Bold Explorations of Uncharted Space, Vol. 11

c'è in giro da tempo una nuova 'musica assoluta', astratta, che sta fra la cosiddetta 'ambient music' e la 'drone music', nei pressi dei cosiddetti 'soundscape' o, meglio ancora, degli 'innerscape' .. a volte ha tratti più 'cameristici', o addirittura per strumento solista, a volte è più 'sinfonica' .. a volte usa solo sonorità 'sintetiche', a volte invece anche strumenti 'tradizionali' .. ha antecedenti illustri, sia nella cosiddetta musica 'classica', diciamo storica, sia nella 'popular music' e nel jazz .. a quella soprattutto io guardo

https://www.facebook.com/notes/marco-lucchi/musica-assoluta/10155811583217624/

I wish to dedicate this collection to Paul Minns (Third Ear Band)

"musica assoluta" (ottobre 2020)

a list of the works I made (or which I was involved in) during the month of October

(2020) October works

the tracks I made (or which I was involved in) during 2020

(2020) works

Marco Lucchi : tape and treatments

morphing the wonderful and emotional finale of "Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem" by Arvo Part

2011 ---> 2020

the complete album
https://marcolucchi.bandcamp.com/album/secundum-joannem

bandcamp

secundum Joannem

Marco Lucchi : synth, tape and treatments

4 gennaio 2020

here too
https://meticulousmidgets.bandcamp.com/track/the-call-of-the-chthonic

The Call of the Chthonic

Marco Lucchi : tape and treatments

'morphing' "Dauggier" and "Quarro" by Boson Spin
https://soundcloud.com/boson_spin/dauggier
https://soundcloud.com/boson_spin/quarro

7 gennaio 2020

I have seen the dark universe yawning
Where the black planets roll without aim,
Where they roll in their horror unheeded,
Without knowledge, or lustre, or name.

H. P. Lovecraft, Nemesis

Spinning bosons

Bandcamp

Boson Spin & Marco Lucchi - Spinning bosons

Zuhé : keyboards, synth and electronics

reworking "So old" by Marco Lucchi
https://marcolucchi.bandcamp.com/track/so-old

gennaio 2020

Marco Lucchi & Zuhé - So Old

Marco Lucchi : electric organ, analog synth and Mellotron

for Naviar Haiku
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/190146715083/naviarhaiku314-buoyantly-we-go

13 gennaio 2020

Hyo-hyo to shite mizu wo ajiwau

Taneda Santoka 

Buoyantly we go / Like the wind, / Tasting water. (Tr. by R. H. Blyth)

Marco Lucchi - Hyo Hyo (Naviar Haiku # 314)

This time, Mat Ward took Groove 1 (negra 150),  and put an awesome bass on top of it !! also Mat added extra sounds and "played" with drum structure. ENJOY !!!!

Mat link: https://soundcloud.com/no-mates-ensemble

Greetings !
Gonzalo

Groove 1 (negra 150) / featuring Mat Ward in bass

Purchase: bit.ly/35jLaxx
Catalog #: GN63
October 1, 2020
2xCASS+DIGI

The midnight hour crept unto thee with hasty caution, revealing 'A Little Night Music: Aural Apparitions from the Geographic North', our third putrid prowl into Halloween-inspired sounds to torment and tantalize throughout the season. For this bout of distinguished dementia, we culled 31 brand new tracks of haunted hysteria conjured by some of the most alluring ambientists and outer auteurs from around the world. 

Spanning over two hours across two cassettes, 'A Little Night Music…’ unfurls itself in a literary horror structure, appearing and disappearing through a stirring Prologue and Epilogue by London-based cellist Oliver Coates, with each side of the cassettes introducing its Chapter with a chilling dirge courtesy of the inscrutable Geographic North House Band.  

What fills the ensuing pages is a mirthful tale concocted by an assembly exploring a realm all at once mournful and fatalist at its core. Entries from Clarice Jensen, Malibu, and the collaboration of Like a Villain and Christina Vantzou bring about endless glacial landscapes accented by pitch-grey skies. Conversely, transmissions from Michael Valentine West, M. Sage, Gregg Kowalsky, and Austrian ambient stalwart Fennesz explore richly textured mines of foreboding glee. 

Suspicion is the word when considering Zelienople’s eerie horse-carriage clip-clop, Nick Malkin’s neon-lit noir-jazz, or Carmen Villain’s gripping dub excursion. Elsewhere Ki Oni, Takagi Masakatsu, and Mary Lattimore (joined here by Paul Sukeena) provide glimmers of warmth amidst a tortured chill. 

Notable is the resurrection of Lotus Plaza and his solemnly hopeful piano composition, while barren hallucinations courtesy of Alex Zhang Hungtai, Ilyas Ahmed, and Danny Paul Grody set the stage for a third act confrontation from Atlantans Fit of Body and Algiers, providing a one-two serving of sensual unrest and cautionary homily.  

With hope and resolve shimmering through the final moments of our journey, know that all proceeds from the digital and cassette editions go directly toward Feminist Women's Health Center, an Atlanta-based nonprofit providing safe, accessible, and compassionate abortion and gynecological care to all those who need it without judgement.

feministcenter.org

Louise Bock - "Flummox"

Félicia Atkinson - "Sequoia"

Nick Malkin - "An Hour Pulled Lengthwise"

From the forthcoming live album 'Figures In Open Air' out 6th November on Late Music.

Pre-order the double CD edition now → https://latemusic.ffm.to/figuresinopenair

Sarah Davachi - Diaphonia Basilica (Version)

Another successful collab!

Met No Mates Ensembe on Soundcloud and we really liked eachother's music. After exchanging a couple of messages we decided it would be a good idea to try a collab.

And the rest is history !....

Hope you enjoy! - We certainly enjoyed making it :)

No Mates Ensemble + AlienXXX Collab #1

Up next, "scheau". Pronounce the title as if you were a teenager who knows everything and you'll have it.  


vidya:  https://youtu.be/zj9c47d4jZI

scheau

Ahhhh  Aha!
scheau!
Oh oh oh 
scheau 
Crazy 
Crazy
I like parties !
Alright
scheau 
Lol 
scheau 
Oh oh oh 
(incantations)
scheau
scheau 
scheau 
Oh goddamn!
Crazy

scheau

violin / metronom, trumpet: matthias boss

metroduett

Marco Lucchi : piano, organ and fx
Fernando Pessoa : words and eyes
Pete Swinton : treatments, fx + mixing
https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/piano-patterns-no-6?fbclid=IwAR21nZbl8oi4Qpz3M_n0DLvDp4BAaPNjLjibTTKGZR3oCoV3837X8LhxZzc

Marco Lucchi, Fernando Pessoa, Pete Swinton - Piano Patterns No. 6

Marco Lucchi : piano, organ and fx
Mean Flow : keyboards and treatments

a rework by Mean Flow of a previous track by Marco Lucchi

for "piano patterns", a project by Marco Lucchi
https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/sets/piano-patterns

ottobre 2020

Marco Lucchi & Mean Flow - High Mountains (piano patterns no 6)

100220001 marco lucchi piano patterns no1

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Marco Lucchi : organ

20 ottobre 2020

***

Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, woolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice!
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For He calls Himself a Lamb.
He is meek, and He is mild;
He became a little child.
I a child, and thou a lamb,
We are called by His name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!

William Blake

organ verses n°1

original composition & final mix/master:
Monkey Blood Lowdown @monkeybloodlowdown

lyrics, acapella & cover design:
Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

cover art is created using MBL's avatar & the photo is by Michael Louw

~ a song i've sung to myself for some years, i tossed the poem but still remember the words because it was already weaved into melody. now it has become a healing balm having been brought back to life by Monkey Blood Lowdown's musical accompaniment ~

LOVE WANTS ITS OWN WAY
——————————————

Love wants its own way
she’s got the attitude of a dame

everywhere but neither no where
oh she’s got a heart of a zen fool

Love wants its own way
she’s got the attitude of a dame
going everywhere but nowhere
oh where?
nowhere!
she’s got the heart of a zen fool! zen fool! zen fool….
a heart of a zen fool….
zen fool
zen fool
zen 
fool, fool…

… attitude
attitude, oh love wants its own way
own way
she’s got the attitude of a dame
going no where but everywhere
going no where
going no where
but everywhere
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere

she’s every place your mind can imagine
she’s been everywhere
to the darkest corner
corner, corner, she’s been everywhere
to the darkest corner
she’s been everywhere, to the darkest corner
she’s been everywhere, to the darkest corner

oh it all takes time
oh then you see
it all takes time
yeah you better believe
oh it all takes time
each day, all takes time, yeah, you’ll see 
it all takes time
want, want
yeah, you better believe
it all takes time
each day ok, ok, ok ::::::::

the set

Love Wants Its Own Way | The Consolers

For the 31st Solar Kama Sutra song I decided to challenge myself a bit and do something in 7/4 time.  I tried remembering a band I heard do that and thought, "Isn't Pink Floyd's "Money" in 7/4 time?"  I remembered hearing it and thinking it was...

...  Turns out it is!  So for that reason I thought of Pink Floyd, and tried to do a Pink Floydish sound.    It's also a nod to Radiohead's "Pyramid Song".  I tried to capture the same feeling that song gives me, but with Solar Kama Sutra this time. 
(by the way, Solar Kama Sutra has always been just one person.  It's just the name for what I call the music)

Since Radiohead already used "Pyramid" which is well-known since ancient Egypt to be the coolest shape, I had to go with something else.  "Sphere Song" and "Cube Song" ?...  Well...  Those song titles just aren't gonna work....   Maybe "Dodecahedron Song"?....  Hmm... That actually sounds pretty catchy...  Feel free to use it!  

 My vocals are used more heavily on this track than it seems.  Throughout the track I tried to make my vocals sound like guitars and other instruments

  And definitely hats off to Pink Floyd for making a hit song in a 7/4 time signature.   How many times has that been done before?!

And of course, hats off to Stonehenge.  The ultimate inspiration for this track

lastly, much respect & love for all of you who have dropped by once again

- John

Stonehenge Song

"I'm a mellow artist, ageing 69. I love and release eclectic music, from post-classical to drone. My fave instrument is the Mellotron."

Così, sinteticamente, di solito mi presento.

In genere compongo musica partendo dal suono delle tastiere, ma il mio vero strumento è il registratore.

O i software di registrazione.

"I was made for loving and making recorded music."

Confido da sempre nel potere evocativo e orfico della musica, nella sua capacità di riconsegnarci a mondi più veri e più giusti, più belli di quelli in cui di solito viviamo.

"Ich bin ein kosmische Kurier"

I'm using these tools: Mellotron micro, Waldorf Blofeld synthesizer, Behringer Crave, IK Multimedia Uno synth, Roland Juno synth, Volca keys, Casio digital piano, micropiano Korg, Manetron (iPad app), iTampura (iPad app), Eko 11 (...) string acoustic guitar, electric violin, Orla analogic expander, tenor, treble and descant recorders, soprano and tenor tin whistle, Akai, Roland, Alesis and Arturia controllers, upright piano, Squier 3/4 electric guitar, melodica, Bubble Harp (iPad app), Schoenhut toy harp, soprano ukulele, Eko acoustic guitar, Peavey Composer acoustic guitar, Kurzweill micropiano, Boss and JamMan loop stations , Behringher multi-fx, Olympus portable digital recorder, Phonic, Behringer and Yamaha mixers, Audacity, Paulstretch, various players and plug-ins .. (that's all, folks, I think ..)

latest releases:

https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-dreams
https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/lieder-ohne-worte 
https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/album/suggestiva
https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/album/venusia
https://hibernate.bandcamp.com/album/as-riddled-as-the-tide

for further works please go to my bandcamp page
https://marcolucchi.bandcamp.com/

and to 
http://webbedhandrecords.com/
http://www.laverna.net/home/
https://silentflow.org/

iTunes and Spotify as well ..
feed and share ..
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TRilVaDaQw0ksGqU5tuCh?si=zXD-0xFWS-2yrUs542SH9A

SoundCloud è la piattaforma musicale che preferisco perché è soprattutto il regno degli ‘amateurs’, di quelli che fanno musica per sé e per gli amici .. come quando da ragazzi si condividevano con gli altri le invenzioni e le creazioni .. io sostanzialmente sono rimasto lì e così .. non sempre, ovviamente, ma spesso ci trovo delle cose che valgono altrettanto - se non di più - rispetto a quelle più affermate e conosciute