Spirit of the Place, by Hands Like Clouds

Spirit of the Place

by Hands Like Clouds

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laputa666 I am a total fan. This is music that touches me, moves me. I like this sound sometimes on the verge of audibility and melody, something that feels more like the audio sphere of my mind / brain when I am lying in the darkness or walking through town. when I don't hear conversations, just something that is beyond that.

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	1.	A narrow, sunless path to the temple tree 03:23
	2.	A lonely cloud drifts idly on its own 09:06
	3.	The high wind carries music over the broad water 08:23
	4.	A strip of water's spread in the setting sun 08:00
	5.	I think of my teacher in the eastern forest 08:53
	6.	No-one knows the place to which he's gone 10:06

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I live near a beautiful park, by the river. It is in the middle of the city, yet you can find a deep sense of calm there. I've made a series of field recordings there, I practiced qigong and walking meditations, or sometimes just read books.

This record tries to capture the spirit of this place, with a a psychogeographical edge. I wanted to connect listener to a calm, soulful place where there is no rush, no stress, just a sense of Here and Now, deep breathing and Nature's essence.

Each song's title is a fragment of daoist poetry, all lines read one by one create a new poem. Just a little bit of cut-up technique, by way of Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs. Try to search all poems online, each one is more beautiful than the other.

This album is also dedicated to my two mentors. Steve Roach is a continuous inspiration, with his evergrowing discography of deep, spacious ambient. Tomasz Grycan was my teacher on paths of qigong and taijiquan. He passed last year, and I think about him each time I'm in the park, where we used to train. No-one knows the place to which he's gone.

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released July 26, 2019

All music: Hands Like Clouds
Cover: "Mountains" by Zhāng Lù (fragment)

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Irrwelt Wrocław, Poland

Microlabel devoted to releasing mostly my own records. Ambient, drone, dub, weird electronica. Inspired by psychogeography, esoterica, occult

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