priryo @priryo@linernotes.club

This is an archipelago.

It's not one place but a series of islands of differing sizes and closeness. You've landed on the shores of one of them that you like and set up camp. You can always hear what your neighbours are talking about and you get parcels full of the messages sent out from neighbouring islands.

If it seems too quiet, you can venture out to look at some of the other islands. They each have their own unique culture. Some speak languages you don't understand; some speak your language but use it in ways you don't understand, yet. Some places they seem to talk of only machines, or politics, or music. In others they make art for their neighbours to enjoy. Some are ruled over by a laird, others are democracies. All islands display their rules clearly; most enforce them justly.

You're not tied to the island you're currently on. You could set up a home on another island, many other islands if you please. Perhaps here you will write poems, while over the horizon you will learn how to repair a broken computer. Argue vigourously on one island, return to another to enjoy the views of your neighbours' gardens.

All these places are accessible to you. You can befriend people on any island and receive visitors or not, as you choose.

This is our achipelago. It is Free and you are welcome.

Rachel Grimes's new project The Way Forth looks interesting:
http://www.rachelgrimespiano.com/the-way-forth/
"From the Wilderness Trace to the battlefield, from a dastardly land deal to building a fort, from indentured servitude to the meadowlands, from a one room schoolhouse to the university, from birth to love to rape to murder, and back around to a ham breakfast with a patriotic parade: What did these women see and feel? What was in their hearts and dreams? Inspired by a treasure trove of family photos, documents, and letters, The Way Forth is a folk opera and film that weaves through voices of generations of Kentucky women from 1775 to today."
#piano #folk ##opera

And those singles were released on Stereolab's Duophonic label which means I associate (time & soundwise) them with this sideproject featuring Laetitia Sadier. 2 and a half minutes of pop beauty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOBVWcMmJzo

The band Dymaxion that i mentioned a couple of days ago don't seem to have much on Youtube. This one is closest to the singles I have, though slower and less punchy than I remember.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq-C7Eye8Ew

Oh, and this one puts me in mind of Yummy Fur crossed with [band name I can't remember began with D, isn't dianetics, has something to do with Buckminster Fuller no I will not go crate digging to find out no I won't).
Bamya "Jolly LIttle Rococo Death March"
https://glarc.bandcamp.com/album/jolly-little-rococo-death-march

Oh no, I just discovered a cassette label from the west coast and I'm really liking what I hear. This could be expensive. (Thanks @douginamug !)

Greater Lanarkshire Auricalualr Resrach Council, http://glarc.net/

Ecco, "Wet Courage"
https://glarc.bandcamp.com/album/wet-courage
This is tagged "experimental" but definitely at the approachable, off-kilter pop end of that.