Marco Lucchi : synthesizer

for the current Disquiet Junto challenge
https://disquiet.com/2025/01/16/disquiet-junto-project-0681-drama-course/

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17 gennaio 2025

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photo by Daria Gabrielli

Aeolian winds [Disquiet # 0681]

Modal Argon8, Waldorf Streichfett + Alesis Philtre, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, DSI MoPho, Ensoniq ESQ-M, Korg Volca FM, Commodore C64 (SID 6581) + MSSIAH

Dust of the Universe: An Ambient Drama in Four Acts - Act One

NÄCHTLICHE FAHRT

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data and Audacity.

Fog Dissolves (naviarhaiku586)

Sketches On Silence is an experimental ambient drone EP

British pianist Oliver Robinson delivers a serene and heartfelt composition, where the soft, muted tones of the felted piano create an atmosphere of warmth and innocence. Delicate yet expressive, this piece unfolds like a gentle conversation, inviting the listener into a world of quiet reflection. A true emotional journey, released by the reflective neoclassical label ad21.

Gratitude

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Henrik Meierkord is a Swedish artist based in Stockholm. His main instrument is the cello, although his work often incorporates viola, double bass, guitar and subtle electronic elements too. His sound blends the emotional pull of classical music with the meditative depth of Ambient and Henrik’s intuitive creative process draws inspiration from film scores, minimalist composers like Pärt or Ligeti, and Ambient pioneers such as Popol Vuh and Biosphere.

Italian composer Marco Lucchi from Modena brings plenty of experience to this collaboration, having been active in experimental and Ambient music since the late 1980s. A former music teacher and scholar, Marco's approach is grounded in kosmische music, minimalism and Ambient styles. In this album, he joins Henrik in a continuation of their longstanding creative dialogue. Swedish flautist and producer Pawel Kobak adds a third strand to this project, layering processed flute textures into some of Henrik and Marco’s evolving pieces.

The Book of Dreams explores themes of sleep and dreams. What began as a collaborative piece for the Sleeplaboratory5.0 compilation grew into a fully realised collaboration. Henrik and Marco exchanged ideas from across the borders, building lush, drifting pieces through a process of inspiration and response. Pawel's flute recordings, gently pitched, time-stretched, and transformed, were later woven into the fabric of this album. The result is an album that lives between the conscious and the unconscious, where layered strings, gentle drones, and evolving Ambient passages unfold slowly like distant memories.

Themes of restlessness and retreat run throughout the album, echoing the growing tension many of us can feel in modern life. It acts as both an ode and antidote to sleeplessness, intended not just for passive listening but as a contemplative aid. Whether heard during late-night solitude or the quiet morning hours, The Book of Dreams offers a space to wander, drift, and dissolve into stillness.

The Book Of Dreams

wlr185 Henrik Meierkord, Marco Lucchi & Pawel Kobak - The Book Of Dreams

Here's my musical resonance to this week's haiku from excellent @naviar-records.

after the typhoon I walk around alone - sunshine everywhere

by: Hosomi Ayako

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku598-after-the-typhoon/

Sunshine everywhere (naviarhaiku598)

Evolving heat (drone/ambient)

cricket decay

Into the Universe

"Music is one language that transcends all cultures. Good music is undeniable."

Roland TR-8, Akai S1000, Korg Electribe ESX-1, MFB 501, MFB Synth Lite II, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, DSI MoPho, Ensoniq ESQ-M, Korg Volca FM, Korg Volca Kick, Korg Volca Sample 2, Waldorf Streichfett, Modal Argon8, Commodore C64 (SID 6581) + MSSIAH, Roland SP-404 MKII, Roland SP-404SX

Dust of the Universe: An Ambient Drama in Four Acts - Act One

Atik Yomin