This morning's "what if" . . .  what if I played the root note of each shakuhachi in different octaves, in other words, re-voicing the three root notes of B, C & D shakuhachis. Here are the results.

CBD shakuhachi

On hour without interruption at dawn at the Etang des Landes (Creuse, France). Already many bird species for the season. Water birds, then when the light comes on, a few forest birds. Small mammals rummage through tufts of dry grass near the microphones. In the distance, sometimes, flocks of birds take flight like a low hum.

Recorded on March 9, 2025 with a Nagra LB and a pair of Sennheiser MKH8020 in AB.

One hour at dawn at the Etang des Landes (Creuse, France)

Känsla

Il y a toujours eu un piano à la maison. Mon oncle Pascal en jouait parfois, ma mère à de rares occasions. Moi je n'ai jamais "appris", mais j'écoutais, m'aventurais parfois à pianoter quelques notes… Ce que j'ai continué à faire jusqu'à aujourd'hui, écouter beaucoup, pianoter un peu. Il y a toujours un piano ici qui ne sert pas beaucoup, avec sous chaque touche cette sorte d'émotion latente, particulière, au potentiel immense, qui ne demande qu'à être activée par un toucher sensible. Et cela tout le monde en est capable, musicien-ne ou pas. D'où cette idée de faire un mix spécial Piano Day, avec un maximum de contributions originales enregistrées pour l'occasion. J'ai lancé des invitations à participer, trouvé un bon micro à prêter - merci Yvan! - et enregistré quelques beaux moments, la plupart improvisés (ou presque). Parmi les participant-e-s, il y a des ami-e-s dont la musique n'est pas forcément la pratique principale (ou le piano pas forcément l'instrument de prédilection) et d'autres que je ne connais pas mais dont la musique m'a touché lors de mes pérégrinations internautiques... Ci-dessous la playlist, et encore plus bas des liens pour suivre les artistes qui vous auront le plus fait vibrer. Bonne écoute!

Photo: session studio avec Jann Dūne, 25 mars 2025

Playlist :
Antonin De Bemels - Ceux qui restent, module piano 1
Eva Koliopoulou - Η Μνημειώδης Απόδραση του Οράτιου Σουώρτς
Antonin De Bemels - La douceur (piano solo), variation
Hughes Devos - 17 mars impro I
Lucy Claire - Dear Shadows
Antonin De Bemels - Ceux qui restent, module piano 5
Marco Lucchi - [year's end] Farewell
Haroun - Sirène inversée
Mr. Pepper aka A.Sh feat. Edward Burton - Moent
Antonin De Bemels - Ceux qui restent, module piano 3
Boris Gronemberger - About Luc
David Christophe - 21 mars impro IV "si tu m'entends"
Marco Lucchi - Music for a film to come
Antonin De Bemels - La douceur (piano solo), thème principal
Olivier Taskin - 25 mars impro XII
Lucy Claire - Willow
Hughes Devos - 17 mars impro II
Jann Dūne - Birds in the Attic (25 mars, prise 4)
Olivier Taskin - 25 mars impro V
Juju - 15 mars impro "constellation"
Lucy Claire - Nettle
Julie Nayer - 15 novembre 1993
Olivier Taskin - 25 mars impro III
David Christophe - 21 mars impro III "sans filet"
Rachel Langlais - Latinitas
Antonin De Bemels - La douceur (piano solo), final
Olivier Taskin - 25 mars impro IV
Hughes Devos - 17 mars impro III
Rachel Langlais - Institutioni
Olivier Taskin - 25 mars impro IX
David Christophe - 21 mars impro I "départ"
Antonin De Bemels - Jour de neige
Olivier Taskin - 25 mars impro VI

Pour approfondir :
Antonin De Bemels (Bruxelles) -> https://antonindebemels.bandcamp.com
Eva Koliopoulou (Athènes) -> https://soundcloud.com/eyaklp
Hughes Devos (Bruxelles) -> https://thinconsolation.bandcamp.com/album/la-place-des-yeux
Lucy Claire (Londres) -> https://soundcloud.com/lucyclaire
Marco Lucchi (Modena) -> https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi
Edward Burton (Saint-Petersbourg) -> https://soundcloud.com/edwardburton
Alexey Shlykov (Saint-Petersbourg) -> https://soundcloud.com/alexey-shlykov
Boris Gronemberger (Bruxelles) -> https://www.riverintolake.com
David Christophe (Bruxelles) -> https://davidlundmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ever
Jann Dūne (Bruxelles) -> https://soundcloud.com/nina-sky-w-k-coeur
Julie Nayer (Bruxelles) -> https://cimarra.be/julie-nayer/
Olivier Taskin (Bruxelles) -> https://soundcloud.com/olitaski
Rachel Langlais (Saint-Arnoult) -> https://unjenesaisquoi.bandcamp.com/album/dothe

Mélancolie douce XXVIII (Spéciale Piano Day)

Merged / Part 4 / All My Life

Live performance as part of TIME AS A SONIC GESTURE - a durational concert for headphones by Jacqui O'Reilly.

The very start of the recording features a live variation on first track (The Frequency of a Leaf) off my forthcoming album.

From Jacqui "The concept for Time as a Sonic Gesture, emerged in response to Katelyn Geard’s work, I Have Something to Say, (exhibited in GRAPHITE, at DRAW Space, April 2024). This work was described as a drawing ‘soft as a whisper’ in its reach beyond two dimensions.  Time as a Sonic Gesture plays with this notion of persistence of vision, to instantiate time as a trans-disciplinary gesture of collective presence in the making and sharing of art. Throughout the evening local guests artists Laura Altman and Alexandra Spence will improvise with O’Reilly and play solo, to unfold an experimental and immersive soundscape performance."

TIME AS A SONIC GESTURE is curated by Belinda Yee (@belindayee) as part of an ongoing series of performances looking at the relationship of drawing to sound. Photography by James Peter Brown.
https://drawspace.org/past-exhibitions-and-events/jacqui-oreilly

Live at DRAW Space March 2025

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”
― Lao Tzu

Track list and start times:
00:00  Ivan Black – A Need To Understand
09:28  LLIAN – Torpeur
23:24  Marc-Andre Labelle – orb hovering above flower
28:27  Senglar – Cdenza
30:12  David Lee Myers – xenomorph
36:32  Gallery Six – Sousyun
42:06  Hüma Utku – Ayaz'a
46:56  Plastikman – Passage (Out)
49:34  Emmanuel Fauconnier – Mosaique (Excerpt)
58:25  Herz Aus Glas – Wolfskehl
1:05:55  Loo(p)cy – Countinuous Ecstasy
1:09:16  Martin Hoogeboom – EARTHBOUND (5)
1:13:52  encym – Lotric
1:20:36  Asmus Tietchens · David Lee Myers – Arc 01
1:24:44  Ed Mundio – Sweeping up Time (NaviarHaiku 573)
1:30:53  Hüma Utku – A House Within A House
1:36:59  Zelienople – Make The Whole Town Decay
1:42:09  Seth Nehil – Glen
1:49:34  Sissy Spacek – Web of Unfolding Appearance
1:59:21  YellowStraps – Drowse
2:01:26  Stan Magendanz – vayovoorth_01
2:08:04  progettosonoro – Aurora Robealis
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Image: sahc999, deviantart

Eclectic current – The wisdom of the falling leaf

 Mahler: Ging heut' morgens ubers Feld (from Songs of a Wayfarer). Gustav Mahler, piano, recorded in on November 9, 1905 at the M. Welte & Sons studios in Leipzig.

Mahler - Ging heut' morgens ubers Feld - Gustav Mahler, piano 1905

Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization — you can't just swallow it whole. ― Frank Zappa

Track list and start times:
00:00  zenbytes – curve of time [Naviarhaiku577]
02:50  Western Skies Motel – Myriads
08:47  A Million Burning Suns – The Human Brains
14:46  halF unusual – halF unrunG [disquiet0682]
16:55  restjbo – Koyaanisqatsi
20:42   Steven Ray – Contemplating My Resolve
26:36  Terry Mullett – violets in D♭ (naviarhaiku582)
31:53  Yannis Kyriakides & Andy Moor - Camera
37:37  Skidtmads – Vaarbrud
43:23  Pierre Boulez – Etudes I sur un son (1951)
45:57  SÍLENÍ – The Inevitable End
50:40  Anna McMichael and Clocked Out – Peak Plastique
54:30  Hablamos Muertos – Haliade-x 
59:48  Kurt Liedwart – Volta
1:07:30  Ashera – In The Beginning
1:13:38  Mean Flow – March Equinox
1:18:36  noise cluster – spirit of a black spring
1:22:39  A Million Burning Suns – The Scent of Sepals
1:28:40  philippe neau & Eye-P – meguerir
1:31:42  Pink Lemonade – Deep Blue Wind
1:35:45  Night Note – The Nibelungen Saga
1:41:32  vheissu77 – heron on the rocks (naviarhaiku576)
1:47:16  Laszlo Umbreit, Sirah Foighel Brutmann & Eitan Efrat – there
1:53:17  Ajna – Suspended In The Ringing Darkness
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Image: Tuonela


Eclectic current – The crux of the biscuit

On The Level

Format: CD, Digital
Pre-order: 16th May 2025
Release date: 22nd May 2025

"With Flowers" is an album by Japanese ambient composer Nobuhiro Okahashi from Osaka. The album consists of four tracks, each dedicated to one of Japan’s seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Through these compositions, Okahashi expresses the beauty of each season’s landscapes in his own unique musical style.

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