Love Me (Matt Monaco Fesival Mix)

Malvina Meinier - Covered In Silence

from 'Skeylja' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den184
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/thealvaretensemble]

--- "Skeylja" An invented word combining the Frisian word for Terschelling, "Skylge", and the Icelandic word for island, "Eyjan" ---

Skeylja is an international multimedia project, based around the ideas of improvisational music and the coming together of musicians from different countries and musical backgrounds to create a spontaneous sonic landscape. The project started when The Alvaret Ensemble (Greg Haines, Jan & Romke Kleefstra, and Sytze Pruiksma), who you may know from their eponymous debut on Denovali in 2012, travelled to Iceland to try to find a shared music language with the Icelandic musicians Ingi Garðar Erlendsson, Kira Kira, Borgar Magnason and Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson . They were joined by the 33 1/3 Collective, a group of visual artists from the Netherlands, who began to collect footage that would later be used as source material for the visual side of the performance.

Some months later, after a successful week of traveling to beautiful locations and playing music together, the group met again, this time during the Oerol festival on the island of Terschelling in the Netherlands, for a series of nine sold-out shows in an old church, all of which were being recorded. Each artist "curated" a rough plan for one evening, which could be anything from hand-drawn images to be interpreted musically to more precise plans of structures and combinations of musicians to be explored. Never were the notes, or the content of the music itself, discussed - this was instead left up to chance and developed through listening intently to each-other, trying to create an atmosphere where each player was vital, but where everyone always worked towards the whole.

After ten intense days on the island, all that was left were the memories of the audience and, luckily, a hard-drive with over ten hours of recorded music. After everyone had had a chance to listen back to rough mixes of each night and make comments, the material was taken to Greg Haines' Electricity Works studio in Berlin, where the long process of selecting, editing and mixing began. Finally, almost two years after that first initial meeting in Reykjavik, the album is complete and ready to be released into the world. We hope you enjoy it.

Participating musicians (in alphabetical order):

Ingi Garðar Erlendsson (Tuba, Trombone, Thranophone)
Greg Haines (Piano)
Kira Kira (Voice, Electronics)
Jan Kleefstra (Voice, Poems)
Romke Kleefstra (Guitar)
Borgar Magnason (Contrabass)
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson (Trumpet, Electronics)
Sytze Pruiksma (Percussion)





Skeylja

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The Alvaret Ensemble, Kira Kira, E. O. Ólafsson, I. G. Erlendsson, B. Magnason - Borgarvatn

Absolutely magical mysterious and wild set! To open your heart and remind you of who you are. Don't be afraid to dance through all the emotions and thoughts that this music can raise. You are free and you are a god's creature!

Midwinternight dream

'Fink's Sunday Night Blues Club, Vol. 1' Out Now - 
R'COUP'D / Stream / Download: https://fink.lnk.to/snbcSo

Taken from 'Fink's Sunday Night Blues Club, Vol. 1' released 10th March 2017 on R'COUP'D.

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Keep Myself Alone Now

Fink - 'Keep Myself Alone Now'

Le vent nous portera - Noir Désir

Original by @adrianhandpan
Master by @haunted_water

With many many hearts to @holedcoin & @kusht-music <3 <3 <3

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The night was cold, the sky was clear
stars shot through the atmosphere

The night allowed no whispering sound
no drop of rain, no misting cloud
When suddenly that metallic craft shined
shared its warmth and peace of mind
Soothing melodies with it appeared
To fully delight! Who may have heard?

It came right out of the Orion’s eye
Said Hello and greetings, goodnight and Goodbye
Just a short visit, just bringing some bliss
Touched the soul gently, leaned in for a kiss
Then Leaped back where it came from
without any warn
That’s how Deep Sky Sketchbooks gets born.

Adrian Handpan - Deep Sky Sketchbook (shenanigans. Spacedrum Groove Edit)

Big Bad Wolf

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Henrik José - Focus The Light

It seems that almost every other day, I am excited to discover a new album, a new artist, a new publisher, and today is no exception. Sébastien Guérive may be new to my ears and these pages, but he comes out with a punch. First, there was a mesmerising music video, released in January, which has already been granted numerous film festival awards [more on that later], then I've got a private preview of his upcoming full length, titled Omega Point [it's out on March 19th], but today I am happy to share with you this exclusive premiere of a single, "Bellatrix," taken from the very same album. Listening to these atmospheric, neo-classical, and cinematic pieces, I immediately recognize that this is not the first foray into contemporary production for this French composer. The harmonically rich melodic progressions pleasantly enchant my attuned ear; the combination of acoustic instruments, such as piano and strings, breathe sustenance and life into an intriguing cinematic journey; the sound design on vintage analogue and modern digital synths cuts through with technical prowess and talent; and then, of course, being a sound engineer himself, Guérive carefully sculpts every layer, each textured aura, each instrument's exclusive timbre, into its own devoted space. And all of this is so sublime that I have even bumped a plug to share my very own new single out today. :)


The harmonically rich melodic progressions pleasantly enchant my attuned ear; the combination of acoustic instruments, such as piano and strings, breathe sustenance and life into an intriguing cinematic journey; the sound design on vintage analogue and modern digital synths cuts through with technical prowess and talent; and then, of course, being a sound engineer himself, Guérive carefully sculpts every layer, each textured aura, each instrument’s exclusive timbre, into its own devoted space. And all of this is so sublime that I have even bumped a plug to share my very own new single out today. 🙂 [for real!]

‘Omega Point’ is an instrumental album inspired by the form of a sci-fi movie soundtrack. This unique recording is a mix of ambient atmospheres with a strong presence of sound design and minimalist melodic themes. […] Long-term modulations and transformations have been generated so that each sound source approaches the richness of expressiveness of an acoustic instrument.

Le vent nous portera - Noir Désir

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