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etherdiver

@etherdiver@ravenation.club

A musical spaceship for traveling inner space. Synthesizers, sound design and strange music. He/him. Let's talk about music, art and sound!

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brain, to random
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A columnist in the 1880s lamenting the death of “good speech” and long-form letter writing… felled by the fast pace of society, the telegraph, and postcards.

etherdiver,
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@brain truly nothing new in this world

davidbrin, to random
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From the sublime to...the huh? Does putting Neosporin in your nose help fend off covid? Surprisingly, there’s preliminary evidence that it does.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-putting-neosporin-in-your-nose-fend-off-covid/

etherdiver,
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@WriterOfMinds @davidbrin
hmmm... might want to stock up if you are finding it useful, as the FDA Has Some Thoughts about it...

https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/salvacion-usa-inc-672252-02132024

limneticvillains, to random
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Stolen from some randomer on Twitter, it'll be better appreciated here.

etherdiver,
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@limneticvillains 😂

etherdiver, to music
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Explore a world of kosmische-inspired drone, alien soundscapes and general synthesizer fuckery on Metaphysical Shitposting, my latest (and ongoing) release. All but guaranteed to be the weirdest thing you'll listen to today!

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/metaphysical-shitposting

@synths @experimentalmusic @electronicmusic

#music #drone #weird

Please boost! And listen 😅

etherdiver, to music
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It's Friday, and to help the participating musicians along I've dedicated this week's write-ups to covering some of the entries. I couldn't do all 72 (!) but I did do all 16 of my mutuals' entries! Read them here:

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/24/opm-fedivision-special-super-edition/

And revel in the wild variety of music of the Fediverse. From doomy cyberpunk techno to giallo-inspired twee psychedelia, this is a deep class, with lots of intriguing music to discover. Dive in, and enjoy!

etherdiver,
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If you're a mutual who submitted a track to Fedivision and I missed it, I sincerely apologize. I went thru the list twice but artist names don't always match y'all's @'s that closely, and I have almost 2k mutuals so there's a decent chance I overlooked an entry or two. If that's the case, and you mention it kindly to me (either in response to this thread or in a DM) I will make it up to you by fast tracking you for future OPM coverage (and apologizing profusely 😅).

etherdiver,
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Oh, and not that anyone really cares but in case you're wondering, I won't be voting in the competition. For one, I don't like treating music competitively (no shade, I know it's all in fun, just not my thing) and for another, I don't think I can listen to all 72 entries, which I'd want to do if I was going to single out 3 as the best/my favorite.

You're all my favorite. Everyone did great, nice job!

etherdiver,
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@elsemusic very cool tune that got better with every listen!

etherdiver,
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@KydiaMusic 🖤

etherdiver,
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@KydiaMusic Well, one of my mutuals ( @bittersweetdb ) suggested I do some coverage and I needed a way to get it to a reasonable number of pieces to cover, and mutuals seemed like the obvious choice. It was barely manageable 😅

The folks who covered all of the entries are hardcore!

etherdiver,
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@KydiaMusic @bittersweetdb Yeah, it's work! I hit the wall at about entry 11 or 12, and had to dig deep to finish them up

dmandl, to random
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I'm so unfamiliar w/the Doors' music beyond the obvious songs that I heard "Peace Frog" on FMU recently and it took me a minute to register who it was. Sounded perfectly OK to me, and vaguely contemporary till I caught Morrison's voice. The Doors-haters cult is a strange thing.

etherdiver,
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@mrcompletely @dmandl absolutely. I am a Doors hater (as much as I'm a hater of anything, which isn't all that hatery TBH) and it's precisely because they're so overrated, especially Morrison. Whenever people call him a "poet" I just cringe because, yeah, he's a poet alright, in the same way every 15-year-old who ever wrote their angst down in rhyming couplets is a poet, and about as profound.

They're a C-tier pop group with like 5 good songs and a great atmosphere/vibe.

etherdiver,
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@mrcompletely @dmandl I don't mind if you (the generic you, not you specifically 😅) enjoy them but if you try to tell me they're one of the GOATs, we're going to have a spirited discussion and I'm gonna say some things that you won't want to hear about your favorite band...

Overrating and over exposure still get to me to some degree, even as I've mellowed into my "all music is good music, it all depends on who's listening" stance.

etherdiver, to random
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Just finished listening to and writing impressions of all 16 #Fedivision entries from my mutuals (apologies if I missed someone!) and two things leap to mind:

  1. Love the variety of tracks overall, and how distinctive and non commercial all the tracks I heard were.

  2. Those of you writing about all 70+ tracks are hardcore! I am wrung out covering less than a quarter of the total!

Anyway, look for the post first thing tomorrow morning at mt blog, or in your email inbox if you're subscribed!

etherdiver,
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Here's a link to the blog if you need it:

https://www.etherdiver.com/ships-log/

You can go to any post, scroll to the bottom, and find the newsletter sign up if that's easier/so you won't forget. Or add my RSS feed to your reader:

http://etherdiver.com/feed

etherdiver, (edited ) to random
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I'm going to try to write up all the #fedivision entries by my mutuals for this week's #OPM, so if You're a mutual and put in an entry, please LMK so I can be sure to include yours.

I'll probably be able to find most of them on my own but I'm likely to miss at least a a few unless you tell me specifically to look for yours...

(Also, if you don't want to be written about you can let me know that too.)

etherdiver,
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@philsawa 😉 we'll need to become mutuals first...

limebar, to random
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15 years ago today...

https://album.link/us/i/1450828963

Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

etherdiver,
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@limebar @artfed

😮 😅

etherdiver, to music
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Here's an update on my upcoming album The Mechanics of Mysticism, wherein I discuss why it's taken me more than a year, where I'm at and some of what's left before it's finished.

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/22/production-diary-mechanics-of-mysticism-progress-report/

etherdiver, to music
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Here's a digest of this week's writeups! 5 tracks from indie Fediverse artists to expand your musical horizons. Unusual ambient, wild ADHDcore, and more this week!

If you want the full, undigested versions (i.e. where I have more to say about each one than will fit in a single post) of these writeups, they are here:

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/17/opm-four-flavors-of-electronic-and-one-weird-trip/

Listen, fav and boost for good karma and a long life!

@music

etherdiver,
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Stefan Bohacek – “Secret Places”

I’m not up enough on the current dance music scene to slot this into a genre, but it clocks in at 120 bpm or so, has some pretty snappy drums and a gorgeously lush arrangement full of sweeping synth sounds, ear-catching vocal stabs and other warm timbres. The vibes are sort of progressive, even trancey, but at a deep house tempo. A well-produced dance track that I wouldn’t be sad to hear out clubbing.

@stefan

https://soundcloud.com/stefanbohacek/secret-places?in=stefanbohacek/sets/mixtape

#HouseMusic #OPM

etherdiver,
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Crow’s Labyrinth – Consolation

#Ambient music created entirely with a bass guitar and effects, you say? Oh, and it’s largely improvised live, without overdubs? Wipe that doubt away, this works quite well! Opener (and title track) “Consolation” is a mournful dirge of an ambient drone that expresses the vibe of its name well via sliding tones and a powerful sonic presence; the rest is an equally ambitious take on the same base (bass) elements.

@CrowsLabyrinth

https://crowslabyrinth.bandcamp.com/album/consolation

#OPM

etherdiver,
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@stefan you bet! Would love to chat at some point about what is going on in house music these days!

etherdiver,
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And that's it for this week! Remember to listen to these if the writeup intrigues you (musicians live and die by listens, not nice things random writers say), and support these artists with favs, follows and finances (if you can spare it).

If you want a permanent archive, where I have a bit more to say about all of these acts, you can find that here:

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/17/opm-four-flavors-of-electronic-and-one-weird-trip/

And if you'd like to check out my music, you can find that here:

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/

etherdiver,
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Next week I'm doing a special #Fedivision version! If you're a mutual who's submitted a Fedivision track and want some coverage, HMU and let's make that happen.

If you enjoyed my writing, and want to buy me a coffee, you can do that here:

https://ko-fi.com/etherdiver

Or, get something for your money and buy some of my music!

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/

etherdiver,
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@CrowsLabyrinth for sure! Appreciate what you're doing. It's nice to see some different approaches in the ambient/drone space.

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