Syrphe

14/12/2023

Latest newsletter.
Syrphe news, Dec. 2023pt1: & new collaboration with Ira Hadžić.

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06/12/2023

Because I'm stuck in Europe this winter, I finally have enough time to start and finish old and new projects, here is one of them.

I spent some time watching video tutorials to figure out what many people do with their semi-modular Moog synthesisers. Cosmic and ambient music, synthpop, post-punk, electro, techno, house, and so on.
And I learnt exactly what to not do for this release.

I used a Matriarch, a DFAM, a Mother-32 and a Subharmonicon, and edited everything in Reaper with basic effects (pan, volumes, reverb, compression) and one synthetic voice.

These are lovely machines, their sound is brilliant but I really wanted to do and hear something different.

4 track album

01/07/2023

For those who don't know it (but I presume that most of you know it), it's been many years that I update a database about electronic, experimental, noise, free improvised music (etc.) from Asia and Africa.
Because I'm travelling much less than usual at the present time, I started to do some real massive updates.
Between April and June, 97 references have been added (mostly artists, a lot from India and South Africa by the way) and since last night, I've been encoding a lot and listening to really a lot of noise music (hint : zillions of artists from Indonesia). Today, I added 47 artists (mostly, some labels too) and there will be many more this month. 3752 references, so far and I still hear people telling that "they didn't know there was such music in Africa or Asia". Whatever... --> http://syrphe.com/african&asian_database.htm

I'll play a few of these artists on my next radio show and will prepare some mixes for Mixcloud too.

Also, last but not least, for those who follow the scene a bit : Yin who used to run an experimental music label called Mirror Tape (in Kuala Lumpur, the label published artists like Maurizio Bianchi, Thomas Bey William Bailey, Conrad Schnitzler, Lionel Marchetti, The New Blockaders, etc. --> https://mirrortapes.blogspot.com/ ) between 2010 and 2011 is back to the scene and she just published a solo album.
You can stream / purchase the album from Khatulistiwa's Bandcamp page :
https://khatulistiwa.bandcamp.com/album/the-silence-that-does-not-exist
You can order the CD from Soundohm (free postage for members!):
https://www.soundohm.com/product/the-silence-that-does-not

13 track album

21/05/2022

New review (in German) of The Pond - Re-Works.

Im vorigen Herbst veröffentlichten Elisabetta Lanfredini und Nicolas Wiese alias The Pond ihre Albumdebüt "Turchesi Miracolosi", eine stimmige Überblendung und Verschmelzung elektroakustischer Schauplätze mit einer Stimmperformance, die ein ganzes Füllhorn an kreativen Ideen verwirklicht hat. ....

20/05/2022

Unfortunately I had to open an Instagram account because more and more people have no website or are unreachable accept on Insta and for some research I do, I realise that Insta pages aren't accessible if one doesn't have an account. Some friends have also been complaining about the fact that they couldn't tag me on Insta or on my side I couldn't watch some streaming. It's sad that people stick to closed environments like FB and Insta but well... You know you can reach me via my site or MeWe, Discord, etc. and now here too : https://www.instagram.com/cedriksyrphe/ Sigh...
Emails are still what I prefer, though.

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13/02/2022

Hi,
It's been a while : I managed to type a newsletter : plenty of artists added to the database, lots of concerts announcements, some interviews (Ibukun Sunday, Duma, Aki Onda, Budhaditya Chattopadhyay) and videos (Dino, Takahashi/Fermont), some calls https://mailchi.mp/21a65f2fdbf4/syrphe-news-february22pt1

Enjoy !

04/02/2022

Nihao !
New electroacoustic track - free download/pay as you wish - but if you want to give money for a good cause, instead of buying the track, just give some money to Data in Marseille, this wonderful media library and concert space is in danger, you can read (in French, and if you scroll down, in English) what the issue is (gentrification, gentrification...).
https://www.helloasso.com/.../collectes/existence-sonore
♪
About the track :
Sounds from different sources, different locations, different times, unrelated picture, all of them creating a new reality.
Your reality will never be mine, I am the only person who knows where all those sounds come from and when they were recorded and how they were assembled.
If you want a download code to add this piece to your collection, send me an email (don't reply here) to [email protected]

https://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/reality-is-merrily-an-illusion

1 track album

29/12/2021

Marie Takahashi and I, few impromptu live sessions in Berlin 2021.

This unusual duo is consisted of Marie Takahashi, modern baroque violist, improviser, composer and Cedrik Fermont, noise, electronic, electroacoustic musicia...