In “The Leaves don´t leave the Tree”, Athene Noctu4 continues to explore the relationship between the sounds coming from instruments or acoustic objects found and the field recordings of phenomenologies of nature, with the more digital electronics of softwares such as Pure Data or Supercollider.
The result is medium or long-term pieces that invite us to feel the mystery that surrounds us, sometimes dark and other times bright, although always mesmerizing.
The music develops slowly intertwined with textures that become asymmetrically percussive, although if listening persists we realize that this asymmetry becomes complex harmonies that create skeletons
or almost elusive structures that invite deep and meditative listening, creating a rich harmonic soundscape.
“The Leaves Don´t Leave The Tree” is the fourth album by Athene Noctu4, produced in 2023 and recorded in her home studios in Córdoba (Intronauta Music) and edited in collaboration with Kalamine Records (digital edition), it´s an almost perfect synthesis of her previous works. and sound investigations.
The Central Idea of the album comes from a book called A Course In Miracles, which tells us that "Ideas don´t abandon their source." Another way of saying that we are a collective Mind and that no matter how much we divide and create ghettos among ourselves that seem to differentiate us more and more, we all come from that mind that is One and that we can never leave.
credits
released March 4, 2023
Written, mixed and produced by José Maria Pérez Flor.
Recorded at Intronauta Home Studio, Cordoba, Spain, January 2023.
Athene Noctu4 : electronics, found objects, field recordings, flutes, bass with violin bow, gongs, bamboo harp and voice.
Mastering by Juan Carlos Blancas.
Artwork by Jenny Mac Callam. athenenoctu4@bandcamp.com jmpfsoundprojects.com
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This stuff isn't "Dark" it's downright creepy and sick...
...and I'm LOVING IT!
Awesome narration by Rebekkah Hilgraves, and the accompanying soundscape is out-of-this-worldly great. Brian Bourassa
The aptly-named Hauntings write songs that are sinister and moody—the seconds in a horror film right before the jump scare. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 3, 2023
In the music of Paul Jordan, digitally manipulated field recordings become striking electronic songs that feel eerie and surreal. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 7, 2020
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The drone works exceptionally well at intensifying the suspense between the lapses in narration, aiding you in your imagination of what will happen next. But what does happen next always seems to be farther out than you could have dreamed up. Brian Bourassa