Sound Effigies
Valhjim

In the vault of night, a lone saxophone
builds effigies of sound—shapes appear
in waves, forests of frequencies, textures

of color like rims of clouds in a sunset.
Together, they play a symphony of forms,
fluid rhythms that interlace, each instrument

a thread of morphing light weaving a tapestry
of topographic shapes. All senses intervene
in these moving forms, luring us into the dance.

Fingers touch threads of light as hands caress
contours of sound; eyes sail on velvet-textured
surfaces. The nose can taste the sweet aromas

streaming off the waves of sound as the music
plays on and enthralls the soul with heartfelt
melodies, dancing fluid in the vault of night.

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

Sound Effigies

half-asleep eyes
open to a dreamlike world
of blossoms

Natsume Seibi (1749-1816) was the son of a wealthy Edo rice broker and was acquainted with a number of other famous poets, including Oshima Ryota and Kobayashi Issa. In addition to his poetry, Seibi left behind a number of fine examples of haikai prose. 

Haiku by Natsume Seibi

Picture by Pascal Bullan

beryl mossed wools - naviarhaiku611

Higher

Another off cut from forthcoming depth perception sessions. Visuals:
https://youtube.com/shorts/XQPw2W3q4So?feature=share

What The Flip?

I love insects!!! When i was 12-13 i collected all beetles i could get in Germany and Austria. I was obsessed with Beetles. I had 800-900 different species collected. It was my specialist field. When getting older i decided not to kill them anymore! A Photo would be enough now.

in sect oid

The Laptop as A Musical Instrument

A collaborative work by Babacane (https://soundcloud.com/babacane) and FaceOnFigure
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The Ab'us trial
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In the innermost sanctum of certain temples there's a pool in which the darkness resides, ever pulsing, ever in flux. When one's life cycle is about to reach its end, they are offered the Ab'us trial, a ceremonial confrontation with the void.
Entering the sanctum, leaving the crutches of religious practices behind, they are given the chance to engage in battle with the dark unknown.
The abyss reacts with menacing pulses, periodically pushed back by the unique harmonies of the participant's spirit, a back and forth culminating in the vocal manifestation of the person's innermost wish to end the battle, either by domination or with a truce.
Hence this incantation is unique for each individual, aggressive and threatening for some, calming and harmonious for others, based on the characteristics of their spirit.
If the battle is unsuccessful, the participant's soul is dissolved in white noise, their spirit put to sleep until their cycle can start anew.
If the individual manages to forge a harmonious cooperation with the darkness, together they reach the Plane of Rest, a place void of earthly thoughts and desires.
The harmonies and beats of the spirit merge with the tamed pulses and noises of the abyss, taking the form of unique and improvisative music in which the spirit can rest until they are ready to continue their journey.
Moving on to a destination of their own choice, freely travelling across the vast oceans of white noise, with the darkness as their companion.

- 0.00 - 0.40 -- introduction to the sounds of the abyss
- 0.40 - 0.55 -- the participant enters the sanctum, a bell sound signals the start of the confrontation
- 0.55 - 1.10 -- the abyss is alerted by the presence and reacts to it in the form of distorted sounds
- 1.10 - 1.35 -- the participant moves closer and challenges the abyss
- 1.35 - 2.05 -- the first push
- 2.05 - 2.35 -- the abyss reacts with strong pulses
- 2.35 - 3.05 -- a sharper and harsher second push, aiming to cut and wound the darkness
- 3.05 - 3.15 -- the darkness is weaker and pushed back
- 3.15 - 4.00 -- the incantation as the final blow, words offering the choice of cooperation or defeat
- 4.00 - 4.25 -- the dark pulse is disjointed, a bell sound signals the end of the confrontation
- 4.25 - 4.50 -- the last, mellow push, offering a hand to the defeated opponent
- 4.50 - 5.00 -- the darkness yields
- 5.00 - 9.00 -- the well deserved rest after the confrontation
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The Ab'us trial

Adam Majdecki-Janicki - synthesizer, Michał Sławski - percussion.

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"They guard nine rivers; they guard nine mountains"

This track has several new influences: 
First I nearly broke a 3/4 acoustic guitar by putting steel strings on it. It is really bended now, so I thought bottleneck is the right thing to play it. While there came so much noise out of it, I thought where noise is could more noise fit, so I recorded further found things in the kitchen.
Second influence was the idea of make something in a new style to shift borders of Zwakkonian  sphere into new lands.
Third influence is the aspect that the blues never lies.


Woke Up This Morning

The Distance Becoming Light

DANACH WAR ES KEINER

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.