Hold This Cup

artist: DesuExSounds https://soundcloud.com/freej-255201882
album: Figments (NR015)
release date: 10th September 2021
duration: 39 minutes
edition: digital + CD

How we recall, 
how Emotions imprint in us, 
the sound of mother Nature, 
the big City, 
our Loneliness, 
our struggles, 
the Voice that soothe our pain, 
the Voice that fuels our Dreams, 
to conquer the Past and reach 
for the Summit, 
Our best. 
to Sail, 
with Hope, 
into the Unknown. 


Figments is an introspective journey depicted through ethereal soundscapes: personal experiences that define us yet result from intimate contemplation that little has to do with objective experience. 

In concert, mind and surroundings create a new world, where the boundaries between reality and abstraction seem feeble, non-existent. Field recordings make way for subtle ambient layers: a metaphor of the world being absorbed and reinterpreted by our consciousness. What’s left is a path made of memory, experience, feelings that become the compass that guides us through the intricacies of life. 

Like waves, perpetual melodies break through the veil of reality and force us to look within, question ourselves and what defines us. 

Figments is a celebration of the inner voice, the one that can shape reality so that we can live within its boundaries while being truly, unquestionably ourselves. 

About the artist: 

A "homegrown" of Naviar's community, Constantin Blu, aka DesuExSounds, started producing ambient and soundscapes by picking up the Naviar's Haiku challenge almost four years ago to explore and develop creativity through music as a tool for self-knowledge and interaction. Previously just a passion, Constantin has co-authored musical projects for dance and theatre in the Bucharest scene with friends who have a special home town in common: Onesti. "Figments" is the first ambient solo album that coagulates this journey, reflects the personal bond, and draws inspiration from Naviar's artistic ethos.

Figments

DesuExSounds - Figments (teaser)

This week's haiku by Dakotsu Iida (1885-1962) inspired me to rework an improvised piece I used for another project last year. Played on Dune3 VST synth (by Synapse Audio); recorded and mixed in Reaper, with Valhalla Room delay added. Mastered with CloudBounce. 
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Mountain Temple (naviarhaiku403)

Iterative Refraction ( Naviarhaiku405 )

Once again, I set some rules and left the synths dreaming while I had a nap.

This (with a tiny bit of editing) is the result.

Machine Dreaming White

Mutacircel [part 7]

FOR  --  PIANO ,  CELLO ,  ELECTRONICS  
 
PIANO , ELECTRONICS   --   DROR    ELIMELECH
CELLO   --    ULRICH    LANGENBACH

Iterative Refraction ( Naviarhaiku405 )

My Own Cubic Stone