“textural digital sound design for mental distress and time / spatial obfuscation 

micro bounced buoyancy 

stream of consciousness fluids”

released March 25, 2021 

Mastering by Shy aka Special Guest DJ 
Album cover rendering by 3D bergsonist 
Individual track artwork by pent

organ fluid - glue

Modular Techno Live Jam (DFAM:Neutron:Melee)

Downtempo, electronic, synthwave, shoegaze, wall of distortion

spaceboy

Sometime in the late 20th I had a radio show on WOBC dedicated to the hilariously conflicted genre known as contemporary classical music.  I'm not sure who the buyer was for the WOBC library, but I was thrilled to find a handful of 20th century harpsichord releases which I still treasure to this day. 

The Finnish composer and keyboardist Jukka Tiensuu put out two albums in quick succession: "The Fantastic Harpsichord" followed by "The Exuberant Harpsichord", which are featured here.

The primary exponent of contemporary harpsichord, Polish harpsichordist Elisabeth Chojnacka, recorded music for decades and was even welcomed to the San Francisco Symphony stage by Michael Tilson Thomas.  I was, of course, on the front row.

American composer Barbara Harbach put together a truly lovely and highly accessible collection of works in an album simply titled "20th Century Harpsichord Music".

00:00 Iannis Xenakis : Χοαί (Khoaï) 1976,  performed by Jukka Tienssu 1987

15:23  Costin Miereanu : Limping Rock for harpsichord and percussion, performed by Elisabeth Chojnacka, Sylvio Gualda 1990

20:16 Kaija Saariaho : Jardin secret II for harpsichorcd and electronics 1986, performed by Jukka Tienssu 1987

31:21  Anneli Arho : Minos' 1978, performed by Jukka Tienssu 1987

39:53 Jukka Tiensuu : Fantango 1984, performed by Jukka Tienssu 1987

44:37 György Ligeti : Hungarian Rock 1978,  performed by Jukka Tienssu 1988

49:29 Virgil Thompson : Four Portraits 1940, performed (and possibly arranged by) Barbara Harbach 1988

20th Century Harpsichord Volume 1

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A special set for Chillits 2025. I had the opening DJ slot, and due to personal circumstances this was my last campout for the immediate future. 

I started my set with a segment from "Belfast" by Orbital, time reversed. The rest of the set are either personal favorites I've played at gigs in the last twenty-plus, or other tracks by favorite artists.

I closed with a short live solo gong performance. This is the biggest sound system I've ever played over to date. [Oct 5, 2025 Updated track with additional compression during the gong performance]

Truthful disclosure - the tunes portion of this set is a reproduction of my Chillits set. Somewhere in the signal path between my hands and the Chillits main mixer recorder my signal became mono, so I did a stereo recreation of my set at my home studio. The gong performance portion is from the main mixer recording, it was in stereo.

Orbital	Belfast (Reversed Extract)	00:00:00
https://orbitalofficial.bandcamp.com/album/orbital-the-green-album-expanded
Overlords Of The UFO	Imagine	00:01:11
https://www.discogs.com/release/246530-Overlords-Of-The-UFO-Imagine-EP
Tranquility Bass	Monkey Forest Medley - Maya Yadana	00:09:35
https://www.amazon.com/Transmitting-Heaven-Classic-Collection-1/dp/B00001IVGO
Ultramarine	Honey	00:14:30
https://music.apple.com/us/song/honey/299716007
Martin Denny	Quiet Village	00:19:25
https://music.apple.com/us/album/quiet-village-the-exotic-sounds-of-martin-denny/721302402
Bruce Kaphan	Back to the Light	00:22:52
https://music.apple.com/us/album/back-to-the-light/75460244?i=75460193
Chris And Cosey	Sysdome	00:27:50
https://soundcloud.com/chriscosey/sets/chronomanic-library-of-sound
Johann Johannsson	Heptapod B	00:35:01
https://johannjohannsson.bandcamp.com/album/arrival-original-motion-picture-soundtrack
Bill Nelson	Hastening The Chariot Of My Hearts Desire	00:38:26
https://billnelson.bandcamp.com/track/hastening-the-chariot-of-my-hearts-desire
Alpha Wave Movement	Wunder	00:41:22
https://hrresonance.bandcamp.com/album/archaic-frontiers
Ambient Temple Of Imagination	Magikal Child	00:47:07
https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-School-Ambient-Temple-Imagination/dp/B01HQV64TQ
Ulali	Mahk Jchi	00:50:53
https://www.discogs.com/release/4799322-Various-Global-Divas-Voices-From-Women-Of-The-World
Dead Can Dance	Anabasis	00:55:01
https://www.deadcandance.com/discogs/anastasis
Laurie Anderson	The Ouija Board (with soundbites from "Hula Girls")	01:01:27
https://www.rhino.com/aod/the-ugly-one-with-the-jewels-and-other-stories-laurie-anderson
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0768116/
Sheila Chandra	Ever So Lonely	01:05:34
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/29/sheila-chandra-monsoon-interview-ever-so-lonely
Rebekah Del Rio	Llorando	01:08:56
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI8c3eSIkQY&t=26s

Soulbeams	Solo Gong Performance	01:12:27

Chillits 2025 - Soulbeams - Djing And Gong Performance

The 2nd of 13 sketches recorded to the voice memos app on my iphone via a zoom h5. All improvised, highly unlikely to recreate, usually done quickly. More like recording my practice sessions.

02 Corporate Executives.m4a

The 6th of 13 sketches recorded to the voice memos app on my iphone via a zoom h5. All improvised, highly unlikely to recreate, usually done quickly. More like recording my practice sessions.

06 The Chase.m4a

The 12th of 13 sketches recorded to the voice memos app on my iphone via a zoom h5. All improvised, highly unlikely to recreate, usually done quickly. More like recording my practice sessions.

12 Investigations.m4a

The 13th of 13 sketches recorded to the voice memos app on my iphone via a zoom h5. All improvised, highly unlikely to recreate, usually done quickly. More like recording my practice sessions.

13 2nd Investigation.m4a

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20th Century Harpsichord Volume 1

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