Spontaneous improvised freeform performance

Veloden

Affrulia II

Phrenopoly

Aphelion

Done in two realtime passes with synth and piano, no edits, 2023.04.27 Portland OR, USA

Voyenne

Recorded in two passes 2023.07.31 minimal edits

Pinnacular

Improvisational piece created in three passes the evening of 2023.10.16

The Akayyan Plain

At the end of my late evening livestreams, I often do an improvisational meditative excursion to calm myself for bed. I often get into a flow state where it feels like a tour through a waking dream--I let my hands follow whatever comes into my head. This is one of those--live, unedited moments. 

Performed on one of my folk button box accordions, these pieces emerge organically in the quiet hours--a serene and contemplative soundscape with no pre-written melody, just pure, heartfelt improvisation to soothe and inspire calm. Close your eyes, breathe, and let the ancient tones wash over you. 

This live stream recording offers a glimpse into the raw, unedited beauty of spontaneous creation. The button accordion, often associated with lively folk dances, reveals its deeply meditative and expressive side here, proving its versatility for quiet reflection. I hope this unique blend of traditional instrument and ambient improvisation brings a moment of peace to your day or night.

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The Desolate Cairn

A soundtrack to an evolving slightly manic quick-cut dream sequence.  Layered repetitions and live arpeggios morph atop skittering beats and deep bass.  Would work well for the dark train ride home at 3am while the character ponders his reflection in the windows as the lights of the empty city flicker past.

Concentric

after spending a year living in Prague, I returned to the US and found myself separated from dear friends, collaborators, supporters and a city that I love

in Prague I certainly felt like a part of the community, but also it was a place where I was alone - with only me

I was honored that one of my favorite humans, David Danel, approached me to write for this program to be presented in a festival highlighting the spiritual and transcendent

I have never considered myself the most spiritual person but I have a great respect and curiosity and view these things as uniquely human experiences (both shared and individual)

the creation of the piece happened during the quarantine of the CoVid-19 pandemic

in isolation, the work coalesced around the dichotomies of unity/totality, all/one, tutti/solo, etc. . . 

Google translate from Czech to English, with it’s robotic - although human(ly) created - inaccuracies told me:

	pouze - only
	vše - all
	všepouze - omnipotent
	pouzevše - used
	všepouzevše - omnipresent

But as the piece came together, police brutality and the protests in opposition, began to dominate the daily narrative

The titular words and their translations received a new context regardless of authenticity or accuracy

and with the premiere and further performances, the work and the events surrounding it’s genesis will be re(de)contextualized together, with the audience, and independently

ரவி (8 June 2020)

Performed by David Danel. Recorded at SONO Recording Studios CZ June 2023. Mixed by Jake Kelly.

pouze Vše/pouze/Vše pouze (2020)

I'm a lifelong musician-turned-producer/composer in Portland, OR.  Since my beginnings in classical piano at an early age, I've never stopped exploring and absorbing countless styles and influences of current and past musicians and producers. As you can see from my sampling of tracks posted here, I'm a restless soul, stylistically - I get bored easily and can't stand still for too long.  My focus the past few years has been on music for film and television, licensing tracks from my growing eclectic catalog of  minimalist and avant-garde classical landscapes, ambient and glitchy textural pieces,  Brazilian-Cuban soul jazz, afrobeat and even banging club floor fillers.  Clients have included ABC, HBO, CBS, Cartoon Network, Travel Channel, National Geographic, Nike, Quiksilver, Marriott and Warner Bros.  Feel free to contact me regarding licensing of these and other catalogs my publishing company represents.  I also co-produce a number of radio shows with DJ Santo for various FM and Internet Stations around the US  and and we occasionally play live/DJ shows.



The Desolate Cairn

Chauncey Canfield