With Schlarb on 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars (plus subtle keyboard accents) and Taylor on drums (plus mbira interludes), the most obvious touchstones for Time No Changes are Sandy Bull and Billy Higgins’ collaborations, which fearlessly crossed currents and blew minds back in the 1960s. With sharp simplicity, Bull called those long improvisations Blends; they blended not only a variety of musical concepts (raga, folk, jazz, etc.), but also two keen musical imaginations. Bull and Higgins were certainly listening to one another, sending and receiving transmissions from moment to moment.

A somewhat under-appreciated aspect of those Bull/Higgins Blends is their unabashed looseness. They’re far from perfectly rendered; the thread is sometimes lost entirely. For Schlarb, that was an inspiration in the making of Time No Changes. “Listening back, there were a few moments here and there when I felt a little self-conscious,” he remembers. “Like, ‘Oh man… I fall out of time!’ Or ‘I flubbed that picking pattern!’ Then I went back to listen to Sandy and Billy and remembered how fucked up and beautiful that album was.” In other words, Bull and Higgins weren’t interested in perfection. They were interested in flow.

In her recent book Transcendent Waves, sound healing practitioner Lavender Suarez describes the “flow state” as a “trancelike space of deep focus” where “we can create freely, letting go of ego and self-criticism.” That’s the vibe that you’ll get throughout Time No Changes, as Schlarb and Taylor glide through two spontaneously generated 20-minute song suites. Taylor’s sensitive playing is fluid and forward moving, delivering a feel that’s free flying without ever losing momentum. Schlarb, playing in the EEEEBE tuning used by Stephen Stills and Bruce Palmer, floats down this rhythmic river, finding mystical modalities and luminous melodies along the way.

Throughout, there’s an easy, warm rapport between the two musicians. They’re not trying to impress one another with flashy technique or unnecessary embellishments. But the results are impressive, nonetheless — even to the players themselves. “The OGs return!” Taylor exclaims at the end of Side A. You’re very likely to agree with his sentiment.

- Tyler Wilcox, Longmont, Colorado 

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Chris Schlarb / 6- and 12-string acoustic guitar, Moog synthesizer, Hammond organ
Chad Taylor / drums, mbira

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Produced by Chris Schlarb
at BIG EGO, Long Beach, California

Mixed by Chris Schlarb and Devin O’Brien

Recorded Saturday, December 14th, 2019
Engineered by Devin O’Brien

Cover Artwork by Jamie Zuverza

Photographs by Devin O'Brien
Layout by David Woodruff

Mastered by Ronan Chris Murphy

All songs written by Chris Schlarb (Interstellar Music Holdings of the Psychic Temple, ASCAP) and Chad Taylor (CTORB, ASCAP)

Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor - Time No Changes - 01 Time No Changes (Part One)

"A long desire of extraordinaire saxophone player Peter Brötzmann was a studio recording of some of his favorite jazz tunes and his own music -- a grand bridge over the music important for his life and his musical career in the past and present. Trost invited him to Martin Siewert's studio in Vienna to do so in summer 2018. The result is intense, beautiful and touching. Features compositions by Harry Barris/Gordon Clifford, Sigmund Romberg/Oscar Hammerstein II, Herbie Nichols, Dizzy Gillespie, George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin, and Sonny Rollins. Personnel: Peter Brötzmann - tenor saxophone. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Martin Siewert. Liner notes and artwork by Peter Brötzmann."

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a peaceful silent place
organ and piano
eva-maria houben
2019

finding together a path into silence—dwelling in your own body.
everyone lives one’s own story.

Eva-Maria Houben - "A Peaceful Silence Place" [sample]

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Yoichi Kamimura_Ecotherapy

24’, autoproduction, Japon

Cette pièce est issue de l’exposition Floating Between the Tropical and Glacial Zones organisée par l’auteur et Seiha Kurosawa à Tokyo en 2021. Elle combine deux environnements qu’apparemment tout oppose : la banquise de la mer d’Okhotsk et la forêt tropicale amazonienne. En mêlant froid et chaud, sa composition propose une nouvelle perspective sur notre environnement.

L’auteur compare l’enregistrement de terrain à un acte de « chasse méditative ». Il se présente comme un observateur de la relation « d’indifférence » entre l’humanité et la nature. En général, il compose des paysages immersifs, dans le but de provoquer des expériences sensorielles singulières.

Yoichi Kamimura_Ecotherapy

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Glittery and senseful selection is awaiting you in the 5th edition of the swarming mixtape series, building up a manifold audio journey from Oliver Torr, a multigenre multiverse persona of czech experimental electronic music scene. Breathtaking uphill ride won’t leave you cold, same as Oliver’s artistic work.

Oliver Torr is a Europe based composer, sound designer and sound artist. Since early age, he has been pursuing various activities revolving around sound, improvisation, art and music. He also has had a rich history of instrument building, working at Berlin’s Patch Point, and Prague’s Noise.Kitchen.

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Tracklist:
Thaiboy Digital - Im Fresh (OT drone edit, unreleased)
Tempelhof bottles and then solos and food and windKlahrk & Kavari - Rib
TTristana - Reboot (interlude)
Kronom - Mirrored Speed
OT & Elvin Brandhi - trl_eLLf_m33t1ng01
Krabs - Badgyals Gon Like Dis
Zavoloka & AGF - LISHCHYNAc (AGF Remake) 2022
binaural protesters walk
Logos - Marsh Lantern
Let Troika Better Your life (NETSPECTRE OST) (unreleased)
Paper mangles (unreleased)
X-opia_112007____102021 (unreleased) + shawty shawty
NLGNE_DEMO01 (unreleased)
St. Grimes - ST
MAX DAHLHAUS - STYMIED CYCLE (NAJIB REMIX)
OT & HEXEN - RANDELSAMPEL
AWOO - live now (unreleased)
Citytronix feat. Klahrk - ID (unreleased)
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Electronic artist and producer @jdotbalance, DJs as a creative task to help generate the music that they are putting out into the world. With a latin-centered ethos, they are inspired by a wide range of influences such as breakbeat and leftfield, to neo-perreo and techno sonics to create their own unique sound. While working on their own personal music, they also currently run GUD4U Radio on Soundcloud which puts out mixes for DJs/producers spanning from all over the US, Mexico, South America, and Europe. You can catch them spinning at various events this summer throughout Chicago, with a GUD4U event series on the way as well. With jd0tbalance’s debut EP ‘High Exposure’ with label Fixed Rhythms set to release July 29 and another EP planned for the fall, we are certain you will want to set your ears on all the music they have coming your way.

Words - Caleb Foland
Cover Design - Jada Milazzo
Photo - Asha Rahaylia

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