When referring to this music I relate this CDs end result to recording artists such as; Donovan, King Crimson, Syd Barret, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and all of the late 60s ensemble of musical and spiritual journeymen and women.
The idea for this concept album did (ultimately) originate with a deep appreciation of Donovan's HMS (children's story and nonsense poetry) album.
Also, Arnold Lobel's endearing watercolor artwork as well as the morals of his children's stories were perfectly attuned to inspiring the music on this CD, and in all respect to him I adapted a collage of his early works for the CD covers of this musical work.
This CD is merely an experimental body of work paying tribute to artists of an era where sincerity of individuality and explorative innocence influenced and inspired the musical expressions of so many artists back then, this attitude seems much less relevant in the recording industry of today.
The music and singing on these songs were merely learning how to use my recording equipment and finding my musical abilities. I will be working on experimental music, more Mushroom Tea Stories music, in the not to distant future. A second coming so to speak.
All songs written and recorded by DCB in 2005. I fully encourage experimental research into musical visions and promote artistic individuality uncompromisingly.
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Almost Tomorrow is the third full length collaboration album from Section 27 Netlabel founders Tam Ferrans and Andrew Paterson, under their Nonima & theAudiologist guise. This time around the sound is more melodic, and has a definite feeling of a complete and more mature sound than heard on the previous LP's "Dystopian Battle Hymns" and "Ceremony After Amputation". If you are familiar with their individual projects you may even be in for a slight surprise, as the tracks are not as beat driven like before, but are more atmospheric and sound, well... "bigger". In its 75 minutes, Almost Tomorrow takes you on a trip from the digital rain-soaked cavernous scraping in "Thoughtograph", the ethereal beat jittering of "The Colour of Rain", intercepted transmissions from unknown places in "Com-Intercept", "Ganzfeld"s huge yet strangely insect-like beats until everything you knew comes crashing around you in "Almost Tomorrow". Burning pianos, glitched out soundscapes and intricately programmed beatplay, this may well be their best work to date. Consider it the soundtrack to a rainy overcastday, but with just that glimmer of sunshine peeking from the clouds. "Almost Tomorrow" wears its heart on its sleeve.
Peace Sunday, June 5, 1982, Rose Bowl, no nukes - nuclear disarmament - stop nuclear madness concert - NYC - Central Park - June 12, 1982, 1,000,000 person march and rally for Nuclear Freeze. Photography and presentation by Curtis Rainbow. 'Give Peace a Chance' music by Achim Schultz. Inspiration by Yoko Ono. Dedicated to John Lennon.
One more release from our own Nonima, this time collaborating with fellow noisemaker Sonal. The sound and tone of "The Death of Youth" is quite a drastic change from what may be expected, there is some technically programmed beats and clicks aplenty yes, but it's the abundance of ambience and Sonal's heavily processed guitar work that makes this release a worthy addition to Nonima's hastily growing catalogue of releases.
Recorded one night in June as an improvised jam session between the two artists, it evolved into what we have now. Complete with some rather disturbing samples from serial killer testimonies and the brilliant "Session 9" movie by Brad Anderson, of course.
"The Death of Youth" is certainly dark and fractured stuff, perfect for headphones at 3am. Available as a *free* download from Section 27's site or from the link below. Its all in the numbers. ;)
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Nonima & Sonal - The Death of Youth (IDM, Experimental)
high i have a mushroom tea story to share. i was up north mn last weekend finally found lsd then my friend gave me some mush tea well i found god it was gr8 everyone should try a little tea some time
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from Granite Pier in Rockport! I've had a few people say the same thing to me--"That looks so familiar, but I can't quite place it." Actually, most of my stuff is shot around here. The "Haunting" video is Folly Cove, "A New Star" is Halibut Point Park. Given my budget, that's about as far as I can afford to go for location shooting!
I had to look up "The Face of Another"---looks like a pretty cool storyline. I'm not that familiar with too much Japanese stuff beyond chanbarra and sci-fi, but I should definitely explore more of that. Thanks for the kind words about "Your Brighter Day"---the samples in there come from an old Lee Van Cleef western called "Raiders of Old California". (It's in the public domain, so I think I'm OK with copyright issues!)
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
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