The Shimmer Beneath: A Scattering Attempt, for cello duo (2019)
Recording of a reading session at the University of York, June 2021.
Gaia Blandina and Ali Baumann (The Chimera Ensemble).

This piece is part of my research on Luminance as a semantic dimension of timbre.

The Shimmer Beneath: A Scattering Attempt (2019) [reading session] | Michele Abondano

I remixed a beautiful track from @laurabrehm!

artist: Laura Brehm (@laurabrehm)
song: London Sky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sBVssXwLI4)
remix: @thoribass

contest: Label Radar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFJxabAhvCs)

Instateaser

Laura Brehm - London Sky (remix)

Abandoned, In Decay Part 2

Pecado

Taphra [part 2]

My Old Self

Mantra Loop 2 LLMRDL

Indifference

Reseda Country Club was a rock club venue in the 1970s through the early 90s. At the end of this tale, I had to call my girlfriend on a payphone (!) to pick me up. It's not wise to be a smartass in another person's subculture.

DAN: Hey, man! 
Do you want to go to the Reseda Country Club?
it's a heavy metal place out in the valley
Out by the Vivid porno studios
By that falafel place you like
But, you can't wear what you're wearing
Just put on black jeans
And a black T-shirt
Because you could get all of our asses kicked there
Those heavy metal guys they don't  like to fuck around

ME: (I said)
What's the name of this band? Manowar?
They look like Vikings meet the Hobbit or something
I thought we were gonna see Def Leppard?

(Chorus)Let me laugh this off
Watch me do some shit talk

ME: I went into this knowing that it was just a bad idea
I drank about 5 Mickey's Big Mouth* out in the car
The we went into (Uh) They call it a country club
But It's like this dingy
Nasty nightclub
With this heavy metal band
I say: There's a lot of leather and sweat here tonight
It's very weird!
And then some guy says to me:

HEAVY METAL GUY: Hey asshole!
What are you doing here?
Do you think you're funny?
Is that what you think you are?
Fucker!
Do you think you're funny?
You think your funny do you?
You think your really fucking funny
What would you think If I went out there with you
And kick your ass
Out in the parking lot
You got it???
Would you think that's fucking funny?
Do you think that would be funny?

Uh oh 
Watch me try to laugh this off
Watch me do some shit talk


ME: Walking out to our car
I realized  immediately when he doesn't punch me face
That he means business!
Because if he punched me in the face
That would typically mean that he thought he didn't have an advantage
And he's really angry
HEAVY METAL GUY: Come here asshole!!
So my friend 
My friend Chuck
Punches him in the face
And then he says 
CHUCK: Jump in man!

ME: Let me laugh this off
The rabbit doesn't walk
You know he runs
Because when the going gets rough
I always run
The rabbit always runs

*Anyone else remember these malt liquor bottles with the puzzles under the cap and extremely high ABV?

Reseda Country Club (or) Drinking Chronicles #87

Stress

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