Blackbird with sensitive vibrato, singing in June 2021

Blackbird with sensitive vibrato

Apparitions (2022, Part 1, excerpt). Commissioned by the Swedish Radio. “Apparitions” has nearly a religious title for several reasons. The music conveys the spiritual world in the form of soundscapes with ghostly moods. Prolonged dark sounds are lightened by choir-like flashes of light and overtones. Pop-like rhythms are mixed with hissing, whispers and multitones, Rubber balls run along strings, the double bass screaming loudly and the bassoon hissing like a teapot with boiling water. Blowing sounds roll in like the waves on the beach and the voices inhale like asthmatics do. In my work I use a whole palette of different advanced playing techniques on several instruments combined with voices and electronic material. For several years I have been collecting sounds, mostly in Sweden and Iceland. Recorded sounds of harpsichord (Guðrún Óskarsdóttir), double bass (Jonas Nilsson), voice (Matilda Andersson and Mirjam Tally) and bassoon (Anders Matell).

Apparitions (2022, excerpt)

My cats "singing" while waiting for food.

Cats "singing"

Tundra. P: Mirjam Tally (electronics). Tuva throat singing mixed with ambient sounds.

Tundra

Blow (2005, excerpt). Mirjam Tally (electronics, wine glasses, bottle). Environmental recording of heavy waterdrops on a window). Created in Studio Alpha at Visby International Centre for Composers.

Blow (excerpt)

Main Theme 2 from Ülo Pikkov's Film "Body Memory" (2011). P:  Mirjam Tally (electronics).

Main Theme 2 from Ülo Pikkov's Film "Body Memory"

Squeak (2008). Mirjam Tally (electronics). Environmental recordings of a boat in the harbor, storm winds, a bottle.

Squeak

New Moon Morning (2012, excerpt). Lyrics by Kristiina Ehin (in English, translated by Ilmar Lehtpere). P: Anna Svensdotter (flutes), Mirjam Tally (electronics). Recorded in Studio Alpha at Visby International Centre for Composers.

New Moon Morning (excerpt)

Main Theme 3 from Ülo Pikkov's Film "Body Memory" (2011). Mirjam Tally (electronics)

Main Theme 3 from Ülo Pikkov's Film "Body Memory"

Sad Factory (2006. Environmental recording of a "singing" factory.

Sad Factory

Breathe (2005). P: Monika Mattiesen (flutes). Composition created in Studio Alpha at Visby International Centre for Composers.

Breathe

Alternative pop, electronic & film music, environmental recordings. For my contemporary music profile, visit: https://soundcloud.com/mirjamtally
For my folk/electronic duo, visit https://soundcloud.com/unejogi

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