A Sense of Doubt blog post #1474 - Assorted Ambient Music - Musical Monday for 1903.04

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1474 - Ambitronica - Musical Monday for 1903.04

This is the world's laziest musical mix. I am just dumping things into the post entry field that I have come across lately. The first couple of bits are from Warren Ellis newsletter, and then two others things that I came across on my own.

But the music here ranges from the very good to at least "interesting."

Never say that I don't deliver anything, even when I don't want to take the time for a full mix becuase of, you know, GRADING HELL.

But mixes are happening. If I can get on top of my work, I will have a better post next week and some fun content.

LONG FORGOTTEN BOWERS by SILENI is proper atmospheric dark ambient.

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I am very behind with my podcast listening, which suggests to me two things.  1) I'm not walking enough, because walking is when I tend to listen to them.  2) I am subscribed to too damn many podcasts at the moment.   This is my current list, which omits two paid channels, Psychedelic Salon 3.0 and Deep State Radio's member channel.

TRIGGER WARNING from Superflux on Vimeo.

‘Trigger Warning’ is a fast paced journey through a city of memes.

An urban hinterland of embodied ideas and warring ideologies. Switching between various first-person perspectives, the film embodies the current culture clashes bubbling away beneath the surface of the city.

The algorithmically mediated networks which amplify opinions, manipulate biases and shape beliefs have caused widespread civic unrest. People emerge from behind memes and screens to bear arms for their beliefs. Allegiances continue to fracture and fragment, until individual emotions and opinions reign supreme. Eventually, any sense of certainty evaporates.

What lies on the horizon as these polarised realities melt away? What might peace be like?

Directed by Jon Ardern and Anab Jain, and featuring an original soundtrack and narration by Ninja Tune musician Nabihah Iqbal, the film was commissioned by the University of South Australia for their exhibition ‘Waging Peace’. The film premiered at the Museum of Discovery (MOD) in Adelaide, Australia in December 2018. MOD and Superflux have now jointly decided to share the work online for free, to make it more accessible.

Read more about the research, concept, and behind-the-scenes of this film at: superflux.in/index.php/work/trigger-warning

Project Team:
Matt Edgson, Danielle Knight, Max Scheidl, Ewa Winiarczyk, Nicola Ferrao and Natasha Hicken.

STARSENDRADIO Forrest Fang: The Fata Morgana Dream reviewed by starsendradio Has a lost tribe ever been discovered that was actually lost? Forrest Fang might be from one such clan. His release The Fata Morgana Dream (66’50”) feels from out of some unexplored quarter – and so as fresh and unexpected as life itself. Convinced we are wandering through a stranger’s dream this work creates a swirling blend of the real and the mythic. Content as ever to revel in his own designs, Fang shifts the music between realms – insisting as always on the amazing complexity of the world. As usual, multiple influences have been woven together with extraordinary artistry. Providing a sense of place, in the most abstract of geographic terms, the eight tracks of this album are themselves fascinating journeys through uncharted territory – with Fang as our brilliant traveling companion. A pleasant escape, The Fata Morgana Dream tracks the mind as it moves through it. Beneath the permeating reverb of its sustaining atmosphere are granular textures. Saturating drones penetrate our listening space, as acoustic instruments are picked, plunked, strummed and struck – yielding a rhythm deeper than that of any digital native. Soundtracks of a secret zone, the compositions build out and shimmer like a mirage on the horizon. All are varied meditations on what it is to be one kind of human. A rare treasure of an album, The Fata Morgana Dream deepens the mystery of the individual experience. In a masterful, tightly controlled performance Fang decorates our condition with music. Originality is a rare commodity in art, and works by this musician sound like no one else’s. Forrest Fang, it is far too easy to admire you. purchase the CD for $14 at Projekt's webstore purchase the CD from Projekt's European Webstore download at Projekt's bandcamp page

Review: ‘Shimmer’ by Gavin Miller

I suppose it’s okay to give this fine release the nebulous tag of “post-rock”, insomuch as it has loopy processed guitars and drones and some organ and semi-Gothic piano.

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New mix: Ambitronica 01

My new Ambitronica mix series will be mining the atmospheric grooves of ambient dance music at every level - newbies, classics, and the genre's pre-90's roots in early synthpop, dub, prog rock, art rock, lounge and Berlin-school trance. Vol 01 features music by LSG, Beaumont Hannant, Sacred Seeds, Ishqamatics, Dan Armstrong, Data Rebel, Sven Kössler & Si Matthews, Citystate.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1903.04 - 10:10

- Days ago = 1339 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.