winter 2025

Daily Drops

Beyond Tomorrow

Good Old Days

We all got them, some just can’t be seen……………cheers for having a listen


A constant reminder
A memory from afar
Now etched in time
My permanent scars

There’s another side to me
That you don’t really know
But if you look real hard
There’s a story to be told

And if it’s not what you wanna see
You can look away
They’re always gonna be there
My scars are here to stay

They been years in the making
Star of their own show
I can’t ask them to leave
Like me they got nowhere to go

A constant reminder
A memory from afar
Now etched in time
My permanent scars

My Scars

Based on a collaboration of Indii Wild Moon and Nathaniel Ehrnman found here:
 
https://soundcloud.com/nathaniel-ehrnman/blue-september

Blue September

There are many versions and different traditions of the story of the Magi and about their journey. And about their origin. Pictured on the cover is a drawing found in the 'Catalan Atlas,' a map of the world dated to the late 14th century. Pictured here are the three kings. The caption reads: “This province is called Tarshish, from which came the Three Wise Kings, and they came to Bethlehem in Judaea with their gifts and worshipped Jesus Christ, and they are entombed in the city of Cologne two days journey from Bruges.”
But where was the city (or the country) called Tarshish (Tarsis, Tharsis), whose king was already mentioned in Psalm 72?
No one, exactly, knows.

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I recorded the guitar part in 2018, when bought a Guild (my Washburn had become mute ...), so the track has a lot of noise and imperfections. Then there were several attempts to organize the piece and arrange it. This could be the last one. It came rather long and slow. But long and slow was also that improbable (and hardly true) journey - perhaps one could imagine it by closing the eyes and listening to the music.

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2018-2024).
Bansuri is courtesy of Aaroh; female vocals of Function Loops.
posted on SoundCloud: 2024, December 31

Traveling from Tarshish to Bethlehem * 🎧

The second track from my Echoes From The Wastelands EP!
And the first track to feature sounds from my new synth, the Arturia Microfreak!

Guitars used:
Gibson Les Paul Studio 
Yamaha Revstar 
Fender Precision Bass 

Novation Launchkey 49 MK3 midi keyboard 

Plugins used:
Tonex - Mesa Boogie Reference Signature Collection
Neural DSP Mesa Boogie MKiiC+ suite
Line 6 Helix Native
Arturia Analog Lab V
Spitfire Audio - BBC Symphony Orchestra 
Spitfire Audio - Labs Cassette Synth
Drums - EZ Drummer 3 - Dark Industrial 

Cover photo generated by A.I. 

Bandits

Art can sometimes be radical and have a strong impact on people. Hardcore is the attitude of sticking to self-expression without pandering. I don't care if my songs are art or not. Oh, the English word "hardcore" also means that "art can go beyond a hobby or a job and become life itself. That stoicism and passion" is what makes it hardcore. I would like to emulate this meaning.

№318 Art is hardcore (318)

method: recording, then overdubbing. eventually; a friend I asked encouraged me to just dish it out ;-) I like that dirty, berliny backdrop of the sound, although it comes from quite a different reach of this country and from a moment in time that has very nearly  been forotten  
narration: the poem says it all, does it not?
the title:  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compleo#Latin
image: apart from the cropping and the writing, this photograph is a hundred percent unaltered, as is. Copyright jo richter 


poem / copyright jo tichter:

lured into life 
by orpheus' silence
he has been dreaming in verse
just to survive

is there a word to express
both the presence and absence
of beauty, he wonders

observing his fingers
cradle the table's edge
he holds his breath
for just a moment too short

complerit

Dear friends, the ordinary families in Gaza are suffering from hell! A while ago you could see a single, long line of families seeking to return to their homes. Heartbreaking! These innocent people are suffering from terrorist organisations and warmongers. WHY?
AND NOW, the 19:th of March 2025, they cannot go to their home anymore! Lots and lots of bombs have hit them! It is so strange that they can't come to an agreement!
It is the 21:th of may 2025 now, and the situation becomes more and more terrible. Innocent people are the victims!!
Today, the 25:th of June the situation is worse. Innocent folks are starving, and they get killed while waiting for food. Innocent civilians must be treated with kindness! Then they will love the people in power.

You can see them walking - they walk to their home
long time has passed - since they saw their home
the distance is soo far
they walk there with all the things that they have
and with all their kids

The world has watched in amazement as the long, 
long line of folks heading to their home
their rusty cars are loaded
with kitchen equipment and mattresses too
and with kids on the roof

But what will meet them - their home is not there
where has it gone? There is only ruins
and their gardens are damaged
they cannot grow their food anymore
and kids have to starve

They Walk - 2025-03-07 18.30 (Lyrics in description)

Surfers like Us ….. composition and all guitar parts

Hi Everyone!
The surf season 2025 is open! 😎
This is a special extended version of my older surf song.
I hope you enjoy the vibe!
Thanks for listening and any support!
Surf’s Up!
Artur

Surf Season is open

       This was written in collaboration with Katarina Jovchevska last year. Kate Jo wrote and performed the music and I wrote the lyrics, added some guitars, sang, and produced the video. I thought Kate Jo did an awesome job with the music and I tried my best to sing it, not very well I'm afraid. The story is about a whale calling for her mate across the vast ocean but then she turns out to be a mermaid instead. A diver is lured to join her in the ocean by her calls & whispers. The story really goes nowhere but I wanted to write something about whales & mermaids. I had tremendous fun recording it and it was great putting the video together as well! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/tjmetS-_yOw

This song was our second collaboration, we also wrote "Sunny Miami Day" which was a blast as well! Check out Kate Jo's songs they are awesome, she's here on SoundCloud! (https://soundcloud.com/katarina-jovchevska-1) Thanks for watching and I hope everyone enjoys this Sea Shanty but beware of Mermaids, they literally take your breath away! Cheers!🙏

“WHISPERS”

A SOFT VOICE LOST AMONG THE OCEAN TIDES,
I CAN HEAR HER CALLING ME,
FROM A DISTANCE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES,
I STILL HEAR HER CALLING ME,             

WHISPERS, A SOMBER REVERIE,
WHISPERS, A HAUNTING MELODY,
WHISPERS, I HEAR HER IN MY SLEEP,
WHISPERS, INVITATIONS FROM THE DEEP,
WHISPERS, MURMURS EBBING FROM THE SEA.         
WHISPERS, RUSHING OUT TO ME,

FIND ME, FIND ME, FIND ME, 

A SIREN LURING ME ACROSS THE WAVES,
A BEACON GUIDING ME, 
MY INHIBITIONS HAVE ALL BEEN SWEPT AWAY,
BY THIS SEABORNE MYSTERY,         
WHISPERS FROM THE SEA,
WHISPERS FROM THE SEA,
WHISPERS FROM THE SEA.
          
BY JIM VALDES & KATARINA JOVCHEVSKA © 2024

"WHISPERS" (Video - https://youtu.be/tjmetS-_yOw)

I am overjoyed to partake in sounds beautiful:
https://youtu.be/1TnalFltP_Q?si=VidMVZ9VDKGZiNUm  by Dan and
https://stonerjazz.bandcamp.com/album/up-up-out by Jeff.

Jeff also gifted me a visiting role on his previous album: 
https://stonerjazz.bandcamp.com/album/quintessential

.... and here is my own test account:
https://sonicstructuresandsilentstretches.bandcamp.com/track/eliza

POETRY IS VITAL

This threshold space exists for those who feel like listening to some of my quite professional poetry embedded in rather amateurishly recorded but judiciously arranged sound, a modicum of purely acoustic work notwithstanding.  Fortunately, some other artists have also transformed the symbolic expression of my words into the tangible beauty of real songs and soundscapes - just listen to Sympoetic Ultrasounds: https://soundcloud.com/sonic-textures/sets/sympoetic-ultrasounds !

SOUND, SPACE AND TIME

Tend your listening senses gently. Even though my general approach welcomes and embraces lo-fi concepts like the precision of spontaneously occuring imprecisions, headphones worth their membranes are recommended - unless you like your sounds flat, mangled, battered and helpless. You don't, do you? Be kind to these soundscapes.

STRUCTURING IMPULSE

Due to the nature of "poetry soundscapes", your listening expectations regarding traditionally structured "songs", sonically purified "raw wildlife soundscapes", keyboard-laden "ambient recordings" or voice-centered "readings" might not be met. You will find some of those in my list of /likes/. "Noise" is a recurring structural element like any other. This is what this sounds like - within its own rights, limitations, tangents and interconnections. Sonic structures. Silent stretches. Poetry emerges from the gaps between the ruts, seeps in from the undergrowth, sweeps down.

CARVING, CHISELLING, KNEADING, MORPHING

A quick glance into my toolshed rests on Zoom recorders, Samplitude software and a dizzying array of diverse sonic machinery.

LARGE AND SMALL GIFTS

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Small Gifts

the less to remember, the more to listen
gifts from the ice age reverberate
a simple story, a forest, a coastline
entangled in silence, one starts to relate
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In case you have read up to this point, you might be a sonic creator yourself. May I ask you for a helping ear? Above, there is a tiny poem of mine that I do not understand how to translate into sound. If you do - please act on it. It is a matter of common decency, of course, to keep the title (Small Gifts) and to credit the lyrics to me (jo richter). And please do notify me of your version via a soundcloud message. One bewilderingly beautiful version crafted by mono-lux has already gone public, as well as an amazing version by cthonicist.  You'll find both in my playlist Sympoetic Ultrasounds. This is just a small gift, not a challenge - life already has more than enough of those on offer, doesn't it? Treat it this way.

POETRY IS VITAL
sound, space and time
structuring impulse
carving, chiselling, kneading, morphing
large and small gifts
poetry is vital

GENERAL POLICY regarding the use of LIKES, REPOSTS and FOLLOWS:
I like what I like and want to hear again.
I only repost what I've had a hand in creating.
I follow when I see directions or arrivals I like, not when followed (though I might peek in to get an idea of what your sounds are about). I have set myself a limit of accounts I follow not to be all too overwhelmed. Not following does therefore not mean I do not appreciate what you contribute to the enjoyments of soundcloud.
Do not expect other behaviour from me.
(jo richter)

complerit

sonic structures and silent stretches