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[ONEINST-Y] VARIOUS ARTISTS

TNMK 2019: FUTURE!/Carbon

This piece for solo piano was first performed in 1976, in Talinn. It would later become a telltale representative piece for Pärt's signature genre,  tintinnabuli, alongside other pieces such as "Spiegel Im Spiegel". 

Pärt dedicated the piece to a friend's daughter, on the occasion of her moving to study abroad. 

The introspective, meditative, and ultimately mesmerising qualities of the piece are truly remarkable. There is no better example of a piece of music that on the sheet appears simple (and it is) - however, there is an enormous musical depth to the piece, from a technical standpoint. 

The dissonance that occurs between B and C#, D and E, and F# and G - is a musical query aimed at the pianist. There are ways to mask the dissonance through creative use of the pedals - but is that really the point of the piece? This is one of few pieces which cause a distinct, if not unique, sound characteristic from the piano, derived precisely from the dissonance. It is then, no wonder that it is usually played with the pedal depressed throughout the entirety of the piece.

There is also some really interesting symmetry to the piece. Firstly, the left hand's highest note is a B minor chord which is below the melody line. Secondly, there are mirrored notes - that is to say, when the melody is on an E or F#, the left hand is on a D, and when the melody is on a G, A, or B, the left hand is on an F#, and so on. 

There is also symmetry to be found when comparing the compositional structure to that of the harmonies. The whole piece only consists of whole notes and stemless black notes (whose time signature is not as rigid as the whole notes). These are arranged in a particular pattern which mirrors the structural alignment of the 15 bars that the piece consists of. 

I chose to play the piece once, as is the case traditionally. However, it is easy to imagine how the piece, in concert environments, usually is played so that it repeats; the low B octave that rings initially becomes a marker of a new play-through, and the piece can last several tens of minutes. The different play-throughs would of course yield variations, and offer a wide range of musical flexibility to the performer and variational fidelity to the audience, alike. 

illustration: Millais - 'Ophelia', 1851-1852, Tate Britain

Arvo Pärt - 'Für Alina' in B Minor

Lyrics

I go to loud places to search for someone
To be quiet with who will take me home
You go to loud places to find someone who
Will take you higher than I took you
Didn't I take you to higher places you can't reach without me?
Reach without me?

I feel music in your heights
I have never reached such heights

I go to those places where we used to go
They seem so quiet now
I'm here, all alone
You go to new places with I don't know who
And I don't know how to follow you

Higher
I take you higher and I’ll take you
Didn’t I take you higher?
I take you higher
I take you higher and I take you
Didn’t I take you higher?
Didn't I take you to higher places you can't reach without me?
Reach without me

I feel music in your heights
I have never reached such heights
Oh
I feel music in your heights
I have never reached such heights

I feel music in your heights
I have never reached such heights
You're in ecstasy without me
When you come down
I won't be around

Jamie xx - Loud Places feat. Romy

Welcome to the 18th chapter of the Ambient Sessions presented by Deep Electronics. This month set is created by Tawbaq. He expans his musical interests into more deeper hypnotic sounds. This sets contains ambient and ambient techno all very well contructed into one piece. Enjoy his contribution for this months Ambient Sessions. 

Bio:

Tawbaq is a young, ambitious and talented DJ / Producer and Owner Label of Hypnotic Landscapes Records. His adventure with electronics began around 2000. The musical style of what he play is mainly Deep/Dub/Techno. There are also gigs where the play Ambient/Experimental.Tawbaq music are well accepted as hypnotic,deepness sounds and experimenting with ambient soundscapes. It is a member of the label Dirty Stuff Records,Circular Limited,Eufemia and DSR Digital.In January 2014 his first album has appeared under the title 'Other Side Of The Planet' that has release by Dirty Stuff Records.

Tracklist:

Sorry no tracklist...

Links:

https://soundcloud.com/tawbaq

https://www.facebook.com/TawbaqOfficial/

Photography and Design by: Jeroen Smulders

Circuit Jellyfish Design: NLz



Ambient Sessions # 18 - Tawbaq

Chosen synth: Korg MS-20 (1978)
Artist: @grandriver
Synth information: goo.gl/lME1Rr

Grand River - Korg MS-20 1978 Classic

SAPPY

V/A - mono no aware もののあわれ

Format: 2xLP / Digital
Label: PAN
Cat.No: PAN 77
Release Date: 17 March 2017

http://p-a-n.org/

purchase:
site: http://bit.ly/2mQN5AO
bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2n9ToSm

mono no aware (もののあわれ) is the first compilation to be released on PAN, collating unreleased ambient tracks from both new and existing PAN artists.

Featuring Jeff Witscher, Helm, TCF, Yves Tumor, M.E.S.H., Pan Daijing, HVAD, Kareem Lotfy, ADR, Mya Gomez, Sky H1, James K, Oli XL, Bill Kouligas, Flora Yin-Wong, Malibu, and AYYA, the compilation moves through more traditional notions of what is called ’ambient’, to incorporating wider variations that fall under the term.

“Mono no aware”, ‘the pathos of things’, also translates as “an empathy toward things", or "a sensitivity to ephemera”. A term for the awareness of impermanence, or the transience of things. A meditation on mortality and life's transience, ephemerality heightens the appreciation of beauty and sensitivity to their passing. In investigating the passing of time, the boundaries between memory and hallucination become blurred; between fiction and reality. The movement of time transforms into an eternal present.

The album is mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, featuring photography by Molly Matalon and design by Bill Kouligas. A limited version of 100 copies will be released as a special art edition in collaboration with Mount Analog for the LA Art Book Fair 2017, before going on general release.

mono no aware

1. Kareem Lotfy - Fr3sh (PAN 77)

2. Malibu - Held (PAN 77)

14. M.E.S.H. - Exasthrus (Pane) (PAN 77)

A first track from the new album of @ikukojohanna Fugue: Some Temporal Patterns Other Than the Forward March. 
OUT NOW on Genot Centre in limited run of 55 C26 tapes → https://genot.bandcamp.com/album/fugue-some-temporal-patterns-other-than-the-forward-march

Artwork by Malte Zander: http://maltezander.de

edit navigation bar Fugue: Some Temporal Patterns Other Than the Forward March

Fall Down Never Get Back Up

Iku - Fall Down Never Get Back Up (GEN011)

The 20th DSS edition ...

Argentinian prodigy Farceb touches our heart with this inner journey experience

MindTripRec - Tripalium Corp

Use a decent soundsystem, prepare to get emotional

DSS 020 | Farceb

@ikukojohanna - Fugue: Some Temporal Patterns Other Than the Forward March.

OUT NOW on Genot Centre in limited run of 55 C26 tapes → 
https://genot.bandcamp.com/album/fugue-some-temporal-patterns-other-than-the-forward-march

Artwork by Malte Zander: maltezander.de

Iku - They Call Me A Thief

Article: www.seeksicksound.com/premiere-apsis-de-asc-extrait-de-la-nouvelle-compilation-shaded-explorations
Buy: https://shadedexplorations.bandcamp.com/album/soundscapes-for-escape-vol-3

Out on Shaded Explorations' Soundscapes for Escape vol. 3
@asc
@shaded-explorations

[Premiere] ASC - Apsis

Track from NE45 Anthony Linell – Consolidate CS

Pre-order: northernelectronics.bandcamp.com/album/consolidate

Anthony Linell - End of Reign

Chosen instrument: Casio HT-3000
Artist: https://soundcloud.com/isnt
Instrument information: goo.gl/e4DPiu

~ And at the end of nights, sunlight claps the earth ~

ISNT - Casio HT-3000

Chosen instrument: Roland Juno-106
Artist:  https://soundcloud.com/wanderwelle
Instrument information: goo.gl/ZSbCwM

~ I have fallen life times across life times to arise in splendor ~

Wanderwelle - Roland Juno-106 (Exp#2)

Chosen instrument: Suling Sunda (Sundanese bamboo flute)
Artist:  https://soundcloud.com/ideologikal
Instrument information: goo.gl/gbt6vT

The flute was bought by Fahmi on a local/traditional market in Bandung, Indonesia in 2010. Type of wood : local bamboo.

~ Colours you expect in poems ~

Fahmi Mursyid - Suling Sunda (Sundanese bamboo flute)

Chosen instrument: Vermona E-Piano (1978)
Artist:  https://soundcloud.com/yhdessaaa
Instrument information: https://goo.gl/NUGZXF

~ There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days ~

Yhdessa - Vermona E-Piano (1978)

Chosen instrument: Ludwig Musser M55 Pro-Vibe Vibraphone (1983)
Artist: Alessandro Di Puccio
Instrument information: https://goo.gl/Zp5ytK

~ Insight wakes among the glaciers and the rocks ~

Alessandro Di Puccio - Ludwig Musser M55 Pro-Vibe Vibraphone (1983)

▪️ VA - ARDEA CINEREA ▪️ benefit compilation ▪️

This epic compilation (64 amazing artists!) is available only till the end of July, so you have just a few days left to support Adam in his fight with leukemia 💪💪💪

How can you help?
- by buying digital compilation or single track
- by buying one of the 50 copies of limited edition 2 x C90 cassette pack
- by supporting the fundraiser for Adam's treatment directly > https://www.kawalek-nieba.pl/adam-lach

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Brat Star - Burn The Baby With The Bathwater

DADDY

Silent Night Excerpt

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ISNT - Casio HT-3000

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