Produced/Written by me. Speech snippets from Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize reception speech via youtube. The documentary “A Thousand Cuts”, about her and her company Rappler inspired this track.

Full Ressa speech: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NsWVb2AUl5Y
Full “A Thousand Cuts” film: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JQpjfWV_p6E

Rappler/Hold the Line (A Thousand Little Cuts)

Coping with the chaos of a major construction project through songwriting! Contrary to my lyrics, my husband is very supportive and I appreciate his understanding my wacky sense of humor used to create this song. This is my first time ever recording myself and I am excited to learn more. This song was recorded in the month of April for the REM Challenge.

His Excavator

What, Remains?

Music for April.

Guest mix from the lovely Takeo.K starting at 1 hour 4.

@eletroconvulsoterapia

Skylab - Theory Therapy E29 w/ LET & Takeo.K

Further information and tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-281-raji-rags-aphex-twin-mix

"This is a live DJ mix of AFX classics, a few edits, some material of his lesser known aliases and a bunch of unreleased tracks from his Soundcloud dump. Aphex Twin has been a big influence on my whole musical journey and career as a DJ and now a big influence on my journey into my first steps into production and my debut EP - Congratulations. This feels like a full circle moment to have my debut record sold on Bleep considering I used to work there..." - @rajirags

Bleep Mix #281 - Raji Rags - Aphex Twin Mix

Durata: 16'00''
Orchestration: 2222, 2231, timp, 2 perc, hrp, str. 

Ascent - Concerto for orchestra was commissioned by the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. The piece was premiered at De Geer Hallen, Norrköping on April 9, 2015, conducted by Catrine Winnes. 

Comment: "Ascent - Concerto for Orchestra" was written during the fall, winter and spring of 2014/15. Before starting the actual composition of the piece, I thought a lot about water and saw before me an oceanic trench. I wanted the music to begin there. I also reflected a lot on the contrasts between nature and city and how these two environments can exist in different frames of mind. One could call the form of the piece a kind of ascent from the very lowest register of the orchestra to the very highest. The work is divided into 7 cohesive movements. It begins in the stillness of the ocean trench in Part 1, "Ocean Trench." The music then gently rises to a loud crescendo and meets coral reefs and whale song in Part 2, "Whales and Corals." Then it is tossed up towards the surface in Part 3, "Breaking Surface" and swept in towards land and into the city's bustling cacophony in Part 4, "Cityscape." The roar of the city tones down for a short while in Part 5, "Chacarita Cemetery." But eventually the commotion returns again and travels on to Part 6, "Hypomanic Trails." In the last and 7:e part of the piece, "Under the Twilight Canopy," the music finally finds its way back to a kind of stillness, where I imagine a tree under a starry sky. Then it slowly rises above the crowns of the trees, higher and higher, and out into the placidity of outer space." - Andrea Tarrodi

What, Remains?

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