Petervan’s Delicacies – 14 Dec 2023

Delicacies is back! It is my incoherent, irregular, unpredictable collection of interesting sparks that I came across on the internet. Handpicked by a human, no robots, no AI. There is no fixed frequency for Delicacies: when there is enough material, I hit the publish button. That can be after a week, of after 3 months. No pressure, literally. Enjoy!

Here, on my blog, I only share a couple of links. Sort of a teaser. If you can’t get enough of these and want more, you can hang on to the firehose, the extended version of Petervan’s Delicacies on Substack with loads of videos and visual sparks. Subscribe on the Substack Welcome Page.

Petervan Delicacies started as a Revue publication beging 2015. Revue was shut down end 2022 as part of Twitter’s larger feature overhaul since Elon Musk’s acquisition. By that time the counter was at 164 Delicacies issues. 

Petervan’s Ride – November 2023

Petervan’s Musical Ride November 2023 – 70+ songs, 95% new releases. Discovery in the past: Rhythm & Sound Remixes. Discovery in the now: A Grisaille Wedding by Rainy Miller & Co > Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy! 

Petervan’s Ride – October 2023

Petervan’s Musical Ride October 2023 – 60+ songs, 95% new releases. New work from Voice Actor, Susanne Ciani, The Guru Guru. Oldies from The Pebbles, PJ Harvey, B52s > Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy!

Petervan’s Ride – September 2023

Petervan’s Musical Ride September 2023 – huge list of 100+ songs, 95% new releases. Excellent new work from Roisin Murphy, James Blake, JAZZ BREAK, and some oldies from Fleetwood Mac (live!), The Meters, Roxy Music, and more > Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy!

Something has dissipated

A soundscape-poetry collaborative experiment.

Inspired by Audrey Carmes’ album “Quelque chose s’est dissipé”, this project will invite people from all genders, races, religions, and countries to voice over the poem “Be Free, like Birds in the Sky” in different languages over a soundscape composed by Petervan.

I could do this with computer-generated translations and text-to-voice apps. Here are some examples

In French:

In (Brazilian) Portuguese:

In German:

However, these computer-assisted approaches miss the rhythm, pauses, and slowness of the poem. It also limits me in what I can do with it in Ableton/Logic Pro or combine it with custom-made soundscapes.

An example of an “in the mix” experiment:

Therefore, I would like to invite real humans to translate the original poem with Google Translate, correct it as needed to keep the poem’s spirit, record the poem with their smartphone, and send me the MP3. I will take care of the rest.

If interested, contact me via the contact tab of this website.

Petervan’s Ride – August 2023

Petervan’s Musical Ride August 2023 – 50 songs, 95% new releases. Some oldies from Burial, Joey Beltram, and De Staat > Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy!