February 24th 2022

This is "Vein", a song from my new album "Prepared Bass C102", which will be released at the Comic Market 102 event in Tokyo this summer. Please listen to it.

Aoki Satoru - Vein - (Prepared Bass C102)
Prepared bass: Aoki Satoru
August 13, 2023 [ TOD 268 ] [ TODA 23 ]

[jp] 夏の コミックマーケット 102 で 頒布する 新しいアルバム『Prepared Bass C102』からの一曲『Vein』です。どうぞよろしく。

□ コミックマーケット 102 日曜日 東 カ-15b「tototod」
（8月13日 日曜日 東京ビッグサイト）

https://tototod.blogspot.com/2023/08/prepared-bass-c102.html

The link for streaming distribution is here.
https://tr.ee/HZzelA0sJ6

Apple Music

[C102] Vein

Henrik Meierkord is a cellist, artist and composer from Helsingborg, Sweden who currently lives in Stockholm. He returns to Whitelabrecs following his ‘Cello Improvisations’ EP (2023) and the collaborative album ‘Inseln’ with Logic Moon (2022). He has also previously released music on labels such as Ambientologist, Audiobulb, Projekt records, Ella ruth Institutet and Subcontinental Records. Henrik began playing cello aged of 12, progressing to play in classical orchestras, onto performing in bands and then creating his own music. He has also collaborated and performed for artists such as Ossler, Pawel Kobak, Marco Lucchi, Meipr, Sole and Strulgattu.

Typically Henrik’s approach to composition tends to begin with the cello, before further layers of strings are added, such as double bass or violin. But often, he will create music intuitively and free from set rules; sometimes a piece of music can be started with a synthesiser or piano, or written purely as an experiment. In this album entitled ‘Proscenium’, Henrik gathered a collection of instinctive compositions, inspired by nostalgia and a longing for a different world. Fragile piano, emotive strings and earthy cello weave out dream-like sequences, expressing hard-to-recall bitter-sweet experiences.

The album was recorded in Henrik’s Soundbread  studio in Stockholm, including a West German cello from the seventies, a double bass and a violin belonging to his son. Whilst over a long period of time he’d gathered together numerous pieces of music, there is a thematic vibe present within these chosen tracks. ‘Proscenium’ is the view the audience have when watching an Ancient Greek theatre performance, or indeed the location from which the actors carry out their performance. Henrik felt drawn to a loose theme of Ancient Greek theatrical culture for the concept, and the artwork and track titles give listeners something in which to meditate, or a scene in which to place themselves if they wish. There is however no specific play or plot in mind. It could in fact be numerous stories collected together as many overlapping emotions, played back all at once, as if recalling centuries of moments emitted from a theatre stage.

Credits:
Written and Produced by Henrik Meierkord
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Imagery by Harry Towell
Art and Design by Andrew Heath

Proscenium

wlr154 Henrik Meierkord - Proscenium

My submission for Naviar Haiku #522.

Includes field recording of thunderstorm in Colorado's Wet Mountains.

Flashing In The Mountains

Flashing In The Mountains - Naviarhaiku522

2024-02-07

Made with GarageBand.
AI generated artwork, van Gogh style.
Enjoy!
 

Project 9

Bad timing

This piece combines "Improvisation for Solo Lyra-8 Synthesizer" and "Drone Painting No.2" with a touch of dialog provided by Espeak, a rather primitive, command line speech synthesis program. I am starting to compile another Phantom Oscillator album for Bandcamp that will probably be called Orphans. As the title hopefully suggests, it will consist of songs recorded over the past two years or so that didn't fit with the mood or aesthetic of whatever album I was working on at the time.  Utopian Death March will be among this eclectic group of orphaned experiments, which will hopefully see a small cassette tape edition like last year's Music for Soldering. Stay tuned! BTW, the quotes spoken by my robot are not my own. The quote at the beginning of the track is by Peter Hitchens and the one at the end is by Bertrand De Jouvenel.

Phantom Oscillator - Utopian Death March

ice cave 1 30 bpm 2625 take 1

DARK AMBIENT - DOMINION OF DESPAIR

shifty 2 45 bpm take 1 2928

William Elliott makes experimental synthesizer-based music under a number of aliases, including Phantom Oscillator, GASGIANTS, Interferenzmaschine, and Occam's Raygun. His uncompromising improvisational style has led him to embrace hardware synths such as the iconic Soma Laboratory Lyra-8 and Eurorack modular synths among others.