Contemporay Acousmatic Music

Radio Far Oeste Playlist Part. I

The seminal ambient album from The KLF... 
A1   Brownsville Turnaround On The Tex-Mex Border  1:47  
A2   Pulling Out Of Ricardo And The Dusk Is Falling Fast  1:29  
A3   Six Hours To Louisiana, Black Coffee Going Cold  3:01  
A4   Dream Time In Lake Jackson  2:35  
A5   Madrugada Eterna  7:40  
A6   Justified And Ancient Seems A Long Time Ago  1:08  
A7   Elvis On The Radio, Steel Guitar In My Soul  3:01  
B1   3AM Somewhere Out Of Beaumont  9:24  
B2   Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard  5:56  
B3   Trancentral Lost In My Mind  1:16  
B4   The Lights Of Baton Rouge Pass By  3:34  
B5   A Melody From A Past Life Keeps Pulling Me Back  1:41  
B6   Rock Radio Into The Nineties And Beyond  1:26  
B7   Alone Again With The Dawn Coming Up  0:16  


The KLF - Chill Out

Noise Matter

Colliders (2013) is an interactive work for laptop computer and MIDI controller, with audio output designed for any number of circularly-configured loudspeakers. Colliders began as a musical component of a multimedia collaboration, but was later excerpted and modified to be performable as a standalone interactive musical composition.

Colliders

‘Âphâr is an Hebrew word that means “dust”.
This piece is inspired on the dream of Jacob, described in the Old Testament:
Jacob had a dream: He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it and the Lord stood at its top. He said, I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth (Genesis 28).

To climb Jacob’s ladder is a very difficult process. Each step you take is harder than the previous one and takes more time and effort to accomplish. These steps are heavy, and the dust in your feet is spread around, and finally disappears. If you reach the top of the stairs, everything else is gone, and a door closes to the rest of the world, you have reached infinity.
‘Âphâr was composed at the composer’s personal studio and at the Electroacoustic Music Studio of the University of Aveiro. It received the first prize in Yamaha-Visiones Sonoras competition (Mexico) in 2007.
Also check the version with video at:
https://vimeo.com/143418505

Aphar

This work is part of a cycle of four works related to representations of the four elements in the Old Testament. Neshamah means “breath” and is inspired in the following biblical text:
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature (Genesis 2:7).
This piece was commissioned by the Ibermúsicas Project and was composed at the Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras and at the Centro de Pesquisa em Música Eletroacústica of Federal University of Minas Gerais. It received an honorable mention at the Concours International de Composition Electroacoustique de Monaco 2016 and at the Destellos Competition 2016.
Also check the version with video at:
https://youtu.be/RIzLRAQ9h0M

Neshamah

Hydatos belongs to a cycle of four pieces inspired by representations of the four elements (fire, water, earth, wind) in the Old Testament.
Hydatos is a Greek word that means “water”.
This piece is inspired on the first verses of the Old Testament (Genesis Chapter 1:2)
“And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
This piece was commissioned by Gulbenkian Foundation, and was composed in the composer’s personal studio and at the NOVARS Center in Manchester.It received the Second Prize at the Concours International de Composition KLANG! 2015. 
Also check the version with video at:
http://youtu.be/D87vRy5sLr0

Hydatos

This piece is inspired on the first vision of the prophet Ezechiel:  
Et vidi et ecce ventus turbinis veniebat ab aquilone et nubes magna et ignis involvens et splendor in circuitu eius et de medio eius quasi species electri id est de medio ignis (Ezechiel 1:4).
And I looked, and behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire unfolding itself; and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Et Ignis Involvens was commissioned by Gulbenkian Foundation, and was composed at the composer’s personal studio and at the University of Keele Electronic Music Studio. It received the first prize at Metamorphoses 2006 Competition (Belgium).
Also check the version with video at:
http://youtu.be/ZxJ0L0n2Q6o

Et Ignis Involvens

From Paris with love here comes mix 008 by Second Circle artist and friend D.K. (@d-k-music). Q&A (excerpt) here below.

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MFM: Salut Dang Khoa, welcome to our podcast series. Had a nice summer?

DK: Hey! Thanks for having me. My summer was pretty cool, I was happy to play some nice festivals and gigs in Europe. I also had a little break to go on vacation with some friends in Marseille to enjoy the sea and the South coast of France.

MFM: Speaking about summer, your music has quite an exotic touch in which melody and percussion both seem to play a pivotal role. Where does that come from? 

DK: At the very beginning, it was simply inspired by the kind of house music I was listening to. But it changed through the years. I had a period when I was into industrial stuff, and I’ve been really inspired by the textures, by that sensation of mechanical groove and how the percussions were used. It kind of lead me to listen to the roots of music, and got into ritual sounds. Regarding the melodies, I don’t know man, it’s maybe because I’ve listened to too much R’n’B when I was a teenager haha.

MFM: But you're not a trained musician in one way or another? Like, can you read notes and play keys or other instruments maybe?

DK: I played violin when i was very young at the Rennes Conservatory of music for 6 years but it was a long time ago and i didn't practice since. I still can read notes but i'm super slow when it's about to play a musical score with other instruments now.

MFM: Would you say you have a D.K. workflow when in the studio?

DK: I like to have a precise idea of what I want to do before I start, even if it’s going to change completely during the process. Also, the shape of a track will really depend on what I’m listening to at the moment. I can easily get lost sometimes, producing something that is totally different of what I’m doing but I always learn some new technics. It’s a good way to find new ideas as well. Most of the time, I work on the same loop until I’m satisfied, almost all the elements of the track have to be already present on this loop, so I can have a vision of what it’s going to look like. Then, I know it will be easy to structure, edit and finish.

MFM: Interesting, for a lot of producers making arrangements seems a tough task or annoying burden even. What's your trick?

DK: I start with the  rhythm structure then focus my work on finding the main theme of a track,  and i build everything around it. If the beat and the  hook are strong enough it's usually not a tough task to make the arrangements.

MFM: You've been putting out music not only as D.K., how come?

DK: I decided to use that 45ACP moniker to focus my work more on sound textures and beats. It was maybe more heavy and club-oriented than what I used to do as D.K.. But now, I’m trying to combine everything in one project to create more contrast in my music. I’m generally interested by the opposition of textures and sounds in music. For instance, I like to mix raw percussion parts with clean drums or melancholic cold pads with naive midi melodies.

MFM: So, what can tell us about the mix? Any specific theme behind it?

DK: It’s a collage of tracks that I’ve been listening to at home recently and some edits I’ve made, from ambient and tribal to Japanese stuff. It’s obviously not what people can expect to hear me play in a festival or club but I would say that it’s more the vibe that I’m trying to create when i’m performing live.

MFM: Last but not least, any exciting news you'd like to share?

DK: I’m wrapping up my next Ep at the moment, it will be the third volume of my trilogy dedicated to club music on Antinote. I also have a release to come out soon on 12th Isle, and a couple of remixes.

MFM Mix 008: D.K.

Founder of the Blanik label and a member of the @groovedge Records crew, producer and DJ Spinelli @hormoilactg aka Esteve is a dj whose electric gesture marks a wild, unstoppable mix style between techno, jazz, experimental or house.
The fourth episode of @scenecityeu residency on @noodsradio is featuring this Lyon-based artist, in collaboration with @chezemile. Expect 90's electronic influences, jazz & house.
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Artwork: Bureau Nuits www.bureaunuits.com
Mastering: @branksmusic

Scene city #04 w/ DJ Spinelli (30.11.19, Noods Radio)

N'vi'ah is an Old Testament word meaning prophetess. 
A prophetess conveys one or more divine messages often in the form of inspired songs. And many times her words are cryptic, requiring interpretation or even translation. This work uses isolated phonemes as musical material. Intelligible words are not articulated, leaving to the listener the imagination of what their contents and meanings could be. N'vi'ah was commissioned by the Ibermúsicas Project, and composed at the Human Interaction Laboratory - Diego Portales University in Santiago de Chile. It is dedicated to Federico Schumacher.

N'vi'ah

Edited and remastered version of Habala, first published in 2018. 
Made with passion and modular synths.

Habala

habala

"Interstellar Magnetic Song"  Album N°14

2- After a Night of 98 Earth Days,

Music composed in my studio with my small means :-) A very "Spacial" album but not only. To be discovered, to be listened to, very often with closed eyes and if possible with headphones or very good speakers :-)

___🎹_____A_N_O_T_H_E_R___M_U_S_I_C_____🎹___

🛠 - Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks
🎹 - Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & Studio 4H09
🔲 - Artwork  -  Pier WILL
🙏 - Acknowledgements - Ableton, Arturia, Audacity, Cantabile, MSI, Focusrite, Korg, M-Audio, Sony, SoundCloud, Teac, Techniks, Yamaha.
⚙️ - #Ambient #Movies #Electro #Experimental #Minimal #Space 

❤️Love, 🕊️Peace, 🙏Respect

Colliders

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