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Write songs of New York venues, walk and shoot photos

New venues and songs in New York. Searching and checking out more venues in New York City. New encounters and contacts when organizing gigs. Matilda Mother band writes songs and becomes famous on Instagram for all the wrong reasons, for 15 minutes.

Drumsö – old films and tenor saxophone

Drumsö – old films link to film in YouTube. Music is from our livestream 6.11.2023 Old films faded and grainy Little red riding hood adventures on building sites Round eyed sympathetic cars Simpler times sturdy fabrics Built to last and to keep their shape Opposite and elastine No mercy on passing time Oh Gabriel won´t […]

Recoding a new album Rust – the best cosmic boogie for you

Recorded a new album Rust 25.8.2023 Sunday 3.9.2023  We plan a new album Rust. Songs are written in New York July 2023. From recording session 25.8.2023 exists film material. Ninel Smaragda and Atomic Waldemar improvise sensitively and follow carefully the pulse and the song harmonies, some of them are the first or second takes from […]

Vicarage of Brink and Kaustinen folk music festival 2023

13.7.2023 way to Kaustinen folkmusic festival 2023 Little bit dangerous house we are staying near city Kokkola, an old vicarage. Are you staying another night too? Pay in cash only. Found a book by Mary Stewart on her favorite subject, the witty and very active chick, who finds herself in all kinds of tricky situations. […]

Momwow new digital release in bandcamp

Momwow out today…. 16.6.2023 releases This album contains two songs: A-side Momwow and B-side Amazonas, Momwow is improvised music without any editing. Amazononas has added guitar track and added drum track. …momwow…momwow… sweet caress of eternal gaia breathe – breathe the sweet air. Tattooed tribes of the jungle living off the land. Waterfall – bursting […]

Karitsa new film project

Documentary of work in process   Karitsa is documentary, experimental film about the working process of a new composition called Karitsa. Karitsa means a young lamb and lyrics are connected to biblical passion play, but they are not under any particular religion. This film is the first recording and improvisations of a new magnum opus […]

Visit to old Castle in Raasepori

Visit to Castle of Raasepori 19.5.2023 Ninel Smaragda 20.5.2023 Visited the castle of Raasepori We visited in castle of Raasepori, the old castle from 1300s. We filmed and recorded Songbird; still working on New York material, completing Vol. 5 called Don’t block the sidewalk. Otherwise we get ready for some gigs we have on coming […]

Pim & Pom Take New York – Festivals and recording sessions

Pim & Pom Take New York Album (out 17.8.2023) belongs to series New York: an observation. Lyrics are written during visit to New York 17-26.3.2023. Songs are recoded in Helsinki, Finland April 2023 and the publishing day is part of Night of Arts 17.8.2023. The composer Tomi Christiansson tells: ”Hundreds of songs later still trying […]

Greenwich VIllage – legends and museums

Greenwich Village 16.4.2023 We publish soon music videos for LP New York: an observation vol.1, as well as add some of them to filmfreeway projects. And the  composing process is going on for the rest of the material what created during visit.    Lyrics: https://freetoursbyfoot.com/bob-dylan-greenwich-village-tour/ Greenwich Village , how they turned you into a museum tourist […]

New York visits and New Genre Baby is forming

Bettie Square, Brooklyn Bettie Square First Visit to New York 5-17.3.2023 It was nice beautiful cold spring morning when we the first day  walked from Brooklyn Oceanhill Brownsville to Manhattan. The metro get familiar too, when we  get back often in the evenings to Cassandra´s private room hostel. Many songs started to form and every […]

Dream House – La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela

In search for Dream House, that neverending chain. Streets around every cornes, easy to find. Church street proved to be much harder to locate. Manhattan seemed such a maze heavy on the soles of the shoes. Infinite stroll, following the call, call of eternal soundwaves in & out the days thru´weeks thru months thru years.  […]

Orange ember – new album

Orange Ember or Rust – new album recordings 19.11.2023 Matilda Mother band Who were those daughters in their white collared shirts all three of them appearing in doorways and rooms always at different times like three sides of a same vision sisters to another sent to their cabins by the commander yet always returning one […]