Aqua

Breath, voice, violin bow on electric guitar, electric piano, effect pedals, percussion, non synchronized loops, two tube amps. Field recording: Electromagnetic waves made audible with Soma Ether. Spoken words: "Ariel" (1962), last verses, read by Sylvia Plath. All sounds (except Plath's reading) mixing and production: Velvet Something Superdark.
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"And I 
Am the arrow,

The dew that flies
Suicidal, at one with the drive
Into the red

Eye, the cauldron of morning."
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This piece is related to “Magnetic Clouds”; it uses some of the same material: https://soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/magnetic-clouds

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Ariel

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æfenlīc

‘exultavit’
Travel stories.
2021 semi-live performance.

"I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate" - Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer).

Tools :
- Lyra-8 > Afterneath > BlueSky.
- BeatStep Pro > ADX1.
Logic: Sculpture, Drum Kits.
Recorded, mixed and mastered with Logic Pro.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Tannhäuser Gate [travel stories]

A longer, less minimal mix of “C02” (nothing to do with climate btw) compared to original version soon to be released on most streaming services (check buy link). 

This mix has 3 lfo’s controlling the japanese vox sample I used (Octatrack) and 2 Moog Mavis S&H signals connected to bit flip inputs 1 &2 of the Moog Labyrinth. Only used 5 synthesizers here: Labyrinth, Micro modular, ER-1, DRM-1 & Cycles

C02 (japanese mix)

PLumP00H&TK - D'ya.ava.match?

Prayer

Opus84

‘a divinis’
Wastes & Sequences.
2025 live performance.

Chaotic music engineering franchise.

Tools :
Pam’s, Marbles, SIG.
- Drum2.
- Morphagene (voice sample) > Zagrzeb (bp out) > Monsoon (clouds mode).
- Rings > DSP (reverb).
- Telharmonic (noise out) > FX Aid (#2 delay ping-pong).
- Plaits (vowel and speech synthesis) > Sisters > Fold 6 > Desmodus Versio.
Diode Chaos, Batumi, Ochd, Rnd Step.
3x MIA, Sinc Defero, Mutes.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.