Track number 3 from the upcoming album 'Seafields' available from Dronarivm 260321

Sea Scald

'Sun Scald' - Seafields - [Dronarivm, 2021]

Track number 4 from the upcoming album 'Seafields' available from Dronarivm 260321

Decapod

'Decapod' - Seafields - [Dronarivm, 2021]

From Prism of Dust, coming late April on LP

Ross Gentry - Nobody Wants To Be Here

une nouvelle ballade rêveuse, entre classique et jazz

à l'hôtel du beau rivage

The spike organ or nail chello (sic) is thought to originate from an early middle Europe monastic sect, the Iscariotians. They may have used the instrument to accompany their lengthy rituals contemplating the pain of the crucifixion.  

The Iscariotians are said to have been wiped out by returning crusaders at the behest of emperor Leopold III. Other commentators have suggested that the whole story may have been a constructed  alibi for the defeated crusaders plunder and desecration of the brewery of ..Santa Quaffa...


A possible surviving 'chello' object, made from of lignum vitae and iron, resides in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen. Its interpretation is not without controversy with some critics asserting the object is nothing more than a kind of agricultural implement, though this does not explain its cruciform shape and carved decoration.

In 1972 the scholar . Roland de Févin was granted permission to investigate the Rouen Chello, explore its sound making capabilities and make recordings. his theory was that the instrument was to be played by a rosined bow.  Unfortunately de Févin's playing and handling resulted in two of the nails fracturing and so the investigation was terminated after only one day. The single recording de Févin made was never released but it was played to audiences on an European lecture tour he conducted shortly before his death in 1974. 

It has been subsequently alleged that de Févin's  investigation  coincided with the great fire at  Nantes cathedral. This lead to several occultist conspiracy theories, most notably retold in the pulp fiction novel Blood Nail-(Brownie Dane,1975) much of the plot was lifted for the Italian soft core film Sistero Orgasma (1977) where the action was switched away from a monastery to a scantily clad convent.(citation needed) 

On the film soundtrack, the sounds of the Chello were replicated by experimental electronic synthesiser the achoirorium- itself the  subject of intrigue- as its extremely high operating voltages caused the death of its creator  Luigi soon after the recording session.


This recording was made in 1980 by UK avant geographer Forster Iberix who attended several of de Févin's lectures.  He set about building a replica device and making reconstructions of the Iscariotarian mass based on a column of scribbled numbers  which appear reverso  in one of Leonardo da Vinci's codex's (Coded notebooks). The recording was released on an untitled flexi disk issued by cult French label sordide sentimental -who now deny any knowledge of its existence. It does not appear on their official discography.  Improbably- Haringey local studies library, London, has a copy in their archive. The library does not provide any method of playback for the flexidisc and items from the archive cannot be withdrawn -so some subterfuge was involved in me getting this track taped. Whilst the disk was in my possession an inexplicable number of minor disasters befell me -so I can assure you I hurriedly returned it.

disquiet0385
More on this 385th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Audubonus Instrumentum / The Assignment: Imagine a fake instrument, and make music with it — at:
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The Nail Chello (disquiet0385)

Written and produced by Greig Baird 
Layout and design by 扎克 
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In the Summer of 2019 Greig Baird and his family moved home and into a new area of a city they have lived for many years.

The layers and layers of history in this new locale were palpable and inspired Baird to create this small collection of music, ‘Once Hallowed’.

This new area was home to a Franciscan Friary established in the 13th century and later home to a church, Allhallows-on-the-Wall built in the 19th century. This church was later a corset factory, then later a parachute factory during war time. The last burials in this place were conducted in secrecy by the light of a midnight moon during the cholera epidemic of 1832. The wall outside Baird’s home dates to Roman times and was once the south-western city limit.

The burial grounds now deconsecrated and long abandoned are also home to the catacombs of the city. Again abandoned long ago, bodies long removed, tales of stolen skulls and grave robbing, and the stone of which they are built are all that remains. The areas wildlife, dog walkers, children playing, students hanging around, drunks falling asleep on abandoned tombs and the city’s drug dealers plying trade all make the place what it is. Often beautiful as the light changes and Falcons fly above, the sounds of the day city form into the nocturnal; sometimes sad as the desperation of people’s modern situations becomes abundantly clear.

The relics of the past experienced in our present creates something else. Something deeply inspiring, creating an atmosphere deeply felt and not entirely understood.

Once Hallowed

'Once Hallowed' - Once Hallowed - [Healing Sound Propagandist, 2019]

BLACK AND WHITE, an East Side Story


Script by
Anonymous


Music by 
Infinite Monkeys (although it would work very well with Leonard Bernstein music as well)

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CHARACTERS


THE BLACKS:

THE BLACKS CHARACTER #1, the leader
THE BLACKS CHARACTER #2
THE BLACKS CHARACTER #3
THE BLACKS CHARACTER #4
THE BLACKS CHARACTER #5


THE WHITES:

THE WHITES CHARACTER #1, the leader
THE WHITES CHARACTER #2
THE WHITES CHARACTER #3
THE WHITES CHARACTER #4
THE WHITES CHARACTER #5


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SETTING

Summer. The towpath of a canal somewhere in the East of London at the end of a hot sunshine Sunday in an area where groups of youngsters gather together to have fun. 

The opening is a verbal confrontation between two groups of youngsters, we will call them The Blacks and The Whites, being The Blacks a group of young men and The Whites a mix between young men and women. They just met each other on the street.

TIME
After Midnight.


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ACT I

Scene 1 


THE BLACKS and THE WHITES 
(All talking at the same time during the whole Scene)



THE WHITES CHARACTER #1
(With increasingly offended tone and louder than the rest)


Man are we talking about blacks and whites? That’s ridiculous! Are we talking about racism? That's stupid! I want to go home! This guy… this man! …You think I am racist!? …I am Spanish in a fucking England country that they respect you more than me! Fuck you! …Go with your bullshit! …Woo woo woo woo! Black Pride! Black Pride! The Black Pride! The Black Pride!


THE BLACKS CHARACTER #1
(Apologetically)
Peace and love peace and love…


THE WHITES CHARACTER #1
You start this bullshit, you start this bullshit! Woo woo woo woo! That’s what you said. Woo woo woo woo! …all the right to say together whatever I want. Fuck off!   …normal you start this bullshit…


THE WHITES CHARACTER #2
Shushes


THE WHITES CHARACTER #1
Bullshit! Bullshit!


THE BLACKS CHARACTER #2
Yo! Yo! Yo!


THE WHITES CHARACTER #1
(sarcastically)
…you are making a drama! …Bah! Don't make the drama darling… why are you making a drama darling?  …Black Pride, Black Pride …Bullshit…


THE BLACKS CHARACTER #1
(Apologetically)
I have got nothing but love with me. I have got nothing but love with me. I have got nothing but love with me…

THE WHITES CHARACTER #1
Your country motherfucker...

Black and White

from https://oberlin.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-a-corridor

Live In A Corridor

Market Song (album-dl see info)

sound for Tour de Nippon commercial.
"MINAMI ASO"
stunning video are here💕 https://youtu.be/qygUWyZLKGQ

🌋Cycling in Minami Aso🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️
The Aso caldera is one of the largest volcanic features of its kind, measuring 25 km north to south, 18 km east to west, and 128 km in circumference. It stands in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu. Its peak is 1,592 metres above sea level. The valley is a global rarity home to fertile land, human communities, and even a railway. Join us on a virtual ride as we cycle Minami Aso Village and take in its nature and culture.

Na Ka Ji Ma's

The first time Stijn Huwels and Cok van Vuuren collaborated with Michel Banabila was in April 2020. They made an extremely peaceful 12-minute track in reaction to all the stress in the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to soothe some of the stress and calm you down. The track was picked up by Apple Music and added to one of their playlists, resulting in over 655.000 streams in just a few months, still increasing to this day: https://soundcloud.com/michel-banabila/one-moment-in-time

'Across The Sky' is their second collaboration, maintaining a positive vibe, this time with a little more emphasis on rhythm. Droney synths and imaginative electronics are mixed with space guitars, all infused with analog elusive layers of tape echo and reverb. 

DL & cassette: https://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/one-moment-in-time

Michel Banabila: keys & sampler.
Stijn Hüwels: el. guitar & field rec. @steiner
Cok van Vuuren: el. guitar. @user-472747517

Produced by Michel Banabila.
Mastering by Marlon Wolterink / White Noise Studio.

Across The Sky

buy on bandcamp

with Stijn Hüwels & Cok Van Vuuren: Across The Sky

Soothe

'Decapod' - Seafields - [Dronarivm, 2021]

Moss Covered Technology