Made this one mid august when there were fires raging in various parts of the planet. A laidback groove with a serious comment on global warming/climate change. As usual, recommend using headphones for best audio experience.

The Matrix

Slight Hope

https://ajkaufmann.bandcamp.com/album/kosmische-hall-chen

"Empire"

My sound is appealing to me, but I can't structure the sounds in a good order. Like ocean waves. If it was at least like the waves of a lake or river, I'd be able to structure my music as tasteful waves of sound.

I want to play among the waves of sound(329)

A weird and wonky track trying to get mastering right. 13

BEEP Episode 03 Troy Allan and Marcus Barnfield

the old trick

DnTape with Mood

This song celebrates the beauty of humanity.

This is the original recording I made in 1927. A new recording of the song here: https://soundcloud.com/jonny-figment-530184385/death-howl-a-song-about-humans, and a dub version here: https://soundcloud.com/jonny-figment-530184385/ive-decided-to-live-forever-death-howl-dub

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Everybody’s got to find their way
Find their way across The Great Divide
And they gotta do it by theirselves
No, there won’t be anybody walking by their side

I am nervous ‘cos I don’t believe
No one there for me to cling to
No comfort when the time comes
No hand around my shoulder 
No promised land

So you go to the cave on the mountainside
Sit in a circle with your family 'round
As you patiently wait for the spirit to pass
You look up and notice the stars

Your breathing gets slower as time runs down
In the forest, the creatures are still
There is no map for where you’re bound
But the path is well-worn

I was begging for the end
Push that rock up the mountain again
Don’t wrench my soul away
I mourn for the world, it’s such a horrible place

They gather ‘round the fallen man
Hold hands and sing a prayer
Hearing the sound, the medic looks out
And he thinks to himself, "What a wonderful world"

The family lays their bodies on down
Shaking uncontrollably
There is nothing you can say or do
In the scenes that follow the death howl

Well, just a few short moments ago
He was this tough little kid
Now he looks at you
With tears in his eyes
Saying “Please hold my hand
And tell me there, there”

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Credits:
Hammond Organ played by The Rev. Michael Berry

Death Howl (a song about humans) - 1927 edition

Soft Departure is a piece born from the need to preserve the inner fire in an environment where relational and professional dynamics tend to wear it down. It explores the gesture of quiet withdrawal, not dramatic, not reactive, simply the choice to stop investing where energy no longer flows. Built around a warm, enveloping bass played on my Crave, the track acts as a guiding thread through a soundscape that can be unstable at times. It evokes the act of staying present without being pulled in. A form of inner persistence in a noisy world. This is a work of conscious disengagement, a way of saying: “I’m still here, but I’m no longer playing the game.”  Soft Departure is also a tribute to those who choose to leave without noise, to step away without war, and to keep alive what doesn’t need to shout.

🙏🏻

Soft Departure

the hardest part was the drive there
it has a pebble beach
haven't been to this lake since i was a kid
made with piano, metronomes, zoom h1, and NCH
photo by me - is siltcoos lake in central oregon coast

kayaking american lake for the first time

caught in comfort

Brillman has been an electronic online musician during the last 20 years using many different names: Brillman, Controlfreak, freakcontrol, Red Karma, Atmosphere, Zero Loop, Pan64, Randomcontrol, geometric delay and Superfreak! Brillman mainly creates original sounds from hardware synths but also uses guitar, samplers, vocals or even poetry. He primarily utilizes a 4 to the floor approach. The aesthetics behind the music is about finding a balance between minimalism vs. depth & improvisation vs. programmed.

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Influences: Eno, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, The Associates, Joy Division, Roxy Music, Bowie, Chemical Brothers, Frank Zappa, Hendrix, ELP, Polygon Window, G. Mahler, A. Bruckner, L.V. Beethoven, E. Satie, FSOL, The Orb, Laurie Anderson, Vangelis, Underworld, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher, Miles Davis, Massive Attack, Black Sabbath, Prince, Sade, Etienne de Crecy, Daft Punk, Plastikman, Monolake, Japan, Pink Floyd, Resistance D, Talking Heads, Hawkwind, Gary Numan, J.M.Jarre…

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Synthesizers used (past or present):

Kawai K4
Korg Wavestation
Korg Wavestation SR
Kawai K3m
Kawai K4r
Yamaha AN200
Yamaha DX-7
Yamaha TG-500
Oberheim Matrix 1000
Roland SC-55
Roland JV1010
Roland JV1080
Roland JV2080
Korg M3r
Korg MS-20 mini
Roland D-110
Roland D2
Roland MC-505
Roland MC-09
Roland MC-808
Roland TB3
Korg ER-1
Korg MS2000r
Korg microkorg
Korg Kaossilator
E-MU Mophatt
E-MU Planet Earth
E-MU Proteus 1/2
E-MU Proteus 2000
Vermona DRM-1 mk iv
Waldorf Blofeld
Waldorf Pulse 2
Moog Subharmonicon
Moog Labyrinth
Moog Mavis
Freebass FB-383
Behringer TD3
Behringer Neutron
Behringer model D
Behringer K2
Behringer Syncussion SY-1
Arturia Microbrute
Arturia Minibrute 2s
Arturia Microfreak
Elektron Cycles
Elektron Digitone
Behringer Crave
Behringer Edge
Novation Mininova
Clavia Micro modular
Clavia Nord rack 2
Access Virus Snow
Twisted Electrons MEGAfm