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Tradacoustic series no. 144

Music, mostly recent, a few days, a few months...

creation: 2022/05/10

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Trött på skiten! (Ambient Time-out)

Various Artists

I first heard the song “Pretty Saro” on the amazing album “Folk Roots, New Routes” with Davy Graham and Shirley Collins. I started singing this song about 15 years ago and only now have I made a proper recording. Phil once lived in Berlin and we made music together, hosted a radio show and became close friends. His spacious and warm style on the piano was something I always loved. I often sang in his kitchen, where had a piano and we would drink cups of tea and philosophise over things. Now living in Brighton, I sent him a recording of the song, with a simple drone backing. He sent back the version that is on the EP. It was that simple. Piano and drones from his accordion. Phil takes the credit here for the track. 



“As I Roved Out” is heavily associated with Planxty and the lovely tenor voice of Andy Irvine. It has been a favourite of mine for many years. I think my love for all things drone and voice, especially traditional polyphonic singing from places like Georgia, Corsica and Sardinia, influenced the purely vocal backing. 



I was introduced to the singing of Jasper Smith by the great Dublin band Lankum, when they sang his “Father Had Knife”. The song “Died For Love” is a terrible tale of a father finding his daughter has killed herself. I like the contrast in the almost lullaby melody and the tragedy in the story. The breathy sea of Saxophone drones and the solo is performed by my friend Dan Fairhurst, who has been a friend on mine since we were at school. 







CREDITS:





Pretty Saro:



Traditional arranged by Phil Smith and Marlais

Recorded and produced by Phil Smith and Marlais

Piano and accordion by Phil Smith



As I Roved Out:



Traditional arranged by Marlais

Recorded and produced by Marlais



Died For Love:



Traditional arranged by Marlais

Recorded and produced by Marlais

Saxophone by Dan Fairhurst



All tracks mastered by Dominic Clare at Declared Sound

Artwork by Lisa Götze "Baby Please Don't Die"

2016, watercolour and crayon on paper

As I Roved Out

Un Libro Dei Minuti (HI-FI Version)

55bpm 12/8 pattern going from C to F or dropping B to Bflat
Use any or all, just let me know so I can listen too.
I can also remove parts or add solo's

Untitled 2022 Open Collab Offer

This is an original song based around a resonator guitar loop (with occasional embellishment).  A predominantly acoustic track, there are occasional electric interlopers that find a way in at times.

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Lowrie at Guffland Studios in Melbourne.

Everybody Tell Me

21th Song(Poly) - Remix2022

LIVE REC VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/oedydq8xmXQ

© All rights reserved

SYMPLEGADES - ΣΥΜΠΛΗΓΑΔΕΣ

An Ollora take on https://soundcloud.com/muterial/operator

I hope you try the Mood Exhibit remix too!

https://soundcloud.com/r-salchaks-mood-exhibit/muterial-operator-mood-exhibit-copilot-mix

Rapid Operator

The Covenant Rises from Landing Party debut album

The Covenant Rises

TALOS - ΤΑΛΩΣ

Desolate

Taken from loscil // Lawrence English's Colours Of Air LP on Kranky, out February 3.

Pre-order: https://loscil.bandcamp.com/album/colours-of-air
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@kranky
@loscil
@lawrence-english

Colours of Air

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Premiere: loscil // Lawrence English - Cyan

Soar High (Instrumental)

Soar High  (Instrumental)

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Soar High  Instrumental

MORD x RYC
Various Artists
Format: 4 x 12" and Digital
Order: https://bit.ly/mordryc001
Release date: June 5, 2023

Celebrating ten years of uncompromising devotion to techno and its bastard cousins from the fringes, Rotterdam's finest MORD and RYC team up to deliver a special four-vinyl / eight-sided kaleidoscope of a compilation, featuring some of the artists that have helped shape up both labels’ identities over the years as they press on in their aim to set their very own techno utopia into stone. 

Unfolding as a testimony to their unflaggingly resolute vision and aspirations, 'MORD x RYC’ operates as an ode to their hometown of Rotterdam - the artwork itself being a direct nod to the city’s iconic ‘cube houses’ from the 1980s, but also to the tentacular connection both MORD and RYC have developed throughout the past decade, bonding organically alongside like-minded artists and hubs from the techno internationale to expand their reach and impact. 

A1 Ritzi Lee - Neutropia
A2 Amotik - Laal
B1 Nørbak - Lucidez
B2 Dimi Angélis - Optical Prism
C1 Jeroen Search - Illustris
C2 UVB - Mortifère
D1 Bas Mooy - Vedette
D2 Kaiser - Disciplined Soldiers
E1 Orphx - Slipping Through My Fingers
E2 The Lady Machine - Concorde
F1 Inigo Kennedy - Copperhead
F2 Adriana Lopez - Gradual Illusion
G1 Quelza - La Chorégraphie Du Soleil
G2 Stanislav Tolkachev - Must Be Loud
H1 Rene Wise - Smashing Around
H2 Brendon Moeller - Hot Pursuit

Design by Jillem
Distributed by Clone distribution, Rotterdam
Cat. no. MORDRYC001 – All rights reserved
℗ & © MORDRYC 2023
www.mord.bandcamp.com
www.reclaimyourcity.bandcamp.com

Various Artists | MORD x RYC [MORDRYC001]

First part of a suite of different songs
add new mix in 17.05.24

Go Outside  *Provisory

Go Outside

Live @ The Nolan Gallery - Dani Kirby/Mat Ward 31/03/18

A piano take on https://soundcloud.com/muterial/itchy-feet

Twitchy hands

La nostalgia di Giuseppina [An original piano improvisation]

... a sunday afternoon free imprivisation with a layered NI Kontakt piano .... I'm far away from being a keyboarder, but always loved to touch the keys :-) so this is absolutely my amateurish noodling of this day :-) ... but yet sounds a bit like music :-D Cheers !

lost Cities - free improvisation

Descent

a tune about knowing you said something wrong and trying to get things to where it was before! #folk #singersongwriter #acoustic #acousticguitar #storytelling #lyricsthatmater #night #loss #love #truestory
you will also find it on my Youtubechannel https://youtube.com/channel/UC03Ds7TOKv_gdY5e8ykBS4A
hope you enjoy this one...

I Need To See You Tonight

I Need To See You Tonight!

Sound Designer & Composer. Creates instrumental music and soundtracks for film/videos and for art exhibitions.

Un Libro Dei Minuti (HI-FI Version)

Macrogramma