Edited from a longer improvisation, this short section focusses on a 'solo' performed on a Korg Monotron Delay against three interweaving loops from Korg Monotribe & Kaossilator pro + electric violin.  The spontaneous solemnity of the piece suggested fog horns & remote horizons, particular those dominated by the latter day follies of nuclear power stations for which, I dare say, future generations are going to be very grateful indeed.  The alternative title for this piece is  Radioactive Land - in homage to Kraftwerk, naturally.

Nuclear Horizon (AKA Radioactive Land) : 6.3.2013

An Oramesque / Third Ear invocation of childhood railway journeys to such historic cities as York and Durham in a fanfare of dancing droning organum in echo of the same timeless medievalism I still feel in visiting those cities today.  It exists in some zone where Pilgrimage & Tourism amount to similar vibe that has me slipping my sandals off on hot summer days to wander York Minster in barefoot  contemplation of the nature & continuity of place and heritage both subjective & otherwise.

All live / real time : Drone (K-Pro) / Ostinato & Oram Drums (Monotribe) / Canterbury-esque Organ Solo (pink Kaossilator old style + fuzz box / delay).  

Railway Pilgrimage : 8.3.13

Improvised sonata for electric violin, with Monotribe ostinato & real time FX in response to the coldest, yet sunniest, day of the year so far.  You go out to bask in light and clarity, but you're beaten back in minutes in fear of hypothermia.  There's snow on the distant Lakeland fells, but here they say it's too cold for snow.  Back home, I pick up the violin with numb fingers...

Too Cold For Snow : 12.3.13

I've just put my Kaossilator through my Monotron Delay and effected the sort of Divine Union of Dentaku I usually only encounter after going to bed after a supper of very strong Lancashire cheese .  Real time improvisation which hooks up 'Oss 'n' 'Tron Delay in the Lydian mode + Monotribe drone looped onto an RC-3.  The 'Tron is going through the RC-3 in stereo with the outputs going though different FX chains.  

Happy Freedroneian Cheese Dreams of Stereo Modal Electro Filth : 19.3.13

Improvisation on Monotron Duo hooked up to Monotron Delay recorded  on-location in our wee holiday lodge in the depths of rural Norfolk directly onto Soundforge + Ableton 3 (vintage!) reverb +  organum.  Have Monotrons will travel.


Garboldisham Spring : 27th March 2013

The final 8 minutes of a 51-minute improvisation (what happens to time &  the perception of time during free improvisation AKA doesn't time fly when you're having fun?) using a Korg Monotribe hooked up through a Boss looper  + various delays & filters all in real time.  The drone is provided by a Kaossilator hooked up through the same FX chain. 

Foliate Passion : 11.4.13

Final 8 minutes of a 38 minute live real time improvisation using Korg Monotribe, MXR Analog Delay, Boss Looper & Pocket Trumpet (through Korg Kaossilator + Harmoniser, Filter & Digital Delay).  Dedicated to those who fell under the ruthless and inhumane regime of Margaret Thatcher.

Lamentation : 16.4.2013

First 5 minutes of a 46-minute improvisation for a Merry May Morning, all in real time using lo-D 3-hole Overton overtone flute + Kaossilator drones & Monotribe + FX.  Full piece available on request...

Merry May Morn (Preludium) : 1st May 2013

Merry May Real-time Improvisation (in C) on Korg Monotribe + Kaossilator drone, Line 6 filter, Boss looper & MXR analogue delay. 

Mayfulness : 7.5.13

Live improvisation on Monotribe + Behringer DD-400 Digital Delay +  Boss RC-3 looper thru Microcube amp & recorded in the air with a Zoom H1.

I read Holy Blood / Holy Grail years ago, and Rosslyn Chapel has long intrigued me; I didn't read the Dan Brown book, but I sort-of enjoyed the film on DVD one rainy day smiling at the in-jokes and scattered Forteana which have always appealed to me no matter how ill-founded such ideas might be, they are resonant folklore for the soul that appeal to me muchly.  Someone asked once : "Have you seen Da Vinci Code?" By 'Da' they meant 'The'.  I rather liked that - hence this.

For Rob Ayling.  Happy birthday! 

(I Wanna Believe in) Da Vinci Code : 24.5.13

Eleanor's Visceral Tomb is a one-man journey into Chthonic Freely Improvised Organic Dialectrical Folktronica undertaken by the cultural vagabond, storyteller, outsider folk singer, raggle-taggle feral fiddler & general ne'er-do-well known as Sedayne.  

Here he keeps his gob shut and ears open, wandering the post-dub landscape entirely in Real-Time with NO Computer Software or Multi-Tracking Whatsoever.  The essence of Eleanor's Visceral Tomb is organic process via the modular chaos of several cheap FX stomp-boxes (reverb / delay / echo / filter / flanger / 8ver / harmoniser / looper / distortion / chorus), Korg Kaossilator Pro, Monotribe, Monotrons, Electric Violin & occasional acoustic incursions via SM57 (Jew's Harps / Frame Drums / Flutes / Pocket Trumpet).  All is heard exactly as it was played, with no editing except to flatten out & EQ accidental speaker threatening peaks & spikes.

The philosophy is Drone based Amodality derived from inner & outer primal traditions of the subjective / objective musical / cultural interface by way of experience, expression, holy communion and celebration of cosmic universal process on one hand and organic ecology on the other.  Influences and inspirations abound, but special mention must be made of  Daphne Oram, the mother of all subsequent electronica and a crucial muse to the very heart of what is happening here.

'You have to trust the people who have intuition now.  You see, they don't know what they're doing.  The ones who do know what they're doing haven't proved anything.' - Sun Ra

Otherwise... 

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