Very good dynamic movement, gave me chills

The forest is a place to wander. Being absorbed in something bigger and older than yourself, you can follow a path and feel lost at the same time. The only way to go is to surrender to the senses. The sunlight through the leaves, the singing birds in the trees, the smell of wet moss, the taste of blueberries and the touch of the sweeping branches. You are here. In a constantly changing environment that breathes a calm rhythmic cycle of growth and decay. In this composition I try to catch the elusive feel of the forest. I let the forest overgrow my presence to find the equivalent of the contradicting forces of arousal and calmness. I found a place to listen to the whispers of the trees and let their branches carve their names in my skin.

Commissioned by Blaues Rauschen 
for the Sound and Forest Project 2021 
https://www.blauesrauschen.de/en/forest-sound/

The Forest

Our longtime friend and Maestro di Pasta David August stopped by the Refuge Worldwide studio to navigate the latest episode of our “Fast Castle Transmissions”-Show last week. Repping his 99CHANTS imprint he played a wide-ranging and hypnotic selection of hazy drum glory, field recordings and electronic glitch meditations

Fast Castle Transmissions 8 w/ David August (99CHANTS) - Refuge Worldwide - 30.04.22

Improvisation with Mark Nieuwenhuis on trumpet and fx at Kulter in the St. Joseph Church Amsterdam on 07-12-2013
Picture by Zeno van den Broek

Live at Kulter ft. Mark Nieuwenhuis

Up next in our mix series is Berlin based Dutch-Italian recording and performing artist Grand River (@grandriver). Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com
 
MFM: Hi Aimée. In the musical landscape nowadays it often seems to be all about the final result (or product even) rather than the process and path before it. With your music it feels that it's more about the process of making rather than the final outcome. Where does your profound interest for experimenting with audio and composing come from?
 
GR: Nice to hear that you see it that way and to know that it may be perceived like this from the outside as well. The work itself and how we experience the process is what matters most. It’s not always easy to be mindful about how everything is created along the way. The end result or end product is important, but if you don’t enjoy the process of how you get there, I don’t think it makes much sense to even undertake the journey. And of course this applies to many aspects of life.
 
MFM: You've got a rich experience in doing technical work for and at radio stations and with other kinds of media. Did you have someone to teach you all the ins & outs of audio and technical production?
 
GR: Most of the technical work I learned directly through working as I did not go to any audio school to study sound design or audio engineering. When I started to work as an audio engineer for radio stations and other media outlets 13-14 years ago, there were not many audio schools like there are now. Back then, the people I worked with were mainly composers that had learned audio engineering on their own, just as I had. However, as a child, I was formally taught music theory and musical instruments. That, of course, came long before the technical work.
 
MFM: Your first official release dates are from 2017 but you had been active with experimenting, composing, and recording for a much longer time already. At what point did you find yourself confident and pleased enough to share your productions with the outside world?
 
GR: When I moved to Berlin in 2015 I took the first few years to research and study the sound I wanted to express and felt a connection to. Long before that, I was building and playing other genres. It takes time to find your sound and style, and the interesting part is that it continues to evolve over time. Even when you think you’ve found it, it still changes slightly.
 
MFM: Do you go to the studio religiously, regardless of whether you feel inspired or motivated? Do you have a certain routine when working in the studio?  
 
GR: I don’t go to the studio religiously, at least not to make music. 
I do work every day, but often I am just sitting in my studio listening to music, writing emails, or having meetings. Many people don’t know how much work is behind a project. From the outside, what you see is just the tip of the iceberg. I mostly compose in phases; I might compose a lot for two months and then the next month I will be focused on researching, or preparing a live show, recording a mix like I did for you, or creating a sound installation. I need time to absorb what I compose and let it rest, and then get back to it.
 
MFM: Are there any new projects that you're working on and can share with us? 
 
GR: I am working on several beautiful projects at the moment. This year I am working on different collaborations of which the releases will follow in the near future. I have a new album coming out either at the end of the year or beginning of 2023. I am currently working on an immersive installation and I will also be premiering a new AV show with the visual artist Marco Ciceri this summer.

MFM Mix 041: Grand River

A lush current of kinetic energy pulsates underneath you, enveloping you until you forget your body has edges. Such is the sensation one gets when listening to our next guest, Sunju Hargun. Based out of Bangkok, he spends his time DJing and co-running the imprint Siamese Twins Records, which is focused on exposing upcoming talent from Asia and acts as a platform for exploring everything from ceremonial chants to Bollywood-inspired acid. 

As a selector and curator, Sunju's inexplicable ability to meld cultures, rhythms, and timbres has earned him a respected reputation at home and abroad. In fact, it was at their gig together in Leipzig at Institut für Zukunft that Unrush founder Mareena and him realized they were both fans of each other. In this spirit of musically-bonded friendships, it was only natural to have him contribute to the series. Let yourself dissipate into the mist with this ambient masterclass from Sunju Hargun.

Thanks a lot to https://soundcloud.com/sunjuhargun

Bandcamp: https://sunjuhargunmusic.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunjuhargun/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sunju.aiff
RA: https://ra.co/dj/sunjuhargun

Unrush Bandcamp: www.unrush.bandcamp.com/
Unrush Hardwax: www.hardwax.com/label/unrush/
Unrush Instagram: www.instagram.com/_unrush_/?hl=de
Unrush Facebook: www.facebook.com/unrushme/

Cover artwork by Irakli Kiziria
Words by Nathan Levenson

Tracklist:
CTAFAD - Acquifer 君毅多壮思 音雅纵横飞
CTAFAD - Land of Sadness 君毅多壮思 音雅纵横飞
Endurance - Glisten
Endurance - Transcend
YPY - MS
Gonno - Wander Other Worlds
Songs For A Tired City - PRN
夜光虫 - Noctiluca - Part One
Sapphire Slows - Will Tell you a Story
 Barbarika - Yūgiri
 Yukari Okamura - Circle
 Barbarika - Yerevan
 KEIHIN - Exhale
 Jonathan Kusuma - Q & Q
 Tadi - Dege
 P. Tul - Nueng Kum Tarm (Black Merlin Vision)
 Surabhi Saraf - Flowing Still
 Songs For A Tired City - Na sote hai na sone dete hai
 Arushi Jain - Cultivating Self Love
 Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Destiny (Cemetery of Splendour)

071 - Unrushed by Sunju Hargun

It’s not always in a romantic relationship where a heart can break.

How do we grieve in a culture that champions one love over the rest?

Axel Kacoutié attempts to language loss after reuniting with the person who inspired this documentary. Guided by the thoughts and wisdom of friends and an end-of-life practitioner, we hear what happens when we let grief speak.

Featuring the voices of Claire Galligan, Ivor Williams, JN Benjamin, Tej Adeleye, Weyland McKenzie-Witter and Zachary Cayenne-Elliott.

Special thanks to End of Life Doula UK, Tony Phillips, Natasha McAnea-Hill, Jeff Monteen and Maz Ebtehaj

Artwork: Erin Tse
Development Producer: Eleanor McDowall
Sound Design, Music and Mixing Production: Axel Kacoutié
Produced by Axel Kacoutié

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
Originally Broadcast 10th April 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001kwz3

Stream

No Need to Say Goodbye by Axel Kacoutié

50번째 꿈 kkum 에피소드는 일본의 실험음악가 atnr,그리고 한국의 영상작가 박유석, 사케가 협연한 40분 라이브 오디오+비쥬얼 세트와 함께합니다. 이번 에피소드는 2023년 6월에 vurt.에서 열린 꿈 KKUM LIVE x INOU 이벤트에서 녹음/녹화되었습니다. 
The 50th episode of 꿈 KKUM features a 40-minute live audio+visual set collaborated by Japanese experimental musician ATNR and Korean visual artist YUSEOK BAK & SAKE. This episode was recorded/recorded at the dream KKUM LIVE x INOU event at vurt. in June 2023. 

Live Performance: atnr
https://atnr.bandcamp.com/
AI Generative Video: Sake
Live Visual Performance: Yuseok Bak
Video Link: https://youtu.be/Qq9nfW15w2w

atnr (Inou / Tokyo)
히로시마에서 태어난 atnr은 포스트 테크노 레이블 Denryoku의 설립자이며,
Illuminated Paths, FutureDisorder와 같은 레이블에서 2000년대 초부터 작품을 발표해왔다.
2019년 미국의 Orange Milk Records에서 koeosaeme와의 콜라보레이션 작업을 발표하였으며,
2023년에는 새앨범 Hyper Sober를 발표했다.
 Roppongi Art Night 2017, WSK2016, LPM2018과 같은 무대에서 라이브 세트를 선보였다.
Born in Hiroshima, atnr is the founder of post-techno label Denryoku, and has been releasing work since the early 2000s on labels such as Illuminated Paths and FutureDisorder. In 2019, he released a collaboration with koeosaeme on Orange Milk Records in the U.S. In 2023, he released his new album Hyper Sober. He has performed live sets on stages such as Roppongi Art Night 2017, WSK2016, and LPM2018.

박유석 Yuseok Bak
빛과 선, 물성을 탐구하는 박유석은 미니멀하고 시적인 작업 기법으로 작품을 만들어 간다.
어린시절 한쪽 시력을 잃은 후 감각에 대한 특별한 인식을 가지게 된 박유석의 작업에는
관객의 섬세한 감각을 깨워 입체적인 일루전으로 이끄는 매력이 있다.
건축학적인 공간디자인, 시각 연출로 프로젝션 맵핑, 영상, 비디오 인스톨레이션, 조각, 가구 등
다양한 도구를 사용하여 다방면에서 새로운 비주얼을 제안하고 있다.
Exploring light, line, and materiality, Yuseok Bak uses minimalist and poetic working techniques to create his works. Having lost his sight in one eye as a child and gained a special awareness of his senses, Bak's work has the ability to awaken the viewer's delicate senses and lead them into a three-dimensional illusion. Using various tools such as architectural space design, projection mapping, video installation, sculpture, and furniture, Yuseok Bak proposes new visuals in various ways.

사케 Sake
sake는 두개의 다른 영역을 잇는 실험 - 사운드와 이미지, 언어와 이미지, 
뇌파와 사운드 등의 영역 쌍을 뉴럴 네트워크로 잇는 연구를 진행 중이다. 
최근에는 뉴럴 넷으로 생성한 진짜도 가짜도 아닌 이미지들, 또는 라이브 코딩을 진행하며 
실시간으로 생성하는 라이브 비쥬얼을 오디오에 반응하여 선보이고 있다.
SAKE is conducting experiments that connect two different domains - sound and image, language and image, brainwaves and sound, and other pairs of domains with neural networks. Recently, he has been presenting neural net-generated images that are neither real nor fake, or live visuals that are generated in real time by live coding in response to audio.

Video

꿈 kkum 50 - atnr (Live at vurt.)

https://www.nts.live/shows/courtesy/episodes/courtesy-5th-january-2024

NTS 05.01.24 With COURTESY

synthesized rain

WhereNext?
(Sounds) Quarterly #1 // 2012

Black Time - A Boring Day For The Boredom Boys 
Cabaret Voltaire - Protection
The Satyrs - Yesterday's Hero 
Eric Random - Fade In
Front - Polaroid
Powell - The Ongoing Significance Of Steel And Flesh
Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Falling
Stephen Mallinder - Cool Down
Sandra Electronics - Clean Air
Snowy Red - Sinkin' Down
Karl O' Connor and Peter Sutton - Paralyzing
Vatican Shadow - CIA Contractor Freed Over Pakistan Killings
Young Hunting - Embers From The Pyre
Malaria! - Kaltes Klares Wasser
The Vivids - Mt Radiant
Ike Yard - Night After Night
The KVB - In to the Night
Regis - Blinding Horses
Sandwell District - Untitled B
John Maus - The Crucifix
Minny Pops - Secret Story
Throbbing Gristle - Exotica
Avrocar - Maiden 39
In Trance 95 - 21st Century European Temptation
Raime - You Will Lift Your Frame Clear
Throbbing Gristle - United
Sandwell District - Untitled A
HTRK - Slo Glow
Aphex Twin - I
Death in June - Crush My Love


Sandwell District, 'Wherenext  Sounds Quarterly 1' Mix

TRACKLISTING / LINER NOTES:
https://www.self-titledmag.com/kmru-feature-ambient-mix/

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