28 - 3 - 2023

Only  what Liberates 2.

This is for my friend James Hootman aka Order Ov Thee Octopi to lift his mood up i hope. https://soundcloud.com/jameshootman

He once had the idea we should make a cover of this together but it never realised, yet...
here is what i found on my harddisk(from April 2021) what i already did whith it in a crazy mix
hope you can enjoy a little nostalgic vibes
he promised he will be back soon...

noxpox - Ticket

DELIRIUM   16

the third excerpt from a home session

original loop by 
Marco Lucchi : flute and synthesizer

with contributions from
Henrik Meierkord : cello

luglio 2023

The Meierkord family came by to say hello to us in this month of July. Henrik and I took the opportunity to play something together. Nothing demanding: a sort of 'warm up', which has become a 'session' in my small living room. We mostly used some 'loops' I had on my JamMan, improvising over them, or even more freely. The recordings are quite 'lo-fi', mainly coming from a dictaphone placed in the center of the room, but we believe they are a good testimony of our musical and human entente and of the pleasure of meeting each other in person. See you soon !!

The Living Room [w/ Henrik Meierkord] third excerpt

Northern Stars

semita longa et brevis

Marco Lucchi : mellotron and synthesizers

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"Nel Museo nazionale romano di palazzo Altemps si conserva una testa in marmo che secondo la tradizione rappresenta un’Erinni addormentata. Gli occhi chiusi, i ciuffi dei capelli scarmigliati sulla fronte e la guancia, le labbra appena dischiuse, il volto della Furia – se di una Furia si tratta, sia essa Aletto, Megera o Tisifone – riposa quieto su un cuscino di buio marmo, come se sognasse.
Una furia che invece di gemere e urlare, scuotendo la chioma serpentina, chiude gli occhi e sogna, smentisce se stessa. Eppure proprio e soltanto il sogno o il sonno di una furia assomiglia al pensiero. Il pensiero non è soltanto contemplazione, è innanzitutto furore. Si dà pensiero, si dà contemplazione, solo se prima vi è stato furore, se guardando l’abominio degli umani e del mondo, la mente – diceva Bruno – discesa «ne la parte più inferna… si sente lacerare e sbranare». E solo se nel nostro eroico furore riusciamo a chiudere gli occhi e sognare, si ha vera quiete, si ha visione e teoria. I nostri sogni non sono allora fantasie a occhi aperti, che sappiamo ingannevoli e vane, ma verità a cui, anche se con gli occhi chiusi, non possiamo non credere, perché abbiamo prima visto la vendetta e l’errore. Il pensiero è questo acquietarsi del furore, è un’Erinni che sogna."

Giorgio Agamben

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13 dicembre 2023

Furore che sogna [2]

A section of a live improvised set, I used a custom Reaktor patch I built which uses a system of delays and samplers which allows me to overdub myself live. 

A remixed/reedited version of this track is available on my solo release "the boy observers the ocean" on Hibernate records http://www.hibernate-recs.co.uk/releases/hb17/hb17.html


The boy observers the ocean "edit"

I am an artist / musician / programer working in the west midlands, I am currently signed to US labels http://n5md.com/ and http://enpeg.com/ and have release work on UK labels http://hibernate-recs.co.uk/ and http://www.audiobulb.com/ and member of the Modulate AV collective http://www.modulate.org.uk

My work has a strong interest in systems and generative processes in art and music - I have developed a number of software applications which allow me to work with these processes in a live performance environment. I usually work from heavily processed samples of live instruments and field recordings - Although there is a strong systems based element in my work, I tend to work though a process of improvisation with the samples in real time to generate the work. I aim to create immersive work which gradually develops over time and creates a sense of space and place,and generates a strong emotional response in the listener. 

I'm always into opportunities to play live - feel free to contact me about bookings

The boy observers the ocean "edit"

Mark harris