First track from my personal fake-anime album, Journey to the Sun!
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Artwork by Sỹ Tất.

Releasing on July 29th, 2020

Song Of Sanction

"K.K. Cruisin' (Interstate 5)"
aivi & surasshu
originally composed by Kazumi Totaka
from the game Animal Crossing

aivisura liner notes:

- We love Totaka!
- We worked on this remix in between projects for a year.
- When we lived in separate countries, we played Animal Crossing: New Leaf together all the time, and went to K.K. Slider concerts on Saturdays. We requested "K.K. Cruisin'" every time.
- We started this remix in an attempt to answer the question, "Why is K.K. Cruisin' so great?" After listening to it and studying it, we determined that, for us, the heart of the song was its groove. The same five chords repeat throughout the entire song (five extremely creative chords--Mr. Totaka is always a step ahead of us all), and it never changes in rhythm or energy level. We used that concept as the main inspiration for our arrangement, where instead of ramping up the energy for the chorus like we'd normally do, we pulled back and settled into a comfortable groove. Keeping "still" was a big exercise in confidence for both of us.
- We named our remix after the road trips we'd take together down I-5, between San Francisco and LA. Those trips felt like mini-vacations for us (though we still worked on the road and in our hotel room) and making this song has been a mini-vacation for us, too.

Youtube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VGT5NfBPus

Animal Crossing - K.K. Cruisin' (Interstate 5)

Peace Be to this Home (2016)
by Jonas Fisher

University of North Dakota Allegro Women's Choir
Conductor, Melanie Popejoy
Piano, Jonas Fisher

Peace Be to this Home

Title: The Endling Suite: Last of Its Kind 
I – No creature ever knows it’s the last of its kind 
II – It just is
III – And then it isn’t

Piano: Lihao Li, Flute: Emily Annesley, Clarinet: Martha Rolón, Violin: Jasmine Yanase, Cello: Christopher Jung, Percussion: Jimmy Stagnitti

Notes: 

The comic shown as the image struck me, and I found myself obsessed with it. The serene quality of the image, juxtaposed with the various messages behind it, speaks volumes. This piece is for endlings, those who are the last of their kind, and is my commentary on extinction.

I - No creature ever knows it’s the last of its kind: This movement explores the idea of music sprouting from a single moment and attempts to embody blissful ignorance of one’s own circumstance.

II – It just is: My intention is to take this phrase as out of context as I can. By itself, there is something calming about the phrase “it just is.” It is not a sad realization, but a celebration of life itself. Launching immediately into driving, playful, and declamatory moments, the music then settles down. It plays out in the context of the preceding movement, and as a harbinger of what is to come in movement III.

III – And then it isn’t: The music reintroduces the dissonance from the first movement and gives it further context. Behind the ignorance, there is a knowing quality that steadily moves into the foreground until it simply stops.

Thank you for listening.

The Endling Suite - Last Of Its Kind Movt. 1 - 3

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This is my Homeland

Hey RiD&D

A track inspired by that unique feeling of joy that comes from a day spent playing out in the snow!

Snow Day

Commissioned by Jenny Gillies and Nevis Ensemble, for Jenny
Akroyd, as part of the Lochan Sketches project, 2020.
Broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland, 16/08/2020 in Classics Unwrapped.

winding through seaweed

A Path Is Found

A little left-field electronic tune in 24 tone equal temperament. Farewell, 2020.

Between Lines

The Endling Suite - Last Of Its Kind Movt. 1 - 3

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