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Inlets by Paul Ramsay
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fave it Experimental | Contemporary
18 tracks | 34 minutes
Released Apr 2005
on Motile
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:46 by the water BUY MP3 01:46 by the water "GIFT MP3" 01:46 by the water
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:22 piano with insects and birds BUY MP3 01:22 piano with insects and birds "GIFT MP3" 01:22 piano with insects and birds
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:44 gardens of versailles, 1901 FREE 03:44 gardens of versailles, 1901 "GIFT MP3" 03:44 gardens of versailles, 1901
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:30 eliz BUY MP3 02:30 eliz "GIFT MP3" 02:30 eliz
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:31 tidal inlets BUY MP3 02:31 tidal inlets "GIFT MP3" 02:31 tidal inlets
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:36 partly dreamed wings BUY MP3 02:36 partly dreamed wings "GIFT MP3" 02:36 partly dreamed wings
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:29 bee narratives BUY MP3 01:29 bee narratives "GIFT MP3" 01:29 bee narratives
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:54 bus lane in fog BUY MP3 02:54 bus lane in fog "GIFT MP3" 02:54 bus lane in fog
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:29 purposeful morning (rain in mist) BUY MP3 01:29 purposeful morning (rain in mist) "GIFT MP3" 01:29 purposeful morning (rain in mist)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:23 stone flowers over early mist BUY MP3 01:23 stone flowers over early mist "GIFT MP3" 01:23 stone flowers over early mist
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:16 dragonflies (surface tension) BUY MP3 02:16 dragonflies (surface tension) "GIFT MP3" 02:16 dragonflies (surface tension)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:21 the pond BUY MP3 01:21 the pond "GIFT MP3" 01:21 the pond
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:06 gnats BUY MP3 01:06 gnats "GIFT MP3" 01:06 gnats
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:30 daphnia BUY MP3 02:30 daphnia "GIFT MP3" 02:30 daphnia
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:51 suddenly on a boat BUY MP3 01:51 suddenly on a boat "GIFT MP3" 01:51 suddenly on a boat
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:51 stream into tributaries BUY MP3 01:51 stream into tributaries "GIFT MP3" 01:51 stream into tributaries
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:39 park BUY MP3 00:39 park "GIFT MP3" 00:39 park
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:25 sky touch blue (dusk, 9th november) BUY MP3 01:25 sky touch blue (dusk, 9th november) "GIFT MP3" 01:25 sky touch blue (dusk, 9th november)
'Inlets - Music Improvisations Rescued as Planned Compositions' (Motile RMusic 001): a series of piano-based improvisations developed using strings and electronic textures and exploring the territory between classical and experimental music.
Bio / Background
This album began as a collection of piano-based improvisations which were then developed through a series of exotic textures, including orchestral string sounds. The more unusual instrumentation includes a vacuum cleaner (bus lane in fog), a bee (bee narratives) and fireworks (sky touch blue). The twin influences of water and insects were also very important in helping shape the album.
Inlets was recorded during the months of August/September /November. This has led (to my mind) to the music having an autumnal 'feel', evoking aspects of English weather: a celebration of grey skies, rain, misty mornings and dark, evening journeys home (there's also some sunshine and bracing winds). It dwells on small things: small life, small moments, fleeting moods, in a collection of miniatures.
Inlets is something of a hybrid and seems to lie between the territories of experimental and classical music. If you like either, you may wish to give it a listen.
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