Sound + Solidarity - July 4: Independence from Racism

I'm honored to have been asked by TJ Norris of ToneShift to contribute an unreleased Chrystal Für track to the Sound + Solidarity podcast being released tomorrow night. My track is called "Rising Rain" and is a contemplative, moody journey with a touch of hope sprinkled in. I'll be in the company of 29 other experimental composers...all exceptional...who have contributed unreleased material for this important cause! This musical event is to honor the victims of racial violence. 

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Here is more information about the curation of this event from TJ Norris of Toneshift:

Sound + Solidarity.

July 4: Independence from Racism

To honor the memory of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Elijah McClain, Dominique Fells, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Fong Lee, Rayshard Brooks, Eric Garner, Michael Ramos, Erik Salgado, Eleanor Bumpers, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Willie McCoy, Alberta Spruill, Riah Milton, Kawaski Trawick and countless others who have been senseless victims of violence in the name of racial indifference, Toneshift reached out to some of the most incredible international sound artists to address this growing dynamic in our societies.

In an incredibly emotional time in our human history, we see glimmers of great hope as a new social wave, made up of several generations, coming together, standing up to the misuse of power. We see acts of kindness and peaceful protest. As an impetus for this we looked to the time signature of John Cage’s 4’33” to help assist in this effort to give a new voice to silence - as artists we can no longer be silent when it comes to the advancement of basic human relations. The basic structure was to submit a piece in the duration of "four minutes, thirty- three seconds"voicing the need for racial equality - here you will find that all but the opener and closer fit within this simple parameter.

Through the indelible creative empathy of the experimental music community Toneshift is so proud, and quite honored to present a collection of these thirty new tracks, several exclusive world premieres, all presented for the very first time, anywhere. Most of the artists here, despite an ongoing worldwide virus-based pandemic, have created works specifically for this call to action. Each and every contribution incredibly timed as a collective in the plight to end racism.

These times call for artists to come together more than ever. We are equals on this planet, each and every one of us, no matter what race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability - we are human - all with flaws and potential. Silence = complicity and that must end. Collectively we begin to embrace new traditions, seeking real change, through the vehicle of music and other sonic modalities. Here you will discover passionate work that responds in disparate ways. Today, and everyday we fight for the right to be in our own skin.

Listen, Breathe, Be.
For all, in solidarity. 
TJ Norris/Toneshift, Curator

Sound + Solidarity: An Elegy 

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30 ARTISTS (all tracks previously unreleased)
Nina Hagen + Warner Poland - unity
Nickolas Mohanna - Untitled #6

Thomas Dimuzio - Abject Light 4'33 (I Can't Breathe)

Jim Haynes - untitled

Drekka - Before the gardens must come fighting

Tunnels Of Āh - The Birds Lay In Their Blood

Mia Zabelka - M (excerpt)

Tor Lundvall - Last Rays

Serge Bulat - Clouds Of Yesterday (Rework)

Jason Kahn - for all those

Keith Berry - Persistence of Memory

Tmux - State Of Exception (Toneshift Edit)

die ANGEL - 433

Massimo Toniutti - The Shangai Files - Spillikins - radio edit

Frank Bretschneider - Tactics 4’33

Nicolas Wiese - Versus/Nonversus (2020 Edit)

BLK TAG - the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice
 Adrianna Krikl - Unrest 4’33"

Darryl Blood - Abernathy

Occupied Head - Burning

Above The Tree - King Above

Gintas K - Pink G. Floyd

Nadja - The Noise of Unsilence

Giulio Aldinucci - Exodus Mandala (quattro e trentatré edit)

Marta De Pascalis - Her Core (extract)

Benjamin Finger - Afterthoughts

Chrystal Für - Rising Rain

Hïdrō - Dilaudnumb

Jared Sagar - Somnambulist_1

Francisco Lopez - untitled #389