Fakahatchee UFO Transmissions
September 3, 2010
My house is located about four miles from the Fakahatchee Strand.
Recently, there have been several UFO sightings within a 10 mile radius of my house, most of them concentrated directly over the Ten Thousand Islands and the Fakahatchee Strand.
Although I have yet to see any of these UFOs, I have been able to pick up and record their transmission signals using a $10 diode and crystal earphone kit. Because the transmissions are so powerful, and so close to my house, no special tuning is required for me to pick them up. To record them, I simply jacked the crystal earphone into my Zoom field recorder.
This one has some really nice harmonics going on:
This one is a bit more harsh, but still interesting, I think. Apologies for the radio static in spots:
This one is cool; of course, I have no earthly idea what they’re saying…
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15 Questions at Tokafi
September 2, 2010
Many thanks to Tobias Fischer for publishing an updated interview with Phillip at the Tokafi website.
In his introductory paragraph, he mentions Interplay, saying: “his most recent EP…goes all the way from discrete, ethereal tissues of stardust to rich and rewarding galactic harmonies, sweeping listeners along and taking them on a journey of peace and tranquility.”
Album in a Day [bfw069]
August 30, 2010
http://bfwrecordings.com/releases/AlbumInADay/Vol1/
http://www.archive.org/details/AlbumInADay
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=443064660968#!/video/video.php?v=443064660968
On Saturday, 28 August 2010, several musicians from around the world each wrote and recorded a song. These songs were completely conceived and finished on that day with no pre-planning, save for marking that date on the calendar.
The next day, all the songs were collected and put together as an album.
On Monday, 30 August 2010, the album was released as a free download by BFW Recordings.
01. Pyotr – One Last Look At The Past – www.myspace.com/piotromusic
02. Alex Gloworld – Crashdive – alexgloworld.bandcamp.com/
03. Anthing – Speedbuster (On The Run) – jotainkivaa.net/anthingsmusic/
04. Ketsa – Patriated – www.myspace.com/ketsad
05. Elpixa – Mistra2B – www.myspace.com/elypixa
06. Oneiro – Life Force – www.myspace.com/oneirosounds
07. i AM esper – Listen and Glisten – www.myspace.com/iamesper
08. Bing Satellites – Electricity – www.bfwrecordings.com/bingsatellites/
09. Rogue Spore – Emergency Naartjie – www.myspace.com/roguespore
10. SineRider – In Place – sinerider.newgrounds.com/
11. Chris Fordham – Before Midnight – www.myspace.com/chrisfordham496
12. False Awakening – Cloud Walker – www.myspace.com/falseawake
13. Phillip Wilkerson – Saturday – philwilkerson.wordpress.com/
Recommended: eocene by Metlay!
August 29, 2010
Metlay! - eocene
http://www.earthmantra.com/eocene
Earth Mantra Netlabel best describes this release and why I recommend it:
“A minimal composition recorded using a minimum of equipment and processing, to be sure, but what is most remarkable about eocene is how dynamic it is. Never does the music feel static, nor does the active listener ever lose interest in the piece, despite its length and despite the fact a single instrument with a single unchanging timbre is used throughout the entire length of the piece. A remarkable achievement, and a testament to the quality of the composition itself, something that is too often overlooked in modern ambience.”
Explore all the fantastic ambient and experimental releases from Mike Metlay at: www.mindspiral.com/
Adrift in Peace at Star’s End
August 29, 2010
STAR’S END Playlist for 29 August 2010
Host: Chuck van Zyl
ARTIST – TRACK – ALBUM (label)
1:00am
Patchwork – Samothraki – Polymorphic Convolutions
Carbon Based Lifeforms – Euphotic.Frog – Interloper (ultimae)
Near the Parenthesis – Not Here Not Tonight – Music for the Forest Concourse
The American Dollar – Transcendence – Ambient One (self-released)
Solar Fields – A Breeze Through Life – Altered (ultimae)
Ishq – Essene – Emerald (virtual world)
The Sight Below – Stagger – It All Falls Apart (ghostly)
2:00am
Modulator ESP – Time Dilation Effect – Live Recording
Ian Boddy – Before the End of the Beginning – STAR’S END 30th AnniversaryCD
Free System Projekt – Altared States – British Aisles (self-released)
3:00am
Elve – tracks 5 6 7 8 9 – Emerald (virtual world)
Ambientportal – tracks 1 2 3 – Soundscapes (atmospherica prod)
Rudy Adrian – Voyage Through Darkness – Distant Stars (lotuspike)
4:00am
Dirk Serries – I – Microphonics I-V (tonefloat)
Kraftwerk – Megaherz – Krafwerk (germanofon)
Blow Up Hollywood – excerpt – Stars End (self-released)
Cowboy Junkies – Mining for Gold – The Trinity Sessions (rca)
Valentin Silverstron – Dyptich: Testament – Sacred Works (ecm)
Janne Hanhisuanto – track 5 – Icescapes (Earth Mantra)
Arvo Part – Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten – Arvo Part: Portrait
Ludvico Einaudi – In Principio (alternate) – Nightbook (ponderosa)
5:00am
Phillip Wilkerson – Adrift in Peace – Sun Tracer (Earth Mantra)
Dwight Ashley – Impervious – Ataxia (nepenthe)
Ingram Marshall – Dark Waters – Dark Waters (new albion)
Hi-Fi Sky – tracks 7 8 9 10 11 12 -Music for Synchronized Swimming in Space
Tim Story – Trees Under Water – In Another Country (eurock)
Many thanks to Chuck van Zyl at Star’s End!
“Secret Music” Top 20 – August
August 29, 2010
WVKR-FM “Secret Music” Top 20 Playlist Top 20 Playlist
August, 2010
1. A Viberatto – A – King Of Beasts
2. Steve Roach – Sigh of Ages – Projekt
3. Maya Beiser – Provenance – Innova Recordings
4. Kerry Leimer – Degraded Certainties – Palace Of Lights
5. Causeyoufair – There I Lay And Time Imperfections – Audiomoves
6. Dave Luxton – Portal – Wayfarer
7. Nettless – From Beyond – Earth Mantra
8. Aglaia – Nacked Movements – Hic Sunt Leones
9. Marc Barreca – Subterreane – Palace Of Lights
10. Andrew Thomas – Changing Woman’s Blessing – Andrew Thomas
11. Phillip Wilkerson – Interplay EP – Amorphos Music
12. Near The Parenthesis – Music For The Forest Concourse – n5MD
13. Antoine Dufour – Convergences – CandyRat Records
14. Sergio Altamura – Aria Meccanica – Candy Rat
15. Various Artists – Eday 2010 – Groove Unlimited
16. Pausal – Lapses – Barge
17. Nest – Retold – Serein
18. Darren Harper – Descend – Earth Mantra
19. Gregory Taylor – Dua Belas – Palace Of Lights
20. Markus Mehr – Lava – Hidden Shoal
Many thanks, Scott!
Spica, Bewitched of Venus
August 27, 2010
An extemporaneous track created on my laptop. Not “official” release quality, but a nice bit of spacey ambience.
This track is also available at Bandcamp in a gracious assortment of format choices.
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Smear 001
August 26, 2010
No, it isn’t Justin Beiber; nor is it material I’ve subjected to Paulstretch.
It’s dark ambient music created the old-fashioned way: 20 bpm with a long attack, slow decay, and lots of reverb.
How about that?
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Radio Play at Astreaux World!
August 25, 2010
Phillip Wilkerson music will soon be spinning at Astreaux World on Live365.
It’s indeed an honor to have my tracks included among tracks from the many top ambient artists who call Astreaux World their homeworld. Orbital bliss!!
Rev. Dr. Rick has selected these initial tracks for rotation:
Four A.M. – Early Works
Untitled (4-13-2007) – Early Works
All is Always Now – Still Point
Grace – Still Point
Still and Moving – Still Point
Closest Approach – Sun Tracer
Sun Tracer Part 1 – Sun Tracer
Sun Tracer Part 2 – Sun Tracer
Stop by the Astreaux World website (www.astreauxworld.com) for playlists, charts, podcasts, artist information, concerts, merchandise, listener forums and more. And be sure to follow Astreaux World on Twitter for up-to-the-minute information and upcoming tracks.
Tune in and show your support for the great ambient music listening made available through Astreaux World.
Thanks, Rev. Dr. Rick!
Recommended: litmus0001
August 24, 2010
Back in July BFW Recordings released new music from litmus0001 (Jonathan Ewald). His music is in constant rotation on my iPod and his newest release, Fear In A Gaze Towards an Unknown Horizon, is a live recording that will find permanent residence there as well.
Layer upon layer, this single-track release of lush guitar, bass, and DSP floats and drifts and shimmers and vibrates with ambient beauty and emotion.
You can also preview it at BFW’s archive.org page for the release.
Discover more music by litmus0001 at his myspace page and at archive.org (query results).
