Performed by Akio Suzuki
From album "K7 Box"
ALM Records ‎– URCD-7

Akio Suzuki "Analapos, Opening Music For Yokosuka Museum Of Art" 2007

Tappan Zee is a collection of three songs which reach across space and time to explore the frailty of human memory and inter-generational relationships. It pulls from a variety of influences: the patience and atmosphere of Eliane Raduige, the complex patterns of Balinese Gamelan (I studied with Gamelan masters I Wayan Sanglah and Pasek Sucipta), the mediative pacing of John Hassel’s fourth world, the electronic excursions of Skee Mask, and the spirituality of Alice Coltrane. Created across several years and locations (Berlin, NYC, Madrid, & Ubud) the music itself is a bridge constructed of questions. What happens when the location of a memory no longer exists? When the people in the memory are dead or they themselves do not remember the moment? Where do memories exist, can they be tied to certain objects?

Tappan Zee is based on a foundational memory. On an evening in 1986, my grandfather, father, and I pulled over onto the side of the Tappan Zee bridge, got out of the car, and stood looking up at the sky. High above us was Haley’s comet, brighter than any star. After my initial excitement ebbed, a new emotion arose, and with it an acute awareness of time. I knew that when the comet next appeared, my grandfather and father would be long dead, and I would be in my grandfather’s place. This sudden realization filled me with a distinct flavor of sadness. 
In the years that passed this memory gradually faded. However, it recently jumped to the front of my mind when the demolition of the Tappan Zee was announced, and again when reading Kamau Daáood’s inter-generational poem The Men. Both are the moments that gave this work its wings and forced me to confront the inevitable passage of time, made even more poignant now that I am a father myself. 

1.	Tear of the Clouds
Tear of The Clouds takes its name from the lake which is the source of the Hudson River – the river which the Tappan Zee spanned. This piece is a mix of a variety of influences and sources, and sounds to me of rain drops or individual molecules of water in movement. Discretely emotional it is the current that sets us on our way. 

2.	The Men
The Men takes its name from the poem by Kamau Daáood of the same name. This poem resonated with me in a profound way. I discovered his poetry while browsing the shelfs of the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco. Years later this poem set of a chain reaction of memories and emotions and gave flight to this collection of music. The Men in this context refers to the three of us, grandfather, father, and son, standing on the bridge, frozen in a moment in time. The glitch at the end is intentional – a left over fragment from an earlier album ordering, as if the music itself has memory, holding on to its previous context.

3.	Le pont englouti
Having fun with Debussy’s La cathédrale engloutie, this song is about a sunken bridge, the Tappan Zee, which was demolished in 2017 and is now beneath the waters of the Hudson River. Starting gently with gamelan inferred patterns, the piece gradually moves through three transitions, and ends with the ambience of my piano, recorded in my living room with the windows open, allowing for the sound of life, of the present moment to resume.  

About the Art 
The album artwork was sourced from Librado Romero’s photo of the Tappan Zee Bridge. I decided to repeatedly re-copy the photo 36 times (the number of years that had passed since Haley’s last appearance – I created the art in 2021) mimicking via a visual feedback loop the degradation a memory might experience over time. This is the same type of process Alvin Lucier used for his seminal I Am Sitting In A Room, or William Bassinski used for Disintegration Loops, but with image instead of sound. I got the chills, when on the 36th time the printer ran out of ink, and the bridge itself had disappeared, exactly as the Tappan Zee of my memories.

Tear Of The Clouds

Further information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-243-loraine-james

A collection of tracks that inspired Loraine James' new Eastman homage album Building Something Beautiful For Me, including works sampled within Loraine's new productions.

Bleep Mix #243 - Loraine James

Further information and tracklist: https://bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-247--robert-hampson-loop

"This is the kind of eclectic affair you can find yourself putting on very late on a Saturday night, early Sunday morning where you might be slightly worse for wear and you want a little off-kilter but also some gentle warmth with nothing to freak the cat out, or piss off the neighbours" - Robert Hampson

Bleep Mix #247 - Robert Hampson (LOOP)

It's a real pleasure to welcome highly respected and experienced french musical selector, DJ, producer and radio host 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐎𝐊𝐘𝐎 with a beautiful selection to introduce our new podcast serie, 𝙄𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙍𝘿𝙄𝙎𝘾 𝙍𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙊. A journey through love, loneliness, emotions and pure bliss!

« 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 (𝘯𝘦𝘸, 𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘫𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴) 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 "𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮" 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘹! 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵, ALEX »

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Cover: Maurice Lecoeur - Musiques Pour L’image (Transversales Disques)
Artwork: jp talaga
Photo: aurelien chauvaud
Prod: arthur lecoeur

InnerDisc Radio 001: Alex From Tokyo

The Opening Set by Dj Ctrixzz at our first gathering at the amazing Genezareth Church, in berlin Neukölln.
25.11.22

Opening Set @ 'TheAmbientProject 03' - Dj Ctrixzz

Radio Parazit 003 | Tensión Lunar
For Off-Site: Diasporic Imaginaries of the Balkan Edge
www.off-site.space/project/radio-parazit

Titled after Jorge Eduardo Eielson's moon project, Tensión Lunar explores connections and disconnections between sound bytes in the Voyager's Golden Record, Arturo Ruiz del Pozo, Jorge Eduardo Eielson, Julio 'Chocolate' Algendones, and more. In order of appearance: 

- Voyager Golden Record - Greetings from General Secretary of the UN 
- Arturo Ruiz del Pozo - Retorno (Buh Records 148)
- Jorge Eduardo Eielson - Colores (Buh Records 117)
- Julio Algendones "Chocolate" - Eleegua (Buh Records 148)
- Voyager Golden Record - The Sounds of Earth
- Voyager Golden Record - Greetings from 55 Delegates (Runa Simi)

Includes field recordings and synth material produced by NKA.

Radio Parazit 03 | Tensión Lunar

Saddle up! We're off crusin' round the Vellydrome, riding dirty with the don of all dons.

Keep calm & peddle strong.

@velasco

>Spaced<

Spaced 25 | Velasco

Joey Anderson remains committed to the deep rooted sensibilities of House music, it's very much in his DNA - drawing upon influences from the underground of New York city. Over the years he has released some of the most influential records in the genre - EP's on the likes of Latency, Syncrophone Recordings and Deconstruct - albums on the likes of Dekmantel and Avenue 66.

This month marks the release of a new album on Deeptrax.

His sound has always been cemented in a deep, philosophical energy. It's music as much for listening, ambience and mood as it is the dancefloor.

Over the years his music has gone on to reach critical acclaim and gained international recognition but it is his home city and the origins of the musical culture from which he draws strength, not the hype or social media circus.

Not one to dabble in eccentricities his music is stripped back, utilising uniquely programmed machinery to create delicate textures and weird dusty tones which often lead to a unique transcendence.

Joey is an artist we've been keen to feature in this series for a long time now and the result is just as special as we could have imagined...

Joey Anderson: The Ransom Note Mix

MURMULLOS (WHISPERS) is a sound art piece that is a part of a proposal for the dissemination of the testimonial volume of the Final Report of the Truth Commission in the context of the Colombian armed conflict. 

Composed of nine interconnected parts, this work presents a 3D audio sound narrative that evokes both the fragilized beauty and resilience of natural landscapes affected by violence.

MURMULLOS(Whispers) Unified Version

Muqata'a Invites: B3NJO

B3NJO, hailing from Khon Kaen, Thailand, digs up music from all corners of the world for the right pieces to transmit her ideas about life, humanity and her awareness of femininity. The selection includes quirky, original and unique artists crafting a heterogenous melange that conveys her soul to the audience. Underground electronica, experimental beats, dubstep, and more are the ingredients for her blend of harmony, rhythm and vitality taking the listener to a divine state of bliss and beauty.

Tracklist:

Sudan Archives - Water
Nah Eeto ft Sumgii - Wanawake
Muqata’a - Taqamus Muqawim
Azizi Gibson x Jeremiah Jae - RappingAintDeadNigga
Christoph El Truento - Fishnetv2
Tsuruda - Boo’s Castle
Kodama - Two Things (Phossa Remix)
Cimm - Grape Lime Ricky
Imajika - Unti Pundi
Zomby - Spliff Dub
EVA808 - Shakti
Glume & Phossa - Hatchet
Black Noi$e ft bbymutha - Mutha Magick
Iskeletor - Slinky
Sumgii - 303 O’Two
Kuhn - Slime Beach
Logan - Chat Bad
Glume & Phossa - SILKWORM
Samba - INLEEDS
Commodo - Crooked Law
ColtCuts - You Said
Kodama - Skulk
Amplituda - Waysta
Ago - I. Got.
Samiyam - bath water
Maya Huyana - Mayah’s Jam

@muqataa
@benjo_benjo

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