Aural Films presents "Fog Music." A series of recordings inspired by the weather condition known as fog. Light and dark, wet and dry, this invasive event is a great source of inspiration for sound artists from around the world. This project seeks to publish 24 hours of these recordings as an on-going series for all to hear and enjoy.
released February 23, 2015
Fog Music: Un(t)ravelling Di(a)sparate Terra(p)ins
By Tom Djll, realized 11.26.14 - 2.8.15
For analog and digital electronics, shortwave radio, field recordings, piano
Eurorack modules used:
4ms
Rotating Clock Divider
Doepfer
A-106-1 Xtreme Filter
Evaton Technologies
RF Nomad
Harvestman
Polivoks Modulator
Intellijel
Planar Vector Joystick
Dual ADSR
Mutamix
MakeNoise
Rosie
Maths
DPO
René
QMMG
Optomix
MMG
Phonogene
Echophon
Erbe-Verb
Pressure Points
Wogglebug
Mutable Instruments
Yarns
Serge
Resonant Equalizer (Clarke Panel)
Synthesis Technologies
E350 Morphing Terrarium
TipTop
Z3000 Oscillator
Trogotronic
M679 Gran Fury
WMD
Synchrodyne
Synchrodyne Expand
Also a circuit bent Yamaha Keytar, vintage 1985.
Tom Djll studied electronic music with Stephen Scott at the Colorado College, working with the EMS Synthi 100 system at Packard Hall. He spent the years 1981-93 working with the Serge Modular Music System before enrolling in Mills College Contemporary Music Program. Those years were largely taken up with a quest to develop and integrate a personally developed extended trumpet language into a post-Stockhausen electronic sound environment, while also pursuing advanced improvisation studies with Pauline Oliveros and Jack Wright. While at Mills, Djll concentrated on microtonal music, split-tone trumpet technique, and computer music. Further development of trumpet languages and advanced free improvisation with his band Grosse Abfahrt was undertaken from 1999 – 2010, with international CD releases resulting, wherupon Djll gradually re-introduced electronics and traditional keyboard technique into his sound-set. The results are heard today in projects such as hackMIDI (extreme mechanical piano music), the hardcore free-noise trio BEAUTY SCHOOL, piano + analog electronics in TENDER BUTTONS (with Tania Chen and Gino Robair) and ongoing sessions and performances within the lively and ever-evolving Bay Area scene, with playing partners old and new (including but not limited to Julia Mazawa, Tim Perkis, Kyle Bruckmann, Jacob Felix Heule, Suki O’Kane, Matt Ingalls, Tom Nunn, bran(…)pos, and Karen Stackpole.
Aural Films is an online record label (netlabel) that releases high-quality soundtrack albums for movies that do not exist. We cover a wide range of music styles ranging from ambient to experimental to popular to soundtrack musics. Often on the same albums. You can find our complete catalog of releases online at
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Aural Films Catalog No. AF0105