Great Conjunctions

Mind series is dedicated to ambient with an eerie perfume

Mind 7

If you have a DARK ambient, ritual, gloomy atmospheric track, and if you want to be on this playlist, send me a message.

Dark Ambient

tripism

photo : https://zuunzug.com/2021/08/31/broken-world-vii/

My 2021 Playback (by Soundcloud)

un ricordo di mia madre v v v OLÈ

Demolition of the Siemens Nixdorf Building, Vienna 2021 – Alienated Field Recording

Noir

Wir müssen alles rückwärtsgängig machen

nobody was there

Nobody Was There

"Everybody's got a different idea o' why they call the place Mer Rouge--you know, "Red Sea" in French--when they ain't even any ocean around. Hell, we 200 miles from the Gulf!

"The one that's right, I think, is the story 'bout folks livin' up on Red Hill, lookin' down on the flat Delta, all covered in red clover in the Spring...that sounds like a Red Sea, don't it?" (Uncle Hassell, taped interview, May, 1989)

For this piece, Hassell used tape loops ("some of 'em was so worn out, you couldn't tell what it was") and synthesizers to evoke the sight of Prairie Mer Rouge in the early days of settlement, as a warm breeze created waves on a sea of red clover.

Prairie Mer Rouge

An experiment using massively distorted violins

Waiting

Crazy Compass - Поклонение Духам Огня, Земли, Воды и Ветра / Worshiping to the Spirits of Fire, Earth, Water and Wind https://meticulousmidgets.bandcamp.com/album/worshiping-to-the-spirits-of-fire-earth-water-and-wind

CRAZY COMPASS: Penza-Moscow, Russia (spring 2021)

Alexander Bozhday / @Somebody-Bo - shaman tambourine, ocarina, hang, bass, electric guitar, vargan, percussion, bells, effects
Sergey Kobzev / @Assembly-of-honey - bass, acoustic guitar, flute, vocals, sound mixing, mastering
Nata Boundariver / @CrazyCompass - vocals, drawing

About it on Meticulous Midgets label: http://stopcran.ru/blog/2021-05-04-217

Exhibition of six paintings: http://stopcran.ru/news/2021-05-15-291

full CD & art book

from: Поклонение Духам / Worshiping to the Spirits (art book + CD)

Ankhtifi & Thaddeus Schramm - Stormy Seas

Lunar Modifier

Nimbus (2022) Anthology CD1 Track 12

Heavy Horns 145 BPM

memory of her ( for my mother )

Cast of Characters:

David Marconi — @david-marconi-917184705 — electric guitar, bass, foundation synth plus midi percussion and assorted traditional voices, production, mix, and composition
Elpiverse — @elpiverse — Elpi -- vocals, vocal composition and production
Ron Lewis — @ron-lewis-779503933 — synth
TexMex Shaman -- @texmex-shaman –Stephen– sitar and mastering
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- synth flute and ambient synth
Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – talking drum, jaw harp
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – 5-string fretless bass
AliasZen (Elpi's husband) — artwork (created with the help of AI)

This song began with David, who wrote it on the guitar, synth, and bass over a programmed beat he created. He and Josh met more than two months ago and decided to do a collaboration, based on mutual enjoyment of and respect for each other's music. Dave had this song pretty much fleshed out, although it was still a skeleton when he offered it to Josh, who, of course, got the rest of the Eclectic Collective involved.

Dave asked us all to compose our own parts for the song, so we all got to work right away doing that. We all realized that the first order of business would be to get a real beat on this, so Ken accomplished that task with some dynamic, Eastern inspired drums and percussion, which he plays throughout the song. JJ then stepped in and added his best eastern flute magic. Stephen was next with the perfect-vibe sitar you hear in the first two sections.

Josh came next to add his five-string fretless bass to the mix, augmenting David's high, staccato bass with his deep, low tone bass. Then, for the third section, where David's Gilmore-esque guitar solo resides, Josh drops out, allowing for Dave's awesome bass playing in that section. However, Josh does come in again towards the end, in the final section, too. Also, in that section, Tez dropped an augmented, harmonic, electric fire, complementary guitar part. Then, David's frequent collaborator and friend Ron added some well blended, ethereal synth to the first section, too.

Once we had the instrumental parts pretty much laid down, we began to discuss getting a woman to sing on this, as David was inspired by The Great Gig in the Sky, by Pink Floyd, and we all agreed. Who we found to do it actually blew all of our minds. JJ, being familiar with her music, contacted Elpi first, and we were all lucky enough that she agreed to do it. Having heard Mediterranean music all her life in Greece, she tapped into what her husband said were her "ancient Greek roots," for her spectacular vocal performance. She finds all the modal notes and places them perfectly throughout her sections.

But before we were done, Mark came through with some really striking talking drum parts in the first two sections, too. Once we had everything in the can, David took over, both with some masterful editing and production, and with the balanced, dynamic mix. The mix was a formidable task, but he did it with considerable skill, also taking everyone's opinions into account, which is a talent in and of itself. When he was done with the mix, he turned it over to Stephen for the mastering, which the latter did to everyone's satisfaction, as always.

This is the first song the Eclectic Collective has done with David, Elpi, and Ron, and we all hope it's the first of many, as we welcome them into the EC family. They all have some wonderful music on their pages, too, so do yourself a favor and check out all of them, as well. We hope you enjoy listening to this song as much as we enjoyed creating it.

The Siege (by David Marconi, featuring Elpiverse, Ron Lewis & The Eclectic Collective)

time is different when you have a strict schedule

Zumaia - Evol

Excerpt from 22:12 length single track: "Cementerio Central Bogotá" (2019)*music by Sábila Orbe. *vocals by Mist Spectra.
 Listen/ Free download full track from 3 alternative links:
- https://archive.org/details/cementerio-bogota-single
- https://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/track/cementerio-central-bogot-single-2019
- https://hearthis.at/humanfobia/01-cementerio-central-bogot/

Humanfobia - Cementerio Central Bogotá (Excerpt)

Abklingbecken

Mount Shrine presents us an album filled with radio chatter and warm drones layered on cold textures.

Your shortwave radio crackles with life as it rests on your heavy backpack. It follows your every step across the rough terrain as you narrow your search for the abandoned station. It is up here, far from civilization that the answers linger, lost for years as the stations self sustainability has kept it alive.

Recommended for fans of sedative ambient and for drifting into a place of comfort.

Shortwave Ruins

Bandcamp

Subtotem

artist : Androvirus
album : Mabelle-Maboule
earS056 / 2012
https://archive.org/details/earsheltering056

Androvirus travaille l’improvisation sans faiblesse, ouvre de nouveaux chemins, comme une cérémonie à laquelle il nous convie. Nous ne devons pas nous contenter d’admettre sa création par économie, il y a beaucoup d’espérance, de choses à vivre, Androvirus tire un trait sur notre passé et nous offre ici une assise solide. Sa musique se place sous le signe de l’électro-choc, de la vibration en retour, de l’écho toujours qui nous revient.
C’est sur Earsheltering, en téléchargement libre comme toutes les bonnes choses en ce monde.

*/*/

We are delighted to welcome Androvirus on Earsheltering for an album where improvisation and pleasure get on well.
It’s available as a free download, let there be more sound.

JM Charcot

Mabelle-Maboulle

Mabelle-Maboule

Androvirus_-_Utopia

last track for the year 2020,
#industrial, #noise, #korgvolca, #theremin

you already know-staring into the abyss-your eyes staring back

dac insomniac + r.s.stropharia - oglinda neagră este vie - impro-set live (06.06.2020)

Endless grey skies. Dim sunlight. Seeping cold...

Crystal Monuments

Ripples

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Pre Polar - Ripples

Lifeline

the lost tape

music . Tot. @user-288513022 & @tot-beat
instrumental is here: https://soundcloud.com/user-288513022/sweet-volt
lyrics, vocals & their mix, cover design . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

WORKIN OVERTIME
sittin’ on a barrel that was hard to find
and i’d been working overtime

sitting on a barrel - i see people holding hands…

hard to find… it was hard to find
- holding holding holding
it was hard to…

oh, hard to find - i miss you

all i want - working - i miss you so
i miss you so

sittin on a barrel that was hard to find
and i’d been working overtime
working working working

tapping tip tap your wheels and barrels
i miss you
working
i miss you
tip tapping your wheels
tip tap tip tapping on your wheels and barrels
on your wheels and barrels


tip tapping tip tapping
hey! hey!
tap in! tap in! i miss you i miss you i miss you

Workin Overtime | Tot. & Myrh

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Nobody Else

Single

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Shabboo Harper - Nobody Else (Original Mix)

“Conspiracy Means Breathing Together” is the first single from “La terre et la force” by Anarchist Mountains Trio. Due on February 15 on tape & vinyl via Amek Collective: http://amekcollective.bandcamp.com

Anarchist Mountains Trio - Conspiracy Means Breathing Together

A recent astronomical event was, quite obviously, at the root of this odd musical piece. I accidentally came across a few posts on the social networks conveying a certain degree of confidence in this astrological occurrence, but I honestly couldn't afford to share their flaunted optimism. I couldn't recall any idyllic connection between Jupiter and Saturn, so I thought that a recording of an acapella singing performed by my wife about 10 years ago might have best fit my initial sonic atmosphere. It was an improvised sung rendition of an Arabic poem composed by Said Bin Ahmad al-Busaidi (d. 1803, feel free to check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_bin_Ahmad for a short bio) that seems to have been used as lyrics by several modern Middle Eastern artists. I thought of it as a suitable fictional outlet for a broken hearted Saturn.
On the other hand, my everyday life subsequently offered me a chance to observe this "great" conjunction from a socio-political perspective in the country where I'm living in. I had the opportunity to take a field audio recording of a riot that took place not so far from my home in mid-January (feel free to check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dI90RFsEF4 for a short account of the current situation), and I thought that it would perfectly give expression both to the disappointment of local people against those who have been managing political power since the so-called Arab Spring in 2011 and to the sympathetic, balanced reaction shown by law enforcement and the government itself. In order to sound politically correct, I thought it was appropriate to give voice to the establishment as well, to "Jupiter" if you like, so I googled around and found an awesome video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJVq78A4Y0) starring the guy who's been behind the scenes of this brilliant democratic experience in Northern Africa during the last 10 years. I extrapolated a few audio samples from his declarations and used them in the first sequence of this piece.
I finally added a few instrumental and vocal parts, then I processed all of the audio recordings through a heavy, meticulous sound design work. Hope you'll appreciate the result.
EDIT: One year after its original release, I created a video for this track… You might like to check it out at https://youtu.be/0c9fyvCDqiU

Aroussia Riahi : vocals
Teth Sin : bağlama, bass guitar, samplers, background vocals, field recordings, sound design, vocal arrangement/mix

Original composition, arrangement, mix, mastering & cover artwork design by Teth Sin

LYRICS (a partial rework of Said Bin Ahmad al-Busaidi's "Ya Man Hawah" ; sadly this text field doesn't seem to properly support RTL scripts, but I guess most of the listeners will only read the English translation I provided below):

JUPITER:

We try to avoid any sort of exclusion.
We opt for the dialogue... Consensus.
We faced many problems.
All our policies are based on the notion of consensus.
I don't deal with "if", I deal with reality.
We try to go to the consensus.
There isn't any paradox.
To avoid any sort of extremism, democracy is the solution.
We need international cooperation, regime cooperation, development, democracy, dialogue, consensus... Consensus.

SATURN:

يا من هواه
أعزه وأذلنـــي
كيف السبيل إلى وصالـــــك دلني
أنت الذي حلفتني
حلفتني وحلفت لي
وحلفت أنك لا تخون وخنتني
فلأدعين عليك في غسق الدجى
يـبـلـيـك ربي كـمــا أبلـيـتـنــي

Oh you who love
Oh you who passionately love
May you be cherished and may I be humbled
Show me how shall I ever find the way to get back to you
It was you who made me swear, and you swore to me
You swore you weren't going to betray me, but you cheated on me
So I'll pray against you in the dark of the night
May the Lord afflict you just like you afflicted me

The Great Conjunction

This track is part of the Unsound 'Intermission' compilation:

www.unsoundfestival.bandcamp.com

During the second wave of the pandemic in Poland, in autumn, vocalists Agata Harz and Katarzyna Smoluk recorded improvised tracks based on an ancient Slavic spell, or ‘enchantment’, as they called it, the purpose of which is to call forth spring after a dark, terrifying wintertime. The vocal tracks lie at the heart of Tim Hecker’s composition, commissioned or Unsound's 'Intermission' album, to be released on March 5th, 2021.

Tim Hecker Agata Harz & Katarzyna Smoluk - Demeter & Johannes' Song Of Pandemia

Original Track - https://youtu.be/W4FqSreZi1w
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