in which our intrepid joglaressa escapes the confines of acousticness for the most part. sound design exploration, synth shenanigans and other preposterous yet droney and croney things.

Ante Portas - sketches of discovery

Memories of a circle dance

In case you didn't know.. it wasn't Albinioni.

It Wasn't Albinioni

A 25 year old riff reincarnated when the stars aligned between the citole and the hurdy gurdy.

Synastria

Algerian mandole, citole and coincidences.

11:11

Performed live in Second Life on June 30 2022
Unstructured Playtime feat: Saz Fuzz - cura saz, looper, cycling through a Zoom 505 guitar effects pedal. 

beach music for the apocalypse and the few who weather it.

Feat: Saz Fuzz

Persevering against the persistence of technological middle fingers, the presence of invisible butts and clouds orange and white.

The Night When Everything Broke (live in SL)

The Night When Everything Broke

robins m' aime, from Le Jeu De Robins Et Marion by Adam de la Halle.
voice | citole | Akai MPK miniplay | Ditto mic looper

Robins m'aime

Tant M'Abelis (So Much I Love), written by the 12th c. Catalan Troubadour Berengeur de Palou. Voices, The Human Body, Citole, AKAI MPK Miniplay, Ditto Mic Looper

Performed live in Second Life on October 20th. Uploaded same day, at 11:11pm.

Tant M'Abelis (So Much I Love)

AKAI MPKminiplay, medieval citole, cura saz, plucked psaltery, spoken word, Ditto X4

Circling John Donne's "Death Be Not Proud"

Quand Je Bois Du Vin Clairet, but not in Tourdion tempo. My non-apologies to Monsieur Attaingnant for taking his fine tune for a four-beat stroll. 

An ode to friendship, wine, and bacon. 

The usual gear suspects.

Quant Je Bois - Not A Tourdion

One of Angelo Branduardi's finest songs, given the Dia treatment. Grazie Maestro!
saz, citole, AKAI, voice, Ditto X4

(state buoni se potete)

Vanità di vanità (A. Branduardi cover)

I had to take another go on this 12th century goliard from the Codex Buranum, for a number of reasons - availability of equipment, and also desired timber. 
The longing is lessened in this version, but other sentiments are more prominent. 
Vocals, saz, Zoom505, AkaiMiniplay. complete absence of resolutions.

Tempus Transit Gelidum (dark edit in G)

Saz on flanger, Arturia Pigments, AKAI MPK Miniplayer and the odd whisper. 
Stella Splendens from the Livre Vermell de Montserrat (the red book of the serrated mountain) XIVc Catalonha, Spain.

A Calculated Acquaintance On The Serrated Mountain

Improvisational intro
Arturia Pigments, Yamaha alto recorder in F
cause F it. 
Performed live at the Wastelands on January 13

Ladder To Petra

oh, the things you can see there.. 

Arturia Pigments

Behind Closed Eyelids

well, we made it through an entire year of looping shenanigans
citole, saz, AKAI MPK miniplay, Pigments, frame drum, zills, bells, 

and y'all. 
Presented live at the Wastelands, February 2 2023

Drone Crone - 1 Year Later

A wave-crashing dialogue of stone and water

Single takes.

Sea Cliff The Highest

Akai MPK miniplay, visceral longing, and a quiet night adrift, back when there was hope.

The Sum Of Our Pasts

Imagine knowing exactly where you going
Getting there
There's very little left to say, or do
And yet you're only half way there. 
Half way past your good-byes
Half way past your epilogues
Half way past your entire, well, entirety. 

(Exunt Omnes)

Half-Way Epilogue

Imagine the air cutting sharp inwards as well as outwards
The exhaustion of blinking so that our tiny lights may also blink
The expectation that was never meant to be exceeded
And an introvert's flavor of holiday cheer. 
And bells? Yes. Hanging from a thread, in the thin air.

Breathing In The Stillness

"Lucente Stella" - 14th c. Italian Ballata, Anonymous Composer, Codex Rossi 215

live take - voice, arturia pigments, air minigrand, akai miniplay

Lucente Stella

the wastelands are 17 years old
here's a set that rose to the occasion.
and here's to next year. 

Image by the human behind the avatar of Langstrath Valley

Live At The Wastelands 17 Birthday

2 years of unstructured playtime 
about time to just put out 
the oldest love song known
in the english language

(of me sorwes, thou may me save!)

performed live at the wastelands in second life on Feb 1 2024.

Byrd One Brere

her entire substance unfolded into the shimmering darkness
her name was called forth by hosts of heralds
she walked in, stared for an eternity long moment
turned around and back to her hermitage 
she went.

The House At The End Of The Road

on the occasion of  ESKOL closing its doors for a while
{like the the uprooted of old did, 
closed the door, took the key
and solemnly placed it by their god's image where they found themselves next
praying one day to return. }

Relinquens In Tenebris

Esta é como Santa María juïgou a alma do Roméu que ía a Santïago, que se matou na carreira por engano do dïabo, que tornass' ao córpo e fezésse pẽedença

(performed live at the Wastelands in Second Life)
(I promised I'll be back)

CSM 26 non é gran cousa

You know how time flies and you race against it with everything you have?
No, that's not what to do in this instance. 
Here, the objective, as it was whispered to me once upon a time, is to wish for time to expand; for all the reasons you'd think
and for some you'd not.

(presented live at the Wastelands in Second Life. Image by the talented human behind the avatar of Grady Echegaray)

Live At Promgeddon 24

Ferragosto edition
(Mary opened half an eyelid; her ears perked and her nostrils flared. The mourning crowd (with the exception of that one pair of hands) was no longer around her enormous coffin bed. They had all migrated to a large courtyard where music played, dancers moved in circles, wine flowed and pigs roasted in embers. "Assumption is for suckers", she thought, and got up to join the dance)

When Mary Slumbered No More

To adorn oneself with the synesthetic spectacle of a million sparkling facets on a barren land - that is the Burn. 
My profound thanks to Camp Una Lux for the invitation and hospitality.
Pic by Shiny Starchild

Live At Una Lux - 2024CE

Live at the Drone Haven Music Festival
Arturia Pigments - Sonicware Ambient 0 - AIR Velvet - AKAI MiniPlay - citole, saz, alto recorder, voice, bells, yes
Centuries old songs
and the last words of a man perhaps named Pablo (original text by me)

Drone Haven is an immersive virtual installation in Second Life. You can visit it here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TheRefuge/141/130/21

Pic by Cate Infinity

Live At Drone Haven

Live at the Wastelands, as I do most weeks. Voice, citole, saz, effects, Akai Miniplay, Sonicware Liven Ambient, Minigrand, and the hundred thousand organic lights rising as one the moment I sit down to play. After I am finished I venture out to meet them; their welcome is debatable. 

Hour of the Fireflies

The Second Life presence of an artist who does it completely different in her First one. Live looping with acoustic instruments of the mostly medieval persuasion and the odd synths for good measure. Improvisation, ostinati, drones and some very old tunes thrown in the mix. Add to that some guitar equipment from the 90s and who knows what else natural selection might bring!

unstructured playtime

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