WHEN DUST IS LAID
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Music by Nix 
Artwork by Wanvisa Klawklean
www.facebook.com/wanvisa.lovethailand
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In mud the garden grow,
in dust the wind that blow.
To earth the flowers fade,
like thoughts, when dust is laid.

This world is coming to its end,
and we are going with it.
Right down into the dancing flames,
hold me so tight until then.
Our love can turn these dancing flames
into a field of swaying flowers.
    It's coming to its end,
and we are going with it.
Right down into the dancing flames,
hold me so tight until then.
Our love can turn these dancing flames
into a field of swaying flowers.

Dust and smoke, when it fall, and from the ashes...
a blood red sun is rinsing

Here is sky... but no horizon. 
When one world end, a new begin

In night the stars reveal,
in dreams the things we feel.
At dawn the stars will hide,
like wishes in our mind.

This world is coming to its end,
and we are going with it.
Right down into the dancing flames,
hold me so tight until then.
Our love can turn these dancing flames
into a field of swaying flowers.
    It's coming to its end,
and we are going with it.
Right down into the dancing flames,
hold me so tight until then.
Our love can turn these dancing flames
into a field of swaying flowers.
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When Dust Is Laid

"I'm not a good talker, so music becomes my voice." 

I'm an east London producer, song writer, sound designer and vocalist. 'Fluff' is my solo project. (I'm the other half of trip-hop duo www.soundcloud.com/silverstreaks). 

Fluff-music combines traditional songwriting, indie, electronic, goth, ethereal/synth pop and experimental/cinematic sound design into powerful, emotional sound scapes. Manipulated field recordings and audio textures add suggestive sounds to evoke raw and visceral emotions in the listener. 

Influences: 
Indie/art rock, darkwave and the electroclash scene in the mid 00s. 

Discography:

'Down the Rabbit Hole' (Album, 2023).
In stores since 19th September. https://open.spotify.com/album/4Iq21rBQvgXesED9Hv8GEc 
I will be uploading high res tracks here over time.
'Down the Rabbit Hole' is a reflection on our world as it is today. Greedy, destructive, homogenised, selfish and exploitative. But we're resilient creatures. There are some fun, light-hearted tongue-in-cheek stories of adaptation and survival by becoming pretty fabulous.

'Slate Horizons' (Album, 2018) - Collaboration with @metalogue, London producer and cinematic sound designer. fluffling.bandcamp.com/album/slate-horizons
Indie-electronica, industrial, ambient, cinematic and experimental sound design.
A dark, sonic post-apocalyptic nightmare vision, dealing with events of the recent past, present and not so distant future: Social apathy, lethargy and indifference, public obedience, compliance and conformity, social paranoia, genetic mutations, nuclear threat, post apocalypse and human extinction.

'Black Cats and Criminals' (Album, 2015). https://fluffling.bandcamp.com/album/black-cats-and-criminals
A mix of ethereal electro/synth, pop and piano. Exploration of various topics of complicated human emotions.

'Down the Rabbit Hole' (Album) available on Bandcamp:
fluffling.bandcamp.com/album/down-the-rabbit-hole

'The Asylum' (Single) available on Bandcamp:
fluffling.bandcamp.com/track/the-asylum

'Fallout' (Single) available on Bandcamp:
fluffling.bandcamp.com/track/fallout

'Cherry Blossoms in March' (Single) available on Bandcamp: https://fluffling.bandcamp.com/track/cherry-blossoms-in-march

'Rings of White Ice [Club Remix]' (Single) available on Bandcamp:
fluffling.bandcamp.com/track/rings-o…ce-club-remix

'The Trailer' (Single) available on Bandcamp:
fluffling.bandcamp.com/track/the-trailer

Fluff on facebook: www.facebook.com/Fluffling
Fluff on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fluffmusic/
Fluff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fluffmusic
Fluff on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@flufflingmusic
Fluff on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/artist/2FmSKvGh3PtXaPkEjjP3IH
Fluff on YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UC0KgGwLAq4CZQkHUVegGACA
Fluff on Amazon: http://music.amazon.co.uk/artists/B0CJLY9HWD/fluff
Fluff on AppleMusic: http://music.apple.com/mg/artist/fluff/1708934773

I also write commercial music for BlackBirdBlue - TV work/Sound Design/Soundtracks/Advertising/Movie/Trailers: @blackbirdblueproductions

Hello and welcome to my page 
I live in the city Eschweiler near the bigger city Aachen / Germany.
I play guitar since the year 2010.
The guitar sounds of the music tracks i produce with different guitars  and only with effect cabinet Digitech RP500, Boss ME80  and Boss Looper RC300 and  do not use any musicsoftware. " Everything is handmade"  Much fun with my music !

I am a composer and producer of instrumental music in several genres, including ambient soundscapes, electronica, orchestral and chamber music.  

Musical influences include John Coltrane, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Holst, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Tangerine Dream, Robert Prince, Frank Zappa, Brian Eno, Heinrich Ignaz, Franz von Biber.

My Method of Composing and Producing
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I'm sharing my method of composing and producing music recordings in case other composer-producers like me might find ideas worth exploring in their own work. I use this method for Classical, Avant-Pop or Neo-Folk Instrumental genres, not for Ambient and Soundscape pieces. Non-composers might find this explanation interesting, but having a bit of music theory background will definitely help. I consider myself a humble learner when it comes to music theory. 

I owe a debt of gratitude to British musician and educator Gareth Green, whose Music Matters online courses and free YouTube lessons have taught me so much over the past few years. Thanks to his instruction, I’ve moved from struggling to compose music by trial and error to something more enjoyable and productive. The knowledge I've gained has taken my work in new and expanding directions. As the saying goes, “Theory is not a cage — it’s a map. It doesn’t make the journey for you, but it keeps you from getting lost.” 

When I start a new piece, I begin by choosing a key, and picking a scale drawn from one of these sources:
 
1) Western Tonal / Functional Harmony - major or minor chords I II III IV V VI VII
2) Modal Harmony - Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, etc.
3) Slonimsky's "Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns" 
4) Messiaen’s "Seven Modes of Limited Transposition" 

For many pieces, I also decide on a progression, one as a simple as I IV V, or something more elaborate.  

Next I create a "scales and progressions" piano track in my DAW (digital audio workstation software) and enter the chords I to VII in my chosen key. These harmonized scales serve as a basis for writing multipart harmonies and finding pivot chords for key modulations. 

At the start, I know what instruments I want to use, making adjustments along the way. I tend to write chord parts first, then melodies created through a mix of improvisation and direct input in the DAW. Sometimes I start with a melody.

I develop melodies and variations of a phrase by some combination of: a) passing it from one instrument to another, transposing it by an interval that sounds pleasing, b) reversing it, c) inverting it around the tonic (first) note of the scale. These are well-known methods. 

After completing a section, I choose another scale and maybe a new key and repeat the process until I have a draft of the entire piece. Then I export a recording and listen to it “offline”, take notes of errors and new ideas, and incorporate them back into the piece. Often this “compose / listen / compose” cycle is repeated many times. These iterative cycles include adding new ideas, polishing transitions between sections, changing the arrangement, and incorporating expressive details like accents, and articulations (staccato, sustain, portato etc.). I’m often working several different pieces at once. 

Last is mixing and mastering: balancing the loudness between instruments and adjusting elements like reverb, compression, and equalization. I tend to mix as I compose, even though many producers frown on that approach. I find mixing as I go helps me envision the completed piece and make adjustments to the choice of instruments; it self-inspires me when the piece is starting to sound good.  At the end I do a final mix, but as the saying goes, “A mix is never finished — it’s surrendered.”

In the end, this method gives me a basis for exploration and creativity and helps me stay focused. The goal is always to make a piece of music that feels expressive, cohesive, and emotionally resonant.

NÃO SOU MÚSICA e é fácil perceber isto :):), mas aprecio um bom som. Minha vida não tem sentido sem música… Cantar é um dos seus entretenimentos. Alivia-me a alma e gosto de recordar, sentir-me perto dos meus. Canto apenas por diversão... Assim, não havendo intenção de copyright, as canções aqui apresentadas direciona o ouvinte, devidamente, ao respectivo autor, referências fundamentais que valem ser ressaltadas, creditadas. Estar nesta plataforma foi a forma que encontrei de estar mais próximo dos seus familiares, velhos amigos e outros amigos que, por aqui, fiz...Quem desejar ouvir mais sons eu também estou no Smule. :):D:D Visita lá o aplicativo e me segue se gostar das faixas, se desejar cantar comigo algo diferente... Estou aberta aprender outros idiomas. Obrigada se conseguiu ler até aqui. Agora é curtir ou não as «minhas» canções... :):):)

Thank you for listening and for your comments.
Music is Magic:)
Thank you soundcloud 20.08.13. for SCOTD http://soundcloud.tumblr.com/post/58744738434/soundclouder-of-the-day-oddrun-eikli-if-theres 
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Biografi
Oddrun Eikli is the singer in Loops and Bridges. A project headed by Oddrun Eikli and Arne Hiorth. Oddrun Eikli sings, composes the melodies and writes the lyrics , Arne Hiorth does the arranging trumpet work and studio engineering.
Loops and Bridges released their debut album in jan 2010 (mtgmusic)
http://www.mtgmusic.no/artist/73/Arne-Hiorth-og-Oddrun-Eikli
Doors And Windows released september 2014.



New cd out mai 2013:
SPIRALI
massimo berizzi: trumpet & electronics 
oddrun eikli: vocals & lyrics
alessandro monti: bass

 CD RELEASES AUTUMN 2012:
"ENDRING" WITH Raphaelgtr and
 THE INTERNATIONAL  JAZZ CD  "FLOW"

"FLOW":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtaKeETfQ4g
The musicians on the "FLOW" album are:
Cheryl Pyle (New York City) - flute, Oddrun Eikli (Oslo) - vocals, Arne Hiorth (Oslo) - trumpet, Stanislav Zaslavsky (Kamensk) - piano), Sean O'Bryan Smith (Nashville) - bass, and Axel Weiss (Obernbreit) on guitars and art.

"ENDRING":
Raphaelgtr & Oddrun Eikli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghdVeFgfPIA

ODDRUNS COLLABS. AT SOUNDCLOUD:
you can find my collabs. in these sets:



with Arne Hiorth:
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/oddrun-eikli-and-arne-hiorth
with Axel Weiss
http://soundcloud.com/axelweis/sets/oddrun-and-axel/
with Vicente bueso:
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/vicente-bueso-and-oddrun-eikli
with Raphael GTR and Massimo Berizzi
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/raphael-gtr-and-oddrun-eikli
a set with many of my souncloud-collabs:
http://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/collabs-with-my-sc-friends/

Thank you. :) Thank you to you all !:)

Artist from Sweden with Icelandic roots,
now living in Copenhagen

When Dust Is Laid

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