This track is part of the Open Path: https://soundcloud.com/ariad-music/sets/the-open-path-wip  
Around the piano composition, I recorded clarinet, percussions and sounds to bring some extra-life and also asked my friend @plex-auchta to play drums. He did an excellent job! I just found the file just recently on my old backup. All my sounds were recorded with my old Zoom H2 recorder, so it's quite noisy. Also, I did an automatic mastering because I'm incredibly too lazy to do so correctly. I should record in more decent way. We can say that was a mockup. Hope you can enjoy it. You can watch me playing this composition in the streets here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeuBQ2pn5nI

The Open Path

Life

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Having fun with keyboard and breath sounds...

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Fluffy Flute

Amaterasu

This music relates the battle of the god Susanoo against the eight-headed dragon Yamata-No-Orochi. He must had the dragon drink a lot of sake to win the fight (I guess you can hear this near the end ^^).
This track is part of the project of my friend Hideo @soundsofthekosmos. It is an open invitation to collab by exploring japanese myths. More tracks - including some from other soundclouders - can be listen here: https://soundcloud.com/soundsofthekosmos/sets/kojiki-project. 
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Drums by @soundsofthekosmos
Keyboard, Clarinet, Glockenspiel by me

Battle against Yamata-No-Orochi (Ariad + Zanshin)

From my new album "Fû": https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/f
Any support on bandcamp is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

So glad to share this collab with the talented @wivresse2 and Sidh, her dog. Probably the darkest track I have done. Hope you like it as we do.

Wivresse: poetry, jaw harp, vocals, background vocals, editing
Ariad: clarinet, piano, xylo, background vocals, editing

Lyrics:
Sombre silence
Humide
En
Lave soufflée
Que ponctue
La petite duchesse
Sur les mythes du sommeil

J'ai mordu minuit
J'en ris
Embrasser ainsi
Chaque seconde frémissante
Jusqu'au cocon de l'obscur
Avec des iris d'astres
Voler seule la nuit
L'aurore horrible
Pour les bleus

Roucoulent encore les rives
Sous soupirs de mousse
Planètes à mes pores
Salive à mes mèches
D'une source dragonne
Soule du sourire distanciel

Hulule d'échos en échos
Le trait triple des griffes
Baisé des fourrures
Et garde la racine des étoiles
Leurs branches d'abécédaires
Te signe la danse du sang

To learn more about this album, check the special page here: ariad-music.com/textes/musique/fu-en/

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Cocon de l'Obscur - ft. Wivresse

From my new album "Fû": https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/f
Any support on bandcamp is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

This little track has been created on the last day of 2022 and the first day of 2023. I wish everyone a beautiful new year, full of creativity, full of art, full of peace, full of love! I'm really happy currently, as I will start the year with a great travel to Australia. I look forward to meet Melbourne's soundclouders there. Soundcloud is a great community, so glad to be part of this! Let's continue to make music all together, to share, to collab, to create! Art is a conveyor of love. That crazy world needs it more than ever!!!

Edit 2023: I finally used a bird recording I took from the place I stayed in Australia. This way, this little track captures the rejoicing of that great travel and all the good memories as well.

My album Fû is centered about aerial elements and woodwind. It's a kind of ode to the natural world, to the trees, to the birds and also a musical journey for any dreamer. I recommend to listen it with headphones for the best experience!
To learn more about this album, check the special page here: ariad-music.com/textes/musique/fu-en/

Happy happy

From my new album "Fû": https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/f
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4_922WyBJI
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For this track, I started to stretch some clarinet notes to create this dark pattern. Then I recorded clarinet lines, recorder and electronic beats with keyboard and some editing. In the middle of the track, there is a part where I down pitched the tonality of the woodwinds to create a kind of void feel.
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Instruments: clarinet, recorder, keyboard
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To learn more about FÛ, check the special page: https://ariad-music.com/textes/musique/fu-en/

Me and the Void

Me And The Void

From my new album "Fû": https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/f
Any support on bandcamp is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

This track started by a keyboard improvisation with a digital flute preset. On this, I played clarinet and recorder, added some samples of bird chants and lot of percussions.

My album Fû is centered about aerial elements and woodwind. It's a kind of ode to the natural world, to the trees, to the birds and also a musical journey for any dreamer. I recommend to listen it with headphones for the best experience!
To learn more about this album, check the special page here: ariad-music.com/textes/musique/fu-en/

Canopy Symphony

From my new album "Fû": https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/f
Your support on bandcamp is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

About this track: it is kind of a joke, very swiss! :P Hope you like Cuckoo clocks! I had fun doing this music and hope you can feel it!

My album Fû is centered about aerial elements and woodwind. It's a kind of ode to the natural world, to the trees, to the birds and also a musical journey for any dreamer. I recommend to listen it with headphones for the best experience!
To learn more about this album, check the special page here: ariad-music.com/textes/musique/fu-en/

Coucou

Here is the piano solo of "Goodbye" from my collaborative album SOURCE you can find here: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/source

Goodbye

Goodbye - piano solo

🍀 Collab with @soundsofthekosmos
💛 Download and support: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/source
🏠 Learn more: ariad-music.com/musique/source/

For this album, we improvised with our main instruments: drums and piano. This led our music to sound more acoustic and pure. This is why we named our album “SOURCE”. We had a lot of pleasure creating it and hope you will enjoy it too. If you like our work, please consider to support through bandcamp. Thank you!

SOURCE

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This is an extract of the music that goes with the 4th chapter of the tale I'm writing. I just published it here: https://ariad-music.com/textes/aventures-petit-personnage-sans-tete/chapitre-4-danse/ It is in french, but I guess google translate or deepl can do a decent job for translating. This is the story of a headless character who explores the world of dreams in order to find again his head. In this fourth chapter, he's abandoned by his companion the creative bird and will be ordered to work, like everyone else! This music is quickly made using simply MIDI/VST tracks.

La danse

La danse (read description)

This is a recent track in the same vibe of my previous project "FÛ". I had so much fun using my recorder and clarinet, I wanted to extend a bit the experience. I don't know if this one is really finished but I wanted to share it anyways. What do you think? I hope you can feel the positive bird-like energy.

I have also another project including meditative instruments and custom hand made percussions. I'm very slow because I go to so many directions. Recently I did my first collective exhibition and sold 4 drawings out of 5. I was surprised how people really loved the work. I want to make more art as well as more music and meanwhile I have also to develop my work as an independent - I don't want anymore to give all my time to a work that makes me feel I'm sacrifing all my freedom. All of this is complicated to me but I'm happy to make some important choices. Well, I think I write too much about my life here. :) When I'm done with some "professional" stuff I have to do, I will be back with more music and more power for artistic purposes.

If you like my illustration, please check the website I just updated: https://ariad-music.com

Tree Party

This track mixes electronica with bowls and the repetitive kick was made with a mandarin orange. Headphones recommended.
I wish I could do more music. A lot of changes happened in my life. 
Hope anyone can enjoy this music.

Never Ending

To make this track, I played clarinet, recorder and percussions and mixed all on my laptop. This is an OPEN COLLAB. If you are interested to play with this mess or remix it, feel free to download the files here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/mgc0ib4cz9krw1o/Pagan-Anthem-STEMS.zip/file
4/4 - 137bpm 
Please tell me if you use it and simply credit me, thanks and enjoy!

Pagan Anthem (OPEN COLLAB)

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/nPK8BsIxIdI?si=hM7vAvYfBhU41Ot5

I'm happy to present soon my new album "Soul Pulse". I started a new job this month, so I'm a bit slow to finish the mix. So here it is a very direct track I just did between yesterday (electronic) and today (bowls), trying to capture the essence of this album. Mainly I played with singing bowls and other meditative instruments like tongue drums, custom percussions mixed with electronic. I was inspired by this kind of electro/techno, with repetitive beats, trying to express the link between body and soul, very organic, a kind of spirituality all pumping by blood, and how everything is connected. And the power of will. It's all about being alive. This is how I would describe this bunch of tracks - and this quick track could be an introduction.

Aorta

🔮New album: https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse 
🪬Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ewhX5jr_w 
🩸Learn more: https://ariad-music.com/musique/soul-pulse/

I am glad to finally present my new album SOUL PULSE. It contains 12 original tracks + 3 bonus. I hope you will enjoy this new musical trip. This time, I worked with singing bowls, tongue drums, custom percussions and electronics. This track is the first one, it is based on a tongue drums improvisation and then I added some electronics. Please enjoy!

Soul Pulse

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Elevation Particles

🔮New album: https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse 
🩸Learn more: https://ariad-music.com/musique/soul-pulse/

This track was one of the first I created with the idea of mixing some beats and singing bowls. I think the final result is quite ambient, but I finally enjoyed the atmosphere this way. My album SOUL PULSE is based of the combination of meditative instruments, metallic textures and electronic beats. It's a kind of travel through spirit and body and I hope you will enjoy this trip!

Tangible Unknown

🔮New album: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse
🩸Learn more: ariad-music.com/musique/soul-pulse/

Happy new year!
Headphones recommended - please enjoy and relax. Singing bowls + electronics.
From my new album "SOUL PULSE" which contains 12 original tracks + 3 bonus.

Stardust Emanation

🔮New album: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse
🩸Learn more: ariad-music.com/musique/soul-pulse/

From my new album "SOUL PULSE". This track was developed hover a singing bowls session. I wanted to mix some kind of hardcore techno beats with relaxing meditative instruments and this is what cames out. :)

Pulsar

🔮New album: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse
🩸Learn more: ariad-music.com/musique/soul-pulse/

From my new album "SOUL PULSE". For this track, I started recording percussion on various objects at home, then added bowls and monk chants samples. I think sound is energy and sound is everywhere waiting for you to discover. Also sound is action, sound manifests you're alive now! Please enjoy! Please express yourself with whatever you can, there is nothing really better to do out there. Headphones recommended. If you like this, please check the album on bandcamp: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse Any support so welcome! Thanks!

Inner Power

Nostalgia again - just a little night piece

nostalgia again

🔮New album: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse
🩸Learn more: ariad-music.com/musique/soul-pulse/
🍬Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1376-KHOHA

It's a true honor to have Lady of Fire Poetry's voice on this track. I love her music and highly recommend everyone to check out her sounds: https://soundcloud.com/ladyofire. This track was originally made entirely with the sound of my singing bowls (the original version is included on my Soul Pulse album as a bonus). Then, it became clear to me that Tanisha's voice and words would fit perfectly with this music so I asked her if she wanted to join. Her poetry then inspired me to add textures (detuned kalimba, percussions on paper) and airy melodies with keyboard.

Portrait of a Cloud

🔮New album: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse
🩸Learn more: ariad-music.com/musique/soul-pulse/

This track is another fusion of singing bowls improvisation with electro/techno on which I played clarinet. It was fun to do and I hope you will enjoy the result.

Heart Axis

🔮Full album: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse
🩸Learn more: ariad-music.com/musique/soul-pulse/

This track was build hover a tongue drum improvisation. Then came some keyboard & electronica, nepalese bowls and glockenspiel hints. So it's a mix of real instruments and Vst (harp, synths, etc). Please take your time and relax.

Pulsatile Guidance

🔮Get the album: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse
🪬Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtCLBWOorPQ
🩸Learn more: ariad-music.com/musique/soul-pulse/

Someone gave me a box that play in loop a buddhist chant so I used it to make this track, also added nepalese bowls, clarinet, glockenspiel and electronics. Have fun, watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtCLBWOorPQ

Prayer Box

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🔮New album: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse
🩸Learn more: ariad-music.com/musique/soul-pulse/
This track is based especially on can percussions hover which I played keyboard. Mind Palace refers to a mnemonic technique. This is probably the last track I share here from the album SOUL PULSE which combines singing bowls, tongue drums, custom percussions and electronics. 

Mind Palace

I'm happy to present my first digital mini-album. It's called "alp" and it contains six piano improvisations inspired by nature. The tracks were played in a recording studio with an acoustic piano. You can download alp (which includes this track)on bandcamp: http://ariad.bandcamp.com. 
Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hsObHgzN1U

Little curious song... directly inspired by nekojiru (cat soup)
Created with Cubase SX5. 

Video clip:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR4I0q15f1E

Nekojiru Crystal Escape

Video that shows how it was recorded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qvVqwko3xc
This music includes acoustic piano, clarinet, back vocals, can percussions and the sound of a closing door. Recorded in studio. Thanks to anyone who support my music: https://ariad.bandcamp.com/track/sunday

Sunday

This track is included in my new collaborative album HIGHFLUX: ariad.bandcamp.com/album/highflux I collaborated with my amazing friend @primaloop. I hope you will like the result as we do. The full album contains a bonus track.

primaloop: original drums and effects
ariad: clarinet, keyboard, vocals, piano strings

More infos: www.ariad-music.com/music/highflux

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Erased Face

MUSIC is an emotional and spiritual world surrounding us where everything is possible. I enjoy to explore  my own way through it. My instruments: piano, clarinet, various small instruments, keyboard and computer. I like to record sounds and use them into my tracks.

29.11.2024: NEW ALBUM: "SOUL PULSE"
https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/soul-pulse

03.08.2023: NEW ALBUM: "SOURCE"
https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/source

13.03.2023 - NEW ALBUM "FÛ":
https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/f

02.01.2022 - NEW ALBUM "The Open Path":
https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/the-open-path

21.06.2021 - NEW ALBUM "HIGHFLUX":
https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/highflux

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