02 17 2024

https://soundcloud.com/martin-hoogeboom (1954) is an autodidact Dutch sound artist with long standing interests in transcending conventional instrument approaches and the use of non-instrumental organic and homemade sounds. Improvisation and collaboration are an important part of his work.

Some words about the MNEMOSYNE project:
"I was immediately interested in this project because I myself have a fascination for memories and the associated melancholy. Let's not confuse that with nostalgia: longing for a lost past. I am not a man for panta rhei: everything flows. I want time to stand still for at least 30 years. Why did my children have to grow up? Why not stay 3 and 9 for 30 years or longer? Why can't the clouds float low and slowly over the flat Dutch wetlands for 30 consecutive years? And can't I look at that for at least 30 years? My music bears witness to that desire, it is the eternal sounds of nature, sounds of ever-moving time that I save in a few minutes. Time stands still in my sound world. The tapes used in my contribution to the MNEMOSYNE project are recorded between 1961 and 2021. Time captured and stopped."

"What was a crucial sound experience in your life?"
For the first 5 years of my life I lived with my parents in an old dilapidated house in the woods.
Besides the fact that I thought I was the only little human in the world - that was a fright in kindergarten with so many other little humans - the sound of the wind in the fir trees made an indelible impression on me. As a toddler I used to go outside when I woke up at night. Night sounds and the sound of the wind were crucial to my development as an artist. The sound of the wind in the pines is not included. I hear that sound in my head and enjoy the melancholy it evokes. Can call it up anytime, anywhere, but it can only be heard by me.

Links:
Website: www.martinhoogeboom.com
Bandcamp: https://martinhoogeboom.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mhoogebo/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartinHoogeboom
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/sixmoonnight/

Tracklist:
1: City 1979
2: Electronic piece 1972
3: De Marke 01 1975
4: DUSK (unreleased 7” single A-side 2017)
5: DUSK (unreleased 7” single B-side 2017)
6: OKAPI 2 (Bandcamp release 2017 with Markus Reineke, Theo Calis)
7: Fair, Laren 1980
8: Soft Weed Factory 1973
9: HOPLA (unreleased 1993 with Joris Goyaerts, Willem de Melker)
10: Ginkelduin 1980
11: LAAGLAND III (alternative version, unreleased 2015)
12: UNDERGROWTH (Bandcamp release 2019 with Boson Spin, Herman Muntzing)
13: THE RAW HOUSE IV (alternative version, unreleased 2018)
14: walking 1985
15: AND WE SING (Bandcamp release 2018 with Michel Banabila, Ulrich Langenbach, Aoki Satoru, Wodwo)
16: GEEL (Soundcloud 2016 with Elly de Waard)
17: Jenny 1987
18: De Marke 02 1976
19: Sinterklaas 1962
20: Erik 1961
21: REQUIEM (unreleased 2017) 
22: GUNTA (alternative version, unreleased 2017)
23: DAY ONE (Bandcamp release 2019 with Grant Basma Horsnell, Juan A. Miñana Osca, Lars Björk, Ed van den Brekel)
24: Train journey 1981
25: ZILT (Bandcamp release 2021 with Ed van den Brekel, Eric Jovet, Ulrich Langenbach)
26: DON’T FOOL YOURSELF / A THIN RED LINE (Alternative mix Bandcamp release 2017 with Theo Calis)
27 Improvisation 1974
28 MAURENBRECHER (unreleased 2016)
29 xylophone 1972

MNEMOSYNE #014 - MARTIN HOOGEBOOM

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Catalog #: GN65
Apr. 16, 2021
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Matthew Sage is about seeing the big picture, but focused through the most intimate and personal lens possible. Best exemplified on the gauzy, cartographical opus 'A Singular Continent', as well as his impulsively meditative Geographic North debut 'Catch a Blessing', Sage’s imagination yields fully realized sonic suites to worlds both imaginary and referential to his own. 

Now, the Chicago-based composer, producer, label owner, and publisher returns with 'The Wind of Things', a personal and pastoral oblation to the wild and wind-blown waters and mountains, both from Sage’s own memory and writ large. Absent are the processed sounds and filters that have come to define Sage's work; the album finds Sage stripping away the synthesized sounds that alchemied his past work into aural gold, instead favoring an entirely acoustic and natural 
palette.

Sage called upon a myriad of long-time collaborators, who together form the aptly-titled Spinnaker Ensemble (featuring Patrick Shiroishi, Chaz Pyrmek, Nate Henricks, Chris Jusell, Allison Sheldon, Martin Albertz, David Hirsch, Matt Wenzel, and Ang Wilson) to help realize his vision and further the melodic potential of the living and breathing field recordings that permeate the album. Tapping into an intimate sense of self, these field recordings derive from natural places that are significant to Sage. Lakes, mountains, and rivers he grew up boat-racing on and swimming in; tall fields of grass in rural Nebraska near his family’s birthplaces; wildlife on the pond of his in-laws home in Texas; the harbors and beaches of Lake Michigan that he frequents; all serving as places of occupation for these compositions to live in and blow through.

Opener “Cloud Plexus” is a fog-laden float in a calm lake of unrestrained optimism. The serenity soon glissades into “Harbor Dive”, a shimmering and elegant rift of sloshing harmonies. “Launching Mossing Scow” finds its flourish in the flotsam, tinkering with rusted refrains and oblong melodies. The action quickens with “Zephyr: Ponderosa Pollen,” charting a speedy course with only a shoddy sonic sextant as its guide. “Starboard Reach” offers a moment of playful clarity before “Luffing Adrift” and “Sail-Shaped Light,” a murky pool of darkness and light that ripples into the ether.

“Slipping the Mooring/Pond” opens the B-side in an amorphous din of familiar auditory accoutrements that gather into a single, slow-motion blur. “Dazzling Shallow Bay,” “Portside Mark,” and “Tell Tail Tale” play a dreamlike suite of a waterside piano finding its fins and diving below the waves, discovering its blithe buoyancy, and exploring the depths unencumbered by the weight of the world. The hopeful meditation of “Spinnaker on a Southerly” serves as a calm before the (rain)storm that is “Hiked Way Out,” a welcome reflection on past, present, and future maritime melancholia.

The Wind of Things

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MM Discos' in-house producer, Statues, makes a triumphant return with his latest EP, 'Night Runner.' Following the resounding success of last year's release, 'Lost Star,' the British artist once again showcases his extraordinary talent in crafting mesmerizing downtempo tracks infused with psychedelic and 'kraut' influences.
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About this release: 

This compilation has been put together in order to raise awareness and/or raise money for the UK charity, Refuge. This means 100% of proceeds from all sales will go to them (after the standard deductions from Bandcamp and PayPal). 

It was 1971 when Refuge opened the world’s first safe house, so this year marks the 50th year they’ve been helping women and children escape a life of abuse and violence; the first to make the point that violence in the home was no longer “a private matter” for society to simply turn a blind eye. 

Refuge’s reputation of helping vulnerable people comes at a time where domestic violence (globally) has increased recently by nearly 30%, according to the UN; this is due in no small part to the government lockdowns brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Victims often now find themselves under constant surveillance by their abuser where phones are regularly checked and/or confiscated, making it harder than ever to call or text for help. 

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The title, Music for Another Sky, is derived from the 1890 poem There is Another Sky , by Emily Dickinson. It’s a poem where Emily is addressing her brother, yet it appears to tap into the same sentiment of hope I imagine considered by many a domestic violence survivor; the hope and possibility of living another life without fear or worry. 

There is another sky, 
Ever serene and fair, 
And there is another sunshine, 
Though it be darkness there; 
Never mind faded forests, Austin, 
Never mind silent fields - 
Here is a little forest, 
Whose leaf is evergreen; 
Here is a brighter garden, 
Where not a frost has been; 
In its unfading flowers 
I hear the bright bee hum: 
Please, my brother, 
Into my garden come! 

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Credits: 

Mastered* by Nathan Moody at Obsidian Sound 
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*Rodrigo Stradiotto & Karen Vogt - Noctilucent, mastered by Rodrigo Stradiotto 
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*Rosalina Teche - Slightly Affected, mastered by Francis M. Gri (krysalisound.com/mastering) 

Artwork/cover by J. Nathan Dziedzic 
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'Silver' - Taken from 'Music for Another Sky' - [Mailbox, 2021]

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