method: the soundstream, mostly  in sth akin to c minor, was created on a minilogue xd, voice went through a VT 4 and a flamma pedal
narration: "shadow work" is quite a cumbersome and unsuitable expression for something extremely real (note: this is a poem, don't take things literally, e.g. the "pictish murals" - the rampant  illiteracy regarding poetic means is a sign of the times that is increasingly bothering me .... )  
image: copyright jo richter, showing part of a public monument in the Werratal region in Germany that somehow reminded me of Pink Floyd ;-)

poem / copyright jo richter:

what is it like to smile
with no time to spare?
what is it like to frame
moments in memory?
what is it like to cut
yourself off and not care?
what is it like to be
you, to be me?

... and the landscape we live in
feels familiarly alien
purple thoughts rolling and soaring
tethered to if, tethered to when ....

hands on the hilt, shouting
down strangers
on pictish murals, the gods
never bother
caressing masks that smell
of their wearers
othering others for others
to other

... and the seeds sown do not know
of their nature
until they ripen and show
each unique feature ....

shadow and I

SHADOW  AND  I

🚨 SOUND THE ALARM: B-Splixx – Immaterial Arts just dropped 🚨

Imagine deep, dark techno so heavy it gives your shadow PTSD.
Now imagine your brain trying to keep up — like a hamster on a treadmill... powered by existential dread.

Immaterial Arts is the soundtrack to your spiritual awakening... and your nervous breakdown.
It’s the kind of track that makes you question if you even exist — like "Was that bassline real, or just the universe slapping me for being cocky?"

B-Splixx takes you on a metaphorical journey from here to Tokyo — because spiritually, you need the air miles.
Halfway through, you’ll forget your name, your password, and why you ever trusted your GPS.

Stream it now on SoundCloud — before your atoms realize they’re better off as free agents.
B-Splixx: because reality is optional, but techno is mandatory. 🖤

Immaterial Arts

🎤 Yow massive, hear mi now!

Dis yah one a nuh normal riddim –
B-Splixx come mash up di scene wid a Tribal Dancehall Dub House crossover weh ago bun up di speaker and light up di dance!

💃🏾🔥 It hot like di sun pon di zinc roof!
It deep like a dubplate from King Tubby lab,
And it roll sweet like herbs inna dancehall grab!

👣 From di bush drum dem to di 4x4 floor stomp,
Bassline a quake, and di hi-hats dem chop —
It’s like Shaka Zulu link up wid Shabba Ranks inna Berlin club, seen?

🎶 Dis a fi di warriors pon di frontline,
Di gyal dem weh bruk waistline,
And all di freedom dancers weh know seh riddim a life, not crime.

🎧 Mi use real analog fyah — TR-8S and Minilogue XD,
Widdout no preset foolery — pure roots machine energy!
Mix wid sample dem sharp like cutlass,
And virtual synth dem float like chalice puff pass.

🌴 From di jungles of Afrika to di rave inna Rotterdam —
Dis track a global chant, bredrin — tribal and grand.
A riddim weh bring man an’ woman together,
Like Nyabinghi priestess inna House weather.

🔊 So wheel up di riddim!
Drop it loud fi di dance, di beach, or di street cyah calm —
B-Splixx ah bring back di dubhouse charm.

🎯 Dis a di Summer Anthem fi di Rebel Heart!
🔥🔥🔥 One drop, one love, one blast — from start to last!

BLAZE UP [B-Splixx Twisted Old School Vibe Version]

🔥🔥 WARNING: NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED 🔥🔥

Old-school rave meets tribal war cry in this brutal floor-filler — “Left For Di Slaughter” is here to dominate every system, every sub, every soul.

A raw fusion of heavyweight house rhythms, earth-shaking basslines, and electrified Rastaman vocals forged in the fires of pure dancefloor carnage. It's not a track. It's a ritual. A return to the primal pulse.

🎧 Drop it loud. Watch the crowd erupt.
🚨 Basslines so filthy, you’ll need a spiritual cleansing.
🔊 Vocals so hyped, they resurrect the jungle inside you.
⚠️ Once it starts, there’s no turning back. You’ve been Left. For. Di. Slaughter.

Left For Di Slaughter

B-Splixx reworks Frenna – “ZAAZAA” into an Afro-House driver: conga swing on top, old-school house engine below, and a vocal chop that turns the room. DJ-friendly intro/outro. If you’re feeling it, drop a comment or repost.

FRENNA - DE ZAAZAA REMIX CHALLENGE [B-SPLIXX REMIXX]

✨ Just Straight Love ✨
by B-Splixx

Love is the purest frequency.
It does not bend, disguise, or disguise itself in noise—it moves straight through you, unfiltered. This track was born from that energy: a steady 112 BPM heartbeat, a kizomba sway wrapped in a house 4x4 pulse, carried by dub delays that echo like infinite reflections in sacred geometry.

The Flower of Life tells us that all existence begins from one point, one vibration. At the center of it lies the heart—our eternal metronome. Just Straight Love is my way of aligning rhythm with spirit, melody with meaning, and body with cosmos.

This is not just music to dance to. It’s music to feel, to surrender, to let the geometry of sound and the pulse of your heart fuse into one path.

🌀 No distortion. No detour.
Just groove. Just soul.
Just Straight Love.

B-Splixx--Just_Straight_Love [FREE DOWNLOAD]

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Hello, I'm B-Splixx, a passionate producer and the creative force behind Rasart Records, based in the vibrant city of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Since embarking on my musical journey in 1992, I have been adventuring through the boundless realms of sound, infusing my work with a unique blend of genres that have come to define my artistic identity. From electronic and hip-hop to ambient and beyond, my productions are grounded in the belief that music is a universal language capable of transcending barriers and bringing people together.

I have had the privilege of collaborating with an array of talented artists and producers, whose influence has enabled me to continually evolve my sound. These partnerships have been instrumental in shaping my style, which artfully merges rhythmic innovation with melodic depth. My background in sound engineering has also allowed me to craft every piece with precision, ensuring each track is both a sonic exploration and an evocative experience.

My story is one of relentless passion and innovation, inspired by the rich tapestry of the global music scene and my own cultural roots. Each project is a testament to my dedication to emotional honesty and sonic originality, and I am constantly seeking new ways to bend and shape my sonic landscape.

I invite you to dive deeper into my musical universe. Visit my complete portfolio on https://rasart.nl/B-Splixx/ to hear more of my journey and discover what makes my sound truly unique.

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)

New tracks tagged #miniloque xd