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"𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦. 

𝘐𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘜𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘋𝘑, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦." 

- 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 

Source : www.vice.com/en_id/article/3k75p5/this-dj-is-heading-deep-into-indonesias-jungles-to-record-the-sounds-of-a-vanishing-ecosystem
credits
released May 13, 2018 

Music instruments (eurorack modular with VCV Rack 0.6), recorded, composed, mixed, and mastered by Fahmi Mursyid, in Bandung, 2018. 

Field recordings recorded in Malagufuk village (located in Klasou Valley, West Papua) by Ninda Felina, Mark Roberts, & the team (Greenpeace), July 2017. 
www.sosforests.org

((( Download )))

Klasou (Malagufuk / West Papua)

I’m proud to post the board audio of our recent collaboration with Iranian philosopher Reza Negarestani (author of Cyclonopedia, and the upcoming book ‘The Mortiloquist‘) for 23Five’s Activating the Medium Festival at the Lab.

More can be read about the origins and concept behind this piece here, aspects of which are better understood through watching the attached video.

http://www.mathewdryhurst.com/2012/05/overview-of-collusion/

Holly Herndon /Mat Dryhurst/Reza Negarestani - Collusion (live)

``it is no measure of health 
to be well adjusted 
to a profoundly sick society`` – Jiddu Krishnamurti

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4oZy8JwvQM

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full lyrics:

controlled by mass consumption
democracy is a farce

under conglomerate rule
where ignorance is bliss

in the west world where 
self sufficiency is deemed primitive

complete dependency is civilised

where water is getting privatised
like land, everything has its price

about ownership
rather than ethics
and compassion
on
passion
sion

unnatural
un
unspiritual
unnatural
unspiritual

it is
it is 
it is no measure of health

``it is no measure of health 
to be well adjusted 
to a profoundly sick society`` – Jiddu Krishnamurti

> we live in a society

Night of the Toacas /50 tapes - Two recordings of an improvised night session in Nantes, November 11th 2018. 

Full tape on https://humbros.bandcamp.com/

Night of the Toacas - Babahi (Face A)

ダイアモンドダストが消えぬ間に(for an exhibition in 2015)

Lucy Railton / cello

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"...What is it about the telling that provides comfort or consolation? Perhaps it's partly in the curative power of naming, an act that can bring our experience into relief and ward off the depressive forces of nothingness, formlessness, and monstrous plasticity. There are also other forms of telling that are not lexical, and our too-easy separation of sound and speech, music and words, belies the existence of something deeply healing and transformational that grounds and unifies them both." - Sofie Fetokaki  

This music was improvised and recorded on April 31st in the quiet bunker-esque venue, Ausland, just 20 doors down from where I live in Berlin. Additional processes and editing were competed on May 2nd 2020. Special thanks to Cafe Oto, Billy Steiger, Petter Eldh and Sophie Fetokaki for their part in the making of this work.

TR014 - Lucy Railton "First Lament"

Huellas Entreveradas

La Ba-Balle du Chien-Chien a la Me-Mere

Various Artists - Trellis Adjustment Acid

"Mixing electronic sounds with acoustic instruments playing, Fahmi has combined his different skills to create electro-acoustic compositions that in some cases also wear resemblance to the style of what we used to call post-rock. Composition and playing with the sounds or of instruments are merged close together here, resulting in an atmosphere of ethereal and austere."
- Post Global Recordings

"I got hooked on Fahmi’s music before, and … honestly, far from playing favorites, I find I keep accidentally running over it through aliases and different links and enjoying it over and over again. (While I was just in Indonesia for Nusasonic, it wasn’t the trip that made me discover the music – it was the work of musicians like Fahmi that were the reason we all found ourselves on the other side of the world in the first place, to be more accurate. They discovered new sounds, and us.)"
- Peter Kirn / CDM

"Although the excellent Tandem Tapes label is based in Jakarta, they’re run by an ex-pat Aussie and have a decidedly international outlook. Nevertheless they do showcase plenty of great experimental Indonesian artists, and we finish tonight with Bandung-based “sound sculptor” Fahmi Mursyid, who uses granular synthesis to transform found sounds, guitar and traditional Indonesian instruments into surging drone and glitch works. I love the snatches of choral harmonies floating in and out of this particular track."
- Peter Hollo / FBi Radio

"With an ever-increasing array of powerful, portable and affordable electronic instruments available, the temptation for producers is to go maximal with their sound. But as these videos—courtesy of Indonesian musician Fahmi Mursyid—prove, a seriously affective and versatile sound can be crafted from the most limited of means."
- Telekom Electronic Beats 

"Jakarta Indonesia based Tandem Tapes is quickly becoming one of my favorite labels. It seems like half of their artists are pulled from the pool of experimental music that the Tome swims in and half are undiscovered gems from around the world the Indonesian based Fahmi Mursyid. I find myself lucky to have discovered something like Fahmi's soundclash of the sacred and profane. Gorgeous vocal drones beneath playful, exploratory electronics that ward off any tendency for the heavy hand."
- Tome to the Weather Machine

Featured :

CDM (Create Digital Music)
http://cdm.link/2018/11/tape-loop-drones-fahmi/

XLR8R
https://www.xlr8r.com/news/donato-dozzy-album-fahmi-mursyid-and-alessandro-di-puccio-next-on-grand-rivers-one-instrument

Telekom Electronic Beats 
http://www.electronicbeats.net/the-feed/listen-drift-away-relaxing-ambient-tape-loops-indonesia

Brutal Resonance
http://www.brutalresonance.com/news/experimental-musician-fahmi-mursyid-releases-new-album-via-tandem-tapes/

FBi 94.5 FM Live Radio
https://fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/utility-fog/2018-02-18-2100/

Media Indonesia
http://mediaindonesia.com/read/detail/71038-sumber-irama-yang-tidak-kasatmata

Dewan Kesenia Jakarta
https://dkj.or.id/program/pekan-komponis-indonesia-2016-musik-eksperimental-elektronik/

A Musical Promenade
http://musicalprom.com/2016/10/04/mencari-makna-di-balik-suara/

MUSLAB 2018:
https://depositosonoro.com/2018/08/31/sesion-de-escucha-muestra-internacional-de-musica-electroacustica-muslab/

The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/27203-nurse-with-wound-klein-black-truffle-rum-music-review

Resident Advisor 
https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/44065

TOME TO THE WEATHER MACHINE PODCAST 019
http://www.tometotheweathermachine.com/reviews/2018/02/tome-weather-machine-podcast-019

One Year In Guangzhou
https://oneyearinguangzhou.blog/2018/04/07/new-music-china-zoogazer-the-foreigners-nein-or-gas-mus-pool-of-light-seippelabel/

Chinabot
https://www.chinabot.co/mental-maps

FACT
https://www.factmag.com/2019/07/09/donato-dozzy-ems-synthi-aks-one-instrument/

The Wire
https://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/417

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