fave listenings of this month

in the pic: David Crosby

"musica assoluta" (febbraio 2023)

This is the closing track off of "Hyphae", a collection of tracks I made with fellow ambient guitarist Wodwo (Ray Robinson -- https://soundcloud.com/user-364196783-552705040). 

It all started with discovering each other’s work on Soundcloud and grew into a lively exchange of ideas and sketches. With both being on a quest to take the less obvious sonic route, always searching for the uncommon guitar sound, and their fondness for spacious and slightly unsettling ambient compositions, the sessions were kickstarted with the appropriately titled "Germ", which gestated into what became the first completed track of this long-distance collaboration between Munich and Derby. 

The title for the second track, "Hyphae" came to mind after reading Merlin Sheldrake’s fascinating “Entangled Life”. It seems apt to draw parallels between the massive mycorrhizal fungi hyphae networks (the "Wood Wide Web") that connect different species of plants and transport substances and information between them, and the to and fro of abstract layers of sonic matter that passed between the two musicians. 

The collection closes with "Simulacrum", probing the terrain where a bright major key tonality coalesces with a bit-crushed low-end undercurrent. And despite what your ears might lead you to believe, no keyboards or synths were used in any of this music! 

Hyphae is also available from Wodwo's Bandcamp page: rayrobinson.bandcamp.com/album/hyphae

Released January 27, 2023

Hyphae

Simulacrum  [Out now on "Hyphae" by Wodwo & encym]

naviarhaiku473 
sudden breeze
every strand of the spider’s web
in tune

Mark Miller is an award-winning poet and photographer who has published four books of poetry, the latest being Light and Counterlight (Ginninderra Press, 2020), a selection of his haiku from over 400 that have been published in international journals and anthologies. His haiku have been featured on buses and trains, on the walls of a public swimming pool, and on art installations in parks and malls. Mark lives in Shoalhaven Heads, Australia.

The spider's web (naviarhaiku473)

Tuesday

« Kedros »  My concerto for flute & orchestra Opus 24 (VST recording)
Here's my flute concerto composed between 2014 and 2023
Score available on my website : www.franckdouvin.com (Tab : Compositons - Enregistrements - Partitions)
To obtain the solo flute score, please contact me on my website (Tab : Contact)
Franck Douvin © 2023 Contemporary chamber music
Thanks for listening & sharing
I hope you'll enjoy !
Instrumentation :
Piccolo
Flute
Alto Flute
Oboe
Alto Saxophone Clarinet (Si Bémol) Bass Clarinet (Si Bémol) Bassoon
Horn (Fa) Trumpet (Do) Ondes Martenot Harp Vibraphone Chimes Timpani
Flute Solo
Violin I
Violin II
Viola Violoncello Double Bass

« Kedros »  My concerto for flute & orchestra Opus 24 (VST recording)

2023-02-02

NLS 2023 - 02 - 02

Wulfreve [part 2]

Almost all tracks are free to download and covered by a Creative Commons license. Collaborations / Remixes are welcome so feel free to experiment - no need to get my permission first. Just send me a link to your track when you're done :)

I love listening to & creating ambient, dark ambient, avant-garde & experimental electronica (and the occasional beatscape). I have no professional aspirations  - I just really like creating music / manipulating sounds. It's my way of relaxing after a hard day at the office. All my tracks are produced using monitoring headphones (Audix A140) so I recommend that you listen to my music through headphones. My DAW of choice is FL Studio. I also use Reason every now & then. 


To the artists I follow; I do my best to try to listen to as many of your tracks as possible each night (I listen to each track all the way through - you went through the effort to create a track so you deserve to have it heard in full). If I miss a recent upload of yours, please forgive me...

Thank you for taking the time to visit my little corner of the soundcloud.

Wulfreve [part 2]

Stan Magendanz