Lost and adrift on a polyrhythmic stellar breeze.

Adrift (in space)

The Way it Was

The first instalment of my ongoing Catharsis series - 8 live ambient modular synth & hardware jams recorded over the last 4 years, some fragments of longer jams, some purposeful sessions. Only reverb and EQ added in post.

Featuring 3 of my closest friends (Left Path, Pixelline Nightmare, Kasse in order of appearance)

Many rainy days have been passed making sounds like these, both alone and with friends. Each one captures a moment I couldn't recreate if I tried, making them slighly mysterious even to me.

Mastered by Spectre / Artwork original painting by Kaitlyn Austin

Cassette & Digital

Catharsis Tape vol 1 (featuring Left Path, Pixelline Nightmare & Kasse) Cassette / digi

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Guest mix for faitiche's radio show on LYL - Temple of Faitiche, Nº20, 27 March 2020 

https://lyl.live/episode/temple-of-faitiche-20/

Hanno Leichtmann – Selbstbespiegelung
Else Marie Pade – Syv Cirkler
Andrés Lewin-Richter – Study No. 1
Fracture Mechanics – Pendentive
Katrine Ring – Den Politiske Håndvask 1
Boris Hegenbart – Wasser Studie
Marja Ahti – Chora
Hideki Umezawa – Still | Steel
Marcus Schmickler – Wabi Sabi (Part 4)
Boris Hegenbart – Wasser Studie
Nicola Ratti – Bn2
Daniel Majer – Tu Lip
Jan Jelinek – Framework 10 (Remix)
Mads Emil Nielsen – Buchla Sketch
Riviera Tape Stash – Strong Arm Baby
Ahnnu – Dovetail
Boris Hegenbart with Stephan Mathieu – S Anode M
David Moss – Terrain 3
James Sey / James Webb – Book Of Imaginary Wavelengths: Book 5
Mads Emil Nielsen – Framework 3 – 3
Andrew Pekler – Tuanahe

https://faitiche.de/blog/2020/03/25/temple-of-faitiche-march-2020

Temple of Faitiche 20 - guest mix

All new work by London-based artist Robbie Judkins (Left Hand Cuts off the Right), created on keyboard, zither, field recordings, synthesizer, khene, electric guitar and effects. 

"Being classed as a key worker yet not feeling like one is a strange position to be in. Neither working for the NHS, caring for others, being a shop worker, ensuring safe transport nor providing an essential public service; yet remaining at work during this pandemic has filled me with worry, guilt, anxiety and some stability. These compositions and sketches bring together audio documents created during this time with a yearning for quiet despite a fascination with unavoidable noise." - Robbie Judkins

TR063 - Left Hand Cuts off the Right - 'Awareness Of Failure'

"Listening is and always has been at the core of The Quiet Club’s (Danny McCarthy & Mick O’Shea) work combined with their policy of not discussing the work before or after its performance this has been the hallmark of their practice. 

Unable to listen to each other perform during the Covid 19 Lockdown the duo resorted to Telepathic Listening. Uninterested in Zoom, Facetime etc. the duo decided to each perform in their own separate studio’s miles apart at a given time on appointed days for twenty minutes. The concept was that then the two recordings would be combined together unedited.

On June 16th 2020 (Bloomsday) the artists inspired by Joyce, performed separately but at the same time and the recordings were then combined together unedited to form Telepathic Lockdown Tape No 7.

There are several other works in the series including one which they both played at 4:33pm as a tribute to John Cage. Telepathic Lockdown Tape No 9."

The Telepathic Lockdown Tapes

TR079 - The Quiet Club - The Telepathic Lockdown Tapes [excerpt]

TR095 - Nemeton / Rafael Anton Irisarri - '...spin into nothingness'

Ned Lagin's Seastones is a pioneering electronic composition interweaving metaphors from nature, science, art and music and the origins of music. Reflecting the technology, science, modern art, new ecological awareness and optimism of the times and culture, Seastones embodies the history of electronic music by taking full advantage of tape music, analog synthesizers and computer technology to create pieces that are dynamic, rich and deep.

Originally released by the Grateful Dead's Round Records in 1975, Seastones' reputation as a gem of electronic music was further enhanced by the celebrity of the musicians who contributed to the source material. Seastones musicians include Ned Lagin (processed piano, clavichord, organ, prepared piano, electric piano, synthesizers), Jerry Garcia (processed electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, voice), Phil Lesh (processed electric bass), David Crosby processed electric guitar and vocals), Grace Slick and David Freiberg (processed vocals), and Mickey Hart and Spencer Dryden (percussion).

This new LP presents two crafted Seastones sets (Sets 4 and 5, 18 tracks) drawn from the entire Seastones composition and contains gorgeous extended processed vocals by Garcia, Crosby, Slick and Freiberg, and beautiful abstract instrumental passages by Lagin and all.

Ned Lagin - Seastones - Seastones 03 - LP available Nov. 3, 2020

TR115 - Maria Chavez & Jordi Wheeler - 'Five Thousand'

Playlist and other information available at: https://www.freeformfreakout.com/fffoxy-podcast-177-paradigm-discs-feature/

*The episode includes an interview with Clive Graham of Paradigm Discs.

FFFoxy Podcast #177: Paradigm Discs feature

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Cafe OTO opened in April 2008 with the aim of providing a home for creative new music that exists outside of the mainstream. It comprises one large cafe/performance space open during the day serving food and drink with an evening programme of live music almost seven nights a week. 

OTOROKU is part of OTOProjects - a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) that has been set up to manage the programme at Café Oto. Any profits from OTOROKU are put back into supporting what we do and will help us to continue programming the best musicians and performers from all over the world.

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TR063 - Left Hand Cuts off the Right - 'Awareness Of Failure'

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