Three musical episodes, one journey.

Tech notes: Hermod Plus (utilizing TRS MIDI) - utilizing its generator to create random modulations on a clicky groove to start this intro.

The middle episode grew as I experimented with Hermod's TRS MIDI connectivity, reactivated my ancient Korg Trinity for some atmospheric polyphony, and eventually adding a pattern of sevens to taking the vignette out to the meditative coda. 

Here the inbuilt chord function of the RYK Vector Wave provides the basic drone passed thru a bandpass filter so it appears to fade into the distance and return to the fore. Parts of the drone are simultaneously piped thru a Sarajewo delay by periodic gates as I manually swish the frequency to get that unique echoing sound.

Triptych

Living well is the best revenge.
Please Enjoy My Music !

M.Nomized is a recording artist, mail artist, author, collagist and painter who was born Madrange Michel in Paris in 1956. He started his work in 1975 with contemporary music and sound research. In the subsequent 39 years he has appeared on more than 200 solo, collaboration and compilation CD and tape releases on his own Fraction Studio label, and on numerous European, Japanses, and American labels. M.Nomized has recorded and created music in many different styles, including experimental, electronic, minimalist and repetitive musics, industrial, Indian music, Algerian music, noise, cyclic and loop-based music, children's theater, ambient, piano, and spoken word. He was an important figure in the homemade music scene of the 1980s and 1990s, and was well-known for his recordings as a member of No Unauthorized. M.Nomized has collaborated with De Fabriek, Don Campau, Mr.Moto, Carsten Olbrich, The Legendary Poptones, Daniele Brusaschetto, Kora, Messy, Silentport, William Spivey, Mlehst and many others.
Contact: www.facebook.com/mnomized 

eightseverywhere@gmail.com

Our mind creates our experience in thought patterns that construct our reality that is Eights Everywhere

Sander Bastiaans, is a Dutch music producer, sound designer and DJ, born in The Netherlands and produces mainly Trance, House and Progressive.
Raised by two musical parents, Sander grew up with music at an early age.
Inspired, he followed various music education programmes during his teenage years such as drumming, singing and even playing the piano.
During this period, Sander developed a great passion for music.
It was in 2010, that he decided that he wanted to start making his own music.
So on October 2010, he bought Ableton Live.

The first years that Sander was producing music he was mostly focused on orchestral pieces.
He wanted to find unique chord progressions which would later be used in his productions.
These years were basically about messing around with the software and were used as some sort of escapism.
It helped him manage some challenging periods in his early adult life.

He started releasing music in 2017 and grew deeply attached to the music industry.
His first release in 2017 was a progressive house track ‘Feelings In The Sun’ on ReState Records(Exia Recordings). It got attention from a local media company which gave him the opportunity to give an interview about it which was a great way to start his career.

In 2019, he released his first trance track ‘Air Castles’ on Biscayne Recordings owned by producer and DJ Elevation from Coldharbour Recordings.
He released some more tracks after that but decided in 2022 that he wanted to spend more time working on other aspects of his music career and improve himself more broadly.

In 2023, he founded his own music company ‘Sander Bastiaans Productions’ which was launched in October 2024.
His debut album ‘Fluidity’ will be released on his birthday, the 28th of February in 2025.
The record label where it will be released will be revealed close to release day.
Besides music production, Sander has a strong passion for sound design.
His specialty at the moment lies with VST software Sylenth1. He made a soundset for Sylenth1 which is primarily focused on progressive trance and this soundset can be bought on his own website.
In the future he will also release his Sylenth1 soundset in collaboration with Lennar Digital, the company behind Sylenth1 and other manufacturers.
Currently he is learning modular synthesis.
His main alias ‘Aquasoul’ hints at his deep connection with the sea.
On of the main inspirations for his music are the sea and bright summer days.
Something that can be heard in most of his music.
Sander will also release music in the future under other aliases which he will reveal later on.

He has released on:

•Biscayne Recordings
•ReState Records(Exia Recordings)
•Exia Recordings
•Redux Magic(Redux Recordings)
•Progressive Vibes Dark(Progressive Vibes Music)

For inquiries mail to:
info@sanderbastiaans.com

A genderless, voiceless creature of unknown origin.

Weekly mix-tapes can be found here:  https://soundcloud.com/duct-ape/sets

Caveat: I explicitly prohibit the use of any material I post for purposes of torture, brainwashing, hypnosis, bedazzlement or any other nefarious activity. This prohibition applies to all governments, corporations, institutions, agencies and individuals. 

“The avant garde is dead. That is its triumph. Let it lie.” - Chris Cutler in “Not As We Choose: Music, Memory and Technology”. (Highly recommended!)

“… there is increasingly less call to exercise an already too rare generosity of aesthetic hospitality.” - Chris Cutler

" Music is one of the great Mysteries. It gives life. It is not a career, nor a business, nor a craft. It is a gift... and a great responsibility. Because one can never know where the creative spark comes from or why it exists, it must be treasured as a Mystery. For the most part I believe creativity chooses you, not the other way around." - John Zorn (excerpt from the liner notes to 'Magick')

“Listen as if you were being told a secret” - Federico Fellini

“Experimental and electronic music was once not-so-benignly tolerated at the margins of western art music, but it has over the last decade or so moved toward a central position as something of the soundtrack of our digital culture. Where it once was merely tolerated it is now more engaged and doesn’t have to apologize to anyone”.  - Douglas Kahn 

"Through technology, voices are amplified and silence is broken. Spaces are shared." – Laurie Anderson

"I frequently hear music in the heart of noise." - George Gershwin

"'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds." - 
Malaclypse the Younger in 'Principia Discordia'

“Let us cross a great modern capital with our ears more alert than our eyes and we will get enjoyment from distinguishing the eddying of water, air and gas in metal pipes, the grumbling noises that breathe and pulse with indisputable animility, the palpitation of waves, the coming and going of pistons, the howl of mechanical saws, the jolting of the tram on its rails, the cracking of whips, the flapping of curtains and flags. We enjoy creating mental orchestrations of crashing down of metal shop blinds, slamming doors, the hubbub and shuffle of crowds, the variety of din from the stations, railways, iron foundries, spinning mills, printing works, electric power stations and underground railways.” — Luigi Russolo in 'The Art of Noises' (L'arte dei Rumori)

Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mesmo)
(New Norberian English)

1. lit. in a state of mesmerism, hypnotism; in a trance
2. in a state of bewilderment or confusion, daydreaming; 'out of it'
3. mind bogglingly awesome, spellbinding, captivating

(1) "He swung that watch in front of her face and she got all mesmo"
(2) "When the teacher called me to the board I had just woken up and was still pretty mesmo"
(3) "The new N64 cartridge is totally mesmo, bro”

Banner: The Hearing Trumpet_Leonora Carrington (detail)

In ancient Roman times an augur or diviner, sought omens from things like the flights of birds to ascertain auspicious days when new work would go well.The pieces listed here represent the results of personal 'fastus' days, my best days.&#13;
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Fastus appears on the Kosmo netlabel compilation "Vapors of Ambient" - check the promo video here: <a href="http://youtu.be/F8fTbY_csYI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/F8fTbY_csYI</a>

experimental abstract electronica
modular live sessions