Vaders Orchestra - Kopf Im Himmel (Text Marcus Josuttis)

This track came about from a lyric in the song 'Me and Bobby McGee' about "windshield wipers slappin' time". That was the basis of the rhythm which was augmented with percussion tapped out on an acoustic guitar and loosely inspired by Steve Gadd's drumming on '50 ways to leave your lover.' The whole thing wasn't completely unoriginal - the piano and chordal background came from an unsuccessful attempt at another piece which was stretched and repurposed. The clarinet melody is an original length, which means the emphases in the melody fall in different places with each iteration. Finally the melody is processed to sound as if it is mediated by different technologies to reinforce the slight theme of nostalgia. These technologies move through time from AM radio to vinyl to data-compressed digital.

patterns and accidents vol 1

on our way home

The basic tracks for some of these songs were scattered through other music I had recorded over the last ten years.  Quarantine has given me the time to hear some of this music with fresh ears. In most instances dozens of instrument tracks were stripped away to find some forgotten core that made me nod or smile.  Then I started again.  All new recording has been done since the start of lock down and tries to put a sound on the subtle dislocation of a global disaster that is mostly (for me) expressed in my daily life as an absence, a taking away rather than a presence; a distantly felt thing.  

All tracks recorded and mixed at Shadowbear Studio.  Mastering at Black Knoll Studio.  Photo taken by Csilla Varadi.

The Exile's Kingdom

Hey, I hope you’re all well in these difficult times.  I’ve been up and down but my partner in vibes @specialececilia helped pull me up with this excellent song about how the bad and wicked must change their ways.  A perfect song for what’s going on in the C19 hotspots where some men are doing a terrible job of keeping people safe.    
 
Hey this where I got the art https://openclipart.org/detail/235076/golden-lion
Be well my friends
Dx

CHANGE(Mr BAD MAN) **CECILIA & RICØ**

@enigmacurry made a song
@mystique_wind added to it

S03E12 - Inner Rhymes

Auspice

Boson Spin - Almost forgotten

GESTURES

Marco Lucchi : piano
Vanessa Pettendorfer : organ and electronics

a rework by Vanessa Pettendorfer of 'piano patterns n°1' by Marco Lucchi

for "piano patterns", a project by Marco Lucchi
soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/sets/piano-patterns

ottobre 2020

Marco Lucchi & Vanessa Pettendorfer - Renewal

Marco Lucchi : toy harp and fx

20 novembre 2020

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Beauty - be not caused - It Is -
Chase it, and it ceases -
Chase it not, and it abides -
Overtake the Creases

In the Meadow - when the Wind
Runs his fingers thro' it -
Deity will see to it
That You never do it -

Emily Dickinson

toy harp n°19

a rework from M.Nomized of "piano patterns n°14" by Marco Lucchi

for "piano patterns" vol. 2, a project by Marco Lucchi
https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/sets/piano-patterns-vol-2

dicembre 2020