I made this last week and figured I'd let it go quickly; can't hold onto a moment too long eh. 

Hope you feel it :> 

--DJ Weetabix 

Sampling Gary Burton's "Windows" feat Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland. Rest In Peace Chick Corea.

Peacekeeper's Countdown

Learning how to play and improvise over the complex chords in this song was laborious, and required much patience over a few months. 
	I concentrated on making each instrumental solo sound unique, thereby making myself sound like different musicians; yet another challenge. 
	Composing and recording this song was a beautiful journey, because I witnessed Cosmic Consciousness creating the song while using me as the instrument. I revere Cosmic Consciousness in the name Guhya Rupini, which means ‘the mysterious One’. We are all a mystery.

Guhya Rupini - The mysterious One

all sounds, except for the clarinet obviously, were made on a Gibson SG Special thru a Fender Super Reverb amp. (and mic’d), with no electronic processing. i did use a 1970’s DeArmand passive vol./tone pedal for fading the guitar in and out. i used pieces of metal, brushes, glass and a sponge to create the sounds on the electric guitar. this piece was produced by Thomas Newman in the latter 80’s i believe, or perhaps the early 90’s. and there is probably a little digital reverb. it is on the CD of the same name released by Cold Blue Music around 2001.

2 Maria Falling Away.aiff

The Sanskrit word Satcitananda that is used in this song is another name for Primordial Consciousness

21 Bhajans for my lord

Never born; Never die

The only commentaries I have for this song are: No words.

The Passion For Compassion

We literally pulled out all the stops on this one. This is another track from the recording session we did last summer in Harkness Chapel. Enjoy it now--we'll take this one down eventually and include it on our upcoming album.

Organ Mania!

A200 Sax and Shruti (2024 remix)

I recently rediscovered a cassette recording of a solo performance I presented in April of 1978 during my freshman year at CalArts. The performance took place in A200, a large, resonant dance studio with a high ceiling and wood floor; perhaps the best reverb on campus. (I spent many late nights improvising in that space when it was otherwise quiet and unused.)

During that performance I played a short saxophone improvisation, self-accompanied by a shruti box (bellows-driven drone) that I managed to operate with the heel of my foot while seated on a stool. Hearing this recording with new ears, I was struck by how much it captured my playing at that time and some of the essence of my 19-year-old self.

Forty-six years later, I've remixed the piece, giving the shruti box a more prominent role and repeating the whole improvisation a second time, backwards. Some additional delay is added without diminishing the original resonance of A200.

Tim Wolf: alto saxophone, shruti box

Photo by Daniel Kelman from summer 1977 during "Urban Cave" performance/installation in Hartford, Connecticut.

A200 Sax and Shruti (2024 remix)

A200 Sax And Shruti (2024 remix)

one patch, played and mixed live with a modular synthesizer in one take, with an additional fadeout in mastering.

melodic and percussive lines: Furthrrrr Generator

bass: Loquelic Iteritas

with: Melotus Versio, µVCF, Pamela's New Workout, USTA, Zadar and Nin, O/A/x2, Twin Waves (LFOs), Function, Cèis, Tangle Quartet, LxD, The Mullet, Mixology, Librae Legio, cuïr

recorder: WAV Recorder

editing: REAPER

mastering: REAPER with Cockos, Waves and Sonarworks plugins

Conventional synthesizer music 043024

Soundless Excerpt 1

Soundless Excerpt 2

one patch, played and mixed live with a modular synthesizer, with an additional fadein in mastering.

sound source: Mindphaser

with: René V2, Maths, QPAS, Optomix, Wogglebug, IPSE Buff Mult, Morphagene, Mimeophon, X-PAN, Melotus Versio, Mixology, Librae Legio, cuïr

recorder: WAV Recorder

editing and mastering: REAPER with Cockos, Waves and Sonarworks plugins

52.7 052024

Liquid Terrain is the work of musician and visual artist Tim Wolf. He describes his work as liquid terrains: fluid landscapes. He has studied Indian classical music, practiced disciplines of improvisation, and worked as an audio engineer and music and live performance producer. Formerly a saxophonist and vocalist, he now performs on several traditional African and digital instruments. Other recordings and visual work can be seen at http://www.liquidterrain.com . Some music is available for download and streaming at https://liquidterrain.bandcamp.com .

A200 Sax And Shruti (2024 remix)

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