That's Mean

2021.12

Untitled #23

SCRT Sounds

December 2023

downtempo sbla

From the forthcoming album 'Wave Your Moonlight Hat for the Snowfall Train', out November 19, 2021. 

Stream/pre-order: https://linktr.ee/youllnevergettoheaven

Wave Your Moonlight Hat for the Snowfall Train

Dust

Eine Nacht in Cairo

From Machine to Machine

Prins.vst

LAWRENCE ENGLISH, Observation of Breath, LP

Release date - Sept 10th 2021
Catalogue nr. - HG2103
Format - Vinyl / digital
Hallow Ground

hallowground.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
1) A Torso (10:01)
2) A Binding (06:05)
3) And A Twist (02:42)
4) Observation Of Breath (20:44)

Credits:
All organ recorded at The Old Museum, Brisbane July-November 2020,
except A Torso’s centre section which was recorded in 2016 on the same organ.
Performed and Produced by Lawrence English
Picture by Juan Valverde de Amusco, 1560
Design by Ruth Stofer and Greenpointless

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Do you remember the last time you were breathing consciously? Either way, you are likely doing it now. On his new album »Observation of Breath« for the Swiss-based Hallow Ground label, Lawrence English worked exclusively with an organ for four compositions that are exercises in »maximal minimalism,« as their creator himself notes in a nod to Charlemagne Palestine, who coined this term. While it seems somewhat fitting that those four pieces based on a steady flow of air were conceived and recorded in a situation of accelerated standstill caused by a respiratory disease, the Room40 founder is not so much concerned with capturing the zeitgeist than rather incorporating the spirit of time itself. »It is a record about presence and patience,« he explains. Exploring the unique sonic affordances of a singular instrument, »Observation of Breath« is not only devoted to the durability of sound but also to its density. That it marks his debut on Hallow Ground after having shaped its sound by mastering most of the label’s releases in recent years is just as fitting then as its release following albums by Kali Malone and FUJI|||||||||||TA, whose innovative work with organ instruments have facilitated a rediscovery of their possibilities. 

English’s compositions however are neither directly indebted nor responding to these musicians. His exploration of the organ’s many facets started a decade ago when the composer was given access to an instrument built in 1889 that is presently housed at The Old Museum in Brisbane. After it had already played a crucial role on his seminal albums »Wilderness Of Mirrors« and »Cruel Optimism,« last year’s self-released »Lassitude« was the first record that English entirely composed and recorded with that instrument. »During the soft lockdowns, I spent many days playing to an empty concert hall, recording the pieces that became ›Lassitude‹ and then, this album,« says English in regards to an unfortunate situation that fortunately provided him with time and space—two major themes but also key qualities of the four new compositions. In this sense, he goes on, »Observation of Breath« resolves a number of the questions originally raised by »Lassitude.«

»The organ is an exercise in the observation of breath,« English explains the album’s title. »It is a physical breath, one that manifests both audible and inaudible waves of vibrations. The sheer scale of the instrument, its weight and the physical length of the pipes involved in producing the sounds we experience is nothing short of mind-boggling.« More importantly, the sound artist is fascinated by the organ’s ability to produce frequencies that exist at the sensory limits of human awareness—it’s at the edges of these limits that fascination can be found, he argues. »The particular organ that I work with comprises four manuals and 45 speaking stops and it has a tubular-pneumatic action,« he explains. »It’s the stops that are the focus of my interest. They are very specific and when manipulated in certain ways and in certain combinations, create a unique set of unsteady timbres that make it a remarkably intoxicating instrument to collaborate with.«

LAWRENCE ENGLISH - A Binding (HG2103)

TR192 - Paul Abbott - 'Deorlaf Z (version) for XT Deorlaf X Live' [excerpt]

The Last Wave

Burn It All Down

https://muzaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/before-your-past-lives

VIII(Before Your Past Livess - Muzan Editions)

[MIX.2]
A small tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto, 
one of the most important artists that helped throughout the years, both musically and mentally.

Valley Of Spirits

Sakamö

[MIX.2]
This is a remix of my friend https://soundcloud.com/thesleepiestboi s' track "Gimme Time"(https://soundcloud.com/thesleepiestboi/gimme-time).
Thank you https://soundcloud.com/mrajaunte for helping me with samples, i really appreciate it!
And thanks to my mom for the rad vocals at the end :)
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Photo by https://unsplash.com/pt-br/@evieshaffer

Gimme Time [IDGlitch Remix]

psyc

ALBUM OUT NOW:
https://carpi-records.bandcamp.com/album/cr-22-nature

GET FULL BATCH HERE:
http://www.carpi-records.com

CR-22: Hollow Gem - Bloom

Mood Exhibit - Pleuvisaud Melancholia

Repercussions

Easy Man

World Counsellor — Untitled (Wild Rose Country, A1)

A song about the discrepancy between the idealization of a distorted individualism, constantly conveyed by contemporary mass media, and the actual standardization, or globalization, of human behaviours and actions that can be found today in Western or Westernized societies…

In loving memory of Massimo De Gasperi (1967-1999), a great musician and friend. There's currently no trace of his work on the internet, unfortunately, but he'd published an album with a German label a few months before passing away, if I remember correctly. It sounded way ahead of his time, and it still does today. I own a copy of it, but I'm not entitled to share it. I hope someone will do, someday.
He once called me while he was working on his album. One of his numbers' title was "Dead Hendrix", and he asked me if I could supply him with any recorded announcement of Jimi's death. He was planning to extrapolate a few words from it and use the samples on his track. Sadly I couldn't satisfy his request. I used to own dozens of Hendrix LPs and tapes, always loved and played his music, but I'd never been a collector. At the time, things like that couldn't be found on the internet.
A shot of heroin laced with strychnine killed him at 32.
In November 2019, a common friend asked me to join Massimo's 20th death anniversary party: "Come over and play", he said... I had to laugh, because he hadn't considered the fact that I was nearly 1000 miles away from home, and couldn't really afford to travel exclusively to join that party. So I recorded this tune, "That's Mean", very quickly, and about a week later I sent him the file. I easily found that Hendrix death announcement on YouTube, sampled a couple of sentences and used them in this song. He was so happy with it, included it in the music set for the night and told me that Massimo was very likely smiling from heaven while listening to it. I really hope this tune will make you all smile too.

Teth Sin : vocals, guitar, bass guitar, bağlama, samplers

Original composition, arrangement, lyrics, mix, mastering & cover artwork design by Teth Sin

SIDE 2
Written, performed and recorded by Emma Grace
Mastered and post-produced by Capitano Merletti at Studio Garp, Venice
Produced by Pipapop Records, Artwork album cover by Giorgia Ragnacci.
Upcoming album date February 26th 2020

WILDFRUITSANDREDCHEEKS

8 - Altars

Naviarhaiku 326

rumbling in the mist
a whale soars towards the light -
stories from below

how deep? (v/a out now on Naviar Records)

ewbeats - tonight

A transcendental sound journey into the inner depths...

Clock

the tracks were recorded over three days while reflecting on the current state of affairs. more specifically, my sense of self and state of mind as a Londoner. 

mood(y) album; self-reflective.

bourgeois twins

World has slowed down. 
Hidden beneath a skin of fear.

All Silver was created during the first days of the Corona shutdown.
Made with passion and modular synths.

Sound and artwork by Thomas Breuer

All Silver

All Silver (extended)

all silver (extended)

Matu

music . Tot. @tot-beat
lyrics, vocals & their mix, photo & cover design . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

super dope version of this song is on Tot's page!
 https://soundcloud.com/tot-beat/aml

ALL MY LOVE
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What kind of world we live in
where we can’t tell what is given and what is taken oh oh oh

phoenix! get my sphinx sphinx sphinx

You can’t leave! You only get to take!
You can’t leave! You only get to take!


Get down Bloody, get down bloody
get down with us they say

I say, Im a never worry too deep
cause mama told me the story
mama told me they’d be a day

mama told me they’d be a day
mama told me they’d be a day

Mama told me, Mama told me they’d be a day
Mama told me, Mama told me they’d be a day
Mama told me
to be strong
all my love On
hold on to the thrill

Its gonna take all my love
we weave on
its gonna take all my love
we weave on

I belong to you Mama Gaya 
I belong to you Mama Gaya 

Its gonna take all your love
Our Universal Body
It’s gonna take all your love
Our Universal Body
hey, its gonna take…

Mama told me
My mama told me

Lovey lovey lovey lovey love On

It’s gonna take all my love
Archetypal Gathering
Archetypal Gathering
It’s gonna take all your love

Its gonna take all of my love, its gonna take all of my love
its gonna take all your love, all your love

give me that bitter bitter taste
give me that bitter bitter taste

its gonna take of my love
its gonna all your loving all your loving 

its gonna take all your love
its gonna take all your love

Its gonna take it all
you better turn your hate in
all your love
you better turn your regrets in
its gonna take its gonna take
you better take your has beens and i should have’s
all my love all my love all my love

All My Love | Tot. & Myrh

Ewbeats - feelings

For bass flute, bass clarinet, bass oboe and live-electronics, performed by Ensemble Mosaik (Bettina Junge, bass fl; Simon Strasser, bass oboe; Christian Vogel, bass clar)

!!---please listen on good speakers/headphones, there's a lot happening in the <100Hz and >10kHz freq bands---!!

Commissioned by and dedicated to Ensemble Mosaik.
Premiered on 1.8.2020 at AckerStadt Palast, Berlin. 
Recording on 28.7.2020 at Vivaldi Saal, Berlin.
Recording engineer: Arne Vierck, editing and mastering: Stefan Prins

Inhibition Space #1 (2020)- for bass flute, bass clarinet, bass oboe & live-electronics

Henry Koek - Sansula ,Jew`s harp,Soprano Sax
King Imagine -  everything else

Henry Koek & King Imagine - Lazy Morning In Old House

004 _ 22 Secondes Avant Ma Mort

song process: @enigmacurry @mystique_wind @myrhyum
- Myrh created acapella
- EnigmaCurry granularized vox, produced ambient beats, & instrumentation
- Myrh created poetry and voices
- MystiqueWind created more instrumentation & effects
- Mystique & Enigma do final mixings

artwork process: @enigmacurry @mystique_wind @myrhyum
Myrh took two pieces of EnigmaCurry's to create the cover with text 
& Mystique Wind completed it with some key finishing details for the observant eye.

Lyrics based on this poem from my chapbook These Tales Are True
https://tarka1.bandcamp.com/merch/these-tales-are-true
PUSH FOR CHANGE (The Mere Request for Change)
here is the excerpt used in the song:
_________________________________________________________
its that time again to push
for change
push coming to shove
as the moon cycle comes into full swing

scarlet smell of oldness
and the mere request for change 
becomes a full blown criticism

and i feel ugly 
and my house 
is a mess
and people are calling me 
and wanting an explanation 
and the missing women
are still missing
(and the missing women are dead*)

....

the one love in the past 
and in the present

the dentist
the optometrist 
the oral surgeon 
the audiologist
the hair straightener 
the shoes
the bag
the activity and inactivity 
the passion and drama

the singing 
the singing

the push to change 
the push for more

it’s not enough
the fight is never over 
the flourishing
is always happening

even when the winter comes 
and the withering begins 
my body chases my soul 
from sleep to awakedness

it's that time again
to Push For Change

*this poem was written during my involvement with a project related to missing & murdered women in British Columbia, Canada.

USG Report 222

The Mere Request for Change | of mystique & myrcury

[MIX.1]
Remix of Robert Eggers's "The VVitch", using sound effects/foley, soundtrack, voices directly from the film (plus added bass).
VIDEO LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE8b_98PD5A

Black Phillip | The Witch Remix

Releases March 26th.

2018-2019
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.

Neither naked nor clothed
ivory curl
rose madder
zinc white
rouge Anglais chair.
A cotton office in New Orleans, 1873.
The surface of Lake Eden
is a black glass 
under the press of winter stars.

15. Victorine Meurent - Issy

Experimental Ambient Musician / improvisation / Noisemusic / Fieldrecording / Violist

A transcendental sound journey.

Ibukunsunday@gmail.com

Clock

Ibukun Sunday