I finally bought a new classical guitar :)

The tightrope walker

on New Year's Day
everywhere, a corrupt world's
blossoms.

by: Kobayashi Issa  /    Picture by Yosuke Ota
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link to source code: 
https://github.com/tonpatt/compositions/tree/master/naviarhaiku574

dewy yarn aeons - naviarhaiku574

Dark Continent is the last of the tracks from my world percussion album "Skin & Wisdom" to be posted on Soundcloud.
The final destination of this global drum journey is Africa.
Thank you to all that have liked, commented, and reposted any these tracks from the album. This was a joy to create, and I hope these tracks have given you a sense of adventure and worldly travels.

Now that I have released 2 full albums of world percussion, it will be a LONG TIME before I return to this genre. 

https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/skin-wisdom
https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/vibrations-empowered-within

Always more explorations and different moods of sound to come!

Skin & Wisdom album

Mood Exhibit - Dark Continent

Coin Of Syracuse 1

Cast of Characters:

E Ruizzo-- @ruizzoidman21centurions --Manuel-- composition, lyrics, Squier Stratocaster electric guitar, vocals, mix, and production

J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- piano, accordion, and horn

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– Jose Ramirez nylon stringed flamenco style guitar, and mastering

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, percussion

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – four string Fender Precision Bass bass

This song began all the way back when Manuel was 16 and found love that summer with a girl named Carmen. He remembered her, though, and wrote this song about her all these years later. The title of the song means "Your name has the song," and the lyrics spell out the girl's charms using the letters of her name. Check out the lyrics and the translation below. 
  Using that inspiration, Manuel came up with the song structure and the vocal melodies to a rudimentary drum track with his electric guitar. He then asked Josh if the group would be interested in taking it on. Josh, never being one to refuse a challenging piece of music, and always on the lookout for interesting musicians with whom to collaborate, accepted his kind offer and created a project for the rest of the Eclectic Collecitve to join. He started the whole thing off by adding his bass, to which Ken added his innovative drums, to which Josh redid his bass, as is the typical process in the EC.
  Next up was JJ, who you'd think he'd grown up with Spanish music the way he added the horns, accordion, and piano. Then Stephen stepped in and added his psychedelic and intricate acoustic guitar to the stew. 
  It was all done, except for the mix at this point. Manuel did the honors, and did it very expertly. Stephen mastered it to give it more volume and dynamism, too, as he always does. 
  This was the first, but we hope not the last, time the EC has collaborated with Manuel, although we're all fans of the incredible music on his page. He was a true delight to work with, giving honest, encouraging feedback and helping us shape his song to meet his vision. We hope you enjoy listening to this song as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by E Ruizzo:

TU NOMBRE TIENE LA CANCIÓN  /  YOUR NAME HAS THE SONG

Qué es una lágrima en el desierto?  /  What is a tear in the desert?
Cae sin ruido, se evapora y se olvida.  /  It falls without noise, evaporates and is forgotten.
No tiene tiempo de brillar, su vida  /  It has no time to shine, its life
es corta y su camino tan incierto…  /  is short and its path so uncertain...

Ce del calor del desierto y su sol,  /  ‘C’ for the heat of the desert and its sun,
a del adiós por el que lloré tanto;  /  ‘a’ for the farewell for which I cried so much;
erre del río que forma mi llanto;  /  ‘r’ for the river formed by my crying;
eme de miedo, de magia y de amor.  /  ‘m’ for fear, for magic and for love.

E de esperanza, de espacio rosado,  /  ‘E’ for hope, for pink space,
de espina clavada, de suelta emoción;  /  for stuck thorn, for loose emotion;
ene de noche de un tiempo pasado.  /  ‘n’ for night of a past time.

Carmen, tu nombre tiene la canción  /  Carmen, your name has the song
de todo aquello que has significado:  /  of all that you have meant:
Carmen de luz, de sonrisa y de adiós.  /  Carmen of light, of smile and of goodbye.

Tu Nombre Tiene La Canción (The Eclectic Collective with E Ruizzo)

Nothing special ... but ... very spacial ... back from the swiss mountains.
View over the river of clouds from the "Josefsgütsch". Central mountain in the backgrund is "Pilatus", near Lucerne.

Nothing Special - River of Clouds

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

The Thing in my Head Smiled

24 3 24

"Esta pieza es una herramienta de Muscoterapia de Inmersión, diseñada meticulosamente bajo protocolos de estimulación auditiva binaural.

No es música de fondo; es una frecuencia activa que opera en el subconsciente del receptor.

✨ El Resultado en el Paciente (Propuesta de Valor)

Al integrar INFINITY en su entorno terapéutico, usted está garantizando un estado de serenidad previa en sus clientes.

Los pacientes reportarán una mayor profundidad en el descanso, una reducción perceptible de la ansiedad, y una amplificación de los beneficios de cualquier tratamiento aplicado (masajes, terapias de flotación, meditación).

Esta pieza es su garantía para transformar una visita de spa en una experiencia de sanación y enfoque mental duradero."

infinity meditacion

To the Moon

✨ Découvrez "Ethereal Dream" ✨

Plongez dans l'univers envoûtant de mon single "Ethéreal Dream", composé avec Anita Barbereau et interprété par elle-même au violoncelle. Ce morceau éthéré et lounge, sublimé par des vocals d'inspiration balkanique, est l'évasion parfaite pour vos moments de détente. Laissez-vous transporter !

www.sambox-music.com
www.anitabarbereau.com

Ethereal dream

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)

pythia

sonic structures and silent stretches