Name: I'm Going To Sit in My Garden and Watch The Birds - entirely bird samples + Elsie by Squinancywort
Duration: 3 min 3 s
Description: “But are you worried about potentially being cooped up for months on end?” Elsie replied “I’m going to sit in my garden and watch the birds” This exchange was in a TV interview with a couple - regarding the coronavirus epidemic

“But are you worried about potentially being cooped up for months on end?”  Elsie replied “I’m going to sit in my garden and watch the birds”  This exchange was in a TV interview with a couple - regarding the coronavirus epidemic

I can always count on you Phil, to produce something unique and ingenious. Love it. Hope all is well with you and family.

nice,the vocal gives it that slightly eccentric quality that the English have perfected

i love the fact that you use birds like a actually instrument

Inspired by the discovery that Chernobyl has bacteria that radiosynthesise to create their energy source. 
This uses Garageband to record loops and direct freestyle recording from the Artiphon Orba, 
Some stay direct, some have been saved as WAV files and passed through the iVCS3.
You also have the “pleasure” of my voice in English and “Russian”

Chernobyl Bacterial Radiosynthesis

Solo cello piece premiered April 2021 Live at Royal Academy of Music by Jonah Spindel. Encounter (Three Miniatures for Cello) was commissioned by Royal Academy of Music for their 200 Pieces project launched as part of its bicentenary celebrations when Royal Academy turns 200 in 2022.

Encounter (Three Miniatures For Cello) - Performed Live by Jonah Spindel

Father Sky

Hummingbird

Fall By Ali Gayler

Heart & Mentality

A Tradition of 1804 is a short story from Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy

A Tradition Of 1804 by Thomas Hardy

This track is made solely from the calls and songs of summer migrants birds to the UK. 

The percussion is Whinchat, Wheatear, Sedge Warbler and Grasshopper Warbler. 

The fluity, synthy and bassy notes are all sampled notes of Blackcap and Garden warbler song.

There is also Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Tree Pipit, Spotted flycatcher, Swift and Cuckoo.

I  heard my first yesterday -  a Chiffchaff - always a highlight of the year for me - so this is to celebrate their arrival on my 'patch' - these are species that will be arriving over the next weeks. Blog: http://robymilling.blogspot.co.uk

Samples have a creative commons licence - courtesy of Peter Boesman,  Per Poulsen,  Patrik Åberg


Birds of Summer (entirely bird samples)

Nature Documentary

“But are you worried about potentially being cooped up for months on end?” Elsie replied “I’m going to sit in my garden and watch the birds” This exchange was in a TV interview with a couple - regarding the coronavirus epidemic

I'm Going To Sit in My Garden and Watch The Birds - entirely bird samples + Elsie

A slow number inspired by Celtic and synthesized music.... a battle between simple Morris-type tunes and their synthetic counterpart.
Composed entirely from music created on Artiphon’s Orba synthesizer and played with in Garageband.... assisted by the iVCS3 and Baron [a large black “not quite a tom” cat] who provided the soft skin drum sound.
Song length 7.5 minutes.

Lament for a lost satellite (An Orba song - Celto-space Morris)

BBC 6music  - The Freakzone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hlh4c
Rob da Bank -BBC Radio1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank/tracklistingarchive.shtml?081201
BBC 6 Music  - Feb 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0546jl6
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