darren harper
Ambient/experimental sound artist, photo-novice, father, husband
http://darrenharper.bandcamp.com/

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Peaceful

☼ꁋ ꂈꂉ ꂓꁡꁠꂒꏙꁽꁼꁿꁾ ☻☼

sleep

Brand new epic recorded at the new L'auberge de dunn studios in Montréal, 2013.

Infinite Sadness

INFINITE SADNESS

Boring Foothills of Foot Fetishville

part of a series of small, Autumnal sketches that had nowhere to go, but found comfort together in this small e.p.

I hope you enjoy!!

free d/l

8/31/13 Dusk 1.

A little sketch that feels like a wintry lullaby to me.. . 

**Appears on the wonderful 'Moments of Silence' compilation...a charity album for the innocent children of Gaza.
https://ambientmomentsofsilence.bandcamp.com/releases

I hope you'll enjoy!

Moments of Silence V/A

LuuL

The Morning of the World. A land full of mysticism of spirituality and of eternal contrasts. Where moments of beauty cohabit with the chaos and noise of countless motorcycles, screeching cocks and howling dogs. Where the simplest most beautiful gestures are found daily at every crossroads, with offerings made by ladies in their ceremonial best oblivious to the trucks flashing past, drivers wild eyed, mere inches away. Serenity amidst the asphalt chaos that progress in it’s limitless appeal has bequeathed.
The industry and heat of the day are supplanted by the lull and cool of the evening.  The magic of Bali is found floating in the air as the sound of the gamelan rings out at sunset. Whole villages come alive to the exquisite and exotic sound of the excited tones of this local percussion jewel where fifty or more play in rapture, for their temple, for tourists and for themselves. Once heard, forever identified with Bali.
But this xylophone jewel plays not to the 12 tone beat of the west but instead follows a scale of only 5 notes, often non-commensurate and dissonant with our familiar western sytem. Harmonising the two is not an attempt at fusion but instead an artist’s attempt at impressionism - to recreate and interpret the fleeting moments and idylls of a balinese year - the balinese year that exists 'Between the Silence'...
The Balinese animism that fixes their lives, the fight between good and evil, with the gods in the mountains, the demons the sea and themselves delicately balanced in between, is one of perpetual regeneration where time starts again each year and the linear chronology of the west gives way to a more primitive measure. 
The Balinese year starts and ends with Nyepi, a day of silence, meditation and peace. It is a time for reflection, preceded by burnings exorcising the demons and evil spirits that inhabit the crossroads of life and offerings given to placate the destructive forces of nature. It is a regeneration that allows the Balinese to truly live not just between heaven and earth but Between the Silence...


Waking Light ( Semengan )

Kites ( Layangan )

Light Rain ( Geremis )

Empty Village at Noon

Between the Silence

Goodwill & Hook N Sling - Take You Higher *** PREVIEW ***

Appears on the wonderful Somehow Recordings compilation 'The Pursuit of Quintessence'  
http://www.somehowrecordings.co.uk/

I hope you enjoy!!



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Autumn breeze; stepping stone (the pursuit of quintessence)

» Daft Punk - Something About Us (Cherokee Remix)

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Daft Punk - Something About Us (Cherokee Remix)

For the second Audio Gourmet release, we welcome talented American ambient artist Darren Harper to our roster. Darren has had (3?) albums out on the Earth Mantra netlabel to date (http://www.earthmantra.com/) and another due out this month. He's also got work out on and collaborates with Jacob Newman under the guise Frequent Sync. To assist his forthcoming full album release on Earth Mantra, he has treated us to this exceptional E.P of top drawer ambient music.
First up, 'Fields and Glass' serves as the darker half of the E.P, fusing environmental field recordings from the far east with a complex and eerie drone. Darren used these open-source field recordings as part of an 'unconscious collaboration' with his unsuspecting studio partner to tap in to the recording environment, by adding his own atmospheric interpretation of the recorded events. There are a lot of open-source sounds available from around the world and it is fascinating to think that these recorded fragments of time can be used freely for artistic expression by artists that have never met the person behind the source.
The second track on the E.P is entitled 'Leaves and Piano' and features a delicate looped piano composition with restful drone accents. This piece is incredibly beautiful and its flowing, subtle repetition of the piano loop guides the mind to a lulling meditative state.

Darren Harper is a highly talented artist and a name to watch out for. His work continues to better itself with each release; Audio Gourmet is delighted to include this magnificent E.P to its catalog of releases. Enjoy:

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Darren Harper - Leaves and Piano

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Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

Taken from the forthcoming various artist's compilation 'Fogbound' on Somehow Recordings. contributions from the following artists:

 Hakobune, Porya Hatami , Darren Harper, A Bleeding Star,  Celer, Chihei Hatakeyama, and Tomoyoshi Date

Release date~4/10/13

Mastered by Stefano Guzzetti
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Framed in Solitude (mastered)

A short piece created with my ReVox A-77 reel/reel, and my Concord 3" reel/reel + guitar, as well as a sampled piano instrument.  The tape hiss seemed very evocative of a distant, imaginary sea to me...

Mastered by Seth Chrisman
http://effervescent-airwaves.blogspot.com/

I hope you enjoy!

Upon The Edge Of An Imaginary Sea, I Remembered How Things Once Could Be

guitar / water / headphones

Mastered by Seth Chrisman
http://effervescent-airwaves.blogspot.com/

I hope you enjoy!

Submerged; Alone & Revealed

Track taken from the stunning new album 'The Man Who Died In His Boat'.

Full review:

"Grouper isn’t just a listening experience; it’s a dive of faith into another dimension..."

www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2013/01/grouper-the-man-who-died-in-his-boat

Grouper - Being Her Shadow

From full-length Pearls & Smoke.

Now available as digital and CD Digipak, both currently available to purchase from the bandcamp store:

http://glossata.bandcamp.com/

Swallowed Up in an Unalterable Dream

Originally from the "Warmth (For Jii)" compilation, which is no longer online.  It now appears on an e.p. entitled 'Collected', which is a small collection of music that had first appeared on comps that are sold out, or no longer available.

http://darrenharper.bandcamp.com/album/collected

Mastered by Tokee: doperec.com/tokee 
Artwork by Peter Nejedly: www.flickr.com/photos/peternejedly/


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Memory Loop

dusty tape loops, reflective moments... .

I hope you enjoy!

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Pastorale Loop

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The first single from the upcoming album 'Where Does This Door Go', out July 16.

Produced by Oak & Mayer

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De Zwarte Lijst vol. 3

Her Favorite Song

Exquisite meditation on longing by Richard Lainhart (1953-2011). From 2009.

Autumn Afternoon With Rain

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ambient/experimental sound artist, lover of nature, wanderer... .

Guitarist in Root Atlas~

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