Really find the mix interesting with the soundscape the way it does. No part becomes to dominant. 

Traveller

The World Behind

Binaural Cyclops

Score for St. David's Foundation Video highlighting Austin Independent School District - Social and Emotional Learning Program - 2015

YouTube Video:
http://youtu.be/pM4ctFUaqHg

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4th track off of my upcoming EP ( Thoughts Awaken: US ) to be released September 6th

https://vimeo.com/132035010

(the day of my wedding)

Hour Feathered Nest (Alt. Version)

‘Loon’ will be released on Erased Tapes as a 12” vinyl as well as digitally on October 2nd. 
Pre-order it here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP072
or via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/loon

Containing five synthesiser-led pieces, ‘Loon’ was recorded in autumn 2014 across five days at Nils’s Durton Studio in Berlin, and continues on from the ambient sounds of ‘Stare’ but with the addition of more percussive elements and dub influences. For this new EP the duo wired an Oberheim 4 Voice and a Korg PS3100 to the mixing desk and performed live takes on both instruments. With all four hands on its pots, all mixes were recorded straight onto 2-track ½-inch tape.

Like on ‘Stare’, their first collaborative affair in 2012, they simply followed what was laying in front of them, and this time they were driven by some new synths, a kick drum and tape effects. Indulging in dub, the tracks where all performed rather than engineered, with Ólafur riding a few elements on faders and Nils bringing effects in and out. After running several mixes, they went for the five strongest moments from this session. The release was announced on a joint website www.arnaldsfrahm.com together with the launch of an intimate 45-minute studio film titled ‘Trance Frendz’, featuring another seven improvisations.

“Nils got some new synths and we thought we’d try them out. We loved them so much that we didn’t actually end up using anything else to make these songs.” – Ólafur Arnalds

“When I was young I was smuggled to Goa parties by my brother. The music played there in the late nineties had a somewhat deep effect on me. ‘Loon’ is almost a blurry memory of these times. In other words, it is what I’d like to remember that music sounded like back then. In fact it sounded probably really cheesy.” – Nils Frahm

Loon

Wide Open

Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - Wide Open

Pre-order the album 'Aforger' out October 14th on LP/CD/DL here: http://phonofile.link/aforger

In a digital age where memories are mimicked by pixels and identity is as malleable as static, Douglas Dare’s new album Aforger questions the boundaries between reality and fiction. 

Inspired by recent events and revelations encountered in his life these songs depict Dare at his most vulnerable, whilst simultaneously reflecting our own obsession with reality and technology back at us.  

Aforger was mixed at the iconic Abbey Road Studios and produced by long-time collaborator Fabian Prynn. In the following conversation Douglas strips back the personal journeys and realisations which preceded its recording.

In a conversation with Douglas Dare on July 11th 2016:

The album title plays with the idea of a forger – someone creating imitations or copies, and reimagines them as the creator of something that’s no longer real. Prior to writing the record, I came out to my father and came out of a long relationship, both were hugely challenging for me and questioned my idea of identity and reality. These thoughts leaked out into the record and formed the core of Aforger. I was determined not to write a break-up album or repeat what I’d done before..

I grew up on quite an isolated farm in Dorset, surrounded by fields and not much besides. My mother taught piano from home and we didn’t have a computer, or the internet or mobile phones. In fact, my family still chooses not to use these things. It’s worlds apart from my life now in London where technology seems to dominate everything I do.

After finding out my boyfriend had been leading this double-life, I became obsessed with the question of what is real and George Orwell’s 1984 felt appropriate for me to re-read. Orwell explains this idea of reality control and Doublethink, and it struck a chord with me. The idea that truth can be steered or changed, and we might be able to believe two contradictory things at once. In my case, ignorance was my protection from the truth and ignorance really is bliss, until you’re no longer ignorant.

Binary talks about the idea that technology is allowing us to live on after we’re gone. A relative of mine whose parent passed away kept a picture of them on their phone as a background image. A friend saw this and asked ‘how can you have that there to constantly remind you of your loss?’ They replied, ‘no I have to, it shows me that they’re still here’. This resonated with me and I thought ‘okay, this is just an image to me but to them it’s more than a reminder or a reassurance, it’s a reality’. At the same time, I was finding myself haunted by the digital reminder of my ex-partner and wishing they would disappear. I had to realise that it’s all just pixels on a screen. 

I think New York can be thought of as this fabricated, magical place. I was there with my boyfriend after touring the U.S., but when I came back to London I discovered all these lies and began questioning everything. I even questioned whether New York actually happened or not. New York is a song that’s literally describing that very real feeling of not knowing who or what to believe any more – scary and magical at the same time. 

Lyrically I wanted to be as honest as possible. The album deals with so much dishonesty, so I felt the lyrics had to be the counterbalance. I was inspired by Björk’s album Vulnicura and how everything is almost awkward in its honesty. Like my first album, Aforger started as poetry, but I consciously tried to be less poetic. For instance, Oh Father is an example of complete unambiguity. It’s certainly the most personal song I’ve put out there, and the realisation that people may hear it makes me feel very vulnerable. That’s the most real feeling of all for me right now.

Douglas Dare - Rex

insecurities and self doubts. something we can all identify with each other. it’s quite a journey to overcome this. it starts within you. 

Acceptance.

Acceptance

Acceptance (Original Mix)

A warm place where everybody desires to go to. A place where there’s no judgement. A place where you can be yourself. A place with unconditional love.

Art by Sjoerd van Leeuwen 

Website: https://www.sjoerdvanleeuwen.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sjoerdvleeuwen

Music Credits:

Composition: Rui Reis Maia & Yori Swart
Production: Rui Reis Maia

Lyrics: Yori Swart & Rui Reis Maia
Vocals: Yori Swart

Acoustic Guitar: Yori Swart
Electric Guitar: Ocker Gevaerts

Mixing Elio Debets
Mastering: Cas Irvine

Keep in touch with Rui:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicbyrui
Twitter: https://twitter.com/musicbyrui
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicbyrui

Marigold

Rui - Marigold (Feat. Yori)

Todd Waldron is an Austin-based film composer, audio engineer and technologist.  He has worked in the local film industry since 2006, composing music for original scores, and providing location and post-production sound services for film.

Todd is a lover of film, story-telling, and is a skilled musician and recording engineer.  His approach to composing is organic, and seeks to be artistically authentic while always serving the story. He prefers to use real instruments and organic sound sources in his compositions to create soundscapes rich in depth, color, tone and texture.

As an audio engineer Todd has an extensive array of top of the line microphones, pre-amps and recording devices to capture pristine production and location sound, along with a toolkit of software utilities and plug-ins to problem-solve in post.  On set Todd is an experienced boom operator, sound recordist and sound mixer.  Todd has engineered sound for entire film projects, from on-location production to the final mix, including sessions for VO, ADR, Foley, Sound Design and Scoring.  In 2018 Todd entered the VR Audio space by engineering his first VR Audio recording for the Austin Classical Guitar Youth Orchestra.

Todd holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance (Classical Guitar) from West Texas A&M University, and a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from St. Edward's University.

For more information please visit: toddjwaldron.com

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