Some numbers feel more significant than others.  For many, zero and one are critical.   The next seems to be sets of five or ten.   But for some, marking every number is a sign of strength, resilience, love, courage, sobriety, and other personal acts of triumph.  
This past week, friends of mine marked 22 - this is for them.

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Flicker of the Real

it all begins with a spark.   an idea.  a promise.   then it's about the instruments.   then about balancing all of the things i want it to do.  as simple as that.

as simple as that

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku-Challenge:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku604-in-spring-sunlight/

the rows of tea bushes-naviarhaiku604

junebug casserole

floating above the mountains and through the clouds....



Altitude

An interpretation of:

young grasses -
not yet bent
in any direction

Naviar haiku challenge 608, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

I had an idea of the structure and development of this track quite quickly. Young grass tempted to deviate by sequences entering from either side, temptation resisted, unbent growth represented by a final melody. Decided to use VCV Rack for this one. As I was going to be assembling the elements in a live mix I knew I wouldn't be able to play the final melody and manipulate everything else, hence VCV I was able to assemble the melody as multiple sequenced blocks that are played randomly, leaving my hands free for other things.  There is a lot of subtle modulation in each of the elements some of which had to automated; even using PatchMaster from MindMeld to set up performance macros where one knob controls multiple things I quickly ran out of physical controls; so like the melody I made a few practical compromises in what I manipulated live.  

I set everything up to record live to multiple tracks giving me the freedom to tweak the mix during the mastering stage. Other than EQ, saturation and gentle compression on both individual tracks and the master; the only extra effect I added is a very light touch of K7D - Tape Delay from imaginando on both sequences, the subtle ping-pong echoes integrated them intp the whole.   

Young Grass - (naviarhaiku - 608)

Made for the haiku challenge 610 of Naviar records.

dropped glass - its ring outlasts the fall  
Thank you halF unusuaL for offering this haiku!

More informations about haiku challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

The fall (naviarhaiku610)

A path

notes of strings - Our Names Are Written Together; Or, Event Horizon, Pt. II

dog4u

LOUNGE NOISE - SYPHILITIC EXOTICA - RAW AMBIENT - SADBIENT

 ### Makes the show "Nya Ljud" on Camp Radio: http://arkivfeber.se/nyaljud.html

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Earlier project / Colloboration:
https://hetdonkseoog.bandcamp.com/album/dp016-hamnskiftet
https://soundcloud.com/great-learning-orchestra
https://soundcloud.com/twooegg
https://myspace.com/rikardd/