I produce music using samples (or loops) just like for House Music in the 80/90s. House Music is often associated with electronic sounds. This track is here to prove the opposite using accoustic recordings 🙂.

Photo by Alexandre St-Louis on Unsplash

Rock Me - Unplugged

Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5BYnxz8INuJgYz5rtix1jc 
Apple music: music.apple.com/us/album/starlight-single/1557581958

Starlight

While chilling at home during a big snow storm that came through Colorado, I sat on my couch watching the snow fall. I thought about life and all the things that have happened in the past year. I have learned so very much about how it is that I function in this world, and how different I truly am. 'Avalanche' is in a way symbolic of these thoughts. All things are blessings with the right perspective. I will always continue to practice being a good human, a kind human, and hope to continue having the ability to see the silver lining. As turbulent as the world truly is, you have more control over your peace than you will ever know.

Avalanche

Welcome to... the city of Icelantic!
Hidden across dimensions...
At the center everything, we harnessed house and dub energy to craft this mysterious track.

Icelantic

Pulsar is an ambient space-themed track.
Want to support me? Find me on Bandcamp: https://ambientworlds.bandcamp.com/releases

Pulsar

My submission for the PYB Remix Contest
Mastering @loweioffi

Check out the original track here:
https://soundcloud.com/petitbiscuit/pick-your-battles-with-diplo?in=petitbiscuit/sets/parachute

Petit Biscuit feat. Diplo - Pick Your Battles (Robocoste Remix)

The Book of Goddesses
For Flute, Harp, Percussion, and Optional Choreography
Commissioned by MAYA with funding from the  New York State Council on the Arts
Duration: 36'

Publisher: Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1011

For more information: https://robertpaterson.com/the-book-of-goddesses

PROGRAM NOTES
My initial inspiration for The Book of Goddesses, and the source of the title, is the beautiful, lavishly illustrated book of the same name by Kris Waldherr, a Brooklyn based author, illustrator, designer and cellist. Waldherr’s book contains descriptions and images of hundreds of female deities from around the world, some featured more prominently than others. Rather than focus on goddesses in one particular culture, I highlight a few that seem to evoke something musical, dance-related or sensual. The cultures, countries and continents I draw on for musical material and styles are India, China, Greece, Ireland, North America, Nigeria and Cuba.

The flute and harp parts in each movement are often inspired by similar instruments found in each culture. For example, the harp part in Xi Wang Mu is inspired by the Konghou, and ancient Chinese harp, and the solo bass flute movement, Estanatlehi, is inspired by the sound of a Native American flute. Percussion instruments provide an earthiness, at least with regard to timbre, and each of the trio movements uses instruments that are not common in Western music, including an Indian Gatam, a Middle-Eastern Dumbek, an Afro-Cuban Cajón and the Udu drum, an instrument traditionally played by Nigerian women.

In order to achieve the right feel for each movement, I use non-Western scales, rhythms and other elements, and I occasionally appropriate patterns and other material from pre-existing music. My goal is to merge some of the qualities of traditional music with my own sensibility, and then filter it through flute, harp and percussion.

Many goddesses are associated with dance, certain colors or creativity in general, and with that in mind, I imagine The Book of Goddesses being performed live with choreographed dance. It may be presented in its entirety, although subsets—such as all of the movements for flute and harp—or single movements may also be extracted and performed.

The Book of Goddesses was commissioned by MAYA with funding provided by the New York State Council on The Arts.

Starlight

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