3 tracks - fretless bass - free form - improvisation - ebow - modern - jazz

Galaxy

Atmospheric down tempo piece with heavy world instrument influence and a heavier rock inspired conclusion.

Irusu

A post rock song that's an improvisation experimental ebow guitar song.

EBow Improv

A funny post rock, alternative rock, orchestral, violin, ebow, guitar, happy, thick song.

EBow Happy

A creepy, beautiful, alternative rock post rock, orchestral, ebow, guitar, violin song.

D Major Feed On Me

A song about the existential crises we currently face as a civilisation (climate change, among other sometimes seemingly insurmountable problems)

Dark to Darkness

Performed by Open Union on the 27th of September 2024 at Centrala, Space

Performed by Open Union
Modular Synth: Peter Bell
Electric Guitar: Patrick Ellis

Live sound by Joseph Ockford
Audio taken from 'Open Union: Live at Centrala, Birmingham' filmed by Alexander Henshaw 

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Bio:

Wilson Leywantono is a composer currently based in Indonesia. His music has been performed in the UK, the Netherlands, Ireland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia by many professional ensembles and performers such as Orkest de Ereprijs, New European Ensemble, Rosetta Contemporary Ensemble, Open Union, the Azalais Quartet, Hordienal Quartet, Decibel, Le Page Ensemble, the Schubert Ensemble, Thallein Plus Ensemble, Fumiko Miyachi, Mary Wiegold, Rowland Sutherland, Miriam Kitchener, etc.

More info on Wilson here: wilsonleywantono.wordpress.com

Wilson Leywantono - open con (2024)

a rock, alternative rock, ebow, rap song.

EBow Fun with Strat

This is the first song on which I have used a recording of myself playing the guitar. It turned out pretty good in my opinion. I have used an EBow ‘look-alike’ called the Joyo JGE-01 Infinite Sustainer. Since the release of the Blackwater Park album by Opeth (and on several songs on the Deadwing album of Porcupine Tree) I was captivated by a particular sound that I could not quite identify. After a few years I ‘discovered’ that it was an EBow that was used on the guitar. Since then I always wanted to own such a device to play along an recreate that sound. Now I have finally used a guitar on a song with a similar device like an EBow. I used a VST by Hainbach (Landfill Totems) that I have used on more of my songs. I made some samples using the Landfill Totems VST and used these. I also used one of my go to VST’s by Spitfire Audio called Labs. On this song I have used the recordings of a Ondes Musicales. I cool instrument with a very distinctive sound. The percussive sounds also come from the Labs VST by Spitfire Audio. The song sounds more experimental than my previous work. According to some feedback it sounds a bit like The Gathering (one of my favorite bands) although that wasn’t my intention. You cannot escape influences by other artists so if it is (unintentionally and subconsciously) inspired by them; so be it. I like how this one turned out. I am curious what others think about this one. The title is an anagram by the way. It is an anagram of the most simple things imaginable and I will leave it to you to figure it out. Seeing and experiencing the world as it is today and still hoping for a better world I liked the ring of it so I chose this as the title.

A Daring Utopian

Desert dreams spread out into a flowing river.

Peyote River

idyll Mind is the artist/producer named persona created by Joshua Gough in 2012 and since 2013 now includes Don Reece as a permanent second member, introducing lyrics and vocal performances into the mix.

Discography:-

Music Albums
idyll (2012) - Trip hop/Electronica (concept album)
(AM/PM) (2012) - Dance/Electronica
Pulling Strings (2012) - Rock/Electonica
Anesthesia Rising (WIP)
Untitled Acoustic Album (WIP)

Film Score/Soundtrack Albums
Fist Full of Roses (2013)
The Busker and the Boy (WIP)


Open Union is an experimental music duo made up of composer-performers Peter Bell (modular synthesiser) and Patrick Ellis (electric guitar).

Having been described by treasured composer Howard Skempton as being, ‘sometimes subtle and unstable; sometimes rich and dense’, the duo aims to build up strong collaborative relationships to create new verbal and text based works. Their current collaborators are Christine Cornwell, Wilson Leywantono, May Chi and Paolo Griffin, with a new piece by Seán Clancy currently in the works.  

The duo have performed across the UK at events such as Ealing Extranormal, AMOK, Don't Mind Control, Birmingham Modular Organisation and CODA Festival. In 2025, they supported Passepartout Duo at Centrala Space, Birmingham as part of their UK Tour, and in 2023, undertook a mini tour of The Netherlands as part of the Sounding Here concert series, where they performed at Splendor in Amsterdam and Batavierhuis in Rotterdam.

Cover photo by James McIlwrath, November 2022

Vibes

Business email: shumylomusic@gmail.com

bassplayer/producer/musicologist 

located in :
-Oslo, Norway
-Bornholm, Denmark

Ämpers@nd almost feels like music therapy to me. As Ämpers@nd I am producing (largely but not always intentionally) melancholic and dark-sounding soundscapes, ambient and occasionally some (experimental) electronic music. I would rather describe most of my music (if you can even call it that) as experiences or scenes than songs.

All astrophotography pictures (galaxies, nebula's and stars) I have used are made (and owned) by Bob Reijnders. For more awesome pictures check his website: https://astro.bobreijnders.nl/. 
All other photo's are taken and edited by me.

Nostalgia crossed with dystopian sci-fi and a bit of cheek.

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