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The music on this album sprang out of my work for the MAGAM project and consists of 3 suites โ2 of which have, in earlier stages, been used for a butoh and a dance performance respectivelyโ that cover the distance from aleatoric to improvised to composed music... What I like most about it is its playfulness.
The album title was initially inspired by Kurt Vonnegut's concept of "a nation of two" (in "Mother Night", 1962):
โ[...] ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด โ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ.โ
โ๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ, ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ.โ
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featuring:
> Jeremy Young โ sine & triangle waves, brushes, โradio transmissionsโ on "Steve was Reight" & "Steve was Left".
cargocollective.com/jeremyyoung
> Markus Reineke โ bass recorder, amplified objects on "Subjectivity Rules v.2".
soundcloud.com/mr183
> The "Subjectivity Rules" suite features Vasilis Bacharidis' voice and was recorded with his help.
Cover images from Pรฎrรฎ Reisโ "Kitรขbฤฑ bahriye" (1521).
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โ & ยฉ Thirsty Leaves Music || TLM028
Released as a bonus to moody alien's 'Long Lost', this is a cosmic collage of live studio jams over existing compositions, with some additional recordings... Thirsty Leaves Music
A collection of solo tracks, collabs & reworks by moody alien that were made for or appeared on various releases, compilations & other projects from 2012 to 2020.
Sound art, experimental, etc... Thirsty Leaves Music
supported by 4 fans who also own โNations of Iโ
If I told you an album recorded with pulse generators and a shortwave and distortion soars youโd be sensible to not believe me but this is a glorious noise in full flight. unruh2525
supported by 4 fans who also own โNations of Iโ
As usual, Kirby manipulates various interwar records to fit a cavalcade of emotional states: blissful (B1, E8), tragic (D2, D5), frantic (E1, E6), and just plain horrifying (F3, G1, H1, K1). gjoe52
This stunning, beautiful project from Fujian duo Southeast of Rain ไธๅๆ้จ blends field recordings with rippling notes from the pipa. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 8, 2021