Pastoral Music for Landscapes

Subject: Pastoral Music for Landscapes
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 21 Apr 11 - 08:45 AM

This started out as a version of Over The Hills and Far Away for the Landfill Project, but I dropped the vocal track and let the vistas open out into pure ambient revelry. As it stands it becomes a piece of sea-side ambience inspired by lazing around the beach of late on tranquil sunny days looking over to Black Combe & Barrow-in-Furness from Cleveleys. Without the voice I've brought the 5-string violin (C-string tuned up to D) to the fore with electric bass ostinato and various ambient drones & bleeps on the Kaossilator, and the piece becomes a hommage to minimalism with obvious debts to be acknowledged to the Penguin Cafe, the Soft Machine, Gong and the Third Ear Band.

Blog (with hi-res image): Headland (Over the Hills) : April 21st 2011

Soundcloud: HEADLAND (OVER THE HILLS) (21st April 2011)

Subject: RE: Pastoral Music for Landscapes
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 21 Apr 11 - 10:25 AM

Thanks.

Subject: RE: Pastoral Music for Landscapes
From: Max Johnson
Date: 21 Apr 11 - 02:31 PM

I just enjoyed this while looking across the (misty) Bay from Heysham. Loved the birds!

Nice.

Subject: RE: Pastoral Music for Landscapes
From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
Date: 21 Apr 11 - 03:35 PM

Amazing red sun tonight (from Fleetwood anyway) - no camera though, alas...