Zandersula Wimble

I was trained in tradition, yet I stepped beyond its walls. Sound is my language, not to decorate but to liberate. Composer, performer, and listener — one fire, three sparks, inseparable.

I write and compose to uncover what is hidden: the truth buried beneath power, the dignity of the ordinary, the current of awareness that flows through all.

I belong to no authority, only to sound, to truth, to the silence from which all begins. My work is not mastery, but remembrance — a manifesto in every note, every word, every breath.

I am a composer of the 21st century: a studio artist. The studio is my forge, my battlefield, my sanctuary. Machines hum like choirs, circuits burn like torches, cables twist like roots in the earth. Tradition breaks open in this fire — the score turns to light, the instrument becomes the world itself.

To be a studio artist is to seize sound at its rawest, to sculpt electricity and breath as one, to summon the invisible power that belongs to all. Here music is not bound by walls, not enslaved by profit, not tamed by form. It is free, untouchable, unending — a living flame for the century that is ours.

Despondent One crafts deeply immersive soundscapes, blending electronic and ambient elements to evoke powerful emotions tied to memory, time, and the subconscious. Their music explores themes of fragility, transience, and the fleeting nature of moments, drawing listeners into a meditative space where reality and dreams blur together. Each track becomes a sonic journey through fragmented memories, like fleeting glimpses of experiences that have slipped through the cracks of time.

One of Despondent One’s signature tracks, “Oblivion By Design,” captures this essence perfectly. With delicate, shimmering synths, glitchy rhythms, and haunting melodies, the track weaves an intricate narrative of loss and introspection. The sound builds slowly, allowing the listener to be enveloped in a vast, atmospheric space where each note feels like a memory just out of reach. The pacing is deliberate, giving room for moments of silence that invite reflection before the next wave of ambient sound washes over. It’s an emotional exploration of the quiet spaces between thoughts, where forgotten fragments of experience lie waiting to be rediscovered.

This track, along with the rest of the album “Fragments,” embodies Despondent One’s exploration of fragmented emotions and memories. The album, as its title suggests, is a collection of pieces that feel like a larger puzzle—intentionally scattered and elusive. Each track offers a glimpse into a different state of mind, encouraging the listener to engage with their own personal reflections, thoughts, and forgotten moments.

Despondent One’s music blends a variety of styles and influences while maintaining an ambient, introspective core. Subtle elements of glitch, downtempo, and even post-rock can be heard throughout the music, lending it a rich texture and depth that keeps it fresh with every listen. The focus, however, remains on creating atmospheric landscapes that evoke emotion and introspection. Whether it’s the quiet, shimmering beauty of an ambient drone or the haunting repetition of glitch-infused beats, each sound is crafted to evoke a feeling of wonder and melancholy.

Listeners of Despondent One’s work often describe their music as an emotional journey, one that invites you to sit with your thoughts and explore the forgotten corners of your mind. Whether used as a soundtrack to a late-night drive, a meditation session, or simply as a means of escaping the noise of everyday life, the music provides a deep well of emotional resonance. Despondent One’s tracks become more than just songs; they are emotional landscapes where listeners can find solace in their introspection.

Despondent One’s work continues to evolve, consistently pushing the boundaries of ambient and electronic music to explore new emotional and auditory experiences. As an artist, they are dedicated to the craft of building immersive atmospheres where each note, each sound, has a purpose and a place. The name “Despondent One” reflects the melancholic yet beautiful tone of the music: while there is sadness and solitude in the work, there is also peace and quiet revelation. It is a journey through light and shadow, where the listener is encouraged to find their own emotional meaning within the sound.

For fans of ambient, electronic, and introspective music, Despondent One offers a space for reflection, immersion, and emotional connection. Each release provides a deeper look into the themes of memory, time, and the impermanence of life’s moments, inviting listeners to step into a sonic world where every fragment of sound tells a story. Despondent One’s music can be found on SoundCloud, where listeners are invited to immerse themselves in the ever-evolving catalog of work that blends emotion, atmosphere, and sound into a seamless experience.

For those seeking music that resonates with the quiet spaces of life, Despondent One offers a place to reflect and lose oneself in the fragmented beauty of sound.

Musician/Composer/Sound Designer/Producer
Owner/Operator of Sound Source Fundamentals

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."
-Albert Einstein

Charnel House is:

Limited Bob: https://soundcloud.com/bob-bowden
Necrogurgitron: https://soundcloud.com/necrogurgitron

I'm an eccentric recluse living in the woods and posting my odd songs on the Interwebs from time to time.  Please be sure to check back often and thanks for giving my tunes a spin. I hope you enjoy some of them!

All performed and composed by me.
see also: vasco ribeiro morais pag 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
https://vascoribeiromorais.bandcamp.com/?from=viewsite_dashboard

Softs, synths & modules.
'On ne devrait jamais quitter Montauban' (Fernand Naudin).
Merci pour votre écoute / Thank's for listening.

Caveat: I explicitly prohibit the use of any material I post for purposes of torture, brainwashing, hypnosis, bedazzlement or any other nefarious activity. This prohibition applies to all governments, corporations, institutions, agencies and individuals. 

“The avant garde is dead. That is its triumph. Let it lie.” - Chris Cutler in “Not As We Choose: Music, Memory and Technology”. (Highly recommended!)

“… there is increasingly less call to exercise an already too rare generosity of aesthetic hospitality.” - Chris Cutler

" Music is one of the great Mysteries. It gives life. It is not a career, nor a business, nor a craft. It is a gift... and a great responsibility. Because one can never know where the creative spark comes from or why it exists, it must be treasured as a Mystery. For the most part I believe creativity chooses you, not the other way around." - John Zorn (excerpt from the liner notes to 'Magick')

“Listen as if you were being told a secret” - Federico Fellini

“Experimental and electronic music was once not-so-benignly tolerated at the margins of western art music, but it has over the last decade or so moved toward a central position as something of the soundtrack of our digital culture. Where it once was merely tolerated it is now more engaged and doesn’t have to apologize to anyone”.  - Douglas Kahn 

"Through technology, voices are amplified and silence is broken. Spaces are shared." – Laurie Anderson

"I frequently hear music in the heart of noise." - George Gershwin

"'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds." - 
Malaclypse the Younger in 'Principia Discordia'

“Let us cross a great modern capital with our ears more alert than our eyes and we will get enjoyment from distinguishing the eddying of water, air and gas in metal pipes, the grumbling noises that breathe and pulse with indisputable animility, the palpitation of waves, the coming and going of pistons, the howl of mechanical saws, the jolting of the tram on its rails, the cracking of whips, the flapping of curtains and flags. We enjoy creating mental orchestrations of crashing down of metal shop blinds, slamming doors, the hubbub and shuffle of crowds, the variety of din from the stations, railways, iron foundries, spinning mills, printing works, electric power stations and underground railways.” — Luigi Russolo in 'The Art of Noises' (L'arte dei Rumori)

Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mesmo)
(New Norberian English)

1. lit. in a state of mesmerism, hypnotism; in a trance
2. in a state of bewilderment or confusion, daydreaming; 'out of it'
3. mind bogglingly awesome, spellbinding, captivating

(1) "He swung that watch in front of her face and she got all mesmo"
(2) "When the teacher called me to the board I had just woken up and was still pretty mesmo"
(3) "The new N64 cartridge is totally mesmo, bro”

Banner: The Hearing Trumpet_Leonora Carrington (detail)

I am overjoyed to partake in sounds beautiful:
https://youtu.be/1TnalFltP_Q?si=VidMVZ9VDKGZiNUm  by Dan and
https://stonerjazz.bandcamp.com/album/up-up-out by Jeff.

Jeff also gifted me a visiting role on his previous album: 
https://stonerjazz.bandcamp.com/album/quintessential

On his bandcamp page, Jeff points out: "This is the page where you can give some monetary support to me and the StonerJazz experiment."

.... and here is my own test account:
https://sonicstructuresandsilentstretches.bandcamp.com/track/eliza

POETRY IS VITAL

This threshold space exists for those who feel like listening to some of my quite professional poetry embedded in rather amateurishly recorded but judiciously arranged sound, a modicum of purely acoustic work notwithstanding.  Fortunately, some other artists have also transformed the symbolic expression of my words into the tangible beauty of real songs and soundscapes - just listen to Sympoetic Ultrasounds: https://soundcloud.com/sonic-textures/sets/sympoetic-ultrasounds !

SOUND, SPACE AND TIME

Tend your listening senses gently. Even though my general approach welcomes and embraces lo-fi concepts like the precision of spontaneously occuring imprecisions, headphones worth their membranes are recommended - unless you like your sounds flat, mangled, battered and helpless. You don't, do you? Be kind to these soundscapes.

STRUCTURING IMPULSE

Due to the nature of "poetry soundscapes", your listening expectations regarding traditionally structured "songs", sonically purified "raw wildlife soundscapes", keyboard-laden "ambient recordings" or voice-centered "readings" might not be met. You will find some of those in my list of /likes/. "Noise" is a recurring structural element like any other. This is what this sounds like - within its own rights, limitations, tangents and interconnections. Sonic structures. Silent stretches. Poetry emerges from the gaps between the ruts, seeps in from the undergrowth, sweeps down.

CARVING, CHISELLING, KNEADING, MORPHING

A quick glance into my toolshed rests on Zoom recorders, Samplitude software and a dizzying array of diverse sonic machinery.

LARGE AND SMALL GIFTS

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Small Gifts

the less to remember, the more to listen
gifts from the ice age reverberate
a simple story, a forest, a coastline
entangled in silence, one starts to relate
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In case you have read up to this point, you might be a sonic creator yourself. May I ask you for a helping ear? Above, there is a tiny poem of mine that I do not understand how to translate into sound. If you do - please act on it. It is a matter of common decency, of course, to keep the title (Small Gifts) and to credit the lyrics to me (jo richter). And please do notify me of your version via a soundcloud message. One bewilderingly beautiful version crafted by mono-lux has already gone public, as well as an amazing version by cthonicist.  You'll find both in my playlist Sympoetic Ultrasounds. This is just a small gift, not a challenge - life already has more than enough of those on offer, doesn't it? Treat it this way.

POETRY IS VITAL
sound, space and time
structuring impulse
carving, chiselling, kneading, morphing
large and small gifts
poetry is vital

GENERAL POLICY regarding the use of LIKES, REPOSTS and FOLLOWS:
I like what I like and want to hear again.
I only repost what I've had a hand in creating.
I follow when I see directions or arrivals I like, not when followed (though I might peek in to get an idea of what your sounds are about). I have set myself a limit of accounts I follow not to be all too overwhelmed. Not following does therefore not mean I do not appreciate what you contribute to the enjoyments of soundcloud.
Do not expect other behaviour from me.
(jo richter)