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in copertina i Magma

"musica assoluta" (marzo 2021)

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Naviar Haiku 373

A lost child crying
stumbling over the dark fields…
catching fireflies

The haiku of the week is by Yoshida Ryusui (1691-1758). Very little is known about him, except he’s often cited and quoted as a poet who exemplified the key element in haiku of kireji or cutting word.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 3rd March 2021

haiku by Yoshida Ryusui https://www.poemofquotes.com/famoushaiku/ryusui.php

picture by Annie Spratt https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt

Illuminating Shapes (naviarhaiku373)

Track that results of the collaboration of Wodwo (@user-364196783-552705040) and Svayam, exploring soundscapes, mindscapes, ambient and experimental music.

Rain samples from csengeri , user of Freesound.org , listen to more sounds at https://freesound.org/people/csengeri/

The essence of water | 𝗪𝗼𝗱𝘄𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺

A small excerpt from a recent Expanded Cinema project by Dani Kirby ( Keyboards/Voice) and Mat ward (Bass), presented Live at MONA FOMA festival 2021 in Hobart, Tasmania. 
Project Synopsis/Media release....

The Smiling Madame Beudet
Germain Dulac, 1923

Kirby/Ward present the the latest chapter in their ongoing investigation both the history of sound in the era of silent cinema and the pioneering role female artists played (most often overlooked) in the avant garde. They have written and will perform a new score for voice, piano and bass to accompany Germain Dulac’s ground breaking 1923 film The Smiling Madame Beudet.
The Smiling Madame Beudet is credited as the first Feminist movie. The protagonist Madame Beudet is trapped in a suffocating marriage with her only escape being music and the fantasy that she lives in a different world. Her husband is domineering, boorish and frequently pretends to shoot himself (sometimes in front of guests) to taunt and belittle her. Far from portraying Madame Beudet as a victim it casts her as a heroine who, rather than submitting to a life of cruelty, seeks to assert her desires and free herself from the bonds of domestic misogyny.
Dulac uses groundbreaking cinematic artistry to embellish and add detail to both the narrative and the investigation of sexism and gendered roles through techniques such as super-imposition, ultra contrasting of focus, slow-motion, repetition of shots, abstraction and extreme camera angles. These techniques powerfully enforce the Dulac’s desire to show both the oppressiveness of the situation and the absolute need for an imagining of a better life.
The compositional approach focuses on highlighting the sub-text and philosophical underpinnings of the film with emphasis on the meta-narrative behind the protoganist’s story - which is a timeless critique of marriage, gender and sexism. Cinematically this is expressed through Dulac’s focus on Madame Beduet’s internal world as she moves between the disparity of escapism and reality. It is her complex voice and thoughts, as a metaphor for the broader issues of the film that Kirby/Ward bring to life through a dynamic score that incorporates multiple genres ranging from ultra minimalist melody all the way to deafening sub-bass drone.

The Smiling Madame Beudet LIVE Dani Kirby/Mat Ward

Mario

Jeannine Schulz - River

Invention N°8 « On a Spring Air » for Piano
My new improvisation / composition recorded this evening in my Home - Studio on Monday, March 1, 2021. Piano Bösendorfer
Music and Art-Painting by Franck Douvin.
Franck Douvin © 2021 Piano Inventions
Thanks for listening. Hope you'll enjoy!
Link on YouTube : https://youtu.be/WX-z-19tjHE

Invention N°8 « On a Spring Air » for Piano

pict free wallpaper

this song has a sad base. Today 1.3. died in connection with Covid and associated complications, our friend and drummer Michal of our Rock Band Guarana, where I have the honor to be a percussionist for about 8 years. We will miss him very much, especially as a great friend.

2021-02-03

black fog

Marco Lucchi : piano
James Hill : trumpet

for "piano patterns" vol. 2, a project by Marco Lucchi
https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/sets/piano-patterns-vol-2

marzo 2021

Marco Lucchi & James Hill - #9

030221001 MN Shared System

a rework from Vanessa Pettendorfer of a track by Marco Lucchi

for "piano patterns" vol. 2, a project by Marco Lucchi
https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/sets/piano-patterns-vol-2

marzo 2021

Marco Lucchi & Vanessa Pettendorfer - Cacophonic Universe (based on 'piano patterns n°14')

Hubbock [part 6]

Ocean of Milk

03Mar21

My naviarhaiku373 submission
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2021/02/24/naviarhaiku373-a-lost-child-crying/
:D

Stumbling over the dark fields [naviarhaiku373]

March 3, 2021
https://thomassander1.bandcamp.com/

THOUGHTS [...]

Boson Spin - Volidiventio [part 2]

a rework from Ostacoli Sonori of "organ verses n°4" by Marco Lucchi

for "organ verses", an album by Marco Lucchi
https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/sets/organ-patterns

Ostacoli Sonori - #4

Sombre & jubilant.

Download at https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/rask-evighet-ep

Thanks for listening!

Raks Evighet EP

Sombre/Jubilant (Concise Version)

Marco Lucchi : synthesizers, piano and mix down
itwasthewires : modular synthesizer

3 marzo 2021

"Le Roi du Monde" (w/ *itwasthewires*) - Manu

violin, percussion lV 3.3.2021

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
374week haiku
naviarlab.tumblr.com/

2021-03-04

borrowing my house ( Naviarhaiku374 )

"I'm a mellow artist, aging 67. 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://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