Calm & Steady series

- short tracks of dance music

All tracks were uploaded between 09/2020 and 01/2021, mainly in the 11/2020 - 01/2021 interval, with the following exceptions:
. . - Nyctomancer (Carbon Based Lifeforms - Central Plain)(#5): 4 years,
. . - pulsetrain "Kurtosis"(#18): 6 months,
. . - Francesco Cartocci "Crickets and Cicadas"(#20): 5 months.

The other series (short tracks) so far are:
- "Hard-Fast-or-Nasty" (more intense/abrasive)
- "MiddleLane", and "Superdance" (the middle, or ambivalence)
- "Funky-Dub-Trap" (terminology conundrum)
- "Fantaisies" (for professional dancers only)
- "Minimal"
- "Dark"
- "BreakB-Jungle-DnB"

There is little overlap between them, mostly between: *
. . A) MiddleLane, Superdance
and
. . B) all other series

* Increasingly there is some overlap between "Calm & Steady" and "Funky-Dub-Trap", and between a bunch of others (Dark, Minimal, ...). I'm trying to keep it to the minimum, the overlap, tracks finding themselves in more than one playlist.

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Carbon Based Lifeforms - Central Plain

Kurtosis

Going to Martignano lake on a summer day, crickets and cicadas ...

The picture, along the way, going there.

Crickets And Cicadas 37

Crickets and Cicadas

Ride Round

Bogdan Tiutiu - Frumusetea Ta E Dragostea Din Mine

Inspired by the novel by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

система | system presents "Bubny Voices" audio Installation by Ukrainian Kyiv-based artists NFNR & unwavemenot.
~ "The Bubny Voices is an artistic documentation of the Nádraží Bubny area in Prague, which is about to be destroyed .
The compositions are created by Ukrainian composers unwavemenot & NFNR out of field recordings collected around the Bubny railway station by local inhabitants.
Originally the piece was supposed to be a site-specific performance at Nádraží Bubny. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak borders were closed, thus the invited artists NFNR & unwavemenot did not have access to the city. They decided to approach Bubny through auditory impressions of the local residents.
Bubny Voices reflects the experience of new places based on imagination rather than sensations. In such a way, the artists fulfill a need for discovery in times of limited freedom of movement. They suggest using imagination in order to document places that disappear. The work means to grasp collective aural memories of Bubny to be able to experience the area after its disappearance.
Bubny Voices were created as part of the Performance Crossing Festival in Prague in May-June 2020.." - NFNR & unwavemenot
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~ "Bubny Voices — це музична документація району залізничної станції Бубни у Празі, яку невдовзі знесуть.
Композиції створені українськими композиторками NFNR & unwavemenot на основі польових записів, зібраних навколо залізничної станції місцевими жителями.
Роботи мали бути створені як site-specific інсталяція у споруді вокзалу. Через спалах COVID-19 та закриті кордони запрошені музикантки NFNR & unwavemenot не мали можливості працювати з місцем особисто. Вони вирішили вивчити Бубни через акустичні досвіди місцевих жителів.
Bubny Voices є переживанням досвіду міста на основі уяви, а не відчуттів. Так музикантки задовольняють потребу у нових враженнях і відкриттях у часи обмеженої свободи пересування. У подібний спосіб, вони пропонують використовувати уяву для документації місць, що зникають. Композиції вбирають колективі акустичні спогади про район, щоб мати можливість відчути цю місцевість після її зникнення.
Bubny Voices були створені в рамках фестивалю Performance Crossing у Празі у травні-червні 2020" - NFNR & unwavemenot

- Olesia Onykiienko [NFNR] and Anna Khvyl [unwavemenot] are
Kyiv-based electronic musicians, composers, and members of Women’s Sound platform. Both experiment with field recordings and site-specific works.⠀
Olesia aka NFNR is a choir conductor, theater composer, and leftfield producer. Anna aka unwavemenot has a background in classical piano, and DJ-ing, composes music for films, has interest in urban anthropology. Both work with the idea of music for non-musicians integrating listening practices into everyday life.⠀
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- Олеся Оникієнко [NFNR] and Анна Хвиль [unwavemenot] — українські музикантки, композиторки та учасниці платформи Women’s Sound. Обидва експериментують із польовими записами та сайт-спесіфік аудіоработамі. ⠀
NFNR — хорова диригентка за освітою, театральна композиторка і leftfield продюсерка. Unwavemenot — піаністка, ді-джейка, створює музику для кінофільмів та цікавиться урбаністичною антропологією. Обидва працюють з ідеєю музики для немузикантів, яка інтегрує практики слухання у повсякденне життя. ⠀

released December 25, 2020

Bubny Voices

Audio Installation for Performance Crossing Festival 2020 (CZ)

Composed by Olesia Onykiienko [NFNR] and Anna Khvyl [unwavemenot]

Field recordings provided by Jakub Prašivka, Adam Bláha, Klárka Ondračková, Daniel Toman, Nawar Talli, Matej Kamenicky, Iryna Zahladko, Oksana Khvostichenko, Petr Dlouhý, Timber Rattle, Heidi Hornáčková

Tracks 02, 04, 07, 09 poetry by Iryna Zahladko

Artworks: Iryna Zahladko
Mastered by Nika Zenova.

Bubny Voices

unwavemenot - The Drum station

@https://soundcloud.com/user-389265331  ( Tarek JR )
@https://soundcloud.com/silent-strike
https://www.instagram.com/octaveian/

Premiere Download : Silent Strike Ft EM - Invaders ( Octave & Tarek Jr Edit )

Release Infos : PREMIERE ON 5 JANUARY
@downtemporituals '' Mtsvane '' VA
Song : Da Iguana - Transtropical Flying Carpet 
Release on : January 11, 2021. 
Available here : https://downtemporituals.bandcamp.com/album/mtsvane
Cover:   Jens Braun 
Mastering:   Robert Trifunovic
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Dear friends, we are delighted to present to  you our very first compilation: 'Mtsvane’ in Georgia language means Green, the color Green carries the vibration of growth, harmony, new beginnings, health, renewal, harmony, hope, peace, and environment.  Exactly one year ago we started our new year with lots of positive intentions, unstoppable musical rituals, love, endless dances, and hugs.  At that time we couldn’t possibly imagine any of the outcomes we all are dealing with right now.  An idea we are about to share with you has always been there.  We have been circling around it, and 2020 made it all more clear it was time for action.  It was time to dedicate ourselves to something bigger than all of us, and we choose to do so with what we love. 
With this movement, we’d like to spread the word into our community that we all are capable of doing more, with what we love. We believe that the only way to say thanks to our Mother Earth, who suffers so much especially last period, who has provided us home for free, trees to lay under, sunshine above us, oceans to swim in, and the moon to guide us at night; is to leave something after us. 
We will transfer all the revenue for global reforestation. 
We have teamed up with  a non-profit organization,
 ‘’One tree planted’’. 
 After collecting the revenue for the planting season,  everyone involved in this project will choose a region and every dollar will plant a tree.  
( NORTH AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA, EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, THE PACIFIC. )

Help us spread the word:   ‘’BUY A TRACK, PLANT A TREE.’’ 
Below you can find all the info about the organization, its  past and future projects :
 https://onetreeplanted.org/   
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Plant a Tree

Premiere | Da Iguana - Transtropical Flying Carpet [Downtempo Rituals]

Understanding Nothing

Download

Understanding Nothing demo

A casual composition, made on the fly in last night's stream.

Thanks to the friends in chat for the inspiring company! 

https://twitch.tv/DelTomix

Getting Ready

Getting Ready (Stream066-Mixdown)

dedicated to my good friend https://soundcloud.com/renfaye-1 for making me believe in the mystical and folk sound again.

Kingdom Of Voices

another saxophone collab of mine with the awesome Mr Ratzzz https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz
Veröffentlicht von: Deutsche musikalische Hilfsmittelgesellschaft, ev aka Cosmic Ratzzz

Lunatics 27 > Zeitsprung < Ratzzz & joerxworx

Second Harvest

Listen On Spotify

Phobos

Hard Day

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International Vermin Consortium
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The vermin will outlive your grand children's grand children.
Like Mickey Mouse the vermin is immortal.
: )
Antifa is my cousin.  I heard some people were looking for her.  Since I like to be helpful when I can, she was in Alexandria last time I talked to her, three weeks ago.  I think she mentioned going to Zurich in the near future.
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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.

...

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