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11 No Metaphor

To see you down
You gave me homes
The trained hour
I never heard it

Is this here
Are you done

We can head home
Take the side street
There won't be any cops

Pulled up from the trenches
Chose bodies from symbols
This is our War

Your eyes are like Home
Decay stops In your Embrace

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Something in the Room She Moves

Finders Keepers invite you to witness these incredible early Buchla synthesiser concerts/demonstrations providing a distinctive feminine alternative to The Silver Apples Of The Moon if they had ever been presented in phonographic form. This is history in the remaking.
This spring Finders Keepers Records are proud to release an archival project that not only redefines musical history but boasts genuine claim to the overused buzzwords such as pioneering, maverick, experimental, groundbreaking and esoteric, while questioning social politics and the evolution of music technology as we’ve come to understand it. To describe this records as a game-changer is an understatement.
This record represents a musical revolution, a scientific benchmark and a trophy in the cabinet of counter culture creativity. This record is a triumphant yardstick in the synthesiser space race and the untold story of the first woman on the proverbial moon. While pondering the early accolades of this record it’s daunting to learn that this record was in fact not a record at all… It was a manifesto and a gateway to a new world, that somehow never quite opened. If the unfamiliar, modernistic, melodic, pulses, tones and harmonics found on this 1975 live presentation/grant application/educational demonstration had been placed in a phonographic context alongside the promoted work of Morton Subotnick, Walter Carlos or Tomita then the name Suzanne Ciani and her influence would have already radically changed the shape, sound and gender of our record collections. Hopefully there is still chance.
In short, Suzanne was a self-imposed twenty-year-old employee of the Buchla modular synthesiser company, San Francisco’s neck and neck contender to New York’s Moog. Buchla was run by a community of festival freaks and academic acid eaters whose roots in new age lifestyles and the reinvention of art and music replaced the business acumen enjoyed by its likeminded East Coasters. In the eyes of the consumer the creative refusal to adopt rudimentary facets like a piano keyboard controller rendered the Buchla synthesiser the more obscure stubborn sister of the synth marathon, steering these incredible units away from the mainstream into the homes and studios of free music aficionados, art house composers and die-hard revolutionaries. Championed and semi-showcased by composer Morton Subotnick on his albums The Bull and Silver Apples Of The Moon, Buchla’s versatility began to open the minds of a new generation, but the high-end design features and no-compromise modus operandi was often confused with incompatibility and, in the pulsating shadow of Moog’s marketing, the revolution would not be televised nor patronised. Suzanne Ciani, as one of the very few female composers on the frontline (and also providing the back line) did not lose faith.
These “concerts” are the epitome of rare music technology historic documents, performed by a real musician whose skills and academic education in classical composition already outweighed her male synthesiser contemporaries of twice her age. At the very start of her fragile career these recordings are nothing short of sacrificial ode to her mentor and machine, sonic pickets of the revolution and love letters to an absolutely genuine vision of and ‘alternative’ musical future. In denouncing her own precocious polymathmatic past in a bid to persuade the world to sing from a new hymn sheet, Suzanne Ciani created a bi-product of never before heard music that would render the pigeon holes “ambient” and “futuristic” utterly inadequate. Providing nothing short of an entirely different feminine take on the experimental “records” of Morton Subotnick and proving to a small, judgmental audience and jury the true versatility of one of the most radical and idiosyncratic musical instruments of the 20th century. These recordings have not been heard since then.

Buchla Concerts 1975

Suzanne Ciani - Buchla Concerts 1975 (Excerpt)

Nova
by Beautify Junkyards
LP,CD and DL
20th September 2024
GBX046
Ghost Box Records
www.ghostbox.co.uk

Nova

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On The Otherside (Balearic Mastermix)

A lovers selection strictly for the adultz, courtesy of Norman Francis - the man behind lovers rock archive The Revival Master. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/adultz-only/episodes/adultz-only-27th-august-2024

Adultz Only 270824

Every month, Jordanian curator, DJ and producer Mayss pays tribute to an inspirational label. This month, she puts the spotlight on Berlin based label run by Nick Klein, Psychic Liberation.

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Outsiders: Mayss | Thank You Psychic Liberation @ Kiosk Radio 11.09.2024

56 DJs & Stones Throw Records employees, David Valencia, Kota Yoshioka, Nic Cabrera, Dain Valdes, Shane Sakanoi & Tim Nable bring you “Whodis?” twice a month on NTS Los Angeles. Expect to hear sounds ranging from Hip Hop, House, Jazz, Soul, Funk, Disco, Electro and more. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/56-djs/episodes/56-djs-19th-september-2024

Whodis? w/ DJV (all 45s live) 190924

Tune into Ghost Notes Worldwide for that post-twilight sound. Night time music of all strains, with blunted R&B and hip hop instrumentals, neo-downtempo productions, slow jams, and hazy dancefloor sounds. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/impey/episodes/impey-19th-september-2024

Ghost Notes Worldwide 190924

@evitceles

Our series of mixes continues with Bulgarian producer Etien Slavchev aka Evitceles, who has released on Opal Tapes, Amek, Seagrave, Noorden and other labels.

We recommend checking out his latest album "Erosion", which was released on the Italian Repulse Xplosif this summer.

Tracklist:
Blessed By Saturn - As Long As I Breathe
Cyberian - ??
11xxx27 & Mystics - Watching Back
Mytrip - Circle Of Loss (XI-N remix)
PULSE X - Kiss The Future
Jabu - Oceanside Spider House
Dregs -  Guilt Garden
Evitceles - Irrational
Born Erased - Melting Lungs
Narrow Head - Delano Door
Korn - Porno Creep
Double Virgo - Centaurella 44

ethereal mix 090: Evitceles

The Maryland songwriter returns to the NTS fold for another hour-long selection off the heels of the release of his new album on Drag City, ‘Resuscitate’. Current favourites and inspirations covering blues, anarcho punk, baroque music and more. 

 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/bill-callahan-24th-september-2024

Bill Callahan 240924

'Percentages' is the first track taken from Sauna Youth's new album 'Deaths', out September 7th through Upset The Rhythm.

Available to pre-order here: http://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

Deaths

Sauna Youth - 'Percentages'

Second single from DEAF's debut EP 'The DEAF EP' to be released later in 2018.

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UPSET THE RHYTHM is a live music promoter and record label based in London, which is collectively run with enthusiasm, commitment, a sense for adventure and a desire to have fun in the process. 

Sauna Youth - 'Percentages'

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