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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 7h

"Graux’s 16mm photography is equal parts raw and opulent, and the sound design, by Trương and Ernst Karel, pays justice to every living creature (bees, monkeys, tigers, bats) under a perpetually clouded sun."

Hair, Paper, Water…

Trương Minh Quý (Việt and Nam, NYFF62) and Nicolas Graux’s 16mm-shot film, an unassuming yet vivid portrait of one Vietnamese Rục family led by Mrs. Hậu, who was born in a cave more than 60 years ago,...

www.filmlinc.org

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 7h

Appreciate the emphasis on sound in this review, e.g.:

"As images reach us in fragments, sound weaves a continuity from off-screen to on-screen, carrying the emotion through the film and irrigating the streams of images, like water flowing."

(sound design by Trương Minh Quý & me, sound mix by me)

Locarno Filmmakers of the Present Golden Leopard Winner ‘Hair, Paper, Water’ Marks Directors’ Homecoming to Poetic Documentary

Directors Trương Minh Quý and Nicolas Graux follow Cao Thị Hậu’s words and gestures on a journey back to the cave of her childhood.

variety.com

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine studying a technology whose presence in the classroom is so detrimental to the development of writing and research skills (including even the will to know the sources behind claims!) that mitigating its effects becomes a central goal of course design, and concluding with tips on adopting it.

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Indexical @anindexof.bsky.social · 1d

Born in Lima, Peru and based in NYC, Maria Chávez is best known as an abstract turntablist, sound artist and DJ. Coincidence, chance and failures are themes that unite her work across mediums.

Indexical @anindexof.bsky.social · 1d

Indexical is thrilled to welcome abstract turntablist Maria Chávez!

Maria Chávez + Syrnx
Sat., Oct. 11, 2025 | 8pm
www.indexical.org/events/2025-...

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 11d

Yan Jun's feedback performance in Vallejo last Saturday was astounding

Negativland @negativlandland.bsky.social · 12d

Over The Edge, 25 Sept 2025

This week, we interview Yan Jun, lynchpin of the Chinese experimental music scene, discussing feedback and influences, and playing as much of his music as is possible without also compromising it, which might not be possible

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 11d

Yan Jun's feedback performance in Vallejo last Saturday was astounding

Negativland @negativlandland.bsky.social · 12d

Over The Edge, 25 Sept 2025

This week, we interview Yan Jun, lynchpin of the Chinese experimental music scene, discussing feedback and influences, and playing as much of his music as is possible without also compromising it, which might not be possible

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

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Bhob Rainey @mphonic.bsky.social · 19d

In case you missed it, you can get xynthii here github.com/mphonic/xynt...

And there are baby steps installation instructions here youtu.be/9RdC2rJTiT4

GitHub - mphonic/xynthii: A wicked modular synth with a matrix patchbay inspired by but not emulating the EMS Synthi A. Runs in Supercollider. The successor to 2006's Xynthi.

A wicked modular synth with a matrix patchbay inspired by but not emulating the EMS Synthi A. Runs in Supercollider. The successor to 2006's Xynthi. - GitHub - mphonic/xynthii: A wicked modula...

github.com

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 15d

f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/near-t...

near the bear, by cheryl e. leonard

5 track album

f-o-m.bandcamp.com

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 15d

To celebrate this release, this morning's LOCAL LOCATIONS on KWMR Community Radio is featuring a selection of Cheryl's recordings from Point Reyes National Seashore and the Headlands of West Marin. Archived here for the next two weeks:
kwmr.org/shows/local-...
@kwmrradio.bsky.social

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 15d

"near the bear," is out today! From walrus encounters at 79° N to watching the ocean freeze at -35° C, the album celebrates the High Arctic. Sounds played on natural and human-made objects intertwine with field recordings and site-specific improvisations in five works about Svalbard & Greenland.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 16d

Just finished screening The Hottest August (Brett Story, 2019) as the first film for my ecocinema class and goddamn that's a great movie. This is the fourth(?) time I've seen it and each time it gets better and better--more alive, and more urgent. Hope the students felt the same.

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Bhob Rainey @mphonic.bsky.social · 19d

Xynthii users, I've added some significant features.
Oscs:
1. You can now switch between frequency modulation and phase modulation. Alt/option click the fm text box to switch. It is quite a different sound.
2. All oscs can use all three waveforms now.

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 22d

My new Arctic album is now available for preorder:
f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/near-t...! Five compositions inspired by the unique wildlife, environments, and human histories of Svalbard and Greenland. Available from forms of minutiae as a limited-edition CD+booklet or digital download+PDF booklet.

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Non-Event @non-event.bsky.social · 22d

Tonight at 8pm in the amazing acoustics of the Great Engines Hall: Yvette Janine Jackson & Jessica Shand perform "ENTF (Backspace)"

www.nonevent.org/concerts/202...

Yvette Janine Jackson and Jessica Shand at Waterworks — Non-Event

Non-Event presents a collaborative performance by Yvette Janine Jackson and Jessica Shand based on Jackson’s radio opera ENTF (Backspace) in the unique acoustics of the Great Engines Hall of the Met...

www.nonevent.org

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 23d

I must not have been there, don't remember this!

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 24d

Yes!

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Seth Tisue @tisue.net · 24d

Yan Jun, a key figure in Chinese experimental/improvised music, is doing some shows in California next week:
* Sep 25 6p @ Asian Art Museum (SF)
* Sep 26 7:30p @ Dead End Vintage (SF)
* Sep 27 3:30p @ Re: Sound (Vallejo)
* Sep 28 8p @ 2220 Arts (Los Angeles)

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 26d

An appropriate epithet for this friend of King Buzzo

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26d

It doesn't count as a political assassination unless King Dipshit here had heard of you. Sorry, those are the rules.

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26d

absolutely repugnant, gutfeld completely dismisses the assassination of melissa hortman, calls it a "bull shit" example of political violence

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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 27d

We like to think of cassette players as the next step forward from iPhones. Instead of “apps” in your phone, which can perform limited tasks, with cassette decks, you can load “tapes”, and these have a much more sophisticated, often life-changing, depth of functionality.

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Bhob Rainey @mphonic.bsky.social · Sep 2

Installation instructions too intimidating? Here's a SOOTHING VIDEO that guides you through it: youtu.be/9RdC2rJTiT4

Xynthii Installation for Absolute Beginners

YouTube video by Bhob Rainey

youtu.be

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C. Lavender @clavender.bsky.social · Sep 11

You can now order my book "Transcendent Waves" through Bandcamp. If you had been meaning to order it, now is the time! U.S. orders only, if international please write me first. Thanks for your support! clavender.bandcamp.com/merch/transc...

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LOESSLAND @bgutzeit.bsky.social · Sep 10

I just listed a bunch of BLOWHOLE stuff on Discogs.
I didn't realize I had so many releases....3 LPs and 6 7"s!!!
This one has a larger ensemble including Amy Denio and Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social
#blowhole #freejazz

Blowhole - Gathering (1994)

YouTube video by muscacho

youtu.be

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JS @cranksatori.bsky.social · Sep 6

Xynthii is "A wicked modular synth with a matrix patchbay inspired by but not emulating the EMS Synthi A. Runs in Supercollider. The successor to 2006's Xynthi." coded by Bhob Rainey: github.com/mphonic/xynthii

GitHub - mphonic/xynthii: A wicked modular synth with a matrix patchbay inspired by but not emulating the EMS Synthi A. Runs in Supercollider. The successor to 2006's Xynthi.

A wicked modular synth with a matrix patchbay inspired by but not emulating the EMS Synthi A. Runs in Supercollider. The successor to 2006's Xynthi. - GitHub - mphonic/xynthii: A wicked modula...

github.com

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Bhob Rainey @mphonic.bsky.social · Sep 5

You can get xynthii here, and you can also, you know, donate :) github.com/mphonic/xynt...

GitHub - mphonic/xynthii: A wicked modular synth with a matrix patchbay inspired by but not emulating the EMS Synthi A. Runs in Supercollider. The successor to 2006's Xynthi.

A wicked modular synth with a matrix patchbay inspired by but not emulating the EMS Synthi A. Runs in Supercollider. The successor to 2006's Xynthi. - GitHub - mphonic/xynthii: A wicked modula...

github.com

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · Sep 6

Nudge parameters! Amazing

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