What a beautiful sound...thanks for sharing.

“Still Lives” is the third solo full length by the Finnish composer Marja Ahti, following a pair of releases on the Hallow Ground imprint. As a collection, it may be seen as a series of studies on the liminality of the listening act and an investigation into the physicality of sound. Ahti forges vivid electroacoustic environments from field recordings, analog synthesizers, acoustic feedback, magnetic tape and digital processing, resulting in a set of articulate, prickly, and surprising compositions. In the artist’s words, “These pieces could be conceived of as vanitas paintings of a kind – selections of mundane or archetypal objects, sounds that have their own distinct qualities, but exist only by virtue of being temporary events. From another angle, one could think of them as shrines – objects assembled and set in a particular relationship to each other, charging each other in their given constellations.” Marja Ahti (b. 1981) is a musician and composer based in Turku, Finland. Originally from Sweden, Ahti has been a part of the Finnish experimental music scene for more than ten years in different constellations. She is currently active in the duo Ahti & Ahti with her partner and as a member of the Himera artist/organizer collective.

Shrine (Still Life With Glass Bottle, Flower and Microphone)

00:00-01:00
Excerpt from 'Without', performed by Erik Carlson (violin) and Greg Stuart (percussion), composed by Clara de Asís. Released in October 2018 on Elsewhere.

01:00-02:00
Excerpt from 'Comme de loin', 2020. Commande de l’Etat du Ministère de la Culture, France. Produced by GMEA - Centre National de Création Musicale d'Albi-Tarn. Électroacoustique sur support seul. Released on Blank Mind as part of the homonym compilation.

02:00-03:00
Excerpt from 'De ce côté-ci', from the album 'Sans Nom Ni Forme'. Recorded in Berlin, 2019. Released on Pilgrim Talk, 2020.

03:00-04:00
Excerpt from 'double points; reflected', Clara de Asís & Rebecca Lane, 2021.

04:00-05:00
Excerpt from 'Present Omission', from the album 'Repetition of the same dream' featuring works by Clara de Asís & Mara Winter. Released on Another Timbre, 2020.

Excerpts 2018-2021

Aquapelago - Anthology (masters)

Vica Pacheco - Taciturno (from Aquapelago: an Oceans Anthology)

Released September 19th, 2022

Lorenzo Abattoir, Angelo Bignamini, Andrea Borghi, Devid Ciampalini, Marco Ferrazza, Nicola Fumo Frattegiani, Giovanni Lami, Fabio Perletta, Nàresh Ran, Gaspare Sammartano, Dominique Vaccaro

11 schegge

Active volcano recorded from the top, at the edge of the crater, during the night. 

Recorded by a DoubleMS Setup by Schoeps, CCM41+CCM8+CCM4 (in a Cinela Windscreen),
an AB Setup by DPA Microphones, 2 x 4006,
and a Geofon by LOM Audio.
On a Sound Devices 833 recorder.
Original recording in 192kHz, 24bit.
This sound has been edited and mixes the different sources.

GPS: -19.530189, 169.445493
Recorded on 6th of November 2022, between 6:30pm and 8:30pm.

Tanna Island

Volcano Mount Yasur, Tanna Island

Taken from the compendium coffin closer release from Pat Klassen’s Barn Sour project. A project where the batshit crazy defies the beautiful whilst relishing in unease. Animals appear as phantasms, humans expel intense emotional states. Borderline music and borderline funny this is not for the faint of heart. Soap and Glue collages material from all six Barn Sour releases on a variety of labels, Staighre, Careful Catalog, 72 Fold Mane etc alongside a small sprinkling of exclusive material. The final Barn Sour release is the ultimate Barn Sour release and all you need to engage with one of the most twisted outfits to emerge from the underground in recent years.

Barn Sour - Soap & Glue (excerpt)

release on 8 December 2023 : www.wabi-sabi-tapes.bandcamp.com/
@lalamina

For Bajo Tierra, the artist was inspired by the muted bubbling of swamps. Thus, at the start of each piece, the listener is led to observe the apparent, superficial calm of a multi-headed sound complex.

Lamina - Sous La Terre

Very short recording of Heleioporus australiacus. This is a very large (100mm) frog which is considered vulnerable by the IUCN. This is the first time that I have ever heard this frog!
This was recorded by a very dry, barely flowing creek on the lushly forested cliffs which looks over the South Pacific ocean in the south-eastern coast Royal National Park, just as the sun had completely set. I placed the recorder above the frogs burrow in the creek but unfortunately I placed it so close that most of the recording is distorted!
Recorded with an Olympus LS-5 as that is all that I had on me at the time. 
9.10pm on 23/01/15.

Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus)

The B side of Dissolution. LP/digital release on Glistening Examples, November 11th, 2016.  25 LPs were special edition, with 35 mm slides embedded in the clear vinyl. Copies of the regular LPs are still available on Forced Exposure
https://www.forcedexposure.com/SearchResult.html?SearchType=Basic&Type=artist&Key=olivia%20block

DISSOLUTION B

on the outskirts of turpan city. 
https://jeremyh.bandcamp.com/album/june-august-2019

Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus)

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