Ended the weekend and welcomed the week after a swim with Mirror Ensemble by Brett Naucke, released on American Dreams Records in 2021.

...Naucke utilized scenes from Andrei Tarkovsky’s foundational 1975 film The Mirror as a signpost for mood and atmosphere. It paid off - Mirror Ensemble is bold and beautiful, demonstrating the peak possibilities of focused creation and trust in those closest to you.

Mirror Ensemble is Naucke at his compositional and conceptual best. It’s a synthesizer record, an orchestral record, and in some ways even a soundtrack. While not quite indie rock, it’s a fierce burst into new territory, and with Naucke’s adventurous, ambitious writing and recording, there’s no telling where his attention will turn next.

https://brettnaucke.bandcamp.com/album/mirror-ensemble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDA_MxxxOqA&list=RDGDA_MxxxOqA&start_radio=1

#BrettNaucke #NatalieChami #ambient #viola #WhitneyJohnson #Modularsynthesizer #AmericanDreamsRecords #Tarkovsky

Vines by Damiana, released on Hausu Mountain in 2021

"Natalie Chami and Whitney Johnson perform as a duo under the name Damiana. Both artists have built their own catalogs as multi-instrumentalist improvisers and composers in the Chicago experimental music scene, exploring the intersections between ambient, electro-acoustic improv, and more legible songcraft based around their voices and their work with synths and electronics -- all filtered through their backgrounds in classical performance and education..."

https://hausumountain.bandcamp.com/album/vines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b84LWwmbWR8&list=RDb84LWwmbWR8&start_radio=1

#Damiana #NatalieChami #ambient #WhitneyJohnson #HausuMountain #ChicagoMusic

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #PacificNotions

Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart:
🎵 Stone Piece 1

#WhitneyJohnson #LiaKohl #MacieStewart

Whitney Johnson "Vari" (Official Music Video) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2omyTSJ6LXo “#WhitneyJohnson #Matchess #DragCity” #YouTube

We ALL can learn from the Japanese example set at the World Cup:

“Sometimes we struggle to articulate our values. And yet, if we observe what others do, at least some of what they value becomes brilliantly obvious...”

Continued in comments below.

Thank you, Whitney Johnson 🙏❤️.

#japan #WorldCup #WhitneyJohnson

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11464741/Japan-players-leave-dressing-room-spotless-World-Cup-win-Germany.html