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More . . . wireless . . !

30 Sunday Jun 2019

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I’ve had a pair of Powerbeats.3 wireless ear-buds for a year & 1./2 . . . & just bought a pair of Jaybird TARAH Pro‘s. They’re in-ear (like BOSE) as opposed to Powerbeats ear hook. As a result, they offer increased noise cancelling power & a cool, customizable audio-graph App for tweaking the sound.

Great control pad — for accessing Siri or phone calls – & water/sweat proof (great for working out!), as well as an easy-to-use equalizer app for saving audio configurations to your phone (Rock, Ambient, Jazz, Classical, etc)

Very nice!

Glo, by Polypores

30 Sunday Jun 2019

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A collection of deep, immersive ambient/drone tracks, recorded live in November 2018 as part of a meditation practice. 

All proceeds will be donated to Achieve Change And Engagement, a charity focused on mental health solutions for young people:  a-c-e.org.uk

Those who pay for the download will receive 3 bonus tracks. 

Recommended playback on headphones for complete sonic immersion. 

Made using Dreadbox Erebus, Make Noise 0-Coast, and Waldorf Blofeld, through a Specular Tempus reverb pedal.

Released December 6, 2018 

Written and produced by Stephen James Buckley




A House Once Lived That Never Was, by cinchel

28 Friday Jun 2019

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Recorded/mixed at Dr. Pirates Ship from March 2012-June 2013 using my fingers/pick, an ebow and violin bow on an acoustic guitar borrowed from my friend Leah and an SM57 microphone plugged into a Fulltone Tube Tape Echo. Laptop was mostly used for looping and mixing. No other effects used. 

“… is a slow movement of light strumming, reverberant humming, and an underlying rhythm like that of a far away train rattling through a dense, moist forest. The following cultural reference registers more positively with some than with others, but trust that it is intended as fully appreciative when suggested that the track sounds, for all its sublimated pleasure, like Led Zeppelin just before it bursts out of its occultist haze and rocks out. Here, however, the rock never comes. There is just the lovely murk of songless ruralisms left to lull themselves to sleep.” 

—Marc Weidenbaum (from a blog post about a demo version of one of these tracks that i posted to soundcloud last year) disquiet.com/2012/07/20/cinchel-20120718/

“…as organic as Mountains used to be and as heartfelt as Andrew Weathers, taking a guitar and a tape delay and coaxing out the softest most delicate sounds…” 

—Justin Snow (antigravity bunny)  antigravitybunny.com?p=9019 

Released June 1, 2014 

Mastered by Joe Panzner (Autumn 2013) 
Cover photo is a collage of 2 photos by Kirstie Shanley


Spartan Mettle Softens the Blow . 3

21 Friday Jun 2019

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Part 3 . . . because I couldn’t help myself! (that’s why) : )

Rhetorical Question: Is there such a thing as “too much din”??

This series has been a blast to evolve & construct. I regularly run through editions 1 through 3 via earbuds (usually during workouts – audio noise creates enough distraction that the gym-time flies).
It’s also one of those fringe genres (ether-jazz+noise) that’s received a languid reception . . . but that’s often the way it goes when you’re on the bleeding edge of a new, or seldom produced, order of things (my friend Dirk Serries, of TONUS, YODOK III & multiple iterations of ether-jazz combos, can relate, no doubt).

And, as an aside, the 5.31.19 release of Michele Rabbia’s ‘Lost River‘ (ECM) caused me to add a new opening track to the project (w/ some treated drums segueing into track #2)

Given the diversity of artists cranking out noise like this, there’s an obvious market (albeit small) for all of this – but a market nonetheless. Our aim is to occasionally mix within that market. However, if you’re more of a Brahms lullaby sort of weirdo chap . . . by all means do NOT press ‘play’!!

;- D

[part 3 of 3 . . . a continuation of soft vs hard aural din]
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This series also available for download on our Bandcamp page.

01 Michele Rabbia, Gianluca Petrella & Eivind Aarset – Wadi
02 Ambient Landscape – Stretch Intro One+Two
(interpolating David Torn’s ‘At Least There Was Nothing’
& ‘Tritone Harmonics’ by SONAR)
03 Benedict Taylor & Dirk Serries – Puncture Cycle – V (excerpt)
04 Dk3 (Denison/Kimball Trio) – Issa
05 Andy Summers – Mare Imbrium
06 Mats Eilertsen, Harmen Fraanje & Thomas Strønen – Perpetum
07 David Torn, Tim Berne & Ches Smith – Spartan, Before It Hit (part 3)
08 Thomas Strønen & Time Is A Blind Guide – Baka
09 Giovanni Guidi – No Taxi
10 David Torn, Tim Berne & Ches Smith – Soften The Blow (part 3)
11 Medeski, Martin & Wood – Retirement Song
12 David Torn, Tim Berne & Ches Smith – Eye Meddle (part 3)
13 Medeski, Martin & Wood – Undone
14 Pat Metheny – Mastema
15 Dk3 (Denison/Kimball Trio) – Landshark pt. 2
16 Nels Cline, Tim Berne & Jim Black– Railroaded
17 Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois – Mag11 P82
18 Derek Bailey – PIE (Amatosis-Mix)

L’océan rêve dans sa loisiveté – 1st Session, by maninkari

20 Thursday Jun 2019

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Around the theme of the ocean symbolising the subconscious, the hidden world and a very personal concept of “loisiveté” a combintion of idleness “oisiveté” and law “loi”, Maninkari continues exploring a weird and dreamlike world. 

As usual, the Charlot brothers resort almost exclusively to the use of acoustic instruments with oriental origins (bodhran, cymbalom, santoor, viola, cello, zurna). 

Percussion instruments especially the bodhran play melodic or textural figures, whereas stringed instruments become repetitive to a point where they embody the rythmics. 

The combination of repetition and oriental tones create a heady sound continuum providing the 10 nameless tracks with ? a mantra-like resonance. A short breathing in the middle of the album with an organ and birdsong is the only quiet moment of this tormented (but without violence), and meditative (but without bliss) record. 

The permanent state of tension recalls the rigours of law and repetition provides the calm alternative of idleness “l’oisiveté”. 
The ocean offers all of it’s grandeur to this introspective journey. 
[label info]

Released November 25, 2014


Anticipation of an Uncertain Future – various artists

16 Sunday Jun 2019

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Released January 1, 2017

As we move into the unpredictability of 2017, “Anticipation of an Uncertain Future” is a compilation taken from our recent and upcoming releases. 

Featuring tracks from albums by Max Ananyev, Covarino/Incorvaia, Endless Melancholy, Adrian Lane, Aaron Martin, Poppy Nogood, Ales Tsurko, Visionary Hours and Richard Youngs, “Anticipation of an Uncertain Future” aims to distract the listener’s attention from the absurdity of the times we live in … even just for 40 minutes. 

For more information about the tracks, albums and artists, visit: www.preservedsound.com/news/various-artists-anticipation-of-an-uncertain-future

 

Photo by Musa Musavi: www.flickr.com/photos/musamusavi/16726445067





Fripp_2015

09 Sunday Jun 2019

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An unposted Robert Fripp based mix from 2015 & a personal fave. This originally appeared on Mixcloud as a guest mix. I had nearly completed the set, received a request, sent the files & then forgot about posting it myself.

Robert Fripp (along with David Torn & Markus Reuter) is one of my all-time favorite guitarists & sound-sculptors (and the founder of King Crimson). He’s certainly left a HUGE musical footprint & has been an influence for many over the years.

Cover art made with the app Paper, by Fifty Three & a Bamboo stylus.
89:36

01 Marcus Fischer – Nearly There
02 1605_Munro – Oscila34 (feat. Robert Fripp)
03 Microvolt – Dissipate
04 Theo Travis & Robert Fripp – Improvisation.1
05 Illuha – Relative Hyperbolas of Amplified and Decaying Waveforms
06 Marcus Fischer – Monocoastal (Part 2)
07 Metropole Orkest & Robert Fripp – Pie Jesu
08 Johan Troch – The Enlightened
09 Peter Davidson – Grand Theft Saucer 1960
10 Robert Fripp – My Mother’s Birthday
11 Frore – A Name On The Wind
12 Robert Fripp – Affirmation_Imac
13 Robert Fripp – Let The Power Fall/1987
14 Memnon Sa – Titans Sleep
15 A Produce – The Golden Needle

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Faintly Recollected, by Danny Norbury & Ian Hawgood

07 Friday Jun 2019

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‘Faintly Recollected’ is a long form piece by Danny Norbury and Ian Hawgood. 

The complete landscape image ‘Black Road’ by Eirik Holmøyvik features as an exclusive bonus with all purchases of the album from our Bandcamp page. The original full 33 minute track is available as a bonus download upon request after purchase (please mail ian at homenormal dot com). 

PRESS: 

‘A beautiful and somber long form neo-classical piece.’ This Is Darkness 

‘The music is melancholy, thoughtful and slow.  Every note takes its time.  Danny Norbury‘s cello is in turn mournful and thankful.  One wonders if the album is inspired by loss.  But then the chimes enter – first at the quarter mark and again at the half.  These have a soothing effect, implying deep spirituality that is not restricted to any particular religion.  When they first leave, they are missed; when they are gone again, their memory is cherished all the more, because the listener was not sure they would visit a second time.  Perhaps this is how it is with memories, embraced all the more if they have been faintly recollected.  The final third offers an even deeper experience of peace, as a subtle drone inhabits the sonic scenery, allowing the other elements to fade.  This combination allows for the softest possible landing, a consolation of sorts, a reminder of the beauty that is as opposed to the beauty that was.  Both have value, but when one fades, the other is an unexpected blessing.’ Richard Allen (A Closer Listen) 

‘This release falls under the ambient genre, even with the primary inclusion of the cello, which is of course a mainstay in classical and modern composition – one of its most prominent arteries, in fact. The very nature of the long form piece promotes deep solitude and rest, a quiet evening in with only the music and the ghostly company of these two treasured artists. It not only deserves but needs to be played in its entirety. It’s continuity encourages a one-sitting–listen, and only then is its beauty truly revealed.’ James Catchpole (Fluid Radio) 

‘Wistful layers of cello, serene and cinematic passage through ambient vignettes.’ Norman Records 

‘We sink into it, submerge ourselves into the past like a baptism of thought. It envelopes us in placid reverie, the music and slowly re-encroaching drone timeless and drifting, untethered. There is an untouchable perfection to reminiscence, and it spreads a radiant warmth out from its core to illuminate even the greyest and coldest Winter days and nights, lost in a dream of beauty and satisfaction.’ Hear Feel 

‘Alors qu’on a l’impression que les deux Britanniques se relaient pour assurer les notes tenues en arrière-plan (tantôt acoustiques lorsqu’elles émanent du violoncelle, tantôt synthétiques quand il s’agit de mises en boucle électroniques), chacun s’efforce de ne pas prendre le pas sur l’autre afin de proposer une ambient régénérante. Jouant joliment sur un mini-flux et reflux engendré par les allers et retours de l’archet sur l’instrument de Norbury, le propos se veut assurément discret et profond, à même de remplir l’espace tout en conservant une forme de quiétude. De toute évidence, l’album y réussit pleinement.’ EtherREAL 

‘The first collaborative release by Ian Hawgood and Danny Norbury contains music for everyone who wants to enjoy the quietness and calm of hidden moments.’ Clear Spot 

‘ゆったりと天上から降り注ぐように奏でられるDanny Norburyの優雅な響きのチェロと、なだらかに浮遊する仄かなドローン、柔らかいトーンで優しく染み渡るカリンバの儚いサウンドなどの、Ian Hawgoodのオープンリールのテープを使ったループ・サウンドによる、ノスタルジックで繊細なアンビエント・サウンド。エレガントなクラシック・サウンドと、夢見心地なドローン〜アンビエント・サウンドが出会った、Home Normalのリリースのファンのかたに大スイセンな、静かで落ち着いたサウンドにゆったりと浸れる美しいアンビエント作品です。’  Linus Records 

‘Faintly recollected est un opus calme et extrêmement contemplatif qui se fond parfaitement dans l’esthétique du label. A l’origine pensé comme une pièce unique, l’album a été pour sa sortie, divisé en 7 pistes qui s’enchaînent logiquement parfaitement. Les mélodies mélancoliques et soignées de Norbury sont délicatement accompagnées par des touches de kalimba d’Hawgood et par la précision de ses textures électroniques. L’italien Stefano Guzzetti, autre habitué du label, se charge du mastering de l’album pour reboucler la dimension collaborative et quasi familiale de l’écurie Home Normal.’ Dive into Sun 

‘Faintly Recollected should be heard as one single uninterrupted 33 minute track, even if on the album it is divided in seven parts. It is a very calm and subdued piece, with the soft processed Hokema Sansula kalimba tones and ambient loops colouring the background for the melancholic cello themes. Even with this relatively short length, the album creates a feeling of timelessness, a moment of introspection.’ Ambient Blog 

‘The work’s ancillary elements — in conjunction with deliberate compositional restraint — help propel the duo’s music beyond the finite grasp of rehashed classical and into a headier, less explored territory…Despite the cello’s mournful qualities, the music brings peace and serenity more to mind than regret or loss. In this light the words ‘faintly recollected’ can be interpreted as advice for the future as opposed to a warning about the past. There are some memories we want to lose — others we need to lose — in order to continue seeking personal growth and to gain comfort in the idea of who we might be down that long and winding road. Above all, this music has the power to strip away all notions of the future and past, leaving one squarely in the experiential now. Gone is the baggage of days behind and the musings of days ahead. All that’s left to do is to listen.’ The Alcohol Seed 

‘You get the feeling of ‘going through something’ be it a situation, a mood, something deeply personal and internalized. This is what the cello brings to the work as it fundamentally, for me, is a tool to express human emotion.’ Drifting, Almost Falling 

‘Let’s put it this way – this is simply one of our favourite works ever!…A collection of variations on a theme that drift by, perfuming the air, or that stop a moment to whisper you a story. Evocative in its sparse beauty, We are sure this will been the permanent playlist always, right alongside Arvo Part’s “Alina” and offthesky’s “Silent went the Sea”‘  Editions Vaché 

‘Uma obra que, não sendo necessariamente simplista, atesta simplicidade, beleza e elegância suficientes para destoarem do abandono melancólico a que a capa do disco (fotografia de Eirik Holmøyvik) nos convida.’ Arte Factos 

‘ダニーの麗しいチェロに、イアンによるデジタル・プロセッシングしたカリンバのアンビエント・トーンやフィールドレコーディングをオープンリールのテープに録音。元々は33分の長尺トラックを最終的にStefano Guzzettiが7曲にエディットして完成した、深い暗闇をほのかに照らし導いてくれるようなぬくもりあるポスト・クラシカル作品です。Home Normalの長い歴史において、もっとも重要なリリースとなるでしょう’ P*Dis 

‘“Faintly Recollected” permane come unitaria scia priva di soluzioni di continuità coerente alla sua iniziale forma di unica lunga traccia costruita come intenso e delicato dialogo tra il violoncello di Norbury e i dilatati bordoni derivanti dal suono processato di una kalimba scolpiti da Hawgood. Le due componenti si intrecciano in un sinuoso incedere fatto dei palpiti emozionanti  dello strumento che languidamente scivolano sul vibrante fondale generando una cinematica sintesi dall’eco vagamente solenne…Una poetica peregrinazione attraverso l’infinito stupore di intimi paesaggi emozionali.’ So What Musica 

‘La concentrazione dei tempi nei singoli movimenti enfatizza la compunta solennità dell’ambience creata dai due artisti, al tempo stesso intima e riflessiva, umbratile e permeata di lieve romanticismo, come si conviene all’incontro tra due sensibilità dalle evidenti affinità elettive.’ Music Won’t Save You 

‘As the work progresses it moves into a very lush work of violin sounds, multiple ones, together and intertwined, of great sadness and desolate beauty. It no longer sounds the way it opened, which was sparse and austere. Over the course of thirty-three minutes it expanded and yet stayed quiet and melancholic. The beginning may have had a feedback drone every now and then, but that is entirely gone at the end and the piece has become a small chamber orchestral one. Beautiful.’ Vital Weekly 

‘둘의 연주는 테마를 확장하기보다는 그 내연의 깊이를 천착하는 방식으로 진행되고 있어 앨범의 타이틀 Faintly Recollected라는 제목의 정직성을 실감하게 된다. 앨범에는 I에서 VII까지의 일곱 개 트랙이 있지만, 원래는 하나의 단일 연주로 녹음된 것을, 불과 얼마 전까지 이들 둘과 함께 작업한 적이 있는 피아니스트 Stefano Guzzetti가 편집해 분할한 것으로 전해진다. 때문에 음반 전체는 하나의 긴 호흡 과정이 이어지고 있어, 앨범의 커버 아트로 사용된 노르웨이 사진작가 Eirik Holmøyvik의 작품 “Black Road”와도 묘한 조화를 이루고 있다. 포장까지 만족스러운, 진솔한 마음이 담긴 선물을 받아본 듯한 앨범이다.’  Komeda 

‘深い暗闇をほのかに照らし導いてくれるようなぬくもりあるポ スト・クラシカル作品です。’ Pastel Records  

Released January 9, 2018 

All music by Ian Hawgood and Danny Norbury 
Mixed by Ian Hawgood 
Edited by Stefano Guzzetti 
Photography by Eirik Holmøyvik 

All music: copyright©ianhawgooddannynorbury2017 
All photography: copyright©eirikholmøyvik2017 
All rights reserved 


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