composition-improvisation based on south-indian Raga Kirwani. Inspired by pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. Of course, this music is not indian classic, just my first try to play solo and to follow the scale. Many thanks to pandit Harsh Wardhan for the flute. Performed by Sasha Zhuravlev in august 2013 in Oporto, Portugal

Improvisation based on Raga Kirwani

Squash Blossom

Guqin tune 'Flowing Waters' 流水 Liu Shui, played on silk strings on 7 string ancient Chinese zither.

Guqin tune 'Flowing Waters' 流水 Liu Shui

Silk strung Lyre with Khaen, a traditional instrument of Indonesia.
The banjo-like quality of the Lyre is due to a thin pine soundboard with tightly tuned silk strings. They are nearly to the breaking point.

Lyre and Khaen

John Thompson performs Guanling San on a qin made in 2015 by 唐健垣 Tong Kin-Woon strung with my silk strings.

Listen to more excellent recordings by John Thompson here:

http://www.silkqin.com/02qnpu/41gyzz/gy4950gl.htm#musicfn



http://www.silkqin.com/06hear/myrec/1634/gy4950gl0938.mp3


"Seeking Solitude" performed by John Thompson

良宵引_LiangXiaoYin_Guqin

@sonidoisla

BC: https://isla.bandcamp.com/album/eras

Seven suites of deep and sprawling sonic meditations built around ‘call and response’ improv sessions between Randy Raine-Reusch and Michael Red.

Slow and tempered recordings of Asian flutes, African harps, temple gongs and a myriad of obscure instruments from Randy Raine-Reusch's deep collection mutate and ebb into swirling gossamers of tone. Sonic incantations stretched and magnified further by Red's Sends. An otherworldly play between light and shadow worlds; at times idyllic and light-filled, at times dark and eerie– all engrossing. Dream-reality reconciliations weave between the spectral world of Michael Red's sound processes and the direct physicality of Raine-Reusch's playing. The tension across the pieces builds between the live playing and processing techniques, dutifully revealing a growing familiarity with collective transcendence through sound (bigger than the sum of its parts). Real-time interactive dream music.

Initially realized over the course of a few days in Randy’s instrument museum in Vancouver BC [December, 2014] 'ERAS' is made up of processed, and sometimes multi tracked, improvisations between Randy and Michael. Through these sessions Randy would choose instruments he sensed possibilities within, and Michael then revealed and sculpted these possibilities. Both resonating, sensing sonic structures, environmental nuances, and further worlds in each other’s art, all within the moment. Being present for each other, they acted on instinct, trusting a first thought, trusting each other; committing, responding to that commitment, then mutating and letting go. Always moving forward, synthesizing and letting the living moment lead the way.

The recordings were left to distill and mature for many years before the composers felt it was ready. With minimal judicious edits and a very light dusting of FXs, both careful to preserve the direct and intuitive process that permeates the recording, ERAS now emerges. 
credits

pi pi pi premiere: Randy Raine-Reusch & Michael Red - Shifting Silence (Isla)

Manx tune.  I recorded this as a first pass at recording my new James Skeen, 26 string wire strung Folcharp.  It really sounds lovely, despite the clumsy performance on my part.  Please accept my apologies while I get more acclimated to wire technique.  

Song of the Water Kelpie

Audio track from a video - experimentalsynth.com

Electric Oud Solo

Got ready to ship one of my Ice Age Flutes and it sounded so good I wanted to record with it. Enjoy, Erik

Erik Sampson's Album

The Ice Age Flute - Time to Thaw

Over a decade has passed that I am making Silk strings for Guqin and many other instruments. I sell the strings worldwide. Now I have set up an acoustic recording environment to record some of my audible artwork. Guzheng is a larger instrument with 22 strings but it is easier to play! This instrument is strung with Silk.




Older music was done with my PAiA Theremax theremin for several years after assembling it together with a Tube pre-amp. The sound of my analog instrument is complex and always changing.  I play a variety of keyboard Vst instruments for accompaniment, often very good tracks on their own.   My CDs  _Thick As Steel_  and _OKAPI_ can be found on CD Baby, Amazon, and many digital sites. My newest CD is _CICADA_ .     It contains some of the tracks shown here, and is now available primarily as downloadable files, the CD itself is available from my website   http://lpkaster.com    I am also on Facebook and Twitter.    Please visit me when you have some time, as I am a visual artist with a lot of images to share.  I have a wide representation in many galleries and corporate collections.  Comments are always welcome.


Lately, I have worked toward a goal I set some years ago. I have an extensive background in pottery, and occasionally made musical instruments that included clay as a material. When I became aware of the "Xun" - an ancient musical instrument from prehistory, I planned to make some when I found an opening in my other production, and now finally the time has come. There will be some recordings going forward as I learn the musical potential of Xun.
  
  
  My CD _OKAPI_ is selling very well, and getting airplay on radio. My third CD, _CICADA_  is now available at Kunaki.com  BIG KOTO is now available on bandcamp.com, as also CICADA, and several tracks that do not appear here.  The physical CDs are really worth having, as they contain some of my award-winning images.  By request I will autograph them before I send them to you.   I also emphasize that the burned CD is vastly superior to even the .wav files you might hear as translated through the 'net.



Lyre and Khaen

LPKaster

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