Forest Echos

أنا حساب اختبار ضمان الجودة والنص الذي أكتبه هنا هو لأغراض الاختبار، وآمل أن كل شيء يعمل كما هو متوقع.

I’m a QA test account and the text I’m writing here is for testing purposes, hopefully everything is working as expected.

🎸 Welcome to my musical journey! 🎶

Hey there, music enthusiasts! I'm Oz a hobbyist musician who's been strumming the strings of my guitar since my teenage years. Music has always been my passion, weaving its melodies through every chapter of my life. From the intricate rhythms of Oriental music to the rebellious energy of pop-punk, the timeless allure of blues, the groove of funk, and the nostalgia of electronic sounds from the '80s and '90s, I find inspiration in a diverse array of genres.

For me, music is more than just sound – it's a language of emotions, a canvas where I paint my feelings and experiences. The power of music to evoke and express emotions never ceases to amaze me. Being part of this vibrant community here on SoundCloud fuels my creative drive and pushes me to explore new sonic landscapes.

As the legendary Bob Marley once said, "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." So join me on this musical voyage, where we'll dive deep into the ocean of melodies and rhythms, sharing moments of joy, introspection, and everything in between.

Let's make some noise together! 🤘

All here, in reality, are works in progress and are therefore apt to change at any time. All those except XIII Sisters and RAW which, as many of you may have done, I literally gave away in return for their placement in a library. Something I won't be doing again any time soon. If you have a use for something you hear here please just ask.

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ChatGTP said of AI Music...
'Creative AI tools can be seen as sophisticated plagiarism software, as they do not produce genuinely original content but rather emulate and modify existing works by artists subtly enough to circumvent copyright laws'

Sometimes it takes a dispassionate, independent view to actually see the truth of it ...

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There are links to XiiixxiQ below. Your mileage may vary as to whether it decides to work on your system or not. It only runs on a Mac because I really don't have time to do all the necessary work to make it compatible with anything other than my 2015 MacBook Pro :-(. It is still being developed (for my own use) and improved, and I may yet get round to doing another release if I can find the time to tidy it all up.

Curly Compositions from a German Composer.

Ionut Mirel Udrea (Member Of APRA/AMCOS) is a music composer, piano player and music producer based in Sydney - Australia. 
Ionut Mirel Udrea composes emotive piano-based instrumental music.


Loo(p)cy is a project by Italian multi-instrumentalist Lucia Caiazza. She began studying classical piano then she fell in love with  electric guitar, becoming a rock guitarist and singer during her teenage years and beyond.  During the  last 8 years, Loo(p)cy has released 11 albums, alone and collaborating with other musicians.  Her style has evolved into electronics, noise, post rock with oniric soundscapes.

https://loopcy.bandcamp.com/

https://youtube.com/@luciacaiazza?si=xh1sUtf36R4m7Yrt

Caveat: I explicitly prohibit the use of any material I post for purposes of torture, brainwashing, hypnosis, bedazzlement or any other nefarious activity. This prohibition applies to all governments, corporations, institutions, agencies and individuals. 

“The avant garde is dead. That is its triumph. Let it lie.” - Chris Cutler in “Not As We Choose: Music, Memory and Technology”. (Highly recommended!)

“… there is increasingly less call to exercise an already too rare generosity of aesthetic hospitality.” - Chris Cutler

" Music is one of the great Mysteries. It gives life. It is not a career, nor a business, nor a craft. It is a gift... and a great responsibility. Because one can never know where the creative spark comes from or why it exists, it must be treasured as a Mystery. For the most part I believe creativity chooses you, not the other way around." - John Zorn (excerpt from the liner notes to 'Magick')

“Listen as if you were being told a secret” - Federico Fellini

“Experimental and electronic music was once not-so-benignly tolerated at the margins of western art music, but it has over the last decade or so moved toward a central position as something of the soundtrack of our digital culture. Where it once was merely tolerated it is now more engaged and doesn’t have to apologize to anyone”.  - Douglas Kahn 

"Through technology, voices are amplified and silence is broken. Spaces are shared." – Laurie Anderson

"I frequently hear music in the heart of noise." - George Gershwin

"'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds." - 
Malaclypse the Younger in 'Principia Discordia'

“Let us cross a great modern capital with our ears more alert than our eyes and we will get enjoyment from distinguishing the eddying of water, air and gas in metal pipes, the grumbling noises that breathe and pulse with indisputable animility, the palpitation of waves, the coming and going of pistons, the howl of mechanical saws, the jolting of the tram on its rails, the cracking of whips, the flapping of curtains and flags. We enjoy creating mental orchestrations of crashing down of metal shop blinds, slamming doors, the hubbub and shuffle of crowds, the variety of din from the stations, railways, iron foundries, spinning mills, printing works, electric power stations and underground railways.” — Luigi Russolo in 'The Art of Noises' (L'arte dei Rumori)

Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mesmo)
(New Norberian English)

1. lit. in a state of mesmerism, hypnotism; in a trance
2. in a state of bewilderment or confusion, daydreaming; 'out of it'
3. mind bogglingly awesome, spellbinding, captivating

(1) "He swung that watch in front of her face and she got all mesmo"
(2) "When the teacher called me to the board I had just woken up and was still pretty mesmo"
(3) "The new N64 cartridge is totally mesmo, bro”

Banner: The Hearing Trumpet_Leonora Carrington (detail)

Unfocused mish-mash of various doodles. Mostly lo-fi-ish smoky sounds geared towards home n headphone listening. Deep Techno, Dub Techno, DnB and Drones made with processed guitar, field recordings, found sounds, and a smattering of synths. 

Lots of collaboration with Ukrainian producer Following Light/Dubliss. 

Harder edged stuff as one half of Binary Undertakers on Invisible Being:
https://soundcloud.com/invisiblebeing

Imeall is an Irish word that means edge, margins, outskirts, fringes.

Periphery Compilation, Shadow on You & Slumberz | Sidestrether Artwork by: https://www.petercollins.org/

booking/inquiries : tocovervisch@gmail.com
29.10 Les nouveaux sauvages (Vélvélé)
21.10 Supersonic (Vélvélé)
08.07 Pointe Lafayette (Solo)
28.06 Charbon Collectif, Bagnolet
21.06 Chaton indépendant (Vélvélé)
14.06 Non Jazz (Stéphanie Lotion )
08.06 Tour Orion, Milieu Studio (Stéphanie Lotion)
06.06 Plateforme Paris (solo)
04.06 Olympic Café (solo)
29.05 Ground Zero (Stéphanie Lotion)
25.04 Furium, les Nouveaux sauvages ( Stéphanie Lotion)
19.04. Non Jazz, Cantine pas si loin (solo)
25.01 Vanilla café, cmptrmthmtcs (Stéphanie Lotion)
21.12 Pan café (solo)
13.12 Théatre Berthelot, Montreuil, Collectif Coax et Instants chavirés (Stéphanie Lotion)
30.11 La Berge, Saint Aignan, 41 (Stéphanie Lotion)
05.11 Olympic café, Sport National (solo)
19.10 Tour Orion, l'Amorce des consignes (solo)
02.10 Shakirail, dernière de vaagues de chaleur (Stéphanie Lotion)
28.09 Festival l'Ode Mère (Stéphanie Lotion)
20.09 Consulat (solo)
12.07 Sport National Café de Paris (solo)
27.06 Beaux arts Paris (Stéphanie Lotion)
01.06 Le boulingrin Rouen (solo)
13.06 Beaux arts Paris performance avec Margot Bernard
05.06 l'international (Vélvélé)
04.05 Feux avec (Stéphanie Lotion et Vélvélé)
16.04 Instants Chavirés (solo) Quasi
16.03 à DOC performance avec Laure Mathieu 

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12/01/24 Chapelle Port Royal avec Stéphanie Lotion 
13/12/23 Pointe Lafayette avec Velvélé (silence kills concerts)
10/11/23 Zorba, (La sale pépinière) solo 
03/11/23, Café de Paris, Sport National avec France Connect
26/10/23 Supersonic avec Velvélé
18/08/23 Pallistock festival 
11/04/23 Instants Chavirés, solo show

Since 1984 I am composing and recording electronic instrumental music of different styles like ambient, soundtracks, pop, new classics, or noise improvisations. "Studio Lupus Polaris" is the pseudonym of my home studio and of my musical non-profit activities.

Thanks to all for listening!

Yan Grooger, artiste belge né en 1987, Créateur de sons électroniques depuis 1998.Signatures en 2015 de plusieurs singles sur des plateformes comme Beatport,Spotify, itunes...Sa discographie comprend des titres tels que Slow Motion, Human et Vis pour la musique, auto-production des albums L.P.E et easter eggs en 2025, On peut retrouver sa musique sur des services de streaming majeurs, ce qui témoigne de son activité en tant qu artiste indépendant. Il a également une chaîne YouTube où il partage ses créations.

Keep creating, this world needs music! 

infos:
grooger.yan@gmail.com