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Ian Hawgood – 朝 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 43:32 minutes | 456 MB | Genre: Ambient
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During the first lockdown here in the UK, I found myself awake around 4am most days. I often go to my studio or go for a walk to record bird song at these times to relax and on two occasions I actually recorded these early morning sessions.
Both recordings were done using steel tongue drums with my studio windows open. I mic’ed up the drum in front of the window with a pair of DPA 4060 lavalier microphones hanging from the window close to one of the bird feeding areas in our garden. The sparrows in the nest opposite always come to join me on my window sill when I play the drum or guitar, and the freckles and clicks of sound you can hear in ‘Fractural’ are them landing on or near the microphones.
The additional textures in ‘Textural’ were done using hyrdrophones in the shallow waters while the tide was out at a local beach. The drum elements were edited using looping pedals to create more drone-like tones compared to ‘Fractural’.
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Ian Hawgood – Mysterious Shapes and Remembered Rhythms (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 33:37 minutes | 333 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
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‘Mysterious Shapes and Remembered Rhythms’ is a short series of sketches I dedicated to a mono reel-to-reel recorder sourced from guitar and tongue drum.
‘Rave 83’ was a loop I’d labelled and loved for years but never felt I could develop in a suitable way until sharing it with my friend Stijn who collaborated with me on the track for which I am very thankful.
After listening to the pieces I realised that they sat rather nicely together in their own little unit, but decided that I’d ask another friend to see if they could add their own slant to the recordings. Alex (aka Fields We Found) created a wonderful track from each piece to bring the E.P. to its conclusion in the perfect way.
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