Artistas Invitados / Guest Artists 2017

Sparse, ambient instrumental with wordless female vocals.

03 Mystery Of The Plain

Almost Something

Again a bit of a postcard...
These yet unreleased tracks were recorded on a late summer night by the shore in Batroun, Lebanon, when I travelled there this late summer.

Sun - live session in Batroun

"Flores" es el segundo track que se desprende de mi primer sesión de live looping.

Flores [live looping sessions]

An anthem for those with empty pockets and full hearts. check out the music video for it on youtube.

Broke As F--k But Happy

The Road

sept-dec 2016©℗helen melon 2017
In the middle of the night i know..i fell in love alone, and not for the first time, though we get such a short time. Oh GIVE ME THE COURAGE TO LOVE.
But the current was so strong and i went in and i went under, they say drowning is a good way to die. Give me that ecstasy. We counted 1,2,3, and i let go and i was carried away!
Euphoria. You for me. Euphoria..
Too buoyant to stay down and drown alone, you rise in triumph, break the surface of this beautiful world/You're like a seal with your big sad eyes, your little head bobbing further and further away/ You watch him roll a cigarette and his hair ain't even wet, do you shout out? Do you shout out for the shore? No no no, let him ignore me. i want to get carried away!
Euphoria. You for me. Euphoria. You for me, you...for me. You Euphoria.
The river rushes by so fast, the current is so strong here. The swimmers, they must walk upstream and let themselves be carried down, and the colour of it...it's unbelievable! It's baby blue & come-on green, glacial ice melting in the return of Spring.
A woman and two men, all in their 60s walk the river path upstream. Comfortable in their swimming togs, hanging easy over every seam. 
And I'm on the bridge, I'm on the bridge, I'm crossing over..
If i hang around I'll see how they handle it when they come down this river.
Here they come! Their 3 heads bobbing in a triangle down the river's middle course
Where the water rushes fast and wild, but they've done this all before.
Arms gracefully paddling, three voices raised in amiable conversation.
so casual above the river's turbulence and argument and agitation.
And i wonder at them, i wonder how they're keeping it so cool
give me courage and another chance; I'm gonna shout out like a fool!
Euphoria! E U P H O R I A! Euphoria.

Helen Melon

Euphoria

Improvised track from my radio interview with Esoterica on 2017-01-24.

Esoterica improv ii

Live-looping, indie-pop phenomenon Phia presents ‘Oxide’ – the first single from her new EP ‘The Woman Who Counted The Stars’ (out 29 September via Labelship / Independent).

The track is all glitter and grit, and heralds the arrival of a bold new sound for the Melbourne-born singer-songwriter. Pulsing, distorted drums and intergalactic juno synths collide with fuzz guitar and vintage casio keyboards, as Phia’s longtime production collaborator Joshua Teicher realises a sonic vision that manages to be both lush, raw, and emotionally affecting. Phia’s effortlessly charismatic, crystal-clear vocal soars.

The subject matter packs a punch, too. “Late last year Björk released a viral Facebook post about the criticism she and other female artists face when their subject matter departs from boyfriends and love songs, and encompasses atoms, galaxies or activism. I was enraged but also inspired, and the songs just started to come.” Phia says.

With Björk’s words still fresh in her ears, Phia chanced upon a newspaper article announcing that scientists had discovered 60,000-year-old bacteria alive in vast, sub-terranean Mexican caves. ‘Oxide’ is penned from the point-of-view of this ancient micro-organism.

The Woman Who Counted The Stars EP

Oxide

From the album "RETINA", released on the 1st of February, 2012.

VIDEO: http://vimeo.com/35910111

music: 
Eglė Sirvydytė
Aivaras Ruzgas

download it from:
www.mmpsuf.lt

The Rooms

En México habemos muchos artistas que hemos explorado esta forma de hacer música y nos dedicamos a ella, sin embargo no se ha establecido un lazo directo entre la mayoría de nosotros. Lo que proponemos al realizar el México Y2K International Live Looping Festival, es por un lado, integrar a los artistas nacionales en esta gran escena global al promover un acercamiento con músicos tanto locales como extranjeros, donde se logren nuevas relaciones, posibilidades de colaboraciones, intercambio de ideas, música y tecnología. Por el otro, introducir el live looping a un público que no está acostumbrado a él, así como a músicos que tendrán su primer acercamiento.

Sun - live session in Batroun

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