A Delta blues song about a sad A.I., entirely generated by Suno from a text prompt. (Suno.AI)

Soul Of The Machine

- for mezzo soprano, string octet & piano

feat. Gloria Palermo

endless thanks to all the performers! ~ Joanna Duncan, Carson Marshall, Giancarlo Latta, Teddy Schenkman, Austin Simmons, Francesca McNeeley, Matthew Gustafson, August Ramos, Yurie Farnsworth

Text:

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when we meet
take my hands in yours
and fold my fingers into bone.
I know you,
and now my jaw grows long,
and my bones soft
like clay

do as you will
and I will carry the wreath
you place upon my head
into the woods
invisible, my skin changed
to hide, coarse
and brown,
the color of the trees.

Actaeon

An excerpt from a +/- 45 min piece of mine called "Bollingen Tower" for 8 voices and the guitar, performed on 15.10.2016 in Rīgas Biržas Nams by Latvian Radio Chamber Singers and me.

Telesphoros [excerpt]

wyk [prod. harris cole]

Light rain with the sounds of blue jays and spring peepers. Recorded 5 September 2017 at 10 am in Shindagin Hollow near Ithaca New York.

This is a remarkably immersive binaural 3D field recording that is best appreciated by listening over headphones. The raindrops provide a wide, relaxing soundstage against which blue jays sound off with a variety of nasal sounds and jay-calls. Occasionally spring peepers give brief series' of bird-like peeps ... their "autumn piping" from trees and shrubs, often occurring quite far from their breeding pools and ponds.

In my appraisal, this lovely soundscape cradles one's spirit  and promotes a sense of calm freshness ... such a gentle soundscape that will instantly transport you into the wild (especially if you listen using headphones or earbuds).

When I make a recording such as this, I remember exactly why I do this kind of work.

For a more detailed discussion of this recording, please check out my blog post: https://musicofnature.com/light-rain-and-blue-jays/

Rain and Blue Jays

During all my travels, I'm constantly on the lookout (or rather, "earout") for the most beautiful robin song. Over the years, I've gathered dozens of binaural soundscapes featuring this delicacy, and some are quite nice to behold. But I do believe that the song I recorded at Cranberry Glades Botanical Area (in the mountains of West Virginia) in late May of the year 2000 is the finest of them all. Please Listen Using Headphones!

Recorded at 7:15am, 29 May 2000, Cranberry Glades Botanical Area near Raintown, West Virginia. © Lang Elliott. Special thanks to Marie Read (marieread.com) for use of her splendid photo of a singing robin in a red maple tree.

A Most Beautiful Robin

Sinfonietta Rīga, conductor Normunds Šnē
Matīss Čudars - guitar, composition
Performed in Lielā Ģilde, Rīga, 7.03.2018

Woodshed

A triptych consisting of:
1.) Es Esmu Nomodā (0:00-4:40) text by Iveta Šimkus

es esmu nomodā
jau kuro gadsimtu
un izskatās ka neelpoju
liek laiks man spoguli
pie mutes
gaida prasa
ilgi vēl

es nezinu
tik migla migla
rasa rasa

2.) Par Tevi (5:10-8:48) text by Arvīds Ulme

Es esmu 
par Tevi nomodā
arī, kad guļu.

Es esmu
par Tevi nomodā
un mani vārdi
dienu un nakti
lido pār Tevi
kā krāsaini putni.

Un tas zvaigžņu lietus
kas rīt līs pār zemi,
tā būšu es
ceļā pie Tevis.

3.) Es Palecos Gaisā (9:02-13:08) text by Aivars Neibarts

Es palecos gaisā,
bet zemē nekrītu.
Es palecos gaisā,
kaut smagāka par zemi esu.
Es palecos gaisā
un uz mākoņa uzsēšos.
Uz mākoņa
ar sidraba maliņu.

Un tagadiņ...
Pūt nu, vējiņ, pūt!
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Vocal ensemble "Putni" - voices, percussion;
Ieva Saliete - clavicymbalum;
Jēkabs Nīmanis - bass clarinet;
Matīss Čudars - el. guitar, compositions.

permormed in Jaunā Ģertrūdes baznīca, Rīga, Latvia on 16.12.2018.

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