Ever since i heard Bobby McFerrin work with this tune i wanted to have a go. Here I have attempted to bring in some fairly deep and meaningful concepts which can quite easily/happily be missed .. 

It's a long piece, a meditation.. it plays with past and future, it plays with emphasis and dominant notes. It plays with the obvious and the not so obvious as well as reminding us of the beautiful tune Charles Gounod added which seems as though it must have been written at the same time as the accompaniment but wasn't. It plays with the idea of improvisation in classical music and wordless vocal sounds within a Classical style. There are SO MANY ways to make music that is lovely without following perceived rules to the letter.. 

This was performed in a spectacular church in the City of London called St Mary Aldermary. You can hear the coffee machine and the tinkling of spoons on china and a little of the people talking. It was a busy day in the cafe at the back... people filtered in and sat and listened.. a lovely experience.

The cafe is run by www.moot.uk.net Thanks again to Johnny, Vanessa and all at the cafe for having me. There is no video with this one. I could have stopped to sort it out, however sometimes you have to let the documenting go out the window... come down next time and hear it live.. :)

Bach C Major Prelude (but not as you know it) LIVE extended version

Black Vines:

Birthed between the burning fields of Kansas and the surreal landscape of the New Mexican desert, Black Vines is a dense layering of monophonic drones, delayed sitar and large scale cello arrangements.

Combining the distorted and blackened influence of Aaron Martin’s recent solo and collaborative work with Joseph Angelo’s love of ragas, industrial noise and meditative minimalism, the eight elegiac strands of Black Vines are tribute to redemptive growth that occurs in the shadows.

Mastered by James Plotkin, featuring tracks reworked from the original parts by Dag Rosenqvist with stunning artwork by Chris Koelle.

Packaging includes letter-pressed covers, glass mastered CD, 10 x limited edition prints on heavy card stock with glassine bags, all resting inside hand numbered, scented black envelopes. Limited edition of 200 copies!

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Willow Choir (Black Vines)

Ram Dass reading The Great Way from the 3rd Chinese Patriarch - Taken from the Love Serve Remember Record, mashed up with Bombay Dub Orchestra - Amina, and This Will Destroy You - The Mighty Rio Grand. 

The Great Way

Voices Of The Sea Ft. Marie Schreer

Examples of Giles Lamb's Film Drama Scores

Lost

Acoustic

Harvest (Acoustic)

This is a piano song I wrote for me and Nina's Ceremony of Love :)

Mastered by Seth Bellow

Time Forest

Piano Ceremony

Exclusive audio taken from the upcoming album 'View from Above'...

Christopher Colaço and Philipp Schaeper have known each other since moving from their Southern German hometowns to Berlin. Together they studied Jazz piano/drums at the Berlin University of Arts and immediately dived into the vibrant Jazz scene.

Playing and working together shaped their musical common sense. In 2013 Christopher and Philipp had the opportunity to score their first movie (Oh Boy! – A Coffee in Berlin) and formed an old school sounding Jazz band with friends. After winning the German Academy Award for best original score, they continued to develop their collaborative project as a duo writing and scoring music.

At the same time they are working on their own music and started collaborating with classical musicians from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in 2018, which lead to their first debut album. The record 'View From Above' consists of 7 tracks, creating atmospheric soundscapes that mingle between film-music, classical minimalism, ambient and electronic music.

'View From Above' provides a portrait of Christopher and Philipp's journey over the past few years and was recorded in Berlin at Bonello Studios. The renown mixing artist Francesco Donadello gave the record its final touch and it will be released on May 10th worldwide.

www.colaco-schaeper.com

View from Above

Christopher Colaço & Philipp Schaeper - Colors

Recorded for Brain Pickings. Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/09/23/amanda-palmer-mary-oliver-when-i-am-among-the-trees/

POEM TEXT

Amanda Palmer reads "When I Am Among the Trees" by Mary Oliver

DeeDee

Into Sporks

Leah Kardos -  Into Sporks

The bells of Santa Maria della Salute church in Venice, on Easter morning, March 31st 2013.

Glorious.

Amanda Palmer reads "When I Am Among the Trees" by Mary Oliver

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