Time for the weekly digest thread for my #OPM series! (This is for you folk that don't like clicking off Mastodon, tho I assure you my site is advertising and tracking free!).
Two tracks of lovely lo-fi #ambient textures and gentle #soundscape “Dreaming About You” really fits its title – it absolutely feels like the music from a gauzy dream about someone you love from that period just before you wake up. It’s all drifting waves of sound that surround you and fill you with a peculiar and entirely pleasant sense of warmth.
Go with Metaphysical Shitposting if you like to float on waves of noisy ambient drone spiked with occasional #experimental#ModularSynth#soundscape freakout ; stick with Psychedelic Ghost Stories if you prefer a little more structure to your wizard #synth anthems and weed accompaniment.
Made a quick dash to Poombarai as the dark clouds were threatening to take a massive piss, got back just in time 😅 Now chilling with dogs and cats, waiting for the downpour predicted for today.
Solar panels are having a difficult time grabbing any photons to keep charging the batteries, and it's only 13:30. Shut down excess load because next two days are expected to be overcast too.
Explore the wilder, more #experimental side of my work with Metaphysical Shitposting, an evolving collection (new tracks added about once a month) of #drone, #ambient and #soundscape pieces, with the occasional splash of musique concrete, #kosmische and #noise mixed in to keep things interesting.
Friends, followers and musically curious onlookers, I could really use some listens today! I'm an independent #musician who makes weird, #psychedelic#ElectronicMusic for listening to from the couch. If you're new to my oeuvre, this is the best place to start:
If you're already familiar with that one, and/or like your #WeirdMusic a little more in the #drone, #ambient and #soundscape vein, your next stop is Metaphysical Shitposting, which you'll find here:
Ten minutes of #weird, shifting drum-machine rhythms, splashes of noise and atonal #soundscape full of scrapes and whines. Has an unsettled and unsettling vibe that would almost work as an avant garde horror score. Definitely not for everyone, but I think the people who are going to appreciate it are already convinced to give it a try, so what else can I say?
LOL, just found an EP called I Ate Acid on Christmas. I should reach out and see if the person wants to do a split release of this and my track "I Always Love Tripping at Xmas"...
Here's mine (weird #experimental#soundscape featuring a fake "sleigh bell" sample mutilated beyond all reason), for reference:
As promised, here's some free download codes! First up, a baker's dozen codes for my #psychedelic#scifi post-industrial electro-dub concept album Psychedelic Ghost Stories.
Then you can slake your (audio) thirst with a long, cool drink of Metaphysical Shitposting, a woolly, loose-limbed journey thru #kosmische, #ambient, #noise and #soundscape. #Experimental and #weird but always a delight (I hope).
Same deal, listen & redeem the codes via the link at lower right
I bookmarked this artist years ago simply because my doggo’s name is also Kira, and because they’re from Iceland. New album dropped and I’m very glad I bookmarked them, lovely music for when I don’t want to leave bed just yet on a Saturday.
"The video "Intermodal" provides a minimalist portrayal of this critical yet awe-inspiring spectacle. Through its static shots of cargo ships being loaded & unloaded, the video highlights the overwhelming sense of anxiety that these operations can produce, while inviting viewers to contemplate their complicity in a system that values profit margins, speed and efficiency over people and the planet"
If you haven't checked out Metaphysical Shitposting in a while (or ever), now is a great time! It's up to 5 tracks, and still just $3! BUT the 6th track is nearly done, and when I upload it, the price will go to $5. If you buy now, at $3, you get the whole album, no matter how big it gets or how much it ends up costing! WHAT A BARGAIN!
Should i call it a music radio play?
However, here is the
A scream into The Radio Klotestad radio show!
This episode is even more epic than previous ones, thanks to all the excellent artists: XymMusic / @rybson , Moloko, Chelsea Wolfe, Legowelt, Autechre, Këkht Aräkh, YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA, Offworld, Mistral, Hélène Vogelsinger, 070 Shake, Ken Carson, Flock of Nazguls / @flockofnazguls and of course my humble but also epic self who pasted everything together (and even contributed a song🙂).
Today's the day: I'm presenting about Soundscape, Openscape, and the general class of app at the first AT confrence held by the New York Public Library. Nervus but incredibly excited. I'll post a link here in a bit. #ATNYC#soundscape#openscape
Another blast from the past, "Schizophrenia Simulator OST" is inspired by an ancient installation in Second Life (anyone here remember/still enjoy Second Life?). See, one of the things I was first introduced to in that particular "game"/metaverse was the Schizophrenia Simulator exhibit, which was made by some researchers into the illness to demonstrate what the subjective experience of suffering from the disorder was like.
It made an impression on me! So much so that, years later, when I created a track full of creepy overlapping synth tones and intermittent garbled voices, my thought was, "Sounds like a soundtrack for that old Second Life schizophrenia exhibit..." and thus it was so!
In any case, it's a really slowly unfolding piece with a fair bit of subtle depth to it. Great for headphones!