c'è in giro da tempo una nuova 'musica assoluta', astratta, che sta fra la cosiddetta 'ambient music' e la 'drone music', nei pressi dei cosiddetti 'soundscape' o, meglio ancora, degli 'innerscape' .. a volte ha tratti più 'cameristici', o addirittura per strumento solista, a volte è più 'sinfonica' .. a volte usa solo sonorità 'sintetiche', a volte invece anche strumenti 'tradizionali' .. ha antecedenti illustri, sia nella cosiddetta musica 'classica', diciamo storica, sia nella 'popular music' e nel jazz .. a quella soprattutto io guardo

https://www.facebook.com/notes/marco-lucchi/musica-assoluta/10155811583217624/

I wish to dedicate this collection to Paul Minns (Third Ear Band)

"musica assoluta" (ottobre 2020)

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Hi! Really like the way this very playlist managed to glue itself altogether. Quite a venture. Quite a discovery. So many tunes to be amazed by! I expect you to give it a go! You better!

Periodical Repost-Favs Playlist #47

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visual: Matt Niebuhr
audio: Nebel lang

https://soundcloud.com/acertainspace
https://www.mattniebuhr.com

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Andrew Chalk Paradise Lost (excerpt1)

Purchase: bit.ly/35jLaxx
Catalog #: GN63
October 1, 2020
2xCASS+DIGI

The midnight hour crept unto thee with hasty caution, revealing 'A Little Night Music: Aural Apparitions from the Geographic North', our third putrid prowl into Halloween-inspired sounds to torment and tantalize throughout the season. For this bout of distinguished dementia, we culled 31 brand new tracks of haunted hysteria conjured by some of the most alluring ambientists and outer auteurs from around the world. 

Spanning over two hours across two cassettes, 'A Little Night Music…’ unfurls itself in a literary horror structure, appearing and disappearing through a stirring Prologue and Epilogue by London-based cellist Oliver Coates, with each side of the cassettes introducing its Chapter with a chilling dirge courtesy of the inscrutable Geographic North House Band.  

What fills the ensuing pages is a mirthful tale concocted by an assembly exploring a realm all at once mournful and fatalist at its core. Entries from Clarice Jensen, Malibu, and the collaboration of Like a Villain and Christina Vantzou bring about endless glacial landscapes accented by pitch-grey skies. Conversely, transmissions from Michael Valentine West, M. Sage, Gregg Kowalsky, and Austrian ambient stalwart Fennesz explore richly textured mines of foreboding glee. 

Suspicion is the word when considering Zelienople’s eerie horse-carriage clip-clop, Nick Malkin’s neon-lit noir-jazz, or Carmen Villain’s gripping dub excursion. Elsewhere Ki Oni, Takagi Masakatsu, and Mary Lattimore (joined here by Paul Sukeena) provide glimmers of warmth amidst a tortured chill. 

Notable is the resurrection of Lotus Plaza and his solemnly hopeful piano composition, while barren hallucinations courtesy of Alex Zhang Hungtai, Ilyas Ahmed, and Danny Paul Grody set the stage for a third act confrontation from Atlantans Fit of Body and Algiers, providing a one-two serving of sensual unrest and cautionary homily.  

With hope and resolve shimmering through the final moments of our journey, know that all proceeds from the digital and cassette editions go directly toward Feminist Women's Health Center, an Atlanta-based nonprofit providing safe, accessible, and compassionate abortion and gynecological care to all those who need it without judgement.

feministcenter.org

Louise Bock - "Flummox"

Félicia Atkinson - "Sequoia"

Nick Malkin - "An Hour Pulled Lengthwise"

From the forthcoming live album 'Figures In Open Air' out 6th November on Late Music.

Pre-order the double CD edition now → https://latemusic.ffm.to/figuresinopenair

Sarah Davachi - Diaphonia Basilica (Version)

Created in AUM using MiRack,Ripplemaker and Monono.

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violin / metronom, trumpet: matthias boss

metroduett

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-eEcY0Q4I
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What encounters you're going to have when you pronounce "Abracadabra!" and find yourself in the magical land "behind the mirror"? This must be the most jazzy track of the upcoming album - Hang-driven, arranged with piano, cello and vocal. This is also one of three tracks where the vocals are mine (on all other tracks the vocals are by the award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Alexa Ray).

I hope you will enjoy the music along with this timelapse of the artwork being drawn by the talented Anastasia Frenkel. She drew artworks for every single track of the album - we will release it on CD with the booklet of all her drawings.

I must also thank all the participating musicians: 
- Phil DiMercurio (aka PdubJamz) for his drums and percussion truly transformed the album.
- Yamaha Artist Yoed Nir for the wondrous cello.
- Producer of several Grammy-nominated artists, Matthew Shell, who supervised mixing & mastering of "Abracadabra!", Erik Fredriksen for mixing and Steven Vagovics for mastering.

And, of course, I'd like to thank my husband who was behind the whole production of the album and the upcoming music video.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3UMHnrPUuxETP2g7nbnu4E
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/abracadabra/1530195886
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.ca/albums/B08H1WBVQS
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bv6b7lpcod25rlxrzhmnj5ieg2m

"Encounters" (from "Abracadabra") by Milana Zilnik

Was originally a demo for Sound Source Fundamentals but loved the vibe so extended it and & reworked it.........
Art by Tabella

Echo

Jeremy J. Saks - Echos In The Architecture

The second of the Fast Fourier Transforms.  This features the iMini synth app from Arturia played through some Eventide effects.

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how many years will it be

Like A Gemstone

The third Fast Fourier Transforms piece. Recorded in AUM using the apps Fundamental and Mononoke and effects apps from Eventide and Bleass.

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Played in Bristol Cathedral (with earphones) usinf apps Ruismaker Noir and Ripplemaker and an app called Fundamental.

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Bookending his 2020 with us, Nandu returns from an appearance on Secret Weapons Part 12 for an entire EP - "Forever In Our Favor"
out November 6th

Forever In Our Favor EP

February Silver Lining

IV96 - Nandu - February Silver Lining

collaboration number 16 in our lunatics vision of funk ! :-D
Veröffentlicht von: deutsche musikalische Hilfsmittel Gesellschaft ev. aka https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz
concept & music Cosmic Ratzzz  //  Tenorsaxophone by me :-)

COCOLOCO / lunatics 16 / Cosmic Ratzzz & joerxworx

@tondchee & Atmøsphäre - The Place Of Return And Rest

The Place Of Return And Rest

tondchee & Atmøsphäre - The Place Of Return And Rest

I started creating music on my old PC back in 2002 using DAWs such as Buzz, Fl Studio and Reason. As my artist name suggest I mostly compose tunes that have an ambient edge. My main passion is creating soundscapes, be they soft drifting drones/piano pieces/heavily synth driven, weirdly abstract and classical and orchestral pieces. I mainly compose using apps on my IPad but also make use of whatever instruments I have lying around such as my Pocket Operators, Modal Craftsynth, my favourite is an Early Learning Centre keyboard.

In the past my tracks have been played in BBC Radio Oxford and BBC 6 Music. Over the years I have collaborated with people from all over the world. Please message me if you would like to collaborate 😀

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TheOxfordAmbientCollective