such a lovely sound the Lyre makes--fascinating poem really-- Naked stool ,credit cards,bullfrogs and so much more--makes the mind go Agog with curiosity amusement and wonder:):)

Hey Jo man, this is really gorgeous, stirring music. Really like how your vocals add tension to it. Excellent work here, man!

Beautifully ethereal, one with nature in a somewhat alien way.  Great stuff!

method: building on a lyre-loop with all kinds of likely and unlikely means
narration: it is not easy, is it?  - The German original of Freud`s famous dictum reads "Wo es war, soll ich werden." (where there was id, I shall be). However, we also have accumulated  enough rational understanding to assist the super ego in overcoming the attitudes of a colonial past as well, haven`t we? https://www.jmberlin.de/freud/ueber_ich.html
image: shot in delphi in 2012 and morphed at home in 2025 - copyright jo richter

poem / copyright jo richter:

dreibeinschemel
nachthimmelbloß
sich einbequemen
glitzerschlafmoos
es wird weil ich bin
ich bin weil es wird

kreditkartenfrevel
bastelholzfloß
im einvernehmen
überichgroß
ich ist ein klangkind
ein schwirrholz, das schwirrt

interlinear translation: three legged stool / as nude as the night sky / to find a comfy spot / glittering sleep moss / id evolves because I am / I is because id evolves // credit card sins / wooden DIY raft / reach an understanding / as large as the super ego / I is a sound child / a bullroarer that roars

pythia

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)

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