to ease some seasonal depression and discomfort, the new invisible birds release is now shipping

night vision

ingenting kollektiva, live in santa maria delle grazie, milano

live in milano
recorded late 2014

solo guitar : ’72 reissue telecaster through 1966 vibro champ (via humbucker)
with amplified chanting
playing in accordance with the musical teachings of erich zann, luigi nono’s prometeo, and tarrl’s shifting of rings

artwork: x-ray of ambrogio da predis’ portrait of an angel

new invisible birds release : community of light - night vision

community of light - night vision
cd in digipak, limited to roughly 100 copies



recordings of community of light improvisations from 2013 in cherryland, ca.

michael malinski : bass, percussion, vocals, synths
matthew swiezynski : guitar
chi yun : vocals, synths, electronics

instruments: vocals, synths, baritone guitar, guitar, delay/reverb devises, bowed acoustic bass, zither, bells, piano, harmonicas, and various prayer bowls.

community of light is a collective of artists & musicians working in the post kraut cosmic drone continuum which was initiated by mr. robert fludd and has come to full fruition in the twenty-first century in various forms. specifically; as pursuers of the Light, which is often called Darkness, and a sound we call silence (with a method called night vision).

one critic of note has said of the community : community of light reconceives a music that has for a long time been gathered from the invisible and most ancient of all communities, which has been in existence since the creation of the cosmos, and will be with us through the end of time. their music is highly influenced by krautrock, psychedelic, ambient, british folk, electronic and experimental and avant-garde music.

graphics by chi yun
photo by matthew swiezynski
mixed/edited by matthew swiezynski & chi yun
cherryland studio asymmetry by michael malinski
night vision concept inspired by carolina chaves urruzmendi 

ingenting kollektiva, return to messina and death

live in messina , second night
recorded late 2014

solo guitar : 1964 jazzmaster through 1966 vibro champ, very loud,
playing in accordance with the musical teachings of erich zann

artwork: x-ray of antonella da messina's portrait of himself

ingenting kollektiva (live in messina)

2 early 60’s jazzmasters playing in accordance with the musical teachings of harry slow and his followers francis alam-bek and esther de leeuw

artwork: x-ray of antonella da messina's st. jerome
design by matthew swiezynski with some very sound typographical advise from chi yun

dread junket leviathan in portland

our man in ingenting kollektiva is spinning records this tuesday Sept the 23rd at beech street parlor, portland, 9pm- 1 am as dread junket leviathan (kraut, minimal techno, brit folk, etc).

please come if in the area

p o r t l a n d

the art of memory & invisible birds offices have suddenly awoken to find themselves transplanted to portland oregon. please excuse the minor absence, we will return shortly with some interesting projects for both the site and label

(image taken from the walls of the liberty glass on north cook street)

recent listening-music. new acquisitions

 - eduard artemiev - the mirror / stalker - superior viaduct - 2014

- william basinski - melancholia - temporary residence limited - 2014

- alice coltrane - a monastic trio - superior viaduct - 2014

- laurence crane, apartment house - chamber works 1992–2009 - another timbre - 2014

- taylor deupree - lost & compiled - 12k - 2014

- drcarlsonalbion - gold - oblique - 2014

- cocteau twins - victorialand - 4ad - 1986 lp

- common eider, king eider - how to build a cabin - yik yak - 2007

- dead can dance - dead can dance - 4ad - 1984 lp

- earth - hex; or printing in the infernal method - southern lord - 2014 lp reprint

- brigitte fontaine / areski avec art ensemble of chicago - comme a la radio - superior viaduct - 2013

- ben frost - a u r o r a - bedroom community, mute - 2014

- hiss tracts - shortwave nights - constellation - 2014

- the humble bee - morning music - cotton goods - 2010
- the humble bee - henrietta - other ideas - 2013
- the humble bee - she possessed the secret for listening to the stars - other ideas - 2014

- the incredible string band - the hangman's beautiful daughter - elektra - 1968

- brian lavelle - prelapsarian - s/r - 2014

- lovisoni / messina - prati bagnati del monte analogo - die schachtel - 2013

- pärson sound - pärson sound - ti'llindien, subliminal sounds - 2010 lp version

- pearls before swine - balaklava - esp disk - 1968 lp

- rutsubo - zakuro - omnimemento - 2014

- arthur russell - world of echo - audika - 2014 lp version

- taiga remains - works for cassette - helen scarsdale agency - 2014

- kevin verwijmeren - it's the colour of a cloud covered sky - soft corridor records - 2014

dream vision, version one & two

2 new digital only invisible birds releases

dream vision, version one
dream vision, version two

2 bastardizations of the castle at cöthen. inversée, confus et ralenti by matthew swiezynski under the direct supervision of ingenting kollektiva

inspired by :
"the dream of a deluge-like rain, from which dürer awoke on the night of 8 june, 1525, was connected with the fear of a flood prophesied by various astrologers for 1524"
(a. dürer, dream vision, 1525, water color from the book hermetic museum: alchemy & mysticism)

the castle

digital version of invisible birds super limited release

the castle at cöthen (1717-1723), bonus cd for ingenting's 2012 release lost beyond telling, originally released as an edition of 11. moments from ingenting and j.s. bach treated by matthew swiezynski

1964

in the year of our lord, 1964

alchemical devise transmuting loveless sounds for the forthcoming ingenting release
 the memory arts forthwith are,

magnets, earth, fire, silver, formaldehyde*, blood, and arsenic









*bakelite

family photos my mother sent me part three (sounds like dirt xxxi)

i couldn't stop myself
i knew i'd do it again
but i could heal myself
if i could feel your skin
and if i comprehend, and this moment
i know we'll live again
and if i heal your wound
we will make love again
and now we're slipping through
this millennium
we should feel sorry for the people
and can i kiss your skin?
and there's hunger in the desert
and missiles in the sky
and every soul is interwoven
before the wrong or right
i know we'll live again
though it's just a feeling
i know we'll never end
like there was no beginning
i know it's cold tonight
i'll kiss your velvet skin
i know we'll never end
i'll keep you company


(swans killing for company from the great annihilator)

an anatomy of melancholy, forthcoming lp on invisible birds

ingenting kollektiva  an anatomy of melancholy  long play record, 2014 (forthcoming)

fender jazzmaster, 72' telecaster, twin reverb, pedals, & samples (recorded 2011-2014)
edited and constructed by : matthew swiezynski & johannes d'église

family photos my mother sent me part two (sounds like dirt xxx)

in my life the piano sings
brings me words that are not the strength of strings
fiery rain and ruby's cooling sun
now i see that my world has only begun
notes that roll on winds with swirling wings...
brings me words that are not the strength of strings

gene clark / this mortal coil

family photos my mother sent me part one

nor does the dying person discover the least regret that he is leaving the world
from j. swift's gulliver's travels

family photo featuring grandmother and grandfather in the courting stages.... precoital

beautiful noise series

mount analogue 

will be playing at life changing ministry 

saturday feb 15

1629 8th st & peralta, oakland, ca 94607

being number 04 in jorge bachmann's beautiful noise series

show stars at 8.30 in the pm

the band are currently in the studio working on an lp for invisible birds

due out mid 2014

mmxiii continued

additional music enjoyed in 2013, expanded on previous list 
plus some found in 2014 i would have added * *
image by m swiezynski

- barn owl - v - thrill jockey (lp + bonus cd)
- william basinski - nocturnes - 2062
- keith berry - towards the blue peninsula - infraction
- boards of canada - music has the right to children - warp records/skam  (lp reissue)
- boards of canada - geodaddi - warp records/music70  (lp reissue)
- paul bradley / jonathan coleclough / hitoshi kojo / colin potter - water mountain - omnimemento
- harold budd - perhaps - root strata (repress)

- califone - stitches - dead oceans
- bill callahan - expanding dub / highs in the mid-40's dub - drag city
- bill callahan - dream river - drag city
- andrew chalk - mutsu no hana - an'archives (10")
- gene clark - here tonight: the white light demos - omnivore recordings / a&m records

- miles davis - miles davis quintet: live in europe 1969 - the bootleg series vol. 2 - sony
- yannick dauby - ( wa jiè méng xūn ) - ini.itu
- demdike stare - testpressing #001 - modern love (specifically the track collision)
- taylor deupree & savvas ysatis - origin - 12k
- nick drake - five leaves left - island records (lp reissue)
- nick drake - bryter layter - island records (lp reissue)
- nick drake - pink moon - island records (lp reissue) 
- bob dylan - wigwam / thirsty boots - columbia (7")
- bob dylan - another self portrait (1969-1971): the bootleg series vol. 10 - columbia

- bill fay - time of the last persecution - deram/4 men with beards (lp reissue)
- fear falls burning - echoes on dead air - s/r
- fear falls burning - first by a whisper then by a storm, expanded special edition - s/r
- fire! ‎- (without noticing) - rune grammofon
- fire! orchestra - exit! - rune grammofon

- cezary gapik - sketches | #2
* - gas - the field, cupid's head: the gas remixes - kompakt *

- jim haynes - the wires cracked - editions mego
* - arve henriksen - places of worship - rune grammofon *

- brian lavelle - ‎my hands are ten knives - quiet world
- brian lavelle - keys to / gates of
- low - the invisible way - sub pop records

- stephan mathieu & david sylvian - wandermüde - samadhisound
- stephan mathieu - the falling rocket - schwebung
- stephan micus - panagia - ecm
- mohammad - som sakrifis - pan
- paul motian - paul motian box set - ecm

- nebris - kald | ensamt - s/r
- the necks - open - rer megacorp
- willie nelson - crazy: the demo sessions - sugar hill records (lp reissue)
- tomonari nozaki - soleil - element perspective

* - eliane radique - opus 17 - alga marghen *
* - elian radique - naldjorlak I II III - shiiin *
- eliane radigue - adnos I-III (reissue with improved graphics)
- darwin raymond - somewhere the sun shines brightly - analogpath
- steve roden - a big circle drawn with little hands - ini.itu

- sigur rós - kveikur - xl recordings
- colin stetson - new history warfare vol. 3: to see more light - constellation
* - andy stott - batillus, concrete (andy stott remix) - modern love *
- svarte greiner - black tie - miasmah
- swans - not here / not now - young god records

- robert turman - beyond painting - actual tapes/fabrica (reissue)
- troum / aidan baker - nihtes niht - alone at last
* - troum - mare morphosis - transgredient records *

- yoshi wada - earth horns with electronic drone - edition omega point (lp reissue)

- townes van zandt - sunshine boy: the unheard studio sessions & demos 1971-1971- omnivore recordings

swann's way

matthew swiezynski swann 2003

ballet film

mount analogue

mount analogue live

berkeley, december 2013

long play record forthcoming on invisible birds

chi yun : synths

matthew swiezynski : guitar

j s

the only known photograph of washington square joe

à la recherche de la guitare perdue - la quatrième partie

the guitar has turned from a clearly distinguishable instrument into a shamanic tool for trance*
(some guitar music i have been listening to lately)

- acid mothers temple & the pink ladies blues - featuring the sun love and the heavy metal thunder - fractal records - 2006, specifically là-bas
- acid mothers temple and the melting paraiso u.f.o. - pink lady lemonade (you're from inner space) - alien8 recordings - 2011

- oren ambarchi - audience of one - touch - 2012

- atlas sound - let the blind lead those who can see but cannot feel - kranky - 2008
- atlas sound - logos - 4ad/kranky - 2009
- atlas sound - bedroom databank vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 - 2010
- atlas sound - parallax - 4ad - 2011

- thomas bel - to dye every night - invisible birds - 2013

- big star - #1 record - ardent records - 1972
- big star - radio city - ardent records/stax - 1974
- big star - 3rd/sister lovers - pvc records - 1978
- chris bell - i am the cosmos - 4 men with beards - 1992
- big star - keep an eye on the sky - rhino - 2009
- big star - nothing can hurt me - omnivore recordings - 2013

- black sabbath - black sabbath - vertigo - 1970
- black sabbath - paranoid - vertigo - 1970
- black sabbath - master of reality - vertigo - 1971

- the byrds - mr. tambourine man - columbia - 1965
- the byrds - turn! turn! turn! - columbia - 1965
- the byrds - fifth dimension - columbia - 1966
- the byrds - younger than yesterday - columbia - 1967
- the byrds/gram parsons - sweetheart of the rodeo - columbia - 1968
- the byrds - the notorious byrd brothers - columbia - 1968
- the byrds - ballad of easy rider - columbia - 1969
- the byrds - dr. byrds & mr. hyde - columbia - 1969
- the byrds - untitled - columbia - 1970

-  bill callahan ‎- apocalypse - drag city - 2011
-  bill callahan ‎- dream river - drag city - 2013, specifically the work of matt kinsey

- califone - califone - road cone - 2000
- califone - stitches - dead oceans - 2013

- clan of xymox - clan of xymox - 4ad - 1985, esp no words

- gene clark - white light - a&m records - 1971
- gene clark - roadmaster - a&m records - 1973
- gene clark ‎- here tonight: the white light demos - omnivore recordings / a&m records - 2013

- cocteau twins - garlands - 4ad - 1982
- cocteau twins - head over heals - 4ad - 1983
- cocteau twins - treasure - 4ad - 1984
- cocteau twins - victorialand - 4ad - 1986
- cocteau twins & harold budd - the moon and the melodies - 4ad - 1986
- cocteau twins - blue bell knoll - 4ad - 1988
- cocteau twins - heaven or las vegas - 4ad - 1988

-  death in june - but, what ends when the symbols shatter? - new european recordings - 1992, esp self titled track
-  death in june - rose clouds of holocaust - new european recordings - 1995

- destroyer - kaputt - merge records - 2011

- deerhunter - cryptograms / fluorescent grey - kranky - 2007
- deerhunter - microcastle / weird era cont. - kranky - 2008
- deerhunter - halcyon digest - 4ad - 2010

- the durutti column - the return of the durutti column - factory - 1980

- bob dylan - wigwam / thirsty boots - columbia - 2013
- bob dylan - another self portrait (1969-1971): the bootleg series vol. 10 - columbia - 2013

- earth - a bureaucratic desire for extra-capsular extraction - southern lord - 2010
- earth - angels of darkness, demons of light i - southern lord - 2011
- earth - angels of darkness, demons of light ii - southern lord - 2012
- drcarlsonalbion - la strega and the cunning man in the smoke - latitudes - 2012

- ensemble pearl - ensemble pearl - drag city - 2013

- bill fay - bill fay - deram - 1969/1970
- bill fay - time of the last persecution - deram - 1971
- bill fay - still some light - jnana records - 2010
- bill fay - life is people - dead oceans - 2012

- fear falls burning - echoes on dead air - s/r - 2013
- fear falls burning - first by a whisper then by a storm, expanded special edition - s/r - 2013

- fire! with jim o'rourke - unreleased? - rune grammofon - 2011
- fire! with jim o'rourke - released! - rune grammofon - 2011
- fire! with oren ambarchi - in the mouth - a hand - rune grammofon - 2012
- fire! orchestra - exit! - rune grammofon - 2013

- flower travellin' band - anywhere - philips - 1970
- flower travellin' band - satori - atlantic/warner - 1971
- flower travellin' band - make up - atlantic - 1973, esp broken strings

- funkadelic - free your mind and your ass will follow - westbound records - 1970
- funkadelic - funkadelic - westbound records - 1970
- funkadelic - maggot brain - westbound records - 1971, esp self titled track with eddie hazel

- galaxie 500 - today - aurora records - 1988
- galaxie 500 - on fire - rough trade - 1989
- galaxie 500 - this is our music - rough trade - 1990

- godspeed you black emperor - 'allelujah! don't bend! ascend! - constellations - 2012

- ghost - second time around - p.s.f. records / drag city - 1992/1997
- ghost - lama rabi rabi - drag city - 1996
- ghost - snuffbox immanence - drag city - 1998
- ghost - hypnotic underworld - drag city - 2004
- michio kurihara - sunset notes - 20|20|20 - 2007
- ghost - in stormy nights - drag city - 2007

- james hamilton - ghost paths i-v - union finale - 2013

- george harrison ‎- all things must pass - apple records - 1970

- joy division - unknown pleasures - factory - 1979
- joy division - closer - factory - 1980
- joy division - still - factory - 1981
- joy division - heart and soul - london records - 1997

- makoto kawabata / richard youngs ‎- makoto kawabata / richard youngs - vhf records - 2001

- kim doo soo - bohemian - hyundai records / bohemian music - 1991/2004 
- kim doo soo - evening river - p.s.f. records - 2010

-  king creosote & jon hopkins - diamond mine - domino - 2011

- the kinks - kinks kinkdom - reprise - 1965
- the kinks - the kink kontroversy - pye/reprise - 1965
- the kinks - face to face - pye/reprise - 1966
- the kinks - something else by the kinks - pye records - 1967
- the kinks - the kinks are the village green preservation society - pye/reprise - 1968
- the kinks - arthur (or the decline and fall of the british empire) - pye/reprise - 1969
- the kinks - lola versus powerman and the moneygoround, part one - pye - 1970
- the kinks - muswell hillbillies - rca / velvel / universal music company ltd. - 1971
- the kinks - percy - pye - 1971
- the kinks - everybody's in show-biz - rca - 1972
- the kinks - the great lost kinks album - reprise - 1973
- the kinks - preservation act 1 - rca - 1973
- the kinks - preservation act 2 - rca - 1974

- john lennon - john lennon / plastic ono band - apple records - 1970
- yoko ono ‎- yoko ono / plastic ono band  - apple records - 1970
- john lennon - imagine - apple records - 1971

- love - forever changes - elektra - 1967

- low - c'mon - sub pop records - 2011
- low - the invisible way - sub pop records - 2013

- mainliner - mellow out - charnel music - 1996, specifically m w/ makoto kawabata

- john martyn - london conversation - island records - 1967
- john martyn - bless the weather - island records - 1971
- john martyn - solid air - island records - 1973
- john martyn - one world - island records - 1977

- melvins - bullhead - boner records - 1991
- melvins - houdini - atlantic - 1993
- melvins - stoner witch - atlantic - 1994

- mojave 3 - ask me tomorrow - 4ad - 1995
- mojave 3 - out of tune - 4ad - 1998
- mojave 3 - excuses for travellers - 4ad - 2000

- my bloody valentine - m b v - mbv records - 2013

- nirvana - bleach - sub pop - 1989
- nirvana - nevermind - dgc - 1991/2001 (2 cd version)
- nirvana - live at the paramount - geffen records - 1991/2011 (bd)
- nirvana - incesticide - sub pop - 1992
- nirvana - live at reading - dgc - 1992/2009 (cd + dvd)
- nirvana - in utero - dgc - 1993 (lp + 3 lp 20th anniversary edition + 2013 mix lp)
- nirvana - mtv unplugged in new york - dgc - 1994
- nirvana - from the muddy banks of the wishkah - dgc - 1996
- nirvana - nirvana - dgc - 2002
- nirvana - with the lights out - dgc - 2004

- stephen o'malley - live at dread exhibition opening, haarlem, netherlands 6 september 2013
- stephen o'malley - live at centre cultural suisse / ban bonn carte blanche, paris france 18 oct 2013

- the only ones - the only ones - columbia - 1978, specifically another girl, another planet

- pearls before swine - the complete esp-disk recordings - esp-disk - 2005
(one nation underground - 1967 & balaklava - 1968)

- peter peter, peter kyed, douglas macdougall, giles lamb - valhalla rising - wémè records - 2013

- pil - first issue - virgin - 1978
- pil ‎- metal box - virgin - 1979

- pink floyd - a saucerful of secrets - columbia - 1968
- pink floyd - ummagumma - harvest - 1969, esp. careful with that axe, eugene
- pink floyd - soundtrack from the film "more" - columbia - 1969
- pink floyd - atom heart mother - harvest - 1970
- pink floyd - meddle - harvest - 1971, esp one of these days & echoes
- pink floyd - obscured by clouds - harvest - 1972
- pink floyd - the dark side of the moon - harvest - 1973

- iggy pop - lust for life - rca - 1977
- iggy pop - the idiot - rca - 1977

- darwin raymond - somewhere the sun shines brightly - analogpath - 2013

- rema-rema ‎- wheel in the roses - 4ad - 1980, specifically feedback song 

- ride - nowhere  - creation records - 1990

- sigur rós - kveikur - xl recordings - 2013

- rush - moving pictures - mercury - 1981, specifically tom sawyer

- elliott smith - roman candle - cavity search - 1994
- elliott smith - elliott smith - kill rock stars - 1995
- elliott smith - either / or - kill rock stars - 1997
- elliott smith - xo - dreamworks records - 1998
- elliott smith - figure eight - dreamworks records - 2000
- elliott smith - from a basement on the hill - anti- - 2000
- elliott smith - alternate versions from either / or - kill rock stars - 1997

- sonic youth - sister - sst records - 1987

- skip spence - oar - columbia - 1969

- steeleye span - please to see the king - b & c records - 1971, specifically the blacksmith

- burkhard stangl - unfinished. for william turner, painter. - touch - 2013

- supreme dicks - the unexamined life - homestead records - 1993
- supreme dicks ‎- working man's dick - freek records - 1994
- supreme dicks - the emotional plague - homestead records - 1996

- svarte greiner - black tie - miasmah - 2013

- swans - the great annihilator - young god records - 1995
- swans - soundtracks for the blind - atavistic/young god records - 1996
- swans - swans are dead - atavistic/young god records - 1998
- the angels of light - new mother - young god records - 1999
- the angels of light - how i loved you - young god records - 2001
- the angels of light - everything is good here / please come home - young god records - 2003
- the angels of light - the angels of light sing "other people" - young god records - 2005
- the angels of light & akron/family - akron/family & angles of light - young god records - 2005
- the angels of light - we are him - young god records - 2007
- swans - my father will guide me up a rope to the sky - young god records - 2010
- swans - we rose from your bed with the sun in our head - young god records - 2012
- swans - the seer - young god records - 2012
- swans - not here / not now - young god records - 2013

- television - marquee moon - electra - 1977
- television - adventure - electra - 1978
- television - television - capitol records - 1992, esp call mr. lee

- t. rex - electric warrior - fly records/reprise records - 1971
- t. rex - the slider - emi/reprise records - 1972
- t. rex - tanx - emi/reprise records - 1973

- the taj mahal travellers - july 15, 1972 - cbs/sony - 1972

- tarnation ‎- gentle creatures - 4ad - 1995
- tarnation ‎- mirador - 4ad - 1995

- teenage fanclub - bandwagonesque - dgc - 1991

- this mortal coil - it'll end in tears - 4ad - 1984
- this mortal coil - filigree & shadow - 4ad - 1986
- this mortal coil - blood - 4ad - 1991

- scott walker - bish bosch - 4ad - 2012

- wilco - a.m. - sire records company - 1995
- wilco - being there - reprise records - 1997
- billy bragg & wilco - mermaid avenue - elektra - 1998
- wilco - summerteeth - reprise records - 1999
- billy bragg & wilco - mermaid avenue ii - elektra - 2000
- wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot - nonesuch - 2002 (lp)
- wilco - a ghost is born - nonesuch - 2004
- wilco - sky blue sky - nonesuch - 2007, esp impossible germany, nels cline
- wilco - wilco - nonesuch - 2009, nels cline
- wilco - the whole love - anti- - 2011, nels cline

- jozef van wissem & jim jarmusch - concerning the entrance into eternity - important - 2012
- jozef van wissem & jim jarmusch - the mystery of heaven - sacred bones records - 2012

-  wold ‎- l.o.t.m.p. - profound lore records - 2005

- x-tg - desertshore / the final report - industrial records - 2012, esp cosey fanni tutti on all that is my own

* from dirk serries description of his fear falls burning project
image one of nels jazzmaster, remaining images by chi yun

parts 1 & 2 & 3