Mottainai is a Japanese word that describes a feeling of regret when something is discarded without realizing its full potential. In recent years, the term has been used by the environmental movement to describe challenges related to dwindling natural resources and environmental degradation. With this piece I've tried to capture both the hope and despair that surrounds this topic.

Mottainai

This track is inspired by, and built upon samples of, the Tūī bird of New Zealand. This bird makes unusual sounds that are interesting and fun to play on an instrument such as the Zendrum, which is what I’ve done here. Thanks for taking a listen.

Tūī

Naqoyqatsi

xoanon aniconism

What if I recorded my Buchla Easel, waterphone and shakuhachi independently without hearing the other tracks. That is, record them one at a time, then layer them in Logic X and add a little reverb. This is that result.

FreeScape

Traversal

...please stop breaking things that were already working somewhat.

dear sc: stop rolling out crap that doesn't work properly.

Kizashi

Continuing experiments with the Buchla Easel going to the Intellijel Planar 2 on to the TC Electronic looper . . . exploring looped panning et al.

Easel Accumulations

clutterbuggin'

clutterbuggin *re-upload test 3*

something different

From simplicity comes complexity. 
This is all from single tracked Easel with a simple sequence from K-Devices TATAT, but then sent to an Eventide H9 for ambience boost and and then onto an iPad running Igor Vasiliev's Spacefields which is a form of 3 part auto looper, highly recommended. In Parallel is Vasiliev's NoiseSpace which is pretty amazing for noisebed.

moody florentine

Bandcamp- https://deadblood4u.bandcamp.com/track/silhouette-125-23-04-202516-46
Youtube- https://youtu.be/3jVxviXtm14?si=B1DFONDyDzcSkRKA

silhouette 1.25/23-04-2025.16:46

Magnolia

composer, performer, lecturer and analog synthesist who is endlessly fascinated by and exploring sound...

Improvised / live / detuned/ unsynced/ audio / experiments

love the dark, sad, experimental and hazy side of things, hypnotic loops and damaged sounds. massive horror geek. not without a sense of humour. partner in crime with Shelley and Loren.

if you're questioning why or how i'm able to upload on a frequent basis, simply put - i have A LOT of time on my hands at this point in my existence, a wealth of music/sounds to draw upon, and a decent collection of software to make things (e.g. both the synth and fx arturia vst collections). i'm not just auto-generating ai pieces ad nauseum, at the same time i have nothing against using ai in the creative process, but not as an outright replacement for creation. i really think the witch hunt over it all is a bit ridiculous, fueled by the greed pig corporate media companies mostly. 

one thing i've learned about making at least a little bit of money from streaming my music beyond measley penny scraps, i have to upload frequently and i've been experimenting with reuploading/reposting my tracks for better play counts (for now), if even it only results in cutting costs.

In Zen, ensō (円相) is a circle that is hand-drawn in one uninhibited brushstroke to illustrate the moment when the mind sets the body free to create.

Occasional brief musing in electronica, separated by long bouts of procrastination

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