Spring Bones

spring bones

Summon I

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'For the past couple of years, my friends and I have had a tradition of spending Kekri together in a cottage in the woods. We mark the ancient celebration using contemporary tools: we make masks with lichen, card and a glue-gun and we soak the Kekri Pukki in kerosene to be burnt. This is no nostalgic reenactment of an invented past; we are using rituals to imagine a way of relating to nature that embraces the modern and the technological. Smartphones are welcome.'

This piece appeared as part of the 2022 exhibition 'Elon Kierre' in Helsinki.

[Lyrics]

It's the twilight of the year and the days are waning. The last person to awake is affectionately named the 'köyri'. After a year of heartbreak, hedonism and hard work, I’m tired, so it’s not a surprise that the köyri is me. As I drift out of sleep, I smell pancakes - their scent wafting up from the kitchen. We’ll have to eat 9 times today for good luck, and not forget to leave something out for the spirits too. 

In the early afternoon, we venture out to forage for mask-making materials. Someone remarks that the distant forest resembles a giant barcode, but my eyes are trained on the trees immediately surrounding me. They’re adorned with old man’s beard and the rocks with damp moss, but then my attention is caught by four brightly coloured strands of plastic string hanging from a fence. I think they’ll make for good hair; materials given a new life as the facial features of soon-to-be born creatures. 

I’m on dinner duty this evening; frying onions in turmeric, garam masala and lots of butter. We take it in turns to cook for everyone and, through this agreement, we each embark on our individual cycle of rest and work, receiving and giving. This cycle is replicated in the emotional and spiritual worlds, too. Any site of co-existence should entail reciprocity and, as such, we alternate between supporting, and being supported by, one another. One of us holds forth in conversation over lunch, entertaining us all with her anecdotes but, later on, she becomes scared and cries, and so we hold her. I think this is what making kin looks like; a dance of interdependence that is a little like breathing.

As I lie in bed, the covers pulled up to my chin, my hair is still a little damp from the sauna. I’m excited when I catch myself drifting off; relishing the moment between waking and sleeping, when the veil between the worlds is thin. My consciousness feels somehow delicate, trembling slightly as it navigates this transition. I can hear my friend breathing softly; it comforts me.

Tuu tuu tupakkarulla
mistäs tiesit tänne tulla?
Tulin pitkin turun tietä,
hämäläisten härkätietä.

Mistäs tunsit meidän portin?
Siitä tunsin uuden portin:
haka alla, pyörä päällä
karhun talja portin päällä

Uni kysyi uunin päältä,
unen poika porstuasta:
Onko lasta kätkyeessä,
pientä peitteiden sisässä?

Tuoppa unta tuokkosessa,
kanna vaski vakkasessa,
sillä silmät sivele,
näkymiset näppäele.

Nuku nuku nurmilintu,
väsy väsy västäräkki,
nuku kun minä nukutan,
väsy kun minä väsytän.

i have a companion, the companion has me

Live performance by kaðlín & toby @to_ba at crawl space, the hague 17/02/23

Recorded on cassette by Adomas Palekas @someplastic

óhljóðfirring live at crawl space

https://broshudadrips.bandcamp.com/album/mitra

Mitra

Untitled

Tati au Miel introduces their latest birthing 'Carousel'. This EP showcases a fusion of electronic and experimental melodies, featuring collaborations with Cecilia, Embaci, and the group Nudo. The auditory experience is complemented by a collection of sculptures crafted by the visual artist Lacra. The essence of 'Carousel' draws its inspiration from Tati au Miel's lived experiences and personal reflections, delving into concepts such as nomadism, migration, nostalgia, and the Haitian spiralism movement. These themes found expression during Tati's artist residency at Echo Correspondence, where the seeds of 'The Tale of The Vagabond': a fictive inter-disciplinary narrative revolving around a hybrid human-bird character known as 'The Vagabond'. The sounds initially created for this narrative have now evolved into 'Carousel', a 5-track EP that captures the playful yet eerie essence of its origins.

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lyrics?  

neva 2 be known 
neva 2 be known 

it's a gift, to be swallowed 
to be to be known

neva 2 be known 

I ache for the day you say 
I ache for the day you say 
I ache for the day you say 
I ache for the day you say 

I see you 
but I like you 
so I can't get to close to you

Somewhere on 1301 Crossing Place, The Dust Made Me Reconsider Time

'Xperimental duo games release their debut LP, “Great Illusions” — a collage of subversive recording techniques that explore concrete engineering, corroded rhythms and harmonic distortion techniques.

A soundtrack to imploding stars and black hole soup, distilled into compositions that seep into the subconscious through carefully harnessed sonic entropy.

Produced by Jorge Camacho and Lawrence Goodwin
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken
Design by Jorge Camacho & Lawrence Goodwin
Artwork Digitally Edited by Conna Haraway

new jtrack

SQUARES            is reassuring and grounding

SONIC SHAPES

You deserve the Rolls-Royce of sound healing
Radical experiences from bathing yourself in exquisitely penetrating harmonics
A significant step forward in the healing arts
At last a vibrant stream of pure sound energy to soothe you

Sonic Shapes
by composer Lawrence Ball and healer/counsellor Isobel McGilvray
As close as it is possible to be to the sound of the aura
A massage of all levels of your being
now rereleased in the digital domain (was "ShapeTapes")
Immerse yourself in the tumbling fluctuating world of inner shape-shiftings
Unlock new levels of radiant relaxation
As used on tour by the Who's masseuse

Squares 4

hEaDbAnD - “fEbRuUs” PaRt 3 (InTeGrAtE) [ArS MeDiA]
oRgOnOn pIt - mUkOiD FlEx [FoRtHcOmInG On aScEtIc hOuSe]
J.S. aUrElIuS AnD RoDgEr sTeLlA - 01 [UnReLeAsEd]
ChInO AmObI - YoU WaNt dEmOcRaCy? YoU WaNt fReEdOm? [nOn]
LiGaTuRe - cLaUsTrOpHoBe [FoRtHcOmInG On jOy dE ViVrE]
sOmAli eXtRaCt - MeTtLe [FoRtHcOmInG On aScEtIc hOuSe]
PiNkY RoSe - sHe aSkEd fOr lOuDeR [aRs mEdIa]
SoReN - CaMm (PaRt 2) [fOrThCoMiNg oN AsCeTiC HoUsE]
sOrRoWiNg cHrIsT - A2 120913 [fOrThCoMiNg oN AsCeTiC HoUsE]
vIa aPp - cOn aRtIsT WiP [uNrElEaSeD]
jOnAtHaN UlIeL SaLdAnHa - tRaIn tUnNeL / CrAnE DuB [sIlO RuMoR]
vArG - SeNaToR LoUnGe (ThE NeW AiRpLaNe dRoNe) [uNrElEaSeD]
sIlKbLeSs - dYoU [sElF-ReLeAsEd]
J.S. aUrElIuS - NbOmE [cAcTuS MaN]
aMnEsIa sCaNnEr - bOuNtY [uNrElEaSeD]
sOnS Of mAgDaLeNe - tAkBiR [fOrThCoMiNg oN AsCeTiC HoUsE]
gLoChIdS - NeT B [fOrThCoMiNg oN AsCeTiC HoUsE]
g.i.s.m. - SuBj aNd eGoS, cHoPpEd (N ScReWeD DuBmIx) [bEaSt aRtS]
vIdEo bLuE - AuToPoRtRaIt [FoRtHcOmInG On aScEtIc hOuSe]
RoPeR RiDeR - CoRrAlS [fOrThCoMiNg oN AsCeTiC HoUsE]
aLeX ZhAnG HuNgTaI - NiNa [FoRtHcOmInG On aScEtIc hOuSe]

Art by Rabit & Collin Fletcher
hvmix007

J.S. Aurelius - the music is whatever 2 (HVMIX007)

https://union-editions.bandcamp.com/album/firenze-pad-uomo-luce

Uomo Luce

Since 2015

The doorway to a voice
And a new manifestation

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