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slowmotion

 last bit of field recording from 2010,
wishing you the best to come.

x-mas vst freebies

Giving time it seems. While some big companies send you mail with "we love you, get 5€ off your next order* (*if you buy any product over 500€) , some really GIVE you something free :

Soniccouture for instance here : http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/p138-glisten/

which makes an x-mas bells kind of sound that you can turn into a devilish tube nightmare or any other kind of aletred sound with the knobs all over. Nice one.

8DIO too : http://8dio.com/?btp_product=glass-marimba

that goes :


isn't that so cool.

hibernate : ambient collection

album money (£5) goes to charity : Proceeds will go to the Archway Foundation, established in Oxford in 1982 by Paul Hawgood to help serve those hurt by loneliness. www.archwayfoundation.org.uk 

weap 78 : plateaux

[quote] PLATEAUX is beautiful high-altitude, unearthly ambient soundscapes, an audiovisual project founded by London-based musician and producer Oskar Vizan and visual artist Soichi Matsumoto.

So now you know. 

a bit later on they say : a mind-blowing album that will smash some musical preconcepts to pieces.

that's when i stopped reading 

 

weap 77 : the amber tapes

been away from blogging for some time, and from ambient, concentrating on cinematic works.

hi guys. This is from The Amber Tapes, UK. link is  : http://youtu.be/1BBlYsEJBys

at war with the obvious is their motto / of course / check http://soundcloud.com/the-amber-tapes
also have an active myspace account, http://www.myspace.com/theambertapes

  

weap 76 : pascal savy

 
Pascal Savy: Passing Light by hibernate

 somewhat busy i am. there's a french one pour la route.

bruz 111111 : turn to brown

There's my new contribution to the ONE DAY ON EARTH yearly project : composing, mixing and releasing a track in one day on 11.11.11.


below is the one done on 10.10.10 last year :

11.11.11. work in process

still working on the editing of the video for the One Day On Earth project. Nearly done.

11.11.11. new ordeal

One Day on Earth - Participate Today! from One Day On Earth 

06:00 on 11.11.11. of course this year's objective would be to reach more and more people and conscience over the world. Well we all know that the big modern religion is money and that it crusades everyday to get more land. There's no secularism in that field, on the contrary. We also knwow that a massive gathering of voices can bend a king. So it's sreaming time once more. Let us build up billions of whispers today, if only to unleash our secret storms to blow in the face of the mighty ones.

weap 75 Krusseldorf

from Stockholm, SW, new release from label Aleph Zero, sort of Idm Lounge work though this one track is more on the creepy side of the moon.

some time ago there were 3 Weap from me over here. I thought i had missed one. so I added one. Now i did miss one yesterday. So we're even.

quite nice macro photo over there : http://www.evasionk.be/m1101.htm

weap 74 : Sonmi451

Sonmi451 - Omicron Ceti

it seems i might be beginning to make circles am i ? Stumbled upon this guy again - it was W.e.a.p #55 here  .

Still  a very relevant choice as we've been changing time again. I see this is 05:00 a.m. now. but i'm wrong as it is in fact 04:00 a.m. which lets me think i shouldn't be a w a k e at all.

what's the link with Mr451 ? well this track was released on TimeReleased Sound label, see ?

Anyway, enjoy your free hour of life as i am now.

 

weap 73 : Kevin McInnis

What Could Have Been by Kevin MacInnis

 that one is totally unexpectable, it's almost like a David Lynch movie scene without the movie, a bit scary at some point. No more info on Mr McInnis, 3 tracks on the soundcloud page, all different sorts.

 

weap 72 : Digitonal

by digitonal

 Must have missed a day. maybe not in the mood. let's say this is sunday, unexisting sunday stolen from my libre arbitre.
A very particular mix of cinematic, ambient and electronica, from London.

weap 71 : Aech Rom

Sleep Machine 

 not much info here either on that guy who seems to be moving between Geneva and London. there's a very pleasant track anyway, part of a 5-track you can get from bandcamp or label site Complex Sound Sagacity.
Other works on Soundcloud . Really sensitive work which will undoubtedly grow more complex in the near future.

 

weap 70 : silent strike

 Silent Strike

The guy's from Romania and has some particularly tricky drum sequence patterns there ! As he works for films too, his different tracks are quite different one from the other, sometimes over processed even, but always rhythmically surprising.

many links on soundcloud page.
there's also a cool ambient/lounge album to download free here : http://soundcloud.com/silentstrike

label is LaStrada

weap 69 : 2 people in a room

 
Two People In A Room

Not much info save that this long 9-minute-track comes from Berlin, Germany. There's a page there : http://acrashateveryspeed.tumblr.com/ with links to links and links to more links. there's a René in there, and a Michelle, and a pillow.

weap 68 : great skies

still from label FENCE, there's a very cool one with bits of vocals scattered around and some sort of a happy something that lingers on.

Placement is back

http://placement.bandcamp.com/album/very-small-science

weap 67 : reporter

don't know if Reporter is still active / could trace to a lastfm page thah led to a myspace one where news are from sept. 2010. Anyway, this "Guggenheim" album is a very peaceful set of 5 tracks that just flow through the place here as autumn is definitely back in its well known clothes.

weap 66 : spheruleus is back

Spheruleus: Set Sail

Already had a post on that mysterious multinamed guy Spheruleus back in May 2011 for the Kanshin project, remember ? Well the sailor is back on a boat today with new project "VOYAGE". Slow motion moments ahead as autumn breezes in.

release is here : http://store.hibernate-recs.co.uk/products/12687

weap 65 : talvihorros

if i got it right, Talvihorros is the name of the guitar. Ben is the guy, from UK. it's mainly guitar speech really, and sound. Slow motion ride on a foggy sunday morning.

// this is from Hibernate label //
http://www.talvihorros.com

weap 64 : rain dog

Just simply an amazing EP. check this, download, share, wonderful work.

weap 63 : ombilicum neverland

oups, been away and late for my weap this sunday. there's one by me : "neverland".
relax.

weap 62 : arbee

A rather mysterious work from a mysterious guy from Canada (i assume). this track and the rest of the album that comes with it show a clinical precision in the making. It looks bare but only because everything is in its right place.

album is available as a "name your price" download (click "download" in the player.

weap 61 : splitter

Guy seems to be from bremen, germany. that's about all i could find on mr Splitter. This track just rocks your sunday morning 6 a.m. And the rest of the album is just as good. beautiful sounds & mixing.
facebook page there : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Splitter/155781341144086

weap 60 : c.db.sn

by c.db.sn
Amazing rhythm programming nuts this Denver guy is ! Chase Dobson is the name, check soundcloud page for other loony tracks. it's like Aliens playing nujazz in 2056 on planet uranus while we sit hypnotized on a bubble couch with our integrated dreamscape channel glasses on, sipping a translucid blue drink called moonbeam ,

guy has a blog too : http://cdbsn.wordpress.com/

ombilicum : week-end ambient pick (weap) #60 : c.db.sn

VST plug : HGsound ARP

ARP is an advanced Polyphonic Arp and Note Sequencer with Scale Remapping for powerful sequencing possibilities. Sequences can be re-mapped based on the played note so for example a sequence can be forced to fit to the major scale. The idea behind this is to break away from the typical note sequencer where every key simply transposes the sequence, the ability to remap each note results in a much more creative sequence.
http://www.hgsounds.com/shop/vst-plugins/arp-vsti

weap 59 : Knopfdreher

Knopfdreher

this one is a weirdo from Berlin, though living in Madrid. must have crossed France to get there and went loony during the trip. tracks are a very bizarre combination of cool deep ambient lines and totally unpredictable percussions movements. reminds me of some old Japan material at moments. bizarre is the word.

weap 58 : The Next Commuter

Last Shadow Puppets  by The Next Commuter
guy is from Belgium and mainly uses guitars and field recording. This is his most recent work but the older ones are just as good. Find these on Soundcloud. Really cool slow track to step away from sleep.
http://soundcloud.com/thenextcommuter

weap #57 C418

Funny kind of Green creature this C418. Guy is from Germany and as far as i could get, undergroundly known as composer for the game Minecraft which i don't know anything about as i'm a dull person.
Whole album "72 minutes of Fame" is brilliant with impressive diversity, the common point between tracks being the quality of sound treatment and subtlety of fx used. woaw i'm writing a proper review am i ?get out.

check : http://c418.tumblr.com/

weap #56 : gustavo lamas

Mas by Gustavo Lamas

From Buenos Aires, Argentina a famous producer over there it seems. Quite a nice revolving track settling softly into the room, filling the space. saturday morning, rainy again.

weap #55 : sonmi451

Sonmi451 - Alpha Centauri

The guy is from Belgium and offers what i've seen called a  minimalist approach to electronic manipulation of sound that i've seen called Electro. check out Blog for news.
Guy also wrote a special track "HELDER" as a slow musical ceremony to the memory of those who died in the Pukkelpop Festival last week. You may download that one free.

other material available on beautiful label : timereleasedsound  (.com)/

weap #54 : cyrus reynolds

A Monument to Thought by Cyrus Reynolds

no particular info on Mr Reynolds except that he's from the UK and that he also writes for films.
funny how the sound of rain immediately creates some kind of nostalgia and peace too.

weap #53 the american dollar

quite a funny name for a band, isn't it ? well these are from NY, big apple, US. been around for some time now, call themselves postrock ambient. Maybe Eno would call this Music For Airport. they usually build up around a revolving piano riff that becomes thicker and thicker, then bursts out with all that rock n'roll material (drums, power chords and all...). Quite cool stuff.

check whole thing here : http://theamericandollar.bandcamp.com
i recommand "A Memory Stream", best so far i think.

weap #52 simulated systems

this is not properly "ambient" i know. they call it IDM.
Inside da Mind ? not far ... that's Intelligent Dance Music. Woaw. thing is some dance is just a series of
BumpTSS - BumpTSS - BumpTSS - BumpTSS ...
So IDM would be more like Bump fzz weeee TSTS stststststs TSTSTS ffff rtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr Bump
see ? ...

just like you, I Don't Mind.

guy is from Portugal. Check whole album there : http://simulatedsystems.bandcamp.com/album/stages
He also has cooler, slow things around.

my week-end ambient pick #51 : Relmic Statute

truly beautiful album that Morning Tapes by Relmic Statute from Leeds, UK. This is poetry, what else ?
+ guy is on Hibernate, what a label : http://store.hibernate-recs.co.uk/products/8896

my week-end ambient pick #50 : Oistat

OISTAT Sound Working Group: World Listening Day July 18th. 2011

on july 18th this year, these guys from O.i.s.t.a.t. (Organisation Internationale des scénographes, Techniciens et Architectes de Théâtre) decided to record 2 minutes of their day starting at a particular hour. the result is 24x2 minutes of sound from the world. weird. unlike usually, i'll leave the whole set of tracks this time, cos' it's even weirder as it goes on.

my week-end ambient pick #49 : syros

blessings by SYROS

from Australia this time, there's some nice nostalgic melody to start another rainy summer sunday ...
(no more info on Syros, except that it's the name of a greek island...)

my week-end ambient pick #48 : kogyo

Kogyo - Silent World by Kogyo

very cool slow saturday morning wake with this mysterious guy from Austria with a name from Japan, and who's real name sounds Russian ... surprise me baby

Relax

my week-end ambient pick #47 : julian trushi

Julian Trushi - Elements

music from Tirana, Albania this morning with this experimental drone piece by Julian Trushi about whom i couldn't get much info at all. magnificent unknowns...

my week-end ambient pick #46 : nhlsqaik

Quand Meme Excerpt

This is a 4-minute-extract from a 30-minute track called "Quand Même" ("all the same" in french). Guy is from Cologne, Germany, and that's about it.
site : http://www.nhlsqaik.com
30-minute version on shop : http://nqmusic.bandcamp.com/album/this-once-silver-sky  

my week-end ambient pick #45 : lars leonhard

Lars Leonhard VS Fingers in the Noise - Ping Pong Party I

just pure relax sunday morning time, day dreaming while coffee's almost done ...

check sites : LL :  http://www.lars-leonhard.de/    + new album coming right now
FITN : http://myspace.com/fitn

vst pick : reflex free

really funny useful tool here : http://www.stw-audio.com/

 launches delay & verb all over the place !

@ Audiofanzine pick of the week.

my week-end ambient pick #44 : thy veils

Auditore by Thy Veils

a very soft relaxing piece by that Romanian combo that once was one person only and now plays live as a band.
Check www.thyveils.com/

Spheruleus

Sundown by Spheruleus

my week-end ambient pick #43 : ombilicum

i had an amazing computer crash on friday, like black screen, blue screen, multicolored screens of all sorts. took me ages to fix. So there's a self-oriented pick, enjoy ;)

my week-end ambient pick #42 : Nitin Garg

  Nitin Garg

Mr Garg from New Delhi, India, is mainy a graphic designer. Once in a while though, he composes music that he calls "sound exercises". Well, if this is exercise, i can't wait for an actual work.

my week-end ambient pick #41 : bitcrush

last track from n5MD compilation. site is here : www.bitcrush.net/

photo : tanner volz

my week-end ambient pick #40 : Hammock

this is treated guitar mainly / guys are from Nashville, US. / pretty famous from what i can read, anyway : http://hammockmusic.com

my week-end ambient pick #39 : Phoenecia

This is from the Echelon Mall project which mixes video, performance and mix. Quite puzzling work.
check ; http://schematic.net/echelon/

my week-end ambient pick #38 : New Watercolour Society

This is as quiet and still as yesterday's pick was moving all over. a short and harmonious mix of noise, reverse, field, hiss, grumbling, overdrive, probably some processed live.
I have no info at all on NWCS, don't know who they are or anything. Label is Cathedral Transmissions though.

my week-end ambient pick #37 : Hologram

I just can't say why but this track manages to get into my brain and provokes a big weird something there. Something close to hypnosis. To specialists, the tune is a reference since the 98's. I'm no specialist and i've just stumbled upon this. Time travel exists...
http://holografique.tumblr.com/

and there's the original vinyl version, if you want to dive back in

Laurie Spiegel

".../... and I soon began to work with that instrument myself, music turned back into the medium I had loved. In fact it went far beyond that, virtually turning from black-and-white into color. Not only could I work directly with sound itself again, like painters and authors do on their works, instead of indirectly encapsulating them in abstract sets of instructions to others in an imperfect notational language, but also, I was able at last to represent the tenuous and vague sonic shapes that formed in my imagination and in which my inner emotions had always taken previously inexpressible form."

Laurie SPIEGEL is one of the computer generated music pionneers of the late 70's. She's done amazing pieces and still does. In fact, she actually does much more than music, if you want to try to get some bits of this :
1984 interview here : http://www.youtube.com/musicmouse
official site : http://retiary.org/    from which you can start wandering through a labyrinth of works, thoughts, pictures ...