then the voices of the ainur, like unto harps and lutes, and pipes and trumpets, and viols and organs, and like unto countless choirs singing with words, began to fashion the theme of ilúvatar to a great music; and a sound arose of endless interchanging melodies woven in harmony that passed beyond hearing into the depths and into the heights, and the places of the dwelling of ilúvatar were filled to overflowing, and the music and the echo of the music went out into the void, and it was not void.

some of these thoughts he (melkor) now wove into his music, and straightway discord arose about him, and many that sang nigh him grew despondent, and their thought was disturbed and their music faltered; but some began to attune their music to his rather than to the thought which they had at first. then the discord of melkor spread ever wider, and the melodies which had been heard before foundered in a sea of turbulent sound. but ilúvatar sat and hearkened until it seemed that about his throne there was a raging storm, as of dark waters that made war one upon another in an endless wrath that would not be assuaged.

for it seemed soft and sweet, a mere rippling of gentle sounds in delicate melodies; but it could not be quenched, and it took to itself power and profundity. and it seemed at last that there were two musics progressing at one time before the seat of ilúvatar, and they were utterly at variance. the one was deep and wide and beautiful, but slow and blended with an immeasurable sorrow, from which its beauty chiefly came. the other had now achieved a unity of its own; but it was loud, vain, and endlessly repeated; and it had little harmony, but rather a clamorous unison as of many trumpets braying upon a few notes. and it essayed to drown the other music by the violence of its voice, but it seemed that its most triumphant notes were taken by the other and woven into its own solemn pattern.

(and more... great chapter from j.r.r. tolkien's the silmarillon, typed while listening to track two from side one of cluster 1)

francisco lópez - machines - elevator bath - 2010
(eeaoa030)
based upon sounds of machinery
(clocks, elevators, various laboratory and factory equipment)

some machines collected, inspired by the recent elevator bath release:

der lauf der dinge - 1987

nicolas-joseph cugnot - steam locomotive - 1770-1771

jacques vaucanson - duck - 1733-1734

pierre jacquet-droz - young writer - c. 1770

vladimir tatlin - letatlin - c. 1930 (flying machine)

alberto giacometti - the captured hand - 1932

(images from k.g. pontus hultén's
the machine as seen at the end of the mechanical age - moma - 1968)

rube goldberg

marcel duchamp
the bride stripped bare by her bachelors, even or the large glass
1915-1923

marcel duchamp - rotary glass plates - 1920

on duchamp:
- marcel duchamp - dialogues with marcel duchamp - da capo press - 1971/1987
- marcel duchamp - the writings of marcel duchamp - da capo press - 1973/1989
- marcel duchamp - marcel duchamp - the museum of modern art/philadelphia museum of art/prestel verlag - 1973/1989
- marcel duchamp - the box in a valise de ou par marcel duchamp ou rrose selavy - rizzoli - 1989
- marcel duchamp - marcel duchamp: work and life - the mit press 1993
- marcel duchamp - marcel duchamp: a biography - henry holt - 1996
- marcel duchamp - marcel duchamp rencontre - centre georges pompidou - 1997
- marcel duchamp - duchamp: love and death, even - reaktion books - 1998
- marcel duchamp - duchamp in context: science and technology in the large glass and related works - princeton university press - 1998
- marcel duchamp - marcel duchamp: the art of making art in the age of mechanical reproduction - harry n. abrams - 1999
- marcel duchamp - marcel duchamp: à l'infinitif - the typosophic society - 1999
- marcel duchamp - marcel duchamp: respirateur - staatliches museum schwerin/hatje cantz verlag - 1999
- marcel duchamp - marcel duchamp - thames & hudson - 1999
- marcel duchamp - affectionately, marcel: the selected correspondence of marcel duchamp - ludion press - 2000
- marcel duchamp - the complete works of marcel duchamp - delano greenidge - 2000
- marcel duchamp - marcel duchamp: étant donnés - yale univ. press - 2009
- marcel duchamp - marcel duchamp: étant donnés - manual of instructions, revised edition - yale univ. press - 2009

ingenting kollektiva 1 - forthcoming

forthcoming invisible birds portfolio - the work of ingenting
edition of 36, special edition in medium-size box

(includes)

cd - 1969 ingenting (barnwise)
recorded in the drei wasser barn during rain storm
25.12.2009
elkins creek
27.12.2009
drei wasser studios
27.12.2009

ingenting members featured: tarrl lightowler, matthew swiezynski

barn recording:
k.l. - bowed tibetan prayer bowl, bells, guitar, nightingale devise, 78 player
t.l. - tenor sax
m.s. - portable 78 player with ravel's gaspard de la nuit (walter gieseking), guitar, chains

creek recording:
t.l. & m.s - guitar, 78 gaspard de la nuit, bells, nightingale devise, feedback

studio recording:
k.l. - psaltery, cello
t.l. - tenor sax
m.s. - 78 gaspard de la nuit (rhythm), harmonium, guitar

(listening excerpt - rough cut - right click to load)



the ingenting kollektiva is an homage to ingmar bergman and sven nykvist

1969 ingenting (barnwise) refers back 40 years to numerous recordings gathered by chance around 25.12.2009 at drei wasser

(including)
(recorded and/or released in 1969)

- amalgam (trevor watts/john stevens/jeff clyne/barry guy) - prayer for peace - transatlantic

- the band - the band (brown album) - capitol
- gato barbieri - under fire - flying dutchman
- robbie basho - venus in cancer - blue thumb
- tim buckley - happy sad - elektra records
- anthony braxton - for alto - delmark records
- peter brötzmann - nipples - calig
- vashti bunyan - just another diamond day - philips
- dave burrell - echo - byg

- johnny cash - at san quentin - columbia
- don cherry - mu (first part/second part) - byg
- leonard cohen - songs from a room - columbia
- ornette coleman - ornette at 12 - impulse!
- ornette coleman - crisis - impulse!
- alice coltrane - huntington ashram monastery - impulse!
- jacques coursil - black suite - byg
- stanley cowell - brilliant circles - arista records
- creedence clearwater revival - bayou country - fantasy records
- creedence clearwater revival - green river - fantasy records
- creedence clearwater revival - willy and the poor boys - fantasy records
- andrew cyrille - what about? - byg
- holger czukay - canaxis - s/r

- karen dalton - it's so hard to tell who's going to love you the best - capitol
- miles davis (w/ teo macero) - in a silent way - columbia
- miles davis (w/ teo macero) - bitches brew - columbia
- donovan - barabajagal - epic
- donovan - open road - epic
- nick drake - five leaves left - island records
- bob dylan & johnny cash - nashville skyline - columbia

- fairport convention - what we did on our holidays - island
- fairport convention - unhalfbricking - island
- fairport convention - liege & lief - island
- the flying burrito brothers - the gilded palace of sin - a&m

- jan garbarek & terje rypdal - esoteric circle - freedom
- stan getz - the song is you - verve
- stan getz - didn't we - verve
- glenn gould - prelude and fugue nos. 12-16 from bach's das wohltemperierte clavier ii - columbia
- burton greene - presenting burton greene - columbia
- burton greene - aquariana - byg

- charlie haden - liberation music orchestra - impulse!
- merle haggard - pride in what i am - capitol
- merle haggard - same train, a different time - capitol
- merle haggard - a portrait of merle haggard - capitol
- herbie hancock - fat albert rotunda - warner
- herbie hancock - prisoner - blue note
- herbie hancock/toudie heath/don cherry/buster williams/jimmy heath/ed blackwell - kawaida - o'be records
- tim hardin - tim hardin 4 - verve
- jimi hendrix - band of gypsys - capitol

- andrew hill - passing ships - blue note
- andrew hill - parts of mosaic (ms-016) unreleased blue note recordings
- bobby hutcherson - medina - blue note - 1969
- bobby hutcherson & harold land - blow up -jazz music yesterday

- bert jansch - birthday blues - transatlantic
- arthur jones - scorpio - byg

- king crimson - in the court of the crimson king: an observation by king crimson - island
- the kinks - arthur (or the decline and fall of the british empire) - pye
- leo kottke - 6 and 12 string guitar - takoma

- steve lacy - steve lacy plays monk - byg

- kalaparusha maurice mcintyre - humility in the light of the creator - delmark
- john mclaughlin - extrapolation - polydor
- mickey newbury - it looks like rain - mercury
- grachan moncur iii - new africa, one morning i woke up early - byg

- fred neil - everybody's talkin' - capitol
- nico - the marble index - elektra

- pentangle - basket of light - transatlantic records

- tony oxley - baptised traveler - jazz

- frank ricotti - our point of view - sony
- howard riley trio - angle - columbia

- pharoah sanders - karma - impulse!
- pharoah sanders - jewels of thought - impulse!
- archie shepp - the way ahead - impulse!
- archie shepp - black gipsy - america records
- wayne shorter - super nova - blue note
- alan silva - luna surface - byg
- soft machine - the soft machine: volume 2 - probe
- sun ra - atlantis - saturn
- john surman - way back when - cuneiform records
- john surman - how many clouds can you see? - deram

- john tchicai - afrodisiaca - mps
- clifford thornton - ketchaoua - byg
- keith tippett - you are here... i am there - akarma records
- charles tolliver - the ringer - freedom

- the velvet underground - the velvet underground - mgm
- miroslav vitous - infinite search - import
- miroslav vitous - mountain in the clouds - atlantic

- scott walker - scott walker 4 - philips records
- marzette watts - marzette watts ensemble - savoy jazz
- mike westbrook - marching song, vols. 1-2 - rightous
- kenny wheeler - windmill tilter - fontana

- larry young - mother ship - blue note
- neil young - everybody knows this is nowhere - reprise

- townes van zandt - our mother the mountain - tomato
- townes van zandt - townes van zandt - poppy, tomato
- townes van zandt - a gentle evening with townes van zandt live 1969 - dualtone music group

twin peaks season 2
(variations for guitar - eeaoa012)
thanks giving 2009 wa

twin peaks waterfall, wa - late november 2009

hideo gosha - sword of the beast - 1965

pre 2010

(la musique)
- alio die & aglaia - private history of the clouds - infraction
- ambrose field & john potter - being dufay - ecm
- alva noto - xerrox vol.2 - raster-noton
- asher - miniatures - sourdine
- william basinski - 92982 - 2062
- ran blake - driftwoods - tompkins square
- bon iver - blood bank - jagjaguwar
- peter brötzmann/toshinori kondo /massimo pupillo /paal nilssen-love - hairy bones - okka disk
- bill callahan - sometimes i wish we were an eagle - drag city
- evan caminiti - psychic mud chrine - digitalis recordings
- celer - engaged touches - humming conch
- celer - close proximity and the unhindered care-all - sra
- andrew chalk & daisuke suzuki - the shadows go their own way - siren records
- andrew chalk - the cable house - faraway press
- dropp ensemble - safety - either/oar
- bob dylan - together through life - columbia
- elegi - varde - miasmah recordings
- eleh - homage to the sine wave - taiga
- eleh / nana april jun - observations & momentum - touch
- deceh (eleh?) - deceh - important records
- elm - nemcatacoa - digitalis
- lawrence english - a colour for autumn - 12k
- fennesz + sparklehorse - in the fishtank 15 - in the fishtank
- fire - you liked me five minutes ago - rune grammofon
- ben frost - by the throat - bedroom community
- jimmy giuffre - the swamp people with bob brookmeyer & jim hall (newport 1958) - giant steps records
- grizzly bear - veckatimest - warp
- jgrzinich - phase inversion - mystery sea
- hildur gudnadottir - without sinking - touch
- robert haigh - notes and crossings - siren records
- harmonia 76 w/ brian eno - tracks and traces reissue - sony/gronland
- jon hassell - last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street - ecm
- tim hecker - an imaginary country - kranky
- king crimson - in the court of the crimson king: an observation by king crimson - island
steven wilson 5.1 version
- lethe - catastrophe point #5 - intransitive recordings
- stephan mathieu - the key to the kingdom - dekorder
- stephan mathieu & taylor deupree - transcriptions - spekk
- mountains - choral - thrill jockey
- mountains - etching - thrill jockey
- michael northam - suhina - drone records
- phill niblock - touch strings - touch
- nils økland - monograph - ecm
- yui onodera - entropy - trumn
- yui onodera & the beautiful schizophonic - radiance - basses frequences
- adam pacione - still life series - bee eater recordings
- adam pacione - dobranoc - elevator bath
- evan parker - the moment's energy - ecm
- arvo pärt - in principio - ecm
- pillowdiver - sleeping pills - 12k
- plinth - music for smalls lighthouse - durtro jnana
- henry purcell - the complete fantazias (fretwork) - harmonia mundi
- eliane radigue - vice versa, etc - important records
- eliane radigue - triptych - important records
- steve roden - ecstasy shorewed its petals with the full peal of the bells - ferns recordings
- simon scott - navigare - miasmah recordings
- seaworthy - 1897 - 12k
- colin andrew sheffield - signatures + broken light - invisible birds (officially late 2008)
- colin andrew sheffield - for tomorrow - bee eater recordings
- matt shoemaker - erosion of the analogous eye - helen scarsdale agency
- matt shoemaker - the sunken plethora consumes all - mystery sea
- matt shoemaker - wayward set - human faculties
- six organs of admittance - rtz - drag city
- six organs of admittance - luminous night - drag city
- a broken consort - crow autumn part two - sustain-release
- clouwbeck - wolfrahm - shining day
- steven r. smith - cities - immune
- steven r. smith & gareth davis - westering - important records
- solo andata - solo andata - 12k
- spiracle - ananta - the helen scarsdale agency
- sunn o))) - monoliths & dimensions - southern lord
- supersilent - supersilent 9 - rune grammofon
- john surman - brewster's rooster - ecm
- svarte greiner - kappe - type records
- david sylvian - manafon - samadhisound
- tamaru - figure - trumn
- charles tyler - charles tyler ensemble - esp (1966)
- moroslav vitous w/ michael portal - remembering weather report - ecm
- yoshi wada - earth horns with electronic drone - edition omega point
- peter walker - long lost tapes 1970 - tompkins square
- christian wallumrød - fabula suite lugano - ecm
- jozef van wissem - it is all that is made - important
- mark peter wright (hands of sand) - a quiet reverie: an audio exploration of site, solitude, and perception
- peter wright - an angel fell where the kestrels hover - spekk
- robert wyatt - box set - domino
- richard youngs - under stellar stream- jagjaguwar
- townes van zandt - live at the old quarter, houston, texas - fat possum records
- various - open strings: 1920s middle eastern recordings - honest jon's
- kronos quartet - floodplain - nonesuch

(books)
- samuel beckett - the letters of samuel beckett 1929-1940 - cambridge university press
- john cage - zen ox-herding pictures - george braziller
- raymond carver - collected stories - the library of america
- caspar david friedrich - caspar david friedrich: the art of drawing - fundación juan march
- lefcadio hearn - hearn: american writings - the library of america
- friedrich hölderlin - friedrich hölderlin: essays and letters - penguin classics
- athanasius kircher - athanasius kircher's theatre of the world: the life and work of the last man to search for universal knowledge - inner tradition
- heinrich von kleist - selected prose of heinrich von kleist - archipelago books
- gérard de nerval - the salt smugglers - archipelago books
- robert walser - the tanners - new directions

(susan derges photo)

only mediocrities develop

stupidity is not my strong point. i have seen many persons; i have visited several countries; i have taken part in various enterprises without liking them; i have eaten nearly every day....

paul valéry - monsieur teste - 1896
(la soirée avec monsieur teste)

(title - old man wilde)
(will be absent for some 2 weeks - immersion in mr. ripley, tow(l)ers of light (or, owlers), catastrophes, and the birth of christ)

chaos

image from sensitive chaos: the creation of flowing forms in water and air

there is no doubt that our body is a moulded river
(novalis, aphorisms)

auf deutschen straßen

wim wenders - wings of desire - 1987

(berlin)
including deleted scenes
cinematography by henri alekan

rainer werner fassbinder - ali: fear eats the soul - 1974
(munich)
cinematography by jürgen jürges

(streets thinking about chantal akerman and ernie gehr)