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A Winter Playlist of Acousmatic music along with some brief history and definitions

Last May I did a 52 minute interview on the wonderful Rejected Religion podcast. Stephanie Shea was kind enough to ask me on so I could introduce this music to her audience and share my thoughts and suggestions on how to listen to it. It’s geared to be …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xwXe7zCRjY&t=4239s For the series third live diffusion, we feature the music of Ali Balighi and Amanda Stuart. Ali Balighi’s piece, Electropoem No. 11 is the eleventh piece of a 13 part Acousmatic sound cycle. As ex …

Untimely Books releases Messioph: The First Book of Ido by Geoffreyjen Edwards, a futuristic novel rooted in personal truth. Also featured: Devon Hansen’s On Hitchcock’s Vertigo and an upcoming Acousmatic Crossings live event.

Experience the second Acousmatic Crossings live diffusion featuring Matt Gender’s explosive Scintillation and Valentin Sismann’s intimate, meditative Morphame.

Dear Metapsychonauts, Since our last communiqué, something has quickened, it seems to me. The sleeper is stirring, the dream is destabilizing, the fog of time is fizzling, deliquescing, scintillating with the echoes of a forgotten eternity. Heaven and …

Explore light-force meditations and the art of contemplative listening to deepen awareness, stillness, and inner connection.

A quick transmission before our summer break—featuring work by Harika Manjunath, Douglas Thornton, and Morgan Dix.

What connects quantum DNA resonance and porridge-fueled body horror? Two pieces trace transmissions across science, psyche, and performance.

It’s been a very busy Summer here in Acousmatic Crossings land so we are a little late in presenting this video—but better late… as they say! On June 4th, 2025 we had out first (of hopefully many) live Acousmatic music diffusions featuring artists that …

Beloved Thou, As I contemplate these words, the temptation to use AI to write this newsletter beckons like a drug, which I will resist. In a few hours, I am scheduled to board an international flight. I stayed up until 2 a.m., packing my bags. I slept …

Dear Metapsychonauts, The veil between the audible and the imaginal grows thin. On June 4th, 2025 at 1pm MDT, Acousmatic Crossings will bridge the realms with our first live listening session via Zoom. This event will feature works by ar …

Dear Companion, I am sitting in my “writing spot”, a LazyBoy reclining chair next to the French doors that lead onto my deck, when, as happens every morning, my neighbour Squirrel drops down into the deck space. This busy animal seems to be constantly …

Dear Readers, All the pieces this week are great examples of works that do what Metapsychosis does best: invite us to experience both the world and artistic creation in ways we haven’t thought of before. Our first publication this week is a thought-pro …

From the imaginal to the material, from dreamtime to daylight—Metapsychosis explores those threshold worlds where creativity emerges

Dear Metapsychonauts, Is it possible that our very language—the scaffolding of thought itself—may be due for a revolution? That the limits of our words might be restraining the evolution of our consciousness? This week, our publishing imprint Untimely …

Dear Readers, We try to frame our news in a message for our times and this always poses a challenge. For this week’s newsletter, I wanted to focus on the perception that we are living in a time where decisions we make matter, but I worried that the mes …

On June 4th, we gather—not just to listen, but to cross over. Acousmatic Crossings presents a live diffusion with Paul Dolden & Leonie Roessler. Sounds unmoor. Shapes emerge. Imagination takes flight. Zoom. 2pm CST. Free & open to all.

This week on Metapsychosis, we invite you to slow down and listen. In “Dancing Bear Men’s Retreat,” Morgan Dix blends sound and story to explore ritual, healing, and myth. Meanwhile, Jennifer Lothrigel’s “Ode to Mugwort” captures the fleeting beauty of transformation in a few luminous lines. Join us for these sensory journeys—and consider stepping deeper into the conversation through our live Acousmatic Music event and Writers’ Circle.

This week at Metapsychosis, we invite you to linger at the thresholds—those potent spaces between memory and imagination, sound and silence. Dean Wilcox explores the liminality of reality in Threshold Mapping, while our Acousmatic Crossings series returns with haunting works by Martin Rodriguez and Leonie Roessler. And mark your calendar: on May 22, composer Paul Dolden joins us live for a deep dive into sonic transformation. Step into the unknown with us.

As Cosmos Co-op formally launches and Metapsychosis expands its creative scope, we stand at a threshold between the old and the new. This week, explore haunting music, poetic memory, and vital stories that probe the edges of feeling and time—plus an open invitation to join our growing creative community.

From walls-shaking soundscapes to quiet conversations on creative self-care, Metapsychosis continues to explore the rich spectrum of expression. This week, experience the sonic power of Paul Dolden, reflect with Dominic Loise on the courage to let go, and discover how you can join our Writers’ Circle or the evolving Cosmos Co-op community.

This week, Metapsychosis opens new portals into the imaginal, from the cosmic geometry of Jane Hudson’s paintings to the radical sonic realms of Acousmatic music. With three major new publications—including An Epiphany of Spheres and A Sonic Deluge of Transformation—we invite you to explore art as revelation, imagination, and resistance. Headphones recommended, dragons guaranteed.

Discover our new series on experimental sound art plus Jane Hudson’s mystical geometric paintings

Brian George’s visionary essay unravels masks that reveal and conceal reality, inviting readers to reflect on hidden energies in poetic, mind-expanding prose.

Calling all writers—seasoned or just starting out! The Cosmos Co-op Writing Circle, led by Ulfhildr author Mary Thaler, offers a supportive space to share your work, get feedback, and grow your craft. Six spots left for this year’s group—first meeting April 14.

This week in Metapsychosis, we feature a compelling interview with Lamella Matsangos, author of The Male Lesbian Manifesto. In “We are all born lesbians!,” Matsangos explores how men might radically defect from patriarchal identity—not through physical transition, but via existential and cultural transformation. A timely and challenging perspective in an era of rising authoritarianism.

Transmission 2025-02-28: Breaking thought patterns through cyberpunk pioneer R.U. Sirius’s insights, boundary-pushing jazz, and a new Writers’ Circle.

From philosophical reflections on radical hope to a touching cross-cultural encounter in Iowa, this week’s Metapsychosis explores paths to understanding in troubled times.

In response to global darkness, Metapsychosis champions creative expression across essays, art, and poetry as imagination lights the path forward.