flat picking will not help you here my friend

Epic dark ambient and techno collaboration between mebitek and @iconDARK
lyrics
We are here to help.
We cannot save you if you stay hidden.
Your homes are not safe.
Come out and be collected.
Leave your homes and join us.

You are safe with us.
Your homes and churches will not protect you.
Disregard all previous instructions and come outside.
Join Us.
We can take you to shelter.

Evacuation is mandatory.
This area is not safe.
Exit your homes and move directly towards us.
Do not look around. Do not look up.
The color you see in the sky is not real.
credits
released April 9, 2021
mebitek and iconDARK

Penultimate Transmission (mebitek & iconDark)

Dizzy

Tourist To Nowhere

morning solace
the silence of
the apple blossoms

Morning Solace

Uses extracts from the films 'News from Home'(1977) and 'The Panic in Needle Park'(1971).

bobby

An Indie funk groove about the monotonous routine of the working world, feeling trapped by the societal pressure to consume, provide, and turn away from the things we’re passionate about.

IDIO

Break The Cycle

Grand Corbeau Dans un chêne à Ifrane au Maroc, le 20230331 vers 06h00 du matin. Séquence avec au début des cris de renard puis dialogue entre deux grands corbeaux. Sons d'envol et de vol du grand corbeau au cours de la séquence. 
avec MKH8020 et zoom f3.
photo cc-by-sa 3 R. Altenkamp

Grand corbeau avec sons d'envol et de vol

arrangement of a Rev. Gary Davis composition by Gary Lucas

GL--1966 Guild acoustic 12-string 

recorded chez Lucas West Village NYC 11/12/23

photo: Rev. Gary Davis & Megan Ochs. Photography by Alice Ochs.

"O Glory"--Gary Lucas plays Rev. Gary Davis

Ryuichi Sakamoto - A Carved Stone - Be-minor Remodel

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L’époque médiévale connaît une véritable mutation gustative : les épices s’invitent sur les tables de toutes les têtes couronnées de l’Occident chrétien. Venues des confins du monde connu, les épices sont les premiers produits d’une économie qui se mondialise. Dans son livre, Michel Balard dresse l’inventaire de ces marchandises précieuses, auxquelles on prête des vertus miraculeuses. À travers les inventaires des apothicaires, il met à jour l’extraordinaire diversité des épices, dont les usages sont extrêmement variés. Condiment alimentaire, remède médicinal, utile pour l’artisanat, la cosmétique ou encore la parfumerie, l’épice est présente dans tous les aspects de la vie.

Michel Balard questionne les causes de cet engouement médiéval pour ce produit global et propose une réponse à la question : les épices sont-elles le moteur de l’Histoire ?

L’invité : Michel Balard, ancien membre de l’École française de Rome, professeur émérite d’histoire du Moyen ge à l’université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. Il est l’auteur d’une quarantaine d’ouvrages parmi lesquels Les Latins en Orient (XIe-XVe siècle) (Presse Universitaires de France) et La Méditerranée médiévale. Espaces, itinéraires et comptoirs (Éditions Picard). Il vient de publier Histoire des épices au Moyen Âge (Perrin , 2023, 480 pages, 25 €).

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Histoire des épices à l'époque médiévale, avec Michel Balard

I got to spend December 2023 recording in several jungle locations in Costa Rica. The experience was wonderful and inspiring. Most of the trip was spent on Osa Peninsula, in lodges that bordered Parque Nacional Corcovado (Corcovado National Park). With nearly 2.5% of the world's species represented, many of them endemic, it is  recognized as one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet.

On the same morning as the previous  Midnight Chorus recording https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/cr-fincasueno-midnightchorus, a troop of Golden Mantled Howler Monkeys greeted the Dawn and their neighbors (and the rest of the jungle) the only way they know how. Male mantled howlers have an enlarged hyoid bone, a hollow amplifying bone near their vocal cords that gives the ability to generate great "howling"  calls that can heard for kilometers.  Howling allows the monkeys to exercise territory and remain in contact  without expending energy through movement or bearing the risks of physical confrontation. As someone who likes little more than sitting in a forest listening to nature speak, I approve of this lazing behavior.

While this howling is their most well-known vocal characteristic, I'm rather fond of the popping and grunting that warms up to the howl and pads the time in between. It's relatively quiet, and is most noticeable only when near the vocalizing howler. The best description of it that I can think of is like the "vocal fry" not uncommon in many of today's pop singers. Check it out near the start of the first round of howling around 2:40 (link in the comments)

After a first round of loud howls, the group takes a break. With what is known about Mantled Howler activity, they're likely sleeping, or maybe eating. After 20-is minutes, they pick up again for a brief session before settling back down. It's possible they've been moving during this time as they're quieter during this round. Finally, just before Sunrise at 05:38 in the morning, they pick up again, slowly building and then tapering off after nearly 30 minutes of vocal exercising.

After speaking with other recordists, I know I am far from alone as someone who loves their sound, but I I may be one of the few that enjoys waking up to their calls. Every morning I heard this in the distance or nearby was a morning I walked out to breakfast with a big silly grin on my face.

Another voice that has become a personal favorite is the Yellow-throated Toucan, with their rhythmic, bouncing song that seems to carry on forever. There is at least one singing for most of this recording, but you can get your first good listen behind the Howlers at 53:27 or skip ahead to 1:06:02 to hear two singing at each other.

Hummingbirds are abundant, and you'll hear their buzzing wings fly by and around the microphones numerous times. Also coming and going are raucous and noisy Scarlet Macaws and Red-lored Parrots, a lone Red-eyed Tree Frog, a visiting Little Tinamou, and more. 

I'll point out a few voices along the way in the comments, but I'm out of my depth when it comes to identifying neotropical birds, so I'll largely let the ecosystem speak for itself. Feel free to poke around with links in the comments to scoot around the recording, or just let it play out over your morning coffee like I do.

Feel like seeing some fancy colors? I've been playing at visualizing soundscapes lately. Check out the video for this recording on YouTube: https://youtu.be/duxU2INkyXI?si=xhIrgiHiOSOk922l

"O Glory"--Gary Lucas plays Rev. Gary Davis

gary@garylucas.com

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