Beau Sorenson

“PERELOM SOZNANIYA” - the new Beaunoise album is out today!! Hear it on @bandcamp and various streaming platforms. Physical version(s) to follow in the coming weeks. Artwork by Samplerman, whose work I have admired for years. The title is drawn from Alexei Yurchak’s excellent book “Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation”. Translating roughly to “breaking point of consciousness”, it refers to the experience of living through though the collapse of Soviet Socialism, and how that collapse was at once completely unexpected and completely unsurprising. As we move through the expansion and collapse of our systems, I try to remember there is another experience waiting on the other side of our own ‘perelom soznaniya’. THANK YOU: - @yvang______ for the use of your incredible artwork - @spacemoth__ for hours of listening and reflection - @warrenlain / @thebeiarea for insight and encouragement along the way - @waveslikemusic for the VS, and everything - a big “Спасибо” to @jephaestus & @olga.aydinyan for language lessons //

My album ‘Ongaku’ is out today. You can find it on Bandcamp ( only a couple tapes left! ) This is also the first Beaunoise album available on streaming platforms. Thanks to everyone that ordered the album or sent kind words or shared their own experiences. I make music mostly for myself but I’m honored when it connects with others. Massive thanks to @runpunk for the incredible Polaroid photograph that became the cover, and led the way to completing this album. I am fortunate to have talented friends lend their creativity to my sounds. Endless thanks to @spacemoth__ for endless adventures, getting lost in the realms, and constant creative reflection. This album would not exist without you. Many indebted thanks to Paul and Hanako for their supreme hospitality and guidance. Thank you Milk Bar for a poppin’ time we shall never forget. Dedicated to TaiChan for showing us the way ~~~

"Indifference Will Devour You" is out today. beaunoise dot bandcamp dot com All compact disc preorders have shipped and should be arriving shortly. I wrote a little more about the album below if you're interested. ~~~~ I made these songs using acoustic instruments ( piano, vibraphone, strings ) and electronic instruments ( Buchla Music Easel, Lorre-Mill Keyed Mosstone, Prophet 5 ) and the monome norns. Additional processing was accomplished with Eventide ( H3000, H969 ) and AMS digital devices. Everything was recorded at Tiny Telephone, Panoramic House, and my home. "Almost Transparent Blue" was recorded at Tiny Telephone with an upright piano and monome norns. Experiments with extreme compression on a very close-mic'ed piano. "Reading the Memory Forwards and Backwards" is a single improvised take using the Buchla Music Easel. Perhaps a minor reference to my earlier album 'H3000', "Seneca Cliff" was written while using a working Eventide H969 harmonizer to diagnose a malfunctioning H969. Kristina Dutton played violin and viola on "Solastalgia", an immense contribution to the looped string structures I had built. "Years of Lead" is a single improvised take using the monome norns, string samples, granular synthesis. The final, title track is all Prophet-5. ~~~~ Photography, layout, and design by @dadhasacamera asideproject.com I love George's photography so much. I am honored to associate it with this music. Many thanks to @spacemoth__ @waveslikemusic and @andrewpelletier_furtrader for their advice, clarity, and insight. thank you for listening // #buchla #buchlamusiceasel #monome #norns #lorremill #eventide #prophet5

zoning deep on a Tuesday with the double-cassette edition of @matthewdavidmcq Mindflight’s 2016 masterpiece “Trust The Guide And Glide” 🌀 //

new @ssspacemoth song ⌨️ INTERNET FANTASY 🖥️ bonkers music video by @j0rdanmacapagal about the duality of reality ♾️ “Internet Fantasy” written & produced by Maryam Qudus I helped out w/some recording & additional production, including the mega-meta Buchla breakdown in the middle + Buchla processing throughout… Drums by @neatbeats , recorded at @tiny.telephone in my favorite small iso of all time Mixed by me in my dang house & mastered by @heba_kadry ( w/assistance by Jacob Clements ) ‘Inward Eye’ out June 26 on @greenwayrecords !!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Internet Fantasy” video Directed & Edited by Jordan Macapagal DP - @shotbyjosh510 1st AD - @camille.j.m Miniatures by : Jordan Macapagal @thedudettebell Darian Costa Elisa Raye Camille Manansala Joy Flores @_ericescobedo ❤️ u @themutilations

First @sugarcopperblue show at @websterhall tonight, as the 2026 reunion tour begins!!! I had the honor of recording & mixing the new Sugar songs “House of Dead Memories” and “Long Live Love” at @tiny.telephone last summer. Every car I’ve owned has had a copy of “Copper Blue” in it ( Ryko version with the blue-green jewel case preferred, but the reissues sound great too ), so it was surreal and a little nerve-wracking to be tasked with capturing the the first new Sugar songs in 30 years! Being in the room with Bob, David & Malcom as they fell right back into things was exhilarating, and the sound of this band, in that space, through a Neve 8068 is just euphoric. Massive thanks to Bob, Malcom, and David for your trust in me. Big thanks to @roundsoundcymbals / @notfastbutslota for drum tech duties and @jwilco_x for assisting.

“Thunderbird Lodge” by @theflavorthatkills is out today - gonzobonkers rock & roll for the end of human existence. I’ve been making records with some of these people for 20+ years (!) and it’s honor to keep digging together. We left few stones unturned in the search for sound and opted for maximalism at every opportunity. Recorded at DNA Studios and @tiny.telephone , mixed by me at Best House. I contributed some synthesizers & noises along the way. Lovingly mastered by the master @mystery_room_mastering , lacquer cut by @carlsaff Big ‘ol slab of green plastic on @shortwave_records Stunning artwork by @clairekellesvig thanks @whitcombia for the warm welcome thanks @hitforhit for making it all happen thanks @captainrockandroll for piercing the veil

“No Offering” by @plummetoakland is out now I helped with some recording at @tiny.telephone Highly recommended & hold out for the CD version; find one at the release show ( May 1 at @elismilehighclub ) Mastered by @ummm_r //

thanks to everyone that came out to the show last week. I don’t play a lot so it’s always a trip making sound in front of people. more of that in the future. thanks to @kowloonwalled and @starninetynine for sharing the stage & putting up with all my junk thanks to @martita__bonita for making my shit sound fierce thanks to Tyler at @buchlausa for fixing my 227e thanks to @theestorkcluboakland for making it easy thanks to @ssspacemoth for tour managing & pizza

FRIDAY! OAKLAND pre-tour show April 10 at @theestorkcluboakland w/ @kowloonwalled @beaunoise and @starninetynine 🎟️ Tickets now available at link in bio ✩ KOWLOON WALLED CITY (Oakland) @kowloonwalled ✩ STAR 99 (San Jose) @starninetynine ✩ BEAUNOISE (Berkeley) @beaunoise 8pm | $15/$18 | 21+ | #storkshows 𓅡 #kowloonwalledcity #star99 #beaunoise #theestorkclub

April 10 at @theestorkcluboakland on the Buchla Electric Music Box & monome with @kowloonwalled & @starninetynine 🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️ tickets now!

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