Made with Elka string ensemble, partially through the Synthi A filter. The 'wind' instrument is improvised.
Something not that extravagant for a change. :)
Wonderfool landscape (http://www.samshuijzen.nl/sam/butapes/02/07_wondlandscape.ogg) - 3:14
edit : see version 2 below
very nice Sam, sounds almost oriental, but then also pagan European.
Is there an echo on the percussion or is that an envelope over a repeat?
You could say both. It's a repeating echo between L and R on the tape, with a quite rapid decay in feedback.
Oriental yes. This was part of a soundtrack for a movie. A very peaceful scene at a pond full with goldfishes in Marocco .
What do you mean with pagan European by the way ?
Wiccan is the modern equivalent.
Pre-Christianized Europe - like the the Norse legends. that sort of thing.
This music could be used for a scene with sprites or faires or elves
I see. I suspected something like that. You're right about a kind of fairytale.
In those days European music was very alive, before the droning church-organs began.
Lots of percussion, flutes, etc.
This may be of interest
for all my no repetition stance there is a strong current of hypnotic repetition in modern classical composition (Steve Reich and Phillip Glass for example)
in this video the piano is using "just intonation" - pure ratios between notes and requires 24 notes to the octave - but... this is NOT quarter tone music. It is very purely tuned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ieHZ5qmJZI&feature=related
Yep, I know. It's labeled as "minimal music"
yes, I guess that is true
but all things being relative - this is far more complex to me than the minimal electronica genre
a nice and peaceful sequence. short but sweet.
I can see the "farytale" resemblance too. :D
From a technical point of view, i would put a less low pass filter to the percussion, they sound a bit dull imo. Aiming for a clearer sounds can be a good idea. Of course, that totally depends from the composer too.
You're right, Psi, the piece was derived from an old reel tape, so some EQ to fresh up the sound could be useful.
version 2 (http://www.samshuijzen.nl/sam/butapes/02/07_wondlandscape2.ogg)
Ah, the brighter sounds are much fresher, almost like you have swapped some samples to better ones, on the top of general EQ-ing.
It is very pretty even
I didn't compare - but I really love it.
No doubt the forest gods are happy :-)