FIRST LIGHT RADIO
Unwind to start your day with a slow-blooming, consciousness-raising mix of Ambient, Spiritual Jazz, Classical Indian, and contemporary New Age.
This month features Amelia Cuni (RIP), Shabaka, Madhuvanti Pal, Dana Westover, Dagar Brothers, Lael Naeale, Iasos (RIP), J Foerster / N Kramer, Colleen, Alice Coltrane, Popol Vuh, Randall McClellan, and Nina Simone.
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Two experimental works for solo guitar, recorded at home a few days apart in different states of mind.
SPACE ON EARTH VI
Recorded between 2019 and 2023 this is the sixth release in a series of ambient, drone, devotional works.
Instruments: Yamaha EW-20, Moog Subharmonicon, Critter & Guitari Organelle M, Monochord, Hydrasynth Explorer.
Effects: Empress Effects Echosystem, EHX Talking Pedal, Chase Bliss Habit, MU-TRON Phasor III.
More details here.
Infinite Stroll
I had this idea a few years ago for a single-serving website and was finally able to bring it to life using ChatGPT-4 and a little patience. The title is a wordplay on "infinite scroll" and the idea is you just scroll forever, "walking" down a page, encountering various flora, fauna, and fungi along the way.
As you stroll keep your eyes peeled for rare four-leafed clovers and even rarer, an extinct animal friend. ;)
Infinite Stroll
No Pressure But The Absence Of Air
An epic new project by FOGBANK.
At a Certain Point
At a Certain Point
Bert Green Fine Art
January 15 - April 23, 2022
SPACE ON EARTH V
Simple sounds for complicated times.
The fifth in a series, this release inhabits a long and slow space that oscillates between hope and a certain kind of existential sadness; that the great expanse of time is either empty or infinitely full. Or, just maybe, both of these states are paradoxically and simultaneously true.
…I imagine one might hear these sounds in an empty, post-apocalypse wellness center. But like, not in a creepy way; a way in which the residue of our psychic energy is coagulating as it prepares itself for the next journey of consciousness in the universe.
Some production notes: Many of the tracks (1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and both bonus tracks) were composed and recorded entirely on an iPhone, using Audiobus and a variety of plugin apps. The other tracks were recorded in my home studio with a minimal setup including tongue drum, Yamaha EW20, singing bowls, Korg Minilogue, vocals and a couple effects/looping pedals. All production was done by me.
Inspirations/for fans of: Hiroshi Yoshimura, Ana Roxanne, Michael Stearns, Ariel Kalma, Laraaji, frippertronics, Terry Riley, Steve Reich.
END GAME
Installation photos by Nathan Keay
END GAME is a multimedia installation that plots the path of consciousness through the end of history. A hypnotic and immersive dirge, it uses video, light, sculpture, and sound to ask, “What is the transference method of our psychic energies after the destruction of our planet? Where might the remaining matter of our essence travel to when our physical home is no more?" In this regard, END GAME is both a vessel and a sarcophagus for the human spirit, traveling to an unknown and unknowable destination.
Winter Drone
20190210
Audio composition for vocals, electronic woodwind, singing bowl, and cassette.
An hourlong set (overlapping with Will Owen) as part of the 10-hour Winter Drone show at Secret Project Robot on February 10, 2019. Organized by Death By Audio Arcade/Mark Kleback.
Photos by Mengwen Cao.
The Vibratory Healing League: 20180901
Dedicated to water and whale energy, this assembly of The Vibratory Healing League featured a durational audio performance (noon to 6pm) delivered via FM radio headphones with taste and scent activations.
Sounds by Man Bartlett, activated nourishment by Anne Apparu, and scents by Incausa. Curated by Brent Birnbaum for Shows in Spaces at The Castle Rockaway. Special thanks to David Selig for hosting.
Photos by Brent Birnbaum.
The Vibratory Healing League: 20180623
A 6-hour audio performance from 12am to 6am. The night offered a dream state of durational drones with youth and self-help as thematic overtones. Created for Springboard Collective's 'One Spa on a Time'; co-directed by Danny Crump, Micah Snyder and Sarah Dahlinger in collaboration with Kyung jin Kim and Will Owen at Flux Factory.
Photos by Mengwen Cao.