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Tom DePlonty and I recently made an album called The Detail of Little Events . In it we used recordings of voice in the public domain from the web, and I found the use of natural voice to create instruments in my software synthesis units (Iris, stuff like that), that I made an album, Sol. La. Fa. ,  which uses voice as the basis for the entire set. There are twelve shorter pieces on the CD, and some are taken from the Sacred Harp tradition ( Windham ), some from just folk tunes ( Old Granny Hare ), from hymnals ( Ancient of Days ), and some just from my voice ( Het uitzicht vanaf de berg ). I was going to call the album Fasola, but isn't that already taken?

The Cracked Chimes is my first actual solo release; I've mainly released pieces in collaboration with other people, mainly with Tom DePlonty and Charles Baker. These works represent the various directions I've been playing around with lately, including a darker ambient style and techno (of all things). A few words about each piece: 1) Fluctuations . A "techno" piece, which swirls around a central idea, and never settles down, even for a second. 2)  Caldera . This was a slow, imagined walk along the side of an inactive volcano to the summit, ending with looking down into the caldera. 3) Ivory . A small pun, because the sounds are piano samples. This is also a canon, with an underlying drone. 4) Bounce . Not the best title, I guess, but the sounds reminded me of sounds bouncing around the room. 5) Distant Forest . All the sounds are recordings of forest animals and birds, but amplified in various ways to create an eerie, not-quite-real fo...

I am typing here just to use it - I have other blogs to send my thoughts to, and I keep up there, but not here. This is how it is, I'm afraid. La di da, and etcetera!

the latest album from  Paragaté  is now out on  Bandcamp . Go check it out!

Just playing around with Bidule (from Plogue). I want to be able to create pieces live, so this was a short result.

Ok, THIS one is more ambient - it's also on the new release!

This post was a bit earlier in my blog, but I thought I'd move it up here - the final piece on "The World Above Us". Not Particularly ambient, I know...