Rem by Ola Szmidt

A personal live looped prayer against all evil in the world 🦋⃤♡⃤🌈⃤
Built on BOSS/Roland RC-505 MKII with my voice + Anaelle's poem puzzle & Detroit pulse into ॐ नमः शिवाय

Notes on the piece:
somewhere in the forest ↟↟𓂃 ོ ☼𓂃↟ 𖠰𓂃 ོ𓂃
dreaming = last tech-free state
sleep + dreams ╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ code + video ✎ᝰ.

live looping since 2010:
RC-30 ╰┈➤ˎˊ˗RC-300 ╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ A&R with ROLAND/BOSS╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ RC-505 x 2 ╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ RC 505 MKII

next album halfway recorded
this = signal
growing and learning 𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼𓋼𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊

harmony obsession: ✩♬ ₊˚.🎶⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧
weekly choir since 5
listening obsession: ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ
always
all folds into this piece

released ahead of:
Computala, LCB Depot, Leicester
turntables + loop station live show

# glitchy friendly nudge
if listens >= 3:
heart.open()
click("support")
join(feedback_loop)
else:
loop.continue()
loop 1: you listen
loop 2: you listen again
loop 3: support? maybe?
loop ∞: glitch hums quietly
resistance = feedback
all OS, all hearts, all faiths

Upcoming London and Leicester live shows:

30.01 LCB Depot Gallery, Leicester 9pm Live with turntables and loop station - tonight (free/donation)
23.02 JAZZ CAFE, London 8pm, Opening for Fabiano Nascimento, Brazilian jazz guitarist.
tix https://thejazzcafe.com/event/fabiano-do-nascimento/?

Pre-sale tickets TBA soon:

25.03 ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, Leicester, Double headliner w/ Tymek Papior
27.03 THE OLD CHURCH, London, Double headliner w/ Tymek Papior

Vocalist and composer specialising in live looping experimentation.

Multi Modal Body and Sound Therapist.

Funded by Arts Council England and has been mentored by FourTet

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