Name: The decline of flesh [AO OSD 64] by Tuonela
Duration: 9 min 10 s
Description: My contribution to the sonic fun and games at ambientonline's 64th One Sample Dare, https://www.ambientonline.org/forum/ambient/ao-challenges/93123-one-sample-challenge-64

Super work Ian.  I like the way you interspersed some of the original sample amongst the processed sample. It gave it quite an atmosphere. You got my vote that for sure.

such a cavernous and immersive landscape. 

Crazy sonic journey. These are oftentimes more of an experience than a series of sounds. Always fascinating, Ian. :)

birds and machines - an intense blend of industrial and nature sound elements

all sounds and noises from an old Korg MS20

old MS20

Another Siren's Song

Soundscape Experiment #115

Many of my newer and older tracks can be found on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0NkqmjUucou8M961K898C5?si=ebE102JdSri4v1msLaoIvA

THE SHAPE OF WATER PART 1

Here's my favourite of the tracks that I did for the Legacy of Thought album Spine of Destiny, released on August 16th, 2024 :)

Find us on linktr.ee/legacyofthought

And for the background story, check chapter 4 here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z9SLIPfgq09iIkyDM5fi3VGRGuPFq56ll7crcrIqATI/pub

Music & production: Sander Heerings
Mastering: Chris Held (@timeaway)

Under the Ice

A deep sea adventure aboard the Bathyscaphe.

Bathyscaphe

Erasmus Mix

When I say improvised, I don't mean that I played the melody or hit the drum pad. All I did was put together the parts live, deciding in what order and with what tone. Still, I enjoyed the tension and pressure of recording live, which I'm not good at.

I regret that the rhythm in the background of the opening sax phrase is one bar short.

Improvised piece played live with a machine (303)

misty spring rains…
umbrellas high and low
aboard the ferry
(Haiku by Masaoka Shiki)
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/761959976644362240/naviarhaiku559-misty-spring-rains
Komposition1036 Orgel3

Umbrellas (naviarhaiku559)

Defender of Paradise

My contribution to the sonic fun and games at ambientonline's 64th One Sample Dare, https://www.ambientonline.org/forum/ambient/ao-challenges/93123-one-sample-challenge-64

The decline of flesh [AO OSD 64]

You must hear this: https://vimeo.com/52766051

*****

Ed Brunsden was kind and patient enough to interview me for  his blog Desert... Mountain... Dust...  - you can read it at https://desertmountaindust.blogspot.com.au/2017/02/tuonela-primitive-progressive.html

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~ Aldous Huxley

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. ~ Jean Cocteau

All music is beautiful. ~ Billy Strayhorn
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I've become addicted to drone. Again. I was the kid with his head on the piano, listening to the overtones die away, or pressing his ear to the steel hull of the ferry, enthralled by the sounds it created. I was the kid who formed wordless songs to accompany the sound of train wheels on a long journey, or hummed along with the fan on a hot day.

In the 60s I used to play my 45s on 16, or backwards, or by hand using razor blades as stylii.

I made cut-up tapes on a cheap cassette recorder in the 70s and experimented with reel-to-reel in the 80s. 

Thank you Subotnick, Lygeti, Coltrane, Jimi, Mimaroglu, Eno, Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Throbbing Gristle...

I am not a musician. I am a scavenger of sounds. I use the most basic software to process those sounds, stretching and filtering until something emerges that makes a joyful noise. Or not...

The decline of flesh [AO OSD 64]

Tuonela

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