New Album soon!!!

I will release my first album soon under the artist name "Blissful Insomnia", which will be available as a mp3 download or a limited edition physical CD.
The Album will be called "Deep Rooted Universe", and will be ambient/drone album with 40-60 minutes of music. So far I can confirm there is 4 tracks consisting of 32 minutes, but there will be more.
About the price and more information soon!!!

27th April at Notes Shack Pub

I am playing a set at The Notes Shack Pub this Wednesday 12pm SLT.
I hope you can make it, its one of those lengthy events at Notes Shack Pub.
In the lineup are 11am SLT - One Frequency, 1pm SLT - Madmax Huet and 2pm SLT - The RAILS.
Tomorrow 11am SLT - 3pm SLT!!!

And another event you shouldn't miss here at The Notes Shack.
This Thursday 28th starting 11am SLT is Blindboy Gumbo and 12pm SLT POL Arida.
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oasis%20Beach/145/38/26

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Taking part in the MUSIC AWARENESS this year! (26th April 10am SLT)

As you may know the gang at MUSIC NOT POLITICS organize a huge event each year about Live music awareness in Second Life. This year I am playing a spot on 26th April at 10am SLT. Beside me there will be 100 other artists and the events will go on for 4 days and 24 hours.
SLURL of the event:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sicily/139/224/22

"On Easter weekend of 2008 MUSIC NOT POLITICS, with the assistance of Money Island and JSP Island, set out to raise awareness of live music in SL.  A 48 hour live event was held on the Money Island Sims.  The general music groups, musicians and venues were invited to participate in the event which ran 52 hours and brought over 1,100 new fans to the music scene.  On Easter Weekend 2009, the now annual Music Awareness event, carried on for over 100 hours.   Easter weekend 2010 saw over 100 hours of live music and tons of new members to the music community! 

****THIS YEARS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE ISLE OF SICILY *****

JOIN US AS WE LAUNCH with the assistance of Sicly Live Venue and Mall and First Call Musicians Co-op OUR 4th ANNUAL MUSIC AWARENESS EVENT April 22, 2011 at 12pm.  This event is anticipated to run longer than 100 hours and will be simulcast on FCMC Radio http://fcmcradio.com.

Fans plan on packing your bags and spending the weekend at the Isle of Sicily while we celebrate Live music in SL.  If you don't know there is Live music in SL feel free to email me at annualmusicawareness@gmail.com and I will send you a wealth of information on live concerts and how you can find them and tune them in.  There are HUNDREDS of live concerts every day all throughout the grid!  All genre all styles something for everyone! "

Supercollider and The Butcher

There is stuff Radiohead release on their Studio albums, and there is stuff that they release as B-Side compilations.
These two are the other one.

I hope they release more b-side stuff from King of Limbs, but we can wait. 
Oh and check out this one by Thom Yorke and Burial & Four Tet.

Wastelands Music Festival, May 1st 2011

Red Xu from the band redzone (no they don't steal IP's) invited me to play at the Wastelands Music Festival. This festival is at May 1st 2011 at their Atropine venue and the Junkyard. It's 9-10 hours of awesome Live Music and DJ's, and redzone themselves will do a live set too.
I have the honor of opening the festival at 2pm SLT. Still it's a little unconventional time for me to play, but for a festival of this kind I say screw the time zones.
For the detailed line up check out this note:

"MAYDAY MAYHEM
Wastelands Music Festival, May 1st 2011

Redzone are proud to present an epic music event in the oldest and best Post-Apocalyptic community in Second life.
Using the two finest venues in the WL, The Junk Stage and The Atropine, the event features some of the best live bands and DJs around.
Hope you can make it.

Schedule (SL time)

2PM - Krakov Letov (Live set at The Atropine)

3PM - The Invisible Band (Live set at The Atropine)

4PM - Aposiopesis Fullstop (DJ set at The Junkyard)

5PM - [Engrama] (Live set at The Atropine)

6PM - Diamanda Gustafson (DJ set at The Junkyard)

7PM - Redzone (Live set at The Atropine)

8PM - Social Security (Live set at The Atropine)

9PM - Karu Seetan (DJ set at The Junkyard)

10PM - Gomi Mfume (DJ set at The Junkyard)

SLURL:
Redzone: "The Atropine" 
The Junkyard
"
So mark your calendar at 1st of May and don't miss out this event

Germelshausen Coffeeshop 10am SLT (May 14th)

I am playing a set at Germelshausen Coffeeshop 10am SLT (7pm GMT+1). The usual Ambient / Experimental sets on Guitar, Bass, Synths, Loops etc.
See you later!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Madhupak/21/227/103

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Ever felt like getting lost?
This place kinda gives you that feeling. It's one of those amazing places/sim you see and you have to come back again to explore some more. From underground paths, to lava pits, and hollow moon you won't find in travel brochures in the near future.
One path leads to another, so carefully choose your path and maybe from point A you arrive to point C via point F.
Speaking of point A.

No more pictures?

Here you can take even more.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Borage%20dAlliez/134/174/23

Live Music and Second Life.

When I first joined Second Life, I've never even though of the possibility that Live Music could exist within a game. If someone ever told me about this concept before, I would have though it as a Science Fiction, but hey we live in 21st century and everything can be possible. First time I came across a live concert in Second Life was a band that played at this huge concert area, and to tell you the sim was full. I think it must have been over 60-100 avatars across this huge area, and the lag almost became unbearable. This was back in April 2008. And since then I got hooked up on the Live Music scene in Second Life. I've heard a lot of solo and the occasional bands play in the virtual world, and I think this is a great opportunity for solo artists and bands to present their music in a completely different environment. It gives a lot of space to improvise, experiment and do anything you would or wouldn't do in front of a real audience. While some only need a microphone and acoustic guitar, some also represent themselves using electronic instruments, like synthesizers, beat machines, electric guitars and rigs. Gives the possibility for a whole band to hook up on a stream using only a mixer, or they can be all over the world, using nothing but a Ninjam stream to synchronize and stream in Second Life. For all those new to this concept and have an account in Second Life, there is nothing stopping you to check out these events. Just log into the virtual world, check the events tab and look for Live Music. There is literally thousands of these events every week. Great way to listen to new music, meet new people, and even talk to the musicians. I can suggest you thousands of musicians and bands you should listen to, but hey why not discover them yourself.

Ninjas and The Astral Nexus.

Typical day, just fighting ninjas who invade my speakers.

 

And stopped by the Astral Nexus today to take these pictures of this amazing venue. I've played many sets here last year, and I was happy to see it again this Saturday. In Saturday my friend Astronimus Randt organized a 12 hour long charity event to raise money for "Relay for Life" and I was really happy that I was opening the event. They managed to raise 30K linden for a good cause. 

I hope soon we might do a dual-stream with Astronimus. Live ambience and violin. Really looking forward for this event.

And for those who looked beyond the pictures, here is a 30 minute snippet of the show this Saturday.

Saturday Live Ambience

Krakov Letov and the Live Videos.

I stumbled upon these video's ages ago, and some are done by my dear friend Aiden Witral.
Don't forget to check out his Youtube channel, he has video's from a lot of Live Music shows in Second Life, documenting them in his own artistic way.
http://www.youtube.com/user/aidenwitrial

Oh and the video's
This one is done at the old Notes Shack Pub in the Norwegian sim. It's a little electronica set I've came up with using only beats and few guitar loops, and this is part of it.

This one is done at my friend Isobel Gustafson's old venue. It was a multimedia event where the skies changed by the mood of the music. Too bad I couldn't follow my own show, too busy stuck in front of my Ableton Live screen. 

Hooray for etheral!!!

One of the many islands on Aiden's sim. He is a great landscape artist, and I seriously consider to hire him to design a private island for me one day in real life. :)

Jokes aside, you should check out his video channel for the many landscapes he has designed and created.

Many of the other video's on Youtube.

A blog! About Krakov?

Any shows, thoughts, pictures, music I will share it here.
Follow me here on blogspot or in Second Life
"Krakov Letov" or my live music group "A Blissful Insomnia"

A little about me :)
Krakov Letov is an instrumentalist in SL.  His music can be described as ambient, experimental, noise, psychedelic, post-rock and so on. Krakov uses a live program for mixing guitar, bass, synth, loops, noises...even spoons, chopsticks, metal things, pen, paper or whatever he finds nearby, all played live with samples, loops and soundscapes. Every show is a different story as it's mostly improvisation.