Hang On

For It All 150 BPM

Composition inspired by haiku by Murakami Kijo

winter sun -
my own shadow
blocks the way

My Own Shadow - (naviarhaiku524)

A percussion-only track made as an attempt to capture the spirit of the hypnotic rhythms of drum circles I've been part of. 

If you like it, feel free to use this track, DL should be on, and I offer it free under a creative commons attribution license. Please credit me (Jeffrey A. Trott) if you do use it. Contact me if you'd like a more raw and uncompressed version.

I'm only about 95 percent satisfied with the mastering, so I may re-master this in the near term.
[Ver. 17_UAD_BAKED]

TriFour

TriFour - World Drums

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Dust

An immersive soundscape, that merges field recordings with a track by Snow*Omen @snow_omen (Improvisation Nr. 9 for two guitars and voice). Field recordings: Westhafen (West harbour), Berlin. 
Except for the musical part and not in order of appearance: 
A freight train passes.
A small boat rattles against the mooring.
Scrap metal is transported from one scrap heap to another.
Trucks drive past.
A crane lifts containers. 
An annoying repetitive electronic signal starts and stops at some point. 
A rude dude asks me from a distance to switch off the camera that I don't have, as I record with my Zoom H2N.
Small waves splash against the harbor basin.
And there's wind...

All Sounds Snow*Omen & VSS; Mixing and production VSS; Image: site map of Westhafen, Friedrich Krause,  Berlin 1923 (coloring: VSS).

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Westhafen

"Ember" is an electroacoustic composition that serves as a sonic portrait of a profoundly inspiring period in my life. This piece reflects my time studying at the Gotland School of Composition in Visby in my early twenties. One of the most breathtaking places in Gotland is Högklint, a cliff reaching 48 meters above sea level located just south of Visby, offering a view of the Baltic Sea to the west and Visby to the northeast. Inspired by the image of this place, I created this piece. Through this composition, I hope to convey the deep connection I felt to both the place and a moment in time.

#Electroacoustic #SoundArt #AmbientMusic #DroneMusic #LoFi #NoisyMusic #Soundscape #Reverb #ExperimentalMusic #Gotland #Visby #Ambientdrone #BalticSea #Composition #SonicPortrait #Inspiration #LargeSound #MusicComposition #SoundDesign

Ember

rain on the cherry blossoms
with bamboo in the mist -
so pale and green

Mizuhara Shuoshi was a 20th century Japanese poet. Shuoshi rebelled against the principles of emotional detachment in haiku, which he thought limited his ability to emotionally express himself through poetry: he started a magazine called Staggerbush which focused on a more romantic, lyrical type of haiku.

haiku by Mizuhara Shuoshi

pale and green [naviarhaiku543]

just a piece

2024-10-29

Karó And Týr Have Another Case

After the Atmosphere

James is a multi-instrumentalist creator of music as well as a contemporary artist. He plays stringed instruments (guitars, cello, ukulele, bass, etc.) and uses a midi controller for any instruments he doesn't have access to; such as a timpani or a glockenspiel.

James creates music that is inspired by the pure love and joy of making music. The style of music he creates varies from piece to piece. He will go from songs that are accompanied by guitar or ukulele to full arrangements of a traditional North American band to orchestral scores that you could easily hear backing a film or video. 

By browsing his music you're likely to come across traditional pieces of music sounding as old as time and other pieces sounding as new as yesterday's jingle. 

Instruments inspire him to make new sounds come together to form music and combining old and new sounds is something he very much enjoys exploring.

While music and sounds are a big part of James' personality so is making art, graphics, and videos. James has worked professionally as a technical illustrator/graphics specialist since 1991. So James almost always creates art specifically for each piece of music he puts out into the world. The art may or may not be directly related to the piece of music in context but it will definitely give you another perspective on how the music has inspired him or makes him feel.

To learn more about James and/or see his art seek him out on Instagram.com and YouTube.com; he’s easy to find if you spell his name correctly.  A pseudonym also being used by James is Mildred Stain.

If you are interested in collaborating in any way, contact him!

My Own Shadow - (naviarhaiku524)

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