![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Hot Mama's, Motueka, 27/10/06 (highlights) - A Tiny Window Highlights from a three-hour session at Hot Mama's, Motueka (South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand) on 27/10/06 - acoustic roots reggae with psychedelic folk currents running throughout. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; modal; roots; reggae; Rasta; Rastafari; nyabinghi; Motueka; New Zealand; Aotearoa; Galanjah; Maori; busk; busker; busking Downloads: 434 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Lieutenant Dan meets the Sazman - A Tiny Window Saz and guitar/bass improvisations recorded with local musician Dan Miller in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, January 2007 Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Dan Miller; Stevens Point; Wisconsin Downloads: 399 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Madison improvisations, winter 2005-6 - A Tiny Window A set of (mostly) acoustic improvisations recorded with friends whilst visiting Madison, Wisconsin briefly in mid-December 2005 and then again in early-January 2006. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: psychsaz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; manualism; Madison; Wisconsin Downloads: 269 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Miscellany Two - A Tiny Window Various bits and pieces from 1995-2005. Me playing saz in various times, places and styles, with various friends. All rather spontaneous and lo-fi. Source: mono cassette and MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Ireland; Cork; West Cork; Belgium; Flanders; Vlaanderen; Gent; Ghent; didg; didge; didgeridoo; didgeridu; Exeter; Devon; eggslicer; electroacoustic; electro-acoustic Downloads: 311 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Jams with Pok, 1996-2005 - A Tiny Window A collection of rough saz and mandolin/mandola improvisations recorded with Pok Spacegoat, 1996-2005 Source: analog cassette [1-2] and MiniDisc [3-5] Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Pok; Spacegoats; mandola; Exeter; Devon; Cork; West Cork; Ireland Downloads: 317 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sketches with Mick, 01/06/06 - A Tiny Window Some rough saz-balalaika-guitar-bass sketches recorded with Mick Whieldon one evening (our first jam together). Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; balalaika; Mick Whieldon; Exeter; Devon; Children of the Drone Downloads: 198 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | rehearsals with Stef Lee - A Tiny Window Excerpts from an initial rehearsal of some songs that I was to record with Stef Lee (from central Wisconsin 'Slopgrass' band Sloppy Joe) for her first solo album. These were recorded at her farmhouse near Iola. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: Sloppy Joe; slopgrass; Wisconsin; Stevens Point; Iola; saz; baglama; Americana; banjo; Holy Modal Rounders; Woody Guthrie; Ween; Ralph Roddenbery; Child ballads; ballads; murder ballads Downloads: 185 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Summertime String Duos, 2006 - A Tiny Window Improvisations for saz and mandola, two sazzes, recorded summer 2006. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; mandola; Exeter; Devon; Children of the Drone Downloads: 311 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | phase 2 of recording tour, spring 2005 - A Tiny Window Saz improvisations with various collaborators in West Cork and Sneem, Co. Kerry, Ireland, recorded during spring 2005 travels. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; modal; Celtic; Ireland; Sneem; Kerry; Cork; West Cork; Andy Ra; didg; didge; didgeridu; didgeridoo; Sumu Downloads: 602 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Central Wisconsin, 2001 - A Tiny Window Saz, percussion and didgeridoo pieces, largely improvised, recorded in Stevens Point and Shawano, Wisconsin in early 2001. Source: analog cassette Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; celtic; Irish; Irish traditional; Irish trad; traditional Irish; Welsh; Welsh traditional; traditional Welsh; Swedish; Swedish traditional; traditional Swedish; Armenian; Armenian traditional; traditional Armenian; Ryan Biesack; Vincent Miresse; Wisconsin; Stevens Point; Shawano Downloads: 990 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Yoga Studio, April 2002 - A Tiny Window A collection of improvisations recorded in April 2002 at The Yoga Studio, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, with a group of musicians who had never played together before. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; modal; didg; didge; didgeridu; didgeridoo; singing bowl; singing bowls; modal; Stevens Point; Wisconsin; yoga Downloads: 784 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | jams with Dan Miller and Elf Lettuce's Alex White - A Tiny Window Saz, mandolin, guitar and bass improvisations recorded with Dan Miller and his friend Alex from Wisconsin psychedelic jam band Elf Lettuce. Recorded upstairs at Dan's house, by the Wisconsin River in Stevens Point one evening in late April 2008. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: Stevens Point; Wisconsin; Madison; Elf Lettuce; Alex White; Dan Miller; saz; baglama; mandolin; psychedelic; psychedelia; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvising; jam; jamming; lo-fi; lofi Downloads: 76 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tenuous jams with Dan M - A Tiny Window Saz/mandolin and guitar improvisations recorded with Dan Miller at the Afterdark coffeehouse (formerly The Mission), Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Dan Miller; Stevens Point; Wisconsin; mandolin Downloads: 200 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Along The Ridgeway, post-solstice 2007 - A Tiny Window Solo saz recordings from Fyfield Down near Avebury, the chambers of Wayland's Smithy (longbarrow) and atop Dragon Hill (below the White Horse of Uffington). These places are all along The Ridgeway, the oldest road in England (now a public byway). Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Avebury; Fyfield Down; Uffington; Wayland's Smithy; Waylands Smithy; Dragon Hill; Wiltshire; solstice; Summer solstice Downloads: 743 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | All Saints Church, Alton Priors, 22/06/07 - A Tiny Window Saz and mandola improvisations recorded with Stef in All Saints' Church, Alton Priors (near Avebury) in Wiltshire, the day after summer solstice 2007. Also some extra jams recorded the next day in a nearby grove of ancient beech trees. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: mandola; saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Celtic; tribal; Avebury; Wiltshire; Alton Priors; megalithic; solstice; summer solstice; Mordekkers; Dongas; Dongas tribe Downloads: 423 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | BeesBirdsSaz, 10/05/09 - A Tiny Window Saz improvisations recorded against a backdrop of May birdsong and buzzing bees in East Kent. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; organic; acoustic; improv; improvised; improvising; jamming; modal; psychedelic; psychedelia; lofi; lo-fi; field recording; field recordings; bees; birds; birdsong; bird song; Kent; psychfolk; psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych-folk; free folk; freak folk; drone; droning; modal Downloads: 182 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | phase 4 of recording tour, spring 2005 - A Tiny Window Saz improvisations with various collaborators in Wondelgem (Belgium), Ebury Square and Tufnell Park (London) and Oblique House (Exeter), recorded during spring 2005 travels. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; modal; London; Pok; Spacegoats; Exeter; Devon; Mordekkers Downloads: 753 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Big Green Gathering 2005 - A Tiny Window Some rough recordings from the 2005 Big Green Gathering, featuring members of The Mordekkers Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Celtic; tribal; gathering; festivals; festival; BGG; Big Green Gathering; Green Gathering; Somerset; Welsh pipes; bagpipes; Mordekkers Downloads: 481 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Big Green Gathering 2007 - A Tiny Window Acoustic improvisations recorded with a mandolin player and percussionist who I'd just met in the Earth Energies field at the 2007 Big Green Gathering (near Cheddar, Somerset, UK). Also a brief excerpt from a jam the next day with Australian singer-songwriter Andrea Soler. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; gathering; festivals; festival; BGG; Big Green Gathering; Green Gathering; Somerset; triangla; mandolin; Andrea Soler Downloads: 369 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Jams with Stef, The Grove, Big Green Gathering 2006 - A Tiny Window Three excerpts from an extended, modal saz-and-mandola jam, recorded in "The Grove" at the 2006 Big Green Gathering. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; mandola; Dongas; Donga; Dongas Tribe; Donga Tribe; Mordekkers; Green Gathering; Big Green Gathering; Somerset; gathering; festival; festivals Downloads: 163 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The "Big Heavy Guitar" Session (saz-and-bass improvisations with Dan Miller, 09/04/09) - A Tiny Window Four saz and 6-string electric bass guitar improvisations recorded in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, April 2009. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: Psychedelic; Improvisational post-modern alternative folk; Atmos and Drone; folk; acoustic; psychedelia; organic; drone; droning; modal; improv; improvisation; improvisational; Stevens Point; Wisconsin; jamming; ambient; atmospheric; saz; baglama Downloads: 48 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | phase 1 of recording tour, spring 2005 - A Tiny Window Saz improvisations with various collaborators in Bristol and Cork City, recorded during spring 2005 travels. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; modal; Bristol; Watershed; Ale Fernandez; Stockhausen; electroacoustic; electro-acoustic; experimental; tabla; tablas; Easton; Cork; Ireland; Groovebox; Sumu Downloads: 1,007 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Jamming Under the Influence of a Steve Reich Box Set - A Tiny Window Saz, concertina and hurdy-gurdy improvisations, recorded with Jim and Joel from Red Dog Green Dog in a trailer in rural Dorset. Source: MiniDisc, hard-drive Keywords: spontaneous; Dorset; saz; baglama; hurdy-gurdy; hurdy gurdy; hurdygurdy; gurdy; tabla; mandola; Improvisational post-modern alternative folk; Atmos and Drone; Folk; acoustic; Psychedelic; Free Psych-Folk; Improv; drone; droning; Organic; progressive acoustic; Ambient; Drone,Ambient; modal; Lo-Fi; Free Psych-Folk; psych-folk; psychfolk atmospheric; atmos; ambient; psychedelia; jamming; freeform; lofi; improvisation; improvisational; free folk; freak folk; Dongas; Donga; Dongas Tribe; Red Dog Green Dog; concertina Downloads: 1,022 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Central Wisconsin miscellany, spring 2009 - A Tiny Window Various recordings from Central Wisconsin, March-April 2009. Me playing saz with various people (songs and jams), and some solo pieces. Source: MiniDisc (1-7, 13-16); laptop built-in mic (8-12) Keywords: Stevens Point; Wisconsin; saz; baglama; jam; jamming; spontaneous; organic; lofi; lo-fi; Wisconsin River; field recording; field recordings; redwing blackbird; redwing blackbirds; Michael Hurley; George Jones; Hackensaw Boys; The Frames; Led Zeppelin; Stuart McNair; Damien Rice; Guy Clark; Sloppy Joe; slopgrass; Afterdark Downloads: 24 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Saz Report, early summer 2008 - A Tiny Window Miscellaneous saz jams recorded just outside Canterbury (UK) in the early summer of 2008, with local nightingales, a nearby stream and Jim Penny from Red Dog Green Dog (on concertina). Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; lo-fi; lofi; field recording; field recordings; concertina; Red Dog Green Dog; Canterbury; Kent; birds; bird song; birdsong; nightingales; jam; jamming; improv; improvisation; improvisational; acoustic; folk; folkie; free folk; psychfolk; psych-folk; psych folk; ambient Downloads: 112 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | jams at Erik's and Shelly's, 05/04/09 - A Tiny Window Two sessions recorded either end of the same day at two locations in Central Wisconsin. Baritone ukelele, saz, electric guitar, bass and drums. Loose interpretations of songs by the inimitable Erik Moore, and sleepy jams with former Irene's Garden bassist Bob Davidson. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: ukelele; saz; baglama; Wisconsin; Stevens Point; Wausau; jamming; jam; improv; improvisation; improvisations; lofi; lo-fi; organic; spontaneous Downloads: 19 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | phase 3 of recording tour, spring 2005 - A Tiny Window Saz improvisations with Inge (the other half of Ail Fionn) just north of the French Pyrenees, recorded during spring 2005 travels. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; modal; Celtic; Irish; Ireland; Irish trad; Irish traditional; traditional Irish; pixie; elf; elven; fairy; faery; Pyrenees; mandolin; Ail Fionn Downloads: 844 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Green Ark, 19/10/06 - A Tiny Window A typical evening at The Green Ark (Alan's kitchen and music room, Motueka, Aotearoa/New Zealand). A collection of reggae and folk tunes featuring a North Island Maori busker, a Botswanan Rastafarian and a veteran of the UK 90's road protest scene. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; modal; reggae; roots; Rastafari; Rasta; nyabinghi; Motueka; New Zealand; Aotearoa; Breton; recorder; Maori; Botswana; Botswanan; Africa; African; traditional African; African traditional; traditional Breton; Breton traditional; melodica; mbira; recorder; Burning Spear Downloads: 577 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Green Ark, 23/10/06 - A Tiny Window An acoustic roots reggae session recorded at The Green Ark (a.k.a. Alan's music room) in Motueka, Aotearoa/New Zealand - mostly Alan's songs, plus a couple of chants, etc. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; reggae; roots; Rastafari; Rasta; nyabinghi; Motueka; New Zealand; Aotearoa; melodica; Galanjah; busk; busker; busking; Flemish; Vlaams; Flanders; Vlaanderen Downloads: 997 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Interdimensional PixieThrash - A Tiny Window Solo psychedelic saz improvisations recorded near Helford, West Cornwall, spring 1998. Source: analog cassette via TASCAM 4-track Portastudio Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Cornwall; Helford; Lizard; beyond classification; experimental Downloads: 470 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ireland '06 - A Tiny Window Improvisational saz and guitar/fiddle/didg/dilruba/mandolin/mandola collaborations recorded while travelling in Southwest Ireland, May 2006. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; modal; fiddle; dilruba; didg; didge; didgeridoo; didgeridu; Ireland; Cork; West Cork; Kinsale; Andy Ra; Ail Fionn; Bristol Downloads: 602 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ital Leftovers from Motueka, 2006 - A Tiny Window A selection of spontaneous recordings of acoustic music made in and around Motueka (South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand) with a wide variety of collaborators, October 2006. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; reggae; roots; Rasta; Rastafari; Maori; Aotearoa; New Zealand; Motueka; recorder; melodica; Kiwi Jam; Galanjah; dan moi; Gadjo; Fraggle Downloads: 1,666 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | farewell jams with Ed Smith, Stevens Point - A Tiny Window A few jams recorded at The Afterdark coffeehouse (formerly The Mission) in Stevens Point, Wisconsin with local guitarist/vocalist Ed Smith, late April 2008, shortly before my return to England. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: Ed Smith; Stevens Point; Wisconsin; Afterdark; saz; bagalma; talking blues; blues; improv; improvisation; improvising; improvisational; improvised blues; improv blues; improvised lyrics; improv lyrics Downloads: 88 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Jams with Tim C - A Tiny Window Modal saz and guitar jams recorded in Tim's front room, February '08 (having only met a few minutes earlier), interwoven with ambient sounds recorded some time earlier in an derelict Polish resettlement camp near Newton Abbot. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; Exeter; Devon; drone; droning; modal; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvising; jam; jamming; psychedelic; free folk; psych-folk; psych folk; psychedelia; freeform; lofi; lo-fi Downloads: 190 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | saz and hurdy-gurdy session, 14/12/04 - A Tiny Window A couple of saz and hurdy-gurdy improvisations, recorded with Joel Turk in a caravan in a muddy field at Cannings Court Farm, near Pulham, Dorset, UK. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; hurdy-gurdy; hurdy gurdy; hurdygurdy; gurdy; Dorset; Joel Turk; Red Dog Green Dog Downloads: 679 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | saz and hurdy-gurdy jams with Joel Turk, Dorset, March 2007 - A Tiny Window Mostly improvised saz and hurdy-gurdy recorded on a farm in Dorset, late March 2007. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; hurdy-gurdy; hurdy gurdy; hurdygurdy; gurdy; improv; improvised; improvising; improvisation; improvisational; organic; spontaneous; freeform; folk; prog folk; progressive folk; acoustic; psychfolk; psych folk; psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych-folk; free psych folk; free folk; freak folk; Dorset; Red Dog Green Dog; Dongas; atmos; atmospheric; drone; drones; droning; modal; lo-fi; lofi; jamming; psychedelic; psychedelia Downloads: 713 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Last Train to Tortoise Central - A Tiny Window Psychedelic improvisations for saz, mandolin and percussion, recorded in West Cornwall 1997-98. Source: analog cassette Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; modal; beyond classification; Cornwall; Lizard; mandolin; Mordekkers; Galanjah Downloads: 1,003 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | jam at Maggie and Ken's, Madison, 26/04/09 - A Tiny Window A relaxed evening jam at Maggie and Ken's home in Madison, Wisconsin, the night before I flew back to the UK. A mix of songs and jams - saz, acoustic guitar and bass. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; jam; jamming; spontaneous; organic; lo-fi; lofi; Townes Van Zandt; Stephen Stills; Neil Young; Brian Eno; Eno; Madison; Wisconsin Downloads: 26 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Meeting Puck in a Meadow near Tyler Hill, 08/07/07 - A Tiny Window A couple of brief, spontaneous jams with someone I met totally randomly in a meadow one midsummer evening, having gone in search of nightingale song. He was playing guitar and singing. It later transpired that earlier that day, he'd been playing Puck in an outdoor performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream! Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Canterbury; Kent; Puck; Pan; serendipity Downloads: 179 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Midsummer 2006 - A Tiny Window Various lo-fi recordings of improvisational saz collaborations from the 2006 Sunrise Festival and the Avebury area a few days later. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Sunrise Festival; Avebury; Somerset; Wiltshire; solstice; Bristol; Cube Orchestra; Orchestra Cube; Freedome; summer solstice; bard; bardic; funk Downloads: 1,612 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Midsummer Miscellany, 2009 - A Tiny Window A couple of multitrack experiments, some rough solo saz recordings from Avebury just after summer solstice and part of an electronic piece by Nusphere involving my saz playing. Source: various (MiniDisc, harddrive, etc.) Keywords: saz; baglama; Avebury; Wiltshire; solstice; summer solstice; concertina; Red Dog Green Dog; Kent; Cork; Ireland; statistics; statistical; statistical funk; lofi; lo-fi; psychedelic; psychedelia; jam; jamming; Nusphere; didg; didgeridoo; didgeridu Downloads: 18 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Miscellany One - A Tiny Window Miscellaneous recordings (1997-2006) with various collaborators, varying in musical quality, sound quality and style. Most involve my saz playing. Source: analog cassette, MiniDisc, harddrive, DAT Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; balalaika; Pok; Spacegoats; Children of the Drone; Uisneach; Ireland; Dartmoor; melodica; dub; reggae; retropsychokinesis; retrocausality; Nusphere Downloads: 571 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | more jams with Joel Turk, May 2007 - A Tiny Window Saz and hurdy-gurdy jams recorded with Joel Turk in rural Dorset, May 2007. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; hurdy-gurdy; hurdy gurdy; hurdygurdy; gurdy; improv; improvised; improvising; improvisation; improvisational; organic; spontaneous; freeform; folk; prog folk; progressive folk; acoustic; psychfolk; psych folk; psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych-folk; free psych folk; free folk; freak folk; Dorset; Red Dog Green Dog; Dongas; atmos; atmospheric; drone; drones; droning; modal; lo-fi; lofi; jamming; psychedelic; psychedelia Downloads: 170 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Last Day in Motueka, 28/10/06 - A Tiny Window A collection of lo-fi recordings, generally quite folky, with a couple of reggae-ish things and a bit of freeform saz. Recorded the day before I left Motueka (South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand). Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; reggae; roots; Rasta; Rastafari; spring; Beltane; Beltaine; Beltain; New Zealand; Aotearoa; Motueka; Riwaka; Breton; Brittany; Galcian; Galicia; recorder; birdsong; traditional; Cornwall; Cornish; traditional Cornish; Tolkien Downloads: 767 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Motueka Treewalk, 2006 - A Tiny Window A set of spontaneous recordings made on the 2006 Treewalk in the Motueka area (South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand). Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Motueka; Aotearoa; New Zealand; reggae; rasta; nyabinghi; roots; trees; treeplanting; environmental; Maori; melodica; recorder Downloads: 2,472 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ngatimoti Festival, 22/10/06 - A Tiny Window Spontaneous and largely improvised music recorded in the cafe during the 2006 Ngatimoti Festival near Motueka, Aotearoa/New Zealand. A mix of folk tunes, reggae songs, wholly improvised songs, folk tunes and jams. Source: MiniDisc Keywords: saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Ngatimoti; reggae; roots; rastafari; rasta; nyabinghi; Motueka; New Zealand; Aotearoa; festival; recorder; melodica; mbira; Kiwi Jam; Galanjah Downloads: 18,499 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Nightingale song with (and without) saz improv - A Tiny Window Two long saz improvisations recorded against a backdrop of nightingale song in a valley near Canterbury (UK), also some field recordings of the nightingales (plus traffic, aircraft noise, etc.) Source: MiniDisc Keywords: nightingales; birds; bird song; birdsong; Canterbury; Kent; saz; baglama; improv; improvising; improvisation; improvisational; jamming; jams; lo-fi; lofi; field recordings Downloads: 279 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | sitting in with Sloppy Joe, Northland Ballroom, Iola 15/04/09 - A Tiny Window Me sitting in with central Wisconsin "slopgrass" heros Sloppy Joe during one of their weekly sessions at the Northland Ballroom in Iola. Source: MiniDisc (from desk) Keywords: saz; baglama; folk; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; bluegrass; banjo; old time; Sloppy Joe; Americana; slopgrass; Wisconsin; Michael Hurley; George Jones; Bob Marley; Hank Williams; Michael Hurley; fiddle Downloads: 28 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Nusphere saz tracks, 13/12/08 - A Tiny Window Saz tracks recorded as part of electronic compositions by Dave "NuSphere" Prentice. Three tracks are pure saz (no beats), one is a quick mix involving saz and beats, and there's an extra track recorded spontaneously the next day in the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral. Source: hard-drive via audio interface Keywords: saz; baglama; NuSphere; nusphere; Dave Prentice; Canterbury; Kent; cathedral; improv; improvisation; improvising; improvisational; acoustic; jam; jamming; psychedelic; psychedelic folk; psych folk; psych-folk; organic; free folk; drone; ambient; atmospheric; modal Downloads: 42 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rebirth of the Organic Beat Cooperative - A Tiny Window saz, mandola, hurdy-gurdy, tabla and percussion improvisations, recorded on an organic farm in rural Dorset, early April 2007 Source: MiniDisc Keywords: spontaneous; Dorset; saz; baglama; hurdy-gurdy; hurdy gurdy; hurdygurdy; gurdy; tabla; mandola; Improvisational post-modern alternative folk; Atmos and Drone; Folk; acoustic; Psychedelic; Free Psych-Folk; Improv; drone; droning; Organic; progressive acoustic; Ambient; Drone,Ambient; modal; Lo-Fi; Free Psych-Folk; psych-folk; psychfolk atmospheric; atmos; ambient; psychedelia; jamming; freeform; lofi; improvisation; improvisational; free folk; freak folk; Dongas; Donga; Dongas Tribe; Red Dog Green Dog; Mordekkers Downloads: 542 Average rating: (0 review) |