in somewhere, in here, into this album.

Recorded in February 2018, on Valentine's day. An improvised recording session using a Zoom H5 in a somewhat dirty apartment in Briskeby Oslo. I didn't have a valentine that year, as you can probably hear. Recorded in scant clothing with a mild headache, using either an 8 string stereo or dual output feedbacker/guitar or a Rhandy Rhodes DIY-kit guitar that I carved skulls and bear faces into. Or both. A Boss DR-3 for drums. Beats mostly punched in with a Wish.com bought stereo looper. For effects, an Akai deluxe distortion, Electro Harmonix Big Muff deluxe bass, a bit-crusher box assembled by a speed-freak later rehoused, a no-name fuzz also from Mr. speed-freak, 3 wally hotone loopers, 2 x Zoom ms50G, a boss GE7 equalizer. All run through a Behringer Xenxy 802 into the H5.

Unsure if anything. I speculate if this is all from a later session or if I just recorded everything that Valentine's day from 11.20 to 04.55 (according to the meta data). That day is hazy, at best. Later that day I posed for pictures in the “Hello Friend” bear costume and drew a sketch where I noted down title ideas for the album and recordings. I was considering naming it; It’s neither here nor bear, what good is a heart trapped in a chest. But it was to nice to be a noise record, so it sat and waited for better times or the aftermath of worse. You know, post 2020-2022. Meanwhile the sounds lived on as files on the phone - something to listened to while walking with headphones, through crowds. in public, on a tram, train or buss. Music to make you feel off kilter.

As for the cover art, around the same time I grew addicted to breaking up markers and mixing them with flowing alcohol and rubbing it on photo paper, attempting to compose images the same way I improvise music. Sometimes listening to music while doing so, to see if one could compose or make these ink paintings into music annotations. I called the series "Random compositions”. I made them to relax and it felt so freeing in a time of stress, so much It was hard to stop. Escaping figuration sound, it became a very messy meditation with fingers post session looking like I was both discoloured and disfigured. Both the music and the images were expressions awaiting a release until Case Records came knocking.

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Christian Blandhoel is a untaught improvisational musician, disabled and an Oslo art school educated visual artist. Inaction-figure maker, plush bear manipulator, involuntary textile artist, painter, performance, noise-instrument maker, feedbacker creator, realtime composer and noise-musician.
Born in 1976 grew up in the suburban forests of 1405 LANGHUS, with roots in the Follo Rock scene where he was briefly in the indie rock band Thee Unmist from 1998 to 2000, and the unfulfilled ìlavesiî band; Star Star Guitar, making and performing Noise-music under the IJIN, Hello Friend, Blandhoel and Kjøttpøkk banners since 2010.

www.blandhoel.com  


Released May 8, 2024

Composed and performed by
Christian Blandhoel

Mastered by
Ernst Van Der Loo

Cover by
Christian Blandhoel


CASE RECORDS 2024 / CASE35

The World Works Better if You Break it

Passing Out in Hallways

Christian Blandhoel | This World Works Better if You Break it | Passing Out In Hallways

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Alpha the Omega is a somewhat eclectic gathering of electronic tracks wrangled together from the dark corners of my hard drives. Mostly recorded to a stereo track with a "gung ho" attitude. Too good to go, I decided to give them a proper exposure on the medium they were made for; the cassette.

- Fast Forward Eats The Tape


Released May 25, 2024

All music by
Carsten Aniksdal

Mastered by
Steinar E. Rossing

Cover by
Pablo Castro


CASE RECORDS 2024 / CASE36

Alpha the Omega

Vanishing Point

FFETT | Alpha the Omega | Vanishing Point

Taken from "Afterwar" - a mini-soundtrack by Erik K Skodvin from the film by Birgitte Stærmose. Digital only, released August 9th, 2024.

"Erik K Skodvin channels the darkness and melancholy going through the 4 protagonists in Afterwar; a docu-fiction hybrid film set in Kosovo - filmed over 15 years, which deals with the aftermath of war."

Afterwar

Erik K Skodvin - The Empty Void Below

Fifth year in a row on different Capercaillie leks. This year started out slowly at 04.10 AM and about 5 males were displaying without much enthusiam until 07.30 when four females arrived. All of a sudden I had 15 males in front of the hide! Where did they come from. Wonderful recordings of the (almost) infrasound (32 Hz) when the males go "blind". If you listen carefully you will also hear mating of Pygmy Owl and hear when the Capercaillie males go quiet when a Goshawk calls in the distance.

Uppland. April 17, 2025.
Zoom F3 + AudioTechnica BP4025

Capercaillie lek with infrasound

New edit of the sound from the installation "Helt enkelt komplisert" with Annika Simonsson and Lars-Erik Svensson at Gamle Munch, 2025.
5.1 speaker system.

Helt enkelt komplisert. Oslo version 2025.

A compilation by Mark Fisher, uploaded here because the original download link expired

“King of Sorrow (Cottonbelly Remix)” – Sade
“Too Much On My Mind” – The Kinks
“Sittin’ Here” – Dizzee Rascal
“I am Sold” – James Blake
“Still Walking” – Throbbing Gristle
“I Made My Excuses and Left” – Pet Shop Boys
“Got To Get Away From Here” – New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up
“Invoices In My Head” – eMMplekz
“Because You’re Frightened” – Magazine
“Liveable Shit” – Sleaford Mods
“Just Who Is the Five O’Clock Hero” – The Jam
“As I Lie In Your Arms” – Annie Anxiety Bandez
“Circle” – Siouxsie and the Banshees
“Gimme Shelter” – The Rolling Stones feat. Merry Clayton

http://k-punk.org/track-listing-for-look-what-fears-done-to-my-body/
k-punk.org/look-what-fears-done-to-my-body-2/

"A new mix, exploring the sadness and frustration in England at the moment, using some recent-ish music and some from further back … The mix ends with a very familiar track, but one I listened to obsessively in the immediate wake of the election defeat, hearing it in a very different way …

This is for the students on my new Popular Modernism modules at Goldsmiths, who produced some amazing work this year …. and for those at the “top” of the Parliamentary Labour Party, none of whom will ever hear it – in any sense …"

July 2015

k-punk: 'look what fear's done to my body' (mark fisher compilation)

Artist, Musician.
Analog modular digital electro-acoustic soundscapes. Fieldrecordings. Remix. Live sets.
100% Arne Borgan. 
50% Cloudbuilder with Ulf A. S. Holbrook. 
25% CTLab with Arnfinn Killingtveit, Martin Palmer and Ulf A.S. Holbrook. 
Used to be 33.333...% of ARM with Are Mokkelbost and Alexander Rishaug.
Based in Oslo Norway since 1997.
Contact: arne.borgan(at)arneborgan.com

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http://cloudbuilder.no/
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All photos by me except where noted.