Sore Loser

YELLOW LEMONADE

Jackhammer field recording snippet slowed, spread into 6 (3 stereo) tracks, paulstretched for drone part, cut, reassembled. All sounds, mixing and production: Velvet Something Superdark.

This jackhammer also appears in "Together Forever": https://soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/together-forever & “Chimaera”: https://soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/chimaera

Jackhammer Etude

Jackhammer Étude

Whesovea

Spring Impressions

Remote horizon

Aporia is an ongoing Internet collab project based around the piano/bass duo 'Kirby/Ward'. Occasionally we capture something at rehearsal that we send to dummer Dane Renshaw (Japan) and guitarist Bruce Musser (U.S.A) to add their respective talents too. Its usually pretty spacious and dreamy : ) For this track we added the talents of Dylan Banks playing the Intonarumori as it seemed the least likely instrument ( and therefore most fun)  to suit this pseudo jazz jam extraction. As always Aporia may or may not record more music

Aporia #4

method: some of my sonic prep can be seen here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJwfUwDMhl8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
narration: Simplicius' point of view, not jason's for sure
image: taken in a museum in Athens, Greece, 2012, copyright jo richter

poem / copyright jo richter:

the morning creaked
on rusty hinges
not prone to please
on fraying fringes

midday soaked
with vain ambition
the argo, the fleece
a hero's contrition

the evening balked
away from the night
the numbers chalked 
didn't add up right

and in the dark
and in the dark
their widows cried
their widows cry

and in the dark

Another snippet from Califo Paean, this time featuring bass guitar fighting for its life amongst the reverb. 

Caligo Paean is a 1 hour long sound piece installed on river front property in the town of Franklin, Tasmania as part of the exhibition "When The Fog Clears". It formed part of the Ten Days on The Island Festival March 2025.
The work was installed in several locations across the property including a stack of subs under an old bus, in the main exhibition space and in an abandoned shed some 40 metres from the main area . The speakers were 'tuned' quite differently depending on their location and the sound was not delay corrected with the result of each mini-installation merging with each other in odd sonic ways - kind of calling the listener from one spot to another. The the work features field recordings, percussion, piano, bass guitar and Intonarumori as well as this special one off choir : )

Caligo is the Ancient goddess of Chaos. Born of the fog she controls the darkness, dwells in the void and is as old as the primordial matter that created the universe. This work is a tribute to the goddess as she continues to influence our lives and, in the case of this installation, the site and concept informing the show.

Official press release below for The Fog Clears

Every day, the mists of the Huon Valley perform a seductive dance, gently obscuring and revealing contours of the fertile land and waters. Situated in The Watershed Franklin, When The Fog Clears features six artists from lutruwita / Tasmania exploring the region’s iconic mists through a variety of mediums including installation, sculpture, illustration, sound, and video.

Developed exclusively for Franklin, this exhibit extends from the waterfront itself into the chambers, kilns, and rafters of the shed, inviting visitors to consider fog as an atmosphere that can cloak us in unexpected ways.


image credit: Rosie Hastie

Caligo Paean (Bass solo)

“Between You and We” is made up of three parts of a 41 minute piece.
Each piece is a stand alone piece but works even better heard one after the other.

The music is freely improvised in a free melodic form that I call Modern Modal Music.
It means that I use melodies and variations on them using a basic reference tone.
The melodies work to push and pull from the basic bass tone all the while taking advantage of the unique sound quality that the mosesa offers as filtered through electronic pedals amplified through a bass amp. Micro tones, overtones, scrapes, knocks, …any sound quality is welcomed in Modern Modal Music as long as it supports the expression of the melodies.

Pre-order the album: https://shopendtitles.bandcamp.com/album/between-you-and-we
(available November 24, 2019.)

Thanks for listening, commenting and I hope that you can support this album!
:) WM

Between You And We 1, Matthies

I share music that I have made here solo or in groups. I am bundling my work with some online friends as a project oriented, micro-collective. We are happy to share with you!

https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/

Wilhelm Mattthies, John Daly (aka Tuneind52), Paulo Chagas and Matthias Boss

Between You And We 1, Matthies

Wilhelm Matthies