Here's an old waltz that I've revised and refreshed.
(Full disclosure: It begins in F minor but ends in A-flat major.)

Waltz in F minor

Waltz In F Minor

Old school ambient with a distinct touch of Phuse style ...

I know I can be Hyper productive at times ...but who can blame me I do have ADHD as for my defence. 😂😁😎

Enjoy.

Time is of the essence

Lasst uns heut Nacht nach draußen geh‘n

Lied zu Heiligabend 2021
T+M Otto Scharbau

Lasst uns heut Nacht nach draußen geh‘n
Schöner Weihnachtswinter
Fröhlich wir dort zusammensteh‘n
Junge, Alte, Kinder
Lasst uns gemeinsam fröhlich sein
Und das Fest genießen
Sei es nur Wasser oder Wein
Nichts kann uns verdrießen

Mittwintersonne strahlt so schön
Weißer Weihnachtsmorgen
Lasst uns nochmal nach draußen geh‘n
Fern von allen Sorgen
Lasst uns in Freiheit fröhlich sein
Und das Fest genießen
Kein Zwang, keine Kälte sperrt uns ein
Nichts kann uns verdrießen


Let's go outside tonight

Song for Christmas Eve 2021
T+M Otto Scharbau

Let's go outside tonight
Beautiful Christmas winter
Joyfully we stand there together
Young, old, children
Let's be happy together
And enjoy the holiday
Be it just water or wine
Nothing can annoy us


Midwinter sun shines so beautifully
White Christmas morning
Let's go outside again
Far from all worries
Let's be happy in freedom
And enjoy the holiday
No compulsion, no cold locks us up
Nothing can annoy us


Lasst uns heut Nacht nach draußen gehn

method: recording voice, short scale bass and y8 ewi (set to shakuhachi and sitar respectively) through an ocean machine 2 and an r12, then adding some percussion (mainly cymbals and taico drums) in samplitude  
narration: again, it is transition season, isn't it
image: another moebius loop manifest, copyright jo richter

lyrics / copyright jo richter:

this is the bread we've made
this is the bread that feeds us
flour water yeast

serenity balm calms the itch
aerobiosis sublime

this is the frame I machined
skin and bones when I go selfless
a ring of winter stones

serendipity glitch
a kettle of simmering time

this is the reason that justifies
the momentum of inert mass
is oscilloscopic realms

suffer attention, don't flinch
fires are prone to singe

this is an inoffensive transition
this is an inoffensive transition
this is an inoffensive transition

an inoffensive transition

Crumble Away

Cloud Shadows - With Stan Magendanz - lyrics by Simone Maffescioni

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DELUSION  12

Through the tear_05

Insulation

1: White Socks - Monday, 06:05 (Granie, Soma Lyra 8, Soma COSMOS)
2: White Socks - Tuesday, 04:09 (Granie, Soma Lyra 8, Soma COSMOS)
3: White Socks - Wednesday, 04:36 (Granie, Soma Enner, Soma COSMOS)
4: White Socks - Thursday, 05:18 (Granie, Soma Pipe, Soma COSMOS)
5: White Socks - Friday, 03:39 (Granie, Soma Lyra 8, Soma COSMOS) 
Total 23:47

Dates:
15-Dec-2025 (inception), 17-Dec-2025 (finalised), 18-Dec-2025 (released)

Artists:
Music composed, performed, produced by Norman Freund
Artwork by Norman Freund

BandCamp Purchase:
https://normanfreund.bandcamp.com/album/white-socks

Description:
Whilst on a my daily walk around the neighbourhood, I looked down at my white socks and wondered what sounds would be heard if I slipped my iPhone into my socks and pressed record? My initial thoughts were granular synthesis using my Granie synthesiser. It was very much a case of expecting weird stuff not knowing what sounds it may pick up. Five passages in White Socks: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. All using the sounds from the white socks passed through the Granie granular synthesiser to provide inspiration for performances on Soma hardware synthesisers Lyra 8, Enner and The Pipe. The Soma COSMOS provided the echo chamber that talks to the musician, the musician responds. Both the Lyra 8 and Enner were driven by my human hands, turning dials or activating sensitive touch pads. The Soma Pipe was driven by my human voice. Final multi-track recording by my Granie and FindTheBeat digital software based synthesiser/recording systems. Keeping it human, no AI used here!

Track 1: White Socks - Monday
Sounds of foot steps as heard by socks,
Slow at first,
Every crackle and creak,
Other ambient sounds,
Pace builds up,
Sock sounds enter Granular synthesis,
Sounds re-imagined,
Lyra 8 interprets.

Track 2: White Socks - Tuesday
Echos of granulised sock sounds,
Shifting delays,
Tentative touches of Lyra 8,
Like shifting sands,
The Granular socks come and go,
Washing over Lyra 8.

Track 3: White Socks - Wednesday
Tides of granular socks,
Swaying rhythms of the Enner,
Walker journey continues,
Is it bird song,
Or is it Enner speaking?

Track 4: White Socks - Thursday
Tidal remnants of the grains float past,
Walker responds through the Pipe,
Grains answer back,
Ever present steps of the walker,
Stirring the grains.

Track 5: White Socks - Friday
Grains intertwine and reverberate,
Lyra 8 interrupts,
Pauses for a moment,
Walker contemplates,
Lyra beckons.


Granular synthesis in Granie release 6.2 using the new graphical sequencer. The Soma COSMOS played the roles of reverb and taking fragments of sounds from the Lyra 8, Pipe and Enner replaying them in creative ways as directed by the performer. Each of the five passages of a continuity of theme, using the rhythmic choices of the previous passage as a starting point, then changing them. 

Tuning of the granular synthesiser was a simple harmonic series of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 with the master reference frequency of 6 Hz. Because it was granular synthesis, this 6 Hz was the replay frequency of the grains, length of grains (in milliseconds) was varied. There were up to four voices with their root notes as follows: voice 1 tuned at 6 Hz, voice 2 tuned a perfect fourth a 4/3 ratio at 8 Hz, voice 3 tuned 4 octaves up a ratio of 16/1 at 96 Hz. Occasionally a fourth voice came into play at 0.346 Hz, again tuned in a harmonic series, with the root tuned 4949 cents below the master reference frequency of 6 Hz. The negative 4949 cents (4 octaves and 139 cent), seems like an odd ball tuning, it's root note was tuned by ear, I liked it, so kept it.

The Soma Pipe algorithms used were Orpheus (twin resonant reverberators), Filtera (resonant band pass filter) and Drum #1.

The Granie synthesiser can be purchased from my GumRoad site at:
https://normanfreund.gumroad.com/l/granie

White Socks - Friday

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