Since 2018 we’ve released five albums from Berlin, Germany based composer Sven Laux, including his most recent collaboration with Fione and solo albums ‘Schachmatt’, ‘ODD’, his Home Diaries edition and 2020 and the extended version, Scattered Fragments of Separation (The Complete Story). Sven’s sound design has found its home in short films, advertisement and in audio branding but he also maintains his discography as an artist, focusing on deeply stirring cinematic themes.

A well-balanced contemporary sound awaits you in this latest edition ‘What Remains’ and you are urged by the title to consider what you think about when something is left over? The record uses a depth of sprawling orchestral timbres, across its at-first cryptically titled tracks, to set out the phases of processing an event. At first there is ‘patience’ and ‘hope’, then there is the passing of the event (‘the goodbye’) followed by ‘what remains’; the now. Memory may serve ‘the return’ and perhaps ‘the cohesion’ and for some, there may be ‘the ending’.

You may choose a past experience to relate with these titles or, you might choose to allow it to relate to the present day. It does not matter whether you think positively about something from the past, or whether you mourn something afterwards in a sad or melancholy way. Whether negative, positive or even indifferent, it is the contemplative environment that each track brings which will allow this record to become a thinking space; a ceremonial framework to process events.

Written and Produced by Sven Laux
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Artwork by Zoë Heath
Art and Design by Andrew Heath

What Remains

wlr124 Sven Laux - What Remains

Drive Without Arrive

Lintclds

At the end of April this year, during a walk in Vitosha mountain, I came across one place in the forest where I was not well received. Initially, I noticed a group of deer who didn't pay much attention to me. This encouraged me to carefully approach them. Then I apparently entered the territory of a common buzzard, who was noticeably irritated by my presence. Maybe his nest was nearby - I didn't see it, but from his behaviour I was left with such a feeling, then the deer started barking too and I had to acknowledge that I was not welcome. In the meantime, I recorded a few minutes from the bustle that I caused.

Buteo buteo (common buzzard) and Capreolus capreolus (roe deer) alarmed calls, 23-04-26-006

This is a response to naviarhaiku challenge 512

Endless echo
footsteps on an empty house
once full of life

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/10/25/naviarhaiku512-endless-echo/

Endless echo footsteps on an empty house once full of life naviarhaiku 512

Disquiet Junto Project 0624: Fresh Pair
The Assignment: Combine two influences, however disparate they may be.

This piece of music is a fusion of two opposing philosophical influences: Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Nietzsche. The Kant motif is structured and simple, reflecting his emphasis on rationality and moral imperatives. It has a friendly tone consistent with Kant's belief in ethics. His motif also has a preachy element that is meant to remind us of Kant's belief in universal laws and also that his writings are frankly quite boring. In contrast, the Nietzsche motif is darker and wilder, reflecting his challenging and often provocative and mostly interesting ideas. The more chaotic (and randomnized) nature of his motif reflects Nietzsche's commitment to individual will and his rejection of social norms (or even his own ideas). However, they also had some things in common, such as a great interest in the emerging natural sciences or the fact that they struggled with the idea of a God. Ultimately, the Kantian theme prevails and has the last word, as Nietzsche is frowned upon for influencing the difficult to understand and often misunderstood "Ubermensch" idea, whereas today we (some of us) actually try harder to act according to Kant's theory of reason, even if a glance at the news teaches us that we as humankind simply don't succeed in doing so.

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This was fun, even to make the cover image with Dall-E 3, which in no way was able to make both philosophers really recognizable. The prompt: "A 19th-century style painting, more abstract than realistic, featuring a recognizable Immanuel Kant on the left and an older, recognizable Friedrich Nietzsche with a beard on the right, engaged in a passionate debate. Kant, shown in his middle years, is in 18th-century attire, exuding a calm and refined aura. Nietzsche, depicted in his later years with an iconic beard, is dressed in typical 19th-century clothing, with an intense and expressive demeanor. The setting is a music studio library, filled with books and modular synthesizers, blending a deep intellectual atmosphere with the spirit of modular synthesis."

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More on this 624th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Fresh Pair (The Assignment: Combine two influences, however disparate they may be), at: https://disquiet.com/0624/

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Kant - Vs - Nietzsche [disquiet0624]

The album La Musica è Sacra is a studio remake of a performance given in Firenze in 2022, March 4th. Originally conceived as a tribute to the Italian songwriter Claudio Rocchi, it has become an ode to the spiritual power of Music.

Amazing eclectic ambient orchestra. Seven artists from three countries: Marco Lucchi, Marco Billi aka Jarguna, Dario Derek Lucchi, Ilaria Boffa and Massimo Amato from Italy; Henrik Meierkord from Sweden, and Wilfried Hanrath from Germany.

Marco Lucchi - mellotron, synthesizers and piano (1,2,4,5) 
Marco Billi aka Jarguna - modular synthesizer and electronic percussions 
Henrik Meierkord - cello, zither and synthesizer (4,5) 
Dario Derek Lucchi - french horn (1,2,5) 
Wilfried Hanrath - bass, electric guitar and drums (1) 
Ilaria Boffa - voice (5)
Massimo Amato - synthesizers (5) 

Mastered by Marco Billi (Jarguna)
Picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

https://www.chitrarecords.com

La Musica È Sacra

Orchestra Eclettica Sincretista - La Musica È Sacra Part 2

Playlist and other information available at: https://www.freeformfreakout.com/fffoxy-podcast-235-2023-rewind-edition/

FFFoxy Podcast #235: 2023 Rewind Edition

Track taken from the album 'In The Dead Of Night When Everything Is Asleep' by Aaron Martin and Leonardo Rosado...

NOW AVAILABLE IN MY BANDCAMP PAGE:
https://idiom.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-dead-of-night-when-everything-is-asleep

Music: Aaron Martin / Leonardo Rosado
Mastering: James Plotkin
Label: Fluid Audio

In the dead of night when everything is asleep

In the dead of night when everything is asleep - Aaron Martin and Leonardo Rosado

Appears on the Frosty Springnight album "Wrapped In Darkness":
https://silentloverecords.bandcamp.com/track/courage-beyond-reason

photo by Elseh
www.flickr.com/photos/187686180@N02

"Courage Beyond Reason" by Frosty Springnight

Will Eisma: Bth. 3457 (1963)

I am learning to play music just for the delight of it, also doing field recordings and growing plants.

Buteo buteo (common buzzard) and Capreolus capreolus (roe deer) alarmed calls, 23-04-26-006

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