Playing in Tongues
Month: May 2024

Month: May 2024

Anesthetic

What is my music FOR? How can I make a contribution? One answer is balm. Solace. Painkiller. Healing. Dreams heal too. You have a bad experience, or you’re afraid of something, and your dream reflects it in a…

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Patch Notes: Hélène Vogelsinger

As part of the practice behind Hélène Vogelsinger’s modular synthesizer compositions, she explores abandoned places, connecting with their energies to create immersive moments. For her Patch Notes performance, she serendipitously stumbled across an abandoned castle in the French…

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Retreat not defeat

The name “there is only” does not work and did not work. I have retreated to my given name. The hierarchy of band names: I will have to re-issue the Bandcamp/streaming release.

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Shout out to Frank Wakefield

The excellent – raw, messy, soulful, but whip smart – mandolin player Frank Wakefield has died. It was a musical life well lived. The NY Times has a warm obituary. Frank Wakefield, Who Expanded the Mandolin’s Range, Dies…

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