Drought

At 2 AM it was almost not too hot to sleep. The last ones left had only firewater, no actual water. They imbibed for thirst until they were nauseous, sprawled in the scratchy white grass by the trickle that had been a river.

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Do Not Look at Me

A fife and drum tune distressed and deconstructed by slowing it down to 1/10th the ordinary speed. The original tune is “Slow Scotch.” I learned it from The Fifer’s and Drummer’s Guide.

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ቅዱስ ያሬድ

Saint Yared (Ge’ez: ቅዱስ ያሬድ; 25 April 505 – 20 May 571): He then returned to Axum at the age of nine, becoming the chief priest in Holy Ark of Sion. Soon after, St. Yared composed “Ariam”. While at Axum, St. Yared created musical notations and alphabets. —Wikipedia

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Work in Progress

Listening to whatever actually happened. Believing my ears. Trusting whatever just happened. Balancing patterns. Calm. Blankets. Sensory burrowing. Inspired by cavedurry I like the video a lot. I like the distressed sound of the audio processing. I like the tempo and concept. The one thing I don’t like is the fidelity. You can’t hear the […]

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