an ambient random sequence d.i.y. installation, inspired by Eno, Satie and the passage of time



Uhr / To Fade To is an experimentally experiential sound piece which questions the individual listener’s agency within the listening experience and preconceived expectations around the acts of active and passive listening. Comprised of 240 thirty-second triad sinetone drones, this album is to be downloaded and randomly shuffled in a player of one's choice. The result is a seemingly endless array of tonal possibilities, a larger-than-human-life melody full of aleatoric twists and turns.

The impetus of this piece is to dig deeper into an inquiry that Erik Satie opened with the advent of his so called "Furniture Music" and which was later expanded upon by Brian Eno's popularisation of "Ambient Music". This is piece is to be played into an open space and to be forgotten about and returned to. As each track is precisely 30 seconds long, it acts as an abstracted clock. Listeners may drift from and to the space in which they choose to listen in. As the content of this album is made up completely of sinetones, the piece is inherently relativistic and allows listeners to move through the peaks and troughs of the waves.

There are

4,067,885,363,647,058,120,493,575,921,486,885,310,172,051,259,182,827,146,069,75 5,969,081,486,918,925,585,104,009,100,729,728,348,522,923,820,890,245,870,098,65 9,147,156,051,905,732,563,147,381,599,098,459,244,752,463,027,688,115,705,371,70 4,628,286,326,621,238,456,543,307,267,608,612,545,168,337,779,669,138,759,451,76 0,395,968,217,423,617,954,330,737,034,164,596,496,963,986,817,722,252,221,059,76 8,080,852,489,940,995,605,579,171,999,666,916,004,042,965,293,896,799,800,598,07 9,985,264,195,119,506,681,577,622,056,215,044,851,618,236,292,136,960,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

possible variations of the melody that this piece and randomised album present, if shuffled and played from beginning to end.

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In the player below, you find a random selection of 10 of the drones, for listening into it:



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a probe that explores the psyche and externalizes the shadows

01	Solamente la insurrección podrá resolver esta paradoja Only the insurrection can resolve this paradox	06:32
02	Indefinidamente resbalan en el espacio oscuro Indefinitely slip in dark space	08:17
03	La molécula espiritualt The spiritual molecule	07:52
04	Refugio para los descontentos con la cultura moderna Refuge for those unhappy with modern culture	05:30
05	Un sueño, un parque temático A dream, a theme park	05:58
06	Entropía Entropy	04:58
07	Esos momentos que la razón ignora Those moments that reason ignores	04:56
08	Entre las sombras de otro mundo Among the shadows of another world	07:42

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weird electronics in a psychedelic setting

01	Overcome of Ultranoise Main Theme	5:59
02	Western East Dilemma	5:33
03	Launch of Inevitable	9:09
04	Facing the Unexpectable Consequences	5:21
05	Hollowness Defeat	6:58
06	Ultranoise Battlefields	5:30
07	Hidden Dimention Ostent	3:53
08	Recognition is the Solution	3:50

Recorded at galician comfort mobyle studio, Stryi, 2016

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elaborate dark electronica from Arabia

01	Where the Auguries Lie	9:10
02	The Empty Infinite	6:29
03	The Centre Cannot Hold	5:45
04	The Qualia Problem	5:45

Written, performed and produced by Jez Mond

This is my latest release. It is a collection of tracks that I have recorded over the last two years. It is an electronic album that contains a mixture of styles, but is predominantly dark and atmospheric. I use a mixture of analogue synths, digital synths and live instruments. I also use field recordings (sometimes heavily manipulated) that I have recorded on my travels. My intention is to create an immersive sound experience with a mobile mix.

Thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoy the trip.

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Cover photography by Jez Mond
Album artwork by Stephanie Jeffcote, a fantastic artist and graphic designer
Some of her work can be viewed at www.coroflot.com/StephiLoveSpaghetti

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a shady ambient sensory voyage with cosmic light tints, totally a statement of intents

01	fugissera-fugida elusive runaway	02:49
02	consumació d'un prolapse decadent consummation of a decaying prolapse	06:33
03	confosa plàcida profunditat confusing placid depth	04:25
04	arriscada mordacitat angoixant risky biting anguish	05:01
05	la incògnita del sentit the unknown of meaning	05:29
06	lenitiu sentiment de serenitat soothing feeling of serenity	03:48
07	fosca difusió decrèpita dark decrepit diffusion	03:12
08	aïllat recés perceptiu isolated perceptual recess	05:38
09	l'empíric brot de la consciència the empirical outbreak of consciousness	04:52
10	una claror abstracta a la foscor an abstract light in the dark	06:14
11	transició d'eixida output transition	05:47

A micro-interview with Jorge Gisbert Soler on his album:

• is it a concept album, with its tracks following a common thread?
Yes, my second work develops as a progression without pretensions or anything established. It follows and explores sonic territories, which are more related to the analysis and enjoyment of sound experience, than an approach strictly linked to the dance floor. In fact, I think none of the tracks can be danced, at least I wouldn’t ;)

• what do the album & track titles mean in English?
Although I am Spanish I belong to the Levante region and I speak Valencian, and the titles are not in Spanish either. Bandname and album title are an anaphora of darkness, and this album is just a dense journey though it: "Dark Shadow - Output Transition Beyond a Rough Interior".

• is your music based on improvised playing or is it more conceptual composition?
I do not consider myself too much of a musician, rather a guy who knows how to change parameters in a computer software. But the composition of my songs, the albums, even the musical project itself, are quite conceptual and methodical. Being this one of the things that give character to the album.

• were there other musicians involved?
At the moment I work only on my tracks, although I do not rule out possible collaborations. In fact, I currently have a few musician friends working on remixes of the songs from this latest album. And I find myself working on other projects that also involve more musicians, in addition to a new LP to release under this same alias.

• what equipment do you use?
Mostly I’ve always been a software guy, I’ve tried various hardware gadgets but in the end I’ve always been discarding gear. Nowadays I work with a very small and simple setup, a laptop, ableton live as my DAW, a tiny audio interface, my headphones and a pair of small midi usb controllers also, only for lives. Working with such a small equipment allows me a lot of versatility and freedom of movement, also it allows me to put the focus on the production and not on tedious days of configuration and hardware patching.

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a warm analogue ambience

01	It's All Too Late when memories of brightest past can't overcome shadows of the present times.	2:57
02	Desolate Machinery I have once saw pictures of thousands of machines, from the past, sitting on the racks, waiting to die.	6:34
03	Broken It's broken and cannot work, don't fix it.	3:57
04	Downsampled Sounds of all the tortured human minds in the current age.	6:05
05	No Regrets If you have something to say, say it, no matter the cost.	3:48
06	Colours Of Darkness Even in darkness there is beauty and all the unimaginable colors, don't be scared to see them.	6:43

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VCR  

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abstract experimental music, kind of incomprehensibility and elusiveness of the moment captured in repetition which is in fact a difference. dramatic moment of catching a reasonable point within infinitely flowing chaotic existence.

01	esmrc	6:02
02	continus	7:13
03	insidee	3:19
04	ennamed	6:04
05	termic	4:32
06	mgnetic	5:14

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a soothing translucent ambience

01	Wonder How	10:52
02	Pink Dream	2:59
03	Wander	3:52
04	Somewhere Knows	5:20

Pink Dream is the third album released by Portland based ambient producer Elijah Knutsen under his new-age imprint Memory Color. The album is an exploration into the ambient side of cemented genres such as Shoegaze and Dream-Pop. Inspired by artists and groups like Harold Budd, My Bloody Valentine, and Cocteau Twins, Pink Dream consists of four translucent soundscapes, washed in reverb and tremolo-like modulation, and melded with subtle field recordings.

Elijah Knutsen: Keyboard, Effects, Guitar.
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an autumnal journey to the void and back to the surface, and three lessons learned along the way
parental advisory: explicit sounds & rhythms

01	Descension	3:47
02	First Lesson	3:47
03	Sense Of Impending Doom	4:21
04	Rainfall	2:08
05	Below The Surface	0:50
06	Exploration Of The Void	4:41
07	Second Lesson	2:50
08	Escape Into Yourself	5:25
09	Almost Immediately, Reality Yielded	4:48
10	Ascension	6:22
11	Crowned With Calm Leaves, She Stands	3:31
12	Above The Surface	3:07
13	But All Shall Be Well	5:04
14	Third Lesson	4:13

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a delicately arranged psychodelic trip hop scenery

01	intro	[0:00]
02	first relax	[0:41]
03	massive scale	[3:10]
04	waking life	[6:37]
05	intermezzo 19 (lightness)	[10:51]
06	our saucerful	[12:49]
07	overdrive	[24:50]
08	intermezzo 20 (t ceremony)	[28:33]
09	her strong feelings	[31:51]
10	tom talk	[42:30]
11	eagle landing	[44:12]
12	exhale	[47:33]

all tracks arranged from live session recordings 2019/2020

arnd klotz - arrangements, synths & samplers
thomas häring - batterie electrique

contains voice snippets from the following films:
Puhdistus, 3 Tage in Quiberon, Waking Life,
Fatima, Sirta la gal ba, Wild River (it), Wajna,
Her, Deux jours une nuit, Fukushima
plus: Houston m.c.c. 1969

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(note: since all the 12 parts are meant to constitute one unified piece, the album zip contains a single-file continuous mix, along with a track list)




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affaire difficile  

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