Method: Voice and some rough asmr.
Narration: Some persons on the autism spectrum do not understand what people take for granted. To understand them, we have to understand what we do not understand, i.e. what we take for granted ourselves.

Text / copyright jo richter:

These sounds sound. Some sounds mean. Do you hear which sounds mean?

People sound a lot. People mean very little. Often, they do not mean the meanings they sound.

Why is that? It is because people presuppose. People say: ‚I like water‘. You give them water. People get angry. They say: ‚Not now. In general‘. You are supposed to understand their anger. The anger arose because people presupposed context. You are supposed to understand their context.

What is people‘s context? It is the world people live in. What is the world people live in? It is what people aspire. What people aspire becomes real to them. What people aspire becomes their world.

People are very judgemental. They themselves are good. That is what they presuppose. Other people might become bad. Bad people don‘t act according to their presuppositions. Bad people don‘t understand according to their presuppositions. Bad people don‘t live according to their presuppositions. People value. People judge.

Some people say ‚I like water‘ because they want to drink. Some people say ‚I like water‘ because they enjoy the oceans. Some people say ‚I like water‘ because they want to show that they are good people. Good people, in their world, like water. They don‘t like sugar. They don‘t like milk. They don‘t like alcohol. They like water.

Water is presupposed to be pure. Some people think that purity is good. They show how good they are by liking water. They do not want to drink water right now. They want to show that they are good people. If you bring them water, they think that you do not see their goodness. They become angry. They become angry at you because they want to be good for themselves. They think you have insulted them by disregarding their presuppositions.

People do not say what they presuppose. Often, people do not know what they presuppose. If you bring them water, they see the limits of their world. Most people regard this as an insult. They are good. Their world is the best world. If you show them the limits of their world, it is not the best world anymore. People feel disrespected. Everyone should understand that their world is the best world. If their world is not the best world, they get angry.

Other people say ‚I like water‘ because they want water. If you bring them water, they are thankful. Their presuppositions have been met. Their world remains good.

How do you tell the difference? You have to know people better than they know themselves. You have to understand their aspirations. You have to understand their presuppositions. You have to understand their context.

Is it possible to understand people‘s context? It is not possible if people are people. People have to be acknowledged as persons not generalized as people. If you acknowledge indivdual people as persons, you can read their clues according to their contexts. This is hard work. This is hard work, indeed.

I Like Water

Tranquil

Ice Sphere

Visuals here:
https://youtu.be/MLHt5xDlHEY?si=tztlY1i6FD6j3FID


'Changing Times' was something to express a sense of nostalgia. It reflected thoughts I've been having as my kids get older. The title I gave it took on a whole different, sad light, when I learned of the passing of a dear friend. People my family and I love, lost a husband and a father today. We lost a brilliant, clever, funny, kind, and caring friend.

He was the very best of men. And he will be sorely missed. 

'Changing Times' includes a manipulated and processed sample of isolated vocals taken from the excellent 1969 track, "I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free", by the band Cold Blood.

Changing Times

Gentle Embrace (ft. Stepa K)

Styx

New Horizon

Storm Warning

UnBoxed April 2024

[ d o w n l o a d a b l e ]

Quarry Work

Old track taken from "Eterociclica" (circa 1999). A description of the suggestions inspired by the molecular structure of the Thiazole molecule.

Electric guitar, real-time loops and electronics.

Tiazolo (1999)

Releratic enere_05

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. After all, sound is one way my poems know to materialize - insolently shapeshifting, indelibly greening into the cultural real.

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)

I Like Water

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