Name: Karaksa (2024), for alto flute and electronics by gentanaka
Duration: 8 min 11 s
Description: Performed by Erin Lesser on May 2nd, 2024, at Northwestern University.

commissioned & premiered by the JACK Quartet during TIME:SPANS 2021

note| mayu: the great river is inspired by Andean (South American Indigenous) cosmology & iconography through the lens of queerness, diaspora, and separation. The score works as an ecosystem for connecting living constellations, musical materials, and the individual/collective experience of time. The piece is a reflection on the multiple temporalities experienced and harnessed by displaced, erased, and structurally excluded peoples. These layers of time, the material and immaterial, are sources of joy | resilience | survival, and perhaps, future.

mayu: the great river [2021] | JACK Quartet

Performed by Erin Lesser on May 2nd, 2024, at Northwestern University.

Karaksa (2024), for alto flute and electronics

Final DJ set of all original tracks from Spencer Hutchinson, known to the music world as ersatzmodem. Spencer sadly, suddenly, and unexpectedly passed away from complications of sleep apnea on April 21, 2024. Spencer was a beloved creator and caring person whose influence could be felt in so many different places - his paintings, history knowledge, charisma, and culinary skills were just a small sampling of how bright his light really was. Spencer was my best friend. He has my back through so many times, we created so much together. And moving through this world without him ... it is a completely different place now. This set was recorded on April 8, 2024, in Bloomington Indiana , as the moon moved in front of the sun during the total eclipse.

ersatzmodem at telecommunity : totality

Massive thanks to:
• EVOKE TATTOOS CHICAGO for the dope space they provided
• CRUISE MYERS for the dope performance 
• BROOKE M. ENGLEHART for the dope and super freaky costume that she created 
• H12 AUDIO for the dope mastering
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Ancient Greek text: 
Πρὸ τοῦ ἐμβῆναι ἐν βάθει εἰς τοιαῦτα μυστήρια, γνώθι:
ὁ παντοδύναμος νέος θεός ἡμῶν μεταβάλλει τὸν ἄνθρωπον 
πρὸς πηλόν πάλιν.
ὦ Δὶa
Ὦ Δὶa, ἄκουσον τὰς προσευχὰς τὰς κλαίουσας,
ἀναστῆθι ἐκ σήψεως, ἵνα γένωμαι τὸ παιδίον σου!
Ἔσο ὑπόσχεσίς μου!
Ἄκουε.
Ἄκουε, νεφέλωμα τοῦ ὑψίστου οὐρανοῦ,
ὡς γαυγίζει ὥσπερ πεινών κύων.
Μακάριος ἐστὶν ὁ δουλεύων τῷ Διὶ.
ὦ Δὶa
ὦ Δὶa
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English translation:
Before entering deeply into such mysteries, know:
our almighty new god turns man back into mud 
ὦ Zeus 
ὦ Zeus, listen to my weeping prayers,
rise from decay, so that I give birth to your child!
That's my promise!
Listen.
Listen, to the nebula of the heavenly highest sky,
as it howls like a hungry dog.
Blessed is he who works for Zeus.
ὦ Zeus
ὦ Zeus

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Paul Oakenfold - Tranceport - 07 - Cafe Del Mar (Three N One Remix)

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Gonzo: to Hunter S Thompson is a meditation and reflection Thompson's writings for 9 trombones. 

Photo: Willem de Kooning Woman I

Gonzo: to Hunter S Thompson

produced/performed on elektron a4 by rs
mastered by brian riordan https://brianriordan.bandcamp.com/

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for Microtonals Accordions ©Xamp
Electric Guitar, Amplified Harpsichord, 
Piano, 3 Percussions, 3 doublebass,
& Wind Ensemble (with NO electronics)

For my beloved friends <3
Tribute to Mark Fell

Conducted by Julien Leroy
With Duo Xamp (F.Vicens & J.-E.Sotty)
R.Reber (Guit.), P.Hattat-Colin (Pno.),C.-U.Kim(Clav.),
& Musicians from the CNSMDP Orchestra
Live Recording by Jean Marc Lyzwa 18th September 2020
Paris CNSMDP
Edit & Mix Samir Amarouch
Master Charles D. Wajnberg

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