IS A FAVORITE.... helps my mind ... to breathe... free for a while... Thank You Andrew... so very very beautiful...

From Gate of Illumination release-April 2012
"Aphelion" represents "distance"....a place far away. Aphelion means the furthest distance of a Comet or Planet from the Sun. It is the opposite to Perihelion- the closest distance.....This phenomenon occurs during the earth's rotation around the sun. I used the title here to convey a sense of loneliness or insignificance when thinking about how infinite space is. File is in Audio format aif- 133.4 MB.

Aphelion-Gate of Illumination

SOON to move to Bandcamp as an album  - in the meantime, you can also listen in sequence here:  https://soundcloud.com/sonic-textures/sets/scalar-fields
instruments: Jeff Gardiner and jo richter
voice: Jeff Gardiner
modulation, arrangement and all that: jo richter
lyrics: Jeff Gardiner in collaboration with jo richter
image: Jeff Gardiner in collaboration with jo richter
note by jo: for very real, material reasons, some people describe living entities as "stardust" and "all vibration". in our current, mentally largely dissociated state, it would make as much sense, though, to describe us as "stellar noise". It will take heartfulls of kindness and mindloads of understanding and nuances of acceptance of letting go and so much more to individually evolve into more harmonic states.

it is time, he said, to address the cosmic egg
the liquid consistency of what it holds
and the fact that insects and crusteceans
are clad in terrean space suits of their very own
and human skin can crack and bleed and peel and heal
and their minds are similar to that in more than one respect

it is also time, he put forth in further understanding
that the very nature of awareness, sentience and connection
to the entities we cannot smell or touch in our tuesday state of mind
and our wednesday protocols and even in our sunday suits
and unprotected glowing selves - unless that little voice trails off

and there is nothing left to win or lose or be or presuppose
and see the inside out in four dimensions, to welcome the upside
round and fingers that can shape the world without a tool

or a machine or automated processes and institutions and free
of data that informs the abstract mind but starves the living tentacles
of kindness and a self endowed with all the silence held to listen

that's why you will have to make a bold decision
to overcome your dizzy spinning sputtering state
of fuzzy feeling and self-involved confusion made
and all that fruitless pro- and inhibition
and turn that little voice off in your head
turn that little voice off in your head

(instrumental, including free static noises)

even in the southern realms and climes
the mongrels at the helm and lost in rhymes
tell wicked tales encumbered only by
some long forgotten memory
buried to the burnished hilt
while in a building built by lords and ladies of the cosmic court
while all the scouts appear as tiny lights
of white and red and blue and green
in smokey dreams of sorcery...........

scalar fields pt6 hide and seek

scalar fields pt 8: hide and seek - with stonerjazz

Das Kind im Schatten  -(Final Rev. Ed.)-

August 2025 Currently on residency in Italy !
These are the 2nd batch of 3 short sketches using field recordings captured around Montegiovi, Tuscany. With these little works I am experimenting freely with what can be produced from each days sounds - manipulating them and stitching them back together with the aim of producing a long format work at the end of the residency. I have done a dozen or so since arriving a fortnight ago but not sharing them all (some are pretty rubbish). The idea is to have them done by the end of the day (or night) then move on to something fresh the next day. 
I am truly thankful for this opportunity that has been provided for me by the Salamanca Arts Centre in Tasmania and Cultivate Projects/La Baldi residency in Italy and The USA.
And of course the wonderful people of Montegiovi !

Tuscany Experiments 4- 6

ARCTIC  BIRDS  2

original track composed by
Marco Lucchi : acoustic guitar and programming

with
Garrett Fisher : oboe
Geoff Warren : flute
Roberto Corsini : electric guitar

(live recording, Carpi 2010)

*

reimagined by 
Antonio de Braga : drums and electronics

featuring
Henrik Meierkord : cello

Bandcamp

Marco Lucchi & Ensemble - Notturni [finale] reimagined by Antonio de Braga (feat. Henrik Meierkord)

While waiting for the next tracks, which are a long time coming, two field recordings made in Vietnam with some very special animals!...
I recorded these incredible bird songs very quickly in the mangroves of Tra Su, in the Mekong Delta. Unfortunately, there is background noise on the tape, and I was only able to recover 1 min 20 of listenable sound. But the recording conditions were very complicated, especially because of the dozens of mosquitoes biting me while I was struggling with my recorder! I have no idea what these birds are, if anyone recognizes their song, please share in the comments!
January 2024, Châu Đốc, Việt Nam
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En attendant les nouveaux morceaux, qui se font attendre, deux nouveaux enregistrements de terrain réalisés au Vietnam avec quelques animaux très spéciaux !...
J'ai enregistré ces incroyables chants d'oiseaux très rapidement dans les mangroves de Tra Su, dans le delta du Mékong. Malheureusement, il y a des bruits parasites sur la bande, et je n'ai pu récupérer que 1 min 20 de son écoutable. Mais les conditions d'enregistrement étaient très compliquées, notamment à cause des dizaines de moustiques qui me piquaient pendant que je me débattais avec mon enregistreur ! Je n'ai aucune idée de ce que sont ces oiseaux, si quelqu'un reconnaît leur chant, n'hésitez pas à partager dans les commentaires !
Janvier 2024, Châu Đốc, Việt Nam

Birds of the Tra Su Mangrove

More on the 712th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Zebra Code — The Assignment: What rhythm do you hear in a bar code? — at https://disquiet.com/0712/

abc iodized request - disquiet712

Please listen with headphones
Musique concrète August 2025

Kleiner Ausflug in die Natur

I look back on this track fondly, as it reflects itself in the mirror with new gifts.

“Eudaimonia refers to a fulfilling life through authentic self-realization, emphasizing living in accordance with one’s true values & purpose”

5 years ago I collaborated with dark electronic artist/vocalist INRGD.
@inrgd
She contributed her gorgeous ethereal vocals to music I had sent. Fellow producer Belial Pelegrim skillfully mixed her vocals perfectly to the material.
@belial-pelegrim

The result was the track “Eudiamonia”. This remains one of my favorite collaborations- the beauty and purity of INRGD’s vocals resonated deeply on this track, giving a near chilling emotive power.

https://soundcloud.com/r-salchaks-mood-exhibit/mood-exhibit-ingrid-eudaimonia-1

By allowing this track to expose itself in reverse, I’ve found another level of emotion derived. Even more ghostly, almost that of a different realm altogether - yet equally intended to touch the soul.

Mood Exhibit & INRGD - Eudaimonia (Reverse Mix)

Und Sumpf -Version II

i would describe my music as "Soundtrack Ambient"-Sonic Textures and Atmospheres layered or painted, one on top of the other.

Aphelion-Gate of Illumination

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