"Sustain"

 "Sustain"

two twin pieces, featuring the same track of mine - based on the use of the 'sustain' pedal - matching two different tracks from other artists

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released July 28, 2025

music by
Marco Lucchi : synthesizers and found sounds
and
Stan Magendanz : synthesizers
itwasthewires : synthesizers

"The Book of Dreams"

"The Book of Dreams" 

Henrik Meierkord is a Swedish artist based in Stockholm. His main instrument is the cello, although his work often incorporates viola, double bass, guitar and subtle electronic elements too. His sound blends the emotional pull of classical music with the meditative depth of Ambient and Henrik’s intuitive creative process draws inspiration from film scores, minimalist composers like Pärt or Ligeti, and Ambient pioneers such as Popol Vuh and Biosphere.

Italian composer Marco Lucchi from Modena brings plenty of experience to this collaboration, having been active in experimental and Ambient music since the late 1980s. A former music teacher and scholar, Marco's approach is grounded in kosmische music, minimalism and Ambient styles. In this album, he joins Henrik in a continuation of their longstanding creative dialogue. Swedish flautist and producer Pawel Kobak adds a third strand to this project, layering processed flute textures into some of Henrik and Marco’s evolving pieces.

The Book of Dreams explores themes of sleep and dreams. What began as a collaborative piece for the Sleeplaboratory5.0 compilation grew into a fully realised collaboration. Henrik and Marco exchanged ideas from across the borders, building lush, drifting pieces through a process of inspiration and response. Pawel's flute recordings, gently pitched, time-stretched, and transformed, were later woven into the fabric of this album. The result is an album that lives between the conscious and the unconscious, where layered strings, gentle drones, and evolving Ambient passages unfold slowly like distant memories.

Themes of restlessness and retreat run throughout the album, echoing the growing tension many of us can feel in modern life. It acts as both an ode and antidote to sleeplessness, intended not just for passive listening but as a contemplative aid. Whether heard during late-night solitude or the quiet morning hours, The Book of Dreams offers a space to wander, drift, and dissolve into stillness. 

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released June 21, 2025

Written and produced by Henrik Meierkord, Marco Lucchi & Pawel Kobak
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Artwork by Nkl
Art and design by Andrew Heath

Track credits:
Henrik Meierkord & Marco Lucchi on 1, 2, 4, 7
Henrik Meierkord & Pawel Kobak on 3, 5, 6
Henrik Meierkord, Marco Lucchi & Pawel Kobak on 8             

Sakura 桜 "April is the cruellest month"

Sakura 桜 "April is the cruellest month" 

A harmonium drone was put under the bass clarinet's impro. Percussions, synthesizers and strings were added later.

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saluting April

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released April 29, 2025

music by

Marco Lucchi : harmonium and synthesizers
Paul Mimlitsch : bass clarinet
Wilhelm Matthies : percussions and strings
Henrik Meierkord : cello, double bass and violin

"a soliloquy (and some conversations)"

"a soliloquy (and some conversations)" 

a collective work based on a track by Marco Lucchi

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"In terms of Bachtin's theory of dialogism, it's a form of speaking on the open stage - or in the silent book - that is allegedly private but eversaid already, turned inside out, divulged to the audience, the reader, the listener. While the speakers seems to be airing subjective thoughts, it is actually telling us their inner truth or inner quandary. Inner quandary sounded out loud inside our collective individual skulls."

Jeff Gburek

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released April 4, 2025

soliloquy by Marco Lucchi

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conversations with
Wilfried Hanrath
Jeff Gburek
Pete Swinton
Mean Flow
Jacques Lemaire
progettosonoro
Henrik Meierkord
Steven Leak
Ángel L. Martínez
Pawel Kobak
anon8924
Michael Grunditz
Puppy Bordiga
Ostacoli Sonori
Rocco Saviano
Vince Sangiorgio
Estetiche dell'Alienazione
philippe neau
Ilaria Boffa

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a project by Marco Lucchi

"Three studies for electric organ and tape [Spring has sprung] + variations"

"Three studies for electric organ and tape [Spring has sprung] + variations" 

three studies - and five variations - celebrating the springing of Spring

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Mars déchire l'ombre glacée,
Sème des notes dans le ciel,
Les bourgeons brisent leur passé,
Fleuves de sève en ritournelle.

Chaque rameau, un poing levé,
Chaque ruisseau, un chant de guerre,
Et sous la mousse réveillée,
Bat le tambour d'une lumière.

Oh, que la lutte soit musique,
Qu’elle éclate en mille éclairs,
Car tout combat devient lyrique
Quand il est cri d'un monde fier.

Jacques Lemaire

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released March 25, 2025

music by
Marco Lucchi : electric organ, synthesizers and tape

with contributions from
Night Note : synthesizers
Mean Flow : synthesizers
Jacques Lemaire : synthesizers
M.Nomized : synthesizers

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ὀμφαλός

ὀμφαλός  

Marco Lucchi : electric organ and electronic drums

playing with

"Love's consequences" by Enten Hitti
(from the album "La Via Lattea"

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released March 10, 2025
music by Enten Hitti and Marco Lucchi             

"koan"

"koan" 

two small sonic meditations

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"Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.
Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.
The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"
"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"

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released February 25, 2025

music by

Todd Barton : shakuhachi
Marco Lucchi : synthesizers