Paulo Chagas and I, Wilhelm Matthies, are pleased to invite you to hear and respond to this 1st of 2 album preview pieces.

We made an online collaboration between January 2020 and January 2021.

In this first preview, I play the latest of my mosesas, my 13th one, a bass version, while Paulo Chagas responded with great sensitivity with his bass clarinet.

For the 2nd preview, I will play a piece that Paulo initiated and I responded to.

We hope that you enjoy the piece!
Wilhelm Matthies
3.21.21

You can get the album here...
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/wild-rose-winter-garden

Wild Rose Falling (Matthies & Chagas)

“Winter Garden” is a piece that Paulo Chagas initiated and I responded to to bookend our album, “Wild Rose, Winter Garden.”

We invite you to hear the layers of sounds that Paulo made using prepared piano, Tibetan bowels, a mark tree (chime tree) and my Mosesa13.

We hope that you enjoy the piece! 
Wilhelm Matthies
Paulo Chagas 
4.4.21
You can get the album here
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/wild-rose-winter-garden

Winter Garden (Chagas & Matthies)

Processed improvisation using the Kokeka and Logic Pro 9.

Crumbling Walls; Inch by Inch, Row by Row

 improvisation using the Kokeka, plastic bag, beads in a wood bowl, and processed using Logic Pro 9.

Crumbling Walls; Opening Windows

Kokeka bowed with a violin, time stretched in three tracks.

Kokeka (2-4-11) Time Stretched Violin Bowing

Wilhelm Matthies playing Kokeka doing spectral bowing (slightly slide short pivk-bow and violin bow horizontally on the string while up or down bowing. A Processed Free Improvisation.

Crumbling Walls; Madison Union Cutting Kokeka (2-25-11)

“Leaving together, Leaving apart” is one of 6 pieces I recorded using my 8th mosesa
In November 2018. I have since made several other models,, but recently rediscovered this album in my files.

It anticipates many things that I am doing currently, namely playing and responding to overtones and instrument body resonances. Tuning is by ear as well as all playing. I tuned the instrument to resonate with my wishes when playing.

The mosesa 8 is composed to 2 guitar strings, a cello bridge resting on a thin, patched and pressed wooden bowl. I used a DPA microphone, external guitar pedals and internal Logic Pro filters to create the sound that you hear.

The emotional background for these pieces, “Leaving together, Leaving apart” was the coming and goings between myself and one of my children of college age. I felt so much joy at being together, then sorrow with leaving.
The music is not illustrative, and I think focuses mostly on the joy of relating each moment with another.

Happy New Year and enjoy!
Wilhelm Matthies
January 1, 2022

Listen to or purchase the album here:
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/leaving-together-leaving-apart-2

Leaving Together, Leaving Apart, 4, 11 - 17 - 18

I had already been a follower of Felipe Barbosa's work (aka 7 i i ) on SoundCloud when I finally asked him if I could add mosesa parts to his electronic music.

I was thrilled that he agreed.

I like telling him that his pieces feel like they were made for the mosesa.

His electronic pieces breathe and undulate in wonderful swells, sometimes contrasts, but always with a great richness, with a fine ear for detail and all in incredibly large range of dynamics.

My mosesa parts are like vines that grow on and comment on his wonderful creations.

I am honored that I got to play along with his pieces, now I am happy to share them with you. They are among my most treasured pieces that I have made.

Download the album here:
http://darkpebble-bluewave.com/menu/

Thanks Felipe Barbosa!
Wilhelm Matthies
11-10-13

Ixelles (Barbosa & Matthies)

Felipe Barbosa made this and the other electronic pieces, Wilhelm Matthies added the mosesa parts (a string instrument of his invention). 
Please download this album! (Pay as you wish!)

https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/danee

Thanks for your listenership and comments,
(and, ahem, your downloading too)!

Wilhelm Matthies
Felipe Barbosa

Danee (Barbosa & Matthies)

A collaboration between Mehata Hiroshi playing hichiriki and Wilhelm Matthies playing kokeka and mixing.

FreeGagaku 1 ((Mehata (hichiriki) Matthies (kokeka & mixing))

For ""A box of cloud", 
I used my latest invented instrument, the Mosesa15 to record with and Paulo Chagas used his bass clarinet.
Listen to how we push dynamics, timbre and tone to make this piece work.
It was initiated as an exchange of musical gifts to each other and for us.
You can get the album here on BandCamp:
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/for-us-para-n-s

A box full of cloud

"Flowers forgotten at dawn" was initiated by Paulo Chagas using his bass clarinet. I responded with my 14th version of my mosesa.
This is the 2nd and last album preview.
Listen and or get the album here:
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/for-us-para-n-s

Thanks for your listening, likes and comments!
Wilhelm Matthies and Paulo Chagas

Flowers forgotten at dawn

Wilhelm Matthies on kokeka, Mehata Hiroshi on hichiriki, percussion, field recording and mixing to make our second FreeGagaku piece. The field recording is of waves found by the torii shrine in Hiroshima, hence the name, Itsukashima. The image is of a drawing by Mehata, photographs and titling integrated by Wilhelm Matthies.
Hear more Mehata Hiroshi, aka Mehata Sentimental Legend http://soundcloud.com/mehata-sentimental-legend


Itsukashima ((Matthies)(kokeka) (Mehata)(hichiriki, field recording, mixing))

the questions were unanswerable, so I played on them.
Matthias Boss

Download the album, pay as you wish.
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/

Thanks!
darkpebble-bluewave
Wilhelm Matthies
Matthias Boss
John Daly
Paulo Chagas

Koan VI

I sent music I titled "Ravine" to Paulo Chagas, who listened closely to it and responded with his alto sax. Our album explores this close listening in context of various mental landscapes, with this piece, being in a metaphoric ravine.

In A Ravine, (Matthies And Chagas)

“Mirror” is a reflection on the album (by the same name), that Paul Chagas and I collaborated on. Paulo initiated this piece via internet, and I responded. 
It touches on the various soundscapes that we evoked.

We hope that you enjoy this 2nd of two album preview pieces.
We would love to hear you response,….please leave a comment…

You can hear the whole album and download it here:  https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/mirror

With love, Wilhelm Matthies and Paulo Chagas

Mirror, (Chagas And Matthies)

Often whispery, but also raspy, growly, pure and clear, from very quiet to very loud, Wilhelm discovered expressive potentials of his graphic compositions using his invented mosesa instruments.
“Exhale diaphanous leaves” is the first of three album previews for Wilhelm Matthies’ solo album “breathing” and used a bass range mosesa.
Graphic compositions were used to establish contours that were freely improvised with in cyclical variations in very large dynamic ranges.
Pay (or not) as you wish here:
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/

Thanks!
Wilhelm Matthies, creative director, darkpebble-bluewave
Matthias Boss
Paulo Chagas
John Daly

Exhale Diaphanous Leaves (Matthies)

The Oak Creek Ensemble guest conducted live at Circle A in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 10, 2015.
One of three album preview pieces.
(a previous, studio recording of Oak Creek Ensemble:
https://soundcloud.com/wilhelm-matthies/sets/first-gathering)

Download here: (pay as you wish)
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/

Thanks!
Wilhelm Matthies, creative director, darkpebble-bluewave
Matthias Boss
John Daly
Paulo Chagas


OCE - Live At Circle A (2)

Paulo Chagas and I have made a number of internet collaborative albums together.
So when he said, let’s invite Henry Koek to join us, I did not fully know what would happen.

Henry Koek writes cosmic poems and makes shaman sounding percussive music,
so to our pleasure,….that is what blended into our mixes.

We invite you to partake with our poems set with music, and three instrumentals,
with a shaman inspired tone with all of our pieces. Please hear the music, like and comment!

This first album preview piece for commenting is based on a poem that Henry Koek wrote.

Enjoy!
ENOL: Wilhelm Matthies, Henry Koek, Paulo Chagas.

The entire album is available here:   https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/above-a-darkness-of-earth


Living Words

We invite you to hear the 2nd of three album preview pieces.

“Practical guide to shamanism for young people”,
Is from the album “Above a Darkness of Earth.”

Paulo Chagas initiated this trio piece with his wind instrument part. Henry Koek added many sound textures in addition to his voice, I finished with percussion and my MaaTeeSaa1 sounds.

This piece continues the shamanist inspired tone of the album.

Hear and/or download the album from BandCamp: 
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/above-a-darkness-of-earth

Enjoy!
Wilhelm Matthies

A practical guide to shamanism for young people

This is the 3rd of 3 album preview pieces for the album "above a darkness of earth." Our wish, with this piece and with the whole album, is to offer a calm, meditative piece to help towards a deepening connection with the earth and each other. 
Hear/download from BandCamp here...https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/above-a-darkness-of-earth
Thanks from the team, Henry Koek, Paulo Chagas, and myself, Wilhelm

Here is the poem that I wrote which inspired this music:
Hum, just above, a darkness of earth

River runs nearby,
gurgles and murmurs, 

sounds out 
under submerged tree trunks, 
pale and immersed in the flow.
Blackness of deep night 
has 
already settled here.

Still,
fine, serrated leaves whisper with the wind,
gently hover over darkness.

Stems from last year
still 
rise up,
Still,
connected to dark earth.

Purple blossoms, in rows of hearts
Still,
hum quietly 
to each other,
just 
above a darkness of earth.

Hum, just above a darkness of earth

Paulo Chagas lives in Portugal and I in the USA.
We agreed to make this album by sharing music files over the internet.

While we worked on this album, 
making music for a peaceful world was on our mind.

All over the world, 
tensions, conflicts, suppressions and violence
of one group over another have arisen.

As musical artists, we believe that our artistic process 
demonstrates what we wish for the world,
paraphrasing Ghandi’s 
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world”:

Create agreements and honor them

Listen carefully, respond with care

Openly point out problems, openly work to fix them

Create music that acknowledges conflict but also overcomes it

Support the spirit of engaged creativity

Support joyful life


Wilhelm Matthies and Paulo Chagas, April 2025

Honoring agreements

Paulo Chagas initiated this internet exchange piece,
Missing tree, river flow.

He saw one of my photos and it inspired him to perform this piece,
I in turn, listened carefully and flowed with his suggestions.

This is the 2nd of 2 album preview releases on SoundCloud.
Download and/or listen to the album here:
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/for-a-peaceful-world

For a peaceful world

Missing tree, River flows

Dark Winter Flow, Dormant Buds (Matthies) is the third of three album preview pieces. In each one, I used a different mosesa, and improvised on the thought/feeling of exploring a cliff space, the light, it's textures, contrasts and blends.
Download the album here:  https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/over-the-cliff-descending

Thanks!  
Wilhelm Matthies



Dark Winter Flow, Dormant Buds (Matthies)

passing (Matthies & Reineke)

…deep in space…..calm to excited, but mostly peaceful and peace evoking….

Wilhelm Matthies created the space with his mosesa 7 and effects
for Markus Reineke to improvise with his duduk.

download the album (pay as you wish)....
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/waves-on-shore

An internet collaboration between Markus Reineke and myself in 2016.

Enjoy! 
Wilhelm Matthies 
January 13, 2018

passing (Matthies & Reineke)

…quiet,….shifting into deep spaces, vibrating, buzzing, scraping….

Wilhelm Matthies created quiet, shifting, deep spaces with his mosesa 7, a wooden bowl and effects, Markus Reineke created focused, sharp metallic sounds to meander in the spaces….

download the album, (pay as you wish)…
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/

An internet collaboration between Markus Reineke and myself in 2016.

Thanks for your support!
Wilhelm Matthies
January 27, 2018

high (Matthies & Reineke)

This is an excerpt of three pieces from the album "moving through dimensions" released from Field Noise Records on April 15, 2012. 
A free mp3 copy of the album is available:
http://www.fieldnoiserecords.com/NEWS/?date=20120415#p01

The album is available through BandCamp:
http://wilhelmmatthies.bandcamp.com/

Moving through dimensions 3 piece Excerpt

October Grounds, 8 is the 2nd of two album preview pieces for the album
October Grounds (1-8)

In this piece I used my 8th mosesa. If you compare how the mosesa 8 sounds to the 9the one, you may hear that it has higher pitches, thinner strings and a thinner, lighter character.
As with October Grounds, 6, I mixed external and internal effects to get the sound quality that you hear, it is a semi-acoustic instrument using a thin wood bowl to filter and preamplify the sound quality before being processed. The intent is to have an instrument that is as versatile and as expressive as possible as established world instruments are such as the viola from Western Europe, the Kamnache from the Mid-East and the Erhu from the Far East but offering new sound qualities not heard by those instruments.

Compositionally speaking, this is an improvisation as the other 7 pieces are on the album, and this is the concluding piece, ie. summarizing the themes I used in the other pieces. 

As with “October Grounds,6”, this one is also a “modern modal piece,” meaning I intentionally use the physical and auditory vibrations of the instrument to find dominant tones and then to respond in contrast with sounds that cause expressive tension, but to also use sounds in degrees of concordance to blend towards resolution for expressive tension and release.

Please leave a comment on the track as it means a lot to me to hear how you think/feel about the presented piece. You can download the album, pay or do not pay as you wish here:
https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/album/october-grounds-1-8

Enjoy!
Wilhelm Matthies
10-21-18

October Grounds, 8

“roots and ripples” 
…earthy scratches, smears, thumps and bumps, and ringing, clear bell tones sometimes crashing and crackling…
This was an internet exchange. The album preview piece was one of 3 that Reid Karris initiated and I added my part to. I likewise made 3 that he added to.
Thanks!
Wilhelm Matthies
Reid Karris
Please leave a comment on the track!
Hear the whole album here:
http://www.panyrosasdiscos.net/pyr272-wilhelm-matthies-and-reid-karris-roots-and-ripples/?fbclid=IwAR3406g6On9LDp-hoqUpwg2_G6cna8UdmMe4gy7VyAJPgJjZ6Vrx0r9FUrY

Roots And Ripples (Matthies & Karris album preview)

Kokeka 3 (12-31-10) is a sampling of my stringed instrument the Kokeka. I added reverb in various tracks were I also time flexed and tape delayed selected samples of the original track.

Kokeka 3 (12-31-10)

Pedro Duarte improvised a piano part, Wilhelm Matthies added a mosesa part and mixed.

From the fields where we feel secure (Duarte, keyboard, Matthies, mosesa, mixing)

I share music that I have made here solo or in groups. I am bundling my work with some online friends as a project oriented, micro-collective. We are happy to share with you!

https://darkpebble-bluewave.bandcamp.com/

Wilhelm Mattthies, John Daly (aka Tuneind52), Paulo Chagas and Matthias Boss

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