Notice Recordings is pleased to present the release of Portland, Oregon-based percussionist Matt Hannafin’s “John Cage: Four Realizations for Solo Percussion”, which offers attentive, probing interpretations of pieces that bookend the final thirty years of the composer’s work. Simultaneously restless and nuanced, Hannafin’s performance demonstrates Cage’s continued relevance and enduring ability to push performers beyond their performative biases and toward the unexpected.

Written with no instrumentation, “Variations II” (1961) and “Variations III” (1963) both provide toolkit-like sets of marked-up transparencies which are allowed to fall into random overlapping patterns. “c Ȼomposed Improvisation for One-Sided Drums with or without Jangles” and “One4” (both 1990) are two of only five pieces Cage wrote specifically for solo percussion, and explore Cage’s late-career interest in directed improvisation. “c Ȼomposed Improvisation” was written for percussionist Glen Velez, with whom Matt Hannafin studied just three years after the piece was created.

Commissioned by Notice Recordings, these four performances are in dialogue not only with each other but with Notice itself, which has its roots in the underground/DIY realm while also exploring contemporary/academic composition. The accessibility, inventiveness, and challenge of compositions like these make Cage a unique pivot point between these two worlds.

NTR049 - John Cage & Matt Hannafin - Sided Drums With Or Without Jangles

A little flock of Whooper Swans, arrived a few days ago, one hour after sunset at Rengaskari Reef one mile from our home shore.  The sea is frozen a long way out, but by the shallow waters of the reef there's a small piece of free water.  The picture is by sunset as I leaved the mics on the reef.

Updating www.rupuranta.net  - Better description maybe later ;-

(MKH8020 ab80cm,  MixPre, 32>24/48, no processing, Flac)

A frozen Reef  - 15/3/2022 - Rengaskari Finland

Another Remix for the Hidden By The Wall Remix project by Zoviet France

Wire_Rabbit_Harp

:Zoviet*France: HiddenbythewallRemix Wire_Rabbit_Harp

This track released for the open remix project by :zoviet*france about his new soundwork "Hidden-by-the-Wall" commissioned by Green Croft Arts as part of its Collision and Conflict project.

More on :zoviet*france:
soundcloud.com/zoviet-france/sets/hidden-by-the-wall-open-remix?fbclid=IwAR23eVCF-8yRxJ3BPAw3kh5poKlArMhxfqr8chJf62vwLgqG1_yf2JoEYXo

More on Collision and Conflict:
www.greencroftonthewall.com/collision-and-conflict

The recordings are made available under creative commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
Inside Ice Wind Fence, Oak Leaves Dropped Into Horsetail Ponds At Walltown Sur Rêve Par philippe neau est concédé sous licence via une licence Creative Commons.

Hidden by the wall (3)

Birds Of Connecticut - every night, thousands of birds migrate through the skies of Connecticut. I like to go outside just before sunrise and record the different birds that are in the area. This morning between 5:00 am and 5:30 am I recorded a Chipping Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Tufted Titmouse, American Goldfinch, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-winged Blackbird, White-breasted Nuthatch, Chimney Swift, Carolina Wren, Northern Cardinal, and Gray Catbird. Now, I'm not able to identify all of these birds on my own. I use the Merlin Bird ID app created by the Cornell Ornithology Lab. I import the bird tracks into Apple Garageband, then add a few guitar drone tracks using a tc electronic aeon string sustainer. I find the entire process and the resulting track to be fun to create and very relaxing to listen to. I hope you do too.

Disquiet0543 - Birds Of Connecticut - Technique Check

This track was made as a contribute to Zoviet France open remix project https://soundcloud.com/zoviet-france/sets/hidden-by-the-wall-open-remix
The samples were live scrambled together with Lyra 8 synth (also played live), using a software called Forester, made by Leafcutter John. The result was recorded direct to disk, so no editing

ZF 23 24 7

Contra

S&S&N - XXXIL

Plänterwald

Plänterwald (feat. Kickphlipp & Schlüsselchen)

A lunar journey through shadow and starlight, blending Glossolalia, temple bells, and rain field recordings. Arkanæa’s Enigma-inspired ritual-electronica.

Genre: Sacred Ambient, Ritual Electronica, Enigma-Inspired
Mood: Meditative, Mysterious, Ancient
Instruments: Temple Bells, Glass Harmonica, Rain Recordings, Vocal Hum



Nox Aeterna

This is the eleventh in a series of Module Music pieces. There are three parts. It uses fm-synthesis and generative techniques. The source-code can be found at github.com/danielstahl/module-music-11.

Bright Light Night Part 3

Sound Artist, Composer, Engineer at Roeba Productions

:Zoviet*France: HiddenbythewallRemix Wire_Rabbit_Harp

Barry Chabala