Blixtfalt
Gorgeous assemblage of tones and timbres, finding the right balance between variety and cohesion that good compilations hit. Overall timeless quality of synth work. Thanks for putting this together!
World of Echo
The first release from i u we records, which, as they say in their bio "is a label focussing on the beauty of female diversity in electronic music, on delivering hope in dark times & feeling connected through music"--what more could you ask for? Except for even more music, because this comp is the jam. Well enjoyed, well enjoyed.
connected #1 is the first compilation from i u we records, a new label focussing on the beauty of female diversity in electronic music. Founded and curated by Panic Girl, this first compilation contains nine carefully chosen tracks composed by innovative electronic artists from all around the world, who use their modular synthesizers to create their unique sonic worlds.
1. Hélène Vogelsinger - Ascension
The artist herself described this track with the following words from Sri Aurobindo: “The utmost mission of Mind is to train our obscure consciousness which has emerged out of the dark prison of Matter, to enlighten its blind instincts, random intuitions, vague perceptions till it shall become capable of this greater light and this higher ascension. Mind is a passage, not a culmination.”
2. Panic Girl - Unconscious Stream
This composition is the unconscious mind trying to communicate with the listener, in its very own, obscure and unique way. A complex, organic soundscape composed on Panic Girls modular synthesizer that merges with found sounds from everyday life.
3. Alissa DeRubeis - It’s A Parade
This track is titled “It's A Parade", because we are all on a quick walk through this world, and we have to decide when it's time for a parade or a protest, or if we will just be dragged through time, and the difference between being a mean and bitter woman, and standing up for the rights of people. This piece was composed and performed entirely on eurorack modular synthesizers. Samples were sourced from Cher, Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, Ursula Le Guin, Lily Greenham, Andrea Dworkin, Naomi Klein, and a march for justice.
4. Julia Bondar - Dramatique Waters
Julia Bondar works carefully with her powerful and well thought out modular system and feels that everybody should relate to music in a very unique way.
5. Anna Wang - Excursion
Anna Wang named her track Excursion because she composed it at a time when she was in dire need of a mental vacation. In her mind, this track is a relaxing, meandering stroll through a magical forest. Some of the modules featured include the Morphagene, Ripples, Chronoblob, Metropolis, Grids, Plonk, Pico Drums, uBraids, and Rings.
6. Arushi Jain - Moksha
This composition is written in Raag Khamaj. Arushi Jain wants to encourage the listener to remember past moments of victory over self-doubt and fear. “If my mind had an intervention for itself, this is what it would sound like. The melodies are slightly upsetting, the drifting vocals resonant of thought that is hard to escape, and the slowing pace encouraging of contemplation. Eventually, somehow, all the elements fade into stoic state of self acceptance. Moksha, also called vimoksha, vimukti and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, enlightenment, liberation, and release. It refers to freedom from saṃsāra, the cycle of death and rebirth.”
7. An On Bast - How And When
The composition and sounds An On Bast made in "How and When" are connected with her reflection about being peaceful and comfortable in a state of not knowing. It is about not feeding the worries about what will happen, how and when. Good news is, fear is a choice.
The sounddesign for this track comes from her modular synthesizer - a few drum modules and Verbos Complex oscillator as sound sources, Teenage Engineering OP1, Novation Peak, Roland TR8S and a few external effects.
8. Yumi Iwaki - Sardonyx
Sardonyx was recorded like a livejam with Yumis modular synthesizer. Featuring Rings, Plaits, Clouds and Ripples from Mutable Instruments, the Morphagene and STO from Make Noise, Tiptop One and Doepfer A-120 VCF1. Everything was sequenced by Squarp Instruments Hermod. Yumis voice was sampled and sequenced by the OP-1 from Teenage Engineering and then output to Strymon Magneto with other modular sounds. “This song didn't have the title until Panic Girl asked me. I listened to it again and again, then the orange gradation striped pattern that is not regular came into view. So I named this song “Sardonyx”.
9. Elin Piel - Sunday 8
This track from Elin Piel is about insomnia and when days morph into each other. She used her modular Eurorack system only with OTO Machines BIM and BAM as end of chain. The track is recorded live in one take.
i u we records is a label focussing on the beauty of female diversity in electronic music, on delivering hope in dark times & feeling connected through music.
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