Quercus Petraea or Quercus Petrea is the Oak, the strong one 🌳
Mix : Karim Barouni at Humarka
Master : EQUUS

Continuum

Quercus Petrea

ANDY NARELL 
LIKE A CHILD 
music for sampled steel orchestra 

1 - Speak Like a Child  (Herbie Hancock) 
2 - Babe of the Day (Vince Mendoza)
3 - Bebe (Hermeto Pascoal)
4 - Ifrikya (Karim Ziad)
5 - Pools (Don Grolnick)
6 - Year For Love (Aaron St. Louis)
7 - Moment’s Notice (John Coltrane)
 
Andy Narell - keyboards (sampled steel pans), iron 

Tilo Bertholo - drums (tracks 2,6,7)
Mark Walker - drums (tracks 1,3)
Karim Ziad - drums, crotales (track 4)
Jean Philippe Fanfant - drums (track 5)

Inor Sotolongo - percussion (tracks 2,5,6,7)
Adriano Tenorio - percussion (tracks 3,4)
Jesus Diaz - percussion (track 1)

Isaac Narell - saxophones, flutes (tracks 2,4)
Olivier Ker Ourio - harmonica (track 3)
Josiah Woodson - trumpet (track 7)

Recorded and mixed by Andy Narell
Additional drums/percussion recording by Mark Walker and Jesus Diaz

All the steel pans heard on this recording are part of the sample library plug-in Andy Narell Steel Pans/The Ellie Mannette Collection, available at 

https://www.ilio.com/andy-narell-steel-pans-the-ellie-mannette-collection    

For more information about Ellie Mannette go to 

http://www.andynarell.com/steel-band-music

01 - Speak Like A Child

Picus Viridis is a Bird. The European green woodpecker (Pic Vert).

It's a pretty rare bird to observe here in Belgium.
The Green Woodpecker is about the size of a pigeon. Its plumage is dominated by green and yellow, with a red cap.

The song begins with a big, textured synth in a slightly oriental key.
It opens next into a much softer part where clarinet, piano and sub bass sing together for a few bars.
lyrics
Let's be attentive to the beauty of the world.
credits
from Continuum, released October 10, 2025
Clarinet : Geraldine Fastré (BE)
Voiceover : Kitty Lydon (BE)
Piano and synth : Nicolas Allard (BE)


Written and produced by Nicolas "Olvo" Allard
Mixed by Karim Barouni at Humarka studio
Mastered by Pieter De Wagter at Equus studio

Picus Viridis

Inspired by the sounds of nature, “Apis Mellifera” offers a meditative blend of ambient, cinematic and organic electronica. With Choirs, cello, guitar and spoken word, it feels like a soundtrack to a poetic ecological fable. A slow and immersive tribute to biodiversity, in the vein of Olafur Arnalds, Superpoze or Robot Koch.

From Continuum, releases October 10, 2025

Cello : Eugénie Defraigne (BE)
 Guitare : Simon Jutras (CAN)
 Choir Direction : Emeline Burnotte (BE)
Voiceover : Kitty Lydon (BE)
Piano : Nicolas Allard (BE)

Continuul

Apis Mellifera

Shinrin Yoku means the forest bath.  
Mix : Humarka 
Master : EQUUS
Artwork : Demos

Shinrin Yoku

The oceans, the plants, the insects, the clouds and the trees, we are all connected to these elements.
A great movement that goes beyond us.
credits
from Continuum, released October 10, 2025
Voice Over : Kitty Lydon
Mix : Humarka
Master : Equus
Artwork : Demos

Tilia Tomentosa

The more biodiversity we have, the more stability and quality of life we enjoy. All aspects of our well-being are linked to nature.
It's all there!
The air we breathe, the water we drink, the vegetables we eat - everything comes from the earth.
And the more we respect it.
The better we live.
Listen to the song of the flowers and the bees.
Mix : Humarka 
Master : EQUUS
Artwork : Demos 
Composed by Nicolas Allard

Tyto Alba

The Achillea is a wild flower.
Mix : Karim Barouni at Humarka
Master : EQUUS
Artwork : Demos
Piano : Nicolas Allard

Achillea

Sorbus Aria or White Birch is a flowering arbutus, particularly popular with pollinators. Often planted in parks as an ornamental tree, it is eye-catching thanks to its silvery appearance and large, downy leaves.

Sorbus Aria is a more dynamic song, with an Olvo-style signature beat (Arp 128, Never Give Up). 
A sort of orchestral boom bap with some field recordings on the background.  Somewhere between Hip Hop and Electronica, with a brief detour into Cumbia and a sublime clarinet theme in the second half. 

From the very start, Makeda's captivating voice sets the tone : « We are part of that biodiversity thing too, and preserving all that means preserving ourself. » 

Crédits : 

Clarinet : Geraldine Fastré (BE)
Cello : Camille Ledocq (BE)
Violin : Camille Fisette (BE) Guitare : Simon Jutras (CAN)
Voiceover : Makeda Berhanu Kebede (BE)
Piano : Nicolas Allard (BE)
Written and produced by Nicolas Allard
Mixed by Karim Barouni at Humarka studio
Mastered by Pieter De Wagter at Equus studio

Lyrics : 

Please open your hearts to the songs of the bees and keep nature close to you, always. 
If we protect our wild ecosystem and change our habits to help restore lands we've already. 
We are part of that biodiversity thing too, and preserving all that means preserving ourself.

Sorbus Aria

Edits de la pièce de danse contemporaine jeune public "Je Prends Feu Trop Souvent".
Ecrit par la compagnie Nyash avec la soliste Agathe Tevenot, musique composée et interpretée par Nicolas Allard alias Olvo. 

Burlesque

Nick Name c’est l’escapade hip hop de N.K.O., producteur et DJ namurois bien connu pour la qualité de ses productions dubstep et grime et qui écume les salles et les soirées belges depuis une dizaine d’années maintenant. Si vous avez écouté notre première compil 
« Tales Of The Snails » vous n’avez pas pu passer à côté de son stratosphérique morceau « Looking For » qui synthétise parfaitement les deux influences principales de Nick Name : dubstep et hip hop. Son « Cyber Galatick LP » s’inscrit dans la même lignée : des basses surpuissantes sur des rythmes hip hop avec des mélodies de synthé qui nous envoient dans la voie lactée. L’univers de Nick Name c’est bien là qu’il se situe : en dehors de notre système solaire, en marge des autres. Myazaki a mis en image « un château dans le ciel », Nick Name avec son « Cyber Galactick LP » vous offre le voyage en soucoupe volante pour rejoindre sa forteresse spaciale à lui. 


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Nick Name aka Olvo - Arp 161

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