'Off The Beaten Path' is a collection of sound photographs that capture the essence of places where time seems to have been forgotten, much like the organic simplicity of Polaroid snapshots. It combines travel narratives with the unique sounds of remote landscapes, while exploring the emotions experienced when stepping out of one's comfort zone.

Composed, recorded, and arranged by Rafael Diogo
Flute performed by Francisco Amoscotegui
Recording Locations: Kosovo, Vietnam, the Philippines, Portugal, China, Egypt, and Georgia

Mastered by Raffaele Pezzella AKA Sonologyst
Cover photo by Konstantinos Sahlos
Design and inlay artwork by Toni Dimitrov

This album has been released by Élan Vital Recordings and can be purchased at https://elanvital.bandcamp.com/album/off-the-beaten-path.

Off The Beaten Path (Élan Vital Recordings)

The Sea That Stared At Goats

Slow Meadows

Eggshell

Passing Clouds (feat. Francisco Amoscotegui)

Saving Fish From Drowning

The Wanderer’s Last Journey

Of The Beaten Path (feat. Francisco Amoscotegui)

The Tides Of Memory

The Places In Between (feat. Francisco Amoscotegui)

Snow Dogs

Rafael Diogo is an ambient composer and sound designer based in London, whose works move across experimental paths and natural investigations into everyday sounds.

I create soundscapes in a variety of moods and shapes but mainly I favour the sound of stories embedded into objects and places, a feeling of great immediacy, the phenomenological sense of place and time, the despair for that loss, a memory. 

The practice of travelling enabled me to embrace the boundless possibilities of perceiving the world from many distinct angles. 

My body of work maintains both an ecologic focus that emphasises nature's challenges and fragilities and a wide-eyed spirit of exploration, creating unforeseen liminal soundscapes that can reveal hidden information about a place or a moment that no longer exists.

Off The Beaten Path (Élan Vital Recordings)

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