Name: Side Rail Circle 4/19/25 by Debby Boland Watt
Duration: 18 min 39 s
Description: A compilation of our third Saturday Circle Sings at Side Rail Collective in Georgetown (Seattle), WA. Led by Debby Boland Watt we create simple, complicated, silly and soul-worthy music for the simple joy of coming together and making beautiful music.

Singers: Debby Boland Watt, Liz Ellmann, Christian Swenson, Sherry Sera, Dharma Dailey, Pamela Ware, Natalie Vires, Angela Castañeda & Grace Colton  Reply 0

"Georges Perec"  for Prescript Chamber Ensemble (Oulipo Posentante)

In 2010, I was approached by a unique individual by the name of Bernard Charron (not sure it was his real name). He asked me about my music and we moved onto the subject of literature and writing. This led to a lengthly discussion about the Oulipo and our respective opinions about their oeuvre. Some months later he contacted me and asked if I would be interested in writing short musical 'vignettes' as he described them, mimicking the Oulipian aesthetic utilizing my "compaction music" techniques.

About the Oulipo

Oulipians innovate upon the architecture of genres not to
     "blur," "transgress," and "unfix" boundaries, but to grasp
     a genre's potential. The oulipian notion of
     potenitality goes in two directions: on the one hand it
     attempts to build structures in a systematic and scientific
     manner; that which is potential %is that which does not yet
     exist%.  On the other hand, oulipians strongly believe that
     potential and inspiration are codependent.  By acting
     systematically and scientifically oulipians focus and
     clarify, not "blur," their approach to genre
     transformation.

The Oulipian Series:  "Georges Perec"  for Prescript Chamber Ensemble (Oulipo Posentante)

✨ This release is inspired by the 60's/70's practice of printing a two sided single record. "Love Goes Free" is side A & "Nonversations" is side B. ✨

LYRICS:
Makes me sad to think
All that could have been
You couldn't see the right from wrong
I couldn't say what I knew all along

Every night a wasted dream
The life, the love, the lies you sold me
Oh, crumbling at my feet

You lean in to kiss me
There's a secret eternity
An ocean between us
Where love goes free
Love
Goes
Free
Love
Goes
Free

I don't know what's worse
Than the fact that you taste like thirst
Well, I'm a desert, we made sense together
But it never worked

I tried to be what you needed
But you never could see it
There's still sand in my mouth
From the night you swallowed me whole

You lean in to kiss me
There's a secret eternity
A great space between us
Where love goes free
Love
Goes
Free
Love
Goes
Free

You lean in to kiss her
There's no words for this picture
A flash in the distance
Where love goes free
Love
Goes
Free
Love
Goes
Free

Love Goes Free

Love Goes Free - SIDE A - MP3

Vocalist and composer Christiane Karam presents her new full-length album, Nar. Drawing from a deep well of lived and musical experiences, the Beirut-native’s first release in nine years is a multilingual musical tapestry meant to inspire and uplift in arduous times. Karam has called in her accomplished quintet made up of renowned pianist Vadim Neselovskyi, virtuosic cellist Naseem Alatrash, first-call bassist Peter Slavov and GRAMMY-winning percussionist Keita Ogawa. While her vocals take center stage, Karam also performs here on the tupan and bendir drums.

03 Last Snow

More of a 'sketch' of what I intend to do with it but holds its own. 

Control (Demo)

Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人) final season - Akuma no Ko (悪魔の子)

vocals: babaksoo 바박수 https://soundcloud.com/bluebrid_song 🐦

orchestral edit prod. illustep:
https://soundcloud.com/bluebrid_song/aot-cover-1

produced by Nick Wondergem & Illustep

original by Ai Higuchi (ヒグチアイ)
please no sampling/re-uploads

ATTACK ON TITAN 進撃の巨人 - AKUMA NO KO 悪魔の子 Epic Rock Cover ft. babaksoo 바박수

Shiva Tandava Stotra

A compilation of our third Saturday Circle Sings at Side Rail Collective in Georgetown (Seattle), WA. Led by Debby Boland Watt we create simple, complicated, silly and soul-worthy music for the simple joy of coming together and making beautiful music.

Side Rail Circle 4/19/25

Christiane Karam Lamma Bada Yatathanna كريستيان كرم لما بدى يتثنى

Fresh off a year of extensive coast-to-coast touring, SOOHAN returns with COLLECTIVE EFFERVESCENCE, a new album of found and remixed material that showcases his most receptive tracks from the year prior. Collective Effervescence is named for the sociological concept coined by Èmile Durkheim, which generally states that when people come together as communities, they retain the ability to act as one.

Such is the truth of how your bodies all over North America responded to this visceral selection of Soohan's newest remixes and edits, often meant directly for festival crowds. Worldly rhythms abound as Soohan introduces you to the likes of Adèle & Zalem, A-WA, Sukhwinder Singh & Vijay Prakash, and Ana Tijoux through 808-tinged lenses. Interspersed are moments of re-interpreted pop genius. A supercut of Missy Elliot's hardest lines runs atop a selection of Timbaland's best cuts, while elsewhere, Weezer meets Passion Pit and bass-heavy beat patterns straight from the Bay area. 

Equal parts a must-have for the day-ones and the perfect entry port into Soohan's world of remixed art from around the world, a continued journey of musical discovery.

Mixdown: Michael Klicos
Mastering: Subvert Central Mastering
Artwork: Mugwort Design

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El Bint El Chalabiya - Traditional / arr Christiane Karam (SOOHAN Remix)

Madhava bohot minati

A solstice sample of my vocal journeying in the wonderfully resonant stairs under Meany Hall in Seattle.  A couple of people happened through during the recording.  Enjoy, - Christian

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