We’ve reached book IV in Rupert Clervaux’s series of “Zibaldone” audio diaries, at which point we find him telling a different kind of story. 

“The first three all had very specific themes, while this one feels a little bit looser and doesn’t have just one thematic thrust,” he tells me, which maybe explains why listening feels a bit like annotating. I’m underlining, emphasizing, drawing arrows from here to there, highlighting symbols and noting motifs, realising, questioning, eureka-ing. An impressionistic meaning’s been encoded in and we’re lucky to be given the space to play that most poetic and boundless of all mental games: narrativization. 

There are no wrong answers, but Rupert offers some clues either way. If there’s any cipher here it’s “something like a meditation on the concept of ‘depth’––in all its connotative forms.” Think below the surface, (the) underground, yawning oceans, being ‘down in the dirt’, soil, roots, rootlessness, pulling at the dregs, collapse, profundity, stable and unstable horizons, distance, perspective, intuition, not to mention relative opposites: to be shallow, to be above, to be beyond. 

It’s got me thinking of Bresson’s “Bring things together that have as yet never been brought together and did not seem predisposed to be so.” His: “Dig deep where you are. Don't slip off elsewhere.” Rupert has realized these—two favourite goals of mine!—here. 

This is music that catches you at your own periphery, gives pause, has you offering a little “huh” to, asking “I wonder why” to. Again, it’s got me musing on another mindworm, this time from New York publisher and multi-sensory reading room Dispersed Holdings: “Feeling-making-knowing feedback loop; cartography of feeling; water as text, read to know the land beneath and around it, and body as reader.” 

Is it ok to offer up these other contexts out of context? I think so, because Zibaldone IV articulates a similarly swirly tone. Like, we’ve got Rebecca Solnit talking through Kropotkin’s “Mutual Aid” and later calling out to Michael Ruppert a ways away, and “Easy Rider” is playing in the wings. We’ve got Susan Sontag magically contextualizing Mariah Carey with poet Thylias Moss triangulating in order to sketch out (Rupert again) “something a little more interesting than wilful eclecticism or that laboured and patronising kind of pop-savvy.” 

Are we following? Whether yes or no Vanessa Bedoret follows on with a performance of a performance of Moss’s 'Water Road’: to be once or twice removed, via strange transitions, purposeful confusions, and, suddenly, seagulls. We’re on a boat with Ingeborg Bachmann—and how I wish I could actually be! But maybe thanks to this music I can as literature, films, friends, lethargy, coincidences, little mental links, eternal wormholes, lingering notions come together to imagine something better. 

Text by Natalia Panzer 
npanzer.com 

Artwork by Coline Cornélis 

Music by Rupert Clervaux 

with 
Vanessa Bedoret: voice and violin on Thylias Moss #2 
Eben Bull: trumpet and electronics on Mutual Aid and Departure from England 
Isis O’Regan; voice on Departure from England 
Nick Taylor: electronics on Chthonic ’97 
Ben Vince: saxophone and electronics on Chatsworth ’17 

Artwork by Coline Cornélis 

Warm thanks to James Marrs, as always, and Natalia Panzer 

Vanessa recreates and reads an excerpt from ‘Water Road’ by Thylias Moss. Isis reads ‘Departure from England’ by Ingeborg Bachmann (translated by Peter Filkins). This record is dedicated to both poets––with great respect and deep admiration.

02. Simple Food For Our Simple Taste

https://www.nts.live/shows/amanda-siegel/episodes/amanda-siegel-9th-september-2022

Crossed Wires w/ Amanda Siegel 090922

Circuits Remixes

Circuit 07 (Tolouse Low Trax Remix)

System Olympia joins us for an hour a month.

https://www.nts.live/shows/system-olympia/episodes/system-olympia-17th-october-2022

System Olympia - Racing Heart 171022

Georges DJ Huberman pose ses cartons remplis d’une nostalgie cheulou pour l’année. Un premier tour du patté de maison clope au bec, Une ballade plus qu’un Dj set, Vapeurs poisseuses de la ville, soleil d’hiver, impec. crédit pour l’image : Veit Laurent Kurz

Another theme for a dislocating city w/ Georges Dj Hubberman (01.11.22)

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/guests-2nd-march-2023

EXIT COST 010323

Quality over quantity.

https://www.nts.live/shows/ttb/episodes/ttb-21st-march-2023

TTB 210323

A quick demo of some sounds from the Yamaha EX-5. The presets are all what you would expect from a 90s rompler, boring pads and electric pianos. But i made some FM sounds and a few other things and knocked up this track. All straight from the EX-5, no outboard. I was trying to sell it but now I might keep it :)

EX5 Demo

You can get this album from:

Bandcamp: https://pnfa.bandcamp.com/album/lost-and-found
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About the album:

"Lost and Found" is a moving and finely detailed album by PNFA, the musical project of German artist Wolfram Gruss. Known for his reflective and atmospheric style, Gruss delivers a collection that blends downtempo, chillout, and trip hop with cinematic and electro-acoustic elements, resulting in a rich, immersive sound.

Most of the tracks are instrumental, unfolding slowly through layered textures, ambient tones, and subtle rhythmic patterns. Each composition is carefully arranged, showcasing a strong focus on sound design and emotional nuance. The music feels organic and spacious, balancing electronic precision with a warm, human touch.

Alongside the instrumentals, the album features several vocal pieces that add lyrical weight and emotional clarity. These songs deal with themes of love, separation, and the emotional complexity of letting go, offering a contrast to the abstract mood of the instrumental tracks.

PNFA’s production style is deeply nuanced, with every detail—from gentle melodies to atmospheric field recordings—thoughtfully placed. "Lost and Found" stands as a cohesive and expressive work, shaped by both technical skill and a strong emotional core.


Released on Diventa Music
Distributed by DigDis

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Lost and Found

Skin

a part of my morning routine is making a coffee, and a recent mishap resulted in the smashing of my sugar bowl lid, the bowl itself was already cracked but i was fine with that. so lately i'd make the coffee and think to look up sugar bowls as locally the selection has been crap/nonexistent... by the time i'm settled in for the rest of my morning i've completely forgotten about it... so this is an audio reminder to get a sugar bowl finally.

Circuit 07 (Tolouse Low Trax Remix)

Moiré