my listenings during this month

***

in copertina Harold Budd

"musica assoluta" (gennaio 2021)

the pieces I made (or which I have been involved in) during January 2021

(2021) January works

the pieces I made (or which I have been involved in) in 2021

hugs to the friends and colleagues that helped me to keep the music flowing

31 dicembre 2021

(2021) works

Fantaisies series

- short tracks

The tracks were uploaded from 01/2020 to 03/2021, except for the following older one:
. . - Snezhana Reizen "Born call"(#20): 12 - 23 months,
. . - Wakana Kohska "OM"(#2): 11 months,
. . - Jude "Time traveller"(#1): 5 months,
. . - Them "Piano October 2020"(#12): 4 months.

. . .

Make yourself disappear... for a little wile.  Hugs & kisses.

HK_Fantaisies_tracks_78

Current Ambient I keep on coming back to

Geopolitics

Marco Lucchi : piano
M.Nomized : electronics
James Hill : trumpet

for "piano patterns" vol. 2 https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/sets/piano-patterns-vol-2

marzo 2021

Marco Lucchi, M.Nomized & James Hill - #9

DAVID GRANSTRÖM, Empty Room - LP

Release date - April 2th 2021
Catalogue nr. - HG2102
Format - Vinyl / digital
Hallow Ground

hallowground.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
1) Obsidian 09:22
2) Aeon 10:56
3) Sapphire Visions 04:50
4) Occultations 10:08
5) Transience 04:45

Credits:
All tracks composed, recorded, performed and mixed by David Granström 
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Photography by Aron Mattsson
Cover design by Greenpointless

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On »Empty Room,« David Granström works with slow transformations, cyclical and isometric patterns as well as just intonation as a way to create harmonic stability, allowing his long-form pieces to develop their own unique temporal and spatial qualities. A prolific figure in Stockholm’s experimental drone scene and a collaborator of Hallow Ground label mates Maria W Horn and Mats Erlandsson, the Swedish composer navigates through moments of quietude and crushing volume on these five tracks. Sonically and atmospherically, the pieces on »Empty Room« simultaneously call to mind Fennesz’s most meditative work or the physical experience of seeing Sunn O))) live, blending guitar recordings and synthesised sounds with forceful effects similar to those of Mario Díaz de Leon’s Oneirogen project while still being as moving and delicate as Alessandro Cortini’s solo work. The album is marked by melodies and harmonies that are the product of a peculiar working process that turned the composer into an intent listener collaborating with, rather than simply using technology. 

Having been invited by the self-organising artist group The Non Existent Center for a residency to Ställbergs Gruva, a defunct iron ore mine in Sweden’s Bergslagen region, Granström took his guitar as a starting point for his compositional work that heavily relies on real-time sound synthesis. »I seldomly use the instrument as a sound source in the final compositions and rather transcribe and orchestrate the harmonic structures using sound synthesis,« he explains. »On this album however, I chose to include the actual recordings of the guitar in order to extend the spectra between non-referential synthetic sounds and embodied referential sounds.« Working with precise tunings in order to blend the timbre of the synthesis with the harmonic structures of the composition, he created composite sound objects in which the harmonic elements blend into each other. 

Through the re-amplification of synthetic musical materials from the inside of the abandoned mine, his original compositions were enriched with site-specific sound qualities before he further refined them in a singular working process. Granström works with algorithmic and generative processes, using the SuperCollider programming environment and thus blurring the lines between generative and creative forms of composition. »One of the things that I like about this way of working is that it creates a distance between myself as a composer and myself as a listener of the music that is produced entirely by the system,« he says. Granström’s technologically aided eschewing of the conventions of composing doesn’t make the end result any less personal, however. By listening again and again to the newly generated output, Granström simply took on a different role in the process of finalising the music, with the technology and the sounds becoming his co-authors. 

By creating systems that generate music, he gains a new perspective on (musical) time, says Granström. »There doesn't have to be a fixed length to the music at all,« he explains. »And by writing music with this in mind, my focus tends to shift towards writing cyclical structures that gradually change and transform over time.« Simple parts, in other words, that emerge as the five complex wholes that form »Empty Room,« a record that itself seems to take on different forms with every new listen.

DAVID GRANSTRÖM - Occultations (HG2102)

"Make the Secrets Produtive" is taken from "Fold Unfold", Katrine Grarup Elbo´s debut album. Handmade LP and CD editions available April, 2021.

Fold Unfold

Katrine Grarup Elbo - Make the Secrets Productive

Today we continue a series of discussions about the basics of Marxism — a method for understanding and changing the world used by many of the great revolutionaries of modern history. Brian and Prof. Wolff discuss rent, evictions and social programs under capitalism. With the CDC’s eviction moratorium set to expire, millions are now facing homelessness because they cannot pay rent. And why do governments controlled by the ultra-rich sometimes decide to institute measures that alleviate the suffering of workers?

Richard Wolff is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work and the author of many books, the latest being “The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself”. You can check out his work at rdwolff.com.

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As Millions face a wave of evictions: Marx’s Theory of Rent

On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the war in Ukraine, which continues to rage as the world is engulfed in a crisis that has the potential to reconfigure global politics in fundamental ways. What consequences has the war brought about so far? Which side is winning? How can peace truly be established? The panel discusses these questions as well the consequences of climate change, the far right and COVID, and more.

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War Intensifies as Russia-Ukraine Negotiations Open

Gruth is set to release his 3rd solo album, this time via Temporize. Scenes From  was written between 2018 and 2021 in Brazil and follows Gruth’s debut album Laments released in 2018, and his second album Somnum Exterreri.. Written as a two-act play, 'Act I, Scene I - Wake In Fright' is the opening track and captures Gruth's light, euphoric sound that perfectly transitions from the final moments of Somnum Exterreri. 


words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-gruth-act-i-scene-i-wake-in-fright-temporize

Scenes From

Premiere: Gruth - Act I Scene I; Wake in Fright (Temporize)

7 - Conformist - Art Colony (Odonis Odonis Remix)

OM
https://youtu.be/NQyZDOnGpuc

2018~20
YAMAHA Grand Piano C3
Composer, Player, Program: Wakana Kohsaka 

This song is new Classic or non Genre music.
#SCxiamOTHER
YouTube
https://youtu.be/5fH1Jkbe1W0

INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-y0mSQJk8R/?igshid=errm9x0oua4d

up track

Henrik delivers his follow-up album on Ambientologist, Kval, strengthening his crossing of medieval evocation and meditative ambient cello.

A story of choices, necessary suffering, and being human.

CDs and download available here: https://bit.ly/3n8EFnx

Kval

Henrik Meierkord - Suddig

TIME TRAVELLER

the time traveller
i want to
go home

i don’t want to go
far away

i just want to go
back to where
I know the way

places familiar
people i love

why aren’t they
here today

did i run too far away?

can’t I trace my steps
to yesterday?
tell them not to look away?

i could run
but I’d still be here

cities rise and cities fall
i could walk them all

but what i want is a home
all these places i go
i can’t stop
i don’t know
how they live as they do

i want a home
to come home to.

i want a bed I can sleep in
and dream
a life of my own.

a home to come to.

a dream i can dream
on my own
i want a home
dream a life of my own.

a home to come home to
why aren’t they
here today
(standing beside me,
holding me back
from the waves i go into
over my head
what have I come to
where will i run to?

LYRICS: by Lemonade
MUSIC: Castagna Carlo
VOICE: Lemonade
MIDI KEYBOARDS: Castagna Carlo
VIDEO: Castagna Carlo
MIXING & MASTER: Rabbits Recording Studio
 © All rights reserved

Time traveller

Time traveller - Jude Ft. Lemonade

Music For Quiet Moments 36 - Drifting Firmly

Music For Quiet Moments 36 - Drifting Firmly (Chattanooga 27 Feb 2006)

Good Morning 2021

A Happy New Year

a rework from Mean Flow of a previous track by Marco Lucchi
https://marcolucchi.bandcamp.com/album/bedroom-music

gennaio 2021

Marco Lucchi & Mean Flow - bedroom music n°1

Marco Lucchi & Mean Flow - bedroom music n°2

a rework from Wilfried Hanrath of "piano patterns n°15" by Marco Lucchi

for "piano patterns" vol. 2, a project by Marco Lucchi

gennaio 2021

Marco Lucchi & Wilfried Hanrath - piano pattern n°15

a rework from Lärmschutz of "piano patterns n°16" by Marco Lucchi

for "piano patterns" vol. 2, a project by Marco Lucchi
https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/sets/piano-patterns-vol-2

gennaio 2021

Marco Lucchi - Extra Penitents (#16 Ruined By Lärmschutz)

Marco Lucchi : toy harp, piano and analog synthesizer

6 gennaio 2021

***

Will there really be a "morning"?
Is there such a thing as "Day"?
Could I see it from the mountains
If I were as tall as they?

Has it feet like Water lilies?
Has it feathers like a Bird?
Is it brought from famous countries
Of which I have never heard?

Oh some Scholar! Oh some Sailor!
Oh some Wise Man from the skies!
Please to tell a little Pilgrim
Where the place called "morning" lies!

Emily Dickinson

toy harp n°21 (+ piano + analog synth)

a rework from Lärmschutz of "piano patterns n°14" by Marco Lucchi

for "piano patterns" vol. 2, a project by Marco Lucchi
soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/sets/piano-patterns-vol-2

gennaio 2021

Marco Lucchi - Open After Nutter (#14 Ruined By Lärmschutz)

Produced & mixed 
by P è n i n ș o l a r 
Visual edited 
by P è n i n ș o l a r 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBrGIynZjhg
https://www.instagram.com/p/CK6N00Rh9qu/
https://peninsolar.bandcamp.com/track/envisaged-archaic-peace

Envisaged Archaic Peace orig released on Foreshadow Near the Mesa 
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Foreshadow Near The Mesa

Envisaged Archaic Peace

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Finding the Balance

A recent astronomical event was, quite obviously, at the root of this odd musical piece. I accidentally came across a few posts on the social networks conveying a certain degree of confidence in this astrological occurrence, but I honestly couldn't afford to share their flaunted optimism. I couldn't recall any idyllic connection between Jupiter and Saturn, so I thought that a recording of an acapella singing performed by my wife about 10 years ago might have best fit my initial sonic atmosphere. It was an improvised sung rendition of an Arabic poem composed by Said Bin Ahmad al-Busaidi (d. 1803, feel free to check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_bin_Ahmad for a short bio) that seems to have been used as lyrics by several modern Middle Eastern artists. I thought of it as a suitable fictional outlet for a broken hearted Saturn.
On the other hand, my everyday life subsequently offered me a chance to observe this "great" conjunction from a socio-political perspective in the country where I'm living in. I had the opportunity to take a field audio recording of a riot that took place not so far from my home in mid-January (feel free to check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dI90RFsEF4 for a short account of the current situation), and I thought that it would perfectly give expression both to the disappointment of local people against those who have been managing political power since the so-called Arab Spring in 2011 and to the sympathetic, balanced reaction shown by law enforcement and the government itself. In order to sound politically correct, I thought it was appropriate to give voice to the establishment as well, to "Jupiter" if you like, so I googled around and found an awesome video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJVq78A4Y0) starring the guy who's been behind the scenes of this brilliant democratic experience in Northern Africa during the last 10 years. I extrapolated a few audio samples from his declarations and used them in the first sequence of this piece.
I finally added a few instrumental and vocal parts, then I processed all of the audio recordings through a heavy, meticulous sound design work. Hope you'll appreciate the result.
EDIT: One year after its original release, I created a video for this track… You might like to check it out at https://youtu.be/0c9fyvCDqiU

Aroussia Riahi : vocals
Teth Sin : bağlama, bass guitar, samplers, background vocals, field recordings, sound design, vocal arrangement/mix

Original composition, arrangement, mix, mastering & cover artwork design by Teth Sin

LYRICS (a partial rework of Said Bin Ahmad al-Busaidi's "Ya Man Hawah" ; sadly this text field doesn't seem to properly support RTL scripts, but I guess most of the listeners will only read the English translation I provided below):

JUPITER:

We try to avoid any sort of exclusion.
We opt for the dialogue... Consensus.
We faced many problems.
All our policies are based on the notion of consensus.
I don't deal with "if", I deal with reality.
We try to go to the consensus.
There isn't any paradox.
To avoid any sort of extremism, democracy is the solution.
We need international cooperation, regime cooperation, development, democracy, dialogue, consensus... Consensus.

SATURN:

يا من هواه
أعزه وأذلنـــي
كيف السبيل إلى وصالـــــك دلني
أنت الذي حلفتني
حلفتني وحلفت لي
وحلفت أنك لا تخون وخنتني
فلأدعين عليك في غسق الدجى
يـبـلـيـك ربي كـمــا أبلـيـتـنــي

Oh you who love
Oh you who passionately love
May you be cherished and may I be humbled
Show me how shall I ever find the way to get back to you
It was you who made me swear, and you swore to me
You swore you weren't going to betray me, but you cheated on me
So I'll pray against you in the dark of the night
May the Lord afflict you just like you afflicted me

The Great Conjunction

Titled in appreciation of the neat sounding "squeaky gate" call of blue jays. 

Instruments:
Burke tin whistle, Gold Tone tenor guitar, tambourine, organ effect on iPad, triangle

The Squeaky Gate

From Atlas der Gedanken, available now on cassette tape and digital.
https://muzaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/atlas-der-gedanken

Mareena & JakoJako - Phantasma

collaborations, shared projects, ideas ..

http://marcolucchi.bandcamp.com/

https://musichevirtuali.blogspot.com/

www.musichevirtuali.org

https://twitter.com/musichevirtuali

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Marco Lucchi - Open After Nutter (#14 Ruined By Lärmschutz)

Orchestra Eclettica Sincretista