31. Ambient

fave listenings of May

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Zygmunt Krauze

"musica assoluta" (maggio 2024)

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pnl - le monde ou rien epic ambiant remix

All the profits generated by the sales of this compilation will be donated to the Legal Team Antiraciste fund, which aims at helping the victims of french police violence and their families, fighting against systemic racial discrimination as well as defending their access to fundamental rights.

Huge thanks to Casual Gabberz <3
Mastering by Lorenzo Targhetta
Cover by JB Normand

f pneumonia - glimmering forks

Dedicated to Jello Biafra :)

Hexfarm is

Phil Bywater - Saxophones/Flutes
Dane Renshaw - Drums
Mat Ward - Bass Guitar/Vox

Track 3 from Hexfarm - who meet once a year to jam for a couple of days then head back to their various corners of the world : )

Drink Wank Cry - Hexfarm

CHAINS (2024)

..someone say that May is a crucial month in the year.
 it has always brought strange suggestions to me, difficult to describe.
 clear skies, oppression, promises.
 a sense of latency, something imminent that never comes to an end.
It's the second version, i find new parts for a more rich harmonic, melodic and rythmic structure. now need to work on the dinamic of notes and the legatos with the pedal.

The title refers to the magnificent poem of the same name 
by Arthur Rimabud, written in May 1872.

Still in progress

Bannières de mai:

Aux branches claires des tilleuls
Meurt un maladif hallali.
Mais des chansons spirituelles
Voltigent parmi les groseilles.
Que notre sang rie en nos veines,
Voici s’enchevêtrer les vignes.
Le ciel est joli comme un ange.
L’azur et l’onde communient.
Je sors. Si un rayon me blesse
Je succomberai sur la mousse.
Qu’on patiente et qu’on s’ennuie
C’est trop simple. Fi de mes peines.
Je veux que l’été dramatique
Me lie à son char de fortune.
Que par toi beaucoup, ô Nature,
– Ah moins seul et moins nul! – je meure.
Au lieu que les Bergers, c’est drôle,
Meurent à peu près par le monde.
Je veux bien que les saisons m’usent.
À toi, Nature, je me rends;
Et ma faim et toute ma soif.
Et, s’il te plaît, nourris, abreuve.
Rien de rien ne m’illusionne;
C’est rire aux parents, qu’au soleil,
Mais moi je ne veux rire à rien;
Et libre soit cette infortune.

Mai 1872

Bandiere di maggio:

Tra i rami dei tigli
muore un esangue grido di caccia.
Ma canzoni argute
volteggiano fra l’uva spina.
Il sangue rida nelle nostre vene:
ecco che già s’intrecciano le viti.
Il cielo è leggero come un angelo.
L’azzurro e l’onda si confondono.
Esco. Se un raggio mi ferisce
io morirò sul muschio.
Pazientare ed annoiarsi
è troppo semplice. Al diavolo le mie pene.
Io voglio che la drammatica estate
mi leghi al suo carro della fortuna.
Possa io morire per opera tua, Natura,
ma meno vuoto e meno solo!
Mentre i Pastori, è strano,
muoiono quasi per opera del mondo.
Desidero che le stagioni mi consumino.
A te, Natura, io mi arrendo,
con la mia fame e tutta la mia sete.
E tu, per favore, nutri e disseta.
Niente, più niente mi illude;
ridere al sole, è ridere ai genitori,
ma io non voglio ridere più a nulla;
e libera sia questa sventura.
Maggio 1872

bandiere di maggio *2nd.study

"緑陰 (shade of trees)"

art work: Cheerfully_lost via pixabay

緑陰 (shade of trees)

As a boy, my dad raised seahorses as a hobby.   He always told me that after the babies were born, the mom had to be removed from the tank so she wouldn't eat them.   I later realized this was a metaphor.

seahorses

I'm embarking on a new project series that will focus on long-form generative eurorack pieces. I was delighted to discover the ability to use the Generations generative midi controller that was created by Innesti (innesti.bandcamp.com/merch/generations-handmade-midi-controller) with the 1010 Bitbox Micro, and so this combination created the foundation for the piece. I very much consider this to be a companion piece to my recently released 'Generational Drift-A Seasonal Reflection in Four Movements' on Handstiched* (handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/generational-drift-the-celestial-sphere), as some of the elements are shared, as well as the use of Generations, however, this feels quite a bit warmer...thus Spring.

Basic patch notes~

Generations triggering four midi clips in Bitbox, as well as modulating various parameters (pan, filter cut off). Other samples in Bitbox triggered by random gates from Marbles, witch is slowly clocked by PNW. White noise triggering ProbMel/ProbDiv in O_c Hemispheres, which is delicately playing Rings, which then goes thru Draad and Monsoon. Øchd is creating an offset drone from Ensemble Osc and Plaits + Three Sisters, all while sending modulation to various param's throughout..

Recorded 4/21/24...Eurorack > Bluebox > Ableton, and then a basic mastering chain..

D/L for free~https://darrenharper.bandcamp.com/album/generative-01-spring

I hope you'll enjoy, and hopefully I'll be able to continue with these bits for the foreseeable future :)

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Generative.01~Spring

Europa’s music works on the idea of bringing together and processing fragments of memory reflecting on their meaning and significance. His idea is to express the unique character of particular moments of his life intensified by the process of remembering them through the lenses of his emotions. Enhanced by the value they have gained in time each particular moment expands into something bigger than the moment itself and blends with the meaning it has gained in relation to all other events surrounding it. The two tracks work around the experience of a specific night out with fire torches while listening to music under a soft rain and reflecting on relationships and dialogues held that night. Europa recalls the falling raindrops reflecting the fire of the torches in connection to his personal experience of love interweaved with doubt and melancholy. The result are two exquisite tracks drenched in nostalgia, passion and contrasting emotions.

Written, performed, produced by @europainflames. 
Mastering by Michele Sinatti. 
Artwork by archietaylor. 

Soul Feeder 2020 ©

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Europa - Alors on dorme

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https://youtu.be/y2Njw6o4s48

forever

ambient/experimental sound artist, lover of nature, wanderer... .

Guitarist in Root Atlas~

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