Ears Have Ears features weekly exclusive contributions by experimental artists in the form of either an imaginary soundtrack, mixtape, live recording, in-studio performance or interview. This is a collection of content contributed to Ears Have Ears during 2017.

Ears Have Ears 2017

Oliver Doerell (Dictaphone, Swod)and Iranian musician Jawad Salkhordeh find themselves merging eastern and western music on a record that blends reality and mysticism into a unique soundscape. 

"Schatten" is the first glimpse into the their album "سایه
[sāje]", out November 26th on Sonic Pieces.

Oliver Doerell & Jawad Salkhordeh - Schatten

Innerspace Music is a guided musical meditation method that combines classic teachings through guided meditations from the likes Ram Dass, Alan Watts, Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield elevated with new contemporary music from Sigur Ros, Tycho, Jeremiah Fraites, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Vivian Koch, East Forest, Superposition, Nailah Hunter and Badge Epoch. 
Through music scores intended to deepen the meditative state and connection to these words, our aim is to ease listeners into a new inner-experience and routine for their daily lives. Listen here: https://ffm.to/innerspacemusic

Nailah Hunter, Ram Dass - Let the Light In

preview from future release "mental journey to b.c."

night drips

Le Bourdon (listening To La Monte Young)

Psychic sisterhood and wistful wanderlust are the twin energies feeding lush ceremonial dream-pop duo Purple Pilgrims. Their debut album ‘Eternal Delight’ was released by LA based Not Not Fun records in early 2016. 

Their piece 'Lamentations in Reverse' was recorded in Autumn at their family home in an isolated corner of Hauraki, NZ using synthesizer, field-recordings and vocals. Since they began spending time in the bush, a recurring theme in their work has been the awkward meeting point between the ever-present world of modern technology, and perpetual, vital nature.

Listen back to the full Ears Have Ears program at the FBi Radio website http://fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/ears-have-ears/2017-05-25/

EHE 25.05.17 Purple Pilgrims (NZ) - Lamentations in Reverse

This week our feature soundtrack contribution comes from Shoshana Rosenberg, a bass clarinetist, composer and experimental musician, currently based in Adelaide.

Her practice champions the uniqueness and complexity produced by untrained musicianship and unpredictable sound sources. This includes her own lack of formal training, as well as her use of electronics and improvisation. Through her sounds and records she attempts to navigate and explore her relationship with God, gender, sexuality and mental illness. 

On her soundtrack: 

"Kibbush Nitzkhi (Eternal Occupation), for bass clarinet, gated reverb and Trogotronics. This soundtrack is inspired by Shoshana's experiences of growing up in Occupied Palestine aka Israel. In particular, the track focuses on the process of making sense of having one's body and identity inextricably linked with a history of forced settlement, displacement and murder. The track pits the bass clarinet against jarring electronics, forcing each to imitate the other and integrate. Whether the outcome is a success or a failure is up to the listener to decide." - Shoshana Rosenberg 

Photo by Shelly Horan

Find her on Instagram - @kneidellover
Support her Go Fund Me to fix her broken clarinet: https://www.gofundme.com/shosh

EHE 28.09.17 Shoshana Rosenberg - Kibbush Nitzkhi (Eternal Occupation)

This week our feature piece is by Berlin's legendary composer and musician Rashad Becker. 
 
Rashad Becker's compositions commonly explore multilayered narratives populated by an ensemble of sonic entities. You may be familiar with his Traditional Music Of Notional Species works, which were released across two volumes on pan_hq. Rashad is a mastering guru at Berlin’s famous Dubplates & Mastering and has mastered many of the releases we have played on our show over the last six years. He has also collaborated with the likes of Eli Keszler, Moritz von Oswald, Okkyung Lee, Andre Vida, Ashley Paul and Valerio Tricoli, just to name a few. 
 
More recently Rashard developed a new cycle of works called Based on a True Story. These works seek to generate scores from historical occurrences and processes that have had a significant impact on recent social history. Rashad has contributed a new chapter of this series to Ears Have Ears. Based on a True Story - Chapter G (Part 5) is a musical documentary with an associative score. This multi-art piece specifically references Sendero Luminoso of Peru and the life of Abimael Guzmán between 1982 and 1992. 

In his own words, Rashad describes it as referencing"the brute implications of revolutionary dialectics and the challenges these carry to the modernist economy of emotions and individual entitlement…..the confrontation and transcendence of the individual pursuit of happiness."

EHE 05.10.17 Rashad Becker (GER) - Based On A True Story - Chapter G (Part 5)

This is the second collaborative soundtrack from Shane and James created for Ears Have Ears, the previous being 'Her Golden Threads Burned for The Birth of Daylight'. The work was put together over a stay at Shane’s place in northern NSW and combines studio, home and field recordings to create it’s varied sound worlds. Like their previous soundtrack it combines the two’s complementary skills across composition, sound treatment and synthesis.

Listen back to the full program here - https://fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/ears-have-ears/2017-11-30/

EHE 30.11.17 Shane & James - Journey Towards Death

Richard Chartier's Pinkcourtesyphone is an emotionally grounded project that presents a more musical side of his artist work. Dark but not arch with a slight hint of humor, the project is amorphous, changing, and slipping in and out of consciousness. Operating like a syrup-y dream, this sounds strives to be both elegant and detached.

Beyond Pinkcourtesyphone, Richard Chartier is considered one of the key figures in minimalist sound art. Chartier’s works explore the inter-relationships between the spatial nature of sound, silence, focus, perception, and the act of listening itself.

EHE 14.12.17 Pinkcourtesyphone (Richard Chartier) - EHE Mix

Gas is the sometimes solo project of Sydney based artist and musician Del Lumanta. They coordinate 'Double Vision', a series of free-form gigs showcasing the practice of DIY, sound and other musicians and facilitate the program 'All Girl Electronic' at Information and Cultural Exchange, Parramatta. Their other music projects include Video Ezy (Paradise Daily), Skyline (Nice Music) and Basic Human. 

Diaspora Labyrinth is a collection of songs from musicians with alternate histories: Elysia Crampton (us), Various Asses (melb), Papaphilia (melb), Gas (syd) and poet Eunice Andrada (syd). Placing these songs in conversation hopes to generate narratives that bring identity into focus while simultaneously contemplating erasure and survival.

Tracklist: 
GAS - 'Ancient Vessels' 
Elysia Crampton - 'Wing'
Various Asses - 'Forever Baby' [GAS edit]
Papaphilia - 'Neoliberal ideology of Globalisation applied in a pacifistic manner;'
GAS & Eunice Andrada - 'Pacific Salt'

EHE 07.12.17 Gas (SYD) - DIASPORA LABYRINTH

Edits and mixes from Skånes Järnvägar by Råå.

Drönfrekvens

Forward-thinking ambient and sound-design from all over the world. Dwelling between the harmonious and the obscure, this is a selection of tunes with mind-expanding potential.

1. Heavenchord - Field Recordings #3
2. Loli Cosmica - Ensuenos
3. ROSYAN - Bobosomnio
4. gonima - symmetrical
5. ecology 141 - euph0
6. Ishq - Cyandragonfly
7. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Kensington Gardens
8. Free Soul School - Gaïa
9. Flora Yin-Wong - Lugere
10. ecology 141 - KII.01.01
11. Zack Christ - Sunrise Foreverman
12. Ishq - Remembering the future

Nature Tales Mix #4: Respira - Future Flowers

Releases August 8, 2019
CMR-021

Metcha Quito Is

Juan Diego Illescas (organ) 
www.facebook.com/jdiegoillescas/ 
@juandiegoillescas

Shamanic Catharsis (Percussion/drums/flute) 
www.facebook.com/electroshamanicgroove/ 
@shamanic_catharsis

Ground(Mix & Synthesizer) 
www.facebook.com/groundjp/ 
@dj-ground

Special Featuring Artists

El Sembrao (Vocal/Clap) 
www.facebook.com/el.sembrao 

Mastered By 
Kabamix ( @kabamix )

Produced By 
Ground

ArtWork By 
Mt.chills 
( www.instagram.com/mtchills 
( chillmountain.shopinfo.jp

(Metcha Quito CMR-021)Ole 3000 /El Sembrao​,​Juan Diego Illescas​,​Shamanic Catharsis,Ground

Taken from 'Fools - Fools' Harp Vol. 1' (MFM047)
Buy Vinyl: www.musicfrommemory.com
Buy Digital: https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/
© 2020 Music From Memory

Fools' Harp Vol. 1

A1. Fools - Rintocco (4:13)

Piece for the future album "Quiet Voices Of The Ether". Featuring musicians such as : Philippe Cam, François-Eudes Chanfrault, Eric Pajot, Hélène Vogelsinger, Maxence Cyrin, Wild Anima.

Quiet Voices "A Story of New Ancestors" (with Maxence Cyrin)

Available as Name Your Price on Bandcamp: https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/overtone-davids-song

What began as a joke between two friends, ended with Markus Guentner creating a new track entirely from just one instrument all for a good cause. 

A normal gift wasn't on the cards for David Westlake's Birthday and instead, he challenged Markus' aversion of the Saxophone to see if he could make a track using this instrument as the only source. The result is, Overtone (David's Song), made of nothing but 100% Saxophone. Whether you can recognize it or not, stylistically it's up there with Markus' best music to date and proof that a limited palette can sometimes bring out the most creative output. The track is only available here on Bandcamp (for Bandcamp Day) to help raise funds and support for Choose Love helprefugees.org - a charity nominated by David Westlake.

ASIP035 Markus Guentner - Overtone (David's Song) [Mastered]

Markus Guentner - Overtone (David's Song)

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experimental show (2011 - last air date August 29, 2019)

Created by Brooke Olsen & Scarlett Di Maio.
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EHE 25.05.17 Purple Pilgrims (NZ) - Lamentations in Reverse

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