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2 days ago

Dry Tree Alive on Oak Street

with Glass Canyon Ensemble Collision Theory (released Feb 2022 on the Chicago label Amalgam) Caged birds are compelled to “migratory restlessness”, termed as Zugunruhe. . . . Caged birds suddenly, inexplicably flutter, fly into cage walls. A primordial pull; forces at odds, restlessness never meant to be. . . . …

Improvised Music

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Dry Tree Alive on Oak Street
Dry Tree Alive on Oak Street
Improvised Music

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Feb 1

Appearance — Part 2

The Appearance is You. You have willed it to life. Appearances are projections of yourself. You are a brave warrior, strong, beautiful, a hero, a star. You believe in yourself because what is made to appear to you is your own image in all its glorious hyperreal vishwaroop. You are invincible, powerful. You are the winner, you rule. …

Philosophy

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Appearance — Part 2
Appearance — Part 2
Philosophy

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Oct 11, 2022

Narcissist’s Embrace

(work in progress) Narcissist’s Embrace — satya Communities make for poor consumers. They share place and space, time and things, you see? Pathologised individuality turns to retail therapy. Me-first Corporate cultures condition individuals to compete, Indulge self-interest hierarchies and control. Alienated from bodies in non-places, fingers set to scroll. …

Haptics

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Narcissist’s Embrace
Narcissist’s Embrace
Haptics

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Jan 25, 2022

Collision Theory — Glass Canyon Ensemble (Released Feb 2022)

Preview of Glass Canyon Ensemble’s NEW ALBUM Collision Theory, releasing soon on the Chicago label Amalgam. Collision Mandala video created by Daniel Chamberlin for the piece EeOhLay composed by Rob Frye. Glass Canyon Ensemble Collision Theory Pre-order album: music.amalgamusic.org/album/collision-theory Rob Frye — compositions, woodwinds Satya — compositions, voice, words Nick Alvarez…

Improvised Music

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Collision Theory — Glass Canyon Ensemble (Releasing Feb 2022)
Collision Theory — Glass Canyon Ensemble (Releasing Feb 2022)
Improvised Music

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Jan 24, 2022

desirepath

[ Listen here: desirepath on Bandcamp ] Ballroom Marfa & Rob Frye’s Birdscapes Radio, for International Dawn Chorus Day 2020 Distance I miss you. There, i said it. Diversion I look for the city in the sun, new leaves, in building materials, the text on bits of garbage stuck to…

Bombay

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desirepath
desirepath
Bombay

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Oct 9, 2020

Go on, you can say it: On making your own music

For some reason you are driven to hum, strum or drum, however terrible that sounds, you might even do it. Then you curb yourself because someone, could it be you yourself, told you now is not the time nor the place; or because someone is laughing at you for the…

Authoritarianism

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Go on, you can say it: On making your own music
Go on, you can say it: On making your own music
Authoritarianism

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Jun 12, 2020

Now Hear My Story

Terroir When I last saw you is when I came alive, is where I come from. It was grey granite and marble there in large cuts solid and square, façades of red clinker sable brown tile; terra-cotta sienna stucco classical balconies; composition. Tall windows grey blue painted clean-mannered iron grills on…

Text

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Now Hear My Story
Now Hear My Story
Text

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Jun 11, 2020

Selected Works concerned with Urban Psychogeography

▪️The Nearness of a Distant Sea—Talking Place, Manchester (Video Essay) ▪️desirepath—Bandcamp, online (Text/Sound/Music) ▪️Splinter in My House Shoe—4WCoP, Huddersfield (Video Essay) ▪️Memories of an Unnamed Hill—giallo, online (Text) ▪️Urban Microclimates—ZKU, Berlin (Workshop) ▪️Caring is a Radical Act, Munich (Street Piece) ▪️Raat (Night)—Original Tune, Bombay (Music/Video) ▪️#WalkAlone—Blank Noise Project, Bangalore (Praxis)

Walking

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Works in Psychogeography
Works in Psychogeography
Walking

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Jun 10, 2020

Appearance — Part 1

Manifesto of the Appearance: How to create scenes to mesmerise a billion people The key to the success of the Appearance is how quickly we forget. Virtual Reality The world is maya. You must not fall for it. The appearance will show you how not to. Step inside. Construction The appearance is constructed out of naked ambition. The appearance is constructed, it is a…

Propaganda

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Appearance — Part 1
Appearance — Part 1
Propaganda

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May 15, 2020

Diving exercises for a still afternoon

When i was a child there was an old wood-framed rectangular mirror in my home that had found its way here from the native place. It was small and light enough to be carried by a child, but large enough to frame her face and a bit of background. She…

Poetry

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Diving exercises for a still afternoon
Diving exercises for a still afternoon
Poetry

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