soundscapes & spoken word

there is a season

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:19:19 +0200

Last summer it was the riots, this summer it’s demonstrations outside hotels. I want my country back - from these feral semi-criminal racists, and the people behind the scenes who’re egging them on…

let’s burn down the houses of parliament

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 20:27:44 +0100

A track for Bonfire Night

cawston triptych & a danse macabre

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:13 +0200

Three poems inspired by a mediaeval Norfolk church, and a danse macabre

DERILIKT Techno 13

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 21:43:57 +0100

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Tracklist:
NoNameLeft, Flanko - Singularity (Clap Codex, Sabura Remix)
Boatech, Norvis - ImPerium (Original Mix)
Alex Di Stefano - Dark Factory (Extended Mix)
Bendtsen - Echoes (Original Mix)
Joyhauser - LIBERTY (Original Mix)
AKKI (DE), Prinz (DE) - Sakura (Extended Mix)
Chris Veron - Bluster of the Moon (Original Mix)
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The YellowHeads, Bossta - Another World (Original Mix)
Ramiro Lopez, Danny Avila (ES) - Diablo (Original Mix)

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light gal is a rising star of London’s house and techno scene.
For bookings email: lightgaluk@gmail.com

DERILIKT Techno, the series of dark and melodic techno mixes curated by light gal now welcomes its 11th edition.

Since 2018, the DERILIKT Techno mix series has showcased artists from Enrico Sangiuliano, Joyhauser and Victor Ruiz to Kostas Maskalides, UMEK and OC & Verde. This edition contains 10 stand-out tracks carefully selected and mixed by light gal.

Deep. Dark. DERILIKT.

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the wind on the heath

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:20:27 +0200

June is Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month, and the words to this piece are adapted from George Borrow's "Lavengro", a long and rambling account of his travels with gypsies.
The heath in question is Mousehold Heath, on the outskirts of Norwich.

i’m not a conspiracy theorist (but there’s a conspiracy going on)

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 23:03:37 +0200

A piece of music for tin foil helmet wearers everywhere...

ley line to milton keynes

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:55:11 +0200

It’s a city of the future with very little past, and the people who live there all seem friendly, but I’m sure that they must get fed up with all the disparaging remarks about roundabouts and concrete cows by the twittering wits who’ve never even visited the place.

On the surface, the city is a psychogeographer’s wet dream, with the main shopping area, Midsummer Boulevard, apparently running along a ley line, while the town planners responsible for the lay-out seem to have been under the influence of too much weed. But it’s an egalitarian place, easy to walk and bike around, with a lot of greenery and open spaces, and the built environment doesn’t overpower and dominate everything.

Welcome to the New Jerusalem…

DJ AtomicPhoenix - Hyperdimensional Flow

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 22:31:59 +0100

Hyperdimensional Flow

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Para fechar o ano com chave de ouro, trago um set especial de psy-breaks e psy-dub, ritmos que aprecio bastante. Uma maneira de homenagear um dos meus produtores prediletos: Ott.

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Finishing the year with a golden key. I bring a psy-breaks and psy-dub special set, rhythms which I like verymuch. A manner to honor one of my favourites music producers: Ott.

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Setlist

1. Umberloid - Neon Tetra 0:00
2. Kaya Project - Stone Turns Black 6:14
3. Ott - Billy The Kid Strikes Back 11:12
4. Koan - Fulfilled Wish 17:54
5. Koan - Dance of Nereids 24:57
6. Entheogenic - Ground Luminosity (Ott's New Yoghurt Loom Mix) 34:13
7. Dreamcatcher – Ice 42:14
8. Hallucinogen – LSD 46:17
9. Ott - Mouse Eating Cheese 54:17

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DJ AtomicPhoenix
Nome: Hyperdimensional Flow
Gênero: Psy Breaks / Psy Dub
Tamanho: 141MB
Bitrate: 320kbps
Duração: 1:01:57
Total músicas: 9
BPM: 100 < 90 > 120
Release: 17/12/2021

Bassic Drums-2010-08-24-16.01.00 Seidenrausch @ Radio OKJ #62 Ordnung muss sein!

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:56:07 +0100

Zweiundsechzigste Bassic Drums - Die Bassigen Trommeln August 2010 Seidenrausch im Radio OKJ.

Bassic Drums-2010-08-10-16.01.00 Seidenrausch @ Radio OKJ #61 Hörspiel Spezial

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:30:12 +0100

Einundsechzigste Bassic Drums - Die Bassigen Trommeln August 2010 Seidenrausch im Radio OKJ.

DERILIKT Techno 9

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 12:47:44 +0100

DJ Lucas Oliveira - Special set for Nocturno - London - UK

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:55:08 +0100

Special Techno set for Nocturno Party, from London - Uk.

DJ Lucas Oliveira - Jump up - Drum and Bass Sessions

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 21:45:37 +0100

Set novo com umas das vertentes mais agitadas do Drum and Bass!!!

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DJ AtomicPhoenix - Mixed Earth

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 22:57:22 +0100

Mixed Earth

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AtomicPhoenix enloqueceu, abusou e inovou; mixando World Music e New Age em um especial de 2 horas, passando por diversas culturas e explorando os mais variados instrumentos, com doses de elementos eletrônicos. Isto é a Terra Mixada, um set que simboliza união e confraternização com uma imensa riqueza musical.

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AtomicPhoenix has come crazy, strained and pushed the envelope; mixing World Music and New Age in a 2 hours special, going through several cultures and exploring the most varied instruments, with doses of electronic elements. That is Mixed Earth, a set which symbolizes union and confraternization with a huge musical richness.

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Setlist

1. Afro Celt Sound System – Eireann 0:00
2. David Arkenstone - Sacred Fire (Long Version) 4:25
3. David Arkenstone - Safe Passage 9:43
4. K'Zula - Serenghetti Sunrise 14:01
5. Hevia – Sobrepena 17:28
6. Eternia - Cry out to Heaven (Instrumental Excerpt) 21:02
7. Sacred Spirit - Yane-Heja-Hee 21:54
8. Oliver Shanti - Sacral Nirvana 26:13
9. Nu Sound - Majorca (My Beloved) 31:29
10. Angels Of Venice - Queen Of The Sun 34:41
11. David Arkenstone - Land Of The Tiger 41:17
12. Dreamcatcher – Life 46:57
13. Terry Oldfield – Monastery 51:33
14. Amethystium – Ilona 55:17
15. David Arkenstone - The Ancient Path 58:48
16. Tulku - Life Force 64:44
17. David Arkenstone - Beyond The Ruins 68:37
18. David Arkenstone - Road To The Faire 73:21
19. Andreas Vollenweider - At The Forest Fountain 78:21
20. Govi - Rumba Tumba 84:15
21. Oliver Shanti - Choctaw Shadownese Song 89:09
22. Derek & Brandon Fiechter - Feudal Castle 93:03
23. David Arkenstone - Fire And Water 95:52
24. Angels Of Venice - A Chantar Mer 99:00
25. Ryan Farish - Full Sail 105:31
26. Jeff & Joan Beal – Anthem 108:34
27. David Arkenstone - Dolphin Dance 111:35

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DJ AtomicPhoenix
Nome: Mixed Earth
Genêro: World Music / New Age
Tamanho: 266MB
Bitrate: 320kbps
Duração: 1:56:28
Total músicas: 27
BPM: 95 to 114
Release: 18/12/2020

DERILIKT Techno 8

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 10:45:57 +0200

MATCHES - Darkness Came

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:01:18 +0200

CREDITS - vocal and lyrics by Matches

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

drumtrack produced at drumbit.app

MATCHES - The Invitation

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 20:37:11 +0200

written and performed by MATCHES
production: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES - Inner City: midnight musings

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 23:56:09 +0200

CREDITS - words and vocal by Matches

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

...AND for the EP, "Motor City Streets Anthology," visit https://clyp.it/user/cbwirh5p -- all downloads free.

DERILIKT Techno 7

Sat, 23 May 2020 12:27:41 +0200

Transporting listeners away from whatever their situation is at this time, DERILIKT Techno, the series of dark and melodic techno mixes curated by light gal now welcomes its 7th edition. Since 2018, the DERILIKT Techno mix series has showcased artists from Enrico Sangiuliano, Joyhauser and Victor Ruiz to Kostas Maskalides, UMEK and OC & Verde.

This edition contains 10 stand-out tracks carefully selected and mixed by light gal. Thomas Schumacher and Victor Ruiz team up for a melodic masterpiece in ‘Intuit’, while ‘Acid Wall’ showcases ASY*S at his uncompromising acid techno best. Get carried away with Jay Lumen’s hypnotic track ‘Razor’ and ANNA’s angular ‘Galactic Highways’ is sure to get you foot stomping.

A DERILIKT Techno favourite ‘Cosmic Boys’ are back with their latest offering on UMEK’s 1605 label, ‘Paranormal’ and UMEK himself makes a hard-hitting appearance on this mix with his version of ‘Dreams’ by Quench.

Two techno powerhouses Pleasurekraft & The YellowHeads team up to bring the cosmic ‘Prison Planet’ and record label OFF Recordings present the subtle ethereal sounds of Carl Haze and Mark Michael’s ‘Hologram’.

Also featured is ‘Pursuit’ by Alex Stein - the stand out track from his 2019 Rebirth EP. Finally, Some Me makes his first appearance in DERILIKT Techno with the track ‘On Fire’.

Deep. Dark. DERILIKT.

For more mixes, follow me on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/lightgaluk/tracks

light gal is a rising star of London’s house and techno scene. Drawing influence from such labels as Terminal M, Kraftek, Drumcode, Spinnin’ Deep and Defected, as well listing DJs like Daniel Avery, Enrico Sangiuliano, ANNA and Sam Divine as some of her many inspirations, light gal creates unique and exploratory sets ranging from vocal soulful house to dark and melodic techno.

Tracklist:
Some Me - On Fire (Original Mix)
Alex Stein - Pursuit (Original Mix)
Carl Haze, Mark Michael - Hologram (Original Mix)
ANNA - Galactic Highways (Original Mix)
Cosmic Boys - Paranormal (Original Mix)
Thomas Schumacher, Victor Ruiz - Intuit (Original Mix)
ASY*S - Acid Wall (Original Mix)
Jay Lumen - Razor (Original Mix)
Pleasurekraft & The YellowHeads - Prison Planet (Original Mix)
Quench - Dreams (UMEK Version)

For more mixes, follow me on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/lightgaluk/tracks

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MATCHES -- Never

Wed, 22 May 2019 17:01:26 +0200

CREDITS - voz y palabras: MATCHES

produxion: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd

...AND for the EP, "Motor City Streets Anthology," visit https://clyp.it/user/cbwirh5p -- all downloads free.

MATCHES: ~ A SAD NIGHT's DREAM ~

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:34:12 +0100

CREDITS - lyrics and performance by MATCHES

produxion by Michigan Noizloom outta shrub-urban Detroit.

download earlier MATCHES material here, free -} https://soundcloud.com/erielake1

MATCHES: ~ TOO MUCH MONTH...~

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 23:20:22 +0200

CREDITS - wyrdz n vx by MATCHES

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES - You, Me, & the Road Makes Three

Sun, 06 Oct 2019 21:11:28 +0200

CREDITS - words and vocal by Matches

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument: vintage Soviet-made OPUS synth

MATCHES - Travellin' Riverside Blues [Robert Johnson cover]

Sun, 06 Oct 2019 21:30:44 +0200

CREDITS - orig. by Robert Johnson

cover vocal and lyrical deviations by Matches

special guest sample: Sylvester Weaver, slide guitar {recorded in 1927}

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES - My Muse, The Fates, The Song

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 20:50:06 +0200

CREDITS - written and narrated by Matches

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

...AND for the EP, "Motor City Streets Anthology," visit clyp.it/user/cbwirh5p -- all downloads free.

Michigan Noizloom - Gary is the Messiah

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:55:12 +0200

CREDITS - poem by Mario Bautista:
{The dope king of Hope street
god of sun, surf and weed
I thought he OD
back in 03
came back with a six pack of brew
and OG
deliver me from sobriety
turn my tears into beer
save me from boredom
never leave from here}

guitarz by Vince Cory

atmospherix by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

special guest sample: The Dazz Band

MATCHES: THE RAVEN, by Edgar Allan Poe

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:18:11 +0100

CREDITS - orig. epic poem by Edgar Allan Poe

recitation by MATCHES

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES - The Last Time

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:51:38 +0200

CREDITS - wordscape and human vox by Matches

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES - What Every Picture Tells

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 20:57:00 +0200

CREDITS - lyrix and human voice by Matches

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

...AND for the EP, "Motor City Streets Anthology," visit clyp.it/user/cbwirh5p -- all downloads free.

MATCHES - The Spy [Doors cover]

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 19:32:28 +0200

CREDITS - orig. by Jim Morrison & THE DOORS

cover vocal by Matches

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

guest sample by Jerry Goldsmith

...AND for the EP, "Motor City Streets Anthology," visit https://clyp.it/user/cbwirh5p -- all downloads free.

MATCHES - Out on a Lark

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:11:01 +0200

CREDITS - lyricisms n vocalisms by Matches

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument: 1979 Oberheim synth

...AND for the EP, "Motor City Streets Anthology," visit https://clyp.it/user/cbwirh5p -- all downloads free.

MATCHES - Everyone's Still Livin'

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 19:36:49 +0200

CREDITS - wordscape n human voz by Matches

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument: 6 string banjo

...AND for the EP, "Motor City Streets Anthology," visit https://clyp.it/user/cbwirh5p -- all downloads free.

MATCHES - Who Am I?

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 21:10:13 +0200

CREDITS - wyrdz n vox by MATCHES

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

brush drums n human vocal noise by Ed Thigpen

...AND for the EP, "Motor City Streets Anthology," visit https://clyp.it/user/cbwirh5p -- all downloads free.

Michigan Noizloom - Endgame Timeout

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 20:53:34 +0200

CREDITS - written by Vince Cory

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

guest sample: Alvin Toffler

MATCHES -- House of Pain

Fri, 31 May 2019 18:58:44 +0200

CREDITS - words and vocalization by Matches

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument/s: Roland 808, vintage ARP Synth, EHX Mel9

...AND for the EP, "Motor City Streets Anthology," visit https://clyp.it/user/cbwirh5p -- all downloads free.

MATCHES -- Projections

Tue, 21 May 2019 23:00:58 +0200

CREDITS - vocal n words: MATCHES

production: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument/s: Roland 808, vintage Mellotron

...AND for the EP, "Motor City Streets Anthology," visit https://clyp.it/user/cbwirh5p -- all downloads free.

Michigan Noizloom -- What We Got [ft. Vince Cory]

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 21:41:30 +0100

CREDITS - words/vox: Matches

psychedelic guitar licks by Vince Cory

ft. instrument: Raagini Electronic Tanpura

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ I Don't Trust Nobody ~ {Willie Dixon cover}

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:30:53 +0200

CREDITS - orig. by Willie Dixon

re-interpretation by MATCHES

special guest sample: dual guitar feedback by Michael Bruce/Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper)

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 01:27:45 +0200

CREDITS - wyrdz/vx by MATCHES

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

Michigan Noizloom -- WHITE LACE [ft. Vince Cory]

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:49:48 +0100

CREDITS - human voice and lyrics by Matches
psychotropic guitars by Vince Cory
production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ OWNED by BEAUTY ~

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:38:46 +0100

CREDITS - short story and recitation by Matches

aural illustration by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ Pushin' Too Hard~ [SEEDS cover]

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 19:49:54 +0100

CREDITS - orig. recorded by THE SEEDS in 1965

cover vocal by Matches

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

Michigan Noizloom -- Let the Dawn Wait [ft. Vince Cory]

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:50:01 +0100

CREDITS - wordz n recitations by Matches

guitars and Yamaha Electronic Keys by Vince Cory

guest guitar sample: Ron Asheton {recorded live in 1970}

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd

The Cat said 'Jozxyqk'!

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:19:53 +0100

The Cat said ‘Jozxyqk’!

Rumblin' Cynth Rampo recently posted an open collab synth solo called Jozyq.
https://soundcloud.com/rumblin_cynth_rampo/jozyxq
A puzzling title very similar to the word that occurs in the sci fi series Red Dwarf.
The word describes getting one's genitals 'caught' - painful!
Hence lots of anguished glitchy guitar and wailing feline Theremin [it is, after all, a cat word].

Bill Boethius; Theremin, guitar, guitar synth.
Rumblin' Cynth Rampo; Synth

Short excerpt from Red Dwarf used for review purposes only.

"Jozxyqk is supposedly a word in the language of the Felis sapiens.
The Cat revealed this to Dave Lister as the two played Scrabble, and the Cat used it as one of his words to win. According to the Cat, it is a genuine Cat word, being "the sound you make when you get your sexual organs trapped in something".
Lister was wary, believing that the Cat may have been making the word up, and therefore cheating. Asking if it was in the dictionary, the Cat replied to Lister that it could be, if you're reading in the nude and close the book too quick. He then demonstrated how this word would be pronounced. Lister remained skeptical ("Bodyswap", Series III)
Red Dwarf"
https://youtu.be/n_rsLagmU3I

Our Feature Talent - The URSprung Collective

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 07:37:33 +0100

Our Feature Talent is a podcast that I used to do on a weekly basis about 5 years ago. I am bringing the show back in Feb. 2019, but a new episode will only appear every two weeks. You will be able to find it, along with my other podcasts at http://sandduneradio.com

MATCHES: ~ American Made, sides A and B ~

Thu, 06 Oct 2016 04:16:02 +0200

CREDITS - wyrdz/vx/'tude by MATCHES

Producion by E/L/M ltd

...for a huge anthology of earlier MATCHES songs, all free for D-load, visit https://soundcloud.com/user-266449394

PLAZA . OUTLAWED STATES [ft. Stanislav Grof]

Sat, 29 Sep 2018 19:58:37 +0200

voice: Stanislav Grof

production: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument: FAIRLIGHT CMI

Death of my soul

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:00:26 +0100

Death of my Soul

May I have courage to take from my own superabundance.
Let me forget righteousness.
Free me of morals.
Lead me into the temptation of myself,
For I am a tottering kingdom of good and evil.
May worth be acquired through those things I have pleasured.
May my trespass be worthy.
Give me the death of my soul.
Intoxicate me with self-love.
Teach me to sustain its freedom;
for I am sufficiently hell.
Let me sin against the small beliefs.

- AMEN.
[from ‘The Anathema of Zos’, by Austin Osman Spare, 1927]
https://youtu.be/55m4ENityJM
Cover line drawing by Austin Osman Spare

Austin Osman Spare is easily my favourite artist/thinker.

Salient words from the above passage filter through this piece.

Bill Boethius; electric & acoustic guitars, bass and drum machine.
Orlee Stewart; voices

Michigan Noizloom -- Gotta Fight {a tribute to SUICIDE}

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 22:49:07 +0100

CREDITS - words n human voice by Matches

guitar psychedelia by Vince Cory

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

special thanks for inspiration to SUICIDE [NY duo]

Michigan Noizloom -- The Vonnegut Lense [ft. Kurt Vonnegut]

Sat, 03 Nov 2018 19:23:01 +0100

CREDITS - guitars by Vince Cory

special voice sample: Kurt Vonnegut

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

Michigan Noizloom -- KALEIDODRONE [ft. Vince Cory]

Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:17:11 +0200

CREDITS - Vince Cory on darkambient guitar

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. effect: DYNACHORD EC 280

ft. sample: voice of Rod Serling

Michigan Noizloom -- And More [ft. Vince Cory]

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:11:06 +0100

CREDITS - voice and poetry by Matches

art guitar by Vince Cory

ft. sample: The Dramatics

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ Spook's on the 3rd Floor

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:11:41 +0100

CREDITS - story and narration by Matches

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~IDA CA'H~

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 01:22:14 +0200

CREDITS - wordscape n human voice by MATCHES

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument: ROLAND JX-10

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - ...And Even Less

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:54:34 +0200

CREDITS - human voice and literature by MATCHES

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

PLAZA . MADASTROPHIK [ft. Immanuel Velikovsky]

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 23:23:55 +0200

CREDITS - voice of Immanuel Velikovsky

soundscape producion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

PLAZA . DARK ANGELFISH {ft. Don Van Vliet}

Sat, 22 Sep 2018 21:20:10 +0200

CREDITS - voice of Don Van Vliet [Captain Beefheart]

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument: Memotron

PLAZA . DOING PPL [ft. Andy Warhol]

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 23:53:30 +0200

CREDITS - human voice: Andy Warhol

produxion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument: Moog System 55

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - DeAd WrOnG

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 23:32:10 +0200

- Matches on organix
- ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.
on produktion

Ultimate Sparks of the Intimate Fire: The Book of the Law

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:15:15 +0200

A remake of the album first made in April 2017

Reading by Robert Furtkamp.
Guitar sounds and production by Bill Boethius.
Words by Aiwass via Aleister Crowley.

https://soundcloud.com/rfurtkamp

http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/engccxx.htm

MATCHES: ~ MISC#1 ~

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 21:40:05 +0100

CREDITS - words/human voice by MATCHES

produxion by E/L/M ltd

inspiration: marijuana and guarana with morning coffee ;-}~

background foto by James Goins

Hagalaz

Sat, 15 Sep 2018 16:15:25 +0200

This piece is a runic meditation on a drone, a ritual séance in sound and words which might accompany occult rites.

Hagalaz is an ancient rune name, meaning 'hail'.
It is also the 'mother rune'.

During the ritual, Lyn Kalley Ingram sings half remembered snatches of songs, including 'come wander with me', suggested perhaps by the wanderings and wonderings of the rune god. While Ann Uta Beisswenger leads the rite, chanting some ancient proto-Germanic runes using the throat galdr technique.

Bill Boethius; acoustic and electric guitars, bass, & drum machine.
Lyn Kalley Ingram; vocal
Ann Uta Beiswenger; chanting

Galdr rune chants:
Othala
Ansuz
Thurisaz
Isa
Hagalaz

Ann Uta Beisswenger:
https://youtu.be/g-bNx97-JiQ

Lyn Kalley Ingram;
https://soundcloud.com/lyn-kalley-ingram

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - Some one betta dan No one [ALT. version]

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:35:25 +0100

CREDITS - lyrics, vocal: MATCHES

produxion and mix by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

- and more, earlier S3F music to be found here - } http://logamp.com/s3f

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - AdVeNtUrEs in the PaRk

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 19:24:19 +0200

CREDITS - lyrics n voice: MATCHES

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~3 Days and...~

Wed, 22 Aug 2018 22:17:38 +0200

CREDITS - human voice and literary piloting by MATCHES

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument: Memotron

ft. sample: Spooky Tooth [The Mirror]

MATCHES: ~ LUV 4 RENT ~

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 23:21:51 +0200

CREDITS: lyrics and human voice by MATCHES

ft. effect pedal: CHASE BLISS WOMBTONE

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~Wordz~

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 23:43:53 +0200

CREDITS: spoken by Matches
produced by E/L/M ltd.

- for more music by Matches and this producer, type "Michigan Noizloom" in the search box here at hearthis

PLAZA . HELLSCAPE 1 [ft. Anton Lavey]

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 21:45:32 +0200

CREDITS: Anton Lavey - human voice, organ, synth

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

The Earth Stepper

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:56:04 +0200

The Earth Stepper

Old English poetry is important to me, as it links us to the Dark Ages in a very real way.
Despite being written down in the early Christian era, the poetry betrays much of its pagan roots.

Here I have taken some lines from ‘The Wanderer’, which title I have transliterated as the ‘earth-stepper’.
The poem ponders the theme of alienation, and shows that there are many kinds of doom.
And yet, in the deepest moments of abjection appear sudden reveries and insights – peaks of a higher perception.

I began by freely accompanying the poem on the lute, an instrument which gets us closer to the Dark Ages.
I then added electric guitar and bass etc., for extra colour.
Lorenzo Quant had sent me a Midi track for a possible collaboration. Here I have used part of it for some subtle background colour in certain places.

Most of all, there is the reading of the poem by the poet Charles Bryant. I like the way he really owns the poem, sounding like the aged and broken writer of the original.

Bill Boethius; lute, electric guitar, electric bass, drum machine, sound fx.
Charles Bryant; reading
https://youtu.be/pqzC4GCaWds

Some background midi keys from Lorenzo Quant:
https://soundcloud.com/orenzouant

from The Wanderer

OFT-TIMES the Wanderer waiteth God’s mercy,
... Long must he row o’er the rime-crusted sea—

—Fate is severe.

Of hardships, the wanderer saith:—
Oft must I lonely, when dawn doth appear,
Wail o’er my sorrow—since living is none
Whom I may whisper my heart’s undertone.

Weary at heart, yet his Fate is unyielding—
Help cometh not to his suffering mind.

Thus must I often, afar from my kinsmen,
Fasten in fetters my home-banished heart.

I, a poor exile, have wandered in winter
Over the flood of the foam-frozen wave,
Seeking, sad-hearted, some giver of treasure,
Someone to cherish me friendless—some Chief
Able to guide me with the wisdom of counsel,
Willing to greet me and comfort my grief.

Chill is his heart as he roameth in exile—

Knoweth he well that all friendless and lordless
Sorrow awaits him a long bitter while;—
Yet, when the spirits of Sorrow and Slumber
Fasten with fetters the orphaned exile,
Seemeth him then that he seeth in spirit,
Meeteth and greeteth his master once more,
Layeth his head on his lord’s loving bosom,
Just as he did in the dear days of yore.

But he awaketh, forsaken and friendless,
Seeth before him the black billows rise,
Seabirds are bathing and spreading their feathers,
Hailsnow and hoar-frost are hiding the skies.

Sad is the mind that remembereth kinsmen,
Greeting with gladness the days that are gone.

When the sad exile so often must send
Thoughts of his suffering spirit to wander
Wide o’er the waves where the rough billows blend.

Thus is the earth with its splendor departing—
Day after day it is passing away,
Nor may a mortal have much of true wisdom
Till his world-life numbers many a day.
He who is wise, then, must learn to be patient—

Surely the wise man may see like the desert
How the whole wealth of the world lieth waste,
How through the earth the lone walls are still standing,
Blown by the wind and despoiled and defaced.
Covered with frost, the proud dwellings are ruined,
Crumbled the wine-halls—the king lieth low,
Robbed of his pride—and his troop have all fallen
Proud by the wall—some, the spoil of the foe,
War took away—and some the fierce sea-fowl
Over the ocean—and some the wolf gray
Tore after death—and yet others the hero
Sad-faced has laid in earth-caverns away.

Void stood the work of the giants of old!

From ‘The Wanderer’
Anglo-Saxon Literature
Translation of William Rice Sims

http://www.bartleby.com/library/poem/262.html

MATCHES: ~ Crazy from the Heat ~

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 17:41:24 +0200

CREDITS - lyrx n vocal by MATCHES

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ Storm's Comin' ~

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:13:04 +0200

CREDITS: wyrdz/vx/'tude by MATCHES

production by ErieLake Musicollage ltd.

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - What that Gyrl does 2 Me

Sat, 26 May 2018 19:04:53 +0200

CREDITS - MATCHES on words n vocal

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

PLAZA . FINZ [ft. John C. Lilly]

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 01:18:26 +0200

CREDITS - human voice: John C. Lilly

produxion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

cover art by Renee X

MATCHES: ~ the UNIFINISHED WALK ~

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 01:56:45 +0200

CREDITS - short fiction and narration by MATCHES

produxion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument: 1793 cathedral organ

MATCHES: ~ Speak to Myself ~

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 17:44:23 +0200

CREDITS - wordz/vox by MATCHES

produxion: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

Spook's on the 3rd Floor -- LLUVIA OSCURA

Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:25:58 +0100

CREDITS - orig. by MATCHES, w/Scott Ferrell [of Autumn's Grey Solace]

remake by Spook's on the 3rd Floor [duo out of shrub-urban Detroit]

produxion by E/L/M ltd

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Spook's on the 3rd Floor - Streets Into Nowhere

Sat, 24 Jun 2017 18:22:40 +0200

CREDITS - all vox/wyrdz attributed to MATCHES

produxion: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

fotos [cover and background] by Sean Farris

Cant Keep A' Sippin' - Third Rail

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 08:11:52 +0200

Bill Boethius: original idea, acoustic slide guitar, electric slide guitar, bass, synth
Al Wood: lead guitar
Jeff Wiedenfeld, samples, keys, other noises and madness.
Previous versions: 2016
https://billboethiusdaliscar.bandcamp.com/track/cant-keep-a-sippin-new-version-featuring-al-wood
2015
https://billboethiusdaliscar.bandcamp.com/track/cant-keep-a-sippin

MATCHES: ~ The InViTaTiOn ~

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:09:57 +0100

CREDITS - words and recitation by MATCHES

produxion: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ Consuela's Gone ~

Fri, 02 Dec 2016 16:40:55 +0100

CREDITS - Wyrd augmentation and re-envisaged traditional lyric template by MATCHES

produxion by E/L/M ltd

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Spook's on the 3rd Floor - It's 3 A.M. Again

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:45:01 +0200

CREDITS - woyrdz n vx by MATCHES

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument: rare electric koto

PLAZA . ASSASSINS IN THE MIST [ft. Wm. S. Burroughs]

Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:57:42 +0200

CREDITS - words, writings, n voice by Wm S Burroughs

guitarwork by Scott Ferrel of... -} http://www.gothicparadise.com/autumn_grey.htm

produxion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ Msgs. of Revolution ~

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:17:36 +0100

CREDITS - wyrdz n vx by MATCHES

guitaring by Eddie Hazel

produxion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

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https://soundcloud.com/erielake1

Green Grapes of Proserpine

Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:19:47 +0200

Green Grapes of Proserpine

The Victorian Pre-Raphaelite English poet Algernon Swinburne wrote some powerful verse, very rhythmic and yet full of imagery. Perhaps he was the rapper of his day!
The poet Stephen Howarth brings out the rhythms in his great reading of Swinburne's Proserpine, to which I put some of my sounds,

Stephen Purbeck Howarth; reading
Bill Boethius; guitars, bass, synth.
Zanshin; drums

The Garden of Proserpine

Here, where the world is quiet;
Here, where all trouble seems
Dead winds' and spent waves' riot
In doubtful dreams of dreams;
I watch the green field growing
For reaping folk and sowing,
For harvest-time and mowing,
A sleepy world of streams.

I am tired of tears and laughter,
And men that laugh and weep;
Of what may come hereafter
For men that sow to reap:
I am weary of days and hours,
Blown buds of barren flowers,
Desires and dreams and powers
And everything but sleep.

Here life has death for neighbour,
And far from eye or ear
Wan waves and wet winds labour,
Weak ships and spirits steer;
They drive adrift, and whither
They wot not who make thither;
But no such winds blow hither,
And no such things grow here.

No growth of moor or coppice,
No heather-flower or vine,
But bloomless buds of poppies,
Green grapes of Proserpine,
Pale beds of blowing rushes
Where no leaf blooms or blushes
Save this whereout she crushes
For dead men deadly wine.

Pale, without name or number,
In fruitless fields of corn,
They bow themselves and slumber
All night till light is born;
And like a soul belated,
In hell and heaven unmated,
By cloud and mist abated
Comes out of darkness morn.

Though one were strong as seven,
He too with death shall dwell,
Nor wake with wings in heaven,
Nor weep for pains in hell;
Though one were fair as roses,
His beauty clouds and closes;
And well though love reposes,
In the end it is not well.

Pale, beyond porch and portal,
Crowned with calm leaves, she stands
Who gathers all things mortal
With cold immortal hands;
Her languid lips are sweeter
Than love's who fears to greet her
To men that mix and meet her
From many times and lands.

She waits for each and other,
She waits for all men born;
Forgets the earth her mother,
The life of fruits and corn;
And spring and seed and swallow
Take wing for her and follow
Where summer song rings hollow
And flowers are put to scorn.

There go the loves that wither,
The old loves with wearier wings;
And all dead years draw thither,
And all disastrous things;
Dead dreams of days forsaken,
Blind buds that snows have shaken,
Wild leaves that winds have taken,
Red strays of ruined springs.

We are not sure of sorrow,
And joy was never sure;
To-day will die to-morrow;
Time stoops to no man's lure;
And love, grown faint and fretful,
With lips but half regretful
Sighs, and with eyes forgetful
Weeps that no loves endure.

From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever;
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.

Then star nor sun shall waken,
Nor any change of light:
Nor sound of waters shaken,
Nor any sound or sight:
Nor wintry leaves nor vernal,
Nor days nor things diurnal;
Only the sleep eternal
In an eternal night.

BY ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE
Read by S. P. Howarth
https://youtu.be/dujygHJ3nsg

PLAZA . AMONG the HUMANS [ft. Sun Ra]

Sun, 11 Mar 2018 22:05:56 +0100

CREDITS - vocal by Sun Ra

produxion: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ tHiS HeArT ~

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:52:09 +0100

CREDITS - lyrx/vx: MATCHES

produxion: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

ft. instrument: Yamaha Bari Sax

Marita's revenge

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:04:04 +0100

When I first heard SabrinaCount's acapella vocal, 'Marita's revenge' I knew I would have to try to make some sounds to it - it totally blew me away.

The lyric mentions sado-masochism, and I found myself continuously listening to the Velvet's 'Venus in Furs' as I was producing this, - also thinking of John Cale,- and his work with Nico. So that was the immediate backdrop. All the guitars used are either fretless or slide.

Cover pic is Marita Lorenz with Castro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Lorenz

SabrinaCounts; words, vocal
Bill Boethius; guitars, bass, drum machine

Produced & arranged by Bill Boethius

Here is the original vocal
https://soundcloud.com/toltec-jewels/for-nova

Lyrics:

Oh god
My heart is breaking
Each moment I am
Tortured again
In my reconstructed
Memory of rejection
In hard porn
Life style
Shooting
The breeze
Looking for religion
And lost to that
Razor blade speculation
Humming
The inside out
To the suicide thought:

They tortured me with knives
They tortured me with knives
Look at the scar
Screaming
Still on my throat
Attempting the new voice
The reconstructed margin
Of personality potential
Looking for help
In the alters
In the alters of the mind
Screaming still
Only
Cutting
The skin deeply enough
To make blood beads beautiful
In sadomasochistic realization
Baring the soul in exclamation
Of the spread
Shaking the hand to her screaming
Shaking the hand to her screaming
Help
Me
God
In
The
Heart
Of
Mock
Ceremony
Glimpsing
The crucifixion
For real

MATCHES: ~ Tonight's Event ~

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:37:15 +0100

CREDITS - human voice and lyrics by MATCHES

produxion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ RISE UP {version 2} ~

Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:55:29 +0100

CREDITS - wordz/vx by MATCHES

produxion by E/L/M ltd

MATCHES: ~ February's Bloom ~

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:41:01 +0100

CREDITS- poetry and recitation by MATCHES

produxion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

lead graphic: NIAGARA DETROIT

MATCHES: ~ Shamans' Reality [ft. Carlos Castaneda] ~

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:23:53 +0100

CREDITS - orig. poem and recitation by Matches

guest vocal snippet: Carlos Castaneda [from 1969]

guitar and yelp by Ron Asheton

produxion: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - Look Here

Sat, 11 Feb 2017 17:00:26 +0100

CREDITS - voice by MATCHES

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

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It enters the dark hole of the head

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:36:22 +0100

It Enters the Dark Hole of the Head

The Thought Fox has long been one of my favourite poems by Ted Hughes.
I love the way it breaks those boundaries between the real and the unreal, where the unreal becomes far more real than the real.
It is not really about a fox, it is really about the jungle of the mind.
At most, the 'fox' in the poem is a ‘familiar’, a totemic animal spirit – one of the old gods.
Ostensibly the poem describes the act of writing.
It could also describe the act of making sounds.

Bill Boethius: guitars, synths, drum machine, production
Ted Hughes; words [reading by The Passionate Transitory:]
https://youtu.be/jVX36zmqz4U

Ted Hughes, "The Thought-Fox"
I imagine this midnight moment's forest:
Something else is alive
Beside the clock's loneliness
And this blank page where my fingers move.

Through the window I see no star:
Something more near
though deeper within darkness
Is entering the loneliness:

Cold, delicately as the dark snow
A fox's nose touches twig, leaf;
Two eyes serve a movement, that now
And again now, and now, and now

Sets neat prints into the snow
Between trees, and warily a lame
Shadow lags by stump and in hollow
Of a body that is bold to come

Across clearings, an eye,
A widening deepening greenness,
Brilliantly, concentratedly,
Coming about its own business

Till, with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox,
It enters the dark hole of the head.
The window is starless still; the clock ticks,
The page is printed.

~

From The Hawk in the Rain (1957)

PLAZA . STILL BURNING WHISKEY [ft. Ruby Starr]

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 21:08:14 +0100

CREDITS - lyric' and vocal by Ruby Starr [Toledo, Ohio]

produxion: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ FINAL THUNDER: Last Rights ~

Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:06:48 +0100

CREDITS - human voice, lyrics, by MATCHES

produxion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

Merry Yule to One and All

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - THRU ANOTHER STORM

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:58:10 +0100

CREDITS - words, vocal: MATCHES

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.
out of shrub-urban Detroit

- and more, earlier S3F music to be found here - } http://logamp.com/s3f

MATCHES: ~ CiRcLe of EcStAsY ~

Fri, 07 Oct 2016 23:47:09 +0200

CREDITS - wyrdz/vx/construance by MATCHES

produxion by E/L/M ltd

download earlier MATCHES material here, free -} https://soundcloud.com/erielake1

PLAZA . AIRWAVES & RAREWAVES [ft. LOU REED, from his last interview]

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 01:34:51 +0100

CREDITS - produxion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.
guest percussionist: Mingo Lewis
guest voice/thought: Lou Reed, from his final interview

MATCHES: ~excerpt from: "The Lords and the New Creatures"~ a JIM MORRISON cover

Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:16:06 +0200

CREDITS: orig. poetry by JIM MORRISON

Interpretive maneuvers by MATCHES

Production by ErieLake Musicollage ltd.

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MATCHES: ~ S I L E N C E ~

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:27:22 +0200

CREDITS - penned and performed by MATCHES

ft. sample: LUNAR FUNK, from 1972

ft. instrument: bowed electric guitar

producer: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - HOUSE of PAIN

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:46:49 +0200

CREDITS - envisaged/crystalized by MATCHES

guest guitar sample: ROBERT GILLESPIE

produxion: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ Nobody's Fool ~

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 22:28:51 +0100

CREDITS - wyrdz n vocal by MATCHES

produxion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

download earlier MATCHES material here, free -} https://soundcloud.com/erielake1

MATCHES: ~ Witch at your Back ~

Sun, 18 Sep 2016 22:01:02 +0200

CREDITS - wyrdz/vx/'tude by MATCHES

Production by ErieLake Musicollage ltd.

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - LOVING YOU in my DREAMS

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 23:22:48 +0200

CREDITS - wyrdz, vx, by MATCHES

produxion by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ I Can Hear the Dark ~

Fri, 19 Aug 2016 22:53:01 +0200

CREDITS: nouns and verbs and delivery by MATCHES

Production by ErieLake Musicollage ltd.

Bukowski's Blues

Sat, 26 Aug 2017 18:32:57 +0200

Bukowski’s Blues
As a contrast to my cosmic stuff, here’s some weird blues.
I always wanted to hear Bukowski talking his stuff over some wayward blues, so I took the following:
https://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/charles-bukowski-reads-friendly-advice-to-a-lot-of-young-men
and put it over some rough edged blues. It sounds like a drunk blues band, but then that is only right when it comes to Bukowski.
Guitar used was the Vintage Flying V, and the bass was a Yamaha 5 string.

Credits:
Charles Bukowski reading his own poem, ‘Friendly Advice to a Lot of Young Men’.
Bill Boethius, all instruments, arrangement and production

www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013…-of-young-men/

FRIENDLY ADVICE TO A LOT OF YOUNG MEN

Go to Tibet
Ride a camel.
Read the bible.
Dye your shoes blue.
Grow a beard.
Circle the world in a paper canoe.
Subscribe to The Saturday Evening Post.
Chew on the left side of your mouth only.
Marry a woman with one leg and shave with a straight razor.
And carve your name in her arm.

Brush your teeth with gasoline.
Sleep all day and climb trees at night.
Be a monk and drink buckshot and beer.
Hold your head under water and play the violin.
Do a belly dance before pink candles.
Kill your dog.
Run for mayor.
Live in a barrel.
Break your head with a hatchet.
Plant tulips in the rain.

But don’t write poetry.

Dandelions & Daisies

Sat, 05 Aug 2017 01:31:03 +0200

Dandelions and Daisies

Another song of Lynn’s has piqued my interest.
This song, ‘Dandelions and Daisies’, despite its nursery rhyme quality, has sinister undertones.
At the very least it speaks of an obsession; – for 20 years David yearns for this woman, and finally she gives into him and becomes ‘his’.
His wish comes true ... or does it?

Original track and lyrics here:
https://soundcloud.com/lyn-kalley-ingram/dandelions-and-daisies

I quickly improvised a stark, one-off bluesy backdrop to accompany the vocal, with one guitar, bass and a drum machine, keeping the texture sparse, with a dialogue between the guitar and bass like that between the dandelion and daisy of the song.

Lion’s tooth, and day’s eye.

Symbolically, the dandelion represents flirtation, hope, endurance and dreams – eventually – coming true. The name is from the French, literally meaning, ‘lion’s tooth’.
The name daisy derives from the Anglo-Saxon ‘day’s eye’, and symbolises innocence.
The implication being that David’s yearning began innocently, and therefore dubiously.

Darkness

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:57:10 +0200

This experiment in dark textures was inspired by one of my favourite of Byron's pieces, his blank verse poem called ‘Darkness’ [1816, which has therefore just turned 200!]

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/arts/romantics/audio/mp3/byron_darkness.mp3

For the sounds, I used a variety of guitars, basses, and a drum machine. It was in the mixing and mastering that the main shadings and transformations were done, to create a kind of aural monochrome.

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - How Hungry Are You?

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 19:46:58 +0100

CREDITS - lyrics, vocal, and music by MATCHES

produxion: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

These days I'm Swamp [with Augenmerk, vocal]

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:47:49 +0200

Augenmerk has generously allowed an open collaboration on her great spoken poem ‘These Days’.
https://soundcloud.com/augenmerk/these-days_d

I noticed how many who had already taken up the challenge to collaborate this time often took a minimalist position, accompanying or dueting with Karin, using just one or a few instruments, always letting the words and voice sound with their full weight.

Likewise I used a single guitar to accompany, and at times counterpart - or countermand, the words; my whole intention being to make the poem - and Karin's voice - central.

The poem reminds me of the Nietzschean warning to those who want to be ‘at one’ with Nature.
A Nature that is cruel, inhuman, fickle, inequitable and terrifying ...
... so you want to be ‘at one’ with that?

1
These days I am swamp, I’m mountain and dale.
I’m deep, I’m steep, I’m dumb and deaf,
my word gets lost on me.
Landslide is, the year of power passed.
Screens of fog run through me
till blind and dark I touch the ground,
still resisting.
2
How may my shield break away
without pervading sun,
without meadows floating me green
and water that allays?
Who climbs free, once my vision has gone
and my strength has turned?
Where to tears me the war?
3
Scarce years at the bottom of breath -
I’m clouds, I’m abyss and sea.
Demons and angels rise
My light fades and glints
Years run through me
Caught in a circle I surround me
The world’s beauty mere sensing
Busy life far away.
4
Has the wall penetrated me,
leaning me bare against the cleft?
I’m falling not knowing the end.
But in the thick of it you cannot get out.
At times the world reaches hands to me,
at times a river flows through,
sometimes voices.
My inner eyes still weighty with tears.
5
You filled me full, life, glass from which I drink,
Now I’m the mountain that I ascend.
I’m the canyon into which I jump.
My own dance has changed and emptied me.
Silence yet.
6
Are you quiet, world?
Another door is opening, another view.
Accordance now
between soles and the ground,
Confine myself to one step, in which I’m whole.
And within me one wakes up,
whose dance is not exhausted yet,
but innocent and loud.
7
Here, this bird is mine and his tone am I.
I extend these wings, I paint him colourful.
I throw him the flight.
I raise him out of flames, out of calm waiting.

8
Behind the dark horizon there is the sun.
The sun-hour clears and the nightbark lands.
The silent sea sets me free
into a new measure of time.
My step has got other tracks.

Augenmerk, vocals, words;

Bill Boethius; guitar, production.

[illustration by Bill Boethius]

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - NO $MONEY$ DOWN [Chuck Berry cover]

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 20:20:52 +0200

CREDITS - concocted and generously shared by MATCHES

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

MATCHES: ~ While the City Sleeps ~

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 23:27:59 +0200

CREDITS - penned in summer of 1975 by MATCHES, re-rendered in summer 2016.

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

featured instrument: cathedral organ made in 1713

for more music by Matches and this producer, type "Michigan Noizloom" in the search box here at hearthis

MATCHES: ~ No Intention, No Power ~

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:20:03 +0100

CREDITS - written and given voice by MATCHES

produced by E/L/M ltd

for more music by Matches and this producer, type "Michigan Noizloom" in the search box here at hearthis

The Book of the Law, chapter 2, read by Robert Furtkamp, sounds by Bill Boethius

Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:31:34 +0200

Robert Furtkamp's reading of the second chapter of Crowley's Book of the Law is very moving.

I put some heavy guitar sounds to it.

Full Text:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/engccxx.htm

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - SoRcErEr 2

Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:03:42 +0100

CREDITS - MATCHES: lyrics n vocal

produxion: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - nOtHiNg 2 SaY

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:39:15 +0100

CREDITS - wyrdz n vx: MATCHES

production: ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

- and more, earlier S3F music to be found here - } http://logamp.com/s3f

the names of the hare

Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:08:12 +0100

I came across this 13th century poem a good few years ago, and have been fascinated by it ever since. In this recording, I tried to keep to the original lolloping rhythm of the poem, and made only a few alterations to the text. Although a lot of the words have fallen out of use, and it reads almost like a piece of surrealist poetry, it’s possible to get more than the general gist of their meaning, even though we may not entirely sure what is being said.

the man that by the hare is met
of him shall never get the better
but if he lays down on the land
that which he beareth in his hand
(be it staff, or be it bow)
and bless him with his elbow
and with well good devotion
he shall say an orison
in worship of the hare
then may he well fare
*
the hare, the scotart
the big-arse, the bouchart
the scotewin, the skikart
the turpin, the tirart
the way-beater, the ballart,
the go-by-ditch, the soilart
the wimount, the babbart,
the scutter, the dewbert
the stop-out, the swikebert
the friendless, the wood-cat
the broad-looker, the broom-cat
the purblind, the furze-cat
the clumsy, the west-looker
the wall-eyed, the side-looker
and also the rollicker
the stubble-deer, the long-ear
the straw-deer, the spring-heeled
the wild-deer, the leaper
the short-deer, the lurker
the wind-swift, the skulker
the hare-shagger, the hedge-squatter
the dew-beater, the dew-hopper
the sitter-still, the grass-hopper
the fettle-foot, the fold-sitter
the light-foot, the fern-sitter
the cabbage-stag, the herb-cropper
the go-by-ground, the sit-still
the pin-tail, the turn-to-hill
the quick-arise
the agitator
the white-bellied
the go-with-lambs
the chump, the churl
the niggard, the coward
the make-fare, the breaker-of-word
the sniveller, the cropped-head
(his chief name is scoundrel)
the stag with the leathery horns
the creature that dwells in the corn
the animal that all men scorn
the beast that none dare name

MATCHES: ~ I'm Not Your Judge, I'm Your JudgeMENT ~

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:41:01 +0200

CREDITS: vx/lyrx by MATCHES

Production by ErieLakeMusicollage ltd.

for more music by Matches and this producer, type "Michigan Noizloom" in the search box here at hearthis

MATCHES: ~ A Late Night Musing ~

Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:36:15 +0200

CREDITS - the tale, the telling: MATCHES

the produxion: E.L.M. Ltd.

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - 7 TIL the END

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:42:12 +0100

CREDITS - lyrix/vokalz: MATCHES

production by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

- and more, earlier S3F music to be found here - } http://logamp.com/s3f

PLAZA . REST IN PIECES... [ft. CARL JUNG]

Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:12:02 +0200

CREDITS: PRODUXION BY E/L/M ltd

MATCHES: ~ Like The PHOENIX We Rise ~

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:40:07 +0200

CREDITS - wyrdz/vx/delivery by MATCHES

featured instrument: ROLAND CompuRhythm CR-78

produxion by E.L.M. ltd.

Spook's on the 3rd Floor - Msg to the World (ft. Bernie Worrell)

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:31:28 +0100

CREDITS - wyrdz n vx by MATCHES

mad electronix by Bernie Worrell

produced by ErieLake Musicollage Ltd.

- and more, earlier S3F music to be found here - } http://logamp.com/s3f

MATCHES: ~ This is the End Here: Redux ~

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:56:37 +0100

CREDITS - voice by MATCHES

produxion: Michigan Noizloom

download earlier MATCHES material here, free -} https://soundcloud.com/erielake1

MATCHES: ~ Pages of my Mind ~

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:52:02 +0200

CREDITS - wyrdz/vx/'tude by MATCHES

Production by ErieLake Musicollage ltd.

Sucht, Sucht, Sucht - Bill Boethius with Augenmerk on vocals

Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:34:16 +0200

Sucht, Sucht, Sucht

Augenmerk’s Open Collaboration, ‘Today I have screwed my other head on’. Full poem and text here:
https://soundcloud.com/augenmerk/open-collab-today-i-have-screwed-on-the-other-head_ich-habe-heute-den-anderen-kopf-angeschraubt-lyrics

It was the sound of Augenmerk’s voice that fascinated me, and her wonderful articulation of the German language.

So I tried to integrate and feature her voice in the same way I would any other instrument.

The word ‘sucht’ leapt out in the poem, which means ‘addiction’ . In the wider sense, addiction becomes a paradigm for life.

Augenmerk; vocals
Bill Boethius; guitars, bass and drums

The Interview at Gethsemane - Bill Boethius with Lemonade on vocals

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:59:35 +0100

The Interview at Gethsemane

I first head Lemonade on a collaboration she did with the wonderful guitarist then known as Pourqoui, now known as Walzendorfer.
https://soundcloud.com/walzendorfer
I was intrigued at how she would lend her voice to such an avant garde sound as that.
https://soundcloud.com/lemonadelove

So I kept in the back of my mind to muster up the courage to importune her into a collaboration with moi!

I had a bluesy abstract sketch of guitars to which she put this lovely spoken word part.
The lyrics conjure up a strange juxtaposition of the every day and the mythical.

This arrangement I have made [and title - or rather Lemonade called it 'the interview', and I added the 'Gethsemane' part] is just my interpretation of her words, but I won’t try and impose that interpretation on you – just listen to the words carefully, and make your own.

Lemonade, vocals, words
Bill Boethius, guitars, bass, drums

MATCHES: ~ It Was, We Were ~

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 21:08:02 +0200

CREDITS - wyrds/delivery/attitudinal maneuvers by MATCHES

Production by E/L/M ltd

MATCHES: ~ EN CALLE ~

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:06:43 +0100

CREDITS - wyrdz n vx by MATCHES

ft. effect/s - DYNACORD EC 280,
Boss PH3 phase shifter [step-phase setting]

download earlier MATCHES material here, free -} https://soundcloud.com/erielake1

MATCHES: ~ AND NOW THEN ~

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:40:53 +0100

CREDITS - wyrdz n vocal perphormanse by MATCHES

produxion : E/L/M ltd outta shrub-urban Detroit

remix by Michigan Noizloom

download earlier MATCHES material here, free -} https://soundcloud.com/erielake1

MATCHES: ~ At Travel's End ~

Wed, 26 Oct 2016 23:51:55 +0200

CREDITS - wyrdz, vz, 'tude courtesy of MATCHES

produxion by E/L/M ltd

download earlier MATCHES material here, free -} https://soundcloud.com/erielake1

wake up, wake up

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:55:07 +0100

There's a robin that wakes us up every morning...this is a minimalist take on an old standard.

Sharon Sanderson - voice

advent (everything glistens)

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:55:00 +0100

A piece about the true meaning of Christmas.

the devil's funeral

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:55:08 +0100

In parts of Britain the middle ages the Christmas midnight mass was called "the Devil's funeral", as it was believed that Christ's birth had overpowered works of Satan. The recording sampled here is from the 1940s, of the Pope celebrating mass the Sistine Chapel.

what star shines above

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:55:10 +0100

(voice of Benjamin Creme)

primus pastor

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:55:03 +0100

The words for this come from the Wakefield Second Shepherds' Pageant, a mystery play written towards the end of the fifteenth century. The anonymous author has produced what is essentially a piece of late-medieval rap poetry, with it's own tight, in-built rhythms and stanzas dripping with sarcasm and vitriol directed towards the rich ruling classes - sentiments which are as relevant today as they were five hundred years ago.

i have news for you

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:55:06 +0100

words anon. 9th century Irish

we are now in oxford circus / new wittington

Tue, 08 Nov 2016 22:26:33 +0100

part of a soundrack to a project about Brexitland

He spent his days dreaming of leaving
and he remembered the stories he’d been told,
of how the city shone at night,
and how the streets were paved with gold

So he sold off everything he owned
and he hit the road with his trusty cat -
he had no compass, guide or chart
but never once thought of turning back

He hitched lifts and he stowed away,
he cut through fences in the dark,
he begged for money in shop doorways,
he slept on benches in the park

He sold the cat to buy some food
and the promise of a passport from a man he knew,
he was told there’ll be a job for you
if you pay up front – but that fell through

The last anyone saw of him,
he was sleeping rough near Trafalgar square -
he ruined the feng-shui of the street,
but when the police arrived he wasn’t there