Great anticipation ~ in through that memory door we go. What an extraordinary journey.

Well worth the wait for the Olympic gold medal team in peaceful transport to strike again. Warmed this chilly afternoon yet appropriate for all seasons.

I am very happy with the result Mike, I imagine a live session, with your wonderful percusion surrounding you

oh this is very beautiful!! i'm glad to listen and enjoying these delicate sounds. Magical moments are opening!

Ambient Groove Samples from different musicians.

Ambient Samples

Extracts from "Gongs of Cambodia And Laos" double vinyl LP recorded by Kink Gong (Laurent jeanneau) on Tiger Gong Records 2013 , order from : tiger.gong@free.fr

B1 - Brao Lave In Laos (3 flat gongs-5 nipple gongs-cymbals-drum)

First Mind

Fever To The Form

Original music and cover art design by Victor Candela

Amplex (Impossible Cities New Mix)

'The sweet smell of Opoponax mirre carries me away to dreams of my Somalia... I drift amongst the stars, to hidden places of wonder and joy...'

VictorYibril launched 'The Long Silent Movement' in 2015 (see his SC-pages); brilliant and inspiring sounds and movements...
Ever since, MATJAMI has been working on a MATJAMI-style version. After several previous attempts, we now arrived at a stripped and re-mixed version of the LSM tracks, and the addition of the real timpani, singing bowl, small vietnamese gongs and a palm-leaf sweeper. Quite different from the original track, we are happy to publish it for our listeners to give some warmth in dark December (or bright December if your are down south!). 
We would love to hear what you think/feel/hear/experience... add it to the comments if you like.
Also check out our previous Osmanthus Dream, another 'sensory' ambient track. 
Enjoy!
Victor and Mike

VMM-collaborations

LSM MATJAMI-style

MATJAMI and VictorYibril - OPOPONAX

alli donde no llegan las palabras llega la música
thanks to Ed's talent and inspiration
https://soundcloud.com/ed-trum-ped
Original cover art design by Victor Candela

Ed van den Brekel & VictorYibril - Bolero

Provinces of CHAMPASAK, ATTAPEU, SEKONG & SARAVAN.
Recorded by Laurent Jeanneau, 2006-2013.

AKUPHONE. AKU1009. CD/LP/Digital
Release date : September 2018

Akuphone presents a collection of recordings of various musical practices from the Laotian provinces of Champasak, Attapeu, Sekong and Saravan. These documents are a perfect introduction to the traditional music of South Laos minority groups. Popular modern music is widely spread but visitors are barely ever exposed to ancient acoustic practices from villages. The most famous and typical one is the molam Lao, an art of singing accompanied with the khene, a mouth organ which is the symbol of Laos. This collection compels one to discover the brao gongs, the triang bamboo flutes, the Lao, Ta Oy, Alak, OI, Pacoh or Nyaheun mouth organs as well as the powerful singing accompanying these instruments. 

Caught on the spot, these outstanding testimonies were collected between 2006 and 2013 by Laurent Jeanneau, aka King Gong. Through his researches, this self-taught ethnologist has gradually become one of the specialists of the field, building up a collection of complete and fascinating sound archives which contribute documenting parts of this immaterial heritage. MUSIC OF SOUTHERN LAOS brings some light on a region of South East Asia still largely unknown from the general audience as well as the recently reborn ethnographic musical industry.

This compilation will delight both molam lovers and beginners unused to South East Asian sounds. Enclosed: liner notes in English, French and Japanese as well as a downloading code.

Music of Southern Laos

AKU1009 - V/A Music of Southern Laos (LP Preview)

Zebra

New Guinea is home to vast areas of undisturbed lowland rainforests and an abundance of unique flora and fauna. This sample was recorded in an area of primary forest in the Bird's Head Peninsula in West Papua.

New Guinea - Lowland Forest

New Guinea - Biodiversity Hotspot

Open

This is a sample containing excerpts from the one hour album "New Guinea: Lowland Rainforest Dawn" available at www.wildambience.com/albums/new-guinea-lowland-dawn-chorus

New Guinea is home to the largest expanse of rainforest in the Asia-Pacific region (and the third largest rainforest in the world after the Amazon and Congo). Vast areas of undisturbed forest can be found throughout the island and its biodiversity is simply amazing.

In 2019, I spent five days in an area of pristine lowland rainforest on the Birds Head Peninsula in West Papua. This album, ‘New Guinea: Dawn in Lowland Rainforest’, was recorded on my final morning at this location. Rising early, well before dawn, I placed the recording gear in a stunning area of forest I had scouted the previous day. The album covers a period of one hour from predawn darkness, through the rich dawn chorus and ends as the soundscape settles and the diurnal insect activity increases.

New Guinea: Lowland Rainforest Dawn

New Guinea: Lowland Rainforest Dawn - Album Sample

Verhalen van Afstand

02 Here Comes The Star

VictorYibril - Impossible Cities  [Panorama] (Full Version)

MATJAMI: Acoustic-electronic soundscapes, deep beats, slow trance, empty space: meditation by listening and playing. 
Tip: Use good speakers or headphones to enjoy the rich, deep sounds and binaural recordings.

We three at MATJAMI (Marcel Bode, Tjalling de Leeuw, Mike de Leeuw) develop our sounds and grooves as we interact live, using our bronze, wooden and stringed instruments, (Balinese gamelan & gongs, bowls, Tibetan horns, Chinese guxing & gongs, Javanese kendang drums, timpani, beer bottles) with Native electronics, samples and live loops. The quality and the texture of our sounds are at least as important as the composition. 
We play our sessions 'on the fly', where one of us starts and the rest comes in at leisure... All you hear here was recorded live, with only some simple stereo and eq mixing afterwards.
We love to perform in open areas, theaters, level stage, and spaces with a special feel to them; a small audience is just as nice.
Recently we started collaborating with other audio-artists like VictorYibril, Fintan O'Brien and Phlip Smith (G.A.), Miraela, and Augenmerk, combining their very different music styles, field recordings and soundscapes with our beats and sounds. 
Connect at mike@branchingtree.com

A project, where we play live improvisations in different occupations in tribute to nordic musicians, such as Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang, Bugge Wesseltoft, Nils Petter Molvaer, Fernando Corona (Murcof) and Jon Hassell – and in tribute to the music of Nik Bärtsch and Dawn of Midi and other minimal and ambient musicians, like Steve Reich and Brian Eno.

MATJAMI and VictorYibril - OPOPONAX

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