This tape documents two short live performances of the piece Halfslaap ll, both recorded Sunday afternoon June 25 2014 at UCK, Utrecht, as part of Cultural Zondagen, organised by Gaudeamus Muziekweek. On side B, a distorted part of the recording was edited out.
http://bastakiyatapes.com/album/halfslaap-ii-live

Machinefabriek feat. Anne Bakker - Halfslaap II Live (Side A)

Off "When All Is Lost Nothing Is Forgotten" cassette album by Ekkert.
Recorded Between Nov 2013 - April 2014 at various Locations in Greece
http://bastakiyatapes.com/album/when-all-is-lost-nothing-is-forgotten

Ekkert - Hidden City

Off "Preserve The Sanctity Of Sound" cassette album by Nuances.
http://bastakiyatapes.com/album/preserve-the-sanctity-of-sound

Nuances - Faded To The Fringes

Off "Radio Oblivion" cassette album by Martijn Comes
http://bastakiyatapes.com/album/radio-oblivion

Martijn Comes - Song Of The Rock To Rise

Off "Collected Ideas On People" cassette album by Memotone.

Memotone - Burnt Forest

Off "Punctuations Of Joy And Despair" album by Nuances.

Nuances - Together We Lie

Sofheso - Boujou Se

Sully - Untitled 01

Eomac - One Spirit

Laksa - Workout

Off "2" EP by Rain Text (Giovanni Marco Civitenga & Giuseppe Ielasi)

Rain Text - 2.3

Bastakiya's Cicadian Cycle Closed

17 years, the cycle of cicadas reborn, opening from membranes in the dirt, a smell rising, silence crushed and surmounted, a hum is new. The power lines move out in unison, some poles tipping, toward a horizon, graying at the edges like smoked gums and fission plants. Bare feet on a long, metal staircase, almost quiet, the skin impressed by the diamond-cut landing, the scent rises up, the first few cicada viscera litter the walkways. A landscape of empty gyms, humidity, bleach smell, janitors clean the shower rooms, rust gathers at the drains, 2 TVs left awake, 5 put to sleep, an elliptical machine is a towel rack, 4 treadmills watch the sun rise with one another, a sweatshirt is reapplied, the glass doors open, drag to a close, the central air conditioning blows the napkins from the common area table, a hum settles on the carpet entrance. The Bastakiya alleys have tiles that once held narrative. Now the ground is black. The ground has always been black. Death is a staircase. The cicadas are buried in the dirt another 17 years. A Bedouin close the refrigerator door in a gas station, half-lit before closing, Coca-Cola permitted during Ramadan because they have traveled so far from home. The membrane regrows, burrowed below the hydrangea bush, Bastakiya rests in peace, the Bedouin lives on forever. 

-David Coccagna, June 2019

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