proof that a serious rhythm doesn't always require the heavy bottom. and very deft manipulations!

What a cosmic bubbling-up of the finest of audio eruptions and lava-like liquid sound textures !! A fantastical sound presentation that carries with it a sense of both mystery and intrigue.

Le Cheval d'Orgue
Une chevauchée musicale imaginaire par une improvisation sur orgue électronique et boîte à rythme.
Visuel: dessin crayons de couleurs ponctué d'aquarelle.
The Organ Horse
An imaginary musical ride through improvisation on electronic organ and drum machine.
Visual: colored pencil drawing punctuated with watercolor. ​

Le Cheval D'Orgue Patrick Picault

fidalgo

Started as a kind of Raga--Jo created some lovely handmade words- and Stephen and his beautiful Duesenberg Guitar made some amazing droning magic to complete the vision--

TEXMEX SHAMAN: @texmex-shaman
"Always enjoy the opportunity to collaborate with Jeff and Jo. They are wizards with words and sorcerers with sound. Was happy to contribute a bit to this one."

@sonic-textures: First, there was amazing music made by STONERJAZZ. Then, I composed a poem and integrated it, surprising myself with having written the first 'love' poem in a long time - and to Snow White of all fairy-tale people! To highlight it all, TEXMEX SHAMAN made the music ring out even more beautifully. Eventually I created some artwork, inspired (by some reason I don't grasp myself at the moment) by those expensive vinyl imports from Japan. It might have to do with how much I value Jeff's and Stephen's guitar playing and creativity. It's a thrill ride to collab with those two experimental musicologists ;-)


Jo(Sonic structures and Silent Stretches) --Poetry, Production,Vocals and artwork-
Stephen(TexMex Shaman)-Guitar and Production
Jeff (stonerjazz) guitar and Fx(E-bow/melotron)--Djembe

lyrics copyright jo richter:

still wearing his headphones
in the mall's thermal flow
uranium bones
intercourse afterglow

she walks down the aisle
as light as a rainbow
sunlight on the Nile
et in arcadia ego

a bodice, a comb, eris' pear
black, red, white as snow
forces align, forces shear
a million mirrors in a row

she walks down the aisle
as light as a rainbow
sunlight on the Nile
et in arcadia ego

et  in arcadia ego- featuring Sonic Structures and Silent Stretches and TexMex Shaman

Aporia is an ongoing Internet collab project based around the piano/bass duo 'KIrby/Ward'. Occasionally we capture something at rehearsal that we send to dummer Dane Renshaw (Japan) and guitarist Bruce Musser (U.S.A) to add their respective talents too. Its usually pretty spacious and dreamy : ) This time however the piece we sent out was really busy and instead of trying to pare it back we thought fuck it lets go full hog and make it super busy. So we asked Guitarist Axel Weiß (Germany)and Saxophonist Phil Bywater (Australia) to join the party. So The sextet was born. Of note is that none of the players heard any other parts of the work other than the original Piano/Bass recording, and in the  case of the Saxophones poor Phil didn't hear anything at all! I just used some work he had sent me. So all those nuanced interactions are complete sonic chance. as always Aporia may or may not record more music

Aporia #3 (Sextet)

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When I say improvised, I don't mean that I played the melody or hit the drum pad. All I did was put together the parts live, deciding in what order and with what tone. Still, I enjoyed the tension and pressure of recording live, which I'm not good at.

I regret that the rhythm in the background of the opening sax phrase is one bar short.

Improvised piece played live with a machine (303)

(apologies for not being on Soundcloud much these days... I plan to get back to replies & checking out as much new music out there as I can soon!)


This is a stripped down version of a song written by J.J. that the Eclectic Collective gang made a few months ago. A few differences include no drum or bass, no sax solo, no slide guitar intro, an alternate guitar take, and alternate vocal performance by J.J. A sign of a great song is how it still sounds great even with just a simple instrument arrangement, and JJ's original song is a good example! 
Thank you for listening   :)

here's a link to the original version (which includes the rest of the EC gang):
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/that-dusty-road-the-eclectic-collective

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Cast of Characters:

J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- Original piano composition, vocals, lyrics
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric and acoustic guitar, production
Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – harmony vocals, organ, shaker, mix, production

That Dusty Road - 'unplugged' (Eclectic Collective)

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my next mystery album)

Greetings my SC friends. Happy October to all of you. :)

Every once in a while I hear something that stops me in my tracks… and I have a new one I would love to share with you today. This was heard by my youngest daughter, in a recent college class… ‘Happy People Aren’t Good Consumers.’

Now that statement deserves some serious pondering. There’s a whole lot of truths hidden within those folds.

At least one thing it suggests is happy people aren’t as reliant on goods and services in order to be happy. Like being good on the inside makes them need less validation from the outside… or some such nonsense.

So I guess the opposite of that would be those of us who are compulsively shopping in order to find happiness; whether it’s for the pacification of fear and depression, or just alleviating simple boredom. 

Which is unfortunate… because this life is a blessing. It is an amazing gift to have access to the bounties of this planet. We are here at a time when there is endless opportunity… and yet so many of us are either overwhelmed or bored… or even worse… both. 

What part of me is so limited in its perspective that I can’t see the awesome gift lying in front of me? What part of me can’t be happy until I own the newest smart phone? Or won’t feel safe until I’ve purchased insurance (or at least an extended warranty) on every aspect of my life? How did I come to need all these monthly subscriptions to software and entertainment and services… and ideas? 

The answer is… the part of me that fell for all the conditioning society wanted me to believe. 

But that whole weird structure isn’t looking so sane anymore. It’s like in The Wizard of Oz. We all saw behind the curtain (probably during COVID). And now the mastermind is desperately trying to get us back under control… get us back to believing in the illusion.

And the weirdest bit… rather than trying to return itself to a sustainable state that could have lulled us back to sleep…. the whole system seems to be doubling down on everything, and aggressively moving forward. Like we’re just being whiney about wanting a life worth living, opportunities for growth, affordable housing and reasonable health care; to know that every soul is priceless, regardless of the package… oh, and while we’re at it… could we also ask for a promising looking future?

Instead, we stand astounded, watching the opposite unfold. 

And maybe it’s time we got out of its way…

As scary as that may sound… it appears to be the likely trajectory anyway. We may have even reached the point of no return. And this is actually merciful for all of us. The future is uncertain. But I think we're in for quite a few cool and exciting surprises, appearing alongside those darker moments (perhaps even helping us out of them). 

And now that we’ve seen behind the curtain, we don’t have to play our part in the unnecessary (and even destructive) bits. We can take stock of what we do that supports our growth and happiness; and also the choices we make, designed to appease our fears… and wisely shift our habits based on our findings. Money truly is one of the super powers belonging to us 99%. But it may take a million of us concentrating on levitating the same rock at the same time, in order to move that rock. Consumerism is rather weak at the molecular level.

But what if we only support the things that support a healthy future, and we abandon the things that only serve themselves. And through the power of millions, we start to sculpt the future we want… while the old paradigm pushes itself further into the abyss. Let’s all be bad consumers; and see where that takes us, for a change. :)

I hope you enjoy my new song, ‘The Bad Consumers’.

DL on SC :)

The Bad Consumers

I made this song by collecting as many tones and phrases that had never resonated with me before. But I'm not self-righteous. I think my inspiration came from the sound design of many artists on SoundCloud. I'm indulged in the feeling that music can be formed even if I ignore my preferences.

Longing for the unknown (304)

Nero Ex Tutti.

A dark ambient / industrial soundtrack 🖤

Speaking In Dreams

Hold Fast, My Soul

💿

Julius Granell , born in july. It has been 13 years that he lives on the Island of El Hierro, Canary Islands.origen Barcelona
There, his life and music is inspired by nature, people and animals of this region. In his home studio he works on sounds , develops and records them.
His musical evolution is based on strings and their fascinating behaviour.
After having played in several bands in Barcelona, he nowadays creates his sounds, primarily ambient, in solitary. 
contact: roskotrosko@gmail.com
https://juliusgranell1.bandcamp.com/
artwork of profile head image by stella hagemann 
https://www.instagram.com/stellahagemannn/?locale=us&hl=am-et
https://www.flickr.com/photos/132613441@N02/

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Julius Granell

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