Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis XIX

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis XIX

Songs: Disco Whispers [excerpt] + Zero Gravity Bird Ceremony [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), April 30, 2023.

Cosmic Homeostasis XIX - Disco Whispers [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis XIX - Zero Gravity Bird Ceremony [excerpt]

Another fifth-Sunday-of-the-month drone meetup brought out a mid-sized group (a dozen people) for some space-drift, spreading out around the Southern Cross.

The ensemble this time around was:

• Paul Newman - tenor saxophone
• Philip Hamilton - oscillator, contact mic
• fuzzy - guitar, pedals
• Patrick O'Reilly - circuit bent SK-1, piano
• Nilan Perera - prepared guitar + slicer pedal
• Ian McPhedran - guitar + pedals
• Sterling McPhedran - guitar + pedals
• Scott M2 - Animoog
• Ron Blake - iOS apps
• Sheldon - percussion+
• Victor O - toy keyboard + mixer
• Heraclitus Akimbo - synths

And as usual, you can stream/download the full session over on bandcamp:

[Cosmic Homeostasis will be back in the Southern Cross on the afternoon of the fifth Sunday of July — that is to say on July 30th, 2023.]

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis XVIII

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis XVIII

Songs: The Ways We Unravel [excerpt] + Space [edited excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), January 29, 2023.

Cosmic Homeostasis XVIII - The Ways We Unravel [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis XVIII - Space [edited excerpt]

The year's first Cosmic Homeostasis gathering (which happens when there's a fifth Sunday in a month) brought out a robust crowd, with twenty (or so) musicians taking over the perimeter of the Southern Cross and generating some sonic drift zones. A real nice mix of acoutic and electronic sounds, and ranging from some louder zones into quieter interplay.

The participants this time out were:

• Marilyn - various percussion, singing bowls, namer-of-things
• Philip Hamilton - guitar, box w/ a string and llama toenails
• Ron Blake - ipad apps
• Scott M2 - Animoog
• Mira Martin-Gray - mini synth, mini theremin
• Yasmine E - pocket piano, various percussion, rainmaker
• Adrian Russouw - violin
• Del Stephen - keyboard synth + cassettes
• Sophie Jaworski - wooden frog
• Paul Newman - tenor saxophone
• Patrick O'Reilly - Volca FM/effects
• Rod Campbell - trumpet
• Todd Macdonald - mandolin/Mood
• Hilary Martin - singing bowl
• Myfawny Ashmore - singing bowl
• Michael Lynn - bass + stuff
• Sterling + Ian - Atari junk console
• Rob Cruickshank - electronics + resonator
• Heraclitus Akimbo - synths, etc.

It's tough to get that many folks in the frame, but most of them make an appearance in this footage you can see over on youtube:

And, of course, you can also listen to the whole performance over on bandcamp (and, if you'd like, support the collective's future works with a purchase!):

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis XVII

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis XVII

Songs: Well, it is my birthday [excerpt] + Disco for Hallowe'en [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), October 30, 2022.

Cosmic Homeostasis XVII - Well, it is my birthday [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis XVII - Disco for Hallowe'en [excerpt]

Once more the Cosmic Homeostasis crew convened for some Sunday afternoon drones, mixing some fine acoustic anchors (Michael Lynn's double bass, Del Stephen's piano) with a surround-sound zone of electronic hums and whispers. The crew this time out was:

• Scott M2 - Animoog
• Ron Blake - iOS apps
• beard closet - guitar
• Del Stephen - piano, notebook, tambourine
• Mickle46 - le contrabasse, namer-of-things
• Heraclitus Akimbo - Casio, ZOIA
• Mira Martin Gray - percussion (set 2)
• strofoamNosebleedPrincess - water glass + gloves (set 2)

You can check out the whole session over on Bandcamp:

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis XVI

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis XVI

Songs: Far Places [excerpt] + Across a Chasm [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), July 31, 2022.

Cosmic Homeostasis XVI - Far Places [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis XVI - Across a Chasm [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis' deep space drones are a fully modular and scalable concept, so if a busy long weekend means that a few regulars are out of town, smaller numbers can still fill up the sonic cup.

This version of Cosmic Homeostasis included:

• Mira Martin-Grey - acoustic guitar / Bastl softPop
• Ron Blake - ipad apps
• Fahmid Nibesh - electric guitar, pedals
• Heraclitus Akimbo - Modern Sounds Pluto, Søvnløs, pedals
• Grant Smales - namer-of-things

The full session is also documented as an album over at bandcamp:

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis XII

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis XII

Songs: If Trees Were Men [excerpt] + The Lonesome Albatross [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), September 29, 2019.

Cosmic Homeostasis XII - If Trees Were Men [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis XII - The Lonesome Albatross [excerpt]

This gathering saw a slightly-smaller ensemble of ambient space drifters, but in the current Cosmic Homeostasis context that still meant there were eight soundmakers on hand. (The group here was Curtis Whittaker — also the namer-of-things, Ron Blake, Del Stephen, Patrick O'Reilly, Michael Lynn, Fahmid Nibesh, Mira Martin-Grey, and Joe Strutt.) The first set emerged around buzzing electronic sounds a bit more than usual, but interesting organic flourishes crept into the second.

You can listen to the full session over at bandcamp — money from digital sales will go towards the fund for recording our forthcoming studio album!

[Cosmic Homeostasis will be back at The Tranzac on Sunday, December 29th.]

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis XI

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis XI

Songs: Out Among the Reeds [excerpt] + Windows and Passageways [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge, June 30, 2019.

Cosmic Homeostasis XI - Out Among the Reeds [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis XI - Windows and Passageways [excerpt]

As the month's fifth Sunday rolls around once more, a robust turnout of musicians (and audience) showed up at the Tranzac to hang out and hear some pleasantly-unrushed drift-drones.

The afternoon's performers included:

• Dame Cook - electronics, namer-of-things
• Ron Blake - ipad apps
• Michael Lynn (mkl32) - bass
• Niamh Girling - push chime
• Abigail Trotsky - guitar, ebow, pedals
• Paul Newman - tenor saxophone
• Chris Trotter - synth
• Laura Swankey - voice, pedals
• Mira Martin-Gray - electronics
• Jordan Brown - synth, pedals
• Matt Wells - bells
• beard closet - guitar, noisebox
• Del Stephen - piano, synth, drumstick
• Heraclitus Akimbo - static, found sounds, effects

You can also check out the full sets over on bandcamp:

[Cosmic Homeostasis will be back in the Southern Cross on the afternoon of Sunday, September 29th!]

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis X

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis X

Songs: The Wire Shimmy [excerpt] + Buzzy Bandit Breakdown [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), March 31, 2019.

Cosmic Homeostasis X - The Wire Shimmy [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis X - Buzzy Bandit Breakdown [excerpt]

Another afternoon of electroacoustic ambient drift sounds, with a robust turnout that reached fifteen performers by the second set. But for all that, the performers showed admirably restraint, growing the soundfield without becoming too obtrusive and making for a rather-pleasant drifting sensation.

The afternoon's performers included:

• Ron Blake - guitar, kaoss pad
• Matt Wells - guitar
• Rob Cruickshank - electronics
• Randi Helmers - voice
• Aaron Dawson - crappy old synth
• Victor O - water-logged xylo, cello bow, random percussion
• Dame Cook - electronics, xylo
• Del Stephen - keyboard
• Marilyn Y - singing bowl, trio chime
• Paul Newman - tenor saxophone
• Mira Martin-Gray - electronics
• Phil Hamilton - guitar, monotribe
• Patrick O'Reilly - piano, namer-of-things
• Scott M2 - electronics
• Heraclitus Akimbo - tapes, pedals, sine wave, guitar

You can also check out the full sets over on bandcamp:

[Cosmic Homeostasis will be back in the Southern Cross on the afternoon of Sunday, June 30th!]

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis IX

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis IX

Songs: Where No Bird Has Gone Before [excerpt] + Dammit, Jim, I'm a Doctor! [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), December 30, 2018.

Cosmic Homeostasis IX - Where No Bird Has Gone Before [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis IX - Dammit, Jim, I'm a Doctor! [excerpt]

One last drone session to close out the year, Cosmic Homeostasis convened to celebrate Voyager 2 exiting the heliosphere as well as the Ultima Thule flyby – distant encounters that feel close to home to the whispers-from-space crowd. The crew this time comprised of Del Stephen, Trevor Turple, Mike Lynn, Liz Lima, Patrick O'Reilly, Ron Blake, Paul Newman and Heraclitus Akimbo. The whole session is available over bandcamp:

[Cosmic Homeostasis X will be taking place in the Southern Cross on the afternoon of Sunday, March 31st.]

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis

Song: She Sells Moondust Down by The Sea of Tranquility [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Cosmic Homeostasis VIII), September 30, 2018.

Cosmic Homeostasis - She Sells Moondust Down by The Sea of Tranquility [excerpt]

Another cheerfully-cluttered afternoon at The Tranzac, gathering past performers and new faces together to generate some spacious ambient drones. The crew this time included Patrick O'Reilly, Del Stephen, Niamh Shiffra Girling, Jordan Brown, Mira Martin-Gray, Abigail Trotsky, Chris Trotter, Ronnie Blake, Paul Newman, and Heraclitus Akimbo and got some welcome vocal assistance from aspiring homeostasisists Wolfgang and Annika. As usual, you can stream/download the whole thing over at Bandcamp:

[Cosmic Homeostasis IX will take place at The Tranzac on the afternoon of Sunday, December 30th — and the series will continue with four more fifth-Sunday-of-the-month instalments on 2019!]

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis

Song: Drone Wish for Paul Newman [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Cosmic Homeostasis VII), July 29, 2018.

Cosmic Homeostasis - Drone Wish for Paul Newman [excerpt]

A robust group of old and new faces combined to generate some Sunday-afternoon electroacoustic space drones at The Tranzac. Frequent contributor Paul Newman was absent (in celebration of a joyous milestone) so the first set started with some manipulated sounds from one of his ace solo saxophone recordings before slowly lurching towards The Spider Nebula. The full cast for this excursion was: Patrick O'Reilly, Del Stephen, Mira Martin-Gray, Niamh Shiffra Girling, Rod Campbell, mkl32, Ronnie Blake, Laura Swankey, Emily Denison, and Heraclitus Akimbo (who was also designated as the namer-of-things).

You can listen to the afternoon's full proceedings over on Bandcamp:

[Cosmic Homeostasis will be back at The Tranzac on Sunday, September 30th in its customary 3 p.m. timeslot. Help us listen to whispers from space!]

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis

Song: A kind of blue-green, different from the other kinds of blue-green with which you may be more familiar [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Cosmic Homeostasis VI), April 29, 2018.

Cosmic Homeostasis - A kind of blue-green, different from the other kinds of blue-green with which you may be more familiar [excerpt]

The Cosmic Homeostasis Tactical Memo led to some really tasty results this time, with ambient electroacoustic drift from an ensemble that included Ronnie Blake, Patrick O'Reilly, Rob Cruickshank (the designated "Namer of Things"), Syd Ortega, Paul Newman, Laura Swankey, Heraclitus Akimbo and special guest Karen Ng (on piano!). Sputtering and swirling, the sounds' gravity was all around, even if like dark matter its origins could be hard to identify.

You can listen to/download the whole session over on bandcamp:

[Cosmic Homeostasis will return to the Tranzac on the afternoon of Sunday, July 29th.]

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis

Song: Dammit, all the shrapnels exhaled all at once [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Cosmic Homeostasis V), October 29, 2017.

Cosmic Homeostasis - Dammit, all the shrapnels exhaled all at once [excerpt]

Another fifth-Sunday-of-the-month gathering brought together eleven musicians to listen to whispers from space and collectively compose some slowly-moving sounds. The sound palette was a bit more buzzingly electronic this time, finding a humming field for the players to tap into. Some gong-sounds shook that up in the second set, but didn't interrupt the pleasing drift. The performers this time 'round were {AN} EeL, Rob Cruickshank, Kristina Guison, Mira Martin-Gray, Ronnie Blake, Kat Estacio, Syd Ortega, Sarah Peebles, Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh, Johan Seaton, and Joe Strutt.

You can listen to the whole session over at bandcamp:

[Cosmic Homeostasis will reconvene at the end of April, once recent return messages from recent space transmissions are received.]

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis

Songs: A Tender Kiss on the Cheek for Everyone [excerpt] + Eleven Sun Cats [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Cosmic Homeostasis IV), July 30, 2017.

Cosmic Homeostasis - A Tender Kiss on the Cheek for Everyone [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis - Eleven Sun Cats [excerpt]

Another fifth-Sunday-of-the-month came around with a robust turnout from eager homeostasisists — eleven in all, this time round. There was a rather peasant mix of electronic drift-tools with acoustic elements, including Laura Swankey's vocalizations, Nilan Perera's prepared guitar and the mind-meld saxophones of Kayla Milmine and Paul Newman (which just might be the secret sauce that really makes the whole thing). The crew this time was:

• Kayla Milmine - soprano saxophone
• Paul Newman - alto saxophone
• Ted Phillips - radio, phone
• Nilan Perera - electric guitar
• Rob Cruickshank - electronics
• Chris Trotter - electronics
• Abigail Trotsky - electronics
• Del Stephen - keyb, piano, namer-of-things
• Laura Swankey - voice, electronics
• Joe Strutt - electronics, 4-track recorder, tactical memo
• Ronnie Blake - electronics

If you'd like a bigger dose than these samples, the whole session is also posted as an album over at Bandcamp:

[Cosmic Homeostasis will return on the next fifth-Sunday-of-the-month, which just happens to be October 29th, 2017.]

[photo by Megumi Morisawa]