dragging life..you can't hold the clock it never stays  the same. excellent jo.

Hey man, love the vocoder! What a fun toy that must be. Really compelling music under it, too. Great work!

really nifty! gotta get me one of these gadgets too! awesome sound you're getting here

dissonant and fascinating poetic universe! well done !

At last: someone doing something interesting with auto tune! Love it :)

Greeat sound experiment.  I quite like how it turned out.

Prelude No. 1 (Toccata) from the cycle of the 5 Preludes for Piano (2021).

Pawel Strzelecki Prelude No. 1 (Toccata) [5 Preludes for Piano (2021)].

method: honestly, I didn't mean to sonify that poem ... all I wanted to do was test run a cabinet simulator pedal ... really ..... but then one thing led to another ... now .... this here evolved ... 
narration: another poem
image: copyright jo richter

poem / copyright jo richter:

I have a clock
moving slower than time
hands made of leather
of carved bone, of lime

fully unwound
it holds its own
spring-loaded tension
no metronome stone

it sits on a shelf
behind my back
dragging all life
along in its wake

slower than time

Journey

All and Artwork from Cirque du Psycho

Lyrics:
I fly my Rocketship at night
Through the sky at the speed of light
I journey through the stars
And circle Mars like it’s ours.

It’s possible to take that leap
When you feel invincible

I circle Earth like it’s a dream
To learn what it means
To be alive

Rocket

Lyrics by Tony Harris
Vocal, music and mix by Chuck Aaron (New version by Chuck)

WE DON'T KNEEL WHEN THE FLAG IS BEING RAISED
WE DON'T WANT OUR FREEDOM TAKEN AWAY
WE DON'T BURN AND LOOT DOWN ON MAIN STREET
WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY CAN'T YOU SEE

WE DON'T LIKE WHERE THE COUNTRY IS GOIN'
WE LIKE IT THE WAY IT USED TO BE
THE MUSIC BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER
WHY CAN'T IT BE LIKE IT USED TO BE

(CHORUS)
AND I'M PROUD TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY
A PLACE WHERE ANYONE CAN HAVE IT ALL
YOU'LL FIND US AT CHURCH ON SUNDAY
AND GOD AND FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF ALL

BOOTS ON THE GROUND ARE NEVER POPULAR
WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP US FREE
WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE HOMELAND
I THINK MOST PEOPLE WILL AGREE
AND GOD AND FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF ALL

(REPEAT CHORUS 2 TIMES)


2017 © Lyrics by Tony Harris

God And Family - Collaboration by Tony & Chuck Aaron - Original

Earth Reset

De Natura Delysanja

The Cross Remastered

Three Ghosts, One Forest  by Petri Lahtinen / Paul Mimlitsch / Martin Hoogeboom

https://petrilahtinen.bandcamp.com/album/three-ghosts-one-forest

Ghost in the Forest Act 2  /// Petri Lahtinen / Paul Mimlitsch / Martin Hoogeboom

This definitely has a country flare :)

Original Improvisational song and no edits. Just ad ins.

A Place Where You Belong

written and performed by
Stone Catcherye
recorded at 
Sound Construction Studios

People Who Eat Darkness

what's the point of life anymore

I bet you know darkness
it's grazed or it has kissed your lips
in hindsight despite this
I'm glad to have tasted a bit

that's my point
what's the point of life anymore

upset in your fortress
alone and neglected
you're missed
in sunlight and sunkissed
in every vision
I sit

that's my point
what's the point of life anymore
smoke a joint
what's the point of life anymore

I bet you know darkness
it's grazed or it has kissed your lips
in hindsight despite this

that's my point
what's the point of life anymore

I'm tired of darkness
it's phase is not malignant, one bit
I'm glad to have seen it

that's my point
what's the point of life anymore
smoke a joint
what's the point of life anymore

People Who Eat Darkness

I Just Want You

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

On his bandcamp page, Jeff points out: "This is the page where you can give some monetary support to me and the StonerJazz experiment."

.... 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)

slower than time

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