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building castles out of matchsticks

the wanderer

About Me


This is the musical diary of Anne Sulikowski.
She began this project in the Winter 2000 when she got her first personal computer. Since then she has musically documented and explored extraordinary events, her dreams, random thoughts and the simple pleasures and boredom of her everyday life.
Building Castles out of matchsticks cannot be lumped into a particular genre as no two songs, albums or pieces are alike in style, sound or emotional drive. Her tracks range widely from a chorus-refrain synth pop to crackled blips and skips of ambience and minimalism. Her experimentations are filled with analogue synthesis, organs, broken guitar strumming, pedal manipulations, found sounds, disjointed beats and barely there vocals telling secrets she wouldn't dare write.
or would she?
the honesty contained in the music of building castles out of matchsticks is real. as real as the one thousand sides of anne that records them. Her lyrics are improvised and within the moment. caught off guard. revealing?
anne also spends time behind a camera as both photographer and videographer...
photo link to castle clips
her photos are all over this page and a photo link here:
trace recordings (anne's label)
anne's collectively run, non profit record label.
undersee recordings
some collaborative projects:
click on pics for links....
LOVE PUPPETS
UNKNOWN BIRDS SING
with Pauline Nadryczny (lodz)
anne is always working on music or film. She has and is collaborating with rothko, millimetrik, -243, Phil Ogison, theapplespfenergy, lodz, Sound in Stasis, Monodrone, science north, SIRK, rhea tucanae, jan st iverson, implex grace and antonio de braga....
she also has secret recording projects....
but wait
thats a secret!
character is destiny
and
the only truth
i know.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/23/2005
Band Website: room101.net/buildingcastles
Band Members:
several girls named anne.

a few synthesizers

a guitar

lots of effects pedals

secrets.

the synthesizer is my expression.

like the view of the horizon

it has become part of me.

do you daydream?

my handwriting is terrible

but i can draw robots!

smile, silly face!

a new video i did...

about duality

and A FUTURE UNKNOWN!

Influences: my shifting reality.

secrets.

surprises.

stories

my memories

my daydreams

the stars.

space.

romance.

Kim Gordon

the colour grey.
flowers.
real life events.
and
science fiction books....

QUESTIONS...

PAUSES.

so
what if everything
i know

and remember

isn't even real.

i think alot about that.

memories?

AN illusion of time missing.

humble pieces
thrown together.

it doesn't make any sense

anymore.

things are shadows
without substance....

and still

my heart beats
to the sounds
of
thousands
of robots
ALL singing

to themselves.

real or not

that is
my biggest influence
of all!

and things like

ubik.
radio shows.
an eye to the sky?
synthesized sounds.

and every single album

by Rothko

i really like

butterflies.
country roads.
report cards.
sweet kisses.
casino versus japan.
moogs
robots
hawkwind with brock+turner!
robert calvert
first dates.
getting over horrible breakups.
the other window.
mark beazley.
three sweet kitties.
phil ogison.
long talks.
ESCAPING heart ache...

MONOLOGUE:

if i could

you know i would

i do not want

to waste

another day.

i would have

never

let you down

AN ASIDE...

you know

i have 2 problems

IN LIFE.

1. people have let me down

2. i have this inability to let things go.

?

and still

people seem to take

and take some more....

but

this is all i have.

it may not be much

but to me it's everything.

ISN'T IT funny

HOW
i spend most of my time

thinking

daydreaming and

wandering.....

documenting.

wishing...

re-living.

practicing the art

of forgetting

erasing.

but i still know how to smile.

and i really

love music
and flying saucer attack.
and cute robots
thunder storms
fishies in a pond
reflections in water
happiness.
books by philip k dick.
silence.
pink ballons.
snowflakes.

BUT

i guess it doesn't mean anything.

cause none of this is real!

i know

i know...

IM STUCK

IN SOME KIND

OF LA LA LAND.

BUT YOU KNOW, I LIKE IT HERE!

i love
sonic youth.
dream signals.
oval.
i like playing with
short wave radios.
and matt david.
looking at autumn trees.
seefeel.
i love post cards.
original ideas.
creativity.

im always

puttering about a small land.

my most secret land
lust?
belonging.
love.?
hatred.
false hopes.
ideals?
these are what goven my life.

so lets forget everything
and listen to
yo la tengo.

my life is filled with

unreplied emails.
blocked users.
secret messages.
empty streets.

kisses goodbye.

painful hellos.

cold days.

the longest nights.
JEALOUSY?

never.

id rather be

on pause.

and now i must STOP.

life without buildings ?

if it was any other city..........

here's a secret....

i'm hopelessly in love with a machine!

here is one of my films

music by rothko

a song called

be invisible

rothko - be invisible

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lets pause for
another
moment.

i know

there

is

no

modern

romance

and still

i wait most patiently....

and

i like it

when it rains

cause

no one sees

me crying.

I'm lost.

but not in this world

that i have created...

is this the end?

all

over

again!

Sounds Like: electronic lullabyes
filled with oscillating synthesis
telling stories of love
of dreams shattered
of promises not broken
lies often told
fairy tales coming true

and

other strange things i think about.

smile, silly face is available for 15 dollars

from 9 12 records

19 songs of love, loss, mystery, dreamstates and secret messages....

here are some of my indie releases from worthy records, if you would like to purchase one just click on the little button....

all releases are $5 canadian
free shipping anywhere.

"oh, didn't she ramble...."

"the secret doctrine"

"studios and airplanes"

"there is no modern romance"

YOU KNOW

everyone has a story.....

filled with dreams

and secrets.

i know i've said alot.

BUT

perhaps i didn't really say too much at all.
maybe it's just scrambled words and random bursts of emotions i feel from time to time.

i don't know.

I've stopped trying to figure alot of things out.

.......

i guess to an outsider
it may seem

that i dont know much

but i do know

that things will just get better from here.

Record Label: trace recordings/worthy/chatblanc/9.12/pingthings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

it wasnt even christmas

and i got the gift of gear!  nothing beats midi controllers and recording interfaces!     whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!       has the universe decided to change its tone w...
Posted by building castles out of matchsticks on Tue, 27 May 2008 07:55:00 PST

im easily fooled

but NOT BY KEYBOARDS!                     ....
Posted by building castles out of matchsticks on Sun, 25 May 2008 09:46:00 PST

the perfect city - free download by phil ogison!

ping things is proud to present the second release from the ping things net label! "The Perfect City" by Phil Ogison is a sparkling collection of music that captures the essence of the metropolitan id...
Posted by building castles out of matchsticks on Sat, 24 May 2008 05:02:00 PST

some castle news

I am planning on releasing a full length album in a project called "and if" which I am recording with Mark Beazley from rothko. because i am  like the biggest rothko fan on earth, ...
Posted by building castles out of matchsticks on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:04:00 PST

monkey see monkey do!

new collaboration with antonio debraga stupid fuck!!!   (hahahahaha) ...   and again antonio has brought an extremely fun and groovy element to one of my recordings...       ...
Posted by building castles out of matchsticks on Sat, 17 May 2008 06:51:00 PST

slowly i keep falling

a new and raw castle recording.     thanks for listening.....     .
Posted by building castles out of matchsticks on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:45:00 PST

another profound thing i am unable to learn

is that reading into everything will often leave you with nothing.         how do you step back and take it all with face value?   jesus.     i just dont know anymor...
Posted by building castles out of matchsticks on Wed, 14 May 2008 11:25:00 PST

a pretty sonic splatter

since 2002 i have been collaborating in one way or another with my dear friend phil ogison.... our project is callled a a pretty sonic splatter ----link. we have a brand new song posted called "...
Posted by building castles out of matchsticks on Tue, 13 May 2008 11:17:00 PST

the most profound thing i have ever learned

is to never say never.
Posted by building castles out of matchsticks on Tue, 13 May 2008 07:09:00 PST

the heart of this wasteland

new collaboration posted with antonio debraga   the heart of this wasteland.     antonio has been busy collaborating with many musicians.....i am glad that he has added grooves and drum...
Posted by building castles out of matchsticks on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:00:00 PST