My old friend James Connell (formally of Pelt) sent me a little guitar loop he was messing with and.. well... you know...

Barry James Memorial BBQ (Featuring James Connell)

Presenting
"Symphony of Wisdom"
Composed by
Heidi-Marie Arapa.

Lyrics by Heidi-Marie

In the haze of darkened confusion
Lost in a maze
Of my own illusion
I turned to her with eyes so true
 and softly whispered
What should i do

Her voice a gentle melody
Guiding me through uncertainty
In her wisdom I found my way
She’s the light
That turns
Night into grey
So I asked her what to do
She said
Follow
I’ll guide you through

Every step
Every choice you make
Believe in yours
For your own sake

Through the storms and the raging tide
She stood by me
Right by my side
With courage
From life so pure
She showed me a path
Steady and sure

Her words like a calming breeze
Easing my life with gentle eazse
In her strength I found my own
She’s the rock that I lean on
So I asked her what to do
She said trust in yourself
You’ll make it through
Take a breath
Let your spirits soar
You have the strength and
so much more

Now I see clearer than before
Her guidance lead me to open new doors
With gratitude in my heart
I stand tall
For her wisdom lifted me
When I would fall

So I asked her what to do
She said
Embrace who you are
Your dreams pursue

In your journey
Let your soul ignite
You have the power to shine so bright
With her words echoing in my mind
I leave doubt and fear
Far behind
For in her presence
I found the key
To unlock the best version of me


Produced in the ARAPA Music Studio
Sydney - Australia
25.6.2024

Symphony of Wisdom

documentary recording of the first performance, gewandhaus leipzig – 16.3.2025

maintenant. pas encore. plus jamais. - zweites streichquartett (2016/25)

Marco Lucchi : tape

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reworking https://soundcloud.com/meccaniche-del-suono/2-di-3-hole-third-disquiet0698?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0698

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for the current Disquiet Junto challenge
https://disquiet.com/2025/05/22/disquiet-junto-project-0699-third-third/

third of three (disquiet0699)

Follow Elara's Story on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKoHWS-umG-/

Music Produced in the
ARAPA Music Studio
Sydney - Australia

8.6.2025

Elara - "The Reality"

Part 4 of the final track of Then She Reaches For The Gun's 2nd Album
released in Jan 2025 - nomatesensemble.bandcamp.com/album/i-am…m-with-you.

Then She Reaches for the Gun was formed in 2021 by Mat Ward. At its essence is sound collage, Ward invites musicians, sound artists, poets and anyone interested to send him files to be used, abused and showcased ‘as suggested by the work’. They are not always musical but field recordings, spoken word, engine noises and drunken rants. Animals participate a lot too! The raw material is arranged with one phrase asking for the next in an alchemical and intuitive process that will most often feature dozens of tracks weaving in and out of each other, colliding, harmonising, arguing and laughing along the way.

Both the aesthetic and the compositional methods use what Frank Zappa called Xenochrony - the mixing together of separately recorded and rhythmically opposing musical phrases to create polyrhythmic and polytempi compositions.The work also features fragmented story telling with the human voice (in many languages) appearing unannounced throughout the tracks offering up snippets of thoughts, conversations, jokes and existential angst. The absurdity of humanities desperate claim to have any real understanding of its place in the universe is revealed through the recorded follies and genuine emotions of the artists. The project is a celebration of chance, diversity and community. It pays homage to all musical tastes and genres whilst maintaining a sense of humour and irreverence that is needed to stay sane in the climate of 21st Century contemporary culture.

Then She Reaches For The Gun is

Humans

Adam Meredith - Ford XD with XF front mods/Voice
Ambient Annie - Electronica/Field Recording/Voice
Andrew Harper - Field Recordings
Angostura Elwar - 2 x Behringer CRAVE analog synths/Yamaha P200 electronic piano
Antonella Eye Porcelluzzi - Text/Voice
Ariad Music - Clarinet/Percussion/Piano
Axel Weiß - Electric Guitar/Robot Voices
Banalytic - Experimental Electronics
Belial Pelgrim - Digital Strings/Electronica
Brendan Corey Benson - Electric Guitar
Carolyn Wigston - Voice
Chicago Word Brigade - Electronica
Dan Hewins - Bass Guitar
Dane Renshaw - Drums/Voice
Dani Kirby - Keyboard/Piano/Voice
Dylan Banks - Intonarumori/Voice
Frank Wilke - French Horn/Trombone/Voice
Garbage Truck Disco - Drum programming/Electric Guitar/Joyous Pop Punk
Glenn Ward - Electric Guitar/Skyhooks
Hakan - Moog Voyager XL
Hverheij- Drums/Electric Guitar/Synth
Johnny Python- Bass Guitar/Drum Programming/Electric Guitar/Text/Voice
JZsuperstar - Electric Guitar/Field Recordings/Keyboards
Lady ElectroTrek - Organ
Libby Laksmi - Jazzy Loops/Synth Bass
Loop(c)y - Electric Guitar
Malo Bernard-O’Meara - Drums
Maxx Black - Guitar/Ukulele
Minimal Drone Girl - Cat Wrangling/Field Recordings
Oberlin - Eurorack/Piano
Paolo D’Emilio - Electronica
Paul Miller - Electronic Percussion/Keyboards/Phat Electro Bass
Phil Bywater - Saxophones/Voice
Raul Mainer - DAW Programming/Heavy Metal
Robert Jefferson - Akai Rhythm wolf/GakkenSX-150 ll/Korg Kaosilator/Percussion
Rosin Dust - Violin/Field Recordings
Sarah Megahertz - Speedway Noise
Scratch Kelly - Beats/Electronica
Stan Magendanz - Electronica
Ten Atmospheres - Field Recordings/Synths
Texmex Shaman - Electric Guitar
The Windscale Blues Experiment - Clarinet/Flute/Saxophones
Timothy Korstad - Demons/Electronica
Thomas Bergheim - Bass Guitar/Electric Guitar
Tobias Schmitt - Electronica/Processed Organ/Text
Tuonela - Demons/Electronica
Vartch - Drones/Things/Trousers (not T-shirts)/Voice
Widar’s Spiritual Front - Electronica/Ms Pacman
W:I:L-o’ the-wisp - Bass Guitar/Electric Guitar/Electronica
Wivresse - Electronica/Voice
Zanshin - Acoustic and Processed Drums

Mat Ward - Arrangements/Bass Guitar/Double Bass/Field Recordings/Intonarumori/Marimba/Noise/Percussion/Piano

Dogs
Boogie
Brophy
Buddy
Hancho
Jack
Momo
Neska
Poldo
Senna
Shyamsundara
Star
Oily (cat)
And many cows from Milis, Sardinia

Cooking Hard Boiled Eggs in a Cheap Motel In Adelaide Part 4

The History of Strings

Marco Lucchi : synthesizers

playing with
https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/star-above-the-peak-naviarhaiku-613

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for the current Naviar Haiku challenge
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku612-faring-over-the-lake-copy/

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Star above the peak -
a silk worm-breeding village
silently asleep

Mizuhara Shuoshi


Asleep [Naviar Haiku # 613]

Album: Tenderly Over Strings, 2011
Perfomers: Uroš Rojko - clarinet, Klara Tomljanovič - guitar
Composer: Uroš Rojko
Producer: Janja Velkavrh
Production: RTV Slovenija
Publisher: Society of Slovene Composers, DSS
http://www.klaratomljanovic.com/?p=197


Microostinatos I.

The Donaueschingen Festival has been documented regularly by NEOS for many years.
In the 2018 edition, Hermann Meier's "Stück für großes Orchester und Klavier vierhändig" (Piece for Large Orchestra and Piano Four Hands) is to be emphasized. More than 50 years after its completion, the work was premiered in Donaueschingen.
Of course Malin Bång, winner of the 2018 Orchestra Prize, is included in the selection with her work "splinters of ebullient rebellion".

SACD 1

Ivan Fedele (*1953)
"Air on Air" for amplified basset horn and orchestra (2018)
Michele Marelli, basset horn
SWR Symphonieorchester
Pascal Rophé, conductor

Malin Bång (*1974) 
"splinters of ebullient rebellion" for orchestra (2018)
SWR Symphonieorchester
Pascal Rophé, conductor

Marco Stroppa (*1959) 
"Come Play With Me" for solo electronics and orchestra (2016–2018)
IRCAM (Luca Bagnoli, sound engineer / Carlo Laurenzi, computer music design)
SWR Symphonieorchester
Pascal Rophé, conductor


SACD 2

Agata Zubel (*1978)
"Chamber Piano Concerto" for piano(s) and ensemble (2018)
Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, piano
Cikada Ensemble
Christian Eggen, conductor

Mirela Ivičević (*1980)
"CASE WHITE" for ensemble (2018)
Klangforum Wien
Ilan Volkov, conductor

Francesco Filidei (*1973)
"BALLATA N. 7" for ensemble (2018)
Klangforum Wien
Ilan Volkov, conductor

Hermann Meier (1906–2002)
"Stück für großes Orchester und Klavier vierhändig, HMV 62" (1965)
SWR Symphonieorchester
Peter Rundel, conductor
Lars Jönsson and Klaus Steffes-Holländer, piano

SACD2 03 - Francesco Filidei: Ballata N. 7 (Excerpt)

Aracne -String Quartet Nº 3  by Hector Parra (2015)

Commissioned by the Musée du Louvre, Wigmore Hall London, Konzerthaus Wien, Festival Nits de Clàssica de Girona, and Collectif Tana.

Premiere : Quatuor Tana. 17 avril 2015, Auditorium du Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Recording: Catalunya Música.

Hector Parra - Aracne -String Quartet Nº 3 (2015) LIVE

Sound Artist, Composer, Engineer at Roeba Productions

The History of Strings

Barry Chabala