Featuring Eric Whitacre Choir: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/a-z/eric-whitacre-choir/
BBC Symphony Orchestra: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/a-z/bbc-symphony-orchestra/

Watch how Louis wrote the piece: https://youtu.be/XNGz9FWAR7I

Chimera — Louis Rugg

Simple experiments geared towards performance, these pieces were recorded using Monome mlr & Grid, Organelle/Orac, Montreal Assembly CT5, Chase Bliss Audio Mood, and Mutable Instruments' Rings & Clouds.

I hope you'll enjoy!!

Performed/Recorded by D.Harper 6/2020

Mastered by Porya Hatami
http://poryahatami.com/

Poppy botanical by Walter Müller, 1910

Leaf

When I look at the old map of the town of Bern and the river Aare with the intention of using it as a graphic score, I first notice the quasi-rhythmic change of colors and degrees of brightness. Then the shapes, several phallic structures, which are partially nested into each other, and the play of surface, line and point. As a next step, I roughly divided the map into four areas, each of which has a different character, with lines, dots and increasing density at the top right, the curved line of the river, which is increasingly stretching to a surface, the (phallic) middle part enclosed by it with its structure of clearly delineated surfaces, and finally the part running out into pure surface at the bottom right. These four parts of the map are reflected in four musical characters in my piece. At the same time, I tried to translate the overall impression of the map into music as well, so that I did not lose sight of the whole of the score.

More on this 445th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Disquiet Junto Project 0445: Aare Tribute — The Assignment: Read maps of a river as a graphic score — at:

https://disquiet.com/0445/

This is the second of three projects in collaboration with Musikfestival Bern 2020 which will take place in Bern, Switzerland, from September 2 to 6. More on the festival at:

https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/

https://www.facebook.com/musikfestivalbern/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0445-aare-tribute/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Looking At An Old Map [Disquiet0445]

Τα κανάλια είναι διαθέσιμα.

Θηρευτές της μνήμης (Instrumental)(SOLD)

I composed this track to explore some of the sounds in the Spitfire Audio LABS product "OPW", as well as their Intimate Strings and a few other LABS products.

© 2020 Roger Hooper Music 

The art work is comprised of a picture by one of my little Grand Princesses and a photo from Tatonmusic on unsplash.
https://unsplash.com/@tatonomusic

Celestial Being

Lojong - Transforming Problems - Part 8

Lojong - Transforming Problems - Part 9

Peace with and without a cause - Part 1

In August 2020 there was a few days of some intense thunderstorms across the UK. On this particular day I put my microphone rig out under the cover of a large hedge outside my flat and recorded for several hours. For most of the recording the hedge was inhabited also by a robin, who sang softly throughout most of the storm. 

This is a short excerpt from that longer recording where I like the density of the rain, and where the song cuts through just enough. It was the middle of the day so you'll hear some traffic and other sounds of activity from where I live, at the edge of a city.

Soft Robin Song In A Thunderstorm

Rely on Silence - Part 4

FLIP IT CHALLENGE #202

Stephan Wormland, MA in clinical psychology and trained in Gestalt therapy. He has studied and practiced meditation in multiple Buddhist traditions for over 30 years and spent altogether 5 years in meditation retreats. Stephan was a monk in the Tibetan tradition for 11 years and teaches meditation in Buddhist centers in Europe.

Lojong - Transforming Problems - Part 9

Natural Meditation podcast