Bold Explorations of Uncharted Space, Vol. 5

Songs for Pan

happy hour

A small sample of an Expanded Cinema Event performed as part of the Clarenece City Council's Winter Series 26/08/21. Was a top night. Official press blurb below and link lo live video footage and original film after that. : )

Discontinued Space: The Cinema of Maya Deren 
An Expanded Cinema Event 

Live at The Rosny Barn 26/08/21

Dani Kirby      Piano/Voice
Mat Ward       Bass/Intonarumori/Percussion     
Dylan Banks   Intonarumori

Maya Deren (1917 - 1961) is considered one of true pioneers of experimental film yet unlike many of the film makers she influenced ( Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch) her work is rarely experienced outside of academic and film school environments. As part of Kirby and Ward’s continuing investigation into the important (and often overlooked) role of women in the history of Contemporary Art  Discontinued Space: The Cinema of Maya Deren will present several of Deren’s short movies with original live scores written by Kirby, Ward and Banks.

Deren employed a vast array of cinematic devices (looping, reversing, overlaying and time manipulation) to create vignettes that focused on graphic and kinetic form rather than straightforward narrative. Conceptually the work examines rhythm, isolation, social constructs, movement and ritual, all of which is underpinned by the notion of the inner world and its disconnection from the space of everyday life. 

It is the conceptual framework of Deren’s cinema that informs the scores produced for this project. Rather than compositions that ‘soundtrack’ the  action and the visual imagery the music reflects and explores Deren’s philosophical beliefs and her desire to immerse her audience in a world that is barely hinted at in everyday life yet sits just under the skin of reality. 

The performance by Kirby, Ward and Banks showcases the 7 major short films Deren produced from 1943 to 1958.

https://vimeo.com/595121466
https://vimeo.com/595129696

A Witch's Cradle (1943 Maya Deren) LIVE - Kirby/Ward/Banks

Sardinian Sketches: Geese at Dawn

Pointlessly Trying To Out Run A Storm

Season's End (No Mates and Brass-Lines)

Blind Trails  (No Mates/Uzbazur)

A little snippet of a gig we did for the ongoing SoundKlub crew; who have been putting on experimental music events in my hometown for more than a decade. Apologies to Dani Kirby as this piece is less of a duet and more a study of me being a soundhog and playing more or less a bass solo over her keyboard and vocal work.

LIVE@Studio65 - Dani Kirby/Mat Ward (bass strangulation)

https://soundcloud.com/magmavander sent me his awesome track "Funk City" ... proud to present it here with my tenor sax addition :-)) ... check out magmavander's channel ! .... and enJoy !
my artwork is based on a photo by Garin Chadwick / unsplash

Funk City by magmavander // Saxremix

Halo | Original Version | Music by Belial Pelegrim | Music & Lyrics by REKHA Iyern Fe | New Collab July 20th, 2020.

A sacred blessing song about me searching for my precious angel child

Thank you Dear Belial for making my wish come true for my Dearest one...Halo means so much to me...This collaboration is a divine vibration that goes beyond the clouds... I'm forever grateful for our friendship and precious union through music making...With love & immense gratitude, Rekha 💕🌹🎶💟💕🌹

Listen to the amazing music of Belial Pelegrim here: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim

Music by Belial Pilgrim
HALO - Music & Lyrics by REKHA (Still Under Editing)

Ah-Ah-Ah...Ah-Hah-Hah
Wo...Wo-Ho-Oh
Ah...Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh...

Smashing my head
Cuz' I feel dead
Smashin my head
Cuz' I feel dead
I am crashing down, down, down, down
To the ground
To the ground

My love, do you hear me?
I'm callin' 
I've been calling you, callin' you
Where are, where are you?
I can't see...you...

Halo, Halo, Halo, Halo, Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh.....

My...Sweet...Angel
My Sweet Angel Child 
Child of mine
Most Precious One
Most Precious One
The only one
The only one for me

I'll always be there by your side
I'll always be there by your side
I'll always be there by your side
My precious one
Halo, Halo, Halo...Halo
Wo-Oh-Oh...
Oh-Oh-Oh...Oh
Hay...Halo...Hay...Halo

I'm always there
Don't you know
I'm always there
Don't you know
Oh-Oh-Oh...Oh-Oh

Cover Art by Belial Pelegrim
Original Instrumental Music Composed and Produced by Belial Pelegrim
Vocals Composed & Produced, Recorded & Performed, Mixed & Mastered by REKHA Iyern Fe Records in CANADA

HALO

Halo | Orig-Ver | Music/Belial Pelegrim | Music/Lyrics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | 07/20/2020 | Electro

Nothing beats a trip to The Headstone on Hallam Moor in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. A gritstone rock, its friendly face enlivens the spirits when out walking.
Track features flutes, saxes and electro-melodica.

TRIP TO THE HEADSTONE

Mark Duffield: all vocals, vocal melodies and lyrics.
Jonathan Beckenstein: music, guitars, bass, drum programming

Please visit Mark here: https://soundcloud.com/markduffieldcollaboration

or here: https://soundcloud.com/eltel-music23

There’s a map upon your face
Says join the human race
Often whispered sweetly

There’s a hunger in your eyes
Tells your stomach not to lie
Often whispered sweetly

Pooh pooh pooh pooh!

Is it magical?
Not so physical 
Metaphysical
Not invisible
Not divisible
Nothing risible 
Shoot the animal, Officer Dibble

Pooh pooh pooh pooh!

Often whispered sweetly

They rely on the ways of a gun 
Keep it simple
Keep it pithy
They rely on the ways of a gun

Something in your eye
That’s tugging at your heart
Something in your mind
That’s tugging at your heart
Something in your eye
Is tugging at your heart

Pooh pooh pooh pooh

Officer Dibble..

Officer Dibble (with Mark Duffield)

Music and things that might sound like music by Mat Ward. Noise Art/A  Piano and Bass Duet with Dani Kirby/A 50 plus member Art Ensemble called Then She Reaches The Gun/Deep Research Into Luigi Russolo and his Intonarumori .. thats just the stuff I post regularly : ) Thanks to everyone thats ever stopped by. Music is The Best!

Pointlessly Trying To Out Run A Storm

No Mates Ensemble