Author Archives: Djll

Recently, the poetry that swirls around chaotic processes has infiltrated my thoughts, given rise to new ideas and connectivities. The instruments I use, based around Rob Hordijk‘s rungler circuit, function via the double-well principle (sometimes called “strange attractors”); they settle … Continue reading →

Having recovered from a demanding/rewarding Europe trip that filled all of May and June 2023, I spent July and August recording and learning some new gear, not always in that order. Some of the results can be heard on the … Continue reading →

Five years ago saw the Other Minds release of TOM DJLL: SERGE WORKS, (Here on Bandcamp) an overview of improvised and composed electronic music I did in the 1980s, using the Serge Modular Music System. Usually, trumpet was involved. The … Continue reading →

I didn’t take this to Europe… Didn’t take all this Eurorack or Bugbrand stuff, either: And I left the VCS3 with my friend Clarke for safekeeping. Here’s the rig I toured Europe with. Vienna, Czech Republic (and Slovakia), Germany, Sweden, … Continue reading →

Greetings from Central Europe! Blogging from Vienna, where I kick off a nine-week tour taking its course from Vienna to Prague, around the Czech Republic, thence to Germany with three weeks in Berlin, up to Scandinavia and the Baltics. Started … Continue reading →

I have found myself saying, too often in the past three years: “There’s no new normal.” And here we are. My life somehow continues in the wake of many personal losses over the last few years, most significant being my … Continue reading →

Who knew year numbers could get so big? Yet here we are, even surpassing the rare OCTADIGIT PALINDROME date of 02/02/2020. (Not to mention Groundhog Day/Superbowl Sunday Octadigit Palindrome Day.) The year previous was memorable for lots of good reasons. … Continue reading →

A slight retrospective. I’m kind of overdue for a check-in here. Even if nobody reads this, I need it to reflect and remember an especially momentous year in my musical sojourn; this last month — and a year ago in November … Continue reading →