Kyūjōshō  急上昇

"Struck" is a small collection of tracks prominently featuring my antique upright piano, brought together to celebrate Piano Day 2021.

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Early in 2020 I found a listing on Facebook Marketplace for a free antique upright piano. If you've ever been in the market for a secondhand piano you might notice that many people are just giving them away for free, mainly because they are cumbersome and costly to move. "Free" is a bit misleading.

So I found myself the proud owner of a genuine Cable Company of Chicago upright piano made in 1904. Shortly thereafter, a sweeping pandemic took over the world and I suddenly found myself more acquainted with this lovely antique. It has been over a year since I've picked it up, and couldn't be happier. Noisy hammers, a stuck Low A, a damper pedal that works on almost all of the notes. It has character. I'm always looking for ways to incorporate it into my music. it has changed how I compose and experience music.

I wanted to participate in Piano Day this year because I feel like I finally have something to contribute. This is my musical offering and I hope you love it. Please leave a comment!

~Michael Southard (Time Rival)

Hydrangea

Asche

written by christian yreil(YREIL)

Remastered by Tomomi Asakawa(Second of February)

YREIL / I Find Refugee In You(Remaster)

Shadow

Rabbit in your headlights

Please consider following/supporting my music over at https://blindcrake.rewardmusic.com/

Thanks for listening!

Kayenta

https://cousinsilas1.bandcamp.com/album/variations-on-a-theme-of-winter

Cousin Silas - Icicles

a rework from Mean Flow of a previous track by Henrik Meierkord and Marco Lucchi

febbraio 2021

Henrik Meierkord, Marco Lucchi & Mean Flow - Totentanz II

Real evil sneaks into our world in the sweetest of guises. When you can, reject Mars, Hershey's and Nestle and all companies that support slave labor of any kind. Send a friend some Slave Free Chocolate instead. It tastes much better.

At the moment we're working on two videos for an upcoming release of a single/b-side. We're very excited about them and we'll share with you soon.
 
In the meantime, here's a rough new track that we just made in support for the class action law suit of eight Malian young men who managed to escape back to Mali after being trafficked as children and forced to harvest cocoa in Cote D’Ivoire for one or more of the Defendant companies: Nestle, Cargill, Mars, Mondelēz, Hershey, Barry Callebaut, and Olam. These companies have a long history of violating human rights to produce cheap cocoa. Let's hit them where it hurts.

Hershey's Kiss of Death

Time Rival is the ambient music project of Illinois native Michael Southard.  At a young age, Michael became interested in music production and recording engineering, creating countless albums of esoteric, cross-genre music.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in music business from Southern Illinois University in 2007 and has continued honing his production and songwriting skills.
The music of Time Rival is ambient in nature and has been described as “music for dreaming”.  Mostly piano and synthesizers heavily effected by computer wizardry.  It’s generally warm and pleasant with tiny hints of tension.  Music to help the listener decompress and provoke deep thought in this digital age.

Michael also creates technical, beat driven electronic music under the name @SupplyFi, is one half of the duo @Amberglow-3, and collaborates regularly with @runninginslowmotion and @belial-pelegrim.  He is a co-owner @triplicaterecords,  has a monthly radio show on Threadsradio.com and curates mixes and playlists for TRIP FM
For inquiries: msouthard.music@gmail.com