'Atlantis', the single from the forthcoming Water Seeds EP from Oro Azul (the duo with Ultima Esuna), is officially out. It lands with a beautiful video from Ephemeral Objects, and with a listening party / release event as well. The full EP is out next month on Mood Hut records. .. (personal instagram post here)
Souns 'Drop Cities'
Souns live performance recording from ‘Drop Cities’ (Feb 19, 2023), a special 2 day festival put together with great care by Hotham Sound, released on bandcamp, and youtube.
live video projections by C130, live camera footage mixed and treated by SPINY JIM and live broadcasted on RedGate TV.
audio materials used: mackie line mixer (using in house reverb) standard microphone mod’d rigsmith dub siren mod’d monotron delay cell phone playing prepared mix of nature sounds (randomly sampled) pioneer rx2, live looping and manipulating tracks:
- Parisa DUB (ambient)
- Discovery DUB (raw loop)
- Discovery DUB
- Playing with Roses (unreleased)
energy & thoughts present:
- recently learning about and connecting with sacred datura flower
- no direct physical practice or plans made for the performance. instead focusing on feeling grounded and present and clear, and responding to the natural energy of the space, time, audience and self
- deeply reconnecting with an old friend, rmm, at the event and the 3rd act of the night, alexi baris, directly influenced the set (added elements of noise and dramatic gestures)
- engaging with the idea that ones inner world is a direct reflection of ones outer world, and engaging the space and audience in that way (both a two way interaction and reflection, and also an intentional one way signal path of inner calm & even to the external world)
- the summed energy from the earlier day and night before (the city, quiet morning coffee, impacted by ’maamawi’ performance & surrounding energy the night before)
