Celtic

Abissi

An Irish-tinged tune about the Lindisfarne Gospels to reflect the Irish foundations of the community despite the later Romanisation of the Celtic church. 

The track title comes from me thinking about it being a beacon of civilisation, a rallying point, during the Early Middle Ages whist a far chunk of the UK was under Viking rule and Christianity had again been pushed to the margins of the UK.

Thanks to Karen O'Mahony (MonnoDB) for her (harp playing) advice - check out her stuff here:- https://soundcloud.com/monnodb

This track is now part of "The Pilgrims Way Project" exploring the history and natural world of Lindisfarne

Project Playlist

soundcloud.com/mrbouzouki/sets/the-pilgrims-way-project

Project Website 

https://www.pilgrims-way.co.uk

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Instrumentation
A Light in the Darkness instrumental features strings, high C whistle, harp, violin,  Uilleann pipes, bodhrán (Irish frame drum) and a choir backing.

The sound of 'Eadfrith' doing his writing is a sound FX that is classed as Public Domain and used to add colour to the track, It can be found on www.freesound.org

creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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Background
The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript gospel book probably produced around the years 715-720 in the monastery at Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland, which is now in the British Library in London. The manuscript is one of the finest works in the unique style of Hiberno-Saxon or Insular art, combining Mediterranean, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic elements.

The Lindisfarne Gospels are presumed to be the work of a monk named Eadfrith, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne in 698 and died in 721 AD

A Light In The Darkness

Semi-Finalist in the Instrumental category in the UK Songwriting Contest 2018

With The North Shore I hope to give a feel of that 'magical interface' between land and sea, a place apart from the hustle and bustle of life where your soul can find peace for a while. A natural world full of wonder for those with the time and inclination to see.  

This track is now part of "The Pilgrims Way Project" exploring the history and natural world of Lindisfarne.

Project Playlist

soundcloud.com/mrbouzouki/sets/the-pilgrims-way-project

Project Website 

https://www.pilgrims-way.co.uk

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Instrumentation
The North Shore instrumental features low whistle, DADGAD tuned acoustic guitar, strings, choir backing, violin and synthesizer

A sea waves sound FX that is classed as Public Domain is used to add colour to the track from www.freesound.org

This recording was actually done at Bamburgh, just down the coast from Lindisfarne island.

creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

"Flock of Seagulls" by juskiddink (5th June 2010) licensed under creative commons attribution licence via www.freesound.org

creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Background
The 'semi-hidden' North Shore of Lindisfarne is driven past by tourists every day, eager to see the 'sites' of the Island in their race against time before the tide cuts them off from the mainland. It is part of the Lindisfarne Natural Nature Reserve and its shifting sands and tides combine to create the 3500 hectares of dunes, saltmarsh and mudflats of the Reserve, home to a fascinating array of birdlife, seals, rare orchids and other wildlife. To experience it you need to spend time on the island, either by choosing to be cut off by an early tide or ideally stay on the island for a while.

The North Shore

Music by Carmen Belle White - www.carmenbellewhite.com

Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DjsV10ZpoTY

Cover image by Carmen Belle White

© 2018 Carmen Belle White

Wildwood Mantra

"A Bard's Tale", original music composed and performed by Eric Valette, Luminae Productions.

Luminae Productions, all rights reserved.

Buy on Bandcamp

A Bard's Tale

Ecoutez ce morceau comme une bande son de jeu vidéo. C'est aussi un peu une démo du studio désormais professionnel.

This is more or less my studio demo track, built like a video game OST.

- Guitare folk Taylor C314-CE captée en acoustique (2 x Oktava MK012-01)
- Basse fretless Hohner 5 cordes jouée au médiator sur D.I.
- Guitare électrique Ibanez RG sur ampli Line 6 Spider V 120
- Orgue ; Synthé Roland Juno Di
- Synthé arpégiateur Steinberg
- Percus Groove Agent IV Steinberg + vrai triangle !

Composé, enregistré, mixé et masterisé à mon studio "Le Chant des Puces".

Bonne fin de semaine.

Vendredi tout est permis (Instr.) - Studio demo

Melding

Bridge Of Hope

Photo: The Unbearable Lightness Of Being by tom malavoda  CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

In the Field Of Childhood Dreams

Rain Down

Rugged Path

Improvisation Piano Solo 12 - William Mendelbaum

Your backgound sea journey! Use it for creative working.

Sea Journey (Orchestral Longplay)

( REPOSTS  are  routed to Synthgrinder [REPOSTS] )
( https://soundcloud.com/user-813544615 )


++++. PROFILE NOTES ++++

Once a wannabe, not yet a has been.

It had been over a decade since I put together a song,
and for that matter basically walked away from music altogether.
Losing hope that I would ever have the time to put into music again,
I finally gave away my 3rd music studio.
I ran across SoundCloud around 2013,
and thought I might take what few songs I had recorded, 
and lay them to rest there.
And there they languished.

HOWEVER, around 2017 I went back to SoundCloud
and began listening a little more and a little more,
and actively taking a part in visiting the sites
of so many wonderful musicians and beautiful songs.
Also, more and more often I would discover that these artists
were blossoming everywhere around the world,
and most definitely worthy of high praise and compliments.

Then suddenly, these old dead soundtracks right here
began to have a bit of life breathed back into them.
From the kind words that began to come trickling in,
I thought, maybe, someday I might give this music thing a try again.

The thing that finally pushed me into action
was a particular SoundCloud artist…Sander Heerings,
AKA https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer
 

Not only was he encouraging,
but he began faithfully responding to a few questions,
then a barrage of them.

The final result seemed to be that after a couple of months,
the Old Grinder now has a 4th studio and, finally, a new song.
I hope there may be many more to come.

Thank you Sander, and to the multitude that have dropped in
to listen to these old songs, 
and most of all, for perking up my spirits.

Version Française
Luminae Productions est né du partenariat entre deux jeunes compositeurs passionnés par l’illustration sonore, Florian Bochkovsky et Eric Valette.

Les deux artistes possèdent chacun un univers musical diversifié et empli de caractère.
C’est ce « vocabulaire » riche et évocateur d’images qu’ils se proposent de mettre au service du projet de tout créateur désireux de valoriser ses œuvres, par la composition d’une bande sonore méthodiquement adaptée à l’histoire ou au concept développé.

Les prestations de Luminae Productions recouvrent la composition de bandes sonores originales pour les jeux vidéo, le cinéma, la télévision, la publicité ainsi que pour les médias et contenus vidéos Internet (sites Internet, blogs, vidéos artistiques ou promotionnelles, etc.).

N’hésitez-pas à nous contacter sur luminae.productions@gmail.com afin que nous échangions librement sur la mise en valeur de votre projet créatif ! 

English version
Luminae Productions is a partnership between two young composers passionate about sound illustration, Florian Bochkovsky and Eric Valette.

Both artists have a diverse musical universe full of character. It’s this "vocabulary" rich and evocative of images that they propose to put at the service of the project of any creator wishing to value his works, by the composition of an original soundtrack methodically adapted to the developed content (history or concept).

Luminae Productions offers the composition of original soundtracks for video games, cinema, television, advertising as well as for Internet media and video content (websites, blogs, artistic or promotional videos, etc.).

Feel free to contact at  luminae.productions@gmail.com to discuss with us about the creative content of your project!

Luminae Productions
-Music for Emotions -

A Bard's Tale

Luminae Productions

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