Name: Never Play Russian Roulette With A Psychopath by Medicine Lake
Duration: 7 min 37 s
Description: This is my contribution to the next Ambient & Experimental Music Community compilation album (available soon on AEMC Records). Each contributing composer is required to provide a couple of samples (either field recordings or instruments) and must then create a composition made entirely of just the resulting sample pack provided.

Masterful. Among all of the tracks on the various AEMC compilations, this is my favorite. Just phenomenal work.

ishi from bee - Aztlán

Odd Times

River

Inspired by the J.G.Ballard short story of the same name. This recording was made live in rehearsal, and formed the final segment of my set at Ambient Leeds on 8 September 2022.

The Garden Of Time

Murmuration

Eclipse

This track was inspired by the Xian, the eight immortals of Taoism.

From Wikipedia:
Xian (Chinese: 仙/仚/僊; pinyin: xiān; Wade–Giles: hsien) refers to a person or similar entity having a long life or being immortal. The concept of xian has different implications dependent upon the specific context: philosophical, religious, mythological, or other symbolic or cultural occurrence. The Chinese word xian is translatable into English as:

(in Daoist philosophy and cosmology) spiritually immortal; transcendent human; celestial being
(in Daoist religion and pantheon) physically immortal; immortal person; an immortal; saint
(in Chinese alchemy) alchemist; one who seeks the elixir of life; one who practices longevity techniques
(or by extension) alchemical, dietary, or qigong methods for attaining immortality
(in Chinese mythology) wizard; magician; shaman; sorcerer
(in popular Chinese literature) genie; elf, fairy; nymph; 仙境 (xian jing is fairyland, faery)
(based on the folk etymology for the character 仙, a compound of the characters for person and mountain) sage living high in the mountains; mountain-man; hermit; recluse
(as a metaphorical modifier) immortal [talent]; accomplished person; celestial [beauty]; marvelous; extraordinary
(In new-age conception) seeker who takes refuge in immortality (longevity for the realization of divinity); transcended person [self] recoded by the "higher self"; divine soul; fully established being

Xian

Gaudeamus Omnes is one of the earliest Gregorian chants dated  around 1480. In this version, the vocals where treated with different effects and eventualy mixed down together with an  ostentative 5/4 (?) piano chord and various supporting voices.

Gaudeamus Omnes

With this experimental, impressionistic track I’ve tried to capture some of the chaos and frenetic energy we experienced when the recent series of winter storms passed through Northern California.

Squall

Maha-Vishnu

This is my contribution to the next Ambient & Experimental Music Community compilation album (available soon on AEMC Records). Each contributing composer is required to provide a couple of samples (either field recordings or instruments) and must then create a composition made entirely of just the resulting sample pack provided.

Never Play Russian Roulette With A Psychopath

UK-based electronic artist dabbling with various styles: Ambient, Electronica, Trip Hop, Drone, Experimental, Soundtracks

Never Play Russian Roulette With A Psychopath

Medicine Lake

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