EP coming out on April 17th!

So much happening with the Organik Reflektion project….

The EP is now finished which is amazing as only a few weeks ago it was a just bunch of field recordings!

I have to thank my good friend Jon Downes with the artwork help to get this ready for printing. 

So the release date is April 17th via download from all the major online stores. It will also be available as a limited EP (50 copies). The master went for duplication today so looking forward to getting the final results in about a weeks time! Details to follow of where to buy this soon…

This will also coincide with the Reflektions event on the 17th April at St Annes Chapel in Barnstaple,

Organik Reflektion EP makes significant progress

A lot of progress being made over the past few days on the EP. Firstly, thanks to Jon Downes for help with the artwork on the EP.

Below is an picture I took in the woods near Woolsery:

This will be the artwork for the front cover of the EP. I like to go abstract on the design and this will reflect the music to some degree.

6 tracks he now be selected to appear on the EP.

It is hoped that I will have enough time to make some audio visual for the Reflektions event in April. This is still my intention.

The next step is to fine tune each composition and then master.

New instrument recordings

So not too much outdoor recording this weekend due to having a thick head for most of the weekend. This headache doesn't want to shift so has rurally knocked me back. However, I did mange to record an array of percussive instruments in my conservatory when I was feeling a little more coherent.

On my trip the Falmouth I picked up a thunder box which makes an awesome sound, the little xylophone which I think is from Vietnam and this cute whistle slide. As well as theses instruments we have an array of shakers, african drums and the little african piano called a Mbira.

A sample of some of these can be heard on the Organik Reflektion sound cloud page:

Organik Reflektion

I spent some time playing around with these sounds and morphed them so that they are almost unrecognisable in their original format.

Hopefully, later this week I start the recurring process of the compositions for the Organik Reflektion EP.

Wind Turbine

Another sunny afternoon. This time on the way the home from college, I stopped and filmed a wind turbine.

Even through these white giants are controversial, they are still very majestic. Very little chance of getting a sound from these giants as apart from the generators, they are surprisingly silent!

However the video footage will come in handy for the visual aspect of this project.

Hartland Quay

A walk to Hartland Quay and down to the beach. A chance to get some video and sounds of the waves coming in.

Lovely sunny day and not as bitterly cold as previous days.

Walking on Hartland beach

Livestock Auction sounds

Late morning spent at the livestock auctions at Holsworthy. Great experience as the auctioneer goes through his rhythmic patter.

An example of the sounds from the auction can be found here:

https://soundcloud.com/organik-reflektion/livestock-auction

Many thanks to Kivells for allowing me to record  during the auction.

Bucks Mills Recordings

A cold day down the beach but some opportunities to record sounds of the beach. With the issues of lack of wind shield, recordings were not perfect. They did improve when I borrowed my girlfriends hat to put over the top of the  microphone but still not perfect.

I did mange to capture this little fella for a few seconds. 

https://soundcloud.com/organik-reflektion/robin2 

Results can be founds here on the Organik Reflektion Soundcloud page.

Sound Happenings....

The problem with recording sounds outdoors is the wind factor. No, not the dodgy curry I had the night before but the wind gain and at the moment in North Devon there is a fair amount of this! To overcome this, a wind shield is required on a microphone or as I have reliably been informed is also called a Doogal after the Magic Roundabout's character!

I am using a small Zoom H1 hand recorder for the recordings. So I have now purchased a 'doogal' which will hopefully improve the quality of sounds out in the open.

However, today is a still day so there will a visit to the local beach is in order to see if I can get some nice wave sounds.

New sounds for next week will be church bells and a trip to the livestock auctions!

Organik Reflektion gets under way

First blog to announce the start of Organik Reflektion. 

Organik Refektion is the side project of Martin Eve aka 4th Eden and is all about the recordings of organic sounds and atmospheres.

In the coming weeks, there will be recordings made and these will be published on the Organik Reflektion's Soundcloud page.

This will culminate in a series of sound installation events to happen in the spring.