Soundscape Experiment #81

This is based on a chord progression/melody I came up a few months ago. Added a few arpeggios and field recordings, and pushed everything through some nice moog-style ladder filters and saturation plugins.*

The footsteps you hear are taken from a field recording of me walking through Finnish snow :)

*Arturia Filter MINI and Klanghelm SDDR

...like glaciers

Original Version:
https://soundcloud.com/jvox/architect-of-truth

Graham Hancock reads from the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Learn more at www.jvox.com

JVox -  Architect Of Truth (Senglar Rmx)

a reworked version now appears on:

https://howthenightcame.bandcamp.com/album/hostile-architects

[naviarhaiku508] //// moonlight ////

So one of my favourite Ikea mugs just split in two the other day ... which inspired this little ditty ... Enjoy!

Accompanying visuals @ https://youtube.com/shorts/ll3IK2mFMaE

visuals (YouTube)

halF smasheD

gale in the mountains –
watch how the fallen blossoms
carpet the water

A contemporary of Basho, Den Sutejo was the eldest daughter of a distinguished samurai family living in the mountainous area northwest of Kyoto. After her husband’s death, she became a nun and spent the final years of her life as a Zen devotee.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 15th November 2023

Haiku by: Den Sutejo [Translated by Makoto Ueda] https://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/den-sutejo.html

Picture by Gariele Wright https://unsplash.com/photos/closeup-photo-of-pink-petaled-flower-uSkJ0rk9OBE

Fallen Blossom (NaviarHaiku514)

Last bloom before autumn
Stares back at me with a smile
My younger brother

Haiku by: John Wright  https://soundcloud.com/thgirwnhoj

About this interpretation: 

My 'younger brother' here is my (much) younger self in the early 1980s, pictured here, when I proudly owned an Octave Cat monosynth and a 4-track portastudio to make music with. What you hear is pre-planned; each part played by hand, multitracked, and bounced down to extend beyond the 4 cassette tracks available. So, for example, drums were recorded part by part, as was each note of each chord, each sound created from scratch - with no presets ... So, please be kind to my 'younger brother' before judging TOO harshly! ;-)

This is an original mixdown to stereo cassette, no editing or remixing - including the terrible 'drum break'! - so it couldn't be more authentic! Enjoy! 😜

More information about the Naviar Records Weekly Haiku: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

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This song is a kind of blues with lyrics that very well describe the life of a busker who creates his own music. Current version is without singing.
Enjoy.

Each Day

Prox T-10

„Die Tasten die ich liebe” Teil IV. (11.12.2023 )

Die Kraft der Musik.
Ich habe es bewusst Pianomeditationen genannt. Zart und mitfühlend.
Wenn auch andere Instrumente begleitend mitwirken.
Hier also die Fortsetzung meiner Klangresonanzreise mit diesem vierten Teil der Pianomeditationen.

„Die Tasten die ich liebe“ Teil III. könnt Ihr unter diesem Link anhören:
https://soundcloud.com/cloppenburg-music/the-keys-i-love-part-iii

Klaviermusik einmal anders arrangiert mit zarten umwobenen Klangformen. 
Das Klavier bleibt immer noch Vordergrund der Komposition.
Jedes Klavier hat seine eigene Mystik und Klang. 
Sich auf den Klang einlassen und intensiv hineinhören ist gleichermaßen auch eine meditative Fokussierung auf die Musik.
Den Klängen folgen, nicht mehr denken. Nur auf sich selbst zu konzentrieren und entspannen. 
Musik ist heilsam für Menschen. 

Ich habe frei von allen Mustern der Klanggestaltung mich von den Klängen inspiriert leiten lassen. 
Improvisiert, mich dem Gefühl jeder Taste die einen Ton erzeugt hingegeben.
Ohne auf einen richtigen oder falschen Ton zu achten.
Denn eigentlich gibt es keinen falschen Ton. Alles ist Klang.
Ich komponiere nicht, ich werde komponiert.
Das Leben ist eine Komposition.

Jeder Körper ist anders und hat unterschiedliche Schwingungen.

So mit starte ich eine musikalische Reise mit den Tasten die ich liebe.
Eine Klaviermeditation zur Entspannung, zur Erholung, zur Heilung unserer Klangkörper.

Ich wünsche Euch liebevolle, beruhigende und entspannte Klangmomente.

Vielen Dank für Eure geschätzte Aufmerksamkeit.
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/cloppenburg-music

Musik :  Björn Cloppenburg  Alle Rechte vorbehalten
Foto	:  Björn Cloppenburg
Es wurden für dieses Projekt virtuelle Instrumente der folgenden Firmen verwendet:
https://native-instrument.com   NOIRE FELT
https://fracturesounds.com  ZEN
https://westwoodinstruments.com  NOVELLA  ORIGIN “The Foils Choir” 


“The keys I love” Part IV. (December 11, 2023)

The power of music.
I deliberately called it piano meditations. Tender and compassionate.
If other instruments also contribute.
So here is the continuation of my sound resonance journey with this fourth part of the piano meditations.

“The Keys I Love” Part III. you can listen at this link:
https://soundcloud.com/cloppenburg-music/the-keys-i-love-part-iii

Piano music arranged in a different way with delicate, interwoven sound forms.
The piano still remains at the forefront of the composition.
Every piano has its own mystique and sound.
Getting involved with the sound and listening intensively is also a meditative focus on the music.
Follow the sounds, stop thinking. Just concentrate on yourself and relax.
Music is healing for people.

Free from all patterns of sound design, I let myself be inspired by the sounds.
Improvised, surrendering to the feeling of every key producing a sound.
Without paying attention to a right or wrong tone.
Because there is actually no wrong tone. Everything is sound.
I don't compose, I am composed.
Life is a composition.

Every body is different and has different vibrations.

So I'm starting a musical journey with the keys I love.
A piano meditation for relaxation, recovery, and healing of our sound bodies.

I wish you loving, calming and relaxed sound moments.

Thank you for your valued attention.
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/cloppenburg-music

Music: Björn Cloppenburg All rights reserved
Photo: Björn Cloppenburg
Virtual instruments from the following companies were used for this project:
https://native-instrument.com NOIRE FELT
https://fracturesounds.com ZEN
https://westwoodinstruments.com NOVELLA ORIGIN “The Foils Choir”

The Keys i Love IV.

The Keys I Love Part IV.

Luderl

Welcome to halF unusuaL, an evolving space inspired by play in the spirit of ‘hai’ (meaning “fun” or “unusual” in the word haiku). Here, improvisation connects the unexpected, mining the boundary between music and non-music to shape sound worlds that feel oddly familiar in their oddity. Listen freely, explore deeply, and for the sounds to live for your eyes as well as your ears, please stop by the YouTube channel. Thank you for joining this journey! Your support helps keep this afloat ... and is HUGELY appreciated 🥰