Music For, With And By Giraffes

The story about this track is simple -- made a drum track for a friend, but it got rejected ("too harsh"). Self confidence went to the bottom, and the voices in my head were insisting to produce something extra harsh. Music indeed is a good therapy. Anyway, this all wouldn't have happened if I just went to the zoo as originally planned for that day.

Fun fact: I have been owning a Microkorg for some 15 years, and this was literally the first time I had used its inbuilt vocoder. It even shipped with a swan neck microphone; it sounds exactly as terrible as it looks (and the more I keep staring at it, the more it resembles the weapon used for colonoscopy).

Should Have Gone To The Zoo

Nasha, The Girl who Touched the Sky - Nasha's Dance 
December 2020
Duration: 2:35
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who with be performing Nasha, The Girl Who Touched the Sky September 2021
Painting by Marie-Jose Payannet
There is an African plain the color of the sun where men dance for the rains to come.
They paint their hair and bodies red and jump toward the stars,
while the women sing the story of Nahsa, the Girl who touched the Sky.

A note from Marie-Jose Payannet, Director of Danse Etoile Ballet:
In those hard times when live performances cannot happen, Danse Etoile Ballet is producing a movie based on the original story written and illustrated by director Marie-Jose Payannet.  The story will unfold with dances mixed with narration and dialog, choreographed to diverse musics. Danse Etoile has been fortunate to work with Colorado's own composer Bruce Klepper who composed this beautiful piece for a solo danced by Nasha. 

For Bansuri, Duduk, Bass Quenacho, Marimba, Gambang Gamelan, Xylophone, Ih Khuur Bass, String Bass, virtual instrument and percussion

Nasha, The Girl who Touched the Sky - Nasha's Dance

Rising High

Nasha, The Girl who Touched the Sky - Nasha's and the Rain 
January 2021
Duration: 2:25
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who with be performing Nasha, The Girl Who Touched the Sky September 2021
Painting by Marie-Jose Payannet

Rain drops fell on Nasha's nose.  Soon rain drummed the thirsty land.  For three days, rain soaked the plains.

A note from Marie-Jose Payannet, Director of Danse Etoile Ballet:
In those hard times when live performances cannot happen, Danse Etoile Ballet is producing a movie based on the original story written and illustrated by director Marie-Jose Payannet.  The story will unfold with dances mixed with narration and dialog, choreographed to diverse musics. Danse Etoile has been fortunate to work with Colorado's own composer Bruce Klepper who composed this beautiful piece for Nahsa and the Rain. 

For Native American Flute, Strings,  Marimba, Xylophone, String Bass, virtual instruments and percussion

Nasha, The Girl Who Touched The Sky - Nasha and the Rain

Keeping on fiddling while Rome is burning. Some of my therapists say that music is sublimation which is a good thing.

Profile pic by Antonino Muscarello :-)

Music For, With And By Giraffes

Florian Lüthi