Hell Canto

On 7.10.23, Palestinian forces, led by Hamas, broke down the fence separating the Gaza enclave from Israel and unleashed a savage day of slaughter and kidnapping that ended with 1,195 dead on the Israeli side and 251 taken as hostages. The Israeli response was just as savage but much longer lasting and much, much more devastating. It resulted (at the time of writing) in around 72,000 deaths (70,000 - most likely, many more - Palestinians, largely non combatants, and 2,000 Israelis, largely soldiers) in Gaza, as well as at least 170,000 Palestinians injured, compounded by a genocidal policy of starvation and destruction of civil order. A response that has destroyed most of Gaza and accelerated the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank - where there have been around 1,000 Palestinian deaths caused by Israeli settlers and the IDF since October ’23. There have also been many deaths and injured in Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Yemen.

The horrors of the Unholy Land felt near at home, and like the invasion of Ukraine, pushed me to give some kind of personal response - however pointless and inadequate - beyond following and sharing news and commentaries. Already far into Luna rising, a text and electronica album about Ukraine and Russia, I didn't feel capable of responding with texts so I embarked on a wordless album called Hell Canto.

The parameters are the same for each of the Hell Canto pieces. I’d call the methodology a way of comprovisation, of making sound poetry, derived from vocal improvisations and electronic manipulations. In November '25, having recorded 50 pieces, decided to stop adding more - also the fragile and unlikely October '25 ceasefire remains in place though in practice the word ‘ceasefire’ is a bad joke, with no sign of real peace and humanitarian and political solutions on the horizon. I’ve listened through the 50 pieces and chosen 27 that I’d like to be included in the album and 23 which are orphans for the time being at least. The 27 pieces come to a total of 80 minutes which might be too long for a CD. It’s not sure yet. Anyway, for now there are 2 Soundcloud playlists - the 27 in the draft order for the album, and the 23 which for now are in order of recording.

Raining Spiderling
Istanbul, December 2025

Withered womb (mix 3.1)

Ce qu'en pense le crépuscule...

1: White Socks - Monday, 06:05 (Granie, Soma Lyra 8, Soma COSMOS)
2: White Socks - Tuesday, 04:09 (Granie, Soma Lyra 8, Soma COSMOS)
3: White Socks - Wednesday, 04:36 (Granie, Soma Enner, Soma COSMOS)
4: White Socks - Thursday, 05:18 (Granie, Soma Pipe, Soma COSMOS)
5: White Socks - Friday, 03:39 (Granie, Soma Lyra 8, Soma COSMOS) 
Total 23:47

Dates:
15-Dec-2025 (inception), 17-Dec-2025 (finalised), 18-Dec-2025 (released)

Artists:
Music composed, performed, produced by Norman Freund
Artwork by Norman Freund

BandCamp Purchase:
https://normanfreund.bandcamp.com/album/white-socks

Description:
Whilst on a my daily walk around the neighbourhood, I looked down at my white socks and wondered what sounds would be heard if I slipped my iPhone into my socks and pressed record? My initial thoughts were granular synthesis using my Granie synthesiser. It was very much a case of expecting weird stuff not knowing what sounds it may pick up. Five passages in White Socks: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. All using the sounds from the white socks passed through the Granie granular synthesiser to provide inspiration for performances on Soma hardware synthesisers Lyra 8, Enner and The Pipe. The Soma COSMOS provided the echo chamber that talks to the musician, the musician responds. Both the Lyra 8 and Enner were driven by my human hands, turning dials or activating sensitive touch pads. The Soma Pipe was driven by my human voice. Final multi-track recording by my Granie and FindTheBeat digital software based synthesiser/recording systems. Keeping it human, no AI used here!

Track 1: White Socks - Monday
Sounds of foot steps as heard by socks,
Slow at first,
Every crackle and creak,
Other ambient sounds,
Pace builds up,
Sock sounds enter Granular synthesis,
Sounds re-imagined,
Lyra 8 interprets.

Track 2: White Socks - Tuesday
Echos of granulised sock sounds,
Shifting delays,
Tentative touches of Lyra 8,
Like shifting sands,
The Granular socks come and go,
Washing over Lyra 8.

Track 3: White Socks - Wednesday
Tides of granular socks,
Swaying rhythms of the Enner,
Walker journey continues,
Is it bird song,
Or is it Enner speaking?

Track 4: White Socks - Thursday
Tidal remnants of the grains float past,
Walker responds through the Pipe,
Grains answer back,
Ever present steps of the walker,
Stirring the grains.

Track 5: White Socks - Friday
Grains intertwine and reverberate,
Lyra 8 interrupts,
Pauses for a moment,
Walker contemplates,
Lyra beckons.


Granular synthesis in Granie release 6.2 using the new graphical sequencer. The Soma COSMOS played the roles of reverb and taking fragments of sounds from the Lyra 8, Pipe and Enner replaying them in creative ways as directed by the performer. Each of the five passages of a continuity of theme, using the rhythmic choices of the previous passage as a starting point, then changing them. 

Tuning of the granular synthesiser was a simple harmonic series of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 with the master reference frequency of 6 Hz. Because it was granular synthesis, this 6 Hz was the replay frequency of the grains, length of grains (in milliseconds) was varied. There were up to four voices with their root notes as follows: voice 1 tuned at 6 Hz, voice 2 tuned a perfect fourth a 4/3 ratio at 8 Hz, voice 3 tuned 4 octaves up a ratio of 16/1 at 96 Hz. Occasionally a fourth voice came into play at 0.346 Hz, again tuned in a harmonic series, with the root tuned 4949 cents below the master reference frequency of 6 Hz. The negative 4949 cents (4 octaves and 139 cent), seems like an odd ball tuning, it's root note was tuned by ear, I liked it, so kept it.

The Soma Pipe algorithms used were Orpheus (twin resonant reverberators), Filtera (resonant band pass filter) and Drum #1.

The Granie synthesiser can be purchased from my GumRoad site at:
https://normanfreund.gumroad.com/l/granie

White Socks - Friday

IO Podcast Series Episode 003 mixed by Simone Bauer(@simonebauer).

Artwork by MTRL.

Podcast 003 - SIMONE BAUER

Greetings 5th Dayers. We’re sending love and hoping you’re staying safe and well.

There’s no denying that now more than ever, the familiar rhythms of the music we love can provide respite, comfort and relief and so it’s our biggest pleasure to bring you another outstanding listening remedy to do exactly that.

Vicky Zissou has been capturing hearts, minds and dancing feet with her richly organic, eclectic sound over recent years, flitting between “atmospheric, dubby, acid and raw industrial vibrations” in a way that oozes with class and ensures your attention never wavers.

“Her dark-layered hypnotic techno sets come with electric intensity, a shimmer of light and ease, and a drop of emotion.”, the continuously shifting grooves locking you in in a continuous, trippy, hypnotic haze.

When she’s not gigging in Sweden and Berlin alongside the likes of Abdulla Rashim, Dorisburg, Evigt Mörker, Sebastian Mullaert and Fjäder, she’s working on her own tracks and collaborations, including the beautiful ‘Matilda’ project alongside Hampus Bogren – “a genderless project challenging people’s preconceptions and mental images, with a sound marked by modular synthesizers, complex patches, atmospheric / experimental sounds, and driving rhythmic percussions.”

We dare you to try hit pause on this one!

Big love Vicky! <3

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vickyzissoudj/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/vicky-zissou
RA: https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/vickyzissou-se

On the 5th Day Podcast #109 - Vicky Zissou

IO Podcast Series Episode 017 recorded by Elochim.
All tracks are written and produced by Elochim(@elochim).

Artwork by @mtrl_audio.
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Some words Elochim told us:

Erik Lydecker, 37 years old. Husband and a father of four angels. Born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. With an academic background in the natural sciences, philosophy and religion I found myself having all the answers but still deep down I knew that I had no answer at all. At first this troubled me but with the help of mother nature I finally realized that the highest truth lies in the paradox. I vividly came to see how the servant was God and how God was the servant. I am not a musician nor an artist, but I found my self in a reality where reality itself never could be described with words. So I turned to the production music, not for the sake of music, but for trying to transfer the beauty of the paradox to others. As scientist I know that sound has no limits. So what better tool than sound to use when you want to explain the eternal.

Podcast 017 - ELOCHIM

This week, Klara brings her inner energy to your home stereo, headphones or car. Across 60 minutes there is an astounding journey carrying you through various sorts of lower pitched patterns and frequencies. Coming from Skopje, North-Macedonia, Klara unfolds her sonic expressions and creativity not only in the form of dj sets, but also with live performances. This multidisciplinary art is shaped by her background in psychology. 

The recording she prepared for us includes an interesting selection of tracks which will undoubtedly help you dream away. Enjoy. 

SC: https://soundcloud.com/klara_vedis
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Klara.Vedis
MC: https://www.mixcloud.com/Klara_Vedis

Forsvarlig Podcast Series 084 - Klara

Welcome to another experimental episode of our CodeCast XY sessions.

Yóhan is an ambient/deep techno artist in Seoul and a director of the techno label, Artscope.
He pursuits the making of rough and industrial, non-musical noisy sounds into silky and sophisticated moods. He believes that there are some musical energy in all the sounds around us. He also thinks that we all feel some kinds of beauty, feelings and some memories in it and always tries to express emotions of the modern times - “the period of mechanics”.
He creates deep dark but warm texture of space made of ambient, industrial sounds to express his deepest pain and feeling. And always tries to investigate a new sound and a new combination of sounds and released his tracks in such as Artscope, Arcing seas and Lett records.

Few interesting words he told us about this particular session:
"Well, making this set was like the process of watching my inside. I wanted to observe the weakness and the strength, the peacefulnes and the violence, the darkness and the light .... the whole me from the deep down was what I wanted to express. Maybe there is a childish coward, maybe there is a freak nerd, maybe there is a strong man or maybe there is also an destructive evil monster. I don't wanted to judge and just wanted to watch inside of me and express them and I didn't want to make any intentional balancing among them. So maybe this mix is more biased to some aspects and I think "well then, that is me, at the moment""

We hope you enjoy this introspective journey, by https://soundcloud.com/yohannoh.

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CODECAST XY - Yóhan - Self Portrait

Miejsca w techno, gdzie... | Podcast 104 | Klara
03.05.2018

Coming from the Land of the Sun, Klara is an aspiring artist creating her mark on the global psychedelic and deep, hypnotic techno scene.
With her wide DJ / Live sonic expressions, strongly induced by her deep philosophical esoteric background and psychological knowledge, she brings a special kind of emotional energy to every show, penetrating into human consciousness by insightfully transmuting cosmic and natural vibrations which resonate among and below us

SC: @klara_vedis
FB: www.facebook.com/Klara.Vedis
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Miejsca w techno, gdzie... | 104: Klara

[ AARD018 ] How to levitate   - Following Paths 


Artists :How to levitate
Title: Following Paths
Label: Aarden Records 
Format: Digital
Country: Belgium
Genre: Electronic 
Style: Ambient, Deep
Release Date: 11-02-2021
Digital Distribution by: NEWS digital Belgium, Bandcamp and Formaviva
Mastering by Kevin Erckens
Artwork by Unum (@Brunumo) 
Catalog Number: AARD018

How to levitate ( Madrid, Spain )

ARTIST LINKS

https://www.facebook.com/howtolevitate
https://soundcloud.com/howtolevitate
https://formaviva.com/how-to-levitate

BDT Premiere:  How To Levitate - Following Paths

Oslated Premiere 356

How To Levitate - Following Paths
Following Paths [AARD018 / Aarden Records]

Produced by Tasio Rey aka How To Levitate
Mastered by Kevin Erckens
Artwork by Unum
Released by Aarden Records from Ghent, Belgium
Release Date : February 11th. 2020

How To Levitate (Madrid, Spain)
https://soundcloud.com/howtolevitate
https://www.facebook.com/howtolevitate
https://www.instagram.com/tatzio

Aarden Records
https://www.aardenrecords.com
https://soundcloud.com/aardenrecords
https://www.facebook.com/aardenrecords
https://www.instagram.com/aardenrecords
https://aardenrecords-official.bandcamp.com

Oslated.
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https://soundcloud.com/oslated
https://oslated.bandcamp.com

Following Paths

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