Saturday 29 July 2023

AURORA 24



in June 1993
I received a grant to visit a fly in lake
50 km northeast of Chapleau Ontario

In August I arrived w/a whack of gear
and a rather loose agenda - my mission
to write & record an album of music

It was a blast









recommended listening: volume up, 
good headphones after dark - it's a long-throw 
and all very slow





spearmint lake
30 year anniversary edition
1993 - 2023






A U R O R A  2 4
volume up/1080p

37 faces, 37 gravestones














fast forward

my third remix of Aurora now in 2024
dreaming of Norway this time
and what it would
be like


here at night
in northern Ontario
something happens in late August,
early September that can't be described
sleeping under it can be dangerous

but life changing










optimized for night vision




composed & performed by jim lamarche
from the album SPEARMINT LAKE
assembled in logic audio & final cut
featuring the roland system 8


this music clip was made possible by:

Toronto Arts Council
Ontario Arts Council







F R O G S
spearmint lake

volume up/1080p











read more of Jim's blog posts here 

see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/




see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/twolives/






see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>







    A U R O R A  2 4
volume up/1080p
































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Wednesday 26 July 2023

DEAD END



if everything seems under control
you're not going fast enough

mario andretti
 


D E A D  E N D
sound up, 720p
blast it!







optimized for night vision


a jim lamarche remix
from the album ONE LIFE
assembled in photoshop, logic audio and final cut

featuring the Roland System 8


source music: théo zouzou (øfdream)



visual: crystal spotlight
from dance of the dead - HEX















visit ONE LIFE - the page
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/

  read more of Jim's blog posts here 

LISTEN TO ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE



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ALICE 24





if I had a world of my own
everything else would be nonsense
 



A L I C E  2 4
volume up . 1080p

music composed & performed
by jim lamarche

















optimized for night vision

a jim lamarche remix
from the album NIGHT PARACHUTING
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland Jupiter 8
Roland U220 synthesizer &
Roland S550 sampler


alice in wonderland
1951 - Walt Disney Pictures


















ALICE 24
backstory

in 1994 (pre internet), I was hired to compose music
for a CD ROM for Alice in Wonderland
by a production company in the Netherlands
co-ordinated through a GTA producer

Toronto advertising media wunderkind 
David Buder brought me on to do the soundtrack
having just released my 3rd album
night parachuting

I had some experience doing kid's music
for my wife then, Jody Terio
who had a children's theatre company
called Little Red Theatre
and a home studio now in north Parkdale to create it
setting up to finish Alice that summer
surrounded by gear
and storyboards

30 years later, pulling it out
dusting it off - tossing in some vintage Disney
some AI, a new remix here and shazam

it's unfortunate that CD ROMS
(entertainment/gaming/information)
never took off and the project
fizzled upon release as the format
quickly disappeared from the market

computer programs continued to sell
on discs until around 2003
before the CD ROM became extinct

that said, it was a whole lot of fun
doing it


















see/hear NIGHT PARACHUTING here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/nightparachuting/





see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/


see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>



see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>





read more of Jim's blog posts here 










A L I C E  2 4
volume up . 1080p




a raglan manor production '24
january 2024




Roland Canada





special thanks to GRADO LABS in Brooklyn NY
for understanding how headphones
should be made
























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Thursday 20 July 2023

DAUGHTER: LANDFILL 23












It's a long story



“A missing girl is missing only to those who notice.”






for Tori




PART ONE
DAUGHTER: LANDFILL 23
volume up . 1080p











optimized for night vision
not suggesting


a jim lamarche remix
from the album ONE LIFE
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8




source music w/Grandyzer






a Random File Production










see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>
see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/





PART TWO
PANSY & ME












more below


there definitely IS something to be said 
for having long periods of time to think
about whatever you want
to think about

and solitude is all about
appreciating just that,
the uninterrupted
service

that said?
loneliness is a curse





more posts here (scroll down) 








jimlamarche.ca




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Wednesday 19 July 2023

I REMEMBER



shifting gears here
into November?
moving things around
always looking for
the perfect fit

ok it's a blast 

thanks for watching & listening
confessing - this is all for the girls

a recent sampling from the albums
one life, two lives & three lives












I   R E M E M B E R 

so tiny, my baby minnie girl
a short remembrance
of fatherdom
in 1986


thinking before and after
on this one - I'm 67
and just realizing

my daughter and my mother
are basically one in the same
only in my processing of that
have I become totally
insane



volume up . 1080p















optimized for night vision

a jim lamarche remix
from the album THREE LIVES
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8


source music w/oleg byonic





she kinda came 
then went away


















see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/


see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>



see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>












listen to the youtube album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE
(play all)


read more of Jim's blog posts here 



a raglan manor production '23
















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