DAY LOG

A new world of sounds — Some of the stars I see in my home skies in Europe are also visible in the Southern Hemisphere, less and less as you head far out South you get. It goes nothing like this for sounds. When I was in Brazil, from the house I lived in in SP I could hear birds sing melodies as developed* in time as four or five bars, all in natural harmonic scales (like bells’ harmonics that sound so off-pitch to our lobotomized-to-equal-scale modern ears), and I wrote them down. Although I heard no such melodies in Australia, it was more like outbursts of sounds and noises – what struck me was that none of these I could relate to any I’ve ever heard before**.

I’ve also started getting myself under water, but I’ll have plenty of time to describe that in the following weeks. Stay tuned!!

(photo: Tea trees by the ocean, Noosa, Queensland.)

** Though I can’t tell which birds sing I hear the tones and noises they make. I’ve tried an improvisation performance with violin strings loops and noises in a wild creek home to different birds in Portugal during my residency at Obras in April. I still have to go through the material and filter and listen, but I think some birds tones gradually came to tune to my open strings – which I was using mostly as my left hand was busy handling effect pedals.

* I’ve found advanced music was not only the work of birds in Brazil, as I see Brazilian music cultures as some of the most complex in the world, both harmonic and rhythm-wise. Have you listened to the kaleidoscope music voyage I made for new year? It will take you to places

80%!!! Huge thanks to all my backers! Really hoping to make this happen!

Results coming on Thursday night …

… if it’s a YES then get ready for the launching of this project’s BLOG!

Remember you can’t pledge after the campaign ended! So if there’s a reward you want, wait no more. If you’ve already pledged, feel free to adjust your pledge, again by the end of the campaign. Before that, please don’t forget to spread the word if you know anyone that may be interested. Thank you!!

PS: …as usual, here’s some reads and listens which I hope you’ll find inspiring too.

– Ever listened to music underwater? Although the music produced in this project will be played on firm ground, I’ve found listening to music through water healing for my ears. This musician wrote along many other pieces, an opera to be heard in water.

– You might have missed this major step from the United Nations earlier this summer.

– Traveling can give new points of view on our world, and also on ourselves. Thomas Pesquet just spent 196 days in space, here’s an amazing video staging his thoughtsfrom the ISS when about to get home (in English and French).

– Can our future lie in the oceans? A philosophical reflexion on solutions for our world and our time (in French).

– BRAINS! BRAINS! SKULLS! yes!! You must read the whole article (in English)

– If you live in Stockholm, here’s a week your ears will love: Monday improvisational and ambient sound and visuals, Tuesday classic opera in baroque settings, Wednesday dreamy electro in a jazz club, Thursday night – end of this campaign btw!! – I’ll be fiddle-guesting but I’ll say more *only if the goal is reached!!, Friday the punk boat is on, Saturday dunno! maybe sleep or pack. Have a great week.

– To end this update, here’s loads of French radio! A poetic voyage into the abyss of our world, an exploration of music written about the sea, and an essay about sea and sailors in the lyrical world.

A musician on board The Ocean Mapping Expedition is now featured as a “Project we love” on Kickstarter — thanks again everyone for your support!!!

9 DAYS LEFT!

To celebrate the upcoming last week of campaign, take a look at two new rewards + more reads below, ENJOY!

Are you familiar with my previous releases on Sax Records as Cikatri$ and such? Here’s a chance to grab collector versions of all of these! Two new rewards include special versions of records I *previously* released on my label Sax Records.

New reward #1:

ALL Sax Records releases in TEST PRESSES! Even refused tests!  ——–  SAX01 by Le Bonheur, SAX02-03-04-05 with Cikatri$. … + regular versions of these releases + a printed postcard designed by the artist, hand-signed and sent to you from Papua + all tracks composed on board, to download in stereo and binaural format + a huge *Thank You* shouted out from the outskirts of Pacific!

New reward #2:

ALL Sax Records releases in LIMITED VERSIONS! Extremely collector versions.  ——–  SAX01 on white vinyl, SAX02 on clear red vinyl, SAX03 on salmon vinyl, SAX04 number 1 in 20 ex with unique hand-made artwork on cover, SAX04b, SAX05 on blended vinyl with limited cinematic artwork. … + a printed postcard designed by the artist, hand-signed and sent to you from Papua + all tracks composed on board, to download in stereo and binaural format + a huge *Thank You* shouted out from the outskirts of Pacific!

So… what if you’ve already pledged but now you wish you got one of these instead? Although Kickstarter only allows you to change your pledge amount not your reward, I say of course we can fix this so you just message me! – as long as these unique rewards are available, needless to say there’s only one of each.

PS:… and some reads.

– The Ocean Mapping Expedition which I am joining soon, is conducting an acoustic mapping of the oceans never made on that scale before. I’ll be on board as an artist only, to try and make this mission visible under a new light through my work. When the expedition kicked off two years ago, these major changes in funding future oceanic research may not have been yet expected, but they make this work even more important now. Support!!

Check out the expedition’s mission in their Manifesto, their scientific missions with undersea sound recording and nanoplastics sampling, and their program with cartoonists. My composition residency on board Fleur de Passion is an add-on to all of these activities.

– I’m no huge fan of lists, but this one will help you (re)discover amazing composers in non-popular music, read and listen!      –   (can’t call this classical though, WashingtonP:))

– Noise pollution also hurts terra firma, in English and in French.

– What’s “Out of control” right now in the Solomon Islands?

– Were you feeling quite happy today so far? not anymore

– Though FINALLY – it looks like the flying Hollander may have been caught.

WHOOOO! Half-way to the goal in just a week!!!

THERE YOU ARE!!

Yes. You visionaries, pioneers, you are the real adventurers, dream believers, true children of the post-naturalists… my FIRST BACKERS!!!  The truth is: you rule. Here’s a huge Thank You from the deepest abyss of my heart.

Merci !!! Quelle semaine ! Vous êtes des visionnaires, des pionniers, vous êtes les vrais aventuriers, mes tout premiers contributeurs !!! Merci pour cette première semaine et rendez-vous la semaine prochaine avec de nouvelles récompenses.

多謝！  

ONE WEEK DOWN, TWO LEFT TO GO!

What’s up for week 2? I got a couple of new rewards in mind, coming up in the next few days. Until then, remain awesome, and feel free to spread your awesomeness. Running into someone inspiring or in need of inspiration? Tell them about this story and point a reward at them, I’m sure they’ll hear. Oh, I’m kind of packing already, let’s make this happen!! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!

PS: …some reads, and more.

Remember the bloop (in English), (re)discover the blob (in French).

Get into multi-artist Christine Ödlund’s deeply amazing world.

Visit humpback whales’ music schools.

Check out adventurer Ness Knight’s next challenge.

The Ocean Mapping Expedition’s research around the Great Reef Barrier earlier this year.

(Re)watch Cikatri$’ time-distending “Lumière” performance.

Just launched!!!

Follow an adventure of music creation and exploration in the South Pacific, then experience it in a 3D-sound installation. Music from underseas brought to firm ground in 3D sound: discover and support this project through kickstarter here!