For various personal reasons over the past few years I’ve not felt able to put out any solo work. This is a simple little experiment, but hopefully it’s a start.

Copyright © 2023 by J. C. Rai

Bad Timelapse

Granular macrosound improvisation with field recordings (mostly mine from c.2008, but featuring an amazing one of a bonfire that @copenhagen-music gave to me as a birthday present).

øldst

Summer evenings, train journeys, and that nearby-bonfire smell.

Middx Drift

Lazy Sunday afternoon; nothing on telly; what better way to pass the time than completely ruin my favourite TV soundtrack?

‘Strict’ remix using only the stem samples and no other sound sources. I had no monitors or loudspeakers, only a pair of good-but-temperamental headphones and a pair of working-but-crap earbuds, so for all I know it may sound horrific.

Original track: http://soundcloud.com/silvascreen/utopia_overture by @Cristobal-Tapia-de-Veer c/o @SilvaScreen.

Utopia Overture (Jeevan Rai remix)

INTIFĀḌA (انتفاضة) /intifa:d(ʕ)a/, instance noun.
A shiver, shudder, tremor, shaking, trembling, quivering, quaking; a thrill, an excitement; a shaking off; an insurrection, uprising; a struggle, protest, rebellion, resistance.

https://jeevan.bandcamp.com/track/intifada
Proceeds go to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).

Intifada

Charity release

In memory of 坂本 龍一 1952–2023

Sakamoto was a big influence on some of my work, and his death earlier this year a great loss to music. I recorded this tribute at the time but didn’t feel ready to share it until now.

Ryūichi

Free download

Another fundraiser release.

https://jeevan.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-life
(Download also includes ambient improvisation B-side)

Proceeds go to UNRWA Gaza emergency appeal
http://donate.unrwa.org/gaza

Back to Life

Phase music using a Terry Riley–ish minimalist process.

Charity release: jeevan.eu/track/seeds

Proceeds go to UNRWA Gaza emergency appeal
donate.unrwa.org/gaza

Seeds

Experimental ‘stochastic’ improvisation using some custom Max externals I made during my PhD.

Proceeds from the album ‘Cellular Network’ will be going towards the eSims for Gaza initiative (gazaesims.com)

jeevan.eu/album/cellular-network

Cellular Network

Rework of @Snowpoet’s track.

Hear the original on their debut EP: https://soundcloud.com/snowpoet/sets/butterfly-ep

This rework was mastered in compliance with Turn Me Up! — read more at http://turnmeup.org

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Snowpoet – Alive With Closed Eyes (Jeevan Rai rework)

Video: https://youtu.be/npdlfmjvhgk

Tic-tac-toe on a guitar. This short recording is an instance of a process meta-composition called OX, all of whose musical parameters are generated in realtime from a game of noughts and crosses. The only random thing is the gameplay itself.

Download: jeevan.eu/track/ox

Proceeds from downloads will go towards fundraisers for Gaza families, listed on http://gazafunds.com.

OX 1

Ambient improvisation.
Field recordings, air/water noise, synth.

Proceeds to Gaza: gazafunds.com

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Extantēs

jeevan.eu/track/tenebrae

Any proceeds will be forwarded to families in Gaza.

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http://gazafunds.com

Stop the holocaust.
Stop the holocaust.
Stop the holocaust.

PWYW / donate to Gaza

Tenebrae

All proceeds to Gaza. Stop the holocaust.
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