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Calm and Steady tracks series no. 255

created: 2022/05/10

Picture CREDIT:
(c) Ashley Monforte – all rights reserved

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I first heard the song “Pretty Saro” on the amazing album “Folk Roots, New Routes” with Davy Graham and Shirley Collins. I started singing this song about 15 years ago and only now have I made a proper recording. Phil once lived in Berlin and we made music together, hosted a radio show and became close friends. His spacious and warm style on the piano was something I always loved. I often sang in his kitchen, where had a piano and we would drink cups of tea and philosophise over things. Now living in Brighton, I sent him a recording of the song, with a simple drone backing. He sent back the version that is on the EP. It was that simple. Piano and drones from his accordion. Phil takes the credit here for the track. 



“As I Roved Out” is heavily associated with Planxty and the lovely tenor voice of Andy Irvine. It has been a favourite of mine for many years. I think my love for all things drone and voice, especially traditional polyphonic singing from places like Georgia, Corsica and Sardinia, influenced the purely vocal backing. 



I was introduced to the singing of Jasper Smith by the great Dublin band Lankum, when they sang his “Father Had Knife”. The song “Died For Love” is a terrible tale of a father finding his daughter has killed herself. I like the contrast in the almost lullaby melody and the tragedy in the story. The breathy sea of Saxophone drones and the solo is performed by my friend Dan Fairhurst, who has been a friend on mine since we were at school. 







CREDITS:





Pretty Saro:



Traditional arranged by Phil Smith and Marlais

Recorded and produced by Phil Smith and Marlais

Piano and accordion by Phil Smith



As I Roved Out:



Traditional arranged by Marlais

Recorded and produced by Marlais



Died For Love:



Traditional arranged by Marlais

Recorded and produced by Marlais

Saxophone by Dan Fairhurst



All tracks mastered by Dominic Clare at Declared Sound

Artwork by Lisa Götze "Baby Please Don't Die"

2016, watercolour and crayon on paper

As I Roved Out

Javi's Perreo

experimenting with string and mallet textures with a melodic, electro-funk vibe

Cherry blossom

Waterlevel

Five track EP by Ajnkana
Available to buy @ https://ajnkana.bandcamp.com/

Dub Circuits

Parallel Circuit

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/fbk
Track: Aftfore
Label: https://soundcloud.com/tram-planet-records
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital Charity VA
Release date: 27/05/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/3ZPqF7xjfYw

Tram Planet Records is excited to return with ‘Think For Yourself’ by Columbus-based techno vet Fbk.

Fbk has been pumping out releases since 1994 as a staple in the midwest. Under aliases The Sleep Engineer (Xplor) and Powerhouse on The Acid Junkies' the Acid Life, he has been a shapeshifter with a steady stream of minimal, pure motorik pulsations that embody that Midwest Freak power. Measured yet transcendently driving - a mind-bending wormhole that weaves dark introspective turns into the unknown, Think For Yourself covers a diaspora of modes for the floor - all while encapsulating the energy of his live sets that we know and love. Topped off with a subterranean remix by icon Marcel Dettmann - a huge honor to have his name grace this release.

ALL PRE-ORDER PROCEEDS will be donated to The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to support the Ukrainian refugee crisis 🇺🇦 www.unhcr.org/ua/en

PREMIERE | Fbk - Aftfore (Marcel Dettmann Remix) [Tram Planet Records] 2022

система | system is proud to present a compilation of various Ukrainian artists and performers "SESTRO".

"SESTRO" is a compilation of electronic music from the Odesa-based label система | system, designed to bring together musicians from Ukraine who have been released on our label and performed at events we have organized. For many years we strive to cover a wide, diverse, and adventurous spectrum of Ukrainian music. The goal of the compilation is to directly financially support (ГО Сфера) Sphere (@womenspheresolidarity) which is a Kharkiv-based organization that actively helps women and LGBT+ people from eastern Ukraine in territories that are heavily affected by war. NGO Sphere (ГО Сфера) supplies crisis kits for women in frontline areas and also provides financial assistance to vulnerable groups of women, organizes legal and medical consultations, provides psychological assistance, informational campaigns, and activist events.

"We have never had an experience of working with women in conditions of stress, shock, and grief like today. Now we are trying to gather our experience and the experience of our colleagues from other countries to help deal with the terrible consequences of the survivors" - Anna Sharygina, a representative of NGO Sphere (ГО Сфера).

We believe that giving visibility to Ukrainian culture is an important part of our struggle, because Russia's war against Ukraine is imperialistic in nature, and for three centuries the works of Ukrainian authors have been denied and destroyed.
We will never agree to be dominated. We want, as artists, to give all possible support through our work to the brave volunteers now active in Ukraine, who are heroically fighting to save the most vulnerable.
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система | system з гордістю презентує компіляцію різних українських артисток та артистів "SESTRO"

"SESTRO" - це компіляція електронної музики від одеського лейблу система | system, яка покликана об'єднати музикантів_ок з України, що випускалися на нашому лейблі та виступали на організованих нами заходах. Протягом багатьох років ми прагнемо висвітлювати широкий та різноманітний спектр української музики. Мета компіляції — надати пряму матеріальну підтримку організації Сфера (@womenspheresolidarity) з Харкова, що наразі активно допомагає жінкам та ЛГБТ+ людям зі Сходу України на територіях, які сильно страждають від війни. ГО Сфера постачає кризові комплекти для жінок у прифронтових районах, а також надає фінансову допомогу вразливим групам жінок, організовує юридичні та медичні консультацій, надає психологічну допомогу, проводить інформаційні кампанії, активістські заходи.

“В нас ніколи не було досвіду роботи із жінками в умовах такого стресу, шоку і горя. Наразі ми намагаємося зібрати свій досвід і досвід наших подруг з інших країн, щоб допомогти впоратися з жахливими наслідками пережитих подій тим, хто вижив” - Анна Шаригіна, представниця ГО Сфера.

Ми вважаємо, що надання видимості українській культури є важливою частиною нашої боротьби, адже війна Росії проти України, має імперіалістичний характер і протягом трьох століть твори українських авторів_ок піддавали цензурі та знищували. Ми боремося проти Росії, що прагне нас колонізувати, ми боремося за нашу свободу, ми ніколи не погодимося, щоб над нами панували. Ми хочемо, як художниці_ки, своєю роботою надати всю можливу підтримку хоробрим волонтеркам, які діють зараз в Україні та відважно боряться за порятунок найуразливіших груп населення.
credits:
FREE IS THE NEW EXPENSIVE ~ TAKE FOR FREE, NAME YOUR PRICE, DONATE.

"SESTRO" VA is supporting our sisters, Ukrainian women in areas affected by the war!
All the funds from this VA will be transferred to the Sphere, Women Association (@spherewa / Non-governmental organization (NGO)).
All transfers will be publicly released by система | system on our social media!
All the tracks are made, composed, recorded by the artists themselves
All the visuals are made by Lesha Mykhailov.

Polje - Одеський Вечір (Odesa Evening)

Elektron Digitakt, Novation Peak and some plugin effects.

Flutter

FUR:THER SESSIONS : PREMIERE 045

Artist: Bascha
Track: It’s Always Been On The Third Floor
Album: Selected Works. Series 2
Label: Indefinite Pitch
Cat. No.: PITCHVA03
Mastering: J. David Lucio S.
Artwork: Mark Wagner
Format: Digital
Genre: Techno
Release Date: 08/05/2022
Released by Indefinite Pitch, China

Buy it here:
https://indefinitepitch.bandcamp.com/album/selected-works-series-2

Tracklist:
01. Sanjib - The Other Human’s Face
02. a n j e - Noise All Around Us
03. Bascha - It’s Always Been On The Third Floor
04. Miùson - Chaos
05. Halos - Nashira
06. Polygonia - Hollow Memory
07. Noah Lyas - Endless
08. Holotropic - Tetractys 4.2

Bascha:
https://soundcloud.com/bascha-bascha-15105285
https://instagram.com/baschasound
https://facebook.com/baschabaschabascha

Indefinite Pitch:
https://soundcloud.com/indefinite-pitch
https://instagram.com/indefinite.pitch
https://facebook.com/IndefinitePitch.Records
https://indefinitepitch.bandcamp.com
https://formaviva.com/indefinite-pitch
https://indefinitepitch.com

Fur:ther Sessions:
https://soundcloud.com/furthersessions 
https://furthersessions.bandcamp.com
https://instagram.com/further_sessions 
https://formaviva.com/furthersessions 
https://facebook.com/furthersessions
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3irNAR4  

Contact and Premiere Requests:
furthersessions[at]gmail[dot]com

Buy it here

PREMIERE: Bascha - It’s Always Been On The Third Floor [Indefinite Pitch]

tak blisko

Slow Day At The Docklands

World Union 4522 II

Another Rough Idea

Glaw Yr Haf

Out of the Box May 2022
Scratch and rub…

Itch

Genocide, June 2025:
Israel is only the executioner, every nation which has armed that country in the past year is an accessory to that genocide, an accomplice, a facilitator.  We cannot talk about war crimes because when you target unarmed civilians, mostly women and children, we are talking about a massacre, like terrorists do, not a war. The people who orchestrated that massacre, in the US, the most duplicitous, followed by those of the UK, Germany, France, and probably a few lesser ones should be tried for crimes against humanity just as well as Netanyahu and his cabinet, because it has been going on for two years, generously reported by media of all kinds, so the enablers knew exactly how the arms were to be used, as a tool for revenge, domination, and humiliation of the Palestinian people.  The conflict has ceased to be about the defense of anything for months.

The parties responsible have made a mockery of decency, morals, fairness, proportion, or justice, not to mention empathy.  Of what little there was, these concepts will be a lot longer to come back than they were to be struck down.  

Is it 1984 already?!?!
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I have not been able to recover access to my other account [https://soundcloud.com/ha-kekong] for a couple of years.  I have tried a few times to get back into it but SoundCloud doesn't trust me.  Same phone number, same email addresses, and they still claim that they can't verify my identity.  I created that account about three years ago as a substitute to my regular account which SoundCloud temporarily closed.  They closed it as part of some upgrade procedure in their system, the result of a bug that affected many accounts, about two years ago.  Since SC did not inform its users I didn't know if that was permanent or not, so I created that other account which I can't access.  Don't be mad if I have not replied to your message in the past two years, that's because I never got them ; ) ... You can always reach me here though.
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This one here (957729823) is for regular folks.

I love you, both.

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You can't see it because of the angle with which I took the shot, aiming down, but beyond those blocks is the sea.  To the left is the Mediterranean, to the right is the Atlantic Ocean.  No it's not Gibraltar, but a little bit further West. ... Actually I checked recently and it is further North more than West, I thought I was facing South when in fact I probably was facing the Atlantic ocean, which is why I suppose the waves were of a decent size where we were.
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My face and the bike are a courtesy of Joël Vaudreuil
[https://vimeo.com/user8897093]  ... Merci Joe!
I then went ahead and butchered his work with a borrowed helmet.
... Sorry Joe. =(
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I'm trying to promote what I think is good music, so if you want to help out a bit I'd rather you [like] or [repost] my *playlists* rather than my field recordings, if you don't mind, unless you are a die hard fan of those things. Thank you ; )

I speak French, so if you send me a private message, and that you are a francophone, please write in French, thank you.  ... I mean, you don't absolutely have to, but I would prefer it. 

All my field recordings (except for when I record a person) are public, freely downloadable by anyone who is able to click on the button.  I encourage anyone interested to use them in any way whatsoever, on purpose or accidentally. No need for permissions or credits or any other kind  of administrative maneuvers.
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Anarchists give me hope.

I'm a big fan of EFF.  Love ya EFF.  (no connection with the above line)
... and of course Richard Stallman and Linux and all the others.  Bless yous.

Now don't be lazy, go find out what it is this "EFF" that I'm talking about.  I'll give you a hint: it has to do with computers.

You have a nice day now.  Hugs & Kisses.

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Ha Kékong