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Calm and Steady tracks series no. 286

created: 2022/08/06

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(c) Lida Trujillo – some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Perspectivas

Axioma

I listen to English language music but since it's  my second language, I rarely understand the lyrics.  Over the years,  I developed a taste for vocal melodies and tones but not so much for story/message/meaning.   This track is a reflection of that, I think.

Machine Learning

Jupiter - Europa

Dolyna

Thought it was Impossible

Lamont Kohner - Defiance (2022)

a1) Defiance
b1) Defiance (slow motion)

Defiance

01. Symbol - Рехаб

ENG: https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/quietus-international/new-voices-ukraine-podcast-20ft-radios-guide-to-the-ukrainian-underground-memory-leaks-part-i/

Ми відкриваємо серію Memory Leaks з інтервʼю з Андрієм Страховим, учасником гурту Верба Хльос, з яким разом поринемо у спогади про авангардну сцену Києва кінця 1980-х / початку 1990-х.

У цьому епізоді, крім безпосередньо Верба Хльос, ми поговоримо про Цукор Білу Смерть та Олександра Юрченка, піонерів незалежної музики в Україні. 

Проєкт Memory Leaks: The Story of Ukrainian Indie, Underground and Beyond є частиною ініціативи Альтернативи: New voices Ukraine. Ця подкаст-серія висвітлить історію української незалежної музичної сцени через концепцію культурної пам’яті як джерела знань про себе самих. Memory Leaks досліджує розвиток сцени, простежуючи, як авангард домашніх студій 90-х перетворився на електронні крос-жанрові експерименти сьогодення.

Ведуча: Олена Погонченкова (@abuddhistbubblegum)

Серія створена разом з британським виданням The Quietus, за підтримки British Council та Українського інституту

We open the Memory Leaks series with an interview with Andrii Strahov, a member of the Verba Khlyos (Верба Хльос) band, with whom we will delve into the memories of the Kyiv avant-garde scene of the late 1980s / early 1990s.

In this episode, in addition to Verb Khlyos, we will talk about Sugar White Death and Oleksandr Yurchenko, pioneers of independent music in Ukraine.

The Memory Leaks: The Story of Ukrainian Indie, Underground and Beyond project is part of the Альтернативи: New voices Ukraine initiative. This podcast series will highlight the history of the Ukrainian independent music scene through the concept of cultural memory as a source of knowledge about ourselves. Memory Leaks explores the development of the scene, tracing how the home studio avant-garde of the 90s evolved into the electronic cross-genre experiments of today.

Hosted by Olena Pohonchenkova (@abuddhistbubblegum)

The series is produced in collaboration with The Quietus magazine and supported by British Council and Ukrainian Institute

Memory Leaks #1: Early Days of Ukrainian Independent Scene (UA)

Melancholic syndrome

When was the last time I thought about you
In the shower, like in the bathroom, you see the sky

For a moment it seems like I'm lying in a fog
No one but you can make me see

I fly through the clouds, hiding behind the horizon
Catching ghosts in my mind I'm an evil thief

There's no point in crying out for me
I'm losing my faith in myself for nothing

Mеланхолічний Синдром

Genocide, June 2025:
Israel is only the executioner, every nation which has armed that country in the past year is an accessory to that genocide, an accomplice, a facilitator.  We cannot talk about war crimes because when you target unarmed civilians, mostly women and children, we are talking about a massacre, like terrorists do, not a war. The people who orchestrated that massacre, in the US, the most duplicitous, followed by those of the UK, Germany, France, and probably a few lesser ones should be tried for crimes against humanity just as well as Netanyahu and his cabinet, because it has been going on for two years, generously reported by media of all kinds, so the enablers knew exactly how the arms were to be used, as a tool for revenge, domination, and humiliation of the Palestinian people.  The conflict has ceased to be about the defense of anything for months.

The parties responsible have made a mockery of decency, morals, fairness, proportion, or justice, not to mention empathy.  Of what little there was, these concepts will be a lot longer to come back than they were to be struck down.  

Is it 1984 already?!?!
 ...

I have not been able to recover access to my other account [https://soundcloud.com/ha-kekong] for a couple of years.  I have tried a few times to get back into it but SoundCloud doesn't trust me.  Same phone number, same email addresses, and they still claim that they can't verify my identity.  I created that account about three years ago as a substitute to my regular account which SoundCloud temporarily closed.  They closed it as part of some upgrade procedure in their system, the result of a bug that affected many accounts, about two years ago.  Since SC did not inform its users I didn't know if that was permanent or not, so I created that other account which I can't access.  Don't be mad if I have not replied to your message in the past two years, that's because I never got them ; ) ... You can always reach me here though.
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This one here (957729823) is for regular folks.

I love you, both.

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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. ... Actually I checked recently and it is further North more than West, I thought I was facing South when in fact I probably was facing the Atlantic ocean, which is why I suppose the waves were of a decent size where we were.
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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. =(
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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.
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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.

Dolyna

Volyn Field

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