Goblin

What's that dribbling down your chin?
Look at the state you're in.
You make sloppy rock'n'roll!

You Make Sloppy Rock'n'Roll

Despertar

The Cedar Ballad is my latest sonopoem written in the form of a quatrain ballad, which is an old traditional form of verse.

It is accompanied by multiple tracks of field recording I took in Fez,Morocco this year and that I mixed to create a story. 
It offers sounds from the Medina, the local tannery, the looming and dyeing processes, kids and kittens, the Cedar Forest in the Middle Atlas.

Field recording taken in Fez (Morocco), 2024
pic: Cedar Forest, Middle Atlas, Morocco


'Clink, scratch and clank
the din of the cedar ballad
Creep, creep along the roach
they tether the mule to the cedar trunk

Dyed and enamelled the belongings 
of the cedar ballad
Meow, meow the kittens meow
in the streets of the cobalt city

À bientôt, au revoir the kids wave
in the streets of the cobalt city
The latch at the door in the Dar
praying to the cedar ballad 

Walking, walking in the cedar wood
awestruck the cedars of the cedar ballad
walking, walking in the cedar wood
stack up the wood of the cedar wood

Cedars, cedars, etched
the wounds of the cedar ballad
Cedars, cedars, aloft 
the heights of the cedar ballad


Clic, scratch e clac
il baccano della ballata dei cedri
Striscia, striscia la blatta
legano il mulo al tronco del cedro

Tinti e smaltati gli averi
della ballata dei cedri
Miao, miao miagolano i gattini
per le strade della città di cobalto

À bientôt, au revoir salutano i bambini
per le strade della città di cobalto
Il chiavistello alla porta nella Dar
pregare la ballata dei cedri

Cammina, cammina nel bosco di cedri
come rapiti i cedri della ballata dei cedri
Cammina, cammina nel bosco di cedri
accatasta il legno del bosco di cedri

Cedri, cedri, intagliati
le ferite della ballata dei cedri
Cedri, cedri, lassù
le altezze della ballata dei cedri'

The Cedar Ballad

opus automatum (part 1) is based on a 16-track recording from the Serge modular system. The entire recording was edited with the focus on preserving the original analog timbre of this unique synthesizer

opus automatum (part 1) is the first piece in a five-part collection of generative compositions. 
I dedicate this recording to the passionate musician, composer and philosopher Klaus Weinhold.

opus automatum

opus automatum - part 1

Mystery Island (2022) Anthology CD3 Track 03

some bright with clarity, others dimmed_06

Grasping at the intangible

II I0 2024

2024-11-16

I Am Sitting On A Cloud.

GLISTENING

modular synthesis / serge modular
experimental composition
live performance
sound installation

opus automatum - part 1

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