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Soundcloud: @azu-tiwaline

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Azu Tiwaline

Truancy Volume 316: Azu Tiwaline

2023 Christmas Impro #1
Lyrics by me

I let fate take me by the throat
I love to be suffocated 
If fate dares to take my breath 
I will come on its face

Take Me by the Throat

Lyrics by Daria Geske

In a world that's like a game, 
Being queer can feel the same, 
Like an NPC, 
I'm in the back, 
No control, no agency, just a hack. 

I see the players all around,  
They move with ease, their feet on the ground,  
But I am stuck, I cannot move,  
I feel invisible, like I have nothing to prove. 

I long to be a player too, 
To have a say in what I do, 
To choose my path, to make my mark,  
To be seen and heard, to light up the dark. 

But sometimes I feel like I'm not real, 
That I'm just a character in someone's reel, 
A stereotype, a token, a prop, 
A mere decoration, to be used and then dropped. 

I want to break free from this game…  
To live my life without any shame, 
To be accepted for who I am,  
To be seen as a person, not just a program. 

So let's rewrite the rules of this game, 
Let's challenge the norm, let's break the chain,  
Let's embrace the diversity of all,  
And let each individual stand tall.  

For being queer is not a flaw,
It's a unique trait, a special draw, 
And though it may feel like being an NPC, 
Together, we can create a world where all are free. 

I shed the skin I once wore, 
A transformation to adore, 
The person I was, now no more, 
A new life I embrace and explore. 

Living in fear, trying to please, 
Society's norms, their beliefs, 
But their attacks didn't cease, 
Till I decided to break free.  

I killed the person I used to be, 
To live my truth and finally see, 
The person I was always meant to be, 
Living my life fearlessly.  

A metamorphosis, painful but true, 
A journey of self-love, long overdue,
I stand tall and proud, as I pursue, 
The life I was always meant to do.
No longer living in fear and shame, I embrace my true self, unashamed,
A phoenix risen from the flames, 
A new life, a new name. 

I killed a part of me to live, 
A death that brought forth life anew,
A fear that once consumed my heart,  
No longer holds its hold so true.  

I shed the skin of who I was, 
A shell that couldn't hold my soul, 
A metamorphosis profound, 
A transformation, my life's goal.  

I couldn't bear to live in fear, 
To please those who would hate me still, 
So I cast off that mask I wore,
And let my true self have its fill.

I am reborn, a new creature now,
And though the journey's just begun,
I walk with pride and newfound grace, 
My battle hard, but it is won. 
I live with courage, not with fear,  
My heart and soul now free to soar.

And though the road may not be clear, 
My strength will guide me evermore.

Soreab	
						
Our third artist of the year is the musical project of London-based Italian music producer and DJ; Dario Picchi. Melting all the different musical influences absorbed during the 10 years he has spent in the UK, Soreab has been making a name for himself in the local electronic underground scene.
							
With a personal music background, informed by dance, progressive and techno, which goes back to early teenage years, his intertextual productions gravitate around UK bass, grime, dubstep, drum & bass, tribal and IDM. Soreab is one half of Baroque Sunburst records. 
						
His thought process behind the mix; "I've been playing my favourite half-tempo chuggers that have been released from artist who I like in the past years with the concept of shuffling from drumstep to hybrid drum and bass/jungle whilst giving a taste of riddim/bashment and space in between which gives a bit of relief intensity wise but keeps the energy high"

Be sure to check out his upcoming release on GRAFT, and definitely his live debut at Bunker  (Turin) on the 10th of February and PUREHAZE on the 16th in London.

SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/soreabuk 

Tracklist
Om Unit - Electroacidspringwater (Nadia Struiwigh Remix)
Tammo Hesselink - Prelude w/ DYL
Soreab & KRSLD - Butoh
Eusebia - Seeing The Unseen
Nothus & Big Hands - Spugen Bass
Out of Fuel - Square One
Mike Parker - Sabre Tooth
Vardae - Ecstatic Dance
Artilect - Rhythm Seeker
OSSX - TOKI MIX 1
Mark Kloud - Austenite
Fixate - Focus
OSSX - TOKI MIX 2
Mish & McGregor - DD-13
Doctor Jeep & Cirrus - Emergency Broadcast Test
Low Jack - More Speed
Toma Kami - Sixty Frames
Elizar Mel & Flare - Surrounded by
Mark Kloud - Grey
Elizar Mel - Reptoids
Coe - Super Natural (Yak Remix)
Reeko - Smile At Reptile
Dillinja - Deep
Photek - Consciousness
Feloneezy - Rain

DUSK294 By Soreab

for contrabass recorder, double bass, musicians choir and electronics
commissioned by Klangforum Wien
realized through the Erste Bank Kompositionspreis 2016

Noch sind wir ein Wort ...

for contrabass flute and electronics (2009)
played by Mike Schmid

Konter

flute, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass and electronics (2012)
played by Klangforum Wien

Irrlicht

The Wilderness Of Mirrors

bass flute, contrabass recorders, percussion and tube orchestra (2019)
SWR Symphonieorchester

Wächter

satt / fat up
for 2 electric bassguitars
composed by niklas seidl 2021
recorded feb 2024 
niklas seidl, lilly klax - bassguitars

satt / fat up

www.johneckhardt.de/forresta

recorded live in dresden, dec. 1st 2011

JOHN ECKHARDT - BASS GUITAR & LIVE ELECTRONICS

Structured yet always changing, beatless but pulsating - with Forresta, John Eckhardt draws on stylistic influences such as Krautrock, Drone and Dub Techno to develop a personal language for the bass guitar that is committed to low frequencies as well as to spectral soundscaping. Space and time bend like a bass string…

Everything is recorded as played, meaning that all processing and looping takes place in real time, with no later editing and effects.

forresta: migrations (live in dresden)

www.johneckhardt.de

Whether performing today’s most challenging double bass repertoire, developing his own music, or working sound systems with his bass guitar or a set of turntables - John Eckhardt is testing the limits of being a bassist on planet earth in the 21st century, working towards a broader vision of what bass always was and can become in the future.

Seeking to combine scope with depth, John Eckhardt is constantly involved in the creation of new music and has both collaborated with a wide spectrum of artists and created his personal brand of solo projects. He worked with composers ranging from Helmut Lachenmann and Pierre Boulez, top new music groups from Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Vienna and musikfabrik, improvisors from Evan Parker, Elliott Sharp and Peter Evans, to today’s new blood in a wide field of today’s music.

John Eckhardt has performed on over 40 recordings, among them five internationally acclaimed solo releases. These share an interest in low frequency and spectral immersion, spatial depth, and themes of repetition and evolutional process. 

The Evan Parker produced “Xylobiont” (Psi Rec. 2008) turned into a work in progress with 40 solo double bass recitals all over the world up to today. “Forests” (Depth of Field Music, 2014) expanded these themes into a set of branching, overdubbed bass string quartets. Along with high resolution audio and 200 photographs, they were released on a wooden USB memory stick in a transparent box containing actual forest material - nearly selling out an edition of 250 within one year. 

As Forresta, John Eckhardt performs on bass guitar and live electronics, and released “Bass, Space & Time” (Depth of Field Music, 2016) in a special edition of 100 moss-green, marbled double-vinyl records in a hand made, embroidered carton box. Each contains a foto print as front cover chosen by the listener from 100 images of John Eckhardt’s corresponding photographic project. This music is also the musical foundation of visual bassic, his long standing collaboration with analog light projection artist Katrin Bethge.

Driven by curiosity and passion for different styles, cultures and artistic means, John Eckhardt keeps drawing new connections and expands a bass cosmos of unusual dimensions. The latest addition is his Basswald DJ project that presents a diverse spectrum of bass music with a special ear for sound system culture. It is accompanied by a steady flow of downloadable podcasts.

John lives within earshot of the Hamburg harbor.

forresta: migrations (live in dresden)

john eckhardt

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