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Around 2008, soon after discovering SomaFM internet radio station, I also found Magnatune . It is a pretty neat concept of giving a "lifetime" access to a wide range of music not available anywhere else. I was pleased to find out Magnatune still exists. What makes it special is their detailed bios on artists and their works. Around 2008 I often went there just to listen a specific ambient music gem, Stargarden , aka Bobby/Robert DeVito . His amazing albums are made with care and thou…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) As announced last Friday, we have now released the trial version with the extended display options . At first it is only available in the English version, so that you can compare the previous and the new version by changing the language. As always, we ask for constructive optimization suggestions. The current changes only affect the “Photos” page (both your own and other members'), and the display options for them. The left hand panel was…

Le grand secret commun à tous les grands hommes de toutes les époques, c'est leur capacité de prendre contact avec les pouvoirs de leur subconscient et de libérer ces pouvoirs. Votre subconscient détient la réponse à tous les problèmes. Si vous lui suggérez avant de vous endormir: « Je veux me réveiller à six heures », il vous réveillera exactement à cette heure-là. Votre subconscient est l'exécuteur de vos choix et décisions. Bercez-vous chaque soir avec l'idée de la santé parfaite,…

After discovering SoundCloud, I next found my way to BandCamp . It is a place where artists share their music to buy and download, sometimes also for free under Creative Commons license. In practice it does not much differ from other similar services, but once again, one can find there something different than from elsewhere. In this case, and for me, Spunkshine seems to offer a lot at BandCamp. FREE Spunkshine debris by Spunkshine Spunkshine - debris album available for fr…

Because there are so many options to listen music online, I have not much bought albums anymore. Last one I did bought as a CD, was Opalescent by Jon Hopkins . And because it has collected dust in the bookshelf, I had almost fogotten it. But lately I have rediscovered it thanks to SoundCloud and Deezer. Jon Hopkins - Singularity from Khalid Mohtaseb on Vimeo . And once again, such music gives food for the thought: Open Eye Signal - Jon Hopkins from AOIFE MCARDLE…

Because it can be super relaxing, as it was claimed in case of Weightless by Marconi Union . There are of course also so called meditation music and soundscapes, like sounds of nature , Tibetan singing bowls and binaural beats . Marconi Union - Weightless Part 5 from JustMusicTV on YouTube And if that is not long enough, you can also try the 10 hour version of it. But music in general can of course stimulate or put the mind in rest. And what works for human mind can…

I give you great French gift for the world. Air is one of the most wonderful French ambient music bands there has ever been, in my opinion. As compared to Jean-Michel Jarre , who is maybe more famous, Air has manage to make their music more emotionally appealing. Jarre I used to like in 1990s, but today his music just sounds too busy, like stuffed with too many sounds and elemenst. One could even say that Jarre is too "electronic". Here's a nice sample for you to watch and listen.…

Few years ago I got very fond of SoundCloud . They provided free use without nasty advertisements. During time, I collected a wonderful ambient music playlist there. But somewhat all wonderful things eventually comes to their end. Also SoundCloud started to play advertisements every now and then. However, SoundCloud still is a good place to find and listen interesting music. And if one can afford to pay for yet another online service, then ads of course gets removed. My favorite amb…

According to my email correspondence, it must have been year 2008 when I discovered SomaFM internet radio station that broadcasts a wide range of music on number of playlists. And my favorite playlist ever since I discovered SomaFM, has been their Groove Salad playlist, which consists of ambient and downtempo genres of music. The best part of SomaFM is that they do not advertise. Only the more or less obligatory broadcast call sign becomes mentioned every now and then. But to run su…

Challenged by Luc Martin at Facebook, I will write a ten post "review" on web sites, artists, albums and musical pieces that has made me as a big fan of ambient music . I also give you a chance to find out more via my old image uploads made here at ipernity. First I of course need to define what ambient music is. I recall Brian Eno saying something like it is a " music that does not disrupt ambient sounds, and which does not become disrupted by the ambient sounds. ". So, one can listen t…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! An unexpected replacement of one main server will be necessary in the next few days. Therefore our website has to be completely shut down for a while. The date and time of the shutdown cannot be stated yet. It depends on how we progress with the preparations. The duration of the interruption could be 12 to 48 hours. We ask for your understanding. Your ima team [FR] Chers membres et amis d'ipernity ! Un remplacement inatt…

1) Flickr Optical impression: ✅ Wide screen (responsive) ⛔️ Disorderly arrangement ⛔️ Little space between the pictures is annoying when viewing, ⛔️ Portrait format images are disadvantaged to landscape format images Information: ✅ Image description ⬜ Image title ( only visi…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) Last Sunday the Ipernity General Meeting IGA2020 took place. The attendance ( list of 43 participants ) was significantly better than last year (31 participants). 2) All major activities of the ima team and the progress made were presented in the report of the CEO . Particularly noteworthy is the successful differentiation of the previous unified club membership into needs-based subscription packages with different features. The number of…

During the IGA2020 meeting it became clear that "old fashioned" image captures is not quick and reliable way to take backups. Retrospectively it was realized that there already is a great software to do in time snapshots of any basic computer program that allows one to print the page/file/work. And that is the PDF-XChange . Here I give a short introduction to the old paid version of it , when used together with Chrome browser . Unfortunately I later on discovered the new PDF-XChange L…

[EN] Dear club members of ipernity! 1) We hereby officially invite you to attend the IGA2020 in accordance with article VI,3 of the Statutes of the Ipernity Members Association as amended on March 5, 2019. 2) The IGA2020 will take place on Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 5pm CEST (15:00 UTC). It will take place as an online meeting via the ipernity platform . According to article V,1 of the Statutes, all club members with a paid account who are older than 16 years and have verified th…

13 août 2020 : le hors piste démarre. 31 juillet 2020 : l'atelier est clos. 15 septembre 2020 : rallonge 29 février 2020 : je vous ai invités par deux fois à réaliser une coproduction. J'ai apprécié votre participation, toute confidentielle qu'elle fut. (reconnaissance éternelle etc ... à vous tous les participants) Je vous invite pour une troisième saison. Il y aurait dû avoir 50 items : je n'ai pas atteint le quota pour le challenge 50 du groupe " www.ipernity.com/group/the50 ". Ma pêche marque le pas au terme de 34 publications. S'il advenait que je puisse avancer dans ma quête, cette troisième saison s'en trouverait prolongée. Votre mission, si vous l'acceptez, est de composer à plusieurs un troisième opus. Les consignes : - jamais 2 publications consécutives par participant - une seule citation à la fois - aucun ordre à respecter dans les 34 items proposés - distinguer ce qui relève des commentaires et du "bagne litteraire" par quelques interlignes - référencer le numéro de la citation et intégrer cette dernière et l'horaire qui la précède en italique - les items ]... sont à inclure : sur les photos étaient écrits des mots ou des phrases; ne déchiffrant que l'alphabet latin, je n'ai pas pu transcrire ceux-ci... Afin d'adhérer aux images de la collecte ou échapper à celle-ci : www.ipernity.com/doc/lephothomathon/album/1235124?with=47921316 BON VENT !!!

[EN] In accordance with the statutes, the following mandates are to be newly filled this year: A: Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO, election period until 2022) B: Chief Technology Officer (CTO, election period until 2022) C: Two auditors (Election period until 2021) The ima team proposes the following candidates: A: Dr. Bernhard Westrup , Austria B: Rob Stamp , United Kingdom C1: Markus Fritsch , Germany C2: Thomas Reck , Germany Candidatures from the member…

Aus den Tagesnachrichten vom 13. August 2019 : Verizon hat sich jetzt mit einem Milliardenverlust auch vom (kostenlosen) Fotodienst Tumblr getrennt: www.stern.de/digital/online/tumblr--yahoos-grosse-hoffnung-wird-fuer-3-millionen-dollar-verramscht-8846012.html Und bei Instagram ist ein großer Missbrauch von Nutzerinhalten aufgedeckt worden: www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2019-08/hyp3r-instagram-marketingfirma-datenmissbrauch-regelverstoss

... une lettre de vœux , que j' ai reçue le 6 janvier 2015 ... ... jour de notre très chrétienne fête des Rois ...

Mes amis de la tgv et moi-même organisions des chasses au trésor ... ...le printemps et au mois d'août en Bretagne à la Toussaint en Vallée d'Aspe... Les chasses bretonnes étaient pilotées par nos amis. J'étais la patronne des jeux pyrénéens. Tous y trouvaient du plaisir : nous les adultes à préparer jeux de pistes et récompenses, eux les enfants à chercher, réfléchir et trouver. Des indices étaient négociables en échange de moyens que je tairais ... "inavouables", car s'il…