pour violoncelle et piano
compositeur Jean-Claude Wolff

trois solitudes

Boulez

Paulo Chagas and I have made a number of internet collaborative albums together.
So when he said, let’s invite Henry Koek to join us, I did not fully know what would happen.

Henry Koek writes cosmic poems and makes shaman sounding percussive music,
so to our pleasure,….that is what blended into our mixes.

We invite you to partake with our poems set with music, and three instrumentals,
with a shaman inspired tone with all of our pieces. Please hear the music, like and comment!

This first album preview piece for commenting is based on a poem that Henry Koek wrote.

Enjoy!
ENOL: Wilhelm Matthies, Henry Koek, Paulo Chagas.

The entire album is available here:   https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/above-a-darkness-of-earth


Living Words

We invite you to hear the 2nd of three album preview pieces.

“Practical guide to shamanism for young people”,
Is from the album “Above a Darkness of Earth.”

Paulo Chagas initiated this trio piece with his wind instrument part. Henry Koek added many sound textures in addition to his voice, I finished with percussion and my MaaTeeSaa1 sounds.

This piece continues the shamanist inspired tone of the album.

Hear and/or download the album from BandCamp: 
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/above-a-darkness-of-earth

Enjoy!
Wilhelm Matthies

A practical guide to shamanism for young people

This is the 3rd of 3 album preview pieces for the album "above a darkness of earth." Our wish, with this piece and with the whole album, is to offer a calm, meditative piece to help towards a deepening connection with the earth and each other. 
Hear/download from BandCamp here...https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/above-a-darkness-of-earth
Thanks from the team, Henry Koek, Paulo Chagas, and myself, Wilhelm

Here is the poem that I wrote which inspired this music:
Hum, just above, a darkness of earth

River runs nearby,
gurgles and murmurs, 

sounds out 
under submerged tree trunks, 
pale and immersed in the flow.
Blackness of deep night 
has 
already settled here.

Still,
fine, serrated leaves whisper with the wind,
gently hover over darkness.

Stems from last year
still 
rise up,
Still,
connected to dark earth.

Purple blossoms, in rows of hearts
Still,
hum quietly 
to each other,
just 
above a darkness of earth.

Hum, just above a darkness of earth

Paulo Chagas lives in Portugal and I in the USA.
We agreed to make this album by sharing music files over the internet.

While we worked on this album, 
making music for a peaceful world was on our mind.

All over the world, 
tensions, conflicts, suppressions and violence
of one group over another have arisen.

As musical artists, we believe that our artistic process 
demonstrates what we wish for the world,
paraphrasing Ghandi’s 
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world”:

Create agreements and honor them

Listen carefully, respond with care

Openly point out problems, openly work to fix them

Create music that acknowledges conflict but also overcomes it

Support the spirit of engaged creativity

Support joyful life


Wilhelm Matthies and Paulo Chagas, April 2025

Honoring agreements

Paulo Chagas initiated this internet exchange piece,
Missing tree, river flow.

He saw one of my photos and it inspired him to perform this piece,
I in turn, listened carefully and flowed with his suggestions.

This is the 2nd of 2 album preview releases on SoundCloud.
Download and/or listen to the album here:
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/for-a-peaceful-world

trois solitudes

Jean-Claude Wolff

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