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« A Prayer for the Ukrainians » for Choirs
Composed and recorded on Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Franck Douvin © 2022 Contemporary Chamber Music
Thanks for listening and sharing. I hope you'll enjoy...

« A Prayer for the Ukrainians » for Choirs

Artist: Darwin Grosse
Title: Fresco
Format: Tape, digital
Label: One Instrument
Catalogue: ONEINST012
Release date: December 28th 2021

Tracklist:

A1. Darwin Grosse - Bainbridge Sunrise (Korg ARP 2600 FS)
A2. Darwin Grosse - I Cry When I Think Of You (Korg ARP 2600 FS)
A3. Darwin Grosse - Protractor (Korg ARP 2600 FS)
A4. Darwin Grosse - Power Grid (Korg ARP 2600 FS)
B1. Darwin Grosse - Santa Cruz (Korg ARP 2600 FS)
B2. Darwin Grosse - Translucent They (Korg ARP 2600 FS)
B3. Darwin Grosse - Fresco Waltz (Korg ARP 2600 FS)
B4. Darwin Grosse - Water Lily (Korg ARP 2600 FS)

Darwin Grosse debuts on One Instrument with the album “Fresco”, solely created on the Korg ARP 2600 FS, a remake of the classic semi-modular synth of the 70’s. He states that he loves the ARP 2600 not for its complexity, but for the purity of its sound, and this can very well be heard in this wonderful dreamy ambient electronica release.

All of the tracks were created using a hand-written script on the monome norns hardware device and were recorded in a single session, with errors and recorder glitches embraced as part of the performance.

Each track reveals Darwin’s harmonic and melodic sensibilities, his love of lush reverb and passion for the beautiful tone of the Korg Arp 2600.

“Fresco” is an elegant undertaking to be listened to from beginning to end. The 8-part, 30 minute work is an ideal example of how warm minimalism and thick melodic soundscapes are combined, becoming a graceful richly textured trip.

Composed and produced by Darwin Grosse
Mastered by Luca Sammartin
Original artwork and layout by Marco Ciceri

© 2021 One Instrument

ONEINST012

Darwin Grosse - I Cry When I Think Of You (Korg ARP 2600 FS)

2022-03-02

Garden Of Dreams And Pleasures

the inevitability of this appointment

the day I recorded this I heard the entire transcript of the final communication on the iPhone of the Russian soldier 
shortly before he was killed, telling his mother that he is not In Crimea on exercises but in Ukraine where the Russian forces where bombing several cities and that Ukrainian were throwing themselves under the wheels of their caravans and tanks, where he said he was scared and that it was horrible that they were being called fascists
and that their leaders told them the Ukrainians are going to welcome us -- and then he was killed -- and what are we to do -- does anybody read these comments? who knows... I post this with hope and yet sadness, almost speechless at times, weary of watching news reports and scanning shortwave bands, trying to imagine how I might be of service to anyone, trying not to worry, failing, getting angry at how ignorant and monstrous are those who deliberately continue on the war path and also wondering who is listening? who reads these words even? for 10 years or more I have been here in the social media, doing my work as a musician and seeing that my posts are ignored and that I am here with some thousand or more "friends" who are silent, unfriendly, ignoring or ostracizing me, believing that I exist only to fill up their fan base.  I always will remember the days when you all understood we were freaks, we had no chance for the mainstream, and we needed mutual support from one another.

Ukraine Vigilance Suite 350

Featuring Lake Rhythm from Jeryia J. Please enjoy.

Lake Rhythm

L'inverno del nostro sconforto

https://youtu.be/wvMD9587s4s
https://youtu.be/iHR8uxA8ca0
https://youtu.be/RfDW6gBNKio
https://youtu.be/VqeM4c5J-sM
https://youtu.be/Ar_WZpFHarE
https://youtu.be/6h5wzCHo5Fg
https://youtu.be/7FKyCmQCLRg
https://youtu.be/g2S3iy1Sl_s
https://youtu.be/YLitHbsWbZw
https://youtu.be/xNMUBlri2po
https://youtu.be/jUeRLJLEd-U
https://youtu.be/ztJ0JuIi3SQ
https://youtu.be/eXz5eetYJQs
https://youtu.be/zOzROvDqXgk

https://youtu.be/UFhS1NAvym8
https://youtu.be/_5JO5ONTwTw
https://youtu.be/F2HsaptJfys
https://youtu.be/zSbpmWqu6dI
https://youtu.be/u9xgeBzPaWI
https://youtu.be/S0DdaVdbYFg
https://youtu.be/3O6_iNZXrw4
https://youtu.be/nG_hcOMjG0k
https://youtu.be/AnvHUfbz2nw
https://youtu.be/7lJn0_6_VbM

MMXXIVIIIXVILCKBLTRT

"I'm a mellow artist, aging 68. I love and release eclectic music, from post-classical to drone. My fave instrument is the Mellotron."

Così, sinteticamente, di solito mi presento.

In genere compongo musica partendo dal suono delle tastiere, ma il mio vero strumento è il registratore.

O i software di registrazione.

"I was made for loving and making recorded music."

Confido da sempre nel potere evocativo e orfico della musica, nella sua capacità di riconsegnarci a mondi più veri e più giusti, più belli di quelli in cui di solito viviamo.

"Ich bin ein kosmische Kurier"

I'm using these tools: Mellotron micro, Waldorf Blofeld synthesizer, Behringer Crave, IK Multimedia Uno synth, Roland Juno synth, Volca keys, Casio digital piano, micropiano Korg, Manetron (iPad app), iTampura (iPad app), Eko 11 (...) string acoustic guitar, electric violin, Orla analogic expander, tenor, treble and descant recorders, soprano and tenor tin whistle, Akai, Roland, Alesis and Arturia controllers, upright piano, Squier 3/4 electric guitar, melodica, Bubble Harp (iPad app), Schoenhut toy harp, soprano ukulele, Eko acoustic guitar, Peavey Composer acoustic guitar, Kurzweill micropiano, Boss and JamMan loop stations , Behringher multi-fx, Olympus portable digital recorder, Phonic, Behringer and Yamaha mixers, Audacity, Paulstretch, various players and plug-ins .. (that's all, folks, I think ..)

latest releases

https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/lieder-ohne-worte 
https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/album/suggestiva
https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/album/venusia
https://hibernate.bandcamp.com/album/as-riddled-as-the-tide

for further works please go to my bandcamp page
https://marcolucchi.bandcamp.com/

and to 
http://webbedhandrecords.com/
http://www.laverna.net/home/
https://silentflow.org/

iTunes and Spotify as well ..
feed and share ..
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TRilVaDaQw0ksGqU5tuCh?si=zXD-0xFWS-2yrUs542SH9A

SoundCloud è la piattaforma musicale che preferisco perché è soprattutto il regno degli amateurs, di quelli che fanno musica per sé e per gli amici .. come quando da ragazzi si condividevano con gli altri le invenzioni e le creazioni .. io sostanzialmente sono rimasto lì e così .. non sempre, ovviamente, ma spesso ci trovo delle cose che valgono altrettanto - se non di più - rispetto a quelle più affermate e conosciute

new record, "let go / still time" is out now, and available (for free, if that's your speed): asdb-music.bandcamp.com/album/let-go-still-time

how do we begin again?

all tracks were living performances, usually with acoustic bass and electronics, sometimes guitar, synthesizers, voice, piano, mixers, fx, field recordings, but always in single takes with no overdubbing

for collaborations, commissions, booking, compliments, complaints, etc. etc.  dm or email asdbmusic@gmail.com

the inevitability of this appointment

as.dB

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