Like this! Some solid funky work Margaret

GLACIERSMELT

Utilizing 8x Mother-32 Synthesizers, Eila and Richard Devine arrange a warm composition dedicated to the mothers in their lives.

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koflHAPX1yE&lc=z12gep5yqoj1c51k123ry55zzlyiut55404

Little Gift | Eila & Richard Devine

Spheruleus is Lincolnshire, UK based sound artist Harry Towell who has previously released work through labels such as Eilean, Home Normal, Hibernate and Under The Spire. Harry has been active as Spheruleus since 2009 with his discography starting on netlabels before progressing to limited edition physical records. Over the years Harry's musical projects have included blogging, DJing and more recently, running record labels. He is responsible for netlabel Audio Gourmet, occasional physical label Tessellate Recordings and House/Techno label Warehouse Decay.

Harry has been making music one way or another for over 15 years, with early work being more in the Deep House field when he also used to DJ. In his DJing days, Harry's chosen format was always vinyl which is where the inspiration for his new label for 2016 came from; Whitelabrecs specialises in highly limited edition runs of vinyl-effect CDrs, inspired by some of the white label bootlegs he purchased during the early 2000s. So far we've amassed a discography of ten albums varying in style and next, Harry presents an album as Spheruleus entitled 'Obsolarium'. The record is inspired by the abandoned Bass Maltings complex which is located in Sleaford, Lincolnshire and was formerly used to brew beer up until the late 1950s. The buildings have been pretty much abandoned ever since and due to their impressive stature and Grade II listed status, they have remained an ever present fixture of the landscape surrounding Sleaford, as development or demolition continues to stall.

Harry was simply fascinated by this towering set of buildings and also, its abandoned state of decay which has been a feature in his work for many years. It is not possible to legally enter the premises, so Harry took a series of photos and field recordings standing at the gates and Obsolarium was born. Harry set about weaving decaying sounds of acoustic instruments, samples, drone loops and various lo-fi VST effects. Instruments and sounds used include an out of tune piano at his local village pub, recorded after everyone had left, a detuned piano at a friend's house, a violin, classical guitar, voice, harmonica, zither, a warped music box, a cello iPad app and vinyl samples.

Obsolarium tells a story starting with the commercial success of a powerful brewery, the rail links used to distribute the produce before descending into a melancholy reflection of what once was accompanied all the while with a crumbling disintegration. Whilst everything unravels and fragments, the series of structures remain.

Obsolarium

wlr011 Spheruleus - Obsolarium

Working from the 1950s onwards and best known as the creator of Deep Listening, Oliveros primarily utilised electronic, vocal and improvisational media. A composer and musical theorist of considerable scope, intelligence and sensitivity, her life-long aim was to develop new and more profound ways of hearing music. 

This project was inspired by Phelan and Cherer’s attendance at one of Pauline’s last public appearances, at St. John Smiths Square in summer 2016, during which she led the audience in a performance of her composition ‘Tuning Meditation’, both feeling it to be a singularly memorable and moving experience. 

By drawing upon Oliveros’ principles the thirteen musicians featured on this compilation have fashioned dedicated pieces, using a variety of musical palettes and compositional styles, to reflect both Oliveros’ own wide ranging talent and the influence that her work has had upon their own practice.

With Alison Cotton, Brona McVittie, Oliver Cherer and Keiron Phelan, David Colohan, Isnaj Dui, Thollem Electric, The New Honey Shade, James Stringer, Neotropic, Anne Garner, The Hardy Tree and Michael Tanner.

Produced by Keiron Phelan and Oliver Cherer 
Mastered by Mark Kuyenkall 
Artwork by Katie English 

This is Rural Colours 080
Released May 30th 2017

Album launch, Cafe Oto, London, May 30th 2017.
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/rural-colours-presents-pauline-oliveros-tribute/

The Last Sense To Leave Us, A Tribute To Pauline Oliveros (Snippets)

Women are under represented and under valued as artists and of course many other fields too.

Bach's Wife

AQUATIC

Voici une satyre sur le thème des médicaments (anti-dépresseurs, benzodiazépines, etc.) et une critique des industries pharmaceutiques. Pour composer ce slam/funk, je me suis inspirée du livre de Philippe PIGNARRE, Le grand secret de l’industrie pharmaceutique. J'ai passé 3 mois dans le cours de production musicale à Berklee à enregistrer et à mixer cette pièce. Merci à Yasmin Farhoumand (chant) et à Joël Musy (saxophone).

Psychopharmaco

Composed by: Anja Djordjevic & Svetlana Maras

Canzone distorte is our present to Art. It is one of the sound gifts for the Art’s birthday celebration that has been organized by the EBU Ars Acoustica Group. 

More info at: http://canzonedistorte.tumblr.com

Canzone Distorte

Find a quiet comfortable place to sit or lie down where you will be undisturbed. Take a few breaths to prepare to listen to this healing meditation. Allow your mind and body to relax as you connect with your inner light for healing and peace.

Connecting with Inner Light, a meditation with Rachel Chase

Shiftingwaves is a small creative recording studio and ambient/soundscapes label.
“Art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living” John Cage

Psychopharmaco

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