Pandemic Compositions

Rough piece on the mandolin for this afternoon. You can even hear some sloppy fingering - proof that it's not generated by a computer (although...).
In French, "arbre à palabres" refers to the tree under which people gather to discuss, debate or listen to the village sage. It's a tradition usually associated with some African cultures but you've probably seen it somewhere else - people talking under the shade of a tree.

Perso

Arbre a palabres

L'arbre à palabres

Unknown album (26/05/2014 22:17:17)

Dandelion original

https://tarka1.bandcamp.com/album/aint-too-complicated
music . Dub Therapie @dub-therapie 
w/ Jack Joe Harry @user-217005575
vocals & vocal mix / artwork / lyrics  . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

AIN'T TOO COMPLICATED
i Love thee forever
why?
mud under my feet and
why?

Mud under my feet and why?
Mud under my feet and why?

Let we dance, let we dance…
Let we dance tonight.
Let we dance tonight.

…

let we dance tonight
we make real nice
let we dance tonight
we will make it just right

don’t make it complicated
its really pretty simpulated
we just cook up a storm y’all
we always bring our beat
make the beat
bake that bread
and break it down
break that bread
and you break your frown

bake that bread
and break it down
break that bread
and you break your frown
throw it in the oven
throw it in the oven
throw it in the oven
let it work a while
let it work a while


let me make it 
let me make it
real simple
ain’t too complicated
ain’t too complicated
ain’t too complicated
ain’t too….

345678 in this case
maybe that’s more
we can have the more
the merrier
the merrier
the  more the more

my middle name is more
when it comes to food y’all
my middle name is more 
when it comes to dance y'all
when it comes to sing y'all
but a name is no more
no more
if you don’t want no more
step out the door
step out - no no no
better come back in


wicket with
when we play cricket it

wicket wicket with
when we play cricket

oh watch that ball go
watch that ball go
hand me my sugar-cane
hand me my sugar-cane
i’m gonna use it like my cricket bat
i used to play cricket in a backyard
as big as your park


and now we do it
we do it
in a backyard
as small as your closet y’all
but you know we still do it
you know how we do it
its not too complicated its really just simple
we all just eat eat eat and we meet meet meet and we greet greet greet

and you can figure it out
cause we laugh a lot too

what? me? no nooo, i don’t laugh, i don’t get upset, I don’t, you know,
no, we don’t wanna get into that right now,, right now actually
i’m singing a song right now!

Right Back to the Laughing!!!
DUB THERAPEUTICS IN THE HOUSE Y'ALL!!
i should say that more often in these tracks!
RIGHT!? uhnh!
RIGHT ON!

I would clink my coaster now with my rum but
they already doing it at dub therapeutic

you don't need a perrier
no no no
you don’t need a pedicure or a manicure
because you got therapeuticure?

yeah i should quite my day job
cause i’m a comedian for my day job 
hahaha!!!

cheers cheers cheers to you all
who i don’t have access to 
you know clink clink clink ting ting ting
you know cheers cheers

its all one world one life one love 
and its all talk
but if you hear me
then wow

wamanow
we-me-now
we now
we know
we don’t just talk now
this is surround (sound)
we don’t talk now
we don’t just
we don’t ….

come on
come on
come with us

come come come on with us
now
its not too complicated
it s really quite simple

break bread
and then you break beat
and then the beat take yo' bread
wow ahhhaaaa how? ooooooooo oooo
ain’t too complicated

Throw It In The Oven

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Ain't Too Complicated - Dub Therapie / Myrh

Studio  Composition by Anthony Cutrera.

Saint Origen of Alexandria: A Declaration

In the history of Christianity, there are figures whose contributions transcend the confines of orthodoxy and whose dedication to the teachings of Jesus Christ embody the very essence of faith. Origen of Alexandria, the father of theology, stands as one such figure—a man who devoted his life to the gospel, endured persecution, and suffered as a martyr for his beliefs. Yet, despite his monumental influence, the Roman orthodox church has never fully recognized his work or granted him the title of saint. This omission is a loss to the spiritual heritage of humanity .  Today, let us rectify this oversight by honoring Origen Of Alexandria as a saint in spirit  and truth -  a true  disciple of the teachings of Christ.

Saint Origen of Alexandria

Embryonic Journey Cover

Piccadilly

Track

CRAZY COMPASS: Penza, Russia - Belgium - France - Moscow, Russia (march 2020)

Music: Somebody Bo @somebody-bo & Deep Man @deep-man-2-121969062
Singing/words: Luciole Langevine @luciole-langevine & Nata Boundariver @crazycompass

*

French text (Luciole Langevine):

I'm looking for words that slip away and wobble
Words
I'm looking for words that slip away and wobble
Words, words words
Black on white

I was looking for words
And here are colors that sparkle
Colours
I was looking for words
And here are colors

*

Russian text (Nata Boundariver):

I woke up.
And pure unminded world
opened before my eyes.
From viscous sounds -
straight, curved and spherical -
arose
High Day.

/

Original in Russian:

Я проснулась.
И перед глазами застыл
чистый неподуманный мир.
Из звуков вязких
прямых, кривых и шарообразных
возник
Праздник.

*

P.S. This flower grew on my windowsill from a bulb thrown by someone.

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ПРАЗДНИК / High Day (with Luciole Langevine, Deep Man & Somebody Bo)

Take heed
in the world
on the planet
in the ecosystem
move mindfully
in the world
be kind
to your brother
to your sister
to the boys
to the girls
love one another
like your neighbors

Lady of Fire Poetry original
sampled by Tanisha Jackland

Two Step Planet

plus du tout d'incertitude , pour vivre autrement,soyons vigilant de s'entraidé,le temps qu'ils nous reste d'aimer

En suspens

DaReVoStock Part1 IrCl (Irregular Clock)

Composition for modular set up where "rhythmic" parts are triggered by an irregular clock; these irregular triggers influence the interaction between the musician and the instruments creating unexpected changes.

DaReVoStock is a morphology of “Das Reich Von Stockhausen” a combination of the composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and Steve Reich. DaReVoStock isn’t ment to put Stockhausen above Reich, it just sounds ok.

Reading their biographies distilled key words/phrases are “repetitive figures”, “slow rhythms, tape loops, “phasing patterns”, “controlled chance”, “transformers”, “generators”, “modulators”, “magneto-phones”, “abstract (synthetic) sound”, “noise”, etc. All these key words & phrases can be translated into the modular world of music creating several DaReVoStock parts (Steve Reich and Karlheinz Stochhausen where involved into electronic music).

Read more about "The DaReVoStock Study" on a dedicated page at the SONICrider website --> https://sonicrider.nl/?page_id=958

DaReVoStock Part1 IrCl

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Drift Away

Something a bit more jazzy and optimistic. Hopefully everything will get easier.

Easier & Easier

music : 
@le-pop-1 Le Petit Organ Prostitute
original instrumental here: 
https://soundcloud.com/le-pop-1/le-pow-mystery-marker-dub
vocals were layered using:
@ladyofire Lady of Fire Poetry's "God is a DJ" Open collaboration
https://soundcloud.com/ladyofire/god-is-a-dj-open-collaboration
@tony-morris-308328247 Tony+Morris's free download piece "Szchamacham"
https://soundcloud.com/tony-morris-308328247/szchamacham-1
artwork, vox and vocal layering : Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

the First Draft of this song came about for the @tea-snuggery takeover I did in April 2020 ::::))))) This original instrumental from Le Petit Organ Prostitute is from 6 years ago (!) I added some of my voice and Lady of Fire Poetry's vocals for the First Draft to start off the mix with something from the past but also something from the present. 
https://soundcloud.com/tea-snuggery/tea-snuggery-show-14-threads-landau-08-apr-20_w-tarka-aka-myrh-2020?in=myrhyum/sets/on-every-street-corner-2

Tea Snuggery

Like A Possession - Le Petit Organ Prostitute f. Lady Of Fire Poetry, Myrh & Tony+Morris

Forbidden Horizon

Red Sun

Holo Spaces

L I J E L - voice  soundcloud.com/lijel
Thomas Sander - guitar, electronics
April 2020
a nice collaboration

∑ASC - L I J E L / Thomas Sander

Moebius

You might like to watch a video clip for this track at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_07erk0_mDs

During the first days of this newly started pandemic era, I couldn't help but rereading Sophocles' tragedy "Oedipus the king" and meditate on how it was meant to be interpreted at the time of its first mise-en-scène. Despite being normally considered today as a quintessential hero (and victim) of rational (self-) knowledge, following the subsequent Aristotelian interpretation of this character, my impression is that Oedipus, holder of the political power, is somehow pressured to investigate his own roots (and infamy) by the public of his subjects asking him for a solution to the plague infesting their town, more than by his own, allegedly inquiring will. Oedipus' behaviour, consisting in minimizing the extent of the plague and claiming to be doing every effort in order to fight it at first, then panicking as more as his responsibility (and his sin...) becomes clear to everyone, somehow reminded me of our current, global situation; so I've tried to portray it by recording this experimental track. The recited ancient Greek text is drawn from the initial verse of Sophocles' work, and this is its English translation:

"My children, latest generation born from Cadmus,
why are you sitting here
with wreathed sticks in supplication to me,
while the city fills with incense,
chants, and cries of pain?"

ὦ τέκνα, Κάδμου τοῦ πάλαι νέα τροφή,
τίνας ποθ᾽ ἕδρας τάσδε μοι θοάζετε
ἱκτηρίοις κλάδοισιν ἐξεστεμμένοι;
πόλις δ᾽ ὁμοῦ μὲν θυμιαμάτων γέμει,
ὁμοῦ δὲ παιάνων τε καὶ στεναγμάτων

This track is dedicated to my friend Thomas @ansound-655183295

Teth Sin : electric guitars, bağlama, vocals, Cretan lyra, bass guitar, samplers (percussions, raw data, electric piano), synthesizers, field recordings, sound design

Original composition, arrangement, mix, mastering & cover artwork design by Teth Sin

Pandemic Aberration

First album, "That's Sin", is out on Bandcamp @ https://tethsin.bandcamp.com/album/thats-sin

Pandemic Compositions

Teth Sin - Reposts, Collaborations & Covers