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for mark & bob

Danny Meyer

ig @xasopheno · weresocool.org

I wrote this piece in a language I've been writing for composing microtonal music called WereSoCool. You can play with the language in the browser on desktop at weresocool.org. There are tutorials on the site if you really want to make cool sound and impress your friends/pets/plants.

Lately, I've been writing pieces in the WereSoCool to work on with friends. I wrote this piece for two folks who have contributed to this zine - Mark Pascucci-Clifford and Robert Woods-LaDue. I just finished this piece and sent it their way. I'm looking forward to hearing what they play. The video was made with a tool chain I'm building rendering animations leveraging machine learning models. I'm sharing this piece as the unlisted youtube link that I sent to Mark and Bob. :)

Content Warning: This music is microtonal. Buyer beware! No refunds...

Do Not Disturbed

DJ REAL

ig @djrealsmells · tk @djrealsmells · tw @djrealsmells · spotify

Enda Duno

Onkos

bandcamp · ig @onkosonkosonkos

New Onkos album "Vascular Labyrinth" out on I, Voidhanger records on May 12! Bandcamp Link!!

Sick Day

Nicole Wong

themahjongproject.com · ig @nikiwongie

I drew these sketches of my dog Lucy (from photos on my phone) after spending the day sick on the couch with her. I'm one of those embarrasing people who "didn't really get dogs" until I had one of my own, and now few things bring me more joy than staring at her sweet and silly, sometimes melancholy, always-hungry face. It's like I'm having a core childhood experience in my mid-30s, which I suppose is something to be grateful for.

Sand

Adorned / Kendall Russ

bandcamp · ig @kgr92

I WANT TO FEEL MY HEART BREAK IN YOUR HANDS AND MELT LIKE SHALLOW WATER INTO SAND

There's So Much We Have to Discuss

Molly Bolten

ig @mollybolten · tw @mollybolten · bandcamp · spotify

I want to know what you think about
the deepest part of the ocean
What does it do to you? The
Not Knowing?

And have you ever wished you could
live inside a song, curl up
on the couch and peer out the
window at listeners?

And how do you care for your body?
Do you also see softness
in doing the dishes? A kindness
to future self?

And what neighborhood would you
live in in Roku City? The
erupting volcano or perhaps the
warehouse district?

And does your heart shatter a little
any time a waiter breaks a dish
or someone’s glasses snap in half
that atomic sadness of trying?

And do you also feel that when we
talk to each other we are taking ice cream
scoops out of each other’s brains?
And do you also want to tell me
the weirdest thought you had today?
And do you also think that each of us
is whole, and we could adore each other?
We’ll talk about it when I see you.