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Brand New Studio in East Vancouver

March 1, 2020 m red
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After of year of floating hiatus, the main studio creative workspace has landed back in the heart of east vancouver, after over 8 years of being in roberts creek on the sunshine coast. more connection to community, more space, and finally room for a proper piano and isolation booth for recording. initate.

There is grander news about this space as well, that will eventually be revealed. The much larger main area is shaping to be hq and the main launch pad for all future things LOW INDIGO. stay tuned..

Tags east van, music studio, electronic, michael red, vancouver
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'tetrahedron' short film

October 22, 2019 m red

the talented Jason Mannings put together a little video diary piece of recent wilderness wanderings on the sunshine coast, with souns as the soundtrack.

Tags sunshine coast, tetrahedron, wilderness, bc, souns, jason mannings, short film
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'The Last Honey Hunter' released

October 4, 2019 m red
In the steep mountain jungles of Nepal’s Hongu river valley, members of the isolated Kulung culture have risked their lives for generations scaling dangerous cliffs to collect a wild and toxic honey. Deep and dark, the film glides through a misty world of forest spirits, dreams, and woodsmoke to share the story of the leader of the harvest and his final journey. We owe our access to this story and the trust of the Kulung community to the decade of work the dZi Foundation https://dzi.org has done in this remote region of Nepal. A co-production by www.camp4collective.com and www.feltsoulmedia.com, in association with the dZi Foundation and National Geographic Read the National Geographic story here by Mark Synnott with photographs by Renan Ozturk: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/07/honey-hunters-bees-climbing-nepal/ For a behind the scenes glimpse of the making of the film, here's an edit by Renan Ozturk for The North Face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL-0TAw5rjg Crew Directed and Edited by Ben Knight Principle Cinematography by Ben Knight and Renan Ozturk Produced by Ben Ayers, Renan Ozturk and Travis Rummel Associate Producer — Jeff Resnick Additional Cinematography — Matt Irving, Ben Ayers, Taylor Rees Aerial — Renan Ozturk Awards The Cartel Award for Best Documentary* | Camden International Film festival Grand Prize | Krakow Mountain Film Festival Best Film Mountain Culture | Banff Mountain Film Festival Best Culture and Nature Film | Bilbao Mendi Film Festival Best Visuals | Kendall Mountain Film Festival Best Short Documentary | Bend Film festival Audience Choice Award | Katmandu International Film Festival Best Cinematography | New York Wild Film Festival Audience Choice Short Documentary | Thessaloniki International Film Festival Academy Award qualifying | Short Documentary Competition 2019

'The Last Hunter', a very rich and moving and feature-length documentary film from Felt Soul Media and National Geographic, is now available for free viewing online. This award winning, and academy awards qualifying, beautiful piece of work includes two Michael Red original songs along with works from Loscil and Lusine.

Tags the last honey hunter, felt soul media, national geographic, loscil, lusine, michael red, souns, film
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new score for Arc'teryx short film

September 19, 2019 m red
Rocket Scientist, Space Junk Crusader, backcountry and extra-terrestrial Leave No Trace advocate - Natalie Panek uses her passion for space and genius for aerospace robotics to combat pollution in outer space. Learn more at: www.arcteryx.com/explore/problem-solvers

new content with a new score credit. great subject and story, and a quality production overall.

Tags problem solvers, natalie panek, jacob manley, michael red, score, short film
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CRYSTAL CREEK 2019 ~ THANK YOUs

September 6, 2019 m red
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very fair to say year one was a success. further allignments coming for what's next. for now..

MASSIVE thanks to ..biyaals for the beautiful and potent welcoming and all energy surrounding ..dee and erin and the whole kitchen crew, johua, floyd and sophia, for serving up nice things and a nice price ..keegan and lacie for holding down the door & info booth, together with some help from sindy. ..jumbo and che on security and love vibes ..kerri and hannah for aaaall the extras and filling in the gaps ..mimi, sara, kevin, aleks, malisha, spark, heather, daniel, karen, ray, paul and the rest of the volunteers (thanks so much). zam zam for help organizing ..pascal for warmly leading harm reduction (thanks to staysee for some support in the lead up) ..kellei and kristaps on first aid, and anna and any others that supported ..simon and adam ‘siadic’ on sound and calmly handling some curveballs, with much appreciated support from jesse ..jacob ‘frumlater’ on sails, power, all things infrastructure and handy. essential. could not have happened without. ..bracken for the beautiful logo design ..eli & tangible for the surprise AV installation ..eugene on guidance, together with key energy and considerations from edna, magda, jamie, sindy, dee, kerri, jen, zam zam, jason, sophia, bracken, dionne, karen. other channels thru other channels. see you, feel you, thank you ..all the amazing workshop facilitators. joe, jen, velcrow, nova, mieka. incredible work, thank you. ..all the artists who helped soundtrack the trees and water and everyone’s experience. TOP top shelf world class vibes and sounds, tucked away in a tiny special pocket of earth. countless highlights and peak emotion. commodity, frumlater, hushhush, sinerise, tusk, surround, matsya, ra/sol, spark, vasho, hotsprings, rhi, zam zam, teeqwa, sj sugar, mandai, ray black, which nancy, eli muro, self evident, joe nice, lvt, brontron, siadic, handsome tiger, prince sho, seffrika, team lounge, binhex, hasselhoff. ..crystal creek and ALL great goodness surrounding and interwoven. ever thanks and recognition. ..dhyana, who helps oversee crystal creek and graciously gave us use for the weekend ..EVERYONE who lent and extra hand or gave extra energy and helped things along :) thanks! ..and to anyone that may have been missed. THANK YOU!

to the future. to hope. to togetherness. full spectrum

Tags crystal creek, 2019, nature, camping, ambient, downtempo
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CRYSTAL CREEK 2019

July 26, 2019 m red
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AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 // SUNSHINE COAST // tickets and info here// favebook event here.

Tags crystal creek, 2019, downtempo, ambient, gathering, nature, forest, camping, sunshine coast
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Boiler Room Recording

July 21, 2019 m red
Tags boilerroom, bass coast
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LA FE - Con Qué EP

July 19, 2019 m red
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"Trance-atlantic psychedelia from Michael Red (Souns/ Chambers) and Daniel Rincon (NAP/ Ambien Baby). Cavernous dubs of dembow-infused polyrhythms and tripped-out electronics. Made between the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver, British Columbia, Summer 2018."

track premiere via RANSOM-NOTE.

release review on RESIDENT ADVISOR.

track premiere on IF-ONLY

available for pre-order now on juno.
soundcloud stream here

Tags NAP, isla, souns, chambers, LA FE, con qué, dub, dembow
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Boiler Room @ Bass Coast

June 3, 2019 m red
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Very please announced! Stay tuned.

Tags boilerroom, bass coast, michael red, oakk, orson, agrippa, kahn, librarian, sam binga, esb, dj d.dee, sabota, dane, shanti celeste
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Souns 'Sun Inside The Sun' Remix EP

May 31, 2019 m red
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Souns Remix EP on Subtempo featuring remixs from Loscil, Synkro, Phaeleh is out now on all platforms. Read some kind words and reviews curtosy of self-titled , exclaim , adsr and sora.

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Tags souns, michael red, subtempo, loscil, phaeleh, synkro, sun inside the sun
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'labrador (part 1 & 2)' for piano day 2019

March 29, 2019 m red
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a simple free-spirited sketch, that was deemed a finished tune to preserve/promote a certain unpolished rawness. it made nils frahm’s official piano day playlist for 2019 and landed on a nice compilation from subtempo.

Tags michael red, souns, subtempo, piano day, nils frahm, labrador
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guest mix & interview for SUBTEMPO

January 15, 2019 m red
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new year. new mix. new sound. thanks to subtempo for the web piece and for hosting. (photo: syd woodward)

Tags subtempo, mix, michael red, bass, techno, interview
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ANNUAL LIGHTA POST-NEW-YEARS

January 10, 2019 m red
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major thanks to SubCulture Saturdays for hosting the Annual LIGHTA Post-New-Years jam. SOLD OUT by midenight, piles of good vibes and smiles, and the best music all night. out to crew, rauiri lazers on sound, kyinskies on visuals, and red room.

Tags lighta, post new years, bass, vancouver
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full collab with SCRATCHA DVA now released

December 25, 2018 m red

Short version released on Scatcha's latest album, last month. Now the full rinse-out version has dropped, as part of the The 12 Days of Bass Coast (2018 edition).

100% of proceeds will be donated to West Coast Environmental Law and the total proceeds will be matched by Bass Coast up to $5000.

Tags secure the uber, scratcha, dva, bass coast, basscoast, west coast environmental law, bass, vancouver
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vancouver symphony new music festival

December 22, 2018 m red
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Back again on DJ duties with the Vancouver Symphony's New Music Festival for the official after-event in the mezzanine of the beautiful ORPHEUM theatre. January 18 & 19.

Tags vso, vancouver symphony orchestra, new music, orpheum
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HEALING SOUND project coming in 2019

December 6, 2018 m red
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slowly, carefully.. allowing this project to blossom when the wind and temperature is right. recordings are complete and things have moved into an editing, creation and contemplation stage. so far, yasmeen olya has contributed a truly moving selection of voice and harp towards the project. as it all unfolds. many thanks to the canada council for making this possible - commissioning a healing sound album with focus on sufi and persian influences.

Tags yasmeen olya, healing sound, harp, voice, sufi, persian, canada council
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subtempo news

December 1, 2018 m red
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pleased to report that the souns remix EP (featuring loscil, synkro and phaeleh) has finally come together and we are very close to setting a release date. subtempo also recently revamped their website and it looks great.

Tags souns, subtempo, loscil, synkro, phaeleh, remix
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video for old growth forests in BC

November 4, 2018 m red

happy to have been able to contribute the music for ramshackle productions latest video campiegn to raise awareness of endangered old growth in BC.

Tags old growth, forest, bristish columbia, orca, jenny lea, ramshackle, environment
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collab with scratcha DVA out now..

October 26, 2018 m red
Tags scratcha, dva, secure the uber, intro's
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original score for Sammy Chien dance performance

October 19, 2018 m red
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happy to have provided some of the soundtrack to Sammy Chien's evolving 'w(e)aves' project, along with audio from the notable Barry Truax. so far, the work has been explored at centre A, 'pretty good not bad' festival, the vancouver art gallery, and lake studio in berlin.

Tags sammy chien, w(e)aves, dance, score, multimedia, barry truax, michael red
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