Messenger of Dionysos · Mused by Apollo

In ancient times, Satyr was the horned and horny messenger of Eleusinian forest god Dionysos. He mesmerized the youth of nearby villages with the musical magic of his flute and made them dance till broad daylight. In our common present, the spirit of Satyr inhabits the body of a human boy.

Searching for a new way to spread the vibe of the forest, by Dionysian decree, Satyr switched to SL and CDJ instruments, which fit the job quite nicely. Apart from those, he employs the tools Apollo chose: a blank screen and virtual ink, to jot down all he likes to think - hence this his satellite here, orbiting Earth's blogosphere!


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Single Vision, Plural Reality




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earth
a paradise,
all borders fantasy

no one alone,
all of us family

think for yourself,
question authority

keen up and delve,
act with humanity

live and let live,
sharing in empathy

single vision,
plural reality




music:  Atlantis - Paradise
(Apollo Records - 93)

inspiration: Dr. TFL

all text ⓦ Satyr Barbarossa

(cc) 2024, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0


A Scending Tea Garden

A Scending Tea Garden

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earth becomes heaven
scending to the occasion
flying green white blue


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 '[~ A Scending Tea Garden ~]'
@ Hemelvaart 35 Jaar 🔗
on Ascension Day 2024
15:00 - 01:00 @ Yurt Yoga
hidden in the Bamboo Forest



15:00 Soundbath Ceremony by Anya - in the yurt
16:00 Peotic Recital by Satyr Barbarossa - in the yard
16:15 deep tribal eclectronic psychedelic ambient techno
DJ sets by Tommy, Akira, San Shine - until 01:00

&

Matcha and other Japanese tea
all day ~ by Tea The Moment
www.teathemoment.com

at Rijkshemelvaart
 

—o


    ~ scend to the occasion ~


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☞ No Pin, Cash Only - & - Kids Yes, Dogs No ☜
☞ Free Entrance - Donations Always Welcome ☜

Silence In The Air





closed eyes, open ears
heart of space paving the pulse
silence in the air


Rising High records logo
The Definitive Ambient Collection
Volume 2 - by Pete Namlook
(1994, Rising High Records)

.. When Day Becomes Night ...



Rising High records logo
 when day becomes night
 father sky turns inside out
 twirls his crystal shroud


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—‘[~  Syzygy  ~]’—


the aligning of celestial bodies in a straight(-ish) line,
illustriously celebrated during an eclipse
as we line-dance along with
Sol, Luna and Gaia
all embraced
by Tengri
 
 —o—
 
Syzygy
I Am The Sky

(Rising High Records, 1994)


'Ear The Heart





blow out the candle
quiet the mind, 'ear the heart
dance the middle way


—o—

"Ambient Buddhism"
Takeo Suzuki

bandcamp
youtube

Descending Cloud Nine - Into 303

Moebius - Voyage d'Hèrmes

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descending cloud nine
lovingly sighing deeply
my, natural high



Landed safely but still feeling blissed after an amazing 303 Weekend - playing my first (non-psy) gig since returning from the Forest of Eleusis, with a 6.5+ hour storytelling set.

Conjoining this bliss with gratitude, I wholeheartedly extend my thanks to Akira & Francis at Tea The Moment for making this happen, and to everyone else for your support - love to see you dance!

—artwork:
"Voyage d'Hermès"
by Jean "Moebius" Giraud


🌞🙏💖


.: love shine dance :.

Autumn Leaves





𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 ‘𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛
𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠
𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝘩 𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠

🌐

music: Coldcut - Autumn Leaves
(The Irresistible Force Full Chill mix)



wishing all
a lovely fall
and to all doing
that southern thing
wishing you
a lovely spring

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all text ⓦ Satyr Barbarossa (cc) 2023

Do What Thou Chilt - '[CHLT22]'





下午安好 世界!
Добрый день, Мир!

Good Afternoon, World!

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DeepChord / Echospace
The Coldest Season
(Modern Love, 2007)

release / details
artist / details



solstice to solstice
equinox to equinox
all seasons at once




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.: do what thou chilt :.

writ: satyr barbarossa (cc) 2017 cc by-nc-nd 4.0

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Do What Thou Chilt - '[CHLT20]'





下午安好 世界!
Добрый день, Мир!
Good Afternoon, World!

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iNhale - a whiff of mid nineties' vibes
eXhale - twenty-first century's vapour

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Air Texture online / facebook / soundcloud
Spacetime Continuum discogs / facebook

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( ^ _ ^ )
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.: do what thou chilt :.


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All Ears No Silence





All Ears No Silence

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4'33" (John Cage, 1952)
performed by John Cage
in front of Sigmar Polke's
Schimpftuch

recorded by Klaus vom Bruch
at Kölnischer Kunstverein, 1986

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interact in air
how to cage a falling tree
all ears no silence


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.: i think therefore i ambient :.


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Do What Thou Chilt - '[CHLT12]'





下午安好 世界!
Добрый день, Мир!

Good Afternoon, World!

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Namlook & Inoue
Shades of Orion 1 to 3

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dancing univerbs
either stable or ion
oscillating all


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.: do what thou chilt :.


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Do What Thou Chilt - '[CHLT5]'





下午安好 世界!
Добрый день, Мир!
Good Afternoon, World!

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JAJA
Talis

[ details ]
[ download ]

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shell and void alike
all of space shines, full of light
dark as it may seem


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.: do what thou chilt :.


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Do What Thou Chilt - '[CHLT3]'



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下午安好 世界!
Добрый день, Мир!

Good Afternoon, World!

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Indigo Egg
Ixland



auras power up
stellar clocks strike cosmic noon
indigo the hour


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- parts present in my mixes:
23000 Theta Cycles & Summit On Mount Sumeru






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.: do what thou chilt :.


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23000 Theta Cycles



23000 Theta Cycles

Theta Waves associate with hypnotic trance, free-form thinking, lucid dreaming, and manifest the non-conscious mind.

Theta Waves oscillate 3 to 7 cycles a second. Given an average of 5.75 per second, 23000 cycles will complete over a period of 4000 seconds, or rather 1h:06m:40s. You may use the extra 36 seconds on this recording to read this text.

Mixed and recorded at World Trance Dance.
Cover designed by Klaster Communications.
Complete tracklist not available at this time.

- play it on Mixcloud: bit.ly/1AnwOrU
- download it (t)here: bit.ly/1ShvUDh




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.: share & enjoy :.


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Bicycle Day 2003 Reprise



Bicycle Day - 2003 Reprise

The Eschatatonic Chants of Mu

In 2003, to cerebralate the 60th birthday of LSD, Bicycle Day parties were organized all over the world. At the one in Amsterdam, these two mixes were recorded:

The eschatatonic Chants of Mu & Ease on down the Donau

The DJ's involved in mixing the trippy tunes were Jason Mason & The Melanchoholic Megalomaniac aka (L=D)² & Satyr Barbarossa. During part 1, (L=D)² was occupied with liquid space & dia-projections, but who's counting tracks when mixing warped with curved for five straight hours. For more informative details, click both blu-lit titles above.


play it above - download below

what: LSD's 60th birthday & Bicycle Day cerebralation
style: chill out / liquid space dub / spoken word
where: Donauweg, Amsterdam, Neverlands
total runtime: 01:16:11

- tracklist:

01. Space Balls - Ludicrous Speed Decree
02. Hofmann's Hemispheres - Serendipity
03. Alpine Ambience - Sandoz Street Scenes
04. The Year +1943 - The World around Switzerland
05. The King of New York - Train from Baden to Basel
06. Trans Global Underground - Cazaras Mix
07. Apocalypse Now - Children playing
08. The Dust Brothers - If you kling to me I'll klong to you
09. The Alpine Highs - Truck ride up the Mountain
10. Close Encounters - Where did these sounds come from?
11. Monty Python - Mary Queen of Scots
12. Monty Python - Finland Finland Finland
13. Monty Python - Australian Table Wines
14. Timothy Leary - You can be anyone, this time around
15. Timothy Leary - Think for yourself, question Authority
16. Abracadabra - Nature Calling
17. Dark City - You must concentrate
18. Joujouka - Forgotten Communication
19. Authentik - The Horning
20. Timothy Leary - Conscious Change
21. Centry meets the Music Family - Release the Chains
22. Kentucky Fried - Opium processing Plant
23. Allen Ginsberg - CIA Dope Calypso
24. Monty Python - I like Chinese
25. Klaster Communications - Glitch Race to Warp Speed

click here to download this mix

follow this link to a previous mix: Vernal Equinocturnal


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seek, seek, keep on asking
experience the unexpected
expect to be experienced


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.: soar angelic - fly heaven high :.


all text ⓦ Satyr Barbarossa (cc) 2015


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Cinematic Sonography



Dziga Vertov - Man With A Movie Camera (Soviet Union, 1929)

After circling the Arctic, one rotation per day, another gem seems to have risen from the subpolar surface: a documentary depicting daily life in the Soviet Union during the Twennies of 20C.

"I was returning from the railroad station. In my ears, there remained chugs and bursts of steam from a departing train. Somebody cries in laughter, a whistle, the station bell, the clanking locomotive, whispers, shouts, farewells. And walking away I thought I need to find a machine not only to describe but to register, to photograph these sounds. Otherwise, one cannot organize or assemble them. They fly like time. Perhaps a camera? That records the visual. But to organize the visual world and not the audible world? Is this the answer?"
- Dziga Vertov, according to Wikipedia

Well, it may have taken quite a while (a near seven decades) but it seems someone painting with microphones, gave an answer to that question in many, clearly audible colors.

In 1996, the Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) commissioned Geir Jenssen (Biosphere) to provide sound for Vertov's vision, following original instructions the director made for accompanying piano. Jenssen ended up scoring half the movie, leaving the other half for his colleague Per Martinsen. The video blogged here shows the part of the movie with Jenssen's soundtrack, released in 2001 on Substrata². For more details about the film and the music, click here, here and here.



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biosphere.no
tiff.no


.: an epic of esthetic synaesthetics :.


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The Timeless Goosebumper - 29.03.15




The Timeless Goosebumper - 29.03.15


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here and now:
Biosphere - "Substrata" (1997)

Boreas ablaze
melting glaciers, vaping ice
sublimate blue clouds


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it's either a metal
or painted metal
a cold surface

it's either
painted metal
or plastic

colorful
bright
it
looks like
maybe it's a toy

the surface is smooth
there are some kind
of bulges

even the finger
gets stuck

maybe
it's some kind
of notches or letters
or just bulges

looks like
a toy

colorful metal
or plastic

painted metal

that's it
stop


Karl Nikolajev
Kobresia

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biosphere.no

click here for a previous goosebumper


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.: stratum supra stratum strata ubique :.


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New Trajectories Webring

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freakuently unanswered questions


? what is Satyr

! in ancient times, Satyr roamed the Eleusinian forests as the horned and horny messenger of Dionysos - the god of ritual intoxication - who dispatched him to mesmerize the youth of nearby villages with the musical magic of his flute, and made them dance till broad daylight.

? where is Satyr

! in our recent past, Satyr reincarnated in the concrete jungle of Amsterdam as a DJ. At age ten, he recorded his first mix, displaying his love for early hip hop and electro, and soon his tapes were in high demand. After the Second Summer Of Love, he got turned on by new dimensions of synthetic sound and ventured into the realms of ambient, acid-house, techno and trance music, never looking back ever since.

? does he still play flute

! the Panflute has become an artefact in captivity, held safe and sound in the archeological archive of the Vatican. Yet, since them high-n-mighty early 1990s, Satyr became increasingly skilled as a player of the SL & CDJ instruments, spinning various styles of musica eclectronica, embracing a wide range of the bpm spectrum with remarkable sparkle.

Notoriously difficult to pigeonhole yet sharply focused on and specialized in ambient, chillout, psytrance & deep atmospheric techno; entertaining events for 5 to 50.000 people, by serving his spicy melange of clean cuts and dirty grooves, mixing it down and grinding it up from raw to smooth.

A few memorable events ecstasized by Satyr:
Amsterdam Dance Event (NL), Atmosphere (Berlin), Ballonnenfeest (NL), Burning Man (USA), Club A (Sao Paulo), Dance Valley (NL), Love & Magic (Oslo), Metsafestiwaal (Finland), Pan-O-Rama Festival (La Gomera), The Pi Club (Berlin), Q-Base (Germany), Senseblender Festival (Belgium), Universo Paralello (Bahia / Brazil), VooV Experience (Germany), and many more in Belgium, Brazil, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, USA & all over The Netherlands.*

* a detailed gigographic list might appear later



unless mentioned otherwise:
all text ⓦ Satyr Barbarossa,
(cc) 2007 - 2024, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

all rights reserved,
all wrongs forgiven