A series of short experiments based around the Welsh mystic Charubel's 'The Psychology of Botany, Minerals and Stones' (posthumously published as 'Grimoire Sympathia').

Each Yew Invocation uses a vocal source, speaking Charubel's invocation of the yew: adol-hrwng-fa. Structures are derived from geomantic charts (I, III) and magical 'wing formations' (II).

Voices: I - Phil, Layla, Briony;  II - Layla; III - Phil

Yew Invocation III (for Kim Cascone)

Wrote this at 11:30am using the Hexadic Figure in static correspondence. Center tone was a 6♦. Tonal field C consisted of: 10♦, K♥, 7♥, J♣, 2♦, and an A♣ as the interval tone. 

Tardigrade

Drone/Ambient performance from Pub Drone @ Chemic Tavern - Leeds

PubDrone

Session recorded Winter Solstice 2014.
Remixed Spring Equinox 2016.

Rory - Hurdy Gurdy;
Layla - Voice & field recording;
Phil - Recorder & electronics;
Rob (?) or Emily (?) - Tamborine.


A Cold Quarter

New tune using the Hexadic system.  Four string tuning C-x-x-F-A-D. Six note progression, using Linear Heaviness/Lightness to select the notes & (rough) time, played through twice. Static correspondence using minor pentatonic scale, with added "blues" note, to fracture each note. Bit rough around the edges. 

Sun #1

A rough and ready improvisation with Hexady: a little Max for Live based system for dynamically mapping tonalities from Ben Chasny's Hexadic System to keyboard.

Hexady can be programmed with a progression a Hexadic figure, and maps the natural notes across two octaves into:

* The centre tone in three different octaves; 
* The six tones from the current hexadic field; 
* The same tones transposed up one octave.

The C# key is used to move to the next hexadic field in the progression.

Hexadic Improvisation with Max for Live

54 minutes of droning reverb drenched guitars whigging out to WW2 decaying brutalist experimental architecture,,,Thanks to JC

UNDER THE WALL 2

I've never had much information on this recording beyond http://www.chunklet.com/index.cfm?section=blogs&ID=125&mode=comments#comments

A Conversation between Two Totally Metal Dudes: The "Tight Bros from Way Back When" Tape

The third in the Haunted Orchestra series.

Haunted Orchestra 3

In which the concept of the preternatural is introduced and the importance of a preternatural realm lying between the natural and the supernatural is argued for.

Ep. 1: Magic And The Preternatural

This Soundcloud is used for sketches, experiments and occasional live documents. For my music see http://xetb.bandcamp.com/

Yew Invocation III (for Kim Cascone)

Phil Legard