Tuonela

"Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions." - William Gibson

Back in the dark ages, my early copy of Audacity was set up - accidentally, incorrectly but fortuitously - so that audio recorded on it would go into a reverberation feedback loop, controlled by the volume input. I used it during the recording of an interview with William Basinski (whose monumental Disintegration Loops are about to be re-released) in 2013. This piece, recorded in full but unreleas...

“Here's the truth: people, even regular people, are never just any one person with one set of attributes. It's not that simple. We're all at the mercy of the limbic system, clouds of electricity drifting through the brain.” ― Jonathan Nolan Track list and start times: 00:00 Sion Trefor – The Cabin in the Woods | How to Get to Heaven from Belfast 02:16 Insectarium – The child’s laugh 08:05 Dominiqu...

“No sound, once made, is ever truly lost. In electric clouds, all are safely trapped, and with a touch, if we find them, we can recapture those echoes of sad, forgotten wars, long summers, and sweet autumns.” ― Ray Bradbury

Bells fried in acid by Tuonela

Lumoscapist by Tuonela

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” ― Carl Sagan Track list and start times: 00:00 Maya Shenfeld – Netherworld (from ‘Cover-Up’) 03:27 Genesis Jane – Sailboat 08:05 A Thousand Reasons – Evolutionary 13:21 Jack Sazonov – Asynchronous Groove Theory 16:25 ianos by Dalot & Sound Awakener – Tone in A Minor 22:47 Brad Rose – In Collapse (excerpt) 32:27 mora-tau – decsent to the second p...

Limited exposure 04 by Tuonela

Limited exposure 03 by Tuonela

Limited exposure 02 by Tuonela

Limited exposure 01 by Tuonela

This is a remix of the ending of https://soundcloud.com/tuonela-1/eclectic-current-conspiracies, itself a remix. It uses some of https://soundcloud.com/plagueclock/cell-23, a bit of "Mis Noches Sin Ti" by Romualdo Correa Y Su Conjunto and a few sounds that I threw into the mix. I love the way that the old vinyl crackle finds its way to the top...

Silence is so freaking loud ― Sarah Dessen Track list and start times: 00:00 fr0ggy5 – got the old car repaired at the dealership - new car hell with trash eagles 01:26 Pete Swinton – His soul bears the sears of the fire... 10:51 Gary Schneider – Green Tambourine 14:01 Arturas Bumsteinas – Boletus Satanas 23:28 Eliza Douglas, Anne Imhof – Medusa's Song 27:41 Hironori Nagatsuma – Unconscious Moment...

Metabolic synthesis recovery by Tuonela

The world minus one by Tuonela

“Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy.” ― Václav Havel Track list and start times: 00:00 synkrotron – LFO (excerpt) 05:38 Steve Baker & Carmen Daye – For Whom the Bell Tolls 08:42 Fallout – ep: The Other Player – Closing titles 11:25 Giles Jacobs – Curtain Glacier,...

Regeneration in a place of peril by Tuonela

One take, no edits (except to remove distortion for SC player), slight reverb added. Headphones recommended.

Made for Naviar Records' 628th Haiku Challenge

“My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.” ― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet Track list and start times: 00:00 James Horner – Evidence (from “Jade”) 02:39 Lazenbee Industries – the clouds [naviarhaiku626] 07:41 Aultone – Shave and a hellcat 13:45 Magic Bullet – Ano...

Shelter in uncertain times by Tuonela

“More and more I find I want to be living in a Big Here and a Long Now.” ― Brian Eno Track list and start times: 00:00 Daniele Marx – In the night, the Milky Way (naviarhaiku621) 05:00 Hirotaka Shirotsubaki – 蕭々 14:24 Lee Rosevere – Red Danube 17:58 Rushab Nandha – Intra 24:36 The Tokyo Lights Orchestra – Into The Universe 28:35 windspace – distanced 33:33 Stan Magendanz – hirlkoyt 36:50 sevensy...

Image: Lexica.art

I took the three main sounds that made up the original ice recording I did in 2012, I cut them up, mashed them together, repeated them at varying pitches with varying amounts of reverb to get the ticking clock sound (including its repeated accidental hiccup) and dropped in a few examples of the pure sound of ice in a crystal glass. A couple of shorter mashups and stretches were added. A mashup of...

The evolution of lonely souls by Tuonela