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Drone Day 2024

May 25, 2024 made year 4 of my 5-year "Gangs of Ireland" project. Starting in 2021, each year on Drone Day (droneday.org) I've created a new experimental piece inspired by a segment from an 80s-era Irish talk show featuring young goths, punks, & mods. This year was "The Mod".

The performance was live-streamed, and you can see the concert video from the livestream broadcast from NO SIGNAL Multimedia Labs.

The studio and live versions of this track are available on the "Gangs of Ireland" playlist on SoundCloud.

Songs for Girls: Stray Willow

Another piece for _Songs for Girls (The Singles)_, my catch-all for miscellaneous work

I love the dreamy feel of the guitar, the melody being carried by the bassline, and the Roland/Studio Electronics SE-02 analog synth is really nice here as well.

Listen to "Stray Willow" by Coraline Ada Ehmke on Soundcloud.

Disquiet Junto: Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

This week's Disquiet Junto prompt was "0631: In a Silent Waveform". The instructions were to "take one held tone and make it dance slowly".

The title of my piece, "Dream of a Rarebit Fiend," is taken from a 1906 silent film about a man who gorges himself on Welsh rarebit and falls into a fever dream of pesky imps and a night flight above the rooftops.

I chose 554.37 Hz as my single source tone, and recorded 6 tracks of it: 3 on guitar with ebow, and 3 on a Roland/Studio Electronics SE-02 analog synth. These tracks were then woven together and processed with a variety of rhythm-based effects to make them dance together. Underneath it all is a single unsettling kick drum. The rhythm is everywhere and nowhere, something and nothing, like a fever dream.

NOTE: Your odds of discovering a secret recipe for Welsh rarebit hidden in the audio file may be improved by listening with headphones.

Listen to "Dream of a Rarebit Fiend" by Coraline Ada Ehmke on Soundcloud.

Songs for Girls: Someone (Or Something)

_Songs for Girls (The Singles)_ is a catch-all for miscellaneous work that's not part of a specific project. Like this piece, a work-in-progress that I originally started to just practice drum programming.

I'm pretty fond of the guitar part, especially the solo that comes in just after the 2:00 mark.

Listen to "Someone (or Something)" by Coraline Ada Ehmke on Soundcloud.

Disquiet Junto: Making Ice at Home May Seem Overwhelming

My response to the latest Disquiet Junto prompt, "0627 - Just Ice Society", calling for a piece built around the sound of ice in a glass.

The vocals were created by AI-enhanced text-to-speech, with a script adapted from a WikiHow article. The track was recorded and produced at NOSIGNAL Multimedia Labs, The Shambles, Chicago, IL USA.

Headphones are recommended, and please remember to use your allocated break time to make connections with others in your work unit.

Listen to "Making Ice at Home May Seem Overwhelming" by Coraline Ada Ehmke on Soundcloud.

New Release: The Nine Doors

Following 2022's debut "Five Lies Left" EP, this new release, "The Nine Doors" is a full-length album featuring 9 original songs. The wordless narrative of "The Nine Doors" unfolds through the dark instrumentation, hypnotic rhythms, broken synths, and haunted piano that is the signature sound of Sudre's Violin.

The theme and feel of "The Nine Doors" is inspired by the modern literary classic "The Club Dumas" by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. (There's also an obligatory Nick Drake reference, of course.)

Listen or pick up "The Nine Doors" on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Bandcamp, Pandora, Soundcloud, or Spotify.

Coraline's music on bandcamp

All my music is available free-or-pay-what-you-want on bandcamp:

• Sudre's Violin
• A Little Fire Scarecrow
• Auntie Kismet
• Calamity Orchestra

Friends on bandcamp

Some folks in my community I recommend checking out:

• In Good Company
• I Kong Kult
• Errant Space
• Savage Republic
• Jenn Vix
• Layer Cake