Sound designer Ayush Ahuja has posted another sonette for us to enjoy.  This time field recordings from a trip to Darjeeling.  Incredible recordings instantly transporting us away from tube strikes and boring weather.

PODCAST 05

May 16, 2009

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[photo: on the DART to Bray, Ireland]

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1) Drowned Earth from Steps of the Sun by Shadyzane [myspace]

2) Anime from Garage 2000 by AGF [myspace]

3) Sie tranken Regen from the album Cicadidae by Kammerflimmer Kollektief [official site]

4) Blue Nebular by Hutch Demouilpied

5) Postlude: Lento, Liberamente from the album The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind by the Kronos Quartet

6) Uoon I by Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto [last.fm]

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NEW BLOG FROM NY

March 29, 2009

Check out www.guitarsoundz.com for a blog about guitars, basses, effects, and the musicians that use them. New from Aaron in Brooklyn.

Sonette is back online.  Listen now to beautifully recorded oud and voice…

Merry Christmas

December 19, 2008

‘Ghost in the Garden’ by William Blake.

Music and editing by Chris White.

Read by A. Ginsberg.

PODCAST 04

December 14, 2008

kensal green cemetary

[photo: Kensal Green Cemetary, England]

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1) Sonata V from Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano by John Cage.

- featuring Boris Berman on piano

2) Descent by The Moon Whispers [myspace]

3) Ocean from the soundtrack to Tarkovsky’s Solaris, by Edward Artemiev

4) Salamander by Tangka [last.fm]

5) Te Tiimatanga from the album Te Hekenga-Aa-Rangi

- featuring Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns

6) Ishlonak by Mahmoud Fadl [myspace]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MESSIAEN

December 11, 2008

messiaen

For what would have been Olivier Messiaen’s 100th birthday yesterday:

The magical Oraison composed for Ondes Martenot.

Powoli

December 9, 2008

chesil beach
[photo: chesil beach, dorset]

Powoli from the album Treny by Jacaszek [jacaszek.com | purchase]

Beautiful cascading soundscape leitmotifs blending electronics with acoustic instruments and voice (used here as an instrument).

thanks to Motel de Moka.

BODACH XMAS

December 1, 2008

From Forestbrook Films, a Bodach Xmas with the corkbots:

catch Forestbrook at the Union Chapel on the 6th December at 1pm.  Free entry.

PODCAST 03

May 7, 2008

[photo: Dedham, England]

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1) Tenda Wema Dub from the album healing the music by The Embassadors.

- featuring Hayden Chisholm on saxophone [nonplace.de]

2) Improvisation 1 by Lull.

- featuring Phil Stevenson on guitar and Chris White on saxophones, pads and pedals.

3) Scavange by Hutch Demouilpied [survivaloftheweirdest.com]

4) Ballad by Swamp Thing

- featuring Aaron Nevezie on guitar [nevezie.com]

5) Dawn Savannah by Mark Greenwood [virb.com]

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