So evocative and very satisfying melodies and a great atmosphere from the start. So much more than mere nostalgia, it runs deeper than that. Loved that

Had to come back for another blast Ali, as it is such a perfectly nuanced sketch of a time passed. Hats off to you. You've made me want to go back

Very warm music. The photo looks like late 1800s.

@tradladsaughrim: go raibh maith agat, Martin :)

@tradladsaughrim: Glad you enjoyed it Marty. Always good to have you listen in :)

A jazz/chill piece featuring Joe Drzewiecki on soprano sax and flute/pad. I play the other parts, programmed the drums, and designed and mixed the soundscape. It was a treat working with Joe!

She Wears GilgaMesh Stockings - featuring Joe Drzewiecki

This is the very first song that impressed me as a teenager in my college folk club. Two ordinary-looking male engineering students stood up, harmonized and made this song come alive and ring out. Several decades later, I have done my own version

In England in 2023, English folk music is largely scorned (in England only; there is more respect in other UK nations) and is the butt of many popular myths and jokes. Some of us persevere in this unpromising field, withstanding any mockery... (so far).

In English public houses and bars, before radio & TV entertainment kept everybody indoors from 1952 onward, everybody then alive had a party-piece (often from childhood) that could be performed in public for friends and family or in a public house.  And that there, my friends, were (in those days) the last remnants of that there English what-dya-may-callit folk music. Or thereabouts. Some of us survive.

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Martynne And Hys Manne

created as part of jamuary 23 which is a challenge to create 1 piece of music per day in Jamuary

Coffee Break

Another piece for my "Clutha Project" reflecting on my memories of the River Clyde and the various aspects of it that have changed over the years.

On the west side of the Isle of Cumbrae is a beautiful spot called Fintry Bay. It faces towards the isle of Bute's Kilchattan Bay  (where my Great Grandmother had a farm), and the isle of Arran where other relatives of mine still live.

As a child, when visiting my grandparents in Millport, it was a great delight to take a hike over the hill to Fintry Bay where there was a wonderful tearoom on the shore side, overlooking the bay. It had been there for many, many years, having been started by a man called John Kennedy who also made and sold there a variety of carbonated drinks from  nearby spring water that he had rights to. There was a drinking fountain nearby which was sourced from that spring water and I remember it had a slight fizz to it. The cafe's decor had seen better days and I particularly remember the paint peeling on the woodwork outside. The food and drink inside was always lovely though and the beach was a great spot for playing. In many people's family photo albums there will be pictures of them or their ancestors at this spot as they did the tour around the island when it was in its tourism heyday. Eventually, the cafe's physical decline led to its demolition in 1987, but a replacement was built across the road from it which still runs today and serves beautiful and diverse foods to all who come.

This piece seeks to evoke the beauty of the spot and the warmth of wistful memories is has generated for many people over the years. All instruments are virtual via Native Instruments and Spitfire Audio.

The photo depicting John Kennedy outside the old tea room  is borrowed (fair use policy applies) from the North Ayrshire Heritage Trails website, and copyright remains with them.
© Copyright 2019 North Ayrshire Heritage Trails

(Clutha Project) Fintry Bay

A melancholic ambient piece based on an improvised organ chorale in D. I left the original organ improv untouched and just added to it.

Rustic Elegy

ver a tu tita

Each Crow Hill Company Vaults Beta instrument enters in order of its release - sort of a reverse Haydn "Farewell" Symphony.

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Here's some Creepy/Eerie/Liminal music I threw together for a competition.

The show is still going strong over at BSReactor.com; check us out sometime.

BS Reactor - Haunted Terrarium

Instruments:
CELEST-A-TONE by Crow Hill Company
Small String Gestures by Crow Hill Company
Solo Textures by Heavyocity
Percussion by sound of simple things found in a regular household, like doors, metal plates, bbq grill e.t.c

whoisarti - will u ever?

David O. White.Solitude

This track makes use of the following free instruments:
Mini ErHu from Kong Audio
Serenade Reaktor instrument (cello)
Solo Violin Legato from Performance Samples
Zither FREE from Bolder Sounds

Reverie

This is my latest spill-over page for newer stuff. The older material is at @enlimila and @enlimila-plus

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(Clutha Project) Fintry Bay

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