[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

Fantaisie track (courte) series no. 445

creation: 2024/05/10

These tracks were uploaded to SC between March and May 2024,
except for the following, older ones:
. . .

[TO BE COMPLETED]

Happy listening!

* Soundcloud time: 1 year = 12 - 23 months.

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Anne-F Jacques/Takamitsu Ohta, Oto to Secchi

a song made in ableton from the archive, the first recording was made in 22 maj, rediscovered and further elaborated today, first mix on the fly on ableton.
work in progress.

The spell _( Last night dream pt.IV )

RELEASED by Lotophagus Records et FOOLISH RECORDS

AVAILIABLE HERE :
https://lotophagusrecords.bandcamp.com/album/moontain?fbclid=IwAR2Jh9pSfuqc9JWdBAhTT6iaazGJlA-FMZOX9AJ6D7AqPp8sAoavAl2Nyfc
AND HERE :
https://apocalypsesounds.bandcamp.com/album/moontain?fbclid=IwAR32O8K47T6iPeVN6-94GAKlUvFkHUN_owXx5bxg24kwt1OecarZ1NoEDNE

All tracks by Grosso Gadgetto and STALSK
STALSK is Philippe Neau + INNOCENT BUT GUILTY
Artwork by Philippe Neau and MGJ

GG+ STALSK, Statements (strange Spaces)

Mirage

Marco Lucchi, based in Modena, Italy, and Henrik Meierkord, based in Stockholm, Sweden, have a lengthy collaboration to their reciprocal credit, and they accomplish it far and near alike. A testament to the interplay of their work together is that a listener might be hard-pressed to discern which of their recordings are the result of long-distance file-trading, and which occurred when the two managed to be in the same place at the same time.

Several aspects of their respective music-making serve them well as creative partners. First of all, both tend toward the ambient, given as they are generally to a slow pace and to a sensibility that manages to be at once radiant and intimate. Secondly, while both are multi-instrumentalists, there is a complementary nature to their specialties, Lucchi being more of a keyboardist, Meierkord more of a string player. Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, they are both immersed in techniques drawn from electronic music.

In particular, both men are experienced with live multitrack recording, in which they process and layer their own performances in real time. Meierkord is fond of layering sinuous tones to create scenarios of unique dimensions. It becomes uncertain — even unimportant — to the listener what preceded what, so intricate is his deployment of interplay. Lucchi likewise finds parallels between classical orchestration and the opportunity for drones lent by modern synthesizers; in a small room he can create a vast space. There is often an oceanic depth to such efforts, part composed and part improvisatory, in which playing is a tool toward composition, rather than the other way around.

Throughout their new record, there is an underlying melancholy, a nostalgic beauty, and a reflective consideration — a virtue that is foundational to their ongoing collaboration. The result is particularly rich in plaintive scene setting, as on the glacially paced “La bestia umana,” which emerges from a neighborly field recording of a dog barking, and “Kosmisk Strålning II,” which maintains a dream-like quietude, more shadow than light. One “Like tears in rain”, what sounds like a synthesizer is, in fact, a piano, a recording of which has been stretched beyond the point of it being readily identifiable.

On first listen, their leaning toward unimpeachable steadiness can seem uniform, but listen more closely and you’ll recognize how explicitly they emote on a track like “The Third Stage,” due not just to the reaching melodic surges (which, in turn, match the sampled recordings of bird calls) but to the slight discordances that suggest trouble and tension. In a different manner, there is “A warm and golden October,” which balances breaking-dawn hush with piercing overtones. That track features a motif at the end, played on a celesta; those bell-like tones edge the piece out of dreaminess without entirely breaking the spell.

The greatest outlier — dog barking notwithstanding — may be on “Oändlig,” not just for its fierce pulse, but because of its more immediately electronic vibe. “Oändlig” is an exceptional piece, bringing to mind the minimalism of Terry Riley and the rave classics of Underworld.

Marc Weidenbaum 


Produced and mixed by Marco Lucchi and Henrik Meierkord
Marco Lucchi: mellotron, piano, celesta and synthesizers
Henrik Meierkord: cello, viola, zither, piano, organ and FX
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) with AI
Artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

https://www.chitrarecords.com

Lieder Ohne Worte

Marco Lucchi & Henrik Meierkord - Kosmisk Strålning

EXPERIMENTALPSYCHEDELICDRUMS

UA536: XFA - V [LP] 14 Tracks 04.05.2024
Melancholic, Chill and Relax Ambient Music In Most, But Also a Little Psychedelic Too.
https://www.beatport.com/release/v/4522770
https://www.junodownload.com/products/xfa-v/6584417-02/

VRFLW

MMXXVXXIVRFLW

PORTRAIT OF A PUMPKIN

[FortyGrams0fMadness]

Ular's Words

calming music for kids

The cormorant in the forest;
The cherry blossoms
Along the evening path.

haiku by Tan Taigi

picture by Redd F

strofe ardesia - naviarhaiku539

Tears ★

Endzeal - Tears ★

Very grateful to join my great friends, in Wildsilences original track “Lonely”. Massive thanks…from my heart, to you both. 
Please check out their amazing music here!

Original song and lyrics by Wildsilences 
https://on.soundcloud.com/WbNFWSwNPP38K9D7A
Keyboard and Electric Guitar by Arma Ignifera 
https://on.soundcloud.com/oy5FpaMjWcyHgT2J6


I don’t want to be lonely,
I don’t want to be
I don’t want to be lonely, 
Anymore 

There’s magic in the heartbeat 
No, I don’t want to be lonely 
Lonely, anymore
I don’t want to feel like,
I’m slippin
No, I don’t 
I don’t want to fall
So much more to me
So much more to see
Something in here can be loved

I don’t wanna be lonely
Lonely, anymore 
I don’t want to feel fragile
Vulnerable 
I just want to be…complete.

Lonely •  Wildsilences w/ Arma Ignifera and ðüşț

UnBoxed May 2024

[ d o w n l o a d a b l e ]

Are We Alone Now?

method: her name‘s still Hazel, although - at times - she sounds a little bit like Anne Clark ; - ) 
narration: every now and then, you can trust someone else to say it all: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240510-how-sci-fi-writer-jg-ballards-computer-poems-predicted-chatgpt (David Beer: How sci-fi writer JG Ballard's computer poems predicted ChatGPT)
image: copyright jo richter, shot a couple of years ago in Bad Kösen, Germany - there is an irony in labelling - first: there is a German saying: das Leben ist kein Ponyhof - meaning you can not be as naive as a kid on a pony ranch and you have to work to achieve your goals  -second:  this stable is labelled pony ranch - third: there is another label warning of aggressive, biting ponies - therefore, fourth: implying that even if life were a pony ranch,  it would still demand lots of caution ;-)
Fun task for humans: One or more of the criteria mentioned here https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/24494149849115-Eligibility-to-Get-Heard-with-our-Exclusive-Audio-Algorithm prevent/prevents this poetry soundscape from getting promoted by soundcloud. The algorithm does not specify, which one/ones.

poem / copyright jo richter:

like Herman, we believe in beginnings
rising to fight Romans, the powers that be
we presume the naive because we are humans
blank-slate incarnations of pristine imponderability

we are the dusk that dreams of the dawn
with old Jungs repertoire of archetypes serialised
idealising eden‘s lawn, heading towards mere oblivion
we read from the screen: training data compromised

with wide-open, disbelieving eyes
hoping, like Hermann, for magic sponges and wipes
to delete karma capital – a senseless, selfless sacrifice
there‘s little there there in what the fomo-kind-of-attention hypes

aurora blank slate

Psychedeleje

Conversation With The Dark

Title track from the album "Continuum Flow" by Der Elektrische Traum.

DER ELEKTRISCHE TRAUM - "Continuum Flow"

Music,
centered on dance but I made the circle very,
very wide, from everywhere, for everyone.
Enjoy.
...

2024/03/20:
My linux won't boot so I'm presently forced to use Windows, and because of the bug in Soundcloud's system my account is all messed up when I don't use a VPN to connect which I am unable to do now... trying to get help from my VPN provider.  Because of this, and because I started working very long days I will be less present here.  Sorry, I'm trying.

2024/02/22:
Hi,
"Tracks: 0" is wrong, it should read 40.
Ever since the closing of this account by error by SC two or three months ago, this problem has remained unfixed.  Soundcloud and their AI are apparently still working on solving this and other problems with this account, and with my other account ; )

2024/01/29:
What I wrote below was heart felt but presumptuous and pretentious.  I would have to not be stupid myself to be allowed to claim such a thing.  More importantly though, I don't believe it is correct or accurate.  These people are probably not stupid but just don't care.  Justice is a collective thing and many if not most people seem to live in bubbles.  It is perhaps economic oppression which is responsible, they just don't have the resources, the time, the energy to be concerned about what lies behond that bubble.  It used to be fine but there's this thing they call globalization which makes this increasingly impractical or impossible.

mid January 2024:
Justice and vengeance are not the same.  Apparently most people are too stupid to see the difference.  Unfortunately it is not something unique to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and not unique to group conflicts.

What happened to intelligence?  Aren't we supposed to be the "intelligent" specie.
...

Here's the other account, for celebrities, ... this one here is for regular folks:

https://soundcloud.com/ha-kekong

I love you.

...

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.
...

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. =(
...

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.
...

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