(The thing about Walter is that he thinks his strengths are weaknesses, and that his weaknesses are strengths.)

The Wrath-Monkey,
early in the morning,
starts his grumble-song,
scorning, thorning, without any warning,
must not take too long,

For the Wrath Monkey must feed,
he's chewing on your happy thoughts,
do not let him breed,
conquer him with what you've got,

Wrath Monkey!

Blood emetic,
playful and pathetic,
the sadist goes to town,
and I do not want to hold the Wrath-Monkey,
do not want to hold him down,

Cause the Wrath Monkey must win,
growling loins that shape the shove,
will you smash that stink face in?
or conquer yourself with your love?

Wrath Monkey, you know you are,
Wrath Monkey...speak:
"WAAAARRGH! WAAAARRGH!! WAAARRGH!!!
oooh,hoooo!
WAAAARRGH! WAAAARRGH!! WAAARRGH!!!
oooh,hoooo!"

Wrath-Monkey!

Cause the Wrath Monkey must feed,
he's chewing on your happy thoughts,
do not let him breed,
conquer him with what you've got!

Wrath Monkey

Elegi no 2 for Piano

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even the air
has changed

Wai Mei Wong is a former early childhood educator living in Toronto, Canada. Her picture book Hello, Dark was shortlisted for the 2022 IODE Jean Throop Book Award, and chosen for the 2022 CCBC Spring Best Book for Kids & Teens Selection. She enjoys poetry, nature walks and funny movies.

She started writing Haiku in October 2022, after she became curious about this deceivingly simplistic form of poetry. Her inspiration comes mostly from her experience or the stories from people close to her.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 29th March 2023

haiku by Wai Mei Wong https://twitter.com/wmwongcreator

picture by Kate Bezzubets https://unsplash.com/@k8_bzz

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2023-04-05

NLS - 2023 - 04 - 05 Up And Down The Stairs

REMEMBRANCE   OF  THINGS   PAST   2

All  sounds on this early morning exercise are double bass processed by modular synthesizer.
8.21.23

daybreak

Days #3

Gino's Diary [Sunday Roulette #132]

FADING MEMORIES

Witcut

Fredrik Rasten: acoustic guitar, voice

Svevning is a Norwegian word meaning levitation or flying, in the sense of flying without
effort – like when a bird is fully supported by the airstream, merely gliding.

Svevning also refers to interference or beating, the acoustic phenomenon that occurs when
two tonal sounds differ in pitch only slightly. When two tones are sustained with stability, their difference in frequency manifests sonically as a pulsating pattern of vibration. As the difference in frequency between the two tones increases, the speed, or frequency of the pulse increases correspondingly until a point or
area is reached where the difference is no longer heard as a pulse, but as a tone. This is
what is known as a difference tone.

I do not know how the two meanings of ‘svevning’ (in German, Schwebung) relate to each
other etymologically, but I find a latent poetry in their combined meanings and connotations.

Svevning is an extension of my earlier piece Limn. The music unfolds as an ever-changing continuum of chords, propelled by open strings and their harmonic nodes, slowly interwoven by retuning, patterns of plucking and occasional
voice.

Fredrik Rasten, July 2021, Berlin




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credits
released October 5, 2021

Recorded by Fredrik Rasten at CityLAB Berlin on March 3 & 5, 2021.
Mixed by Sam Dunscombe.
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi.
Cover artwork and design by d’incise.
Thanks to Marcus Pal, Mareike Lee, Adam Asnan, CityLAB Berlin, Sam, Giuseppe and
d’incise.

Released on INSUB records

buy download or cd here:

fredrikrasten.bandcamp.com/album/svevning

Svevning I

Fredrik Rasten is a guitarist and composer (b. 1988) working in the field of experimental music, both improvised and composed. His main focuses are exploring and utilizing the acoustic possibilities of the steel string guitar. The last years he has been working extensively with just intonation, taking an extended concept of consonance as a point of departure. He has studied in this field with  Catherine Lamb and Marc Sabat in Berlin. In his work he is also inspired by wandelweiser music, traditional british folk and early music.



contact: fredrikrasten(at)gmail(dot)com