Mae Karthauser's brand new album, August, is a collection of songs that were each written in one day, all within one month: August 2021. The songs were arranged for the trio of piano, flute and cello with three vocals, allowing for imagination and innovation to flourish. In the spirit of 1960s Laurel Canyon, these 14 songs were recorded in just 2 days as live performances at the Sorting Room Studio in Dartington, home turf for the musicians and a return to Mae's place of musical study. Simplicity and authenticity are prioritised over technical "perfection" to capture the vibrancy of these adventurous songs as they emerge from the ether and into the material world. The result is a raw, real, and relatable energy that carries the listener on a journey through many magical worlds.

03 - August - Accordion Song

This track was inspired by the Disquiet Junto Project 0608 (see below for details);
A field recording made on an IC train in the Netherlands (and already used for the track https://soundcloud.com/rabmusiclab/aankomst-amsterdam-zuid) was fed into the free transcription tool https://editor.flixier.com/transcribe/. The resulting Spanish text was translated into English. The free text-to-speech tool https://ttsfree.com/ was then used to create the voice pronouncing this text.

The field recording and the voice are accompanied by various instruments improvised to the existing soundscape.

The track-title is one of the translated sentences the AI has thought to recognize from the sounds of the train's interior.

The lyrics created by this magical approach are:

Marta,
Educates,
Alicia.
Thank you.
For if we are to what we are.
I have,
I don't know to yes.
Left number, the B.
Yes,
no nothing.
All right,
Miles,
I love me.

Sorry, Marta.
Thank you, Marta.
Don't go on.


More on this 608th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Nature-to-Text (The Assignment: Using a speech-to-text tool, turn a field recording into instructions for a composition), at: https://disquiet.com/0608/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co 2: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0608-nature-to-text/

For if we are to what we are (Disquiet0608)

Brambles is inspired by memories of childhood pastimes, particularly picking blackberries with my mum, sister, and grandparents. The gentle fingerpicked guitar part provides a steady backdrop for the dreamy clarinets and trumpets that weave through the track. I was really happy to be able to include my sister on the track as one of the vocalists.

One by one we go rummaging on
Staining our shoes with the berries and sun
We pluck, we pull, the buckets fill
We amble

Two by two we go battling through
Stretching and straining to grasp at the shoots
You bare your skin, the thorns dig in
The gamble

The marks on your clothes
Might come out with soap
The marks on your hands
Will soon start to mend

Three by three is a mouthful indeed
Bursting with berries and singing with glee
La da di da, la da di da
The brambles 

The marks on our clothes
Might come out with soap
The marks on our hands
Will soon start to mend

Brambles

In respons to this weeks Haiku Challenge, 514.
gale in the mountains –
watch how the fallen blossoms
carpet the water
Haiku by: Den Sutejo [Translated by Makoto Ueda] https://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/den-sutejo.html
Picture by Gariele Wright https://unsplash.com/photos/closeup-photo-of-pink-petaled-flower-uSkJ0rk9OBE

Fallen Blossoms

Fallen Blossoms (HaikuChallenge514)

the first track of the new album. enjoy friends!

if you ever had someone close to you betray you sing em this song 

going ghost

Winter Song
Lyrics: Anna Tabbush, Music: Trad. Swedish

Winter Song is about the things we do to survive the cold and darkness of winter: lighting fires, gathering friends around us and having faith that spring will come.

The music is based on a traditional Swedish psalm.

Winter Song - Anna Tabbush + Ben & Dom

Single / No Return

Driving through Kyoto, Japan at sunset and soundtracked to the city heartbeat

Kyoto Nights

Nick Di Marzo: Vocals, Guitalele, Acoustic guitar, ebow, percussions

Vocal recordings and editing at Black Cave Recordings studio, Edinburgh
Mixing and Mastering by Rota Carnivora

Lyrics:
Drawing lines in the sand
that i can hardly say
reading faces under the sun
in the hope i can get a pun
while the daemons are here behind me
and I am putting my armour down...

Have i failed your love?
i am doing it all wrong
being the lonesome one
it's lonesome gone

the storm between you and me
blame meteorology
did i just spot a sudden blush?
you know, it's already been forgotten
wishing each other goodnight
and the wine from the south of France 

it's going to carry us on
how about one more glass?
before the night is around us
and the euphoria gone...
it's lonesome gone
into the sundown

every step back i take
no religion to be saved
Is just an own selfish god?
the only one i am aiming for....
Have i ever given my all?

gone
gone

i am doing it all wrong
and you are still giving your all
to the lonesome one
the awkward one
it's lonesome gone 
it's lonesome gone

Lonesome Gone

Hyms And Pipes

Some pretty active birds and insects, then rain onset in the cloud forest in Costa Rica.

Birdy Rain Onset in Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Ben & Dom are a singing duo from London. Ben takes the high notes and Dom takes the low notes (most of the time). The intricate blend of their harmonies comes from a close friendship and shared love of singing together. Ben & Dom weave their voices around songs old and new, performing original material alongside new interpretations of folk songs. Their lyrics touch on friendship, nature and what it means for two men to sing together in this modern day.