fave listenings of this month

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in the pic: Johann Johannsson

"musica assoluta" (marzo 2025)

A Compendium of Beasts Volume 2

The Otter Swims at Night

LIve recording from premiere at the Festiwal Muzyczny Trzy-Czte-Ry. Konteksty. Kontrasty. Konfrontacje – 19.11.2024 / Studio Koncertowe Polskiego Radia im. Witolda Lutosławskiego  w Warszawie

Andrzej Karalow – Some whispers of mists and water above, hidden in the rocks (2024) for clarinet, violin, cello and piano

The work is inspired by japanese poetry dedicated to landscapes, nature and its atmosphere and it reflects the sound and mood of constantly flowing water. In the steadiness of the subtle wall of sound, I try to integrate and mix timbres of all of the instruments. This composition can be connected to ambiental sounds, to static structures, which are slowly fluctuating or evolving over time. It can be also connected to water flowing through the waterfall.

Andrzej Ciepliński – clarinet
Małgorzata Wasiucionek-Potera – violin
Marcel Markowski – cello
Andrzej Karałow – piano

Andrzej Karalow – Some whispers of mists and water above, hidden in the rocks (2024)

here and there
upon scorched fields
wild violets

by: Arii Shokyu-Ni
Picture by A C

here upon wild - naviarhaiku582

Live performance from Hashtag Lab 27.10.2024 in Warsaw

Andrzej Karalow - Luminous Gardens (2024) for vocal-instrumental ensemble and fixed electronics

Luminous Gardens is an ambient space in which the listener freely chooses the path, voices and layers to listen to. The structure of the composition consists of consonances, harmonic structures that shape the narration and segments of individual parts-sound gardens. The musical material consists of vocal-instrumental motifs separated by sections of silence and processed field recordings interspersed with pads recorded with the original Roland Juno-6 synthesizer.
Light, sound "organisms", space, reverberation - these are the main features that make up the sound environment of Luminous Gardens.
The composition was written for Hashtag Ensemble.

Match Match Ensemble (SSAATTBB) 
Hashtag Ensemble
Łucja Chyrzyńska – flute
Bartłomiej Sutt – vibraphone
Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska – viola
Dominik Płociński – cello

Lilianna Krych – conductor

Wojciech Błażejczyk – sound engineer

Andrzej Karałow – Luminous Gardens (2024) for vocal-instrumental ensemble and fixed electronics

« Prière pour notre terre » pour piano, bande magnétique et récitant
Ma nouvelle composition réalisée ce Dimanche 2 Mars 2025
Franck Douvin © 2025 Contemporary Chamber Music
Thanks for listening & sharing
I hope you'll enjoy !

« Prière pour notre terre » pour piano, bande magnétique et récitant (Ma nouvelle composition)

A solo bass piece that I've been working on for a couple of weeks. The bass is tuned C F Bb Eb G C.

Ghosts

The Power of Clouds Carry Me Far 

Wake the Slumbering Lyre

LYRELYRELYRE

Slow Vessels in Still Water

Keep the Beacons Burning

A Ship Sunk in Earth

Prowling at Dawn

A Compendium of Beasts Volume 3

A Wild Hawk in the Church

The Oyster Catcher Brings Protection

"I'm a mellow artist, aging 68. I love and release eclectic music, from post-classical to drone. My fave instrument is the Mellotron."

Così, sinteticamente, di solito mi presento.

In genere compongo musica partendo dal suono delle tastiere, ma il mio vero strumento è il registratore.

O i software di registrazione.

"I was made for loving and making recorded music."

Confido da sempre nel potere evocativo e orfico della musica, nella sua capacità di riconsegnarci a mondi più veri e più giusti, più belli di quelli in cui di solito viviamo.

"Ich bin ein kosmische Kurier"

I'm using these tools: Mellotron micro, Waldorf Blofeld synthesizer, Behringer Crave, IK Multimedia Uno synth, Roland Juno synth, Volca keys, Casio digital piano, micropiano Korg, Manetron (iPad app), iTampura (iPad app), Eko 11 (...) string acoustic guitar, electric violin, Orla analogic expander, tenor, treble and descant recorders, soprano and tenor tin whistle, Akai, Roland, Alesis and Arturia controllers, upright piano, Squier 3/4 electric guitar, melodica, Bubble Harp (iPad app), Schoenhut toy harp, soprano ukulele, Eko acoustic guitar, Peavey Composer acoustic guitar, Kurzweill micropiano, Boss and JamMan loop stations , Behringher multi-fx, Olympus portable digital recorder, Phonic, Behringer and Yamaha mixers, Audacity, Paulstretch, various players and plug-ins .. (that's all, folks, I think ..)

latest releases

https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/lieder-ohne-worte 
https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/album/suggestiva
https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/album/venusia
https://hibernate.bandcamp.com/album/as-riddled-as-the-tide

for further works please go to my bandcamp page
https://marcolucchi.bandcamp.com/

and to 
http://webbedhandrecords.com/
http://www.laverna.net/home/
https://silentflow.org/

iTunes and Spotify as well ..
feed and share ..
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TRilVaDaQw0ksGqU5tuCh?si=zXD-0xFWS-2yrUs542SH9A

SoundCloud è la piattaforma musicale che preferisco perché è soprattutto il regno degli amateurs, di quelli che fanno musica per sé e per gli amici .. come quando da ragazzi si condividevano con gli altri le invenzioni e le creazioni .. io sostanzialmente sono rimasto lì e così .. non sempre, ovviamente, ma spesso ci trovo delle cose che valgono altrettanto - se non di più - rispetto a quelle più affermate e conosciute

The Otter Swims at Night

Laura Cannell

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