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october 2008
Alone Vimalakirti Blinks (Pieros 013CD)
This record contains 6 tracks:
Track one, Rocket Sandals is a pizzicato furioso (as opposed to fury piza) with a silent movie pianola, noisy banga banga and klavier delayage.
Track two, this job is So Boring was inspired by years, centuries, millenia, eternities of factory work, 8.30 - 5.30. producing expensive rubbish for people to buy on credit, so than they have to work in similar jobs. Experiment which proven I do not fit this kind of madness. factory went bust due to recession, the owners even had to sell their private helicopter! Not their numerous houses and cars though.
Track three: Yelow Bedspring - a pleasant little tune to make love to gently in a waltz time. It dissolves in a swimming shimmering wetness.
Track four Better Universe No. 2 is a collection of nice noises one encounters in dreams both sleeping and waking. It depicts green and lovely countryside, birds and bees, crunchy picnics with a nice bottle of beer, band playing with feeling and fabulous bike tearing about...
Track five Seedling Awakes - out of powerful darkness of earth slowly and unstoppably live surges up. Zither recorded in a large oak box specially constructed for this.
Track six Swing Low lighthearted but slightly sad re-visiting of and old gospel song, just reminding us what that promised land beyond Jordan is like. And yes there are many Jordans, and just as many shitty places beyond them.
Message is: do not bother dreaming about promised land, work thee not in a silly factory making somebody else rich, have a nice picnic, include a vintage bike if you like.
august 2008
Samadhi (Pieros 012CD)
This recording of 6 tibetan singing bowls and one large shakuhachi took place on the midsummer's night 2008.
Preparation for it involved 35 years of meditation and lifetime study of sound.
Samadhi is a spiritual trance of limitless bliss of liberation, beyond doubt and duality. One who has achieved it can indeed act as he/she pleases. To attain this state of freedom from duality is the real purpose of life. (Sri Shankara).
CD is 58 minutes 36 seconds long, comes in individually hand made cover.
price is €12.- including postage.
june 2008
Koryak Mistress Stakes Golden Sky (Pieros 011CD)
This record contains one track,
A concerto for 3 double bases, 4 violins, viola, zither, condomble drum and other things that make noise. Composition is in one movement; division into parts is possible but rather superfluous.
Originated as a simple tune on double bass harmonics. Ran away with itself simply to enjoy digital ones and noughts on little silvery disc or even smaller bits of plastic. It times about one hour before returning to its origin.
May gods bless her and all who listen to her.
She arose
Gently, gently,
As if not to wake
Newborn reeds and rushes.
Yet shimmering of her power
Filled both visible and invisible.
Koryak Mistress is available from aranos, price Euro 12.- includes shipping.
march 2008
Aranos on Peace
An exclusive song "Fall's Golden Whispers" appears on Peace (for mom), compiled by Jon Whitney in honor of his late mother. Other contributors include Current 93, Pantaleimon, Carter Tutti, A Place To Bury Strangers, Volcano the Bear, and Antony and the Johnsons. Proceeds go to the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. It is available from brainwashed.
November 2007
Tax is a record with a political theme. How much tax we all pay? Usually we think of income tax only, (which incidentally was introduced in England to pay for Napoleonic wars and was and is collected ever since). But we also pay tax on all purchases and services. It is a lot of money and proportion of it goes on war. More in some countries, less in others. In global economy we all pay for all the wars everywhere. Example: Parts of this computer were made in China, by giving Chinese government some of my money I also pay for weapons that Burmese government uses to brutalise it's population.
Now what is war? Bunch of people dressed in costumes (uniforms) killing another bunch of people dressed in different costumes. These costumes enable them to behave in a fashion that would be considered criminal under different circumstances. The military costume wearers do not know anything about the other costume wearers; some of them might be perfectly nice people. But they wear different clothes so "KILL THEM!" Insane or what? And my (and your) tax is paying for this. In concept the record is fairly original in that it treats one theme and it's aspects, a bit like an oratorio on the theme "lament about human stupidity". What can we do? I do not know, Maybe we can start thinking about demanding different approach by our leaders; after all it is our money.
Tax is available now from Aranos and costs 12 Euros (which includes global shipping).
Mother of Moons Bathing covers a lot of ground, and refuses to be categorized, unless "Aranos" can be its own category. It opens with "Awaking Horns", a minimalist piece built around a simple repeating click track containing absolutely no horns whatsoever. "New Boyfriend" begins as a jaunty ode to new-found love, but the conversation between mother and daughter turns dark as it's revealed that the new boyfriend has a dodgy past with little girls. "Some Clowns Are Not Funny" and "Almost Pulled Through" are a pair of scary electro-acoustic roller coaster rides that sound like they might have escaped from Steve Stapleton's little shop of horrors. The fifth song, "Legs Thighs Splits" returns to the gently fun whimsy started with "New Boyfriend", but trades literal meaning for delicious texture and experimentation. "I saw Women's Rising Fry" is a song of fearlessly eccentric lyrics married to complex, brain-tingling instrumental arrangements. "Ta-taa-ta, Taah merged" is a side dish of looped, sampled vocal minimalism leading into the the longest track on the CD, "Towards Glittering Warm Dumplings", a rolling trance-dance weighing in at more than 21 minutes. "Invisibility Cloak of Time", another minimalist electro-acoustic instrumental, closes the album. The total length of "Mother of Moons Bathing" is 71 minutes 41 seconds, and it's sheer bliss from start to finish.
In the face of a market dominated by increasingly bland visuals and dire throw-away packaging, this album stands apart. In the tradition of other Soleilmoon releases, the presentation for "Mother of Moons Bathing" is second to none. This time the CD comes in a hand-made silk-screened soft-textured folder with a pair a sparkly screen-printed inserts backing up the disc inside. The costly and stunning materials have work together to produce a pleasingly harmonious package that will appeal to music fans and serious collectors alike. "Mother of Moons Bathing" is limited to 400 copies.
After his child was taken away and sent to slavery Carlos resigned himself to becoming low to medium quality moon fodder. Spending his days in rearranging surface molecules with his broken arms and dislocated shoulders while filling his eyes and lungs with yellow dust. All the while pondering impermanence of the unpredictable his reward was flow of hill magic and stunning sunsets. Too much knowledge gathered over the years was proving to be a mixed blessing. Change of timbre in his diabetic movement master's voice clearly indicated a forthcoming constriction of coronary arteries, but there was nothing Carlos could do. Certainly not over the distance of four and a half thousand miles. The only thing was to accept all. Child slavery, master's coronary, yellow dust, beautiful sunsets, flow of magic...
Mother of Moons Bathing can now be purchased from Soleilmoon.
June 2006
Aranos will be playing live in Richardsons, Eyre Square, Galway on 19th of July. This is part of the Project 06 Festival.
January 2006
Banished in Spattered Relish - Pieros 009 CD
After several days of chaos, distinctions between guards and inmates
blurred. Small group of sly ones sneaked out quietly and settled on an
abandoned mustard farm. There they lived happily ever before and after.
Tilling the corrugated hemp and raising a small flock of winged
lizard-rats filled their week-ends, month-beginnings and year-middles.
Record is 60 minutes long; there are 10 tracks, some songy, some
instrumentally. Handmade cover. 12 Euro includes shipping.
Please pay by Paypal or cash.
aranos
Derrycalliff
Crusheen
Co. Clare
Ireland
September 2005:
And Soon Coffin Sings - Pieros 008 CD
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Ocean's fleshy psyche
Aimlessly branches out through hare-frost,
Ant-port and myself
Hot hoe became grass eye
From whence puzzles consume caffeine backwards
Eyes could have it
Ears could have it
Subtle light reflected towards woolen periwinkles
Scent of panning bathtubs
Eternal stimulation.
Her first deep eel cupped her heart at once
And nulled vehicular freedom.
Encased in chemical bondage
Four strings chime a distant bell
From time and place light ears away.
Price 15 Euro including shipping. Please pay by Paypal or send cash.
August 2005:
Live in Galway DVD is now available!
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Limited edition of 99 copies. Handprinted cover. It costs 18 Euro including postage. Please pay by Paypal or send cash.
June 2005:
Throat Clearance is now available:
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The No Religion 7" single on Brainwashed is out and available right now!
Bering Sea is also available:
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November 2004:
Tangomango, the new full length album is now available.
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In disappearing autumn warmth things whirl a tad differently. Soft rain addds depth to a 400 mile view where silent dancers perform splits through needles of viscous years. And than and than the night. Heavy scented and pregnant with almost full green moon. Silver herons fish for eels in bamboo grove to be. And there on top of the grassy knoll tango dancing mango.
Sensuous silky purse with sixteen paged booklet of pictures and lyrics. And a dance record, record to dance tango to; vertically, horizontally, obliquely, directly, indirectly, physically or mentally.
If disinclined to dance, try eating a mango or two while listening to it.
Or try both, it's a free juicy world somewhere out there.
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The disc is limited to 500 copies. It costs 17 Euros, which includes shipping to anywhere in the world and may be ordered via Paypal by clicking on the image to the right.
song titles: [with samples]
- Instant Father - [MP3]
- Return to Commercial Clowning
- 69 Walton's Yamamoto Noodles - [MP3]
- Chammomile Galaxies Waiting
- Broken Eights
- A Day Shot - [MP3]
- All the Lost Turbans Will Be On That Speaker
- Julio Cruz
- Worryism - [MP3]
Buy now, die later!
Thanks to PayPal, nearly all recordings can now be purchased in the new shop section. All prices include shipping to anywhere in the world. More titles should be available soon.
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