doing pitch sweeps with water sounds in metasynth
see this post for more info

http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/underwater

Underwater pitch sweep

Where’s My Dystopia? by Australian outfit perth, comprises remixes of tracks from the band’s acclaimed second album What’s Your Utopia? What’s most startling about Where’s My Dystopia? is not only how beautifully it complements the original album, but also how well the remixes work together as an integrated whole. This is a reimagined journey through the musical landscape of the original album rather than a collection of disparate snapshots. Where’s My Dystopia? includes the single ‘Drank, Kites And Tomorrow’ remixed by GUM (Tame Impala and Pond’s Jay Watson) alongside radical reworkings by Seams, Filter Beds, Water Graves, Mei Saraswati, Valerio Cosi, Usurper of Modern Medicine, No. 9, Ghost Drums and Mental Powers.

perth’s second album What’s Your Utopia?, which forms the raw material for this new remix album, manages to meld psychedelic pop, folk-laced electronica and shoegaze into a beautifully cohesive statement – a tribute to the idea of a fond place, or utopia, quietly residing in ‘no place’, beyond ourselves. The band’s magic lies in their ability to refract the individual members’ unique sensibilities through an experimental lens; kaleidoscopic sound design is matched by the band’s songwriting dexterity throughout the album’s nine tracks.

Remix Artists: Filter Beds, Ghost Drums, GUM, Mei Saraswati, Mental Powers,  No. 9, Seams, Usurper of Modern Medicine, Valerio Cosi, Water Graves.

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Collapsible Lung (Mei Saraswati Reimagining)

KANGAROO PAW

seismographs

some people are sensitive like seismographs
they record every tremble
they feel imbalances in those around them

if there is conflict, they breathe it in
and hold their breath
hoping they can digest it
let it out, let it out, let it out, 
it’s not your burden alone, it’s not your burden alone

exhale let it out

when they feel vulnerable
be gentle with them
be mild as milk when you speak with them

if you can see they're fragile
be brave and shelter them

somedays i am protected, some days i protect
some days you are protected, some days you protect

let it out
exhale

if you can see they're fragile
be brave and shelter them
somedays i am protected, some days you protect
some days you are protected, some days i protect

exhale
let it out

seismographs

Field recording of the rarest species of kiwi - the Rowi or Okarito kiwi - recorded with Sennhesier MKH8040 ORTF mics
For more info & photos see here:
http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/field-recording-okarito-kiwi-aka-rowi

Rowi Okarito Kiwi Call Ex MKH8040

Piano Improvisation

The Sun's Tirade

Isaiah Rashad - Wat's Wrong (Feat. Zacari & Kendrick Lamar)

0.00 Rain drips on window via Trance Audio Inducer Contact Mics
1.00 processed via GRM Spectral Contrast plugin
1.30 processed via GRM Spectral Contrast plugin + Altiverb Borsendorfer IR
2.00 processed via GRM Spectral Contrast plugin + Altiverb Borsendorfer IR + Valhalla Shimmer

see here for more info:
http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/the-rhythm-of-rain-drips


Rain on window via Contact Mics

u make me happy
can't be mistaken

i want to make u happy
can't be mistaken

every atom of u
radiates
radiates 

every fibre of u
radiates
radiates

and i don't know how 
to thank u
to thank u

let our words move slow
while our actions show
what it means
to have unity. 

ur smile comforts me like u wouldn't believe
sometimes it seems,
like im all alone 
watching trees move behind my window
each leaf is a moment
passing us by,
each conversation
escapes in the sky,
in our fleeting lifetime
we have met each other
u've brightened my day
and influenced the weather


U make me happy

I made an early start this morning, arriving at the Royal National Park by 5am. Still dark and quiet, I walked down Lady Carrington Drive and soon heard the distinctive call of a Powerful Owl (Ninox Strenua). As I set up my microphones, a Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata) started singing it's autumn melody and this recording was the result.

Between 1:30 and 2:10, the owl's call changes. At this time, another owl, presumably the male, flew from a nearby tree to join it's mate.

Powerful Owl and Bassian Thrush

More info

Powerful Owl and Bassian Thrush - Pre-dawn in the Royal National Park, Sydney

Hypermediations on cassette thru Healthy Tapes:

http://healthytapes.bigcartel.com/product/mei-saraswati-hypermeditations-cs-50-2nd-pressing

http://meisaraswati.bandcamp.com

mei_saraswati@live.com.au

seismographs

Mei Saraswati 2

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