SWEET SALVATION

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds

J Robert Oppenheimer

S W E E T  S A L V A T I O N

volume up . 720p

optimized for night vision

a remix of a remix

it's nuclear cartoons

I just ran w/it

a jim lamarche remix

from the album ONE LIFE

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8

source music w/sid acharya

https://sidacharya.com/

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

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/

 see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/jimlamarche-templeredux/

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

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MONDAY MORNING

Nature doesn’t keep time - it’s random; 

there is NO predicting which way any of this goes.

My second week at Spearmint, late Aug/92.

My 36th birthday a month away. 

Alone (day 5), sun and clouds, mostly clouds but clearing.

Cool temps and VERY windy/coffee; maybe 12C thinking.

 Weather fuck. Coat. I mean, it's frikkin' August man!

Grey, rain - since my arrival (my first semi-clear day).

M O N D A Y  M O R N I N G
volume up/1080p

 

I decided to walk out into the woods w/my recording gear mid morning guessing.

I didn’t have a watch and wasn’t sure - maybe 10? 

My first real test of this expensive rental.

A portable Sony digital recorder and a brand new Calrec Ambisonic mic

from the friendly folks at Vistek on Queen E. in Toronto.

Setting up to capture the wind in the trees; battery? check.

Something musical here. Decent headphones - cool.

Recording and listening. Nice. Wow.

Sitting and leaning back against a tree pondering;

 most of the world is at work right now, approaching lunch 

in the office or the shop, dealing w/stress (office politics), 

thinking about what they’ll have for dinner.

What shows they’re going to watch on TV tonight - the state of their relationships;

and I’m here in the middle of nowhere - looking straight up and absorbing everything …

Returning to the tent studio that afternoon and adding this in about an hour. 

Listening to the wind and extending it … a new mix

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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

optimized for night vision

composed & performed by jim lamarche

from the album SPEARMINT LAKE

assembled in logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland U220, S550 & System 8 synthesizer/samplers

this music clip was made possible by:

Toronto Arts Council

https://torontoartscouncil.org/home

Ontario Arts Council

https://www.arts.on.ca/

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

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/

Spearmint Lake w/John Theriault - August 1992

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PENDULUM - from the album spearmint lake

in June 1992

I received a grant to visit a fly in lake

50 km northeast of Chapleau Ontario

for 3 weeks

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

P E N D U L U M
volume up/1080p

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

https://torontoartscouncil.org/home

Ontario Arts Council

https://www.arts.on.ca/

N O R T H  W I N D

spearmint lake

volume up/1080p

paintings by Tom Thomson

animation by Tim Clement

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

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/

Spearmint Lake w/John Theriault - August 1992

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RUN 24

when all I wanna do is run

when all that's left is said

and done

R U N

volume up . 1080p

optimized for night vision

a jim lamarche remix

from the album TEMPLE REDUX

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8

composed & performed by

fede garcía & jim lamarche

 

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/

see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/jimlamarche-templeredux/

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

a raglan manor production

march '24

special thanks to GRADO LABS in Brooklyn NY

for understanding how headphones

should be made

https://gradolabs.com/

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I REMEMBER HER

so surreal

like it's a continuation

I   R E M E M B E R  H E R

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

https://olegbyonic.bandcamp.com

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/

see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/jimlamarche-templeredux/

I   R E M E M B E R  H E R

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

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

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NORTH WIND

take everything as it
comes; the wave passes

deal with the next one

Tom Thomson

N O R T H  W I N D

volume up . 1080p

music composed & performed by jim lamarche

flute by jody terio at amber studios

queen west, toronto, 1984

from the album SPEARMINT LAKE

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

raglan manor, woodstock

paintings by tom thomson
https://thegroupofseven.ca/tom-thomson/

animation: tim clément

https://www.timclementmusic.com/

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/

see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/jimlamarche-templeredux/

N O R T H  W I N D

volume up . 1080p

a raglan manor/painted wings production 

march 2024

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

special thanks to GRADO LABS in Brooklyn NY

for understanding how headphones

should be made

https://gradolabs.com/

jimlamarche.ca

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