Thursday, 28 August 2025

THE BIG ONE 25




american exceptionalism is the belief that the United States 
is unique, distinctive, and inherently superior to other nations 
due to its particular origins, political ideology, 
and historical development




THE BIG ONE 25
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optimized for night vision
it's a remix of a remix

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

featuring the Roland System 8




source music w/tony anderson


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 >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/threelives/

read more of Jim's blog posts here 



see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>



























THE BIG ONE 25
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Sunday, 17 August 2025

MUZIK FOR THE APOCALYPSE 25




Songs remain - they last.
A song can last long after the events 
and the people in it are dust 
and dreams are gone. 

Neil Gaiman




MUZIK FOR THE APOCALYPSE 25
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optimized for night vision
it's a remix of a remix

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

featuring the Roland System 8




source music w/sid acharya


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 >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/threelives/

read more of Jim's blog posts here 



see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>





































for pansy









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Tuesday, 12 August 2025

REAKTION - the red wedding




THE RED WEDDING
just a silly random flash


you are blood rushing down a mountain
spirit of hate - greed and anger - anguish 
dominator of heaven and earth - a tempestuous trickster

tormenting torturing twisted teasing














you are my triumphant trauma - triangulated & tempered
castrated constructed contaminated contained

you are omnipotence omnipresent - radiation in remission
brighter than the brightest star - forever famous favoured
the mystery and imagination defies the dystopian distemper 
trembling - tender - tenacious - troubled - tempted
self absorbed - absent

metastasis metaphoric - a familiar framed fornication
beautified botox broken bereavement behaviour bad
and that when necessary will act decisively - disciplined
determined disciple - destined - driven

the dark dementia is a return to remorse & resistance
an alignment in faith - forthcoming and fermented fiscal
fickle and frail BUT formula free fracking

fashion

in a red wedding - an unfortunate uniform
where vows violate and terms terminate

drill baby drill


killing him, was just an idea
just a silly random flash






the red wedding

R E A K T I O N

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this is in no way
a suggested course of action
against those who obviously
want more than we do
and that in an ever so earnest 
righteous entitlement

shall they just take it




optimized for night vision



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

featuring the roland system 8



source music w/johannes hedberg & daniel vadestrid


















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 >>>





















the red wedding

R E A K T I O N

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a raglan manor production '25
august 2025




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Thursday, 31 July 2025

DARK WORLD 25





you don’t win wars by dying for your country 
you win by making the other guy die for his

General George Patton




D A R K  W O R L D  2 5

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dedicated to the 55 million civilian casualties
who perished during world war 2



optimized for night vision



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


featuring the roland S-770 digital sampler
roland jupiter 8 synthesizer
& the roland U-220 analog synthesizer


created with Intelligent Music, Jam Factory software









music composed & performed by jim lamarche
at spiral studio, toronto
january 1989





mastered by andy condon
at acoustical symmetry/soundfield, toronto
october 1991



Inspired by the documentary series
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin
National Geographic



















see the NIGHT PARACHUTING  album/page here >>>



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 >>>























D A R K  W O R L D  2 5
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a raglan manor production '25
AUGUST 2025




read more of Jim's blog posts here 













THE STORY OF DARK WORLD
walnut street, toronto, 1991

 
in a state of transition, I started a new phase of my journey
after being dropped by my record label A&M Records
in 1986, married, a new Dad and a drive to keep writing & recording
more obsessed than ever - self consumed
the tortured artist yawn

the very cool thing about being signed to a record company
in the early 80's is that they gave you these large cheques
called 'advances' for you to make a record for them

I spent half of it on gear and built a home studio in toronto. 
Rhythmic frameworks mostly using my Apple Mac Plus computer
take them to the studio and track, add live instruments/voices 
then mix in the larger format (proper studio)

without a label, there was no phase 2, no large format
I was confined to my smaller laboratory to record and mix
and it was less than perfect

in 1988 I started experimenting with Intelligent Music software 
which randomized MIDI events - metric music - a retro AI for music
much like taking coloured confetti and throwing it up
watching it fall and seeing patterns
on the floor - editing/reorganizing a bit
then importing the MIDI file into Performer
a more traditional music sequencer
IM was way cool w/rhythms I found
requiring aptitudes of patience & change


97% of my time doing that was junk/garbage BUT
3% of the time? OK what do we have here?
this is one of them - a seed that expanded
started in intelligent music - jam factory
and finished at spiral studio - walnut ave., toronto
the opening track on night parachuting '91


fast forward 35 years

a few days ago I finished the National Geographic documentary series
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin
pulled out Night Parachuting and listened to Dark World
for the first time in many years - a mood thing for me - pulled to that

remixing - fun















for Andy

Andrew Condon
Dec. 1954 - Nov. 2016



















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Thursday, 24 July 2025

LOON SONG





in the cry of the loon 
we hear the music of the soul
a song of longing reflection 
in a timeless triangle



L O O N  S O N G

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READ
'THE STORY OF LOON SONG & ANDY CONDON'

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summers shimmer 
in northern ontario 






optimized for night vision



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

featuring the roland S-770 digital sampler
roland jupiter 8 synthesizer
& the roland U-220 analog synthesizer



music composed & performed by jim lamarche
at spiral studio, toronto
august 1987




mastered by andy condon
at acoustical symmetry/soundfield, toronto
october 1991

















see the NIGHT PARACHUTING  album/page here >>>



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 >>>























L O O N  S O N G
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a raglan manor production '25
JULY 2025




read more of Jim's blog posts here 



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THE STORY OF LOON SONG & ANDY CONDON
london/toronto


Andy and I went to Fanshawe College together in 1976/77
Creative Electronics became Music Industry Arts that year
a brief window of opportunity

I can maybe count a handful of people (outside family)
who I can say I've 'loved' unconditionally
Andy was one of them for me - so musical
and an elevated grasp of physics/acoustics
Super smart guy - the antithesis of 'cool'
but an enigma nonetheless

Great ear. He loved Night Parachuting
and wanted to master it at Soundfield, Toronto
as a gesture of our friendship
for free

We played in 2 bands together in school earlier on
tall, lanky/thin, quiet/reserved - dirty brown hair to his waist
personal hygiene was sketchy and he had a creepy laugh
like he already knew what you were thinking before you were

Andy was a functional drummer; kept good time/nothing frilly 
and brilliant on so many levels - sneaky, inspiring
funny

Becoming a gifted acoustician/audio mastering engineer
and facility designer post grad, having designed sound/acoustical
at several renowned concert venues - collaborations/participations
including Roy Thompson Hall, Wintergarden Theatre & Danforth Music Hall
Health issues kicking in early. Andy spent the last 7 years of his life
bed ridden - the potential still staggers me


I have some very fond memories of a friend
I will never forget.














for Andy

Andrew Condon
Dec. 1954 - Nov. 2016




















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