A Sense of Doubt blog post #1924 - Ambient in Memorium- Land Escape, Spektrmodules 55-57, and Assorted - Musical Monday for 2005.25
It's Memorial Day, and I am not doing a Hey MOM with memories and photos (okay, three photos at the end). That's what I usually do, like last year:
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1169 (SoD#1558) - Remembering you - Memorial Day 2019
I didn't do a Memorial Day post in 2018 or 2017.
In 2018, instead of ruminating on loss and grief and sharing more pictures of Mom, I did this music post:
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1057 - Musical Monday 1805.28 - Suzanne Ciani - A lifetime at electronic music's forefront
IN 2017, I wrote this post:
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #692 - Spirits of Place - Musical Monday for 1705.29
In 2016, the first after Mom's death, I did this:
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #330 - Memorial Day Cookout and Blog Thoughts
So, two years with music posts and two years with family features posts, one (last year) a simple set of photos and a memory, and in 2016, I feel the post was more about moving on, living life, enjoying family, the lake, new friends.
This year, I am back to music, and not even as a HEY MOM feature. In our continuing series of things my Mom did not like but that I love, lots of music. This post started with some Spektrmodule podcasts by Warren Ellis and then expanded from there. I have added AMBIENT MUSIC GUIDE, new and upcoming Julianna Barwick, some new faves like Grove of Whispers and Sound Currents as well as the Safir Nou album I love, which I found on You Tube.
All of this music -- some of it more than others -- makes me think of those we have lost, especially my Mom, who I am missing more today than usual.
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I started a mix with this name -- Groundless -- but I haven't finished it.
AMBIENT MUSIC GUIDE has moved to SOUND CLOUD:
https://soundcloud.com/ambientmusicguide
There's a new Julianna Barwick album coming!!!
https://juliannabarwick.bandcamp.com/album/healing-is-a-miracle
Four years on from the release of her last, critically acclaimed LP, Julianna Barwick returns with “Healing Is A Miracle”, to be released on July 10th on new home, Ninja Tune.
A distinctive meditation on sound, reverb and the voice, “Healing Is A Miracle” is a record built on improvisation and a close affinity to a couple of trusted items of gear, from which she spins engrossing, expansive universes. Additionally, Barwick draws on the input of three collaborators with whom she has nurtured deep friendships with over the years: Jónsi (Sigur Rós), Nosaj Thing and Mary Lattimore; who each gently nudge out at the edges of her organically-evolved sound.
Recorded in the wake of a seismic shift in her life following a move from New York—where she had lived for 16 years—to Los Angeles where she is now based, the title of the record came to her after thinking about how the human body heals itself, of the miraculous processes we pay little attention to: “You cut your hand, it looks pretty bad, and two weeks later it looks like it never happened… That’s kind of amazing, you know?” It’s a sentiment that feels particularly apt for the moment. From there, she conceived of the record’s simple statement title, ran it past a couple of friends, and it was settled. Like with the record itself, and all of her work, it’s about following her gut, and seeing where it takes her.
“Healing Is A Miracle” began life in spring of last year, when Barwick sat down with her vocal looping set-up and began sketching out some ideas for new solo material. “It had been so long since I had done that,” she recalls, “making something for myself, just for the love of it… it was emotional, because I was recording music that was just from the heart, that wasn't for an 'assignment' or project… it brought me to tears a little”.
Part of the joy also came from a small but significant switch up to her recording process: the addition of some studio monitors—a birthday gift from Jónsi and Alex (Somers)—having previously recorded all of her music on headphones. “The first song I remember making with those was the first song on the album, Inspirit.” she explains, “When I added the bass I really felt it in my body, you know, in a way you just wouldn’t with headphones… it was kind of euphoric and fun. I got really excited about making the record in that moment, and I think that really had an impact on the sounds I ended up making.”
Excitement too came from the chance to work with three dream collaborators. Her connection to Jónsi began via producer Alex Somers, when Barwick flew to Reykjavík to record some sessions with him for her 2013 record “Nepenthe”, a trip which would begin a long-standing affinity with Iceland and the people she connected with there. “I think he has the best voice in the world,” she says, “and hearing my voice with Jonsi's is one of the joys of my life.” Nosaj Thing—the highly respected electronic producer and stalwart of the LA scene who has worked with the likes of Kendric Lamar—had gotten in touch to express his affection for her 2011 album “The Magic Place”, and they’d since been trying to find a way to work together. Barwick and Lattimore had struck up a friendship over many years performing live together, and had moved to LA around the same time. Finding herself in the same city as all three for the first time, it felt natural to include them in her process, and added to the feeling of newness, support and friendship she had while producing the record.
Beyond her records, Barwick’s impressive live shows have gained incredible praise over the years from the likes of The Guardian—who described her performance as “exquisite in its eloquence, reflection and compassion” in their 5* review—The New York Times, NPR, and more. She has also supported and performed with an amazing array of artists including Bon Iver, Grouper, Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Rós, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Perfume Genius, Mas Ysa, and Nat Baldwin.
Barwick has additionally been involved in some head-turning collaborations over the years. In 2015 she took part in The Flaming Lips’s Carnegie Hall show, performing music from their reimagining of “Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”, alongside Phillip Glass, Debbie Harry, Laurie Anderson and Pattie Smith. That same year she was invited to play two shows with Yoko Ono, one at MoMA (“my favorite thing ever”) and one in Central Park. In 2012 she released a collaborative album with Helado Negro as OMBRE, and has also released a collaborative single with Rafael Anton Isarri, on the super-limited Thesis label, and most recently, the “Command Synthesis” EP, on RVNG Intl. sub-label Commend There, which employed AI to build five tracks that responded to the airborne environment outside a hotel room. In 2019 she teamed up with Doug Aitken on his nomadic art project, and created stunning performances in the Massachusett wilderness.
The album’s artwork was shot in Iceland by Joel Kazuo Knoernschild and is taken from a series of aerial films shot by drone above the country’s breathtaking coastline, which also make up the video for ‘Inspirit’.
A distinctive meditation on sound, reverb and the voice, “Healing Is A Miracle” is a record built on improvisation and a close affinity to a couple of trusted items of gear, from which she spins engrossing, expansive universes. Additionally, Barwick draws on the input of three collaborators with whom she has nurtured deep friendships with over the years: Jónsi (Sigur Rós), Nosaj Thing and Mary Lattimore; who each gently nudge out at the edges of her organically-evolved sound.
Recorded in the wake of a seismic shift in her life following a move from New York—where she had lived for 16 years—to Los Angeles where she is now based, the title of the record came to her after thinking about how the human body heals itself, of the miraculous processes we pay little attention to: “You cut your hand, it looks pretty bad, and two weeks later it looks like it never happened… That’s kind of amazing, you know?” It’s a sentiment that feels particularly apt for the moment. From there, she conceived of the record’s simple statement title, ran it past a couple of friends, and it was settled. Like with the record itself, and all of her work, it’s about following her gut, and seeing where it takes her.
“Healing Is A Miracle” began life in spring of last year, when Barwick sat down with her vocal looping set-up and began sketching out some ideas for new solo material. “It had been so long since I had done that,” she recalls, “making something for myself, just for the love of it… it was emotional, because I was recording music that was just from the heart, that wasn't for an 'assignment' or project… it brought me to tears a little”.
Part of the joy also came from a small but significant switch up to her recording process: the addition of some studio monitors—a birthday gift from Jónsi and Alex (Somers)—having previously recorded all of her music on headphones. “The first song I remember making with those was the first song on the album, Inspirit.” she explains, “When I added the bass I really felt it in my body, you know, in a way you just wouldn’t with headphones… it was kind of euphoric and fun. I got really excited about making the record in that moment, and I think that really had an impact on the sounds I ended up making.”
Excitement too came from the chance to work with three dream collaborators. Her connection to Jónsi began via producer Alex Somers, when Barwick flew to Reykjavík to record some sessions with him for her 2013 record “Nepenthe”, a trip which would begin a long-standing affinity with Iceland and the people she connected with there. “I think he has the best voice in the world,” she says, “and hearing my voice with Jonsi's is one of the joys of my life.” Nosaj Thing—the highly respected electronic producer and stalwart of the LA scene who has worked with the likes of Kendric Lamar—had gotten in touch to express his affection for her 2011 album “The Magic Place”, and they’d since been trying to find a way to work together. Barwick and Lattimore had struck up a friendship over many years performing live together, and had moved to LA around the same time. Finding herself in the same city as all three for the first time, it felt natural to include them in her process, and added to the feeling of newness, support and friendship she had while producing the record.
Beyond her records, Barwick’s impressive live shows have gained incredible praise over the years from the likes of The Guardian—who described her performance as “exquisite in its eloquence, reflection and compassion” in their 5* review—The New York Times, NPR, and more. She has also supported and performed with an amazing array of artists including Bon Iver, Grouper, Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Rós, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Perfume Genius, Mas Ysa, and Nat Baldwin.
Barwick has additionally been involved in some head-turning collaborations over the years. In 2015 she took part in The Flaming Lips’s Carnegie Hall show, performing music from their reimagining of “Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”, alongside Phillip Glass, Debbie Harry, Laurie Anderson and Pattie Smith. That same year she was invited to play two shows with Yoko Ono, one at MoMA (“my favorite thing ever”) and one in Central Park. In 2012 she released a collaborative album with Helado Negro as OMBRE, and has also released a collaborative single with Rafael Anton Isarri, on the super-limited Thesis label, and most recently, the “Command Synthesis” EP, on RVNG Intl. sub-label Commend There, which employed AI to build five tracks that responded to the airborne environment outside a hotel room. In 2019 she teamed up with Doug Aitken on his nomadic art project, and created stunning performances in the Massachusett wilderness.
The album’s artwork was shot in Iceland by Joel Kazuo Knoernschild and is taken from a series of aerial films shot by drone above the country’s breathtaking coastline, which also make up the video for ‘Inspirit’.
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releases July 10, 2020
ALL SPEKTRMODULES @ http://spkmdl.libsyn.com/
SPEKTRMODULE 55
- SPEKTRMODULE 55
Mar 24, 2020
SPEKTRMODULE 55
Clatter And Drift
33 minutes and 34 seconds
Clatter And Drift
33 minutes and 34 seconds
This is an ambient / haunted music podcast curated by Warren Ellis, who is a writer from England.
I am at @warrenellis /
warrenellis@gmail.com
and
http://warrenellis.ltd & http://orbitaloperations.com
and
http://warrenellis.ltd & http://orbitaloperations.com
We are #SPEKTRMODULE
on social media.
It lives at
spkmdl.libsyn.com
1) logotone by Dirty Knobs
2) "Temple
Drumming (Madras, India)" - Oz Fritz ("All around the World" -
http://subrosalabel.bandcamp.com )
3) "PSR
J1841-0500" - HLER (LGM-1 - http://zerok.bandcamp.com )
4) "Sunrise - Suite
2" - Cut A Lonely Figure ("Rothko Horizons" -
http://bloxhamtapes.bandcamp.com )
5) "My Suspended
Senses" - Motion Sickness of Time Travel ("Syzygía Lodge" -
http://motionsicknessoftimetravel.bandcamp.com )
6) "night" -
Julianna Barwick ("Circumstance Synthesis" - http://rvng.bandcamp.com
)
7) logotone
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SPEKTRMODULE 56
SPEKTRMODULE 56
30 minutes and 31 seconds
30 minutes and 31 seconds
This is an ambient / haunted music podcast curated by Warren Ellis, who is a writer from England.
I am at @warrenellis /
warrenellis@gmail.com
and
http://warrenellis.ltd & http://orbitaloperations.com
and
http://warrenellis.ltd & http://orbitaloperations.com
We are #SPEKTRMODULE
on social media.
It lives at
spkmdl.libsyn.com
1) logotone by Dirty Knobs
2) "The
Graverobber´s Hill" - Asath Reon (from Underworld Narrations -
http://blackmara.bandcamp.com )
3) "Vulpes
lagopus" - NETHERWORLD (from Algida Bellezza -
http://glacialmovements.bandcamp.com )
4) "Final
Frontier" - Sun Through Eyelids (from Centuries -
http://blackmara.bandcamp.com )
5)
"Aeriform" - Hilyard (from Promontory Drift -
http://hilyard.bandcamp.com )
6) logotone
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SPEKTRMODULE 57
Apr 9, 2020
SPEKTRMODULE 57
36 minutes and 32 seconds
36 minutes and 32 seconds
This is an ambient / haunted music podcast curated by Warren Ellis, who is a writer from England.
I am at @warrenellis / warrenellis@gmail.com
and
http://warrenellis.ltd & http://orbitaloperations.com
and
http://warrenellis.ltd & http://orbitaloperations.com
We are #SPEKTRMODULE on social media.
It lives at spkmdl.libsyn.com
1) logotone by Dirty Knobs
2) "Lullaby" - S.E.T.I. (from: Sleep Environments for Interplanetary Travel - http://loki-found.bandcamp.com )
3) "Regenerative Being" - Eluvium (from: False Readings On - http://eluvium.bandcamp.com )
4) "ex" - kj (from: ex - http://dronarivm.bandcamp.com )
5) "Forest Ghosts" - Less Bells (from: Solifuge - http://lessbells.bandcamp.com )
6) "Floating into Infinity" - Benjamin Louis Brody (from: Far Away Music - http://preservedsound.bandcamp.com )
7) logotone
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https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-ambient/the-best-new-ambient-music-on-bandcamp-april-2020
In the last few weeks, our collective daily routines have fundamentally shifted. The worsening of the Covid pandemic has led to significant changes for just about everyone.
Ambient music is particularly suited for the expression of our anxieties and frustrations. With its conventions of wordless storytelling and an often barebones approach to melodic composition, the strongest ambient albums have to rely on the creation of a mood, solely through instrumentation. Every month, I do my best to shine a spotlight on particularly moving or impressive ambient albums. I always have fun researching and staying on top of the scene, but I found I needed the reflection and comfort of the albums I highlight more this month than ever before. Despite the fact that none of the following albums tackle self-isolation as their main focus, I hope you can also find solace in them in these troubling times.
ALBUM OF THE DAY·May 08, 2020
FEATURES·May 13, 2020
LISTS·May 15, 2020
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 On Memorial Day 1965 - me 3yrs 4 months |
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| Mom and Lori - Memorial Day 1976 |
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| Mom and Her Dad Foster Delbridge 5-23-98 |
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2005.25 - 10:10
- Days ago = 1787 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.
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