Very calming. Nice guitar work. Martin adds the right touches, as usual.

Get the whole recording (total length: 0:48:15) on Bandcamp now:
https://randyedgewood.bandcamp.com/track/expedition-17-ultratech-chaos-lab-20-diamant-dor

Here is the ephemeral liveset I performed at Ultratech Chaos Lab 2.0, the second instalment of a party series dedicated to noise, livecoding, and other experimental stuff. This gig was a little special as it was the first time I played at the Diamant since Exploration 1 which took place something like 5 years ago. It was also the first time I used a random notes generator (you can hear it in the first part). I really enjoyed the 'melody cascade' feeling it gave to the whole piece. Will definitely reuse this kind of technique in the near future.

Special thanks to the Diamant team for hosting the event and 520Still for the awesome visuals he illustrated my liveset with, and big up to all the other artists involved: Azertype, Ralt144mi and Leon Denise from the Cookie Collective, Papirove Houby, Jules Cipher, Coloscope, William Stone, and Crash Server.

Live setup: Reason + MIDI controllers
Recording: Zoom H5

Artwork based on a photography by Alice Dirwimmer

Expedition 18: Ultratech Chaos Lab 2​.​0 (Diamant d'Or) [Intro]

"Echoes of Distant Earth"
Valhjim

A hypnotic sequencer pulse forms the core of Echoes of Distant Earth, gradually evolving as saxophone motifs, distant vocals, and emotive guitar phrases emerge. Layers shift and intertwine, creating a meditative blend of Berlin School-inspired electronics, ambient textures, and soulful improvisation. The journey ends as the sound of ocean tides carries the listener into silence.

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Valhjim: Guitar, synthesizers, samplers.
Martin Miers: drums.


© 2025 Valhjim. All rights reserved. Original music by Valhjim.

Echoes of Distant Earth — Valhjim w/Martin Miers

Inspired by the following haiku written by Andrea Cecon, a hearing aids technician, a traveler, and a haijin published all over the world. He finds his inspiration in memories, travels, and everyday life…
thinking of us
the sound of wind
among the pines


Picture by Ali Kazal 
@naviar-records

Shapeless Shadows

Shapeless shadows (NaviarHaiku600)

for the haiku challenge n. 600 https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku600-thinking-of-us/

wind in the pines (naviarhaiku600)

For the 601th haiku proposed by Naviar records: 

pulling light from the other world . . . the Milky Way
 
by: Yatsuka Ishihara

Yatsuka Ishihara (1919–1998) was a Japanese poet and co-founder of the journal Aki 秋 with Akira Matsuzawa. He also served as an advisor to the Modern Haiku Association (Gendai Haiku Kyōkai) and the Association of Haiku Poets (Haijin Kyōkai).

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku601-pulling-light/

Pulling light (naviarhaiku601)

7-20-25 (lullaby)

Horcrux 5 (Illusioni e disillusioni)

slightly faint
yet clear
the milky way

DMT West Coast Suzanne Ciani patch with very liberal use of Waverley Instruments Quadelay

As always, were it not for the SpaceDog's Kennel, this dog would still be on the porch with nary a bark

slightly faint NaviarHaiku 606

Field recording taken in Naples in 2025  by IB (Spaccanapoli, Quartieri Spagnoli, funicolare)
Poetry by IB

'A muntagna* speaks, at Phlegraean Fields the volcanic caldera quakes.
Solfatara’s energy enlivens the air & breathes centuries.
Vesuvius is so green & magnetic, feeling longing dint’ e ven*.
The gentle tops call to mind the Euganean Hills. 
Quiescent wound & an afterness teeming at the foot.
Moving the city’s buzzing, o mare*.
A flare in the distance as a sun rising tired & disheartened.
Is it you Parthenope? Perpetual drowning, your body washed ashore upside down.
The long cry, the dirge emerging & merging with heat dying in the throat.

A muntagna* parla, ai Campi Flegrei la caldera vulcanica trema.
L’energia della solfatara anima l’aria e respira secoli.
Il Vesuvio è così verde e magnetico, nostalgico sentire dint’ e ven*.
Le cime gentili ricordano i Colli Euganei.
Ferita quiescente e un dopo che brulica alle pendici.
Commovente il pulsare della città, o mare*.
Un bagliore lontano come un sole che sorge stanco e amareggiato.
Sei tu Partenope? Affogare perpetuo, il tuo corpo riportato a riva rovesciato.
Il pianto lungo, la nenia che emerge e si mescola al calore che muore nella gola.'

the mountain | la montagna (the way Vesuvius is called) - in the veins | nelle vene - the sea | il mare

A Muntagna

From the Bandcamp release Distant Shores.
https://martinhoogeboom.bandcamp.com/album/distant-shores

Shanyio: prepared cimbalom/electronics
João Svayam: tabla/percussion/flute
Martin Hoogeboom: guitar/objects/electronics

Mastered by Rupert Clervaux

João Svayam: tutmonda.bandcamp.com/album/caminho
Shanyio: shanyio.bandcamp.com

Distant Shores 

Distant Shores III

I really love the song Halloween, 1987 by Crywolf. It's a beautiful song, so I wanted to make my own rendition of it. Hopefully this doesn't get copyrighted lol

Halloween, 1997 (Crywolf Cover)

Valhjim is a music composer with an eclectic approach to different genres: rock, pop, folk, New Age, and experimental electronic music. Greatly driven by imagination and poetic imagery, he combines multiple instrumental textures to fire the imagination of his listeners. 

His more experimental ambience and electronic music is built with layers of suggestive sound textures, rhythms, and melodic lines that stir the imagination into suggestive imagery and worlds unseen, true architectures of sound that open up limitless spaces to explore. Often Valhjim's melodies sail through genre thresholds, crossing over from one genre to another, from neo classcal to electronic, or from jazz to rock or new age.

Echoes of Distant Earth — Valhjim w/Martin Miers

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