Robe rehearsal 181017

The spike organ or nail chello (sic) is thought to originate from an early middle Europe monastic sect, the Iscariotians. They may have used the instrument to accompany their lengthy rituals contemplating the pain of the crucifixion.  

The Iscariotians are said to have been wiped out by returning crusaders at the behest of emperor Leopold III. Other commentators have suggested that the whole story may have been a constructed  alibi for the defeated crusaders plunder and desecration of the brewery of ..Santa Quaffa...


A possible surviving 'chello' object, made from of lignum vitae and iron, resides in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen. Its interpretation is not without controversy with some critics asserting the object is nothing more than a kind of agricultural implement, though this does not explain its cruciform shape and carved decoration.

In 1972 the scholar . Roland de Févin was granted permission to investigate the Rouen Chello, explore its sound making capabilities and make recordings. his theory was that the instrument was to be played by a rosined bow.  Unfortunately de Févin's playing and handling resulted in two of the nails fracturing and so the investigation was terminated after only one day. The single recording de Févin made was never released but it was played to audiences on an European lecture tour he conducted shortly before his death in 1974. 

It has been subsequently alleged that de Févin's  investigation  coincided with the great fire at  Nantes cathedral. This lead to several occultist conspiracy theories, most notably retold in the pulp fiction novel Blood Nail-(Brownie Dane,1975) much of the plot was lifted for the Italian soft core film Sistero Orgasma (1977) where the action was switched away from a monastery to a scantily clad convent.(citation needed) 

On the film soundtrack, the sounds of the Chello were replicated by experimental electronic synthesiser the achoirorium- itself the  subject of intrigue- as its extremely high operating voltages caused the death of its creator  Luigi soon after the recording session.


This recording was made in 1980 by UK avant geographer Forster Iberix who attended several of de Févin's lectures.  He set about building a replica device and making reconstructions of the Iscariotarian mass based on a column of scribbled numbers  which appear reverso  in one of Leonardo da Vinci's codex's (Coded notebooks). The recording was released on an untitled flexi disk issued by cult French label sordide sentimental -who now deny any knowledge of its existence. It does not appear on their official discography.  Improbably- Haringey local studies library, London, has a copy in their archive. The library does not provide any method of playback for the flexidisc and items from the archive cannot be withdrawn -so some subterfuge was involved in me getting this track taped. Whilst the disk was in my possession an inexplicable number of minor disasters befell me -so I can assure you I hurriedly returned it.

disquiet0385
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The Nail Chello (disquiet0385)

FRÉQUENCE FINE

Some sonic thoughts on the link between the Earth and the Universe.

From radio to RADIA : creating for the RADIA network a composed play of electromagnetic signals. 

With field recordings and electromagnetic reception recordings from around the world, here is a sonic drift about us, the earth and the universe, without much intention for narrative structure. I want to talk about the very little time we have left to make earth a better and peaceful world ; how fragile and wounded nature is, although still offering us pure moments of bliss ; waves link us together with everything. In the end, we are one with the world, time has no meaning, nothing comes first. All in all is all in one."

Gaïa drifting in the Sky

Gaïa Drifting in the Sky / Fréquence Fine

Sympathetic Resonance

From the album "Sightline" (Vulpiano Records, release date: 24/03/2020).

Tungstene

World has slowed down. 
Hidden beneath a skin of fear.

All Silver was created during the first days of the Corona shutdown.
Made with passion and modular synths.

Sound and artwork by Thomas Breuer

All Silver

all silver

unity.projections[001=>2]  - for accordion and cello (2020)
/live recording/

Branko Džinović (accordion)
Aleksandar Latković (cello)

Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra Hall
10 March 2020

unity.projections[001=>2]  - for accordion and cello (2020)

Recorded originally in 2012. Thanks for listening to Dr. Thomas Malone.
Music by P è n I n ș o l a r Twisted Perspective
Mixed by P è n I n ș o l a r
Photography by P è n I n ș o l a r
Visual shot in South Korea by Finn Harvor
https://vimeo.com/fharvor 457 videos shot
https://www.instagram.com/fharvor/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbj4YQhCJP/
Sample provided by https://globalbem.com/

Navies as useless as the paper boats...

Distances

Swamp

GOVERNO DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
SECRETARIA ESTADUAL DE CULTURA E ECONOMIA CRIATIVA
FUNDO ESTADUAL DE CULTURA apresentam:

Circuitos Sônicos
por Artur Seidel (@artur-seidel) e Bernardo Girauta (@girauta)

Nessa pequena websérie, em formato podcast, investigamos um pouco da cena contemporânea do experimentalismo nas artes do som e da música. A partir de diálogos com integrantes de alguns selos do Rio de Janeiro, procuramos documentar essa cena, conhecer algo desse universo e seus circuitos, além de adentrar um pouco da densidade conceitual e estética apresentada pelos selos.
A cada episódio, visitamos um selo, retratado por uma conversa e uma mixtape produzidas por nós.
Nesse primeiro episódio, com muita alegria, recebemos Gabriela Nobre, do selo Música Insólita, que surgiu em 2018 e é formado atualmente pela própria Gabriela e por Filipi Pompeu.

Links para conhecer o trabalho do Música Insólita:
http://musicainsolita.bandcamp.com/
http://musicainsolita.com/
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6dKYdzAA8F0dSje9eKYSHw

Lista de faixas da mixtape:
Agla Aëón - Indigo Burn [It's A Decopunk Retrofuturistic Untime Machine, 03/2020]
cisma - lv3 [linha vermelha, 05/2019]
k0k0n - acima de nada (deus sou eu) [#braziliansadness - manifesto I, 05/2020]
Flavia Goa - Kim Jong Un - Trump ____ frames attack [Conto Cibernético, 04/2019]
Orlando Scarpa Neto - Av. Almirante Barroso, esquina com A. Rio Branco [Centro, 06/2020]
Paulo Dantas - 02022020 [02022020, 08/2020]
Caeso - Aum [Aum, 10/2019]
Antonio Brito - I [Sem Título (1), 01/2019]
Taticocteau - Sonoite [Caminhando com minhas próprias pernas, 06/2019]
Vulgar Débil - Autofertilização [Obra II, 01/2020]
Verjault - III - Cortejo [s/t, 04/2020]
Pompeii Burning - Manto Tupinambá Exposto em Copenhague [Ibirapema, 04/2019]

#EditalCulturaPresenteNasRedes #CulturaPresenteNasRedes #CulturaPresente #SececRj #GovRj #QuarentenaCultural

#1 - Música Insólita (com Gabriela Nobre)

GOD 61
Peter Ablinger
Orchesterstücke, 
excerpts
www.godrec.com

GOD 61 - Peter Ablinger - Orchesterstücke, excerpts

Maja Bosnić is a composer from Belgrade. She is drawn to impossible missions, absurd solutions, limited material, playfulness, uncertain outcomes, audience participation, treating instruments as ready-made objects of expression, and treating real-life objects as musical instruments. She obtained a PhD degree in music composition at Goldsmiths, University of London (UK), supervised by prof. Roger Redgate, and is currently working as Assistant Lecturer in Composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. She writes pieces for solo, chamber, ensemble, and orchestra performances, as well as, projects for electronics, multi-media, and interactive settings with audience participation. Bosnić’s works have been performed in festivals, such as Musikverein, Musikprotokoll, Impuls (Austria), CTM Festival, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Festival Jünger Kunstler Bayreuth (Germany), Spiel! Festival (Switzerland), Distat Terra Festival (Argentina), IYAF in Kingston upon Thames, London Composers Forum (United Kingdom), Tzlil Meudcan (Israel), Spazio Musica (Italy), Delian Academy of New Music (Greece), Sites + Subjects (Bulgaria), Timsonia Festival (Romania), Music Here and Now, KOMA, International Review of Composers, April Meetings, and S.U.T.R.A. Festival (Serbia). Her works have been performed with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, Secretariat for Culture of the City of Belgrade, Goethe-Institut, Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, the Austrian Ministry of Culture and European Cultural Foundation. She was awarded Stipendium Progetto Positano by Ensemble Mosaik from Berlin (2023), third prize at the international composition competition New Music Generation in Kazahstan 2020, honorable mention at the Thailand New Music and Arts Symposium, Delian New Music Academy in 2019, Donaueschinger Muziktage 2014, and scholarships, and annual grants by the Ministry of Youth of the Republic of Serbia (2007-2015). Since 2010, she’s been organizing workshops and concerts of contemporary music in Serbia with organization Zabuna.