an original adaptation much more haunting and mesmerising

Just as one year ago, Soundcloud managed to gather quite an amusing collection of tracks i seemed to listen the most. Enjoy, if you may! :)

My 2020 Playback according to Soundcloud :)

Sad Bird Song

Excerpts from the new compilation album Ambient I.

Available for pre-order:  https://atlantearecords.bandcamp.com/

Full album/CD release 11 February.

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Audio mastering by Seth Bellow.
Cover art design by Anthony Asher - Yates.

Various Artists - Ambient I [AR001] preview

AWITW - Flashback EP
OUT NOW
https://awitw.bandcamp.com/album/flashback
"You cannot make yourself have a flashback, nor will you have one unless you are emotionally ready to remember something. Once remembered, the memory can help you to face more of the truth. You can then express your pent-up feelings about the memory and continue on your path to recovery."

A Summer Dream

Argine is the result of opposite feelings led by the desire for change. 2022 has been a dense year and the sound of this work could not fail to reflect this adjective. 
I'm pleased to introduce the album using the words included in the cd sleeve. Thanks for listening… 

"On my tiptoes I loosened the screws of parched gears, leaving it to fate to bring down my fake ivory skeleton with a gust of wind. 
My name has been written among the creeks of the time - every name should be like this - but no one has ever reminded me of it. The nuances are imperceptible letters that curve the gaze, small gems given away in the Pisces era. 
Last night I saw tomorrow in a succession of twelve blades, like a pond that suddenly turns into an ocean of tears. It is that smell that penetrates the senses just before the rain arrives, the muddy scent of burnt silk. 
I play arpeggios of inconsistent notes with the unfinished idea of an abstract smile, colored sketches that are linked to my abandoned dreams, thrown into the basement of memory. Timidly I open that door and I sit on the antique armchair in the center of the room. Beyond the walls there is only the mute din of nothing calling me, but I do not answer and with bare feet I wait for the water to rise, touching my skin. 
What is a metamorphosis if not the suffering of a new life? I vomit golden placenta and beg my shadow not to go away. I shake her hand that slowly indulges at the crossroads and, at dawn, a hill of snow-covered cedars turns into my new dwelling. 
Today it is the precious metal that I fold without hurting myself, shiny and unscratchable. Tomorrow I will see my bloody shadow again and among crystal fragments I will dance with him again as a gift that I will repeat until my peaceful farewell." Francis Gri 

Credits
releases November 27, 2022 

- Composed and recorded in 2022 
- Cello on track 5 by Piergiorgio Storti 
- Mixing & Production: Francis Gri 
- Mastering: Francis Gri 
- Artwork: Francis Gri

KS62 | FRANCIS GRI Argine "Basement of Memory"

Det Förgångna VI

Firefly

Album samplers of our releases in 2023 from Fields We Found, ghost and tape, Federico Durand, Stefano Guzzetti, Stijn Hüwels and Wil Bolton.

homen145 ghost and tape - Freeform (album sampler)

'I the Storm'
Simon McCorry
See Blue Audio SBA 045

1. The Earth's Sorrow for All Things That Pass
2. Misericordia
3. These Scalding Tears
4. The Ever-Evolving Reflecting Mirror

Release date: 22 September 2023

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See Blue Audio: ambient / electronic / beatless / cinematic / downtempo / eclectic / introspective… Shade rather than light...

As summer fades and the nights draw in, our collective consciousness can take a turn towards the melancholic. We may feel this cyclical change at both a micro, individual level and as part of a greater cosmic dimension, but its presence is undeniable. We can find ourselves in the eye of a storm, and that storm could well be within us. This is the theme of the forty-fifth release on See Blue Audio: 'I the Storm' by Simon McCorry.

Mixed ethnicity, part-British, part-Indian, and "cellist sound-sculptor of ambiguous environments", this is Simon's third release on See Blue Audio. It follows a prolific couple of years of releases on respected labels on the ambient music scene like Oscarson, Shimmering Moods, Whitelabrecs, Hidden Vibes, Rusted Tone Recordings and Polar Seas. As with Simon's first release on See Blue Audio, the 'Nature in Nature' EP from 2021, where the title track was created for a short film featuring Japanese contemporary dance artist Satoko Fukuda, so 'I the Storm' began its life in the theatre. All four compositions were written while collaborating with choreographer Travis Clausen-Knight on 'I the Storm', part of the Fabula Collective production 'Momentum'. Although not originally intended for the show, they ended up using 'These Scalding Tears' in its entirety alongside other original music from Simon, with 'Momentum' receiving its premiere at Sadlers Wells Theatre in London in September 2022.

Another important component in the backstory to 'I the Storm' is the serious health issues and periods in hospital Simon experienced at the end of 2021. As disharmony in the body can also lead to disharmony in the mind, this became a time of deep personal confusion for the artist. Seeking spiritual answers, 'I the Storm' is largely influenced and indebted to the sacred music of the 12th century Benedictine writer and visionary Hildegard von Bingen, even though it has a veneer of contemporary sonic landscapes.

'I the Storm' consists of four beatless compositions of varying length based around asynchronous live looping with the cello, a method Simon has been experimenting with for a number of years. This new work takes the process in another direction as all the loops remain 'open' in overdub mode. Five loops of five different lengths always recording and adding new material as the older material slowly fades away on each repeat. Sounds cascade and circle around each other in a network of loop and delay; sometimes like a call and response, sometimes like reverb or an audio smudge, or a choir of cellos, or dense string orchestration and harmonisation. There are moments where the music is on the edge of going out of control and tipping into chaos; a tightrope is being walked.

All the tracks on 'I the Storm' were played and recorded in one sitting. The chaotic nature of the method means this is the only way, but each piece also exists as its own dramatic whole, while contained within are smaller sections or movements travelling through different emotional states and spaces.

'I the Storm' was not conceived or executed as background ambience; this is not linear or gentle listening. Nothing is hidden, all emotions are raw, and it was designed to be experienced by the listener as such. As the track titles show, ours is a world of tumult and turmoil, of agitation and upheaval, and where the storm that's within us all ebbs and flows throughout life.

Mastered by Taylor Deupree at 12k Mastering.

Image: the Sound Camp.

I the Storm

'I the Storm' (preview) – Simon McCorry (See Blue Audio SBA #045)

Glacis is London-based Scottish composer Euan Millar-McMeeken, who some may recall from his previous collaboration work on Whitelabrecs including ‘Nothing Hurts Forever’ with Gavin Miller and as one half of Dead Bell, alongside The Green Kingdom. Euan also records as Civic Hall with Craig Tattersall and as Gallowglas alongside Johan G Winther. His most recent work 'Distances' with Adrian Lane was released on vinyl via Oscarson.

As a frequent collaborator, it is fitting that Euan’s debut for Whitelabrecs is in fact further partnered music in the form of ‘Interpretations’. He invited 11 artists to adapt, distort and deconstruct a collection of his original compositions, realising these into an album in its own right. Interpretations are not simply remixes. Euan explains that he’s never really liked the term ‘remix’ as it simplifies the process of working with original material. He never intended for this record to be a remix record and now it is complete, this feeling remains.

Euan aimed high in curating his artists, enlisting the likes of Tape Loop Orchestra, the Humble Bee, C.Diab and Satomimage and placing them alongside friends and regular collaborators including The Green Kingdom, Simon McCorry and Adrian Lane.

The tracks contained on Interpretations are all careful sonic studies of the original work that respond and react in different ways. Some of the pieces contain moments of the original pieces, some are unrecognisable, all are fascinating examinations. A rebirth, of a kind, from the original idea. Through these interpretations, the tracks are given new meaning and new life. Remarkably, this hour of music stands together as an album experience, despite the variety of the line-up and each artist’s approach to composition.

interpretations

wlr142 glacis - interpretations

Ghost Planet

Surveillance

Enthralltained

Sung Clapping Reich

Polymath - Slipping The Dream Remastered

Analog Wellness

Written and Produced by Christina Giannone
Mastered by Drew Sullivan
Photography by Alexander Kopatz.
www.go70north.com
Faint021 // FaintCD021
Faint / 2020

Christina Giannone - The Portal

Hey there! Welcome to my page of musical wonders. :)


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ׂ╰┈➤ I dwell in exploratory kind of music. I explore musical places that may have their origins in some dreamworld, one or another. When I find a feeling, I follow it - sometimes this even leads to a completed new track. It can be a chaotic process. I like it very much. 

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ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ I'm all about allowing yourself to explore your own creativity - even through most amateurish ways. As long as there's that passion for music that drives you - it can be an exciting adventure. Just follow your .....((..(...heart...)..)).....

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ My passion for music is endless and goes a long way. While it is a subjective thing, I'm all about digging for gems on Soundcloud. It's something you can look for in my periodical repost playlists. There is a chance you could find my selection alluring and wonder-inducing. And perhaps always a chance to find someone new worth following. 

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⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ Music is free. Make it free. If you've made some music, let it have a life in as many ears as possible. Let them explore their own relation to it. Freedom of art is universal. I love Soundcloud, because anyone who thinks they created something valuable - can give others the opportunity to find their own reflection of that value. It's a mystery of life.

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.•*¨*•.¸¸♪ Soundcloud is a world of many interesting artists and creators. Once you start following them, you quickly realise that you will never be able to see all their latest uploads... you will never be on time..... because of the badly implemented repost system that floods everyone on a daily basis......... Well, that's one thing that clearly went wrong with this otherwise wonderful place. And it's been like that for more than 10 years, can you imagine... But fret not - there are at least some Chrome third-party extensions that can give you a (clumsy) way of segregating the "noise" out. To actually be in touch with what's new from your favourite creators. :P You'd think - that's the most basic thing Soundcloud should be able to give you...........
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Hey, and if you've read this far - thanks for being around! See you out there!

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