@oldworldirredenta
Dark Ambient, Noise, Drone, Electronica. Alternative art for the fighting man. https://www.youtube.com/@oldworldirredenta https://beacons.ai/mavoproject https://mavomusic.bandcamp.com/ https://oldworldirredenta-shop.fourthwall.com/en-eur
I do think Spotify also lacks the old "prestige" or allure it once had for small artists, considering it's bit of a shitshow of a platform now with so much bloat, podcasts and AI music.
Surprisingly annoying to send new releases on digital platforms such as Spotify nowadays, with these random demands of further verification etc. (and ofc on YT I'm getting copyright claims on my own stuff). Could just be the distributors I've used. Anyhow, would be neat to have nicer options.
The full track and the rest of the album here:
takamaa.bandcamp.com/album/brothe...
"You May Pay In Spirits, If Blood is too expensive" by Takamaa, from "Brothers, Sisters... It was just the Wind..." (2024)
#noise #soundart #ambient #electronica
"Gallows - East of Vienna" from "The Myth of Mackinder" by Mavo, 2022.
This weird electronica album was trying to do what's natural for the genre: critique geopolitical theory and push for more heuristic postmodern IR theory-crafting. That's what music is about, after all.
#darkambient #elecronica
And sure, lofi DIY projects may sound like horseshit, but they're usually made because someone had an attempt at expressing something. And I have no interest in an expression that doesn't have duct tape all over it. 7/end
Obviously one can get away with gen-AI use, though I wonder why make anything at all, if you don't enjoy making it yourself? Likewise, what exactly is there to enjoy in AI generated content if it bears no intention, no premise and no attempt? /6
Mavo (including its muddy Uralic poetry and photography) is generally done with minimal tools. It lacks high production value and fancy orchestral elements. Whatever is sampled, regardless how buried in the mix, is selected and embedded with intent reflecting the theme of each project. 5/
This also applies to other forms of art, e.g writing, visual arts etc. Particularly in writing I'd find any generative element disruptive to my train of thought. Digital tools may already be exhaustive enough even without AI, but they still generally require someone to fiddle around with them. 4/
Big part of these genres, at least for me, is the DIY aspect of it. The production/composition follows a certain logic of stream of consciousness, which is an important personal factor that has a major effect in how the end product will look like. 3/
Ambient/noise is probably pretty easy prey for gen-AI, including in partial use. Ironically, its greatest barrier may come from the fact that ideally it sounds like shit. I'd imagine for those larger, orchestral soundscapes people can certainly find use in AI. I find issue in this. 2/
Since it's becoming topical now, I thought I may as well briefly discuss my views on AI use in audio production, especially in ambient/sound art, and why I'll not share anything made with AI. It's maybe obvious for most, but I think downtempo stuff can be easily affected by this robotic curse. 1/
"kolme ympäri maailmaa
kirjoittaa runoja samaan aikaan
on taidetta, ja sitten turhuutta
(verta verta verta)
molemmista saa kilpailla"
dzungar.bandcamp.com/track/sit-se...
Hello everyone, and happy new year. Starting immediately with some defiant vibes, here's a small soundscape, "Síyáh-Chál", from "Osiris is a Black God" (2023). Sending support to the people of Persia.
Some Mavo releases listed on AOTY.
www.albumoftheyear.org/artist/54672...
"Niyaman Nimaha" from "Holes Around Immanence" by Mavo, 2022.
#soundart #ambient #darkambient
"Void Alleys" EP by Mavo (2024). Later included in "Kadotus & Autuus." This one was initially digitally released by experimental online label ArrhythNia Records.
youtu.be/sAvumO0eQKA?...
#darkambient #noise #ambient
This thing is soon three years old. Takamaa attempts to merge "harsh noise, bright spaces and tranquil, though distorted, melodies." There has been a few other releases since, but this first EP turned out surprisingly minimalistic despite the pronounced noisiness.
"Demon Tree Lamentation," a new track from the previously mentioned Mavo compilation.
youtu.be/YuhhFVxC0jI?...
#darkambient #ambient #soundart
As Mavo project is going into its fifth year, we've a new compilation ("Dream & Death") of single tracks that were either altered or not included in the previous albums, including a few remasters and two previously unreleased tracks.
mavomusic.bandcamp.com/album/dream-...
#darkambient #soundart
"Väki" by Mavo, 2022.
mavomusic.bandcamp.com/track/v-ki
#darkambient #ambient
"I felt honoured to witness the detachment, and see the end
in her eyes - the end of the outside realm, the end of our streets
the end of Europe, and the end of our serial defeats
- hauntings of this kind are preferred
curses of this kind may save what's about to be deferred"
"Hauntings Of This Kind" by Mavo, 2022.
mavomusic.bandcamp.com/track/haunti...
#darkambient #noise
Still codes left for the dark-ambient/noise album "Turve."
Quite liking the new 1914 album. Also, "1919 (The Home Where I Died)" is a wonderful song, especially in context. I found it a respectful way to ponder the parallels between the current situation and not-so-distant past in this part of the world.
Thank you :)
A few Bandcamp keys for "Turve" by Mavo (2023).
4f2u-bnga
4dlv-xjf7
ehe8-jgev
bc72-y3n8
5sww-7xvn
mavomusic.bandcamp.com/album/turve
#darkambient #noise #soundart #experimentalmusic
Havukruunu's lesser known EP from 2014.
"Kun tähdet syttyvät taivaankannen mustaan /
ja yö nostaa kuun lyhdyn hohtamaan /
Korkealla piirtyy vasten kajoa isieni koti, joka taivaisiin kurkottaa."
Respect your local nature, comrades. It will be hosting you in the end.
youtu.be/xQCZ8CmExLI?...
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