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Nicklas Sørensen

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Library assistant (for too many years), but mainly a guitar player I guess. Solo music here: https://nicklassorensen.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-5 Band music here: https://papir.bandcamp.com/album/7

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 15h

I should have been less impulsive and had my old Kenwood fixed...oh well, grateful I don't have bigger problems in my life at the moment.

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 15h

Maybe I'll get used to it. Also considering just playing CDs on the Sony DVD player I have - the sound aesthetic seems somehow closer to the smooth lo-fi. But it's still confusing.

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 15h

So I bought this new NAD CD player & although it's not that expensive, my CDs sound almost too good now compared to my old cheap Kenwood from the late-90s.I'm not a gear head or hi-fi person, but I guess I somehow prefer very cheap sound on my stereo? I don't know,maybe it's an illusion.Feels weird.

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 19h

Some of it sounds almost ahead of it's time like some weird Gen Z math-rock played on two guitars, but it's really listenable and reminds me of the legacy of prog-rock too. Great stuff.

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 19h

these guitar explorations the two of them manage to unfold together are nothing short of amazing. Harmonically rich, rhythmically complex and solo-wise on the top.

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 19h

being in the same league as Fripp when it comes to exploring and experimenting in a masterful way. But somehow I think that Summers, while maybe not on the exact same level as Fripp, is still kind of underrated (yes, I was a Police fan when I was younger) and

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 19h

Evening listening. Andy Summers and Robert Fripp - "The Complete Recordings 1981-1984". Most people will probably agree that Robert Fripp is kind of a virtuoso and an inventor of guitar sounds and styles. Fewer will probably instantly think of Andy Summers as

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 2d

Ha, awesome. I'm actually on disc 2 now. Immersive and mesmerizing stuff as expected.

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 2d

Got a new temporary CD-player and a day off = perfect occasion for diving into the new triple CD from The Necks. 3 hours...see you on the other side.

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 3d

Monday impro, I don't know

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 4d

Starting this apparently beautiful Sunday in October with wonderfully spacious, minimal and deep breathing music by Juho Toivonen @paatoimitus.bsky.social.

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 4d

To some extent I would have had the discipline to study, but for some reason I always lacked the discipline of keeping focus.

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 4d

There are probably some academic or spiritual discourses in this area that could have helped me get an understanding of all this, so I would not have to get lost in my own speculations again and again.

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 4d

It's also a paradox of having become pretty good at picking records+what to listen to based on what I feel on a given day. But at the same time that seems like a trap - like I don't want music's quality reduced to only what I feel like hearing, that seems contractionary to expanding one's horizon.

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 4d

I guess the exercise I am trying to get closer to, is to not think it's either/or. But there is a discipline to keep that open perspective that is sometimes difficult to practice and yes it's a priority cause time is valuable and life is not endless.

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 4d

Well, that's pretty much spot on what I'm thinking about...cause weird thing is, that although I think you might very well be right about that, that is at the same time, what I am afraid of - being able to distinguish things less.

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 4d

Right. I'm probably much the same. It's merely a feeling or reflection I sometimes stumble upon I guess...of being immersed in the search or a memory of once being able to distinguish things more. Don't know, it's hard to explain. Could also be a sign of insecurity from me and might not be important

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 5d

Seems like minimalist drone music is still the cool shit in some circles. I generally try to not go for the cool nor the uncool, just try to follow my intuition & go for sound & music itself. Here is Charles Curtis,Dean Roberts & Alan Licht playing minimalist droney music live in 1999. Pretty good.

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 6d

Zoning out to this great LP by Grouper & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. A record I have not heard that much, which is a mistake, cause some of the pieces are really good.

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 7d

For some reason I was never really a huge Lou Reed-fan. Not that I think his music was bad,just never felt the urge to really hang with it.This ambient album he did I really like though. Pretty sure it doesn't sound like anything else he ever made. Very tranquil, minimal & spacious meditation music.

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 7d

So it seems like my CD player is not working. Which is a shame, cause I expect the new Necks triple CD to arrive in the mail one of the days. Anyway, I can't really complain, cause there is loads of music on other formats in this apartment of mine. Now listening to this great tape.

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Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 8d

Sometimes you feel sad, grateful, a bit lost & close to the fragile part of yourself all at the same time. I don't know if Loren Connors' music has anything to do with that,but it does embody a certain spectrum of emotions & beauty. Could be a healing beauty, but first of all it's human sensibility.

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 9d

Just one record before I head to work. Steve Gunn's "Music for Writers" is among my favorite records from this year. Perfect early morning music.

Nicklas Sørensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social · 9d

New Steve Tibbetts album coming out in November. Well, that's pretty exciting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycRv...

Everywhere, Pt. 4

YouTube video by Steve Tibbetts - Topic