![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ananta - Live On Rainy Days [treetrunk027] - Ananta "This music originated instinctively as I was sitting and watching the rain for many days. It was a heavy weather outside as dark clouds covered the sky and the sounds of rain made the rest of usual city sounds unhearable. Such weather has always made me think that there is a drone sound somewhere among the puring water. So I just started to play a single drone. And then I started improvising, to make my music correspond with the rain... Keywords: ambient; longform; live; soundscape Downloads: 671 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Mystified and The Ghost Between The Strings - Ghostly Radiance [treetrunk076] - The Ghost Between The Strings, Mystified "Ghostly Radiance" is a split collaboration between The Ghost Between The Strings and mystified. The Ghost Between The Strings proposed the split, and his tracks are guitar-based ambience and dark ambience, full of moodiness and subtlety. Mystified's half tends to be a bit dronier but is also dark and full of shifting moods. Listening to the tracks together makes sense to the artists, and they hope you agree... Keywords: ambient; drone; soundscape; dark ambient Downloads: 1,689 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Anton Mobin- Inner Collapse [treetrunk 090] - Anton Mobin Treetrunk is proud to bring you this work by French musician and sound artist Anton Mobin: "My work is called 'Inner Collapse'. It's an electro-acoustic collision between home-made instruments... Quite drony & ghostly sound art-- Not an improvisation, but an original composition for Treetrunk. . ." --Anton Mobin, 2009 Treetrunk finds this work to be interesting and enjoyable. Keywords: drone; soundscape; electro-acoustic Downloads: 2,340 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Mister Vapor - Vaporous Dawn [treetrunk087] - Mister Vapor "Vaporous Dawn" represents the beginning of a new project for mystified's Thomas Park: "Mister Vapor". Mister Vapor will produce quality ambient music of various kinds, including both solo work and collaborations. This EP showcases some of the kinds of music Mister Vapor will release. Treetrunk hopes you enjoy this short but sweet EP. Keywords: ambient; drone; tribal; trance; soundscape Downloads: 2,093 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Ghost Between The Strings- Constant 24 [treetrunk083] - The Ghost Between The Strings This is The Ghost Between The Strings' second contribution to the ongoing "Constant" series. This time, the artist was improvising, and found some music he liked-- this happened rather suddenly-- call it serendipity. We at Treetrunk like this piece very much, and think it fits in nicely with the label and series. "Constant" pieces, for those unfamiliar, are musical works based on being as minimal as possible-- finding the least possible thing necessary for listening... Keywords: longform; ambient; drone Downloads: 1,704 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Graffiti Mechanism- No More Nukes [treetrunk058] - Graffiti Mechanism "No More Nukes" is an excellent minimal longform work. It has the sound of a huge explosion in very slow motion-- or like an expanding cloud pattern or puff of exhaust. Treetrunk Records thinks it fits in perfectly here. Kudos to Graffiti Mechanism for creating a cool piece. Keywords: ambient; longform; minimal; drone Downloads: 248 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Mystified and C.P. McDill - Constant 9 and Constant 10 [treetrunk041] - mystified and C.P. McDill In a nice offering from Treetrunk Records, 2 experienced artists interpret the "Constant" theme. "Constant" began as an experiment in minimalism on Webbed Hand Records. A single textured drone by mystified, in longform, was released. The idea was to supply a signal that was very consistent, and approached constancy. The response to this piece was impressive. Some explained that they could not stop listening to "Constant"... Keywords: ambient; minimal; drone; soundscape; longform Downloads: 2,362 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Plexus Instruments- EPI [treetrunk066] - Plexus Instruments Treetrunk has been hoping to release some music by excellent techno artist Plexus Instruments for some time. Now folks, this isn't just your average techno. It's music that crosses borders and genres, and manages to be both emotive and musical, complex and understandable. Our only regret is that we could only feature three songs by this excellent artist. Keywords: techno; electronica; ambient; glitch Downloads: 1,631 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified- Constant 16 [treetrunk059] - mystified "Constant 16" is a longform drone piece created using radio signals generated by the Earth, granular synthesis, and a variety of other processes. "Constant" pieces are works of minimal drone that tend to use a "less is more" approach. The idea of these songs is to create the least possible ambient drone material necessary for listening. Mystified created the first "Constant" on Webbed Hand Records ( http://www.webbedhandrecords.com )... Keywords: ambient; longform; drone; soundscape Downloads: 1,276 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified- Heat Traces [treetrunk057] - mystified Treetrunk 57 celebrates urban environments. Several of the pieces were inspired by the city of Chicago. The longform piece was created as part of an unreleased collaborative project that was to have been called "Advanced Refrigeration". The piece was designed to provide a sort of sonic relief from the summer heat. Please do go ahead and play, "Heat Traces", in the lingering heat of the summer or anytime at all. Keywords: ambient; drone; experimental; soundscape Downloads: 1,683 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Various Artists- This Is Not A Test [treetrunk056] - Various Artists This very special release from Treetrunk documents and celebrates an event that happened August 11, 2008 at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. The event was called "This Is Not A Test: The Chicago Sound Experience", and was curated by Margaret Noble ( www.margaretnoble.net ). "This Is Not A Test" was one of a series of Audio Picnics at the Pavilion, designed to provide visitors with free and enjoyable audio experiences... Keywords: experimental; ambient; phonography; field recording; spoken word Downloads: 2,313 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Phillip Wilkerson - Constant 14 [treetrunk052] - Phillip Wilkerson Leading-edge artist Phillip Wilkerson furnishes a great entry to the "Constant" series with "Constant 14". This one is light and shimmery-- and very easy to listen to-- with beautiful harmonics. "Constant" pieces, for those unfamiliar, are musical works based on being as minimal as possible-- finding the least possible thing necessary for listening. These pieces tend to be drone in nature. The original "Constant" appeared on Webbed Hand Records ( www.webbedhandrecords.com ), and others have been... Keywords: ambient; longform; drone Downloads: 828 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Music For Infants [treetrunk001] - Thomas Park, mystified "Music For Infants" was created by mystified ( www. mystifiedmusic.com ). Filled with quiet bell-like and percussive variations, the piece was written with small children in mind-- but is not exclusive to kids and can be enjoyed by adults, as well. Quiet morphing phrases twinkle like the stars of the sky, affording the brain with music both comforting and challenging. Listeners will be inclined to let their minds wander, staying alert yet creative, visualizing what nice things occur to them... Keywords: Experimental; Ambient; Easy Listening; Fractal Downloads: 3,520 Average rating: (5 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | C. Reider - Inconstant [treetrunk048] - C. Reider C. Reider (of Vuzh Music & Drone Forest) and Treetrunk Records present "Inconstant". Artist Statement: "I believe the Constant series is one of the most important things going on today among drone / ambient / experimental musicians in the underground, because it amounts to a conversation, a dialogue... each person saying 'Look here's what I think a drone can sound like', and then there are responses to that, and responses to that... Keywords: ambient; abstract; longform Downloads: 1,267 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Various Artists - Constant Mix [treetrunk042] - Various Artists Not many things in this world are constant. Maybe you can think of a few. In 2005, mystified discovered a drone that he was so impressed with that he decided that he could listen to it constantly. He created a longform piece from this drone, with only a few embellishments, and asked Webbed Hand Records' ( www.webbedhandrecords.com ) chief C.P. McDill if he would release this new piece, "Constant". Mr... Keywords: ambient; drone; longform; mix Downloads: 1,909 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - City Of Drones [trreetrunk039] - mystified Cities remain, in spite of their occasional ugliness, one of the most beautiful kinds of amalgamations of human effort. They are also a great place to find, of course-- people. I have lived in cities for most of my life. This particular longform work, "City Of Drones", is comprised of seven pieces. One piece permeates the entire work; it is a re-working of "Mutescape", an actual field recording of an urban scene run through various filters and effects... Keywords: drone; ambient; phonography; longform; soundscape Downloads: 3,427 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Audio Paintings [treetrunk024] - Thomas Park In February of 2007, longtime friend / collaborator / painter Sandy Spreitz introduced an idea to me that I really loved. He offered to paint 2 paintings for me, with a total of 4 elemental subjects, and asked for me to write music for the paintings. The first painting was to represent the elements "earth" and "air", the second "water" and "fire". And, while Mr. Spreitz painted his paintings, he promised to listen to music by mystified... Keywords: ambient; painting; phonography; soundscape Downloads: 4,308 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Pocka - Meditative Cycles Part I [treetrunk029] - Pocka "For the past few months I've been working on a series of recordings that are based from and intended for use w/ meditation. All sounds are created from simple sine wave generators and white noise, and layered on top of one another in certain cycles and slowly changing frequencies. My goal for these pieces is for each one to be about 30 minutes long, and it is slowly evolving into a series of recordings... Keywords: meditation; ambient; soundscape; minimal Downloads: 2,307 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tim Doyle - Escape From Lhasa [treetrunk026] - Tim Doyle "'Escape from Lhasa' was plotted out very carefully in 80 segments of 48 seconds each with the parameters changed on the fly (which required 64 minutes of extreme alertness to execute!), and has five distinct levels in which the steps descend by powers of three, with each of the sixteen tracks changed separately within those levels in order to descend seamlessly from the mountain. It represents the sprituality of the mountaintop, a place beyond words, in which the earthiness of monastery life co... Keywords: fractal; longform; ambient; mountain Downloads: 11,138 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | K.M. Krebs - Fog Sequences - [treetrunk021] - K.M. Krebs K.M. Krebs has been kind enough to approach Treetrunk Records with his latest release, "Fog Sequences". He explains: "Inspired by a series of fog photographs I recently saw at the National Museum of Contemporary Art here in Korea. All the tracks began as output from a generative FM drone generator which was run through unpredictable distortion effects (all made in csound). The results were then used as a basis for composing these 6 tracks." Mysterious, ever-changing, generative-- these unique so... Keywords: generative; soundscape; ambient; experimental Downloads: 4,528 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | K.M. Krebs - The Jade Furnace I [treetrunk017] - K.M. Krebs Treetrunk is proud to present a whimsical and intelligent set of generative pieces by K.M. Krebs. "The Jade Furnace I is the first in an undetermined number of albums that will be released on Treetrunk Records. The name is derived from a Taoist alchemical metaphor that denotes the space in which the great work of alchemical transformation takes place. I have always felt a very strong resonance between the process of creating music and the symbolism and metaphors of alchemy... Keywords: ambient; experimental; soundscape Downloads: 9,081 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Akashic Crow's Nest - Fiat Lux [treetrunk002] - C.P. McDill Fiat Lux, an outstanding EP by Akashic Crow's Nest, features warm, percolating sounds generated using images. It is hard not to listen to this work and smile. We at Treetrunk bet that this music will stimulate your heart and mind both, so definitely give it a listen. Akashic Crow's Nest, a recording project of C.P. McDill, utilizes images as the source material for its distinct sound. First, very long pictures are created using Photoshop... Keywords: Experimental; Ambient; Abstract Downloads: 2,917 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Clockwork [treetrunk005] - mystified We all know how a clock works, basically, right? The second hand ticks every second, the minute moves every 60 seconds, and the hour hand every 60 minutes. Then the whole thing repeats itself. What if I told you that the way a clock works is usually not experienced in this way at all-- but, rather, that most people experience time more quickly some moments and more slowly others-- and that sometimes, time may almost seem to run backwards... Keywords: Experimental; Ambient; Fractal Downloads: 857 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Cavern Of Tile [treetrunk 016] - mystified Combining phonography and longform ambient genres seemed like a good idea, and I especially wanted to work from a piece I did with Stephen Philips, "Texture One" (2005, Webbed Hand Records). Namely, I wanted to use glurp sounds, or sounds created by water. All of the many sounds in this longform piece are 100 percent harvested and created at my apartment. One of the predominant sounds is actually a brewing device malfunctioning... Keywords: phonography; glurp; longform; ambient; field recording Downloads: 1,219 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Nocturne [treetrunk015] - Thomas Park Music can seem both real and unreal, and its ability to render certain scenarios and situations depends in part on what means are used. One way to add to a sense of "reality" is to use actual recordings of atmospheres-- field recordings. This album, "Nocturne", is a combination of field recordings, phonographic collages, and sample work, created primarily to evoke places and times important to the composer... Keywords: field recording; phonography; collage; ambient; soundscape Downloads: 7,560 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - South City Spring [treetrunk013] - Thomas Park Mystified's acquisition of a recording device has ushered in a new era for the band. Rather than mixing pre-created sounds or sounds created by other artists, mystified has embarked on the delicious task of making his own sounds from scratch-- or, rather, harvesting them from his surroundings, in phonographic style. Using this new device and a cheap microphone (soon to be replaced), mystified has captured through sound collage and direct recording the experience of apartment life in South City S... Keywords: phonography; field recording; ambient; atmosphere; urban; experimental Downloads: 5,419 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Mutescape [treetrunk 014] - Thomas Park (mystified) As I live on a very busy streetcorner, and love the sounds of music and silence, I have wondered from time to time if it would be possible to take the world around me and to ask it to be a little more quiet. Could I mute the street traffic, the dogs barking, and the folks out waiting for the bus? In "Mutescape", I took a single field recording of my neighborhood, over 33 minutes long, and subjected it to a series of compressions, eq shifts and effects... Keywords: field recording; phonography; ambient; drone; processed Downloads: 1,106 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tribe Of Astronauts - Endless Sea [treetrunk004] - Tribe Of Astronauts "The inscrutable Tribe of Astronauts is a collective of varying number. Little can be known about the Tribe of Astronauts because they hide behind digital masks." -- Tribe Elder The Tribe of Astronauts recently contacted Treetrunk Records from the ammonia seas of Jupiter. Forming, on the huge planet, a kind of eternal ocean, the tides of ammonia wash against one another perpetually and savagely. The Tribe has garnered a field recording from their trip to Jove, and has provided Treetrunk with a c... Keywords: Experimental; Ambient; Fractal Downloads: 725 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Screams In Space [treetrunk012] - mystified Drawing from horror film score experience, a fascination with noise, ambience, illbience, samples and generative music, mystified has created this interesting EP.. Imagine if, rather than the cheesy strings, the early '50's science fiction movies were scored using pots and pans, sheets of steel, and actual sounds from outer space-- sounds emitted by the earth, by Jupiter, and other strange sources... Keywords: Ambient; Experimental; Fractal Downloads: 1,293 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Various Artists - Fractal Diner 3 [treetrunk011] - Various Artists "Fractal Diner 3" is part of a continuing series of Treetrunk Records compilations based on fractal and generative music. The purpose of this and similar compilations is to highlight artists' uses of different programs and means for music creation. Four artists are represented on "Fractal Diner 3". Each wrote music using different composing techniques. Image-based generation and several fractal / generative programs were used, as were other means. Keywords: Experimental; Ambient; Fractal Downloads: 4,590 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Akashic Crow's Nest - Shells [treetrunk010] - C.P. McDill Akashic Crow's Nest, a recording project of C.P. McDill, utilizes images as the source material for its distinct sound. First, very long pictures are created using Photoshop. Sometimes they are hand-drawn, and sometimes they are cut from photographs and subjected to effects and other manipulation. They are saved as very long and narrow bitmaps, and then loaded into a program that reads the hues and values of the image, one row at a time, from left to right, treating the picture as a sort of "pia... Keywords: Experimental; Ambient; Fractal Downloads: 1,018 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Fabrication [treetrunk009] - mystified For some time, it has been possible to use fractal mathematics to generate midi files. Less common is the ability to use fr / gen methods to generate or effect .wav and .mp3 files. I recently came upon a means to create music in this way, and was excited to produce the longform piece, "Fabrication". Layers of home-created industrial atmospheric samples are puncutuated by deep, reverberent percussion and washes of static... Keywords: Ambient; Fractal; Industrial Downloads: 1,157 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Various Artists - Fractal Diner 2 [treetrunk008] - Various Artists Fractal Diner 2 is the second installment in a series of releases focussing on fractal and generative collaboration. Four different artists have used different systems and programs to create outstanding examples of fr/gen music. Pieces on this album range from New Age / easy listening to dissonant and dark environmental. The album, though relatively short, definitely conveys a large range of moods and modes. Keywords: Experimental; Ambient; Fractal Downloads: 4,993 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - 5 Minutes ( a history of the world) [treetrunk006] - mystified How long is the history of the world? Thousands of years? Some would say tens of thousands of years, or more. Or, it could be that certain defining moments summarize the world's history. . . that all we might need to know about are a few happenings and that would explain history at large. mystified ( www.mystifiedmusic.com ) thinks this is so. Hence, this album: "5 minutes (a history of the world)"... Keywords: Experimental; Ambient; Fractal Downloads: 639 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | K.M. Krebs - The Jade Furnace II [treetrunk030] - K.M. Krebs This is the second in The Jade Furnace series of albums. Like the first, the name is derived from a Taoist alchemical metaphor that denotes the space in which the great work of alchemical transformation takes place. I have always felt a very strong resonance between the process of creating music and the symbolism and metaphors of alchemy. This album continues my own exploration of the similarities and possibilities between the two... Keywords: ambient; soundscape; sample Downloads: 551 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Trash Everest - [treetrunk018] - Thomas Park I am interested in some sonic ideas. One idea is to take something small or ordinary and make it sound much larger than it is. Kind of like the principle George Lucas used when he glued together hundreds of model kits to make his original "Death Star". Another is to pursue textures and surfaces, and I am especially interested in pieces where textures and surfaces continue to shift. "Trash Everest" involves these ideas and more... Keywords: field recording; found objects; phonography; ambient; soundscape Downloads: 1,337 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Graffiti Mechanism- Moire [treetrunk095] - Graffiti Mechanism Treetrunk likes this short EP of ambient sounds. In the words of its creator, it is, "a subtle blend of ambience created in an effort to help people re-center themselves, collect their thoughts, and re-commit their thoughts on the simple things." Keywords: ambient; soundscape |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | AON- All The Stones Of Our Lives [treetrunk084] - AON "The stones of our lives are what remains of us during the passage of time. Over the course of the river, everything leaves debris on the banks of. So, while our attention is elsewhere, the debris becomes stone, rock and sand again. All this happens while the men come and go by 'I know not where', like a passenger on a train without a destination. Sometimes, however, in moments of great chance, as a low-water, it happens that our stones appear on the surface showing their treasures... Keywords: ambient; drone; soundscape Downloads: 311 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified- Altered Signals 2 [treetrunk082] - mystified "Altered Signals 2" is essentially an E.P., though it was created by remixing a full-length release. This remix E.P. contains 5 techno remixes of drone tracks originally appearing in "Altered Signals" (Darkwinter, 2008). Beats, percussion sounds and electronic sequences add special flavor to the ambient tracks, making them especially listenable. Keywords: techno; ambient; drone; remix; electronica Downloads: 1,437 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Seetyca With Mystified- "Arctic Isolationism" [treetrunk094] - Seetyca With Mystified This release originally came out in 2004 on Seetyca's "Mbira" label as a cdr. It is a series of arctic ambient pieces inspired by the Jensen Arctic Museum in Monmouth. The conception was Seetyca's, and mystified added a few soundloops and other elements. Final mixing was by Artin Mucht. The result is stark, cold, and beautiful-- Treetrunk hopes you enjoy it. Keywords: ambient; dark ambient; soundscape; drone Downloads: 1,099 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | AutoCad - Logarithm [treetrunk020] Some of you may already know this, but mystified was once AutoCad. AutoCad went through a period of great exposure, when our dabbling with fractal ambient and techno music landed us featured positions at many websites and even an appearance in "Spin" Magazine. We have, thanks to Pivotal Records, reclaimed the files for our original cd release "Logarithm: The Beat Of Life". These pieces have been carefully restored and remastered, and are now available for your listening and downloading pleasure... Keywords: fractal; techno; ambient; experimental Downloads: 3,806 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | AutoCad - AutoCad Reclaimed Part 1 [treetrunk046] - Thomas Park Years before mystified began, Thomas Park created various kinds of electronica as AutoCad. AutoCad was a product of the MP3.com and IUMA era. Although much of this material had a late 1990's-early 2000's feel, Thomas was able to make some innovations during this period. As AutoCad, Thomas created a distinct form of fractal and mathematical techno, and explored various melodic and rhythmic loop structures... Keywords: techno,electronica,ambient Downloads: 651 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | AutoCad - AutoCad Reclaimed Part 2 [treetrunk047] - Thomas Park Years before mystified began, Thomas Park created various kinds of electronica as AutoCad. AutoCad was a product of the MP3.com and IUMA era. Although much of this material had a late 1990's-early 2000's feel, Thomas was able to make some innovations during this period. As AutoCad, Thomas created a distinct form of fractal and mathematical techno, and explored various melodic and rhythmic loop structures... Keywords: techno,electronica,ambient Downloads: 401 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Desohll- Bleak Emptiness Revealed [treetrunk070] - Desohll Desohll is Joomoonaz, based in the Netherlands. Musical inspiration is found in the sounds of Earth, Gaia. Sounds that are around us, but we choose to ignore for one reason or another. These sounds are monotonized by Desohll, yet keeping a strange and subtle variance. This is Desohll's second release, but it constitutes the first-ever recordings he has made. Sound sources are the occurences in an empty hallway along with minute, deformed sine-wave tones.The soundscapes is only fully appreciated ... Keywords: ambient; longform; drone Downloads: 155 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Mystahr and Jon7 - Constant 11 and Constant 12 [treetrunk043] - Mystahr, Jon7 Here we have another excellent chapter in the "Constant" series. "Constant" pieces are works of minimal drone that tend to use a "less is more" approach. The idea of these songs is to create the least possible ambient drone material necessary for listening. Mystified created the first "Constant" on Webbed Hand Records ( www.webbedhandrecords.com ). Several artists gave the theme their own spin at the TZP Drone Company ( http://www.archive.org/details/tzpdc )... Keywords: ambient; drone; longform Downloads: 1,180 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Stephen Philips - Constant 13 [treetrunk044] - Stephen Philips With "Constant 13", Stephen Philips of Dark Duck Records ( http://www.darkduck.net/ ) brings us an excellent longform drone. Deep bassy vibrations and tonal layers are offset by interesting percolations. Treetrunk Records is proud to host Mr. Philips. We hope you enjoy his "Constant" as we have. Keywords: ambient; drone; longform Downloads: 916 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Ghost Between The Strings - Constant 15 [treetrunk054] - The Ghost Between The Strings From "The Ghost Between The Strings": This version of Constant is an improvisation on prepared guitar played with e-bow recorded in July 2008. It has been later digitally processed with reverb and filters, but there are no edits nor overdubs. "Constant" pieces, for those unfamiliar, are musical works based on being as minimal as possible-- finding the least possible thing necessary for listening. These pieces tend to be drone in nature... Keywords: ambient; drone; longform Downloads: 1,137 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Zieltogend- Constant 18 [treetrunk069] - Zieltogend "The Constant theme proves to be an enduring fascination for Zieltogend. Working from his usual ethos, [empty] went back to the roots here and stabbed at the first two Constant releases by Mystified, WH057 and TZPDC25. The core of this longform minimal piece is part 7 of the series. Build around it are various interpretations of the original Constant piece. There's a subtle play with stereophonics... Keywords: ambient; longform; drone Downloads: 202 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Turmoil- Constant 19 [Treetrunk071] - Turmoil "Constant 19" is a dark, hypnotic drone by the band Turmoil. "Constant" pieces are works of minimal drone that tend to use a "less is more" approach. The idea of these songs is to create the least possible ambient drone material necessary for listening. Mystified created the first "Constant" on Webbed Hand Records ( http://www.webbedhandrecords.com ). Several artists gave the theme their own spin at the TZP Drone Company ( http://www.archive.org/details/tzpdc )... Keywords: ambient; longform; drone Downloads: 213 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | JMMIII- Constant 20 [treetrunk073] - JMMIII The artist JMMIII presented to Treetrunk an excellent version of the "Constant" theme-- a nice, layered, dark drone. "Constant" pieces are works of minimal drone that tend to use a "less is more" approach. The idea of these songs is to create the least possible ambient drone material necessary for listening. Mystified created the first "Constant" on Webbed Hand Records ( http://www.webbedhandrecords.com )... Keywords: ambient; longform; drone Downloads: 176 |