From "Microphone Permission" LP, Editions Mego, 2020
https://jasmineguffond.bandcamp.com/album/microphone-permission

An Utterly Dark Spot

distortions, inversions of all this chamber made music to replace nightlong shakings between white or red horrors, fermented words; an imperfection being committed, beneath helpless intoxication, searching for a safe side of distance, libera, dreadful mourning. a spark of hope to all, bearing in mind a massive silence to be stopped by cheering from all around. 

when russia invaded ukraine it altered everything. writing music in these troubled days, during these historical events has become more sublimated than it has ever been; habitual leisure has been replaced by volunteering, the territorial defense of hometown, or the front line in the army. despite everything, music remains a significant part of our lives and continues to be the voice of history, communication, time, and memory. 

all revenues go to the ukrainian charities and defense forces.

cover designed by ratx.cc 
mastered by all options

xtclvr - july_23 dub

~ IIKKI 020 ~

music : Akhira Sano
photography : David Nissen
album : Shadow's Praise
durations : 37.40 mn (LP) / 43.31 mn (CD)
date : April 20th 2023

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All production by Akhira Sano

Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Artwork by David Nissen
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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edition :
vinyl: limited to 300 copies / marble (crystal, silver and white) LP / hand numbered  / pantone
cd: limited to 200 CD / hand numbered / pantone
book: limited to 500 copies hand numbered / embossed / selective UV varnish / hand stamped 

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pre-order : March 03rd, 2023 / official release : April 20th, 2023

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https://iikki.bandcamp.com/
https://www.iikki-books.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
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Akhira Sano - Nakazu

~ IIKKI 022 ~

music : Aiko Takahashi
artwork : Edouard Elias
album : It Could Have Been A Beautiful
duration(s) : 42.15 mn (LP) / 57.13 mn (CD)
date : November 13th 2023

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Music crafted by Aiko Takahashi with laptop and various music devices, analogue and otherwise.
Recorded in North East of Italy in March 2022.

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Edouard Elias
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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edition :
• vinyl: limited to 300 copies / yellow transparent LP / hand numbered  / selective UV varnish / black inner
• cd: limited to 200 CD / hand numbered / selective UV varnish
• book: limited to 500 copies / hand numbered / embossed / selective UV varnish / hand stamped

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pre-order : October 06th, 2023 / official release : November 13th, 2023

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Links :
https://iikki.bandcamp.com/
https://www.iikki-books.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/

It Could Have Been A Beautiful

Aiko Takahashi - It Could Have Been A Beautiful Evening

Doris als Musikerin. 
Dass Doris tödlich ist, ist ihr selbst gar nicht so klar. Denn sie liebt eigentlich alle Menschen. Sie war sozusagen auf einem humanistischen Gymnasium, wo sie natürlich auch Musikunterricht hatte. Musik mag sie gerne, wie alles. Ob sie jetzt gar kein Instrument oder alle beherrscht, ist egal; sie findet es toll, wenn Menschen Musik machen. Doris versteht sich nicht direkt als Musikerin; das würde sie als eine Einschränkung für sich sehen. Zum Glück gibt es so viele die das Musikmachen für sie erledigen. Trotzdem ist sie keine Dirigentin. Doris singt ganz gerne, ihre Lieblingsinstrumente sind Sirenen.

 

Doris as a musician. 
That Doris is deadly, is also for herself not so clear. She actually loves all people. She was, so to say, on a humanistic high school where she, of course, also had music lessons. She likes music, as she likes everything. It does not matter at all if she does not master any instrument or all; she enjoys when people make music. Doris does not see herself as a musician; she would see that as a restriction. Luckily, there are so many who do the music making for her. Nevertheless, she is not a conductor. Doris loves to sing, her favorite instruments are sirens.

Erik Satie - Gnossienne 4
Marlene Dietrich - Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte
Wire - Heartbeat
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
Throbbing Gristle - Something came over me
Adriano Celentano -  Prisencolinensinainciusol
Mauricio Kagel - 10 Märsche, um den Sieg zu verfehlen, Marsch Nr. 5
Jozéf Orliński - Cold Song
Hawkind - Silver Machine
Devo - [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction
Die Dominas – Die Wespendomina
Brian Eno - Kurt‘s Rejoinder
Can - Spoon
Grace Jones - I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
Amanda Lear - My Alphabet
The Velvet Underground & Nico - I’ll Be Your Mirror

Wavering Forms 52 - Die Tödliche Doris

Taken from "Afterwar" - a mini-soundtrack by Erik K Skodvin from the film by Birgitte Stærmose. Digital only, released August 9th, 2024.

"Erik K Skodvin channels the darkness and melancholy going through the 4 protagonists in Afterwar; a docu-fiction hybrid film set in Kosovo - filmed over 15 years, which deals with the aftermath of war."

Afterwar

Erik K Skodvin - The Empty Void Below

Cracks in the Void 741 Hz [Dark Nature Concept]

1
[ Il sole dentro il giorno
Il freddo dentro il sole ]
Strade senza nessuno
macchine ferme
Non c’è neve ancora
c’è vento vento
Arde ancora
nell’aria gelida
un alberello rosso
Parlo con lui quando parlo con te
2
Sono in una stanza abbandonata del linguaggio
Tu sei in un’altra stanza identica
O entrambi siamo
in una via resa deserta dal tuo sguardo
Il mondo
impercettibilmente si sfascia
Memoria
sgretolata sotto i nostri passi
Sono fermo a metà di questa riga
non scritta
3
Le porte si aprono e si chiudono da sole
L’aria
entra ed esce dalla nostra casa
L’aria
parla da sola quando parla con te
L’aria
senza nome nel corridoio interminabile
Non si sa chi c’è dall’altro lato
L’aria
gira e gira nel mio cranio vuoto
L’aria
trasforma in aria tutto quel che tocca
L’aria
con dita d’aria dissipa quel che dico
Sono aria che non guardi
Non posso aprire i tuoi occhi
Non posso chiudere la porta
L’aria è diventata solida
4
Quest’ora ha la forma di una pausa
La pausa ha la tua forma
Tu hai la forma di un fontana
non d’acqua ma di tempo
In cima allo zampillo della fonte
saltano i miei pezzi:
fui     sono     non sono ancora
La mia vita non pesa
Il passato si assottiglia
Il futuro è un po’ d’acqua nei tuoi occhi
5
Adesso hai la forma di un ponte
Sotto i tuoi archi naviga la nostra stanza
Dalla tua spalletta ci vediamo passare
Ondeggi nel vento più luce che corpo
Sull’altra sponda il sole cresce
alla rovescia
Le sue radici affondano nel cielo
Potremmo nasconderci nel suo fogliame
Con i suoi rami facciamo un falò
Il giorno è abitabile
6
Il freddo ha immobilizzato il mondo
Lo spazio è di vetro
Il vetro è d’aria
I rumori più lievi erigono
sculture improvvise
L’eco le moltiplica e disperde
Forse nevicherà
L’albero acceso trema
È già circondato di notte
Parlo con lui quando parlo con te

Octavio Paz, Trowbridge Street (trad. Franco Mogni)

Trowbridge Street

lash (with nm)

track from self-released album by @perila "i had a dream i don't remember"
https://perilazone.bandcamp.com/album/i-had-a-dream-i-dont-remember

big floor energy celebration.
floor as a blank canvas as grounding as a center to feel and stay connected with oneself. how floor touching the body and resonates trough the sound and voice.
______

suddenly autumn
slapped me in the face
grey zone
over?
no
but
words here unnecessary
we bear the silence
pouring coffee through the mouth
the vessel
i had a dream i don’t remember

Perila – This Story Doesn't Make Any Sense

no one wants to admit that i am afraid (for W.B.) [emotionally overextended version] 
Pinkcourtesyphone

there comes a time on any dance floor when the lights go low, the music turns pretty, and everyone gets that cheek-to-cheek look in their eyes. 

this deflated valentine from Pinkcourtesyphone is not for that time. 
is your heart awake... yet? 


originally created during the "sessions" for the album September 2020 Pinkcourtesyphone 'Leaving Everything To Be Desired' (room40, Australia) [https://richardchartier.bandcamp.com/album/leaving-everything-to-be-desired] 

... further manipulations, pokings, and frostings continued through January 2021.
released February 5, 2021 as a bandcamp exclusive download

photography: James Elaine 
thank you: L.English, W.Basinski, J.Elaine, M.Harding 

published by Touch Music/Fairwood Music UK Ltd 
3particles28

Desensualized

no one wants to admit that i am afraid [emotionally overextended version] by Pinkcourtesyphone

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Electronic composition across music and art contexts.

An Utterly Dark Spot

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