Meet Bledius tricornis, a member of Spiny legged Rove Beetles,
Oxytelinae subfamily (photo: Burgenland, Austria)

[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

Calm and Steady tracks series no. 422

created on 2024/01/16

Picture CREDIT:
© gernotkunz, all rights reserved

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Glower

University Project:  Make a track in the style of Massive Attacks 'Mezzanine'. Sample/use a relevant vocal.
Guitar: Jim Goad

Nina Simone: Strange Fruit (Native Layer Edit)

The Sovereign

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今日も夜が明ける
時に身を合わせる
今日も日が落ちる
人と気を合わせる

また　夜が明ける
ただ　身を合わせる
そして　日が落ちる
また　気を合わせる

誰かのためにまた
たたらを踏んだ（踏んだ）
たたらを踏んだ（また踏んだ）　 

Um 辞める辞めない曲がり角
たたらを踏んだ（また踏んだ）
また　たたらを踏んだ（また踏んだ）

たわ群れ
Stepping on the coals

自分だけのためにまた
たたらを踏んだ（また踏んだ）
また　たたらを踏んだ（また踏んだ）　

たわ群れ たわ群れ
Stepping on the coals

今日も夜が明ける（日が昇る）
時に身を合わせる
またも、たたらを踏む
またも、たたらを踏む

今日も日が落ちる（夜が来る）
人と気を合わせる
またも、たたらを踏む
またも、たたらを踏む
（Give me a place）
To hide

Tatara (feat. shumo)  Side Dish&Grind Ape

++ HERE BE DRAGONS OST ++ 

Here Be Dragons is a multiplayer installation created by Jérôme Cortie, for which I had the pleasure to work on the soundtrack and sound designs. 

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Set during the collapse of the Bronze Age, the players are invited to explore and interact with antique civilisations of the Mediterranean basin, guided by an astro-monastic consortium - five divinities who can change the plot of history. In the style of a 'Choose Your Own Adventure', the game features many narrative paths depending on the players actions, taking them through quirky situations and multiple planes of reality that draw parallels with the absurdity of our own times.

The music changes with the physical installation, as spectators can interfere with the game by silencing each astromonk individually. Each divinity was then associated with a set of instruments, themes and textures that span over the entire soundtrack, mixing antique instruments samples of the region with synthetic noises and processes. The OST version is a specific arrangement of in-game music for a better listening experience IRL.

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Farewell, traveller !
May the astromonks grant you good fortune...


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++ TRACKLIST ++ 

01. Mari 1250BC
02. Pythagore's Banquet (Ugarit)
03. Gilgamesh's Lament (Uruk)
04. Sunken Ages
05. Stargazing (Ur)
06. Den of Anubis
07. Aaru, Field of Reeds
08. Council of the Gods
09. Lands of the Forgotten (Golden Lyre of Ur)
10.  Sunblazing (Hattusa, Hittite Capital)
11. Akrotiri / Daedalus
12. Sumer, Deluge
13. Necropolis, City of the (Un)dead
14. Hurrian Hymn No.6 (Bonus)
15. The Oldest Song in the World (Bonus)


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++ CREDITS ++

Visual cover by Jérôme Cortie
https://www.instagram.com/jeromecortie/

Mastering by Bademjan

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Pythagore's Banquet (Ugarit)

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He has a love of hardware samplers, synths and modular; performing his own music live without laptop control. 
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Nina Simone: Strange Fruit (Native Layer Edit)

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