I love to jam with my tiny Ditto looper. I also love to try new alternate guitar tunings. I tuned one of my guitars to DADAAD and this musical theme materialized out of thin air. Like most of my compositions, it starts small and grows to epic sizes towards the end.

Here&Now

Onwards

Years back I used to play with a nu-disco ban called Nuage. During one particularly boring recording session in which I was required to play the same passage on repeat for minutes on end, this idea came to me. Maybe it was my soul's desperate cry for something else, or maybe it was the fact that I was studying a lot of Bach in that period. Anyway, I thought it would be a palate cleanser in between all the other tracks of this album. Happy listening!

Fuge, Tace, Quiesce

This album was devised to showcase my musical status quo. As opposed to my first album 'Through the Mirror' which was envisioned as a travel back in time to my younger years. Most of the songs on 'Here&Now' were recent compositions and ideas. There is only one exception, track number 7, which was written a pretty long time ago.

The Unknown Soldier

What can I say, my wife is my muse. I decided to go for a more acoustic approach for this particular song, to create a bit of contrast with the previous one.

Ioana's Tune

I know it's a cheesy cliche, but even after 22 years of being with my wife, I still dream of her. While I won't divulge the contents of the dream, I can say that I woke up with the main melody of the track in my head. I rushed to my home studio, grabbed a guitar and quickly recorded the line on my phone. The orchestration and instrumentation came naturally. Enjoy!

Dreaming Of You

I've been experimenting with alternate guitar tunings and landed on DGDGBD, a rather Jimi Page kind of tuning. Also, I've been exploring some Romanian folklore music and some themes and ideas started to seep into my music. A good friend of mine and amazing violin player, Sabin Penea was in town, so I invited him to partake in the making of the song. I was hoping for maybe one or two tracks of violing and ended up with more than 30!!!
'Early Wine' is a complete journey in itself, starting with the folklore-infused idea and orchestration, then taking a left turn to jazz fusion, and ending up with a heavy rock variation of the beginning.
Prepare to be spirited away on an epic journey!

Early Wine

I was experimenting with some arpeggios and suddenly this idea came to mind (or soul). At the time of recording it, I just bought a JCM800 replica and it was a match made in heaven for this particular track. 
Rock on!

Rock Etude

I love a good story; all good stories have a good beginning. Like always, the idea for Ouverture started as a guitar idea. I loved how the off-kilter 9/8 rhythm made it feel, so I turned it into a full-blown orchestral piece. It is short but an opening piece, so it's only meant to pitch the listener's interest in what's coming next. Enjoy!

Ouverture

Nasty

Filip A. Dascalu, aka FIDAS, is a multi-faceted artist from Bucharest, Romania. In his 20 years within the musical field, he’s worked on both sides of the microphone; first as a performer for numerous live, TV and radio shows, with bands and artists of various genres and later as producer and engineer.

"음악은 공기처럼 자유로워야 한다"

OWN AIR는 사이키델릭 록이라는 장르의 전통적 틀을 과감히 벗어나, 음악적 실험과 창조적 융합을 통해 독창적 사운드를 구현하는 밴드다. 우리는 록의 본질적인 에너지 위에 다채로운 사운드의 레이어를 쌓아 올림으로써, 청중에게 예측할 수 없는 음악적 여정을 제안한다.

우리의 음악은 단순히 “듣는 경험”을 넘어, 공간과 감각을 초월한 몰입감을 선사한다. OWN AIR는 멤버 각자의 개성 강한 음악적 세계를 유기적으로 결합하여, 기존의 장르적 경계를 허물고 그 너머의 가능성을 탐구한다.

특히, 우리의 사운드는 관습적 형식에 얽매이지 않고, 다양한 요소들을 하나로 엮어낸다. 이로써 탄생한 음악은 낯설면서도 익숙하고, 파격적이면서도 감성적이다. 이는 단순한 실험을 넘어, 새로운 음악 언어를 창조하려는 OWN AIR의 야심을 여실히 보여준다.

OWN AIR는 단순히 한 장르의 밴드로 남기를 거부한다. 자신들의 음악적 철학인 “음악은 공기처럼 자유로워야 한다”는 믿음을 실현하며, 끊임없이 진화하는 밴드로서 청중에게 매번 새로운 경험을 약속한다.

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