Jeph Jerman/Ted Byrnes, Passenger

lijam [2204]

Playlist and other information available at: https://www.freeformfreakout.com/fffoxy-podcast-222/

FFFoxy Podcast #222

The interactions of these three musicians are effortless, and is the result of both remote and physically-collaborative engagements. Starting with percussion tracks laid down by Louis Wall, Damon Smith soon improvised upright bass over these tracks, and NNN Cook added such layers as synthesizer, electric organ, and saxophone. All members contributed deftly to edits and arrangements, and notably Fred Tompkins, a past Elvin Jones collaborator, played flute on “Spectre of Los” and the title cut of the album.

That this album exists so organically despite the variety of instruments and recording sessions used, is not only a testament to the musicians’ prowess, but also to the current hyper-ability of long distance music creation.

NTR076 - Damon Smith - Louis Wall - NNN Cook - Fire Point - [Meld]

"Magnet Blues" presents Zhu Wenbo and Zhu Songjie’s unique and utterly bizarre take on American blues, as if filtered through layered variations of darkness. Throughout the recording, we hear barely audible vocals, minimalist, smart, and subtle guitar work, and the folkish atmosphere of what sounds like distant train activity and dying radios. Instrumentation is notable here: Songjie uses the peculiar Casio EG-5 electric guitar, with a built-in cassette deck, while also playing harmonica. Wenbo plays a Fisher-Price toy cassette player, sings, and also plays harmonica. Throughout bursts of noise and rustling midrange timbres, Zhu and Zhu navigate an understated, focused, and dreamlike realm of song and texture.

NTR078 - Zhu Wenbo - Zhu Songjie - Magnet Blues - "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"

it no alright

sound art series based on the poetry collection "Stories Untold"

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people were falling in the streets
shivering in agony, for what they saw would hit them
like a bolt, scalding them from within,
the Great War was now inside them

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I am buried
with you, and the others
in the trenches of shame, all piled up
& covered with sickening laughter.
Our eyeballs are rubbed with injustices,
ears deafen by rumble of terror,
hearts numbed with trepidation,
limbs soaked in repugnant lies,
minds bleached by virtual ordure.
They murder, they rape, they rob.
They bury. Me, you,
and the others.
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this 21-minute long sound work is a forest tale about war, re-imagined from the perspective of the land that witnessed centuries of socio-cultural turmoil. tamed nature versus wilderness, contaminated versus protected land, the Iron Curtain belt saw some significant changes – from being a brutal barrier between East and West strewn with mine fields, to becoming a highly protected European natural heritage.

the somewhat tense, suffocating and dark-sounding atmosphere of this piece reflects my feelings on possible relations between former and present conflicts, and alludes to the harsh consequences necro-politics of the past are imposing on contemporary society.

the stunning forest microbiome researched in this work is now part of the European Green Belt, formerly the Iron Curtain borderlands between Austria and Czech Republic. 

released September 14, 2023

sounds gathered during SHAPE+ musikprotokoll residency, July 2023, kindly hosted by Kulturzentrum – Garage Druzba, Harrachstal.

all sounds recorded, edited & composed by Manja Ristić
hydrophone built by Jez riley French
mastering La Plant Studio

Bandcamp

for what they saw would hit them like a bolt

Orsaph Laugh

A collection of low slung groovers, kosmische cookers, expansive environments + more. Featuring current and forthcoming label releases, recent discoveries, and perennial passengers. 

Track list:
No Zen Orchestra - Yuga
M. Willet - Lazy in the Safe Space
Drug Free America - Ransacking the Ethernet
Mad Spiders - Cosmic Horror
Robert Eggplant - Cosmo Consultations
Nightly Closures - Krauted
Cook - Amazonas
Dania Sixto - Untitled II
G.T. Modell - We Won’t Let You Down
23 Skidoo + Klaus Schulze - Quiet Pillage for Seth
Rental Snakes - Buzz Off
Night Foundation - On Hold
usof - Conz
Fsik Huvnx - Untitled
FH HF - Lampshade and Shifting Sillhouetes
Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk (Mark Clifford remix)
Drug Free America - Baby Doll and the Dolphin Burger

Noir Age 05/11/23

🎄released December 19, 2023
Available on Bandcamp: x4records.bandcamp.com/album/--5

Mastered by Danny Playamaqui
Artwork by Jerohme

Tracks:
1. Jerohme - Dance of the Lumpy Sugar Fair
2. Anitta - Cut the Mustard (Feat. Tom Sine)
3. Greystar - New Friends
4. utopia cloak - all I want for Christmas is Velum Break
5. Florian Förster - Weg durch den Sumpf
6. lee - Festive AF M8
7. Dollarstore Keyboard - Dolby Dragon 2
8. The Simian - The Cold Visitor of Glass and Phoshor
9. Danny Playamaqui - Hi-hat
10. love horses - brianv2

Dolby Dragon 2

landing in a strange world finding a lost civilization


civilization lost

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NTR076 - Damon Smith - Louis Wall - NNN Cook - Fire Point - [Meld]

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