![[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
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| 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
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| 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 |
| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
| 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
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| 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 |
| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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