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photograph by ola rindal from 'the cloud the bird and the puddle,' 2022.

#ola rindal #the cloud the bird and the puddle

photograph by ora rindal, from 'the cloud the bird and the puddle,' 2022

#ola rindal #the cloud the bird and the puddle

walter auerbach photographed by ringl + pit.

#walter auerbach #ringl + pit

werner rohde. blondine. 1930.

#werner rohde #blondine

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Erinnerung an Lores Augen, Photo by Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Undated (c. 1930s)

#secret garden #planting #his hand over hers #misselthwaite manor

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JAUNE par YAMAMOTO………….No.1

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Nico on piano, photograph by Andy Warhol

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RIP 16th February 1962 - 13th November 2004

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Ryan Hildebrand - SOUND

Bandcamp Monday rolls on – I found this record pretty soothing last week, and I hope it’ll have the same effect for you. Flute loops! Is this what the world needs now? Maybe … Ryan Hildebrand’s SOUND came to me by way of the always-reliable Michael Klausman. Not sure whether this is the same Ryan Hildebrand who has collaborated with Six Organs of Admittance in the past, but it is very possible [update from Ben Chasny: “yes, same Ryan. He’s responsible for the drones on Dark Noontide. He also played in Los Cincos and Volume 11,both great S Cali bands”]. Either way, this is lovely, haunting stuff – spare and skeletal, but still very absorbing. I recommend it.

More details: most of this music is based on loops of flute, specifically the shakuhachi, a japanese end-blown bamboo flute. the flutes used range in length from 1.1 shaku (japanese unit of measurement very close to the us foot) to 2.8 shaku in length. the tracks are titled according to which flute was used. R330 = rickenbacker 330, the guitar used on that track. everything came together through a pretty even mix of intuition, chance, and intervention. thanks for listening.