So mesmerizing that it held my attention the entire way. Fantastic!

I am Agape---You had me with the ARTwork--These sounds and words carry me away:)

Hey Jo man, there's a lot of great tension built up in the space between the sounds. Excellent work here, man!

Daily Drops

Tenjiku(Free Download)

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my next mystery album)

A hearty good morning to all of my friends in the music community. I hope life is treating you well. :)

This track ended up feeling old-timey/antique (as portrayed by an out of control Foley Artist). But funny thing is… when the title came to me, I got a powerful vibe the track wanted this name. I’m a little peculiar that way. I perceive a lot of things as if they are living entities with their own desires… and I like to honor that. 

After that, I started playing with Wombo Dream AI art, and this illustration came up immediately; and fit the title perfectly. Sometimes the synchronicities are too ideal to ignore. 

But how does an old guy sitting in a chair, listening to a radio, symbolize fresh starts?

I think it’s because I’m starting to identify with that old man; wondering when I’m going to be too old to try new things. And I keep having the same joyful realization… it hasn’t happened yet; especially in the ways that matter most to me. I’m still discovering new things about myself and my abilities every day… simply because I keep exploring new things.

For example… 20 year old Justin never could have imagined that 36 year old Justin might be interested in making music for fun. He certainly couldn’t have predicted the piano lessons starting at 53, or the Tai Chi lessons at 54, or that I would have crafted 14 albums by the age of 55. I have friends and family members who believe their best years are already behind them, and the window of opportunity has passed. I respectfully disagree; and I hope to make that point obvious through my own continued actions/accomplishments. :)

Needless to say, every day provides us new opportunities to start fresh. Every day provides us a chance to try new things. If we choose to spend the day worrying about the future, or dwelling on the past, that is our choice. But it’s worth asking ourselves… am I busy shoveling minutes into the void, dwelling on things that aren’t even happening right now? Or am I using this time wisely, doing something I love, and getting better at it as a result?

I hope you enjoy my latest creation, ‘We’ll Start At The Beginning’. :)

DL on SC :)

We'll Start At The Beginning

OK, maybe not exactly a scary Halloween theme but anything that "rattles your bones" must be frightening on some level. So, here is the WAG Halloween tune, available for free D/L, Track 3 of I Had A Vision found here: https://www.terrywigmore.com/wigmore-allen-gibbons

Rattle my Bones

Are you shaking with nerves?
Narrowly miss the swerves?
Are you glancing over your shoulder?
… roll downhill on a boulder?
Have you been stuck by a knife?
Hear vague threats to your life?
Are you para-paralysed?
Carry bricks upon your back?
Do your teeth do more than chat?

Rattle those bones

Do you have to rest a bit?
Feel your fingers lose their grip?
Wanna hear a bedtime story?
Are you no longer very sure?
Don’t buy what’s rich or poor?
Do you steal from the washing line?

Rattle my bones

Do you steal from the washing line?
Get more primitive with passing time?
Do you boat on a stinking lake?
Are you a fake?

Rattle my bones

Wigmore: Music, Production
Allen: guitars, Bass, vocals, lyrics 
(c) and (p) WAG 2024

Visions

Rattle My Bones

Girl From Space

An old track, recorded in the beginning of the nineties, singing one of my father's many poems.

Este estranho poder, de que disponho,
de em imaginação vencer o espaço
e mergulhar no tempo, é como um braço
que me pusesse apenas onde me sonho.
Ele me leva atrás, depõe adiante,
em pretéritos tempos e futuros,
cruzando mares, rompendo muros,
como se nada houvesse de distante.
Na penumbra da sala, onde sentado 
numa cadeira quedo, só eu sei
as vezes que parti, e quanto andei
perdido no futuro e no passado.

Estranho Poder

After 10 years of waiting i lately got my first Zappa record shipped to Zwakkonia - and i have to say that neither sheep nor donkeys do dance to that music. So i decided to make something that´s more healthy for the brain and body, called my old band of shepherds together and made something. Hope you like it.

Yocaetjawhisi

This iteration of Sleeping House is Limited Bob (@bob-bowden) and Mesmo

Sleeping House "Noog Competeap"

I-Kitten Staccato

There can't be two
put on your shoes.
You can't be sick
expose your wrist.
Watch the black slide.
See the enemy mild.
I can't sleep.
Put up the bricks to stick.
God damn the morning!

In the moments before the steam
bring it to me, and I will break everything.

I show you a flower
and you drop it down the sink.

Words by Riley Robinson

Hotel Styx

Crumble Away

Late today, I sat down to finish a particular music project, then never got around to it.  A few hours earlier, the news had included a tragic event and it was heavy on my heart.  Sitting at the piano and recalling the day’s events, my thoughts turned to the very old song, “Dona Nobis Pacem” (translated “grant us peace”), and this improvisation was the result. 
 
Originally a prayer from the Agnus Dei section of the Latin mass, “Dona Nobis Pacem” has typically been sung as a round. (My improvised arrangement uses the primary melody from the round. )  Over the years, the song has been published in church hymnals, appeared in popular programming/literature, and used to promote peace during turbulent times.

Today’s world is as turbulent as ever, peace is needed more than ever, and the prayer is as heartfelt as ever…Grant us peace.


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Improvised arrangement/piano: Francess Harris, based on
"Dona Nobis Pacem" traditional melody (in the public domain)

Dona Nobis Pacem

Gaz Brownie:  Lyrics, Melody, Vocals
Ben Juul:  Drums, Mix & Master at Tone Hill, NY
Dirk Taubenheim:  Guitars, Bass at Vestervang, DK

Thanks so much for this brilliant collab, Gaz! I' m more than happy!

Whiteheat Happiness  ft. GAZ BROWNIE

method: lofi and minimal, minilogue xd, voice
narration: it is the bare minimum of air we breathe, isn't it? 
image: copyright jo richter, using my own photo of a public work of art in the fog: https://www.friedrichshafen.de/buerger-stadt/stadtportraet/stadtplan/sehenswuerdigkeiten-detail/fuid/183/fcat/kunst-im-oeffentlichen-raum/sehenswuerdigkeit/klangschiff/ (you can switch to English in the upper right corner of the website)

poem / copyright jo richter:
SKYQUAKE

I
there are no fish
in the oceans among
islands made of clouds

molluscs and squids
life's lunar lung
breathes in, breathes out

II
not selfish but self-ish
the shelf and the shellfish
an astronaut's shouts

faustian flips, st vitus flouts
tourette moves in bouts
yet ticks aren't ticklish

III
'parole' in english
a sentence undone
thunder, applause

for the brazen, the squeamish
alluring to lures, to outrun
dreadnoughtus' onslaught

skyquake

HATE 
CATZ
4
EVER 

Studio B

All Rights revoked

The Sun And The Moon Hurtful Junez & The Hate Catz

Eindringling

01 - Spitfire Audio - LCOT + AG
02 - Native Instruments - Piano Felt

Piano + Guitar Pad

⚡ Synthwave energy unleashed! ⚡ Shock the Algorithm returns with a brand NEW album — Ultraviolet Cosmos.
https://shockthealgorithm.bandcamp.com/album/ultraviolet-cosmos

🌌 Available NOW on Bandcamp — grab your digital copy today and step into the neon! 🌌

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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