method: merging emf recordings (soma ehter) with voice and electronic instruments
narration: are we even noticing in what way we are acting outside our immediate range of perception?
image: self-gimped from my own photo, copyright jo richter

poem / copyright jo richter:

in other senses
prominent slivers have turned loadstone amber
fluctuating
surf spraying in intensely spiking charges
in alluring, apparently random patterns

listen in closer
to appreciate the peculiar nanopercolations
emenating
from devices attached to humanoid eels
crowded along a crust of diminshed plasticity

the oil-spill beauty
of chromatically shared capacitive fields
signalling
majestic confusion, an irradiating yearning
to shelter within forces of overload frugality

this harshness, too
will yield to the momentum of temporal fugality
giving way
to the meandering grace of wavelength dragons
singing their songs in the old astral tongues

E M F

An Electromagnetic Map of my new apartment, moving from my bedroom to the living room, kitchen, then bathroom. recorded with a soma ether and a zoom h1n

Electromagnetic Map Of Burnham Street Apartment

hitzak, hotsak eta ahotsak II : Mahmoud Darwish
AL : DSI Evolver x 2 · Wingie mkII · Wingie mkII Blipoo Box · Soma Ether · Ableton Live
Mahmoud Darwish : Texte and voice

Mahmoud Darwish · On this Land 

We have on this land that which makes life worth living
We have on this land all of that which makes life worth living
April’s hesitation
The aroma of bread at dawn
A woman’s beseeching of men
The writings of Aeschylus
Love’s beginning
Moss on a stone
Mothers standing on a flute’s thread
And the invader’s fear of memories
We have on this land that which makes life worth living
September’s end
A woman leaving ‘forty’ behind
with all of her apricots
The hour of sunlight in prison
A cloud reflecting a swarm of creatures
A people’s applause for those who face their own erasure with a smile
And the tyrant’s fear of songs.
We have on this land all of that which makes life worth living
On this land
The lady of our land
The mother of all beginnings
And the mother of all ends
She was called Palestine
Her name later became Palestine
My lady….
Because you are my lady
I have all of that which makes life worth living.

hitzak, hotsak eta ahotsak II : Mahmoud Darwish

DishWave 🎧✨

Ever wondered what a dishwasher sounds like electromagnetically? Using the SOMA Ether, I captured the hidden frequencies and EM patterns surrounding a dishwasher. The result? A rich, glitchy, and droning texture ready to be mangled in your plugins and transformed into something truly unique! ⚡🔊

Perfect for sound designers, experimental artists, and anyone looking to explore electromagnetic soundscapes.

🔊 Download on Bandcamp:
https://thefieldrecordist.bandcamp.com/

Let’s Connect:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheFieldRecordist
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Dishwave - Electromagnetic! [Free Download]

Breath, voice, violin bow on electric guitar, electric piano, effect pedals, percussion, non synchronized loops, two tube amps. Field recording: Electromagnetic waves made audible with Soma Ether. Spoken words: "Ariel" (1962), last verses, read by Sylvia Plath. All sounds (except Plath's reading) mixing and production: Velvet Something Superdark.
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"And I 
Am the arrow,

The dew that flies
Suicidal, at one with the drive
Into the red

Eye, the cauldron of morning."
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Part of https://soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/sets/ariel

Download

Ariel

Acoustic thunder-drums, electric piano, non synchronized loops, two tube amps. Field recording: Electromagnetic waves made audible with Soma Ether. All sounds mixing and production: Velvet Something Superdark.
Part of https://soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/sets/ariel

Magnetic Clouds

Electric piano, effect pedals, non synchronized loops, two tube amps. Field recording: Electromagnetic waves made audible with Soma Ether. Spoken words: "Ariel" (Sylvia Plath, 1962), last verses, read by the author. All sounds (except Plath's reading) mixing and production: Velvet Something Superdark.
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"And I
Am the arrow,

The dew that flies
Suicidal, at one with the drive
Into the red

Eye, the cauldron of morning."
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Part of https://soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/sets/ariel

Cauldron

🎧 Welcome to TheFieldRecordist! 🎤

I’m Ramy, a passionate sound recordist, audio mixer, and producer based in Melbourne, Australia, capturing the world’s hidden sonic gems—one recording at a time.

TheFieldRecordist is all about exploring sound and sharing it with fellow creatives. Whether you're designing soundscapes, producing music, or working on film post-production, you’ll find a collection of original, royalty-free sounds ready to bring your projects to life.

I’d love for you to join me on this journey! Follow along, explore the sounds, and check out the full discography here:
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Let’s make some noise together! 🚀🎙️

Field recordings, ambient compositions, found sound, Sample based

Handmade (Experimental) (Ambient) Sound (Art)

Velvet Something Superdark is 1/2 of  https://soundcloud.com/snow_omen

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

.... 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)

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