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releases May 3, 2024 

All music and instruments (Eurorack Modular, Ibanez Custom Guitar, Koma Electronic Field Kit) by Alexander Holtz 

Shimmering Moods Records 2024 
SHM 299

Oberlin - Gernholland

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68 - No one mattered more than you

68 - No One Mattered More Than You

An exercise in sound design, responding to the 563rd Naviar Haiku challenge (https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku563-autumn-wind/), a sound response to the weekly haiku, this time by Mukai Kyorai:

autumn wind...
I am stringing
a plain-wood bow

Picture by Ehud Neuhaus: https://unsplash.com/photos/low-angle-sepia-photography-of-trees-under-clouds-v9afA-or1IM

Autumn Wind (naviarhaiku563)

Cheat Mode Enabled

2024-10-22

Lost In Time

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
564
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku564-fog-clears-away/

2024-10-24

Fog Clears Away (Naviarhaiku 564)

The Scrapbook album consists of 24 thematic sound sketches. The composition is based on superimposing different sound layers on top of each other, as in scrapbooking. The author used various samples from old new-age cassettes and vinyl records, tape loops, field recordings, various noises, guitars, and piano.

1. Good Morning. Every day is a new life.

2. Birds of Nevada. By the sound of the birds, you will know that you are not at home.

3. Light Rail. You recognize life when you see movement.

4. Cyclone. That feeling when a hurricane rages a hundred miles away, and an unsettling wind and rain hit your window.

5. Period I. Listening to the water.

6. Gesture. Body language speaks volumes about what words leave unsaid.

7. Noh. We are actors in the theatre of life, having forgotten who we truly are.

8. Magic Night. Magic is an unknown science.

9. Differentiation of Feelings. To cope with emotions, you must first understand what you feel.

10. Period II. Water is time.

11. Ceremony. Life is made up of rituals. But any ritual loses its meaning when its essence is forgotten.

12. Portrait of the Moon. The image of the Moon represents peace and tranquility.

13. The Sands of Time. Time is the most irresistible force in the universe.

14. Initiation. Only a pure devotee of the Lord can give the Mantra of liberation.

15. Period III. Water is Wisdom.

16. Fata Morgana. The most significant difference between people is how deeply they are immersed in illusions.

17. Miniature Lamps. You can be a small lamp, shining even when the Sun of Truth is hidden.

18. Fire Walk with Me. Sometimes it gets scary, but keep holding the torch of Truth.

19. Pollination. Material nature is God's smile.

20. Period IV. Water Cleanses.

21. Preparing to Leave. Without renunciation, there is no freedom.

22. Pocket Watch. Live in harmony with time.

23. Terminal. Don't get too comfortable in this world; it's just a brief stopover.

24. Good Night. Every night is a little death. 

Produced and mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

https://www.chitrarecords.com

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Paul Beaudoin