Non-Item 02: The Burning Giraffe

A collection of various assorted works 2018-2020

A Virtual Memory is S. Taillifer

Accompanying album artwork:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/avirtualmemory/albums/72157715720653912

Official album trailer:

youtu.be/2PnwoWhBASw

S. Taillifer: All music, artwork, composition, and field recordings except where noted.
Mx.: Flute and additional vocals on “Corpus Hypercubus” / vocals, flue, and bells on “Cassini, January 1, 2001” / vocals and additional piano on “Die Nachwirkungen” / all source material and additional instrumentation on “The Dream Approaches” / vocals, flute, bells, and additional field recordings on “Premature Ossification of a Railway Station”.
Uunslit: vocals and additional instrumentation on “Corpus Hypercubus” / remixing, vocals, strings, and additional instrumentation on “Un-Real”.
α Ori: remixing and additional instrumentation on “Mirror Women-Mirror Heads”.
Temple ov Saturn: remixing and additional instrumentation on “Anubis”.
Anonymous Act: original source material for percussion and additional drones on “Premature Ossification of a Railway Station”.
Bjork: original lyrics on “Corpus Hypercubus”.
Michael Gira: original source material for drums and various noises on “Corpus Hypercubus” and “Blood Mother”.
Trent Reznor: original source material for drums, guitars, and additional vocals on “Blood Mother”.
Danny Lohner: original source material for additional guitars on “Blood Mother”.
Dahak: all original source material on “Die Nachwirkungen” not derived from field recordings.
James Baldwin, Ian Mckellen, Dick Cavett, and Great Thunberg: assorted words, voices, and vocals on “Premature Ossification of a Railway Station”.

DOWNLOAD THIS RELEASE ON BANDCAMP:

https://avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/the-burning-giraffe

The Burning Giraffe

"We move backward in time…”

[Synapsid_RMXD coming 01.31.2021]

A Virtual Memory is S. Taillifer

Accompanying album artwork:

www.flickr.com/photos/avirtualmemory/50842726986/in/album-72157690146971131/

Official Music Video for "Cisuralian Forest [Natalie Nagpal Rmx]":

youtu.be/QAutWDi7_JU

"Item 09: Synapsid":

https://avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/item-09-synapsid

S. Taillifer: All original compositions and artwork.
Mx: Vocals and additional instrumentation on tracks 03 and 05.
Belaqua Shua: Remixing on track 01.
Natalie Nagpal: Remixing on track 02.
Trent Reznor: All source material on track 04.

Belaqua Shua's music:
soundcloud.com/belaqua-shua

Natalie Nagpal's music:
soundcloud.com/natalie-nagpal

DOWNLOAD THIS RELEASE ON BANDCAMP:
https://avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/cisuralian-forest-ep

Cisuralian Forest [EP]

“This house, those words are a lie, a mirror reflecting in a mirror of a lie. A light shines still always. Shadows in every word.”

A Virtual Memory is S. Taillifer

Accompanying album artwork:

flickr.com/photos/avirtualmemory/albums/72157717643632852

Official Music Video for "Cisuralian Forest [Natalie Nagpal Rmx]":

https://youtu.be/QAutWDi7_JU

Listen to the original “Synapsid” album:

avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/item-09-synapsid

An immense thank you to everyone who contributed to this project in order to make it possible. I highly encourage you to find out more about their work:

PressureWorks:
soundcloud.com/pressureworks
soundcloud.com/pressureworksii/tracks
soundcloud.com/pressureworks3
soundcloud.com/pressureworks4
soundcloud.com/pressureworks5
soundcloud.com/pressureworkcollaboration
soundcloud.com/pracecisnienoiwe
soundcloud.com/pressureworksabandoned

Burning Earth:
burningearth.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/theburningearth
music.apple.com/us/album/burning-earth/1447410572
open.spotify.com/album/6lbgREd2AmVtnxyPyq518Q?si=qX7-Z4Q-TfyeE94gAusYZw
youtube.com/watch?v=EPffI8a-OKk&feature=youtu.be
instagram.com/theburningearth

Natalie Nagpal:
soundcloud.com/natalie-nagpal
instagram.com/natalieswagpal

rlung:
rlung.bandcamp.com/releases
soundcloud.com/rlungmusic
open.spotify.com/artist/3zXUJwjoXmDH6Nt8V3xIpL
instagram.com/_rlung/
facebook.com/rlungmusic/

α Ori:
soundcloud.com/alpha-ori
soundcloud.com/molochconspiracy
instagram.com/moloch_conspiracy
facebook.com/moloch.conspiracy

Wave Weston:
soundcloud.com/wave-weston

Belaqua Shua:
soundcloud.com/belaqua-shua
triplemoonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/belaqua-shua-where-is-everybody-else
thatwhichisnot.bandcamp.com/releases

Temple ov Saturn:
templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/templeovsaturn
vimeo.com/joanpope
twitter.com/templeovsaturn
instagram.com/templeovsaturn
joanpope.com

DOWNLOAD THIS RELEASE ON BANDCAMP:
https://avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/synapsid-rmxd

Synapsid_RMXD

“I've seen the sky just begin to fall; all things pass into the night.”

A Virtual Memory is S. Taillifer

“Item 10: The Necropolis of Animals” coming 01.20.23 /// Link to pre-order:

avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/item-10-the-necropolis-of-animals

Accompanying album artwork:

[Front]:
www.flickr.com/photos/avirtualmemory/51973610057/in/album-72157690146971131/
[Back]:
www.flickr.com/photos/avirtualmemory/51975180155/in/album-72157690146971131/

Music video for "Shadows on the Cave Wall [Natalie Nagpal Rmx]":

youtu.be/9ctl0cNymXw

S. Taillifer: All original compositions and artwork.
Natalie Nagpal: Remixing on track 01.
Helena Senda: all animation and video editing on “Shadows on the Cave Wall [Natalie Nagpal Rmx]” music video.
All source material on track 02 provided by Monks and Nuns of the Drukpa Order.

Natalie Nagpal's music:
soundcloud.com/slipnat

Helena Senda’s artwork:
instagram.com/senda_hell/

DOWNLOAD THIS RELEASE ON BANDCAMP:
https://avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/shadows-on-the-cave-wall-single

Shadows on the Cave Wall [Single]

“All tears within me now are dormant or dead. My veins are bursting with a thirst that cannot be ignored.”

A Virtual Memory is S. Taillifer

Accompanying album artwork:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/avirtualmemory/albums/72177720305730536

Music video for "Shadows on the Cave Wall [Natalie Nagpal Rmx]":

youtu.be/9ctl0cNymXw

All artwork and photography by S. Taillifer
All original source material used in collages for the accompanying album booklet (and some featured in the related “Shadows on the Cave Wall” music video) taken from the Smithsonian’s Open Access Archive which can be found here: si.edu/openaccess

Additional Personnel:
Mx.: lead vocals on track 04 / backing vocals on track 05 / additional drones on tracks 02 and 05 / flute on tracks 01 and 03.
Natalie Nagpal: remixing and additional instrumentation on track 03.
Monks and Nuns of the Drukpa Order: vocal source material on tracks 01, 02, 04, and 05.
Doudou N'Diaye Rose: additional rhythmic source material on tracks 01 and 05.
Rizman Putra: additional rhythmic source material on track 03.
Helena Senda: all animation and video editing on “Shadows on the Cave Wall [Natalie Nagpal Rmx]” music video.

All creations made in Audacity from 2020 to 2023. Except where noted, all compositions are comprised of manipulated field recordings.

Natalie Nagpal’s music:
@slipnat
instagram.com/__slipnat/

Helena Senda’s artwork:
instagram.com/senda_hell/

DOWNLOAD THIS RELEASE ON BANDCAMP:
https://avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/item-10-the-necropolis-of-animals

Item 10: The Necropolis of Animals

Shadows on the Cave Wall [Original Demo]

Decaying Idols of Flesh

Shadows on the Cave Wall [Natalie Nagpal Rmx]

The Necropolis of Animals

Toothed Whale (Anubis Pt. III)

Shadows on the Cave Wall [feat. Natalie Nagpal]

Burnt Mule Carcass in Glass Vitrine

Hyena-Swine

Item 01: X Becoming / X Became

Smoke curls to meet hushed night from embers of long campfires now extinguished within rusted walls of past memory, open to the sky. Silhouettes slipping through slender paths now painted by celestial illumination not of this earth, not of this flesh, write for us a new passage in time. 

A tale of longing, late night paranoia, and lights in the sky, X Becoming / X Became is the very first musical item created and released by A Virtual Memory. Conceived from February to April of 2017, it represents a complete reimagining of Sneaker Pimp’s 1996 LP “Becoming X”.  Made in Audacity, each song is reconstructed solely from elements found in its original counterpart with absolutely no added external features of any kind. 

All credit is due to the artists involved in the making of the original source LP, for without them this project as a whole would never have exited in the first place. This item is not nor will it ever be for sale in any fashion; it will always be completely free for you to enjoy. A sincere thank you to all of those who gave their input in helping to realize this piece, your critiques and inspiration are invaluable. 

More to come.

- S. Taillifer

X Becoming / X Became

Spin Spin Sugar [Pale Hand at the Window Mix]

Tesko Suicide [The Late Shift Mix]

Item 02: Archaeotherium [EP]

Blinding sun scorches bleached bones strewn upon parched, cracked earth. The beast, bristling, kicking up dust and grit, emerges from the underbrush into the brilliant light of day. Teeth bared, eyes wide with hunger, devouring a vertical history written in strata millennia in the making. 

The first of several potential stories written for the long dead, “Archaeotherium [EP]” is the second musical item created and released by A Virtual Memory. Conceived from March to April of 2017, it is comprised of reassembled pieces taken from the televised 1999 Fragility v1.0 special of Nine Inch Nails’ 12.01.99 performance at London’s Brixton Academy. 

Made in Audacity, each song is reconstructed solely from elements found in its original counterpart with absolutely no added external features of any kind. These elements are primarily comprised of the improvisational piano snippets performed specifically for the broadcast before and after each song though a few brief segments of the actual live recordings are also used. 

All credit is due to Trent Reznor and the members of the Nine Inch Nails touring band at the time involved in the original live performance as well as those who recorded and broadcasted it. This item is not nor will it ever be for sale in any fashion; it will always be completely free for you to enjoy. A sincere thank you to all of those who gave their input in helping to realize this piece, your critiques and inspiration are invaluable.

More to come.

- S. Taillifer

Archaeotherium [EP]

Piggy [Teeth Into Soft Flesh Mix]

Piggy [Bleached Bone on Red Earth Mix]

A remix of "Alas, My Love" and "Say the Words (Now)" by DC Talk from their 1995 album "Jesus Freak" and 2000 greatest hits record "Intermission".

Songs for God

Alas, My Love (Say the Words) [Mask of Terra Cotta Mix] {Early Version}

This is the first completely original song by A Virtual Memory and will serve as an introduction to the "Item 06: Songs for God" album.

Item 06: Songs for God

Matriculated {Early Version}

Item 07: Primordial Matter  

“It began with an act of supreme violence, a big bang, expanding ever outward, cosmos born of matter and gas, matter and gas, ten billion years ago. Whose idea was this? ... Is there a plan, a purpose or a reason to our existence? Will we pass, as those before us, into oblivion, into the sixth extinction that scientists warn is already in progress?”  - Dana Scully  

“Item 07: Primordial Matter” is as much an examination into and direct confrontation  with oblivion and the vast unknown on a personal, existential level as it is a deep exploration of those themes through the lens of Chris Carter’s “the x-files”. Such associations speak to the heart of what “A Virtual Memory” is intended to accomplish, therefore this serves as the next natural step in the project’s continual evolution.   

A sincere thank you to Mx. for her strength and support in helping to keep this journey alive through smothering darkness. A heart-felt thank you to Uunslit for her invaluable contributions and collaboration. Especially, thank you for listening, always.   

A Virtual Memory is: S. Taillifer  

All artwork and photography by S. Taillifer [*except where noted]  

Mx.: lead vocals on tracks 03 and 09 / additional vocals on tracks 04 and 05 / piano on tracks 03, 06, and 08 / flute on track 04 / all modeling / photography on page 08 / creative consultant and field recordings assistant.   

Uunslit: lead vocals on tracks 05 and 06 / additional atmospherics on track 06.  

Mark Snow: original source composition on track 01 [”Material Primoris, 1993”] 

Sherman Edwards and Ben Raleigh: original source composition on track 02 [”Wonderful! Wonderful!”, 1957 / this creation uses Johnny Mathis’s original recording.]

Nivek Ogre, cEvin Key, Dwayne Goettel, and Dave Ogilvie: original composition on track 07.

*All creations made in Audacity. All remixes use exclusively elements found in the original compositions with no outside additives. With the exception of Uunslit’s contributions, all original material is comprised from manipulated field recordings.

Item 07: Primordial Matter

Worlock

Firewalker

And We Gazed at the Earth and the Sky [S04 Phasianid Mix]

Materia Primoris [05:19:95 Anasazi Mix]

“From so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” – Charles Darwin

Having crossed the threshold, where does the story lead once on the other side? A huge thank you to Temple ov Saturn, PressureWorks, Uunslit, and α Ori for their inspiration, hard work, and most of all, their invaluable contributions to this unique project. Thank you all for helping to point the way forward.

The original version of “Subsumed” can be found on Ambient Online’s “Themed Compilation 04: Death & Rebirth” released on May 28th, 2019. It can be streamed and downloaded here:

ambientonline.bandcamp.com/track/subsumed

Accompanying album artwork:

[Front]:
www.flickr.com/photos/151941966@N06/49271092217/in/album-72157690146971131/
[Back]:
www.flickr.com/photos/151941966@N06/49270894986/in/album-72157690146971131/
credits
released December 24, 2019

S. Taillifer: Original source composition / all artwork and photography / all field recordings, manipulation, and composition on track 03.

Temple ov Saturn: Reworked composition, instrumentation, and production on track 01.
Temple ov Saturn’s music and info can be found here:
templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/templeovsaturn
vimeo.com/joanpope
twitter.com/templeovsaturn
www.instagram.com/templeovsaturn/

PressureWorks: Reworked composition, instrumentation, and production on track 02.
PressureWorks’s music and info can be found here:
soundcloud.com/pressureworks
soundcloud.com/pressureworksii/tracks
soundcloud.com/pressureworks3
soundcloud.com/pressureworks4
soundcloud.com/pressureworks5
soundcloud.com/pressureworkcollaboration
soundcloud.com/pracecisnienoiwe
soundcloud.com/pressureworksabandoned
gate.sc?url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fuser%2Fpressureworks&token=201cf-1-1577227455426

Uunslit: Reworked composition, instrumentation, production, and vocals on track 04.

α Ori: Reworked composition, instrumentation, and production on track 05.
α Ori’s music can be found here:
soundcloud.com/alpha-ori

Subsumed [Rmx EP]

Subsumed [Temple ov Saturn Rmx]

Item 09: Synapsid

“This seems to be a general condition of mass extinction: In the aftermath, as after a forest fire, the same mix of animals and plants never returns.” – Peter Ward

This record represents simultaneously a return and a way forward. Derived both musically and thematically from “Item 02: Archaeotherium” and “Item 03: Gone//Still”, this next chapter seeks to answer the question posed at the very end of “Item 08: Thresholds in Flux”: when returning from near oblivion, after the wreckage has been swept away and the ashes settled, what becomes of one’s new life? Where do those first few next steps lead? 

All creations made in Audacity. Track 02 utilizes certain manipulated elements from the Anonymous Act song “Data Corruptor”. Track 06 uses exclusively elements found in the original compositions from which it was built with no outside additives. With the exception of Uunslit’s contributions and those of other noted sources, all original material is comprised from manipulated field recordings.

Accompanying album artwork:

www.flickr.com/photos/151941966@N06/albums/72157712946606916/with/49479159778/

Download:

https://avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/item-09-synapsid

"Subsumed [Temple ov Saturn Rmx]" Official Music Video:

youtu.be/zrzvxpJ63pE

S. Taillifer / Permian Designs: All compositions, field recordings, photography, artwork, digital modeling and rendering, sketching.
Mx.: Vocals on tracks 02, 08, and 09 / flute on tracks 02 and 07 / piano on tracks 01 and 09 / additional field recordings on track 09 / all modeling / all calligraphy. 
Uunslit: Vocals and keyboards on track 07.

Anonymous Act: Source material on track 02. 
Takashi Miike: Dialogue on track 05.
Trent Reznor: All source material on track 06. 
James Baldwin: Words on track 09.

Item 09: Synapsid

Scavengers [feat. Uunslit]

A collection of various assorted works 2018-2020

A Virtual Memory is S. Taillifer

S. Taillifer: All music, artwork, composition, and field recordings except where noted.
Mx.: Flute and additional vocals on “Corpus Hypercubus” / vocals, flue, and bells on “Cassini, January 1, 2001” / vocals and additional piano on “Die Nachwirkungen” / all source material and additional instrumentation on “The Dream Approaches” / vocals, flute, bells, and additional field recordings on “Premature Ossification of a Railway Station”.
Uunslit: vocals and additional instrumentation on “Corpus Hypercubus” / remixing, vocals, strings, and additional instrumentation on “Un-Real”.
α Ori: remixing and additional instrumentation on “Mirror Women-Mirror Heads”.
Temple ov Saturn: remixing and additional instrumentation on “Anubis”.
Anonymous Act: original source material for percussion and additional drones on “Premature Ossification of a Railway Station”.
Bjork: original lyrics on “Corpus Hypercubus”.
Michael Gira: original source material for drums and various noises on “Corpus Hypercubus” and “Blood Mother”.
Trent Reznor: original source material for drums, guitars, and additional vocals on “Blood Mother”.
Danny Lohner: original source material for additional guitars on “Blood Mother”.
Dahak: all original source material on “Die Nachwirkungen” not derived from field recordings.
James Baldwin, Ian Mckellen, Dick Cavett, and Great Thunberg: assorted words, voices, and vocals on “Premature Ossification of a Railway Station”.

DOWNLOAD THIS RELEASE ON BANDCAMP:

https://avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/the-burning-giraffe

Blood Mother

Un-Real

Cassini, January 1, 2001

Anubis [Temple ov Saturn Rmx]

Mirror Women-Mirror Heads [α Ori Rmx]

Corpus Hypercubus

"We move backward in time…”

[Synapsid_RMXD coming 01.31.2021]

A Virtual Memory is S. Taillifer

Accompanying album artwork:

www.flickr.com/photos/avirtualme…2157690146971131/

Official Music Video for "Cisuralian Forest [Natalie Nagpal Rmx]":

youtu.be/QAutWDi7_JU

"Item 09: Synapsid":

avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/item-09-synapsid

S. Taillifer: All original compositions and artwork.
Mx: Vocals and additional instrumentation on tracks 03 and 05.
Belaqua Shua: Remixing on track 01.
Natalie Nagpal: Remixing on track 02.
Trent Reznor: All source material on track 04.

Belaqua Shua's music:
@belaqua-shua

Natalie Nagpal's music:
@natalie-nagpal

DOWNLOAD THIS RELEASE ON BANDCAMP:
avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/cisur…n-forest-ep

Late Lopingian

Cisuralian Forest [284 Ma]

Anoxic [AVM Ambient Variant]

Cisuralian Forest [Natalie Nagpal Alt. Rmx]

Synapsid [Belaqua Shua Rmx V1]

“This house, those words are a lie, a mirror reflecting in a mirror of a lie. A light shines still always. Shadows in every word.”

A Virtual Memory is S. Taillifer

Accompanying album artwork:

flickr.com/photos/avirtualmemo…s/72157717643632852

Official Music Video for "Cisuralian Forest [Natalie Nagpal Rmx]":

youtu.be/QAutWDi7_JU

Listen to the original “Synapsid” album:

avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/item-09-synapsid

An immense thank you to everyone who contributed to this project in order to make it possible. I highly encourage you to find out more about their work:

PressureWorks:
@pressureworks
soundcloud.com/pressureworksii/tracks
@pressureworks3
@pressureworks4
@pressureworks5
@pressureworkcollaboration
@pracecisnienoiwe
@pressureworksabandoned

Burning Earth:
burningearth.bandcamp.com
@theburningearth
music.apple.com/us/album/burning-earth/1447410572
open.spotify.com/album/6lbgREd2Am…Q-TfyeE94gAusYZw
youtube.com/watch?v=EPffI8a-OKk&feature=youtu.be
instagram.com/theburningearth

Natalie Nagpal:
@natalie-nagpal
instagram.com/natalieswagpal

rlung:
rlung.bandcamp.com/releases
@rlungmusic
open.spotify.com/artist/3zXUJwjoXmDH6Nt8V3xIpL
instagram.com/_rlung/
facebook.com/rlungmusic/

α Ori:
@alpha-ori
@molochconspiracy
instagram.com/moloch_conspiracy
facebook.com/moloch.conspiracy

Wave Weston:
@wave-weston

Belaqua Shua:
@belaqua-shua
triplemoonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bel…body-else
thatwhichisnot.bandcamp.com/releases

Temple ov Saturn:
templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com
@templeovsaturn
vimeo.com/joanpope
twitter.com/templeovsaturn
instagram.com/templeovsaturn
joanpope.com

DOWNLOAD THIS RELEASE ON BANDCAMP:
avirtualmemory.bandcamp.com/album/synapsid-rmxd

Subsumed [rlung Rework]

Scavengers [AVM "Desiccated" Rmx]

Cisuralian Forest [Natalie Nagpal Rmx]

Data Corruptor [Burning Earth Distortion]

Apex Predator [Pressureworks "A J A X !!!" Rmx]

All Album Artwork + More: 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/avirtualmemory/albums
OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS: permiandesigns@gmail.com

Multidisciplinary artist working with mixed media, collage, digital art, and photography with a specific focus on prehistory, architecture, nature, and time. This specific project is the musical component of this larger journey.

A Virtual Memory is: S. Taillifer / Permian Designs

All artwork and photography by S. Taillifer / Permian Designs

All modeling and calligraphy as well as additional instrumentation, photography, and field recordings by Mx. [where noted]

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