Forest Moon is a track made for drives through foggy woods at night, with the windows down. This remix/reconstruction is inspired by the jams I had in my head to the original in these conditions, many years and years ago, imagining all the forest moons out there in the sky |

Accompanying music video by @whirlwindvisuals | https://youtu.be/zMYqJPmzByE

Original unreleased tune by https://soundcloud.com/boardsofcanada |

Created in tribute to BoC & Warp Records |

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Boards of Canada - Forest Moon (Skytree Reconstruct)

A field recording of Sperm Whales, echolocating,  in Southern Bay, north of Princeton, Newfoundland. The clicks' frequency can suggest a whale's size and the rate, the distance between the whale and an object (e.g., prey). 

A Sperm whale head contains the spermaceti organ, a cavity filled with almost 2,000 L of wax-like liquid, and the junk compartment, comprising a series of wafer-like bodies believed to act as acoustic lenses. 

Echolocation signals are produced with consistent inter-click intervals (of approximately 0.4 s) while coda clicks are arranged in stereotypical sequences called “codas” lasting less than 2 s. Codas are characterized by the different number of constituent clicks and the intervals between them (called inter-click intervals or ICIs). Codas are typically produced in multi-party exchanges that can last from about 10 s to over half an hour. Each click, in turn, presents itself as a sequence of equally spaced pulses, with inter-pulse interval (IPI) of an order of 3–4 ms in an adult female, which is the result of the sound reflecting within the spermaceti organ. 

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9160774/figure/fig2/

Equipment: Sound Devices mixpre 6II and a borrowed Aquarian Audio hydrophone.

Sperm Whale Echolocations

Miracle Legion - The Backyard

Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Trust the Guide and Glide
2LP VINYL: bit.ly/1prTyCy

It's Now! Eternally! Easy, Tender, Loving Sound.
The Guide is You. The Glide is Life. Be Yourself, Live Fully - 
That's what the Vibrations are Encouraging, Echoing, 
Waving, Glowing, Singing, Rippling, Radiating.

Matthewdavid's Mindflight is Heart Music. It's a record
of beauty that has evolved from explorations into his 
deepest emotions, visions and imagination. The Flights 
were most directly inspired by his profound connection 
with Michael Stearns' Planetary Unfolding (Continuum 
Montage 1981). You can feel that Trust is it's Brother. 
Stearns speaks of Dreams, Resonance, Unity, and Ecstasy. 
Matthew adds that this journey has been one of Healing, 
Discovery, Finding, and Transformation. The two and
their kindred are wondrous Sonic-Energetic-Midwives
helping to usher in this age of Expanded Consciousness.

The process and source are Extra and Terrestrial, 
Synthesized, Improvised (Live on Dublab Radio) Meditations. 
Sourced from the well of spiritual expression, these 
recordings were further realized in Ableton. You're flying 
through the mystical world of Gilbert William's cover, 
the software technology is dancing with circuitry, Flute, 
Harp, Hulusi, Water, Sonar, Quasar, and microtonal 
language are Tied and Dyed in the moment.

The Mind is programmed by the Heart. With an open 
Heart the Mind can apply our gifts. I asked Matthew 
what he's seen on / in his Mindflights: "Unconditional Love! 
Stillness - Centeredness," he replied. "I've seen and felt 
my ancestors, I've heard the songs of humanity . . ."

Welcome, Listen, Hear, Here, Now, Celebrate!

Joyously Written with Trust the Guide and Glide on repeat,
Tuesday, December 8, 2015, in Woodland Hills, California 
- Carlos Niño

cover painting: Gilbert Williams
@matthewdavids-mindflight
www.leavingrecords.com

2LP VINYL + DIGITAL

Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Unfolding Atlantis

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Weightless (Ambient Transmission Vol. 2)

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Marconi Union - Weightless

Taken from the unreleased album "Weightless" (Ambient Transmissions Vol.2)

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Weightless (Part 5)

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