A regularly updated seasonal selection of ambient, modern classical, and electroacoustic works (closed 7 September 2023).

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Field Journal Companion - Summer 2023

fave listenings of this month
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in the pic: Brian McBride

"musica assoluta" (settembre 2023)

Contemporary Classical

Bigo & Twigetti - Latest Releases

Companion Piece (for Morton Feldman)

John Adams' China Gates taken from Will Dutta's album Parergon

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John Adams - China Gates

Plan & Elevation: IV. The Orangery

City Boy

From the 12" lathe cut vinyl edition "distances"
(releaseday June 23rd '23)

12" lc vinyl, cdr and digital via bandcamp 
limited edition
label: oscarson(osc lc 19)

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Glacis And Adrian Lane - The Sun Is A Hole In The Sky

Title track from Icelandic composer Snorri Hallgrímsson's new album "I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest". The piece balances light and dark, joy and sorrow; it's a contemplative, soulful number for piano & string ensemble and trombone about our place in the world.

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I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest

Streaming Platforms

Snorri Hallgrímsson - I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Prime Video Original Series Soundtrack)

Oggi Memory

Hexfarm is 

Phil Bywater - Saxophones/Flutes
Dane Renshaw - Drums
Mat Ward - Bass Guitar/Vox

The first new track from Hexfarm - who  have managed to jam once a year in 2022 then 2023 for the first time in many many many years. 2 of us now live in Australia with our Japanese residing Drummer flying in once a year for some fun. This was recorded remotely and hot mixed in my home studio - rough garage sounds : ) Lots of improv stuff on tape to see the light of day too in the vault

Momma Don't Like You No More - Hexfarm

From The Deep

Hartland

Angus MacRae & Curve Ensemble - Hartland

“Ronde” by Marco Lucchi 

I added Vocaloid singing to Marco Lucchi’s “Ronde”.
https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/ronde
I would like to thank Marco for giving me this opportunity.

曼殊沙華あやしき赤の藥玉の目もあやに炎ゆ草生のまどはし
木下利玄（1886-1925）

The red spider lily shines dazzlingly in the grass like a bewitching red decorative paper ball, disturbing my mind.
Rigen Kinoshita (1886-1925)

出典：『木下利玄全歌集』五島 茂 編　岩波文庫
Source: “Complete Collected TANKA(Japanese Short Poem) by Rigen Kinoshita: editing by Shigeru Goto”　Iwanami Shoten Publisher
Art work: nekoroom via Pixabay

Marco Lucchi "Ronde"

Marco Lucchi  "Ronde"

A track produced for Naviar Records Haiku Challenge; one week to write and record a track in response to the haiku posted.
'Lazing in shadows
conceding the drawing room
to moonrays'

Lazing In Shadows (naviarhaiku504) - Adrian Lane

The Perfect Armageddon Bride

Written for 12 piece string ensemble, the piece is based on the sight and feeling of looking out to sea. Using each instrument to evoke the layers of that view, the piece includes random - or aleatoric - elements, allowing the players to interpret parts of the score, meaning no two performances are quite the same - like the sea and sky themselves.

Violins - Anna de Bruin and Thea Spiers
Viola - Triona Milne
Cello - Julia Graham
Double Bass - Steve Rossell

Recorded by Mark Knight
Mixed by Jim Perkins
Mastered by Ben Wiffen

Between the Sea and the Sky

Jim Perkins - Between The Sea And The Sky

Winter Vol. 2

We Still Share the Same Sky

Koshun Nakao - We Still Share The Same Sky

Lullaby for Mathilda

Jim Perkins - Lullaby For Mathilda

Alba's Winter Night

Javi Lobe - Alba's Winter Night

In the words of the composer:
In this piece I am trying to capture trying and failing, improving...moving towards the light.
The opening 3 chord phrase is extended and re-harmonised, growing in length, density and volume each time. After several tonal tangents we eventually succeed in resolving to a home chord of D major in the final bar.

Fail Better

Spotify suggested Meredith Monk this morning on one of those 'Hey we know you better than you' lists they compile and I was floored (even though I was already horizontal).

An astounding composer; go find her if you haven't already but before you go, I thought I'd offer my cover of a favourite from what I've heard so far.

Meredith Monk's 'Ellis Island'

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Angus MacRae & Curve Ensemble - Hartland

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