Matthew Welch

Terra Incognita (String Quartet No. 3) 2018-2023
I. Fossil Formations - 76 bpm (30 min.)
II. Observing Organisms - 88 bpm (20 min)

Terra Incognita is my monolithic treatise in harmony, counterpoint and structure. It was slowly composed over the course of five years. The contrapuntal lines of Observing Organisms grow directly out of the harmonies in Fossil Formations. The note spellings are conceived as integral to the investigation of voice leading and harmonic possibility. To aid the comprehensibility of this harmony, a score of Fossil Formations with a keyboard and “continuo” style harmonic analysis has been included. In its original conception, this music was written as my third string quartet, and fashioned into two movements that are respectively slow and fast. However, Terra Incognita’s formal structure and texture allow it to function as an open score, as well. It can be performed by string orchestra, chorus, band, or any ensemble that can cover the parts. Solo polyphonic instruments, like organ or piano, may perform from the keyboard part from the version of Fossil Formations with the “continuo” style harmonic analysis, either in concert with an ensemble, or alone. To accommodate multiple performance contexts, the repeated phrases may be played more than twice to elongate the work, or eliminated entirely to present a shorter, 25 minute work. Rather than providing numerous detailed performance directions, I believe the movement titles are sufficient for the imagination. Observing Organisms ossia: unmanageable double-stops may be substituted with a pattern of alternating 1/8th notes, derived from the double-stop, starting on the lower of the note pair.

 Terra Incognita is dedicated to my son Mason Reid Welch-Lueck.

TERRA INCOGNITA (String Quartet No. 3) I. Fossil Formartions (with Pipe Organ)

Matthew Welch

Terra Incognita (String Quartet No. 3) 2018-2023
I. Fossil Formations - 76 bpm (30 min.)
II. Observing Organisms - 88 bpm (20 min)

Terra Incognita is my monolithic treatise in harmony, counterpoint and structure. It was slowly composed over the course of five years. The contrapuntal lines of Observing Organisms grow directly out of the harmonies in Fossil Formations. The note spellings are conceived as integral to the investigation of voice leading and harmonic possibility. To aid the comprehensibility of this harmony, a score of Fossil Formations with a keyboard and “continuo” style harmonic analysis has been included. In its original conception, this music was written as my third string quartet, and fashioned into two movements that are respectively slow and fast. However, Terra Incognita’s formal structure and texture allow it to function as an open score, as well. It can be performed by string orchestra, chorus, band, or any ensemble that can cover the parts. Solo polyphonic instruments, like organ or piano, may perform from the keyboard part from the version of Fossil Formations with the “continuo” style harmonic analysis, either in concert with an ensemble, or alone. To accommodate multiple performance contexts, the repeated phrases may be played more than twice to elongate the work, or eliminated entirely to present a shorter, 25 minute work. Rather than providing numerous detailed performance directions, I believe the movement titles are sufficient for the imagination. Observing Organisms ossia: unmanageable double-stops may be substituted with a pattern of alternating 1/8th notes, derived from the double-stop, starting on the lower of the note pair.

Terra Incognita is dedicated to my son Mason Reid Welch-Lueck.

TERRA INCOGNITA (String Quartet No. 3) II. Observing Organisms (with SYNTHs)

trace was written for a dance project of Karin Post's (Take) in 1994. The concept of the piece was based on the early computer drawings of Peter Struyken (who also created the lighting-design for the project), where simple algorithmic rules govern the direction of a line. The basic structure of the four parts of the music is simply a progression of complexity from the ratio 1:2 - 2:3 - 3:4 to 4:5. These proportions are worked out on a rhythmic and structural level.

Trace by Yannis Kyriakides (1994)

:::TRACKLIST:::
-Suduaya Feat. Amin - Shamanic Light
-Living Light - The Last Morning (Suduaya Remix)
-Desert Dwellers - Wandering Sadhu (Suduaya Remix)
-CABEIRI - Voyager (Suduaya remix)
-Suduaya & By The Rain - Silent Awareness 
-Suduaya - Over the Edge 
-Suduaya & By The Rain - Space Shifting
-Reasonandu Feat. Suduaya - Moon Cloud
-ZERO CULT - Heartwork (Suduaya remix)
-Terra Nine vs Squazoid - Karuna  (Suduaya Rmx)
-Erot - Eclipse (Suduaya remix)
-Suduaya Feat. Amin - Empy your mind 
-Suduaya - Sparkling Universe 
:::NOTE::: One track was taken out from the recording, as it's not released yet and is exclusive to live performance until it comes out. name of the track is Koan - Dolphin & Eos (Suduaya remix).
Psy-Fi Festival in Netherlands was a beautiful Event. Tickets Sold out at 15.000 people. 

Suduaya ~ Chillout Live @ Psy - Fi (2015)

Karl Stobbe, Violin - Manitoba chamber Orchestra

The Violin in my Life (2025)

Nibana Live 2015

Tracklist : 

1 - Younger Brother - Psychic Gibbon (Nibana Remix) [UNRELEASED]

2 - Nibana - Icarus Dream (Tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen) [Ask The Universe]

3 - Nibana - Our Eyes [Ask The Universe]

4 - Nibana - The Most Astounding Fact [Ask The Universe]

5 - Nibana - Let The Cynics Be [UNRELEASED]

6 - Nibana - Moola (Old Version) [Otodayo Records]

7 - Nibana - Among Thoughts [VA - Star Paths - Mamomam Records]

8 - Nibana - I Am A Soul [Ask The Universe]

9 - Nibana - Through Ard Skellig [VA - Smorgasboard Vol.2]

10 - Astropilot & Cloower Wooma - Forraedri (Nibana Remix) [Forraedri EP]

11 - Nibana & Maluns - Heavy Dreamers [BMSS Records]

12 - Nibana - Orchestra Electronica (Old Version) [Nibana - Shumatsu No Tani]

Nibana Chillout Live @ All Stars Festival 1h30 [MP3]

1h of pure Deep Trance & Psybient music by Nibana 

Tracklist : 

01. SeaMoon - Nebula 
02. Sephira - More Than Human (Slowed version)
03. SeaMoon - Tricky Transients
04. Nibana - Icarus Dream
05. Suduaya - Astral Lullaby 
06. Mr Squatch - The Squatch Expands Life
07. Ace Ventura by Yoni Oshrat - Brave New World
08. Nibana - Through The Ard
09. Galaxy Drop - Hear Yourself

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Nibana - Chillout Set Summer 2016 (Deep Trance, Chillgressive, Psybient)

Morse Code Pop uses a syncopated theme that mimics the sound of a morse code signal. The composer is not fluent in morse code, however, so any specific messages that may result from the motivic material are not intended…

Originally composed as a duet for alto and baritone saxophone for Valerie Vidal and Elizabeth Owsijuk, the work was subsequently arranged for soprano and alto saxophone duo, at the request of Elizabeth Rosinbum and Jessica Voigt for a performance at the 2015 World Saxophone Congress in Strasbourg, and saxophone quartet, at the request of Dan Gelok, the saxophone professor at the University of Houston, Moores School of Music for a performance at the 2016 Texas Music Educators Association Conference.

Morse Code Pop (2016) - saxophone quartet

Don’t miss AMORTALIST’s set on the next edition of Zenon Records series, containing tracks form his new album, Within The Singularity.

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Triple Sax Quartet - III. With Vigour

Thanks to Kamino Records for making this live possible ! 
All music written, produced or remixed by myself.

Triple Sax Quartet - III. With Vigour

Colin MacDonald 1

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