Yesterday evening, I sent an email to Zenapolae to ask were they interested in publishing Podél Směrů. I included links to John Newman's Severed Head Still Speaks and Wondering if the Bellows Will Blow. I'll write up the credits to the album in a bit (perhaps after this toot) and, as Chris finished the cover, get everything ready for release. #music #PodélSměrů

I did a ditty called Palaeontology which may be the beginning of a semi-daily funkwhale agenda. In contrast to the drones of last month, these will be miniatures. #music #BronzePomegranate

I'm the one Flying is 'finished', meaning I cobbled together all the guitar parts. If there is general approval by Renata, I'll do a definitive version. #music #renata

I redid the chord melody of vlci AGAIN, plus increased the width of the stereo image on several of the tracks. #music #PodélSměrů

I'm reworking the second melody recursive strategy on John Newman's Severed Head Still Speaks. I make an initial master yesterday of the whole album and am moderately happy with it. A few tweaks are in order. #music #PodélSměrů

I integrated Kris's bass into Vlci and redid the arpeggio guitar part. Also, some questionable comping occurs in the midsection. #music #Podél Směrů

This time the white noise is on purpose! #drone #music

Drone 9 was plagued with the aforementioned and dreaded HISS, or high NOISE FLOOR. Where it is coming from exactly, I still don't know, but I suspect the compressor and Wampler. Putting the Tumnus before the compressor may have been a bad idea. I shall MODIFY it. In any case, I EQed much of it out to the point that it's really only noticeable during the beginning, very quiet part. #drone #music

Wondering if the Bellows Will Blow seems at a finished state. I added a few sparse guitar tinkles here and there - nothing distracting - and swells and chords to accompany the flow. The real issue was getting rid of CLICKS and POPS. I couldn't eq them all out without fucking up part of the overall high end, but I futzed with it for quite a while. #music #Podél Směrů

Chris's four part harmony is now integrated into John's Severed Head Still Speaks. It's brilliant. #music #PodélSměrů

Oops. I just ordered a Mu-Tron Biphase II. #music #pedals

Initially, I feel the eighth drone (Hup Jaum Hoziz) is uninspired. Do I have an excuse? Nah - fuck um. It's certainly different than what came before, although many Flavigula elements remain, which is the way it should be. The ever-present Argon8 noise backdrop can be an irritant. #drone #music

I've finished the drafts of all guitar parts in I'm the One Flying except for the choruses. I'll get to those later. It sounds pretty spectacular. If #Renata gives approval, I'll rerecord everything so that the guitar is more 'uniform' throughout. #music

Christian's vox are within the Vlcí construct now. Nothing more can be done. His idea of gradually increasing reverb at the end was a good one. #PodélSměrů #music

I remixed Chris's vox on Pagan Park - Seminole, Texas (Dusk). I also added what I'd termed as a 'splash' immediately before it. I LIKE it. During the meandering second half (which I am immensely satisfied with), his footsteps also meander. I like the placement somewhat, but I'll have to relisten a number of times to know if their disappearance during the midst of the meandrance is apt or not... #music #PaganPark

The seventh drone (Hup Jaum Sequmiz) was a noisy affair, consisting of the Kastle Drum creating arbitrary bursts of static and 'beats' into the Infinity Looper 2. I haven't listened to it yet, though I did post it on Funkwhale (after checking for HISSSSSS, of course). Perhaps it'll be tonight's lullaby. #music #drone

Integrating Kris's TWO bass parts into John Newman's Severed Head Still Speaks was entertaining. The frequency ranges are going to make me have to redo at least the first organ part. I'll redo both, actually, with a bit more tweaking of the RESONANCE and possibly also use the Quasar. #PodélSměrů #music

Hup Jaum Sisiz - the sixth drone - is finished. I couldn't implement some of Jayrope's suggestions, such as feeding some of my 'units' back upon themselves, as I don't have the proper cables here. The Raster and Polymoon can be tuned to self-oscillation, however, and the drone benefitted from such settings. As I listen, there is a persistent white noise throughout! The looper must have captured Herr Polymoon too often when it was near its self-oscillating state. So it goes. #drone #music

The ambient intro to I'm the One Flying reminds me of the introduction to Lucky Leif and the Longships. #music #RobertCalvert #renata