from the "S/T" CS (NNF372)
Not Not Fun / 2021

DOSE OUTLETS:
https://acidtwilight.bandcamp.com/album/s-t
https://midheaven.com/item/st-by-acid-twilight

Acid Twilight "Days Of Devotion"

"Kaleidophon (Gamelan)"
Performed by Gamelan Pacifica
Arranged for gamelan by Stephen Fandrich
Based on a compositional concept by Carter Scholz from his piece "Kaleidophon (Stochastic)" on his "8 Pieces" CD.
This piece utilizes a tuning based on the first 16 partials of the harmonic series. It is a sounding or invocation of that fundamental series of pitches. If you have additional questions about the tuning feel free to direct them to the contact page on our website.

Kaleidophon (Gamelan)

02 Ritournelle

Void

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Earth Beat

London producer and RBMA alumni Jonny Nash heads up the Melody As Truth label and also brews up alluring aural journeys full of glistening guitars, drifting synthesizer chords and subtle piano motifs. Before his latest mini-LP, 'Eden,' surfaces in mid-February, we debuted the delightfully chilled "Conversations With Mike" on RBMA Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@jonnynash
@melodyastruth
http://rbmaradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Jonny Nash "Conversations With Mike" [First Floor Radio]

from the "Wild Palms" CS (NNF336)
Not Not Fun / 2017

TO OWN:
https://iguanamoonlight.bandcamp.com/album/wild-palms
https://midheaven.com/item/wild-palms-by-iguana-moonlight

Iguana Moonlight "III"

From the album Off World 2
Constellation CST127
06 Oct 2017
http://cstrecords.com/cst127

ALBUM TRACKLIST:
1. Wet Max
2. Island Fanfare
3. Scrubdown
4. Memory Drip
5. The Mask
6. Play Room
7. Night Valve
8. Decamp
9. Satellite Beach
10. The Grail 

PLAYERS:
Sandro Perri: bass, drum machine, electronics, guitar, piano (all tracks)
Drew Brown: electronics (tracks 2 & 8)
Eric Chenaux: guitar, percussion (track 10)
Matthew Cooper: electronics (track 8)
Craig Dunsmuir: bass, guitar, percussion (tracks 1, 6 & 7)
Brandon Hocura: electronics (track 7)
Susumu Mukai: drum machine, electronics, guitar (tracks 1, 2 & 8)
Lorenz Peter: drum machine, electronics (tracks 3, 5 & 9)

Off World • "Decamp"

from the LP Sharing Waves out World Wide June 1st

VINYL WAVES NOW SHIPPING:
www.stonesthrow.com/store/album/coo…e/sharing-waves
RIDE THE MARITIME BANDCAMP:
coolmaritime.bandcamp.com/album/sharing-waves

Sean Hellfritsch returns to Leaving Records with his second outing for the label as Cool Maritime. Sean is an active mixed-media visual artist, and modern modular electronic composer living and working in North East Los Angeles with his wife Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. 

Sharing Waves is all-expansive environments, and fully-realized worlds to explore and get lost in. A persistent sense of adventure and excitement is practically baked into the songs, many of them having been recorded in inspiring and remote outdoor locations using a nomadic studio including a "lunchbox" modular system. The narrative flair of this instrumental music comes naturally to Hellfritsch, who is also an accomplished filmmaker. What you hear is musical ideas captured in moments of awe, happiness and inspiration. Although the sounds are largely electronic, the feeling is organic, with lush arrangements that breathe and breaststroke their way gracefully through the open air. Illustrative song titles like "Forest Bathing" and "Secret Caves" evoke inviting landscapes of reflection and resonance. Pristine and glassy droplets of sound pitter over damp and mossy beds of emotional chords and feelings, as escape turns inwards. 

In an interesting contrast to the nature-heavy motif, a number of the tracks on Sharing Waves were the result of a commission to create pieces for a large outdoor plaza in downtown Los Angeles. This dichotomy of nature versus development makes for an interesting fold in these fully realized compositions. As for the album's title, Hellfritsch, who is an inveterate surfer, explains: "Sometimes surfing can be a competitive environment with crowded breaks and not enough waves to go around. The 'right of way' rule is that the first person to catch the wave closest to where it’s breaking gets it. It’s a known rule and everyone expects you to respect it – but the exception to that rule is that friends love to share waves. It’s a joyful experience to be riding this big undulating ripple of water with a pal alongside you. Such a unique moment of fun and connection and excitement that always sticks with me."

Be it in a beautiful natural environment like those of the albums' creation or shut away indoors, Hellfritsch says he'd love for people to experiment with different ways of listening. "My favorite way to listen is laying on the floor in a dark space with some nice speakers. The tape deck in my 1987 Toyota van while driving very slowly along windy, foggy coastal road would be runner up." This idyllic image of a reliable old ride propelling through an endlessly unfolding seaboard perfectly captures the magic and mystery waiting to be found on Sharing Waves. Hellfritsch says, "the biggest thing i learned on this album was to trust my intuition when making music and not spend too much time second guessing myself. Just go for it and have fun!" Tune in with an open mind, and dare to share a wave.

VINYL

Cool Maritime - Climbing Up

Pre-order availabe now via Imprec.com
Cassette edition of 100 via Cassauna/Imprec

ALEXANDRE BAZIN​ is a member of the ​Groupe de Recherches Musicales​, better known as the GRM, for which he writes documentaries about music for the radio. He is passionate about experimental music and more specifically acousmatic music created by members of the GRM, such as Bernard Parmegiani, Francois Bayle and Guy Reibel. Due to his background as a classical and jazz pianist, Alexandre Bazin is also passionate about instrumental music by the likes of Steve Reich, Erik Satie, Brian Eno ... This album attempts to synthesize these two worlds that are so dear to the composer, either in symbiosis or in opposition to one another with simple and loose melodies as its main theme. The use of analog synthesizers and acoustic sounds are at the heart of the composer's creative process. His music has already been heard thanks to Umor Rex Records in Mexico and the Moogfest festival in the USA.

OCEANS :

"Oceans" ​was written for Marimba, Piano and Buchla Music Easel, in 4 movements around the theme of the Ocean. Simple and loose melodies, played on piano and Buchla. They rotate around the marimba which evokes breathing and the rhythm of the swell. Suspended melodies reminiscent of Generative music although in this case they are an improvisation around a simple motif. Through its title and movements, this work evokes a reflection around climate change and our relationship to Oceans: water, breathing, the repetition of movement, but also its immensity which reminds us of our limits. The piece was performed by Alexandre Bazin on Piano, Buchla Music Easel and Marimba as well as Gabriel Benlolo on Marimba, a member of the Radio France Philharmonic orchestra.

Alexandre Bazin  -  Underwater (Part 4) From Oceans/Dream - Land - Cassette

GAMELAN PACIFICA has performed extensively in the Pacific Northwest, as well as Canada and other parts of the U.S. Originally formed in 1980, Gamelan Pacifica is among the finest ensembles in the United States devoted to the performance of gamelan music. It is an active and adventurous ensemble, with a reputation for creating diverse productions merging traditional and contemporary musical forms with dance, theater, puppetry, and visual media. Nationally the ensemble has performed at the Smithsonian Institute’s Festival of Indonesia, New Music Across America Festival, Vancouver New Music Society, On the Boards, Walker Art Center, Performing Arts Chicago, and elsewhere. In the Pacific Northwest, Gamelan Pacifica has performed at the University of Washington, Seattle University, Town Hall, Benaroya Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, the Seattle Art Museum, Evergreen State College, Centrum, the Bumbershoot Festival, the University of Oregon, CenterStage, and many other venues. Visiting artists who have worked with Gamelan Pacifica include some of the most notable artists of Indonesia including Al. Suwardi, Peni Chandra Rini, Rahayu Supanggah, Midiyanto, Heri Purwanto, Sutrisno Hartana, Wayan Sinti, Didik Nini Thowok, Sri Djoko Rahardja, I Made Sidia, Endo Suanda, Dedek Wahyudi, Goenawan Mohamad, and Tony Prabowo. Gamelan Pacifica’s CD, Trance Gong (What Next? Recordings) has received international acclaim. Their most recent CD, Scenes from Cavafy (New World Records), features premiere recordings of major works by renowned American composer Lou Harrison. In addition to sponsoring the Javanese gamelan ensemble, Gamelan Pacifica is a well-respected non-profit arts organization that supports various programs and special projects relating to music and dance, with a special emphasis on cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaboration. Gamelan Pacifica has been the recipient of numerous grants, including support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation and Arts International. The ensemble is currently supported in part by sustaining funds from the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs and 4Culture. Gamelan Pacifica has been a 501c3 non-profit arts organization since 1985 and is currently a professional ensemble-in-residence at Cornish College of the Arts. It is directed by noted composer and Cornish College Professor Jarrad Powell. 


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