Created on iPad, mixed and mastered with Cubase 13 and Ozone 10

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 540:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku540-face-of-the-winter-pond/

Photo by zenbytes

face of the winter pond - Naviarhaiku 540

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- Virtual Instruments
- Audacity
- FL Studio 20
- Cubase LE AI Elements 6
- Interface Scarlett 2i2
- Condenser Microphone(CM25)
- Audio-Technica ATH-M50X
- Arturia MiniLab - USB/MIDI Controller
- Nikon D3200
- Adobe Photoshop CS2
- M-Audio Axiom 61
- M-Audio Oxygen 61
- M-Audio Hammer 88
- M-Audio BX5 D3 (Studio Monitors)
- JVC HA-RX330-E
- Native Instruments
- AKG Headphone
- SONY SRS-D25
- Samsung S10Edge
- Xiaomi Redmi 9C
- WaveEditor Record & Edit Audio (Sound-Base Audio, LLC)

https://freesound.org/people/jalastram/

Traveller in sound and space.  Enjoying and creating ambient, drone and experimental music.

James is a multi-instrumentalist creator of music as well as a contemporary artist. He plays stringed instruments (guitars, cello, ukulele, bass, etc.) and uses a midi controller for any instruments he doesn't have access to; such as a timpani or a glockenspiel.

James creates music that is inspired by the pure love and joy of making music. The style of music he creates varies from piece to piece. He will go from songs that are accompanied by guitar or ukulele to full arrangements of a traditional North American band to orchestral scores that you could easily hear backing a film or video. 

By browsing his music you're likely to come across traditional pieces of music sounding as old as time and other pieces sounding as new as yesterday's jingle. 

Instruments inspire him to make new sounds come together to form music and combining old and new sounds is something he very much enjoys exploring.

While music and sounds are a big part of James' personality so is making art, graphics, and videos. James has worked professionally as a technical illustrator/graphics specialist since 1991. So James almost always creates art specifically for each piece of music he puts out into the world. The art may or may not be directly related to the piece of music in context but it will definitely give you another perspective on how the music has inspired him or makes him feel.

To learn more about James and/or see his art seek him out on Instagram.com and YouTube.com; he’s easy to find if you spell his name correctly.  A pseudonym also being used by James is Mildred Stain.

If you are interested in collaborating in any way, contact him!

Abstract Sound Structures, Musique Concrète & Live Electronics.
Experimental abstract animation videos.
It is my aim to create and/or edit my tracks & videos using free or open-source software only.
Influences include: J.S. Bach, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Giacinto Scelsi, Mauricio Kagel, Conlon Nancarrow, Christian Wolff, Harry Partch, Luc Ferrari, Morton Feldman, Cornelius Cardew, Bernard Parmegiani, Ana-Maria Avram, David Tudor, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Renaissance Polyphony.
All my work is published under a Creative Commons licence & can be freely downloaded (as wav) or remixed.

Tell the world a little bit about yourself.
The shorter, the better.
Dark Ambient, Electronic and drony stuff.

Cinematic noise. London.

"Clique Plaisir" now available through Bandcamp: https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/clique-plaisir

Debut album with Wodwo "Crown Shyness" out now:
https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/crown-shyness


More recent releases:
"Bloom/Foam": https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/bloom-foam
"Hyphe" with Wodwo: https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/hyphae
"Trajectorize EP": encym.bandcamp.com/album/trajectorize-ep
"Music for Meditation": https://neotantra.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-meditation