On it's own this track stands as a meditation track and can be used for many purposes like sitting meditation, yoga and sufi whirling dervish dance.

By exploring numbers we enter into different levels of trance. 

We have a more relaxed A = 430hz tuning with an 11 beat tempo. Harmonics are used to draw out the healing qualities of the music and chosen tones. This track is in La. At about 2:50 the track introduces violin and drum elements, the guitar fades out to leave these elements on their own from about 10:20.

If you would like to get involved with collaboration in this project, I will tailor make a track like this for you either at random or to your specification, in any musical style. Improvisation is the focus.

Email: zeninanightclub@gmail.com

Currently for the upcoming release due in June there are already six collaborators from all around the world. 

I suggest you remain with the repetitions consciously and allow the odd number of beats to wash through you like a wave until they become a part of you. When you have entered trance you will hear melodies in between the tones and new notes. This is not a trick but it is the mind adapting to its new canvas on which to paint. 

Sound or the absence thereof is a canvas.

Monti Karus was here.

Copyright Zen in a Nightclub 2019

"Catharsis" - Loop Track Sample for Collaboration - La 11/8 @ 430

Here is the first track of the debut release "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" by the Zen in a Nightclub project.

"Augmented Reality" features musical saw by Yeliz Bulgurcu (Izmir, Turkey) and the video features artworks by Elif Karagoz (Istanbul, Turkey)

Cover image by Elif Karagoz, see the video with a montage of Elif's artworks here: https://youtu.be/-379gzV-wDg

Find Yeliz here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1OZTVNgW-lgi80pMxukI0g
Find Elif here: https://www.instagram.com/elifzeynepkaragoz/

Zen in a nightclub is an experimental music project that promotes improvisation and free-form. It normally starts with a loop track that is then sent to the artist to improvise over, then the track is mixed and mastered by myself (Monti Karus) with extra elements added and a 'song' results. If you would like to get involved email: zeninanightclub@gmail.com

All music production, editing, mastering and all other instruments and improvisation by myself. 

A link will be available soon for free download of all six tracks of "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" on archive.org

ZIANC on facebook: facebook.com/zeninanightclub

Support this project on Patreon: patreon.com/zeninanightclub

This track is under a creative commons licence - Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

"Augmented Reality" - The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness

Here is the second track of the debut release "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" by the Zen in a Nightclub project.

"Chaos Approach" features photography by Paydaş Bre (Izmir, Turkey), track by myself (Monti Karus)

Cover photo by Paydaş Bre

See the feature video with more of Paydaş's photos here: https://youtu.be/k6Kp7mqZdTw
Find more of Paydaş's photos and learn about his travels here: https://www.facebook.com/paydas.bre

This is a solo track created by me all within the space of three hours, featuring only improvisation.

Zen in a nightclub is an experimental music project that promotes improvisation and free-form. It normally starts with a loop track that is then sent to the artist to improvise over, then the track is mixed and mastered by myself (Monti Karus) with extra elements added and a 'song' results. If you would like to get involved email: zeninanightclub@gmail.com

A link will be available soon for free download of all six tracks of "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" on archive.org

ZIANC on facebook: http://facebook.com/zeninanightclub
ZIANC on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/zeninanightclub

Support this project on Patreon: http://patreon.com/zeninanightclub

This track is under a creative commons licence - Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

"Chaos Approach" - The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness

Here is the third track of the debut release "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" by the Zen in a Nightclub project.

"Quit" features vocal improvisation by Sofia Arteaga (Uruguayan/French in Dublin, Ireland); saxophone by Lindsay Baker (Margaret River, Western Australia) and photography of Izmir by Mustafa Subakan (Izmir, Turkey).

Cover photo by Mustafa Subakan, see the featured video for a photo reel of some of his work: https://youtu.be/yOMDCLUOZW8
Find more photos from Mustafa here: https://www.instagram.com/renksizmir/

Find Sofia here: https://www.facebook.com/sofia.arteaga.sofiarte
Find Lindsay's band 'Howling Onshore' here: https://www.facebook.com/HowlingOnshore/

And if you are interested, here are the lyrics to the vocal improvisation by Sofia. She transcribed and translated them (what a gem!) - https://files.fm/u/ne25ymvq

Zen in a nightclub is an experimental music project that promotes improvisation and free-form. It normally starts with a loop track that is then sent to the artist to improvise over, then the track is mixed and mastered by myself (Monti Karus) with extra elements added and a 'song' results. If you would like to get involved email: zeninanightclub@gmail.com

All other instruments, music production, mixing and editing by myself (Monti Karus). 

A link will be available soon for free download of all six tracks of "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" on archive.org

ZIANC on facebook: http://facebook.com/zeninanightclub
ZIANC on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/zeninanightclub

Support this project on Patreon: http://patreon.com/zeninanightclub

This track is under a creative commons licence - Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

"Quit" - The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness

Here is the fourth track of the debut release "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" by the Zen in a Nightclub project.

"Blue River" features blended saxophone improvisations by Lindsay Baker (Margaret River, Western Australia) and photography by Ferat Güven (Dersim, Eastern Turkey).

Find Lindsay's band 'Howling Onshore' here: https://www.facebook.com/HowlingOnshore/

Cover photo: Ferat Güven
See the music video with his portraits here: https://youtu.be/QtjkFsRaDgc
Find all the portraits by Ferat Güven with stories here at: https://www.instagram.com/sspieces/

Zen in a nightclub is an experimental music project that promotes improvisation and free-form. It normally starts with a loop track that is then sent to the artist to improvise over, then the track is mixed and mastered by myself (Monti Karus) with extra elements added and a 'song' results. If you would like to get involved email: zeninanightclub@gmail.com

All other instruments, music production, mixing and editing by myself (Monti Karus). 

A link will be available soon for free download of all six tracks of "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" on archive.org

ZIANC on facebook: http://facebook.com/zeninanightclub
ZIANC on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/zeninanightclub

Support this project on Patreon: http://patreon.com/zeninanightclub

This track is under a creative commons licence - Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Thanks for listening!

"Blue River" - The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness

Here is the fifth track of the debut release "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" by the Zen in a Nightclub project.

"My Stoney Friend" features free-form poetry by Čestmir Bergsma (Nederlands) and photography of Serbia and North Macedonia by Ivitsa Jankulovski (Skopje, Macedonia).

Find more of Cestmir at: https://www.facebook.com/schrijverCestmirBergsma/

Cover photo by Ivitsa, see the music video here for the full reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox06y0z1uxE
Ivitsa has a recording studio in Skopje, Macedonia and you can find that here: https://www.facebook.com/alsharstudio/

Zen in a nightclub is an experimental music project that promotes improvisation and free-form. It normally starts with a loop track that is sent to the artist to improvise over, then once different elements are collected the tracks are mixed down and produced into a 'song'. If you would like to get involved in the next release email: zeninanightclub@gmail.com

All other instruments, music production, mixing and editing by myself (Monti Karus). 

A link will be available soon for free download of all six tracks of "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" on archive.org, like the facebook page for updates

ZIANC on facebook: http://facebook.com/zeninanightclub
ZIANC on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/zeninanightclub

Support this project on Patreon: http://patreon.com/zeninanightclub

This track is under a creative commons licence - Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Thanks for listening!

"My Stoney Friend" - The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness

Here is the sixth track of the debut release "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" by the Zen in a Nightclub project.

"Game of Life" is a song by Kelebek Evrimi featuring Oud, Vocal and Gadulka improvisations. This is a special release for the Zen in a Nightclub project only.

Cover artwork by Elif Zeynep Karagoz - https://www.instagram.com/elifzeynepkaragoz/

The music video for 'Game of Life' here https://youtu.be/kx-gIm1q7TU is made by film maker Tom Horn of Australia. The original footage has been used with permission and can be found at https://youtu.be/0PaTk5LLXqc . 

Thanks to Steven Matthews at the Asia Night: Walking in Asia youtube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC4gEA9-dTgxjSCQ6mcyjZw ) for allowing use of the content.
  
Find more of Kelebek Evrimi here: http://kelebekevrimi.bandcamp.com

Zen in a nightclub is an experimental music project that promotes improvisation and free-form. It normally starts with a loop track that is sent to the artist to improvise over, then once different elements are collected the tracks are mixed down and produced into a 'song'. If you would like to get involved in the next release email: zeninanightclub@gmail.com

A link will be available soon for free download of all six tracks of "The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness" on archive.org. Please like the facebook page for updates!

ZIANC on facebook: http://facebook.com/zeninanightclub
ZIANC on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/zeninanightclub

Support this project on Patreon: http://patreon.com/zeninanightclub

This track is under a creative commons licence - Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Thanks for listening!

"Game of Life" - The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness

Here's a very exciting release as part of the Zen in a Nightclub project, a collaboration with the talented folk singer Maeve Rose of Copenhagen!

Originally a loop track was sent to Maeve to sing over, then the track was mixed with more instruments/vocals recorded by myself (Monti Karus). The result is this bounty of sound that has captured a piece of essence! If you'd like to get involved in this project email - zeninanightclub@gmail.com

See the music video for this song made by Tom Horn here - https://youtu.be/chXXFmpfAJk

There is now an amazing remix of this track by sound man Budha Building available here: https://soundcloud.com/budhabuilding/zen-in-a-nightclub-feat-maeve-rose-bells-budha-building-arrangementremix

Find Maeve on SoundCloud here - https://soundcloud.com/user-732831626

Zen in a nightclub is an experimental music project that promotes improvisation and free-form.

ZIANC on facebook: http://facebook.com/zeninanightclub
ZIANC on SoundCloud: @zeninanightclub

Support this project on Patreon: http://patreon.com/zeninanightclub

The cover artwork is a collaboration between the Whiskey Mystic and I

This track is under a creative commons licence - Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

"Bells" feat. Maeve Rose

Here is one of two collaborative efforts featuring poetry by Cestmir Bergsma of the Nederlands with the music of Yeliz Bulgurcu and Alessandro Muresu of Turkey.

Original conception to mix these pieces, recording of the poetry and some mixing done by Zen in a Nightclub. Final mix and master by Yeliz Bulgurcu.

Find more of Yeliz and Alessandro's music on Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/user-501351401
Find the video clip to the song 'Break-in point' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixMyhL26HdA

Find more of Cestmir Bergsma's poetry here: https://soundcloud.com/estmir-bergsma 

Stay tuned as this will be followed by another similar collaboration with poetry 'A conversation with silence and doubt' and music 'Healing Sounds'. Both will be on the next Zen in a Nightclub free net-label release!

To keep updated follow this steemit blog here: steemit.com/@montycashmusic

Photo by Monty Cash Music taken in Copenhagen in Jan 2020.

Words to the poem by Cestmir Bergsma are as follows:
the house of dreams holds many streams that create the abbillity to move within
the house of dreams shelters the answers you sek without showing you how to speak

it has branches wherein the sacred landscapes of a breeze caresses your cheeck
it has the story of a unity who falls silently when you found peace amongst the snowflakes of a winter's day

it was he who walked around in search of family
it was she who tried to find meaning in this reality

many roads we take, many choices we make
can we say in what way thoughts are shaped?

what are the feelings that guided our path?
it was he who found a question one day
it was she who dropped it in the first place

the house of dreams holds many mysteries
one of them in binding us together
like pieces of strings that transfers knowledge to eachother
as if we simultaneously go through the same emotions and feel the same spirit

it is maybe this what nature intended
to stumble upon the structure of being one
and share the stories that we through

it is he who sat on the streets
it is she who sat there already

and so, life brings us to the same dreams
we all want to live happily
to be content with the mysterie of never knowing
because we already know where our story is going to end

it will become a part of the cycle of dreams
remembered in the thoughts of eachother
as if we were a team, holding on to memories of faith and believe

it is he who took the time to see
it is she who found a friend to tell her miseries too
and they are just the same as us
stumbling upon the structure of being one

and then suddely, the house of dreams
with a great wide door who welcomes us
with windows that are always open and trees inside who touch the high ceiling and beyond

it it is the house where family resides to cook and play in ways you have never seen before

it is he who found a way to stay
it is she who gradually became part of me
dancing on the grounds
speaking about the past as if it was forgiven and loved
carried by all the heartbeats of family

it is there, inside the house of dreams
where beauty does not have a name

it is merely a way of greeting
a way of seeing the teachings that may linger in forgotten feelings

may we have the deceny to see how insanity feels
and give our dreams to the family inbetween the trees

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All individual works are copyright their respective creators and used with permission.

This track is under a creative commons licence - Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

House Of Dreams feat. Break-In Point with Cestmir Bergsma, Alessandro Muresu and Yeliz Bulgurcu

This is a poem by Cestmir Bergsma of the Netherlands called 'Conversation Between Silence and Doubt' featuring,
'Umut' - drone music by Yeliz Bulgurcu and Alessandro Muresu of Turkey.

Original conception to mix these pieces, recording of the poetry and some mixing done by Zen in a Nightclub. Final mix and master by Yeliz Bulgurcu.

Find more of Yeliz and Alessandro's music on Soundcloud here: @user-501351401
Find the video clip to the song 'Umut' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGnQPwP8ZzU

Find more of Cestmir Bergsma's poetry here: @estmir-bergsma

This and another poetry music track with the same artists (https://soundcloud.com/zeninanightclub/house-of-dreams-feat-break-in-point-cestmir-bergsma-alessandro-muresu-and-yeliz-bulgurcu) will both be on the next Zen in a Nightclub free net-label release!

For updates with Zen in a Nightclub follow this steemit blog here: steemit.com/@montycashmusic

Photo by Monty Cash Music taken in Copenhagen in Jan 2020.

Words to the poem by Cestmir Bergsma at this blog post: https://steemit.com/poetry/@montycashmusic/conversation-between-silence-and-doubt-feat-umut

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All individual works are copyright their respective creators and used with permission.

This track is under a creative commons licence - Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Conversation Between Silence And Doubt feat. 'Umut'

An international collaboration project featuring improvisation and a many weaving fancies of unique musical and poetic works.

Download Netlabel releases here:
'The Mass Pursuit of Nothingness' - October 2019 - https://archive.org/details/themassproduceofnothingness
'Bells' - February 2020 - https://archive.org/details/bellszianc

Also by independent not-for-profit net label Güve Recordings:
Kelebek Evrimi - An ethno-western band based in Skopje, Macedonia soundcloud.com/kelebek-evrimi
Monty Cash Music - A notorious traveling street musician based in Fremantle, Western Australia - soundcloud.com/montycashmusic

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