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Moonspeak

find you

Aefin - find you

The basics of this track were recorded from my hospital bed while recovering from major surgery. At the time I was on a cocktail of painkillers - hence the title. The track reflects my mental state at the time, coming in and out of consciousness.  

There is one major theme that runs though the track - I couldn't get this out of my head - but it's fed through a variety of effects and distortion.

I had to do some mastering on the track as it was a bit of a sonic mess but hey what do you expect being high on painkillers?

What you hear is an OPZ providing the base track and Glo providing all the effects and distortion, recorded onto a Zoom H1 recorder - as I said all from the hospital bed.

Painkiller

Bandcamp

Be unforgettable

Forget

Fall

Haunt

Last

On Radiant Flux this morning @jen__harkness invites proggy dweller balice___ for a dive into a downtempo celebration of the Spring Equinox. 


Radiant Flux w/ B Alice 28/3/25

Composed and mixed by Megan Jennifer Lewis

I recently completed a course about layering sounds and adding textures.  It inspired this composition. 

I love the way sounds interact with one another.  Individual sounds start simply and then evolve, blend and intertwine with one another.  The results can be so beautifully unexpected. 

With thanks to Chris Adams, for opening my eyes to the possibilities.

Layers

Тили Billy-Boy

spark my blunt

headmusic

I was nostalgic for my childhood, so I produced this track in my grandmother's kitchen. You can hear the birds we heard as children, as well as a school playground.

childhood nostalgia

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Awakening

Album Details: https://l.tatsuyaoe.com/OE5Now
Bandcamp: https://l.tatsuyaoe.com/BCSuch5
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"Zero in on Now"

"Moment of Now," the fifth album of OE's Zen-inspired Suchness project, invites you to immerse yourself fully in the present. The gentle rhythmic beats and electronic sounds interweave to highlight moments of silence and emptiness. Now, let's dive in.

- Album Description -

In "Moment of Now," the latest album from OE's soundscape project "Suchness," Tatsuya explores the concept of truly being present—feeling the present moment through mindfulness. Suchness, the Buddhism-originated term, originally connotes mindfulness: a state of mind characterized by focused attention, awareness, and acceptance of the present moment. Drawing on his background as a Japanese artist, Tatsuya further delves into how this essence can be expressed through his music, inspired by his unique connection to nature and sound.

In this album, he blends traditional methods of composing Suchness music—layering and eliminating sparse and aleatoric sounds and sequences—with contemporary rhythmic elements. Genres like disco often rely on repetitive beats and grooves, which can sometimes pull the audience away from the current moment, guiding them on a long journey through time. But Tatsuya's choice to slow down the rhythms and tempos carefully reverses that effect entirely. The deliberate-paced, thoughtful beats, through moments of silence and voids, invite heightened awareness of the present, like observing cells under a microscope or noticing subtle changes in our surroundings—slow-motion awareness of now.

This approach fosters patience, non-judgment, and mindfulness, encouraging the audience to be present and conscious of what surrounds them. By merging rhythmic beats with his traditional composition style in this project, Tatsuya creates a new perception of time in music: zeroing in on what you are hearing and focusing intensely on what is happening now.

- Japanese Edition - 

"Zero in on Now（今この瞬間に意識を集中する）"

禅思想にインスパイアされたサウンドスケープを堪能するOE『Suchness』プロジェクト。その第5弾『Moment of Now』のテーマは、「今この瞬間に聞こえるもの、感じることに意識を研ぎ澄ます」。緩やかにテンポを刻むビートと電子音の織り成す音の交差が、沈黙や空白の瞬間を浮かび上がらせる。さあ、ダイブしよう。

- アルバム解説 -

OEのサウンドスケープ・プロジェクト『Suchness』の最新アルバム『In Moment of Now』は、「真に現在にいること」、すなわちマインドフルネスを通して「今」を感じるという概念に焦点を当てている。Suchness（あるがまま）という仏教に由来する言葉自体、現在の瞬間に対する集中した意識や知覚によって到達する心の状態、すなわちマインドフルネスという概念を含んている。タツヤは日本人アーティストとしてのバックグラウンドを活かし、自然と音との特有のつながりや禅思想からインスピレーションを得つつ、音楽を通してこれらの概念の本質をさらに深く掘り下げている。

このアルバムでは、従来の『Suchness』プロジェクトでの作曲法—つまり「繊細、かつ偶然性を持った音の連なりを重ね、差し引く」手法—と、現代的なリズム要素を融合させている。ディスコなどの音楽ジャンルでは、繰り返しのビートやグルーヴがしばしば聴衆を現在の瞬間から引き離し、長い時間軸を持つ旅へと誘う効果を生み出す。しかし、タツヤはこの作品において、リズムとテンポを意図的に遅くすることで、その効果を逆方向に変質させている。慎重に刻まれた思慮深いビートにより、沈黙や空白の瞬間が浮かび上がり、現在をより深く認識するよう促す。それは、顕微鏡で細胞を観察するように、あるいは周囲の微妙な変化に気づき、スローモーションのように「今」を認識すること。

このアプローチは、忍耐や判断しない態度（ノンジャッジメント）、そしてマインドフルネスを育み、オーディエンスに「現在に存在し、今自分を取り巻く環境に意識を向けること」を促す。リズムとビートを『Suchness』の従来のスタイルと融合させることで、タツヤは音楽における新鮮な時間認識を生み出すことを試みる。

すなわち、「今聞こえるもの、今感じることに研ぎ澄ます」という認識を。

Moments of Now (Suchness 5)

Cloud Sea (Beat Mix)

Album Details

OE - Cloud Sea (Beat Mix from "Moment of Now", Downtempo / Ambient / Post Rock))

Room To Dream

gothy Dracula (Intro)

Lyrics:

I think it's better
You made me madder
Can't keep composure
I guess you don't care
Cut my wrists bleed out
I can't be bothered
Down medication
The ones that I don't need
Overdose quickly
Make you feel guilty
I hate that you left me
But I love you dearly
Why couldn't it be me
Baby why cant you see

You watched me bleed out
Looked at me without doubt
You never felt the same
Maybe it's in my brain
The voices inside my head
Said that we would not end
But here I am on the floor
Closing my eyes once more
I'm sorry it ended this way
But it was your love I missed
As I breathe lifeless now
I start to reminisce

Assessment Two (Prod. Solace)

Yilan Bird Sounds Rec’d

Duncedog is an enigmatic SoundCloud artist and curator known for their eclectic taste and dedication to the platform’s underground music scenes.

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