SPRING NEWS:
Following Soisong's strategy for making musical adventures both difficult
and special, the day of Vernal Equinox 2023 [Monday March 20th] launches a new
COH album, titled SOL. Unlike with most other publications, the release will
extend in time like a series: every three months, a new piece for the album will
be published digitally on the days of specific astronomical events:
Vernal Equinox - 20.03.2023 22:24 CET
Summer Solstice - 21.06.2023 16:57 CET
Autumnal Equinox - 23.09.2023 8:49 CET
Winter Solstice - 22.12.2023 4:27 CET
Despite references to the nearest bright star, SOL is a fairly sombre meditative
contemplation on the Sun's dark spots, the areas of substantially increased
levels of magnetic activity. In poetic terms, sunspots can be seen as
symbolising the invisible, hidden power of the dark. The sound imagery of the
album leans towards the aesthetics of far-distance telescope observations and
interstellar signal travel, oscillating somewhere between MUSIC VOL and Soisong
Broadcasts.
More information at: http://post-pop.org/sol
>< format:
In attempt to avoid the collapsing banking system of the old world, the release
is crowdfunded with help of Solana blockchain. The music tracks are going to be
published/dropped as Solana NFTs [pardon the modern vocabulary], each drop
limited to 44 copies. In January 2024, a hand-made CD edition correspondingly
limited to 44 copies will ship at no cost to the owners of all four digital
tracks.The NFT outlet is kindly provided by a group of music enthusiasts from
NYC running what can be called a "blockchain record label" at:
https://ninaprotocol.com
>< how to participate:
Connect to the Nina Protocol website with a Solana crypto wallet, for example
Phantom Wallet [http://phantom.app]. Phantom browser plug-in is quick to set up,
and once topped up with SOL currency, the online shopping is akin to PayPal.
Shipping address will need to be provided during the first purchase.
>< pricing:
0.555 SOL per track [between 10-11 euros at the current rate], with the
resulting album price of 40-44 euro, including shipping of the CD in the end of
the digital adventure.
Wishing courage and luck to those interested and ready to support.
555
IO SOL! IO SOL!
//soijin02