Memory Of An Island

Rework and re-recording of an older track. Analog plays the lead, supported by others. 

Midlife at Midnight

Stressed

(John Stone)

Life is a bitch
I’ve heard it said  
Some people even say they’re  better off dead
You’re in a hole
Then take control
Take care of business could be good for your soul

If I were you I wouldn’t get so stressed about it
Don’t waste the moment going OhOhOh
Instead of thinking what might happen and when
If something going to happen you can deal with it then

Let’s not get stressed Lets not get stressed about it
You should keep yourself together don’t get angry or depressed
Let’s not get stressed Lets not get stressed about it
Just keep calm and keep collected when bad feelings are expressed  
Let’s not get stressed stressed ….   

It’s true the future, may not seem  bright
And there’s no answer to the problems in sight
Just down the line  things could be fine
You often find and answer if you just give it time

Stressed

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dancing in oblivion (disquiet0649)

The assignment: write a piece of music informed by the concerto form 

The "generalbass" roots the original form of the concerto. Everything is carried out musically around this. I focussed upon this impression. Good to connect and remind one's own "generalbass".

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More on the 649th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Concerto for — The Assignment: Write a piece of music informed by the concerto form — at https://disquiet.com/0649/

dancing in oblivion (disquiet0649)

a motorola duet

Feature-Reel here: www.instagram.com/reel/C9GOZJ_ABse/

There is a certain beauty in additive synthesis. I can compute it with my early-8-Bit-Synthesizer, powered by an 68000 Motorola.

Working from zero frequency, there is an early starting point, when the algorithm takes over the numbers, the frequencies and delivers a sonic representation of their calculations. 

To us, there seems to be life in this. Especially, when imagining, that this only sound, could be calculated one time.

So, I did the same as the Fairlight and took the first approach of my improvised playing. I reduced the takes to only 1 – no retakes, no overdubs, no midi.

A kind of a duet concerning both singular attempts and open outcomes.

Due to computing times of about 5 seconds in between the – nearly not hearable – changes of sound, I had to place 2 little cuts.

Why compute? Maybe because it opens an untold gate to a special resonance and understanding a little about ourselves.

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More on the 651st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Why Compute? — The Assignment: Respond to a prompt from George E. Lewis — at Disquiet Junto Project 0651: Why Compute? – Disquiet

a motorola impromptu (disquiet0651)

Today Patrick/DjArtw2001 (@djartw2007) and I present the last-but-one track 13 in our almost completed collaborative album "Galaxy Universe" (2024) - and the concluding track will appear here on SC together with the album as whole this coming weekend.

The track was created on 29 August 2024 (initial composition, recording, arrangements and mix by Alex M in Logic Pro using Akai MPKmini keyboard input) and 3 September 2024 (subsequent composition, further additions and arrangements and final mix by DjArtw2001 in MAGIX) and posted on SoundCloud on 26 September 2024 (by Alex M).

The artwork cover for the track zooms in on a fragment of an oil painting by Patrick/DjArtw2001 of 1 November 2023 that was cropped square from a photo and annotated using Mac OS Preview by Alex M on 20 September 2024 - in coordination and agreement with Patrick/DjArtw2001.

Duration: 7:59 minutes

Galaxy Universe 13 - Alex M & DjArtw2001

method: subharmonicon, guitar (vintage lemon drop), ebow (infinity sustainer), pedals (ocean's 12, cloak, vt 4, vo O1), voice; recording and premix: r20; postproduction and overdubbing: samplitude 
narration: the moment holds the narrator captive - another expressionist poem I wrote in recent days
image: a section of the subharmonicon setup superimposed on colours from my soundcloud landing page,  copyright jo richter

poem / copyright jo richter:

sprich mit dem abend
als zähmt' ihn nicht knebel
nicht rauschunterdrückung - schabend
knirscht kiesmond im nebel

und aus tatzen des lichts
wachsen neonkrallen -
des schnurrhaargesichts
tauträges wohlgefallen

von kamin zu kamin
gelichtet - aus dem napf
will ein geruch aufzieh'n
hin zum bartdenkmalkopf -

tief im großstadtkokon
wird die geisel befreit -
frag niemals, wovon
frag: wofür ist sie bereit

interlinear translation: stockholm syndrone // talk to the evening / as though it was not tamed / by gagging / by noise cancelling - the gravel moon / crunches in the fog // and from the light's paws / neon claws grow / the pleasing comfort of / a whiskered face // being flashed from chimney to / chimney - out of the pet dish / a smell happens to rise / up to the bearded monument's brow // the hostage being liberated / from the city's cocoon  - / never ask for origins / ask: what is being prepared

stockholn syndrone

Stockholm Syndrone

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2024-12-07

In The Corner By The Window

10-12-25 (no one driving)

Ambient electronic soundscapes for your pleasure, inspired by sci-fi from past, present and future. Relax, chillout and enjoy. SFS

NEXUS - THE DREAMING SPIRES

Almost all tracks are free to download and covered by a Creative Commons license. Collaborations / Remixes are welcome so feel free to experiment - no need to get my permission first. Just send me a link to your track when you're done :)

I love listening to & creating ambient, dark ambient, avant-garde & experimental electronica (and the occasional beatscape). I have no professional aspirations  - I just really like creating music / manipulating sounds. It's my way of relaxing after a hard day at the office. All my tracks are produced using monitoring headphones (Audix A140) so I recommend that you listen to my music through headphones. My DAW of choice is FL Studio. I also use Reason every now & then. 


To the artists I follow; I do my best to try to listen to as many of your tracks as possible each night (I listen to each track all the way through - you went through the effort to create a track so you deserve to have it heard in full). If I miss a recent upload of yours, please forgive me...

Thank you for taking the time to visit my little corner of the soundcloud.

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