The Shimmer Beneath: A Scattering Attempt, for cello duo (2019)
Recording of a reading session at the University of York, June 2021.
Gaia Blandina and Ali Baumann (The Chimera Ensemble).

This piece is part of my research on Luminance as a semantic dimension of timbre.

The Shimmer Beneath: A Scattering Attempt (2019) [reading session] | Michele Abondano

Fast Dance In My Brain By Katarina Jovcevska 15 - 02 - 2022 02 - 57

There are in the French lyrics some subtle references to Brel.

Malheureusement tout peut s'oublier, c'est tellement facile...
Oublier le temps qu'on s'est fait tromper, c'est tellement pénible...
Pour les vrais truands c'est jamais assez horrible.
Tas de riz tentant, tas de rats tentés.
Mais il faut bien causer pour marchander le prix du sang.
Diplomacie: Je me demande ce qu'on vient faire ici.
Et quand vient le soir, pour qu'un ciel flamboie,
il faut bombarder tous ceux qui ne croient pas.
Tas de riz tentant, tas de rats tentés, c'est tellement horrible.
J'ai perdu mon temps à vouloir sauver les cibles.

Diplomacie

Klang des Uluru


Beim Betrachten eines Fotos vom magischen Inselberg ULURU der sich ca. 350m über seinem Umland in der zentralaustralischen Wüste erhebt, kam ich, der noch nie in Australien war, zu dieser musikalischen Idee. 

Ein zauberhafte Klang des Berges Uluru erhebt sich über die Dünenlandschaft nahe dem Ort Yulara. Die flirrende Hitze trägt die Klänge des heiligen Berges der Traumland-Erzählungen hinweg über die Wüste. 

Die zauberhafte, mystische Welt des Uluru.

Ich danke für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit.

Musik : 	         Björn Cloppenburg
Photo editing: Björn Cloppenburg

Folgende Hersteller von Klangbibliotheken wurden für dieses Projekt verwendet:

Fluffy Audio Didgeridoo 
Soundpaint / 8Dio Voices of Barbary

SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/bj-rn-cloppenburg

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Sound of Uluru


While looking at a photo of the magical inselberg ULURU, which rises approx. 350m above its surroundings in the central Australian desert, I, who had never been to Australia, came up with this musical idea.

A magical sound of Mount Uluru rises above the dune landscape near the town of Yulara. The shimmering heat carries the sounds of the sacred mountain of the dreamland tales across the desert.

The enchanting, mystical aura of Uluru

Thank you for your attention.

Music : Bjorn Cloppenburg
Photo: edited by Björn Cloppenburg
The following manufacturers of sound libraries were used for this project:

Fluffy Audio Didgeridoo
Soundpaint / 8Dio Voices of Barbary

SOUND CLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/bj-rn-cloppenburg

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Sound of Uluru

We Were Weird

It Just Happens, What It Is No Different 1.

Brian Butts - Guitar, Drums, Bass, Keyboards, Master Mix
https://soundcloud.com/brian-butts-565934842
Marc Freak - Vocals, Lyrics

I saw through the flame
Your corpse in chains
You fail but still breathe
Too pumped to leave

CHORUS
Ectoplasmic inscriptions
Written and glowing long after the grave
They taught us at school that we're always the slave
Far too many inflictions
Far too dusty and decrepit to behave
They taught us at church that we're always the slave

Can you still touch?
I'd like that so much
Pull away faded ghost
Sign the warrant - we're all toast

CHORUS

I saw through the flame
Your charred remains

Ectoplasmic Inscriptions (Brian Butts feat. Marc Freak)

🌀

BITE THE FUCKING CURB [PROD @DIEPERRY]

if pigs could, they’d fly away
and never grace the earth again
i wait and wait i wait and wait
but nothing good happens for me
i pray to fly but when i die 
my feet are still flat on the ground
my brain is good, no legs of wood
but if you could i think you should

if pigs could, they’d fly away
and never grace the earth again
i wait and wait i waited so long
but nothing good happens for me
if pigs could, they’d fly away
and never grace the earth again
i wait and wait i waited so long
but nothing good happened for me

if they could they’d fly away
to never see this sinful place
and i would too i can’t be mad
‘cus this whole world is fucking sad
if i had wings i’d fly away
and never grace the earth again
i’m not a pig nothing to dig for
i’m just sinful (i’m not better)
i’m not a pig nothing to dig for
i’m just sinful (i’m not better)

if pigs could, they’d fly away
and never grace the earth again
i wait and wait i waited so long
but nothing good happens for me
if pigs could, they’d fly away
and never grace the earth again
i wait and wait i waited so long
but nothing good happened for me

i prayed to fly but when i die
my feet are still flat in the ground
my brain is good, no legs of wood
but if you could i think you should
if i had wings i’d fly away 
and never grace this earth again
(it’s so bad)


if pigs could, they’d fly away
and never grace the earth again
i wait and wait i waited so long
but nothing good happens for me
if pigs could, they’d fly away
and never grace the earth again
i wait and wait i waited so long
but nothing good happened for me

if pigs could fly

Has a blues rock feel with rock/blues vocals and guitar with Jay snake on the drums

Lonely outcast stuck in the past.m4a

Prolific musician, author, photographer and oddity.  With influences ranging from the lofi pop of Guided by Voices, the gothic melodrama of Nick Cave, the glam of Bowie and the nakedness of Iggy Pop - this is Marc Freak.  Former frontman of Freak Circus and Dead Joe.  An experiment in DIY and lofi.  The odd bum note here, the even odder bum note there.  But with art do we care?