The Chizhevsky Biotic Institute of Ecological Music welcomes us with its magnificent glass cases as the sun shines through them to illuminate the wide space inside. It’s decorated with various plants. Deciduous, coniferous, exotic—all of them have made themselves at home in the institute’s hall. A junior researcher we stumbled upon during the walk has assured us that the plants are in great shape. Along with the sun—the beacon of life—they are supported by the music researched at the institute by the composers Vladislav Dobrovolski and Vasiliy Stepanov.

Dobrovolski and Stepanov’s colleagues state that they are the leading specialists in biotic solar music—locally and worldwide. And the music itself is, first of all, a triumph of Russian science and thought. Long ques of researches, thirsting for knowledge of the extraordinary music that has healing properties and is able neglect the effects of time, would line up after the composers at numerous international exhibitions where they presented their findings.

Behold the fruit of Dobrovolski and Stepanov’s labour. These are their latest projects—the very recordings broadcasted continuously via the radio system in the corridors of the Biotic Institute of Ecological Music. Flowing into one another, they spread along the sun-scorched light spaces like a sonic carpet. Thanks to it, the institute’s staff don’t seem to experience any stress. The music, which primarily works with the body (“at a basic level,” as the composers note), paradoxically heals the soul.

GZC004: S A D "Children of The Sun"

Side A
Desert Wax (4:45)
Conkrelarods (4:18)
Lights of Pensero Volya (3:12)
Dust Form (4:23)
Crystal Lake (4:59)

Side B
Sneboro (4:42)
Mysterious Circulation of Sounds Over Time (4:39)
+ (2:58)
Tantra (5:20)
Enye's Mirages (3:54)

music – Vladislav Dobrovolski and Vasiliy Stepanov
mastering – Alexander Pustynsky
design – Ildar Zaynetdinov
executive producer – Ildar Zaynetdinov
photo – Ernest Yakovlev
words – Vladislav Dobrovolski and Oleg Sobolev

We express our gratitude to Johfra Museum for the permission to use the work "Lentemorgen" (1957) by Johfra in the album design.

© Stichting de Verbeelding
www.johfra.nl

March, 2021, Moscow, Russian Federation.
© «ГОСТ ЗВУК»

Full Album

GZC004: САД "Дети Солнца"

To All Trains
A Soundscape Created by Celia Hollander
For Union Station 2021
Part of An Environmental Music series from Metro Art and Leaving Records

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"To All Trains" takes its inspiration from Union Station as the largest railroad terminal hub in the western part of the U.S. with approximately 110,000 people passing through every day.  The piece begins by exploring the perspectives of being an individual navigating a crowd while simultaneously viewing the organized chaos of a swarm from a distance, such as observing a beehive.  As Union Station connects travelers to local and international destinations, the soundscape expands in frequency range and instrumentation to explore the harmonies of being a part of a complex system with many moving parts. 
Resisting the binary of ‘natural’ and ‘artificial,’ Hollander merges digital and acoustic sound sources and processes. "To All Trains" is an expression of striving to fathom the full scope of the interdependent networks that our species inhabits, creates and embodies, as a foundation for sustainability.

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Written, performed and produced by Celia Hollander
Mastered by Matthew "Matthewdavid" McQueen

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August-September
Part of An Environmental Music series from Metro Art and Leaving Records
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About An Environmental Music series from Metro Art and Leaving Records:

Metro Art teamed up with Leaving Records to ask four LA based musicians who draw inspiration from the landscape to create original music soundscapes evoking experiences of nature and transportation in Los Angeles with historic Union Station at its center.

To All Trains

To All Trains A Soundscape by Celia Hollander  // Metro Art x Leaving Records

more eaze and regular collaborator Claire Rousay bring lush, romantic introspection to OOH-sounds.

'oneiric' is out April 1st on OOH-sounds.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3DjHLOs

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Premiere: more eaze - heartbreaker (feat. Claire Rousay) [OOH-sounds]

a fluteytune+grey

In the early days of Mego prior to it’s transformation into Editions Mego a most unexpected release appeared amongst the radical roster. Out of all the twisted hard drive activity from PITA, General Magic, Farmers Manual etc appeared a very different kind of release. One made from a computer, but one with a softer atmosphere, cloud-like in sonic shape and even containing discernible melodies (!). This was the debut release from Japanese artist Tujiko Noriko which not only launched her career to a larger audience but opened the doors of Editions Mego to a broader range of experimental musical forms.

Noriko’s particular synthesis of electronic abstraction, melody, voice and atmosphere has few peers as sound gently circles her mystical words morphing into a succession of emotive aural experiments framed as songs.

Noriko’s evolution since her debut Mego release has seen further solo works alongside collaborations as well as a shift into cinema, both acting and as director. 

On »Crépuscule« one can hear the influence the film medium has had on her music as visual insignia are invoked in the evocative audio at hand. Instrumental interludes further conjure a film landscape alongside the titles which also reiterate the cinematic form. 

This is synthetic music with a deep human presence. The mind of a human captured wandering the fantastic realms of the internal sphere is exquisitely rendered through machines which usually prompt one to disfigure such humanistic tendencies. The warmth, serenity and dream-like environment that Noriko conjures from her tools is what makes her such a unique and outstanding artist and »Crépuscule« is an epic testament to these powers.

The title »Crépuscule« perfectly encapsulates the somnambulant nature of the music where the nocturnal shifts evoke a broad sense of calm. »Crépuscule I« features a selection of shorter ‘songs’ whilst »Crépuscule II« allows more room for these songs / moods to breathe with only three songs running at broader longer duration. »Crépuscule« allows the listener to view the world through Noriko’s eyes. With her cunning ability to humanise machines a world of calm wonder is allowed to take focus in the frame.

Available as 2CD, digital and double-cassette. The later format by request of Noriko as it was this format she flung her debut mego demo onto Peter in Tokyo many moons ago.

Crépuscule I & II

Fossil Words

Tujiko Noriko 'Fossil Words' (EMEGO307)

music for the exhibition "TenderHead" by Bianca MacPherson, on view at Zoller Gallery, College of Arts & Architecture, Penn State, March 17 - 28, 2025

tasting notes: weather rolling in, white noise machines, falling asleep in front a television, the transportation of dreams, the sound of ice crashing against itself in waves on a frozen lake

recorded at home by Ben Seretan, spring 2025

for more of Bianca's work:
https://www.bianca-macpherson.com

an oscillation in the presence of the now

This is one of 3 tracks that were made solely by using the analogue synthesizer EMS Synthi 100. For each track, there was a single patch and the material was recorded live in one go. Rhythmical synchronization of the material was done by using the Synthi's sequencer. Simple live manipulations included putting a pin or two in and out and switching on and off the mixer channels. Additional panning of each individual channel was done on a computer. These tracks demonstrate the effect of extremely simplified musical material produced by using the not-so-simple sound tool (for the reference, try figuring out and programming a Synthi 100 sequencer:)). Tracks are named by the number of sequencer steps used in that piece. Recorded live at Electronic Studio - Radio Belgrade.

2019

From the album STEPS: https://svetlanamaras.bandcamp.com/album/steps

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©SOKOJ

**ECSTATIC / ELECTRIC**
"Whatever's clever"
Super down to play weddings

an oscillation in the presence of the now

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