Evening Star

walk by your hand

The Assignment: Interpret a graphic score by Franziska Baumann.

See the feature-reel here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9iXpNfMHa9/

There were many options with this particular graphical notation. Since I had an academic background, I initially planned to make 7 x 5 tiny piano movements. 

But – this time together with my girlfriend – we focused on the artistic quality of the notation. The inner images of a little story of a trip from New Jersey to Manhattan emerged. 

With and beyond all the noise of life, there is a deep trust.

By musically connecting many of her field recordings through a trip from New Jersey to NYC, we orchestrated many different impressions together while maintaining contact with the former academic, now cacophonous expression of notation.

Taking the staves into account, accelerations and rhythmically inappropriate situations underlined our approach.

Enjoy!

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More on the 654th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Just Notation — The Assignment: Interpret a graphic score by Franziska Baumann — at https://disquiet.com/0654/

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The cover image for this track contains a detail of a graphic score, titled True Glimpses 1, by Franziska Baumann, used with her permission and the support of Musikfestival Bern. More on Baumann at franziskabaumann.ch

walk by your hand (disquiet0654)

Liverpool (UK) producer Montao returns with a cinematic story of fantasy, myths, and legends. 

His unique production style shines through, as usual not conforming to sit in one single box, using elements of his favourite influences and sounds. 

Bridging the gap again over the 'pond', this time teaming up with underground Hip-hop juggernaut Napoleon Da Legend, and the Goddess MC herself, Sa-Roc. 

Unsurprisingly, both rappers spit nothing but pure fire within the orifice of Montao's soundscape.

Overall, it's another strong addition to his catalogue, and showcasing his never ending diversity and courage to explore new ideas.

The new single drops ahead of his debut album ‘Echoes of the Cosmos’ due out Friday 25th October.

Descendant of a Greek God is out now-https://ffm.to/greekgod

Descendant of a Greek God (feat. Napoleon Da Legend & Sa-Roc)

Owning your mistakes, doing things because you want to.

Said It, Mean It

High And Wasted

High and Wasted (Radio Edit) [feat. Sock Drawer]

το ποτάμι

A re-amplification of the piece Kokytos for organ by Daniel Glaus.

Feature-reel: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-gEY75OoeY/

“Kokytos” is part of a series of organ improvisations that were recorded with a wide range of microphones placed both inside and around the instrument. This assignment will build on Glaus’ work and take it a step further.  

The Assignement:  
Re-amplify the recording, or elements of it, by playing “Kokytos” back over a loudspeaker. Use the pool of sounds resulting from the step before and compose a piece of your own, perhaps adding further sonic treatment.  

I stayed with the original piece, no further compositions.  

But I emphasized and re-amplfied the Kokytos, taking into account these five semantic axis:
- the pipe as long resonant space (speaker to a cardboard-pipe)
- the wind (speaker near to a ventilator)
- the air (speaker in distance to microphone)
- the transcendent (dry signal through a eg&g 5208 Lock-in-Filter, no reference-signal)
- the ear (speaker through the drum of my drum kit)

Enjoy and thank you for this opportunity.  

+++ More on the 658th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Re-Amplify — The Assignment: Re-record and re-compose an organ improvisation by Daniel Glaus — at https://disquiet.com/0658/

το ποτάμι (disquiet658)

Heel Stone

slow down

Description:   The 2nd single from her upcoming album "Infinite They Went", Falling Sideways is Marla Mase's post-Beatles nod to the "Alice in Wonderland" like-world in which we live in.....

Falling Sideways (2024 Remaster)

brave ashes

feature-reel on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_V4zdXu8j-/

heaven and earth 
still not rent asunder –
morning mist

Genkaibō | japanese poet and monk from the Edo period.


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Contribution for naviarrecords:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku556-heaven-and-earth/

Enjoy!

brave ashes (naviarhaiku556)

A collaboration between myself and bexiexz - https://www.instagram.com/bexiexz/ - spoken word poetry set to heavily affected piano. 
Lyrics:

winter keep
me down under 
water so that I do not play in the freeze 
of your contempt 
-
file me into the deep corners 
of your fridge 
-
send your snowflakes 
to play on my eyelashes 
once more 
no longer dying to live 
on the fringe 
-
I want to hold their hands made of sticks 
and dance rounder in the roll 
of fresh packing snow
-
tie my hands together and louder, 
take me face to face 
close to your button nose
-
like a snowman, 
-
I look to feel colder 
only melted by memories in gusts of wind 
-
winter, keep me close 
as I wanted 
when the next snowfall 
will take my skin
and leave me wandering 
and older 
-
without the warm of youth
to bring me indoors
where I belong 
and where I feel the need 
to be by fire 
-
I feel the need to be ignited 
over and over 
-
roasting marshmallows on my stick arm,
winter, keep me safe 
from warm unknown 
-
I fear if I get too close
I’ll know I want her,
her is the fire that keeps my heart pulsing
-
how easy to be cold,
sheltered and unthawing 
-
how lovely to be freezing in winter 
and without feeling 
-
how comfortable in detachment, 
in biting isolation
-
how scary to put my hands in the fire, 
the wood can call my name
-
and I hear her, 
and I won’t know what to say 
because I don’t want to melt 
and be seen 
by others in this way
-
but, I must
-
I must show other snow 
creatures that for longevity, 
heat will be the price we pay
-
swaying from one extremity 
until we finally realize
-
balance is the key,
-
starting warm outside, 
watching the wildfire 
from afar spark up,
-
that will be winter’s 
final keep

Winter's final keep

☠️ IDM & cinematic post-rock ambience where Boards of Canada and Stars of the Lid collide with Spacemen 3 and get busy behind the bike sheds ☠️
Melodic // Hypnotic // Psychotic

Winter's final keep

winterkeep

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