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New digital EP released April 17th 2019 Solo instrumental performance of a simple melody and some variations (time expansion and compression, permutations and octave transpositions). All passed through long delay and echo effects to produce melodic lines that superpose upon each other creating a counterpoint, in part random and in part planned (variations have been […]

Created for: Disquiet Junto Project 0377: Algorithms Assemble Step 1: Define a scale of 8 notes (or sounds). Step 2: Create a melody with 4 notes from the scale resulting from Step 1. Step 3: Replace note 2 in the melodic sequence from Step 2 with an unused note (selected deterministically or randomly). Then do […]

  Composed and performed by DD, February 2019. Ukuleles bowed upright basses orchestral soundscape muted piano, voices synthesizer celesta slight percussion groove ( tongue drums and thunder drum). Music for this poem: “Transience Petal by petal We let go” haiku by Debbie Strange debbiemstrange.blogspot.com picture by Annie Spratt unsplash.com/@anniespratt

Challenge: Compose a work of music for sentient beings elsewhere in the universe. “Science is Copernican, but society remains Ptolemaic.” This is on more step in a research I’ve been into lately: creating music that have that “pop” catchiness and charm that stick with you, but avoiding some of the “pop” song formulas: typical pop […]

My creations inspired by haikus this last few months:    

New single released today April 1st 2019 Acoustic instrumental experimental using changing odd time signatures. Ukuleles (two takes left-right) Upright bass Marimbas Harmonium Drums Caxixis Analogue synth (à la Rick Wright) Composed and performed by DD, December 2018 Photo by Vivek Kumar https://awal.lnk.to/OHJPm      

Today I released my new single, a remixed version of a year old track . https://awal.lnk.to/silent (piano, brass samples, soundscape, synthesizers Cheers /DD

New singe released march 2019 Ukuleles, string orchestra, accordina    

https://awal.lnk.to/lamorne New ambient single released today:   Drone/Soundscape based on the extraordinary sustain of my Drake Custom 5 bass (main tracks here are a drone (volume pedal) improvisation and an harmonics melody on that bass) Additional sounds are orchestral samples, synthesizers, a violin track through granulate plugin and some martin J15 acoustic guitar strums severely […]

Performed by Daniel Diaz in Paris, 2018. Acoustic piano and soundscapes. https://awal.lnk.to/aghostlymelody