microphones in the trees: félicia atkinson
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Friday, March 08, 2013

je suis le petit chevalier


"Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier’s Dark Morse is an exclusive lost tape inspired by the short story The Angel Esmeralda written by Don Delillo. Following two LPs and bunch of tapes dropped last year, this new output is her most whispering beat orientated material to date. Dark Morse is a tabu hidden at the end of a lost road in the suburbs, a pile of crawling concrete, burried under sub basses, broken rhythms, drunken lullubies for blind dogs. Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier whispers here holy encounters with dark shades moving at dawn, hoarse prayers, slum saints and never growing ghosts children." shelter press 

» Sister Jan said, I don’t know.
Of course you know. You know. You saw her.
I don’t know what I saw.
You know. Of course you know. You saw her. »


me gusta pensar que finalmente Félicia hizo realidad mi deseo de componer un disco siguiendo la estela de 'dora' ('the river' ~ space slave editions), una de las canciones más desnudas e hipnóticas del año pasado. mis favoritas, todas, pero sobre todo 'drying in abou dhabi', 'the war' y 'the names' y en especial 'broken drum', sencillamente  preciosa. 'dark morse' es el reverso de 'summer eyes', puro minimalismo y oscuridad, una sinfonía de latidos, percusiones, algún platillo jazz, algún repiqueteo de campana, susurros entre sensuales y tenebrosos y ecos lejanísimos de Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Sylvia Monnier y berberian sound studio. uno de esos discos que te hacen pensar que cierta música electrónica es posiblemente la más capacitada para generar un espacio, para construir una atmósfera, para dibujar una arquitectura acústica. concebida como banda sonora de 'el ángel esmeralda', un libro de mini relatos de Don Delillo, es puro lirismo minimalista. leía hace poco en un artículo sobre un hotel construido en pleno desierto que flotaba como un barco, que los arquitectos habían utilizado la idea tradicional china del 'Zhen', que es, en palabras simples, el arte de la repetición de los mismos elementos. no sé si fluye tanta energía positiva pero para mí 'dark morse' es eso, la repetición obsesiva de un mismo latido variando el ritmo. siempre igual, pero siempre diferente. o, lo que es lo mismo, Félicia acercándose a la esencia de la esencia y siguiendo los mágicos pasos, aunque de manera muy muy oblicua y eliminando cualquier rastro de percusión o voces, de Günter Schlienz. como él, profundiza en la emoción que palpita en los sonidos electrónicos. cuanto más oscura, más luminosa.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

a window open


01 calm in trees ~ x.y.r. | new song (self-released, 2013)
02 the wake ~ universe | gift (self-released, 2012)
03 path inward ~ j.d. emmanuel | time traveler (aguirre, 2013)
04 hill ~ forming | variations of the one essence (worn habit, 2013)
05 la planète oubliée ~ nino nardini | musique pour le futur (neuilly, 1969)
06 exotique ~ roland bocquet | paradia (cobra, 1977)
07 glass animals ~ m.m. peres | un diamante... (salvador, 2013)
08 little green bottle ~ motion sickness of time travel | red tide (hooker vision, 2010)
09 gewiss ~ hans-joachim roedelius | auf leisen sohlen (sky, 1984)
10 skywavesroberto cacciapaglia | sonanze/sonances (proper, 2000)
11 met éireann ~ meadowlands | tri-coastal horizons (exo tapes, 2013)
12 in the center of a room ~ hew | domoboi (rotifer, 2012)
13 alethia ~ johnny greenwood | the master o.s.t. (nonesuch, 2012)
14 summer eyes ~ félicia atkinson | summer eyes ep (morc, 2012)
15 deep soul twinkle ~ grykë pyje | callings from nowhere (ginjoha tapes, 2012)
16 mediterranean years ~ tim coster | mediterranean years (no kings, 2012)
17 support ~ bill doob | sky watchers w/ venn rain (isam, 2012)
18 coastal rubies ~ élément kuuda | va ~ hobo cult 3'' cd boxset vol. I (hobo cult, 2011)
19 discovery ~ floating gardens | generalife (constellation tatsu, 2013)
20 floating reception ~ porzellan | the lost library (cotton goods, 2012)
21 no one's ~ mark bradley | temple music (golden cloud tapes, 2012)
22 eye appeal / valid days ~ forming | variations of the one essence (worn habit, 2013)
23 spalted beech: peacocks ~ m. sage | lux collapsing (patient sounds, 2012)
24 earth ~ ypotryll | earthsea (mineral tapes, 2012)
25 side a ~ dmitri zherbin | untitled (mineral tapes, 2012)


26 visual weather ~ glass house | savage times (sicsic tapes, 2012)
27 how to arrange a bouquet ~ aloonaluna | mythologies (watery starve, 2012)
28 eleven ~ david lackner | the repeaters (peasant magik, 2010)
29 sunbeams ~ former selves | va ~ night hours awake (la forêt sans nom, 2012)
30 lateral ~ oliwa | futura (zeon light kassett, 2013)
31 second moon ~ lunar miasma | arrival (field studies, 2011)
32 transmutation of consciousness ~ kyle landstra | new light (space slave, 2013)
33 low tide ~ golden brown | high tide at gold beach (self-released, 2012)
34 sun environment ~ sun environment | sun environment (private press, 1970)
35 waystation ~ floating gardens | split w/ quicksails (field studies, 2010)
36 garden of paradise ~ steve hillage | rainbow dome musick (1979)
37 untitled ~ courtly illusion limited | untitled (space slave, 2013)
38 amphibian dance ~ sunhiilow | split w/ baldruin (sicsic tapes, 2012)
39 das mirakel ~ baldruin | split w/ sunhiilow (sicsic tapes, 2012)
40 the lynx is watching ~ fluorescent heights | vendetta in paradise (sicsic tapes, 2013)
41 mar de março ~ branches | single (self-released, 2010)
42 rms ~ high wolf | japan tour (winged sun, 2010)
43 ka-ata-killa ~ enumclaw | upcoming tape (sacred phrases, 2013)
44 missing you in the bubble ~ panabrite | frequency bath II (self-released, 2011)
45 I.Imicroflvrscnce | I (patient sounds, 2013)
46 cop talk ~ grapefruit | twin reflections (sloow tapes, 2012)
47 amare videre est ~ nite lite | megrez (desire path, 2012)
48 lof der zotten ~ sylvester anfang II | van stekene tot zomergem (sicsic, 2013)
49 olo olemattomuudessa ~ tulasi | tulasi (ikuisuus, 2011)
50 sprießwärtsdrall ~ metabolismus | sprießwärtsdrall (amish, 1999)


ayer recibí en el correo uno de los regalos más bonitos que se pueden recibir: una canción compuesta especialmente por vladimir de x.y.r. para nuestro blog. y aquí está, justo a tiempo para formar parte del nuevo compilado y que además acaba reflejando, aunque sea involuntariamente, la radiografía y el clima de todas las canciones. se llama 'calm in trees' y es extremadamente bonita. hay pajaritos y melodías ensoñadoras y teclados celestiales, toda la vida y el espíritu del blog parece resumirse en ocho minutos, la tristeza es alegre y la alegría es melancolía. 'a window open' podría ser un compendio de 'hits' que son hits, esbozos que no llegan a ser canciones, sellos pequeños que ya no son tan pequeños y otros que los siguen siendo al menos en espíritu, ambient de todas las épocas, field recordings, kraut, space folk, meditación, canciones perdidas, adelantos, regalos y alguna sorpresa. enjoy ^^

"special sound-message for my favourite blog "microphones in the trees". lyrics: "i'm sending you warm greetings from the middle of nowhere..where the sun always shines and the bird sing.. i'm so glad to share my serene mood with you... i hope your trees stay calm." vladimir

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

félicia atkinson


"Summer Eyes is a bit lighter than Felicia’s most recent output. the first track starts out with a very recognizable keyboard melody, but slowly turns into a powerful yet friendly sounding drone, with all the elements from the very start still recognizable in there. the second song is an instrumental ~to her standards~ popsong. these two tracks proved nearly impossible to split over two sides of a ten inch. adding more tracks could have damaged the coherence of the ep. so we went for a onesdied 12”.


the artwork, with pictures of an installation made by Félicia during an artist residency in Finland, is printed in gold by the masters at Druckwerkstatt." morc tapes

dos canciones son suficientes para que 'summer eyes' sea mi disco bucólico favorito de Félicia Atkinson ('dora' es un mundo aparte). reconozco que, al ser tantos los discos que publica, muchas veces la doy por sentada y me olvido de que está ahí. hasta que saca algo nuevo y vuelvo a caer rendida. 'a sweet thing' es una miniatura opuesta a la pompa, dura un suspiro pero no puede ser más bonita, tiene una sensibilidad y una dulzura fuera de lo común, un cuento de verano afín a Sunhiilow y 'callings from nowhere' de Gryke Pyje. teclados que revolotean como motas de polvo imitando el sonido de un campanario, la sensación de estar en un bosque, cuando el verano toca a su fin y da la bienvenida al otoño, rodeada de ciervos y búhos parlanchines. y los rayos de sol colándose entre los árboles. 'summer eyes' es un poco más larga e incluso más bonita. el comienzo con esos teclados cien por cien acuáticos y más orgánicos y luminosos de lo habitual en ella me desarman. a partir del minuto 5:20 las notas se deslizan con tacto y extrema delicadeza, me recuerda a la música oriental y a aquellas flautillas que parecían águilas de 'reflections of bliss lake' de Olympus Mons. Félicia siempre lo pone fácil pero esta vez más, graba discos recomendables a ciegas, simplemente deliciosos. seguro que morc tiene toda la razón cuando dice que añadir más canciones dañaría la coherencia de este mini elepé tan mini pero no puedo evitar pensar que diez más serían un regalo. es tan sencillo y perfecto que puede sonar más de cien veces seguidas sin que te des cuenta. me gustaría que a partir de ahora todos los discos de Félicia sonaran así, alternando de vez en cuando con el minimalismo e hipnotismo sin fin de 'a river'... si pudiera ser.

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

je suis le petit chevalier


"like a silver stripe on an endless horizon Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier’s music’s signifying relief. within her minimal dark musings Felicia Atkinsons’ buried some light. It’s not bursting out, but you can catch a glimpse of it if you wait patient enough. so take your time, head towards the horizon and you’ll be rewarded!" sicsic tapes


con un título que dispara la imaginación, 'a guide to the sun' da forma y color a, con permiso de 'tropical malady', mi disco favorito de félicia hasta la fecha, palabras mayores teniendo en cuenta la cantidad de música que ha publicado como félicia atkinson o como je suis le petit chevalier. será por el título, por la portada (un círculo naranja sobre un fondo blanco) pero los efectos, las reverberaciones, las mil y una capas, las estructuras delicadas, los drones atmosféricos y absorbentes, en especial los de painted figures, una montaña rusa con todos esos cambios, me hacen pensar en dos figuras avanzando a través del desierto en el planeta marte, bajo un sol ardiente y cegador que se oculta poco a poco en el horizonte.



sold out ~ bandcamp ~ download

Thursday, February 09, 2012

félicia atkinson


"a wunderkammer limited cassette published by Le Bon Accueil Gallery, Rennes  by Félicia Atkinson. 50 copies.  handmade, pro-dubbed and signed in a wooden box."


en un altar

Friday, December 30, 2011

# rewind 2011 ~ part III & IV

01. op at heart ~ Sense | "split w/ min-y-llan", awkward silence
02. know where ~ Holy Other | "with you", tri angle
03. r o m a n c e ~ Goitia Deitz | "romance/coma" disc error recordings
04. midnight sun ~ School of Seven Bells | "benefit for the recovery in japan", antiopic
05. synthesist (remix by Blondes) ~ Harald Grosskopf | "re-synthesist", rvng intl.
06. a love so strong ~ Maria Minerva | "sacred and profane love", 100% silk
07. goddess eyes ~ Julia Holter | "tragedy", leaving
08. vow ~ Julianna Barwick | "the magic place", asthmatic kitty
09. into the night ~ La Feline | "echo ep", bs
10. what else is there to say ~ Brusque Twins | "visage musique volume 1", visage
11. too much to loose ~ Sun Glitters | "everything could be fine", ufolk
12. raindrops ~ Monster Rally & Rumtum | "mr&rt", waaga
13. boy from the sun ~ Niva | "feverish dreams", something in construction
14. expect ~ Balam Acab | "wander/wonder" tri angle
15. lazy hunter ~ Boy Friend | "boy friend ep", self-released
16. lilac ~ Blue Hawaii | "blooming summer", arbutus
17. incertitude et démission ~ Police des Moeurs | "visage musique volume 1", visage
18. am i safe? ~ Stand Up Against Heart Crime | "s/t", self-released
19. dreaming ~ Run DMT | "dreams", culture dealer
20. friends and stuff ~ Dreams West |"self-titled", self-released
21. altos lugares ~ High Places | "original colors", thrill jockey
22. oblivion ~ Grimes | "visions", arbutus
23. back in the dust ~ Gold Zebra | "visage musique volume 1", visage
24. endless summer ~ Still Corners | "creatures of an hour", sub pop
25. sister ~ Nite Jewel | "she's always watching you", yours truly
26. island song (Peaking Lights remix) ~ U.S. Girls | "girls on kraak", k-raa-k
foto: thomas van der zaag


01. lonesome lullaby ~ Woodpecker Wooliams | "patryoska", woolshop productions
02. mjt1 ~ Michael James Tapscott with Andrew Kenower | "challenger", digitalis limited
03. way of the crow ~ Jennifer Castle | "castlemusic", flemish eye
04. cities ~ Cabinet of Natural Curiosities | "blue highways", for arbors/for satellites
05. if i never touched you ~ Cap'n Jack | "aren't you ashamed?", nicknjack
06. love scene ~ Serfs | "sha la la la later on", cabin floor esoterica
07. mountainside ~ Village of Spaces | "alchemy & trust", corleone
08. soft glass ~ Vetiver | "the errant charm", sub pop
09. sea bed meditation ~ Jürgen Müller | "science of the sea", digitalis
10. primitiiti ~ Mpala Garoo | unknown
11. siberian girls ~ Monster Rally | "deep sea ep", gold robot
12. endless spring ~ Houses | "all night", lefse
13. breaking a heart ~ Fantasy Island | "avenue / evergreen", stroll on
14. california sunrise ~ Dirty Gold | "hidden treasures ep", self-released
15. in love, not limbo ~ Of Oceans | "of oceans ep", self-released
16. after cards ~ My Parasol | "after cards single", self-released
17. wichita forever ~ Andrew Pekler | "sentimental favourites", dekorder
18. celandine ~  Raajmahal | "celandine", digitalis limited
19. snowdrops ~ 2Muchachos | "prespring", self-released
20. sunday ~ Amen Dunes | "through donkey jaw", sacred bones
21. baby's arms ~ Kurt Vile | "smoke ring for my halo", matador
22. vanishig point ~ Ensemble Economique | "crossing the path, by torchlight", dekorder
23. phobos ~ Spiral Index | "gilded dawn", digitalis limited
24. free your energy field ~ High Wolf | "a guide to healing", bathetic
25. video games ~ Lana del Rey | "video games/blue jeans", stranger
foto: ryan kenny

Friday, October 21, 2011

riviere amur


"riviere amur is inez lightfoot + je suis le petit chevalier = jackie mc dowell + félicia atkinson = two wandering foxes running wild together towards invisible lands"

"Bois Flotté is like discovering something unfamiliar through the familiar. An alternate perspective on reality. Side A begins with the familiar sound of the ocean, as meditative chants and slow tonal changes emerge from beneath. Crashing waves decrease in force as if Rivière Amur could calm the most violent of seas. Bells chime in the background, like a hypnotist signaling you in and out of consciousness. Don’t fight it. Forget everything you know and accept this new reality. Approach the world with a naïve eye, as if just born. All knowledge is now a priori. Disassociate objects around you from the names given to them. Focus on the aesthetics: shapes, color, and movement. What do you see? What do you hear? Whispered voices and chirping birds in the background have become nebulous and have fused with the droning soundscape. Familiar sounds have transformed into something new. Something radiant. Don’t fight it. You’re now ready for Side B." half hour handshake

qué ilusión formar parte de un disco tan bonito ^^

Thursday, August 18, 2011

je suis le petit chevalier

"This prolific triple-threat talent (artist, writer and musician) from Belgium has graciously allowed No Kings to handle 42 minutes of her chance operation / intuitive sound collage work, after a myriad of releases on such underground institutions as Digitalis, Stunned, and Kaugummi. “Discovering Mathematics II” is warm, spacious, and immersive, and is treated with the same emphasis on process, openness and relationships between elements as her visual art..." no kings

"Je Suis le Petit Chevalier a.k.a. Félicia Atkinson is in your dreams. Her latest output lies peaceably at rest, with long willowy swathes of synth feedback, barely discernable utterances, saturated synth strings, pan-fried electric guitar treatments, diaphonous kitchen sink clatter--all flooding the long hall of consciousness with a tank of vicks vabor rub and a barrel of absinthe. Be at peace and try not to move too much and you may just start to float up into the ether yourself." impose magazine

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

félicia atkinson

"Félicia Atkinson was stirred to create The Driver after embarking upon a four month trip to the US last Summer. Journeying by car but unable to drive herself, she was thus free to fully appreciate the scenery and became particularly enamoured with the romantic Cascadian landscape of the Pacific Northwest which has proven so inspirational to artists and musicians for generations...

...The Driver is steeped in the atmosphere of the American road trip and can be considered as another faithful entry in a long line of musicians paying homage to the road. Optimistic and sunny in a manner which makes it more reminiscent of Jack Kerouac than Cormac McCarthy, this work is a faultless representation of the romance of travel and will surely stir a longing for adventure in anyone who listens." Adam Williams, Fluid Radio

gus van sant estaría feliz

foto: ryan mcginley

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

inez lightfoot / je suis le petit chevalier

"...from the hush of a winter’s midnight, Inez Lightfoot opens this hour-long ceremony evoking animal powers and seasonal forces of nature. Presiding with the intimacy and strength of a curandera, Inez synchronizes the flow of analog electricity with raw expressions of blood & breath. Captivating as the light of a full moon, this is beautiful hyp-gnosis at an earthen altar. Felicia Atkinson echoes these sentiments with her own brand of mysterious music generation. Performing as Je Suis le Petit Chevalier, Felicia unites the energy of synthesizer with her voice into a brew of humid atmospherics. Every sung line and keyboard pulse is like a pebble dropped onto the still surface of a pond, leaving behind distinct after-impressions yet always giving way to the next entrancing note..." stunned

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

félicia atkinson

"felicia atkinson is a mysterious spirit who resides in brussels by way of paris, and conjures up a world of folk-sound from the depths of despair itself. or is it from the birth of essence itself? wonder and meditation warm your sense of self being." unread records

infant vampire y this impermanent gold, como christina carter, bruce langhorne y the dead texan en uno

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

je suis le petit chevalier

"...if you want to help Japan: I've put all my songs from Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier to download for any price you want: 100 % of the money will go to international red cross!
Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier is collecting psych gems for your shrunken ears. Based in the north of Europe, the lonely knight uses woods, electrics, naked elbows and fire." félicia atkinson

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

je suis le petit chevalier / orphan

"Je suis le petit chevalier is a new psych sound-land-scapes projects by one of our fav kaugummi artist Félicia Atkinson. Orphan is the solo project of Sabarah Polin, from Toronto, Canada.
The A side of the tape is Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier: a long piece made of meditative repetitive guitars and lurking electronic sounds. The B side of the tape is made by Orphan, with two sade tracks : the first one is a storm, the other one is a lull. Two steps of a cataclysm." kaugummi

foto: amanda johnson

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

je suis le petit chevalier

"Je suis le petit chevalier is another project of Felicia Atkinson. Félicia Atkinson is a sound and visual artist, she lives in Brussels, Belgium. Daughters sounds like drifting bodies on fire and ice...soundscapes, vocal sounds."

Sunday, September 26, 2010

je suis le petit chevalier

"From France, living in Belgium, Tropical Malady was recorded during a residency in the United States. Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier brings out sounds from Portland Oregon and (oddly enough) Upstate New York. Tropical Malady is a haunting auditorial interpretation of Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Tropical Malady; a sound experiment, a ghostly ambience with chant like vocals and echos. Mysterious drone soundscapes and tones set against a television frequency, the motion of the ocean the ebb and flow of emotions" i had an accident

primero charalambides y two-lane blacktop, y ahora félicia atkinson y tropical malady

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

félicia atkinson

"Félicia Atkinson is a sound and visual artist and performer born in 1981 in Paris. She uses lo-fi material to draw, improvise music, make little sculptures… She curently resides in Brussels , Belgium. She has played alone and in collaboration with musicians such as David Daniell, Sylvain Chauveau, Paul Labrecque and Stretchandrelax..

Lakes and losses is her second solo album recorded also at home with harp, guitar, electronics and voice. It's a sad mantra in six parts about the mutation of the seasons and the heart. black cdr, 8 pages black and white booklet -14 x 14 cm booklet cover printed on 250gr curious particle paper, inside on 90 heavy paper" kaugummi