Amanda Brannin - To be with air

Living Room n°28 ~ @malvern-brume

q. pls introduce yourself

I'm Rory, I live in South East London, spend a good deal of time working with sounds and putting various names in front of it, but mainly do things as Malvern Brume. I run a small label with my good friend Ben Waggett called Infant Tree and do all sorts of other stuff in and around those things.

q. is there a story behind the mix?

Not sure there's much of a story in terms of a narrative but usually when approaching these things, unless i've got a burning urge to do something specific, its a case of playing the music i've been listening to most at that given time (which is why in most of my mixes you'll hear something to do with Af Ursin or Karla Borckey because I seem to listen to them all the time!). I find I fall quite easily into listening to music that reflects how I'm feeling, as I'm sure most do so it's nice to have a document of it to look back on. I like music that challenges me and my perception of what I would deem to be good. Quite often I find things like the music I've played at the start of the mix to be confronting, something to do with the minimal instrumentation and probably some emotional entanglement. I think writing about sound can be an impossibly difficult thing to do and there's very few people who do a good job of it (in my opinion) so I'm hesitant to say too much! haha

q. what's the best way enjoy your mix?

All the music I've picked is stuff I've listened to whilst walking or cycling so I'd say that would be one suggestion. I really enjoy the disturbances and interactions that come from listening in a less controlled listening environment, especially when you come across tones that oscillate against what's happening in the music. Walking is a really important part of the Malvern Brume stuff in general. Most of the music for it is based on walks I've done or graphic scores I've made whilst walking. When I'm listening back to the recordings it's usually when walking that I decide whether to do something with it or not.

q. describe a favorite object in your living room…

I've got a painting by Ben Waggett who does Infant Tree with me (it's titled Shoreham Hovel https://www.victorwaggett.co.uk/threeanchorites/). I love it, I think I asked Ben for it when he was finishing uni and hope it stays with me forever. I live in a shared house with some friends so it's probably the most sentimental thing I keep down here (I'm in the living room now)

q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?

Yeah, I've got a few things on the go. Next thing to surface will be a tape for Kashual Plastik, which may even be out by the time this surfaces (Last track in the mix is from this tape). Very stoked to be working with my friend Frank to get that music out and I'm really happy with how it sounds. Myself and Sholto Dobie have been editing some recordings we made when I was in Vilnius to see where that will go, which I'm excited about (again I played one of the tracks in this mix). There's another release lined up with some music I made early 2020, not sure when that will surface but it's in the works, and then I've started recording some new MB stuff and am working on some music for different projects. I like to take pictures and recordings of bird houses I find on walks so i'll be keeping that up for sure and maybe one day i'll do something with that, and there's some other work i've been doing with walking and graphic scores for a couple years now but i'm in no rush to share that just yet!

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Tracklist:

Af Ursin - Elégie
Jon Collin - Five
Rafael Toral - Bodyjoya Mix Pt 12
Sean McCann & Matthew Sullivan - Central Casting
Spirogyra - Love Is A Funny Thing
Maria Valentina Chirico - Initale
Sholto Dobie & Malvern Brume - Untitled
Triangles - A
Anne Guthrie & Seymour Wright - Chelsea Bridge [Short Excerpt]
Double Goucher Shop - #3
Joe Colley - Burn Memory (Test For Headphone Rattle)
Farmer Manual - Macro-Woeb
Malvern Brume - The Whorls

Living Room n°28 ~ Malvern Brume

Revisited an unfinished track from a while a go. Final version contains some tweaks done by @user-28330079

Used samples:

Title: aah2.wav
Author: HuntersCrossbow
Link: freesound.org/people/HuntersCrossbow/sounds/162168/

Title: Maraca
Author: deLargeBC
Link: freesound.org/people/deLargeBC/sounds/388443/

Title: PC SPEAKER STATIC
Author: PMBROWNE 
Link: freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/412912/

Title: Egg Shaker 1
Author: kramsttop
Link: freesound.org/people/kramsttop/sounds/170905/

Hard to get

I was looking through external hard drives that I came upon (only because my wonderful friend Linda unknowingly found them as she is being an angel) clearing my stuff up and out, as I have torn ligaments in my back!!! It's around 20 yrs old. I wrote it after meeting with Cunamh. The most corrupt adoption agency in Ireland which was shut down before a report came out about them many yrs ago. The woman was so horrible and degrading, telling me I was lucky that anyone would take me in the first place.  It's so weird, that I'm writing about that episode, and this popped up. Anyone who knows me? Knows that my mantra is, there is no such think as coincidence. Love to all. x

NEVER HAD A BATTLE TO FIGHT

Tachypsychia is the sense of an altered perception of time, induced, among other things, by fear, causing events to appear slowed down or sped into a blur of motion.

“Nobody speaks to us. We have to phone home to find out what’s going on and our parents beg for us to leave and come home. The Kibbutzniks have vanished behind their steel shutters and we were told to stay in the bomb shelters. Some people still try to hitch a lift to Qiryat Shmona or anywhere when not working in the laundry or the kitchen or the hotel but hardly anyone drives by anymore. When they do they don’t like to stop. The only people left in the hotel are journalists and the cinema is closed. Even the nightclub went. People visited Kfar Blum from pretty far but it’s only the volunteers that turn up at meal times in the dining hall now. The shutters are down but the food is laid out and we help ourselves. Someone painted KFAR BOOM on the shelter wall and we talk and drink down there or watch TV but inevitably go outside to see what’s going on because it all feels so insane. One of the volunteers turned out to be an ex-soldier and one night he began to name the weaponry lighting up the night sky in front of us. He spoke about the tactical approach he thought the Israelis were using and made a guess of what was to come and the probable time it would end. It would be devastating, he said, but this couldn’t possibly last as it was just too expensive. Around 2am everything stopped on both sides as he said it would. The second time we were hit he left. The volunteers in the dining hall were laughing and joking when it suddenly shook violently and with such a strange sound that everyone looked about with a kind of excitement and terror. We ran out to find the damage, and picked out shrapnel from the new crater like a prize. The third time the Kibuttz was hit was the closest to the volunteer huts, and we’ve decided enough is enough. In a strange way it’s been one of the best experiences of my life.

Kibbutz Kfar Blum volunteer, February-April 1996


https://www.paulmichaelbrowne.com/tension

Tension (extract)

SHINNERS WILL OLDHAM COVER 230312

My favourite radio presenter of all time. Donal Dineen. He gave me complete freedom to make jingles/ promos/ anything for his show............It was a late night show. And that's where I began to really hone my trade....Working on a horrendous editing programme called Soundscape that had 2 stereo tracks and one undo function. It's also where I found the courage to sing. Yes, sing! You can hear it from 4 mins in..........Best most productive proud moments of my life are in this piece. It's what folks did before buying in trade radio imaging packages.........

DONAL DINEEN HERE COMES THE NIGHT RADIO IRELAND/TODAY FM INTROS, JINGLES, XMAS FROM 1997 ON WARDS.

Neon Forest

Golden Brown (The Stranglers cover)

Gong - Đàn Goong

https://soundcloud.com/chairmaker
https://soundcloud.com/erbium-records
Buy Release: https://chairmaker.bandcamp.com/album/three-songs-for-winter
YouTube Stream: https://youtu.be/fYcRcsw3AlA

The final flourish of a personal project that’s been years in the making. Chairmaker’s Three Songs for Winter reaches a bold conclusion, conjuring guitars that dance, voices who whisper, and drums that march out from the misted veil.   

With each prior EP tapping into the aesthetics and emotions of their respective seasons: Spring, Summer and Autumn. Three Songs for Winter describes the darkest, and most volatile season for many, yet also one steeped in ancient folklore and ethereal majesty.

From the stormy ascent out of droning melancholia on The Fall; to the crisp coldness and shrouded incantations of The Waves; and on to the fuzzy decay and coalescing melodies of The End. All have been influenced by a love of psychedelia and prog-rock genres, while also drawing on trip-hop percussion and FX beats more typically found in leftfield club sounds.

Although bound by the narrative thread of Winter, each track stands alone with a distinct tale to tell. The listener invited to imagine their own place in the great tidal workings of our world, and the realities that might exist beyond it.

The project first emerged out of electric guitar sketches made in an opiated state - the fallout of an unfortunate Summertime accident - where a room in which to recover quickly became a DIY music studio. The result is a measured, immersive experience. A record that’s had time and perspective to expand organically. A cauldron of sketches and live jams moulded through arpeggiated percussion, hours of DAW processing, and a mind that’s had the space to wander/wonder. 

Tracklist:

1. The Fall
2. The Waves
3. The End

Three Songs for Winter

The Fall

PREMIERE: Chairmaker - The Fall [Erbium Records]

https://www.paulmichaelbrowne.com
British artist drawing from memory, childhood and the everyday to explore time, human nature, conversation and the incessant internal dialogue using text, sound, photography and ordinary objects. Often deconstructing before reconstructing, observing, listening, recording, reinterpreting and reminding myself that I’m stood in the moment, so I must act accordingly.

Tension (extract)

Paul Michael Browne

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