Oro Azul 'Water Seeds EP'

Oro Azul, Michael Red & Ultima Esuna, drops 'Water Seeds EP' on Mood Hut to a very pleasant response.

Reviews from Philip Sherburne, Bandcamp Daily, Resident Advisor, Ban Ban Ton Ton, Test Pressing below. The Boomkat and Oye Records write ups feel good, and feedback from peers and tracks popping up in mixs has been nice too :)

^ from celebrated writer Philip Sherburne on his Futurism Restated platform

^ from bandcamp daily’s best ambient music on bandcamp, march 2024

^ from ban ban ton ton

^ from test pressing

Oro Azul 'Eros' + NTS Pender Street Steppers show

'Eros', second single and second video from Ephemeral Objects for from the Water Seeds EP from Oro Azul, is out. Flower, water, reflections of light ..

Oro Azul also delivers an hour long dj mix of all originals, unreleased Oro Azul material + solo originals + remixs, for Pender Street Steppers' NTS radio show. this was the recording of the live set at the record release party a month earlier at the Deli. tracklist here and soundcloud recording here.

Tsimka & Michael Red Full Performance @ Active/Passive

Full performance video just got posted, from the very lovely Active/Passive Festival. The album is nearly complete. This video shows a more simple version of the songs and energy, which was performed at the other summer festivals 2023 too. The New Forms Festival performance in December showed some of the developement and richer layers and details, bringing cues closer to what the album will fully reveal.

Event series from Low Indigo x Neptune7 launched

🔥 the first in series of events curated by Nalule of Neptune7 in collab with Low Indigo. Coming in with full and complete energy. TIX here, which has complete write up and details. follow Neptune7 and Low Indigo for ongoing info and drops.

'ERAS' Album with Randy Raine-Reusch

out now on digital and vinyl

"Seven suites of deep and sprawling sonic meditations built around ‘call and response’ improv sessions between Randy Raine-Reusch and Michael Red.

Slow and tempered recordings of Asian flutes, African harps, temple gongs and a myriad of obscure instruments from Randy Raine-Reusch's deep collection mutate and ebb into swirling gossamers of tone. Sonic incantations stretched and magnified further by Red's Sends. An otherworldly play between light and shadow worlds; at times idyllic and light-filled, at times dark and eerie– all engrossing. Dream-reality reconciliations weave between the spectral world of Michael Red's sound processes and the direct physicality of Raine-Reusch's playing. The tension across the pieces builds between the live playing and processing techniques, dutifully revealing a growing familiarity with collective transcendence through sound (bigger than the sum of its parts). Real-time interactive dream music.

Initially realized over the course of a few days in Randy’s instrument museum in Vancouver BC [December, 2014] 'ERAS' is made up of processed, and sometimes multi tracked, improvisations between Randy and Michael. Through these sessions Randy would choose instruments he sensed possibilities within, and Michael then revealed and sculpted these possibilities. Both resonating, sensing sonic structures, environmental nuances, and further worlds in each other’s art, all within the moment. Being present for each other, they acted on

instinct, trusting a first thought, trusting each other; committing, responding to that commitment, then mutating and letting go. Always moving forward, synthesizing and letting the living moment lead the way. The recordings were left to distill and mature for many years before the composers felt it was ready. With minimal judicious edits and a very light dusting of FXs, both careful to preserve the direct and intuitive process that permeates the recording, ERAS now emerges."

interview & exclusive souns rmx with ADSR

track premiere with Pi Pi Pi

WHOLENOTE piece

album preview on ISLA soundcloud

Multi-Channel Sound Design for Circle Wellness Spa

Deeper into modes of facilitating transformational sound, this project leaning more into the realms of relaxation and rejuvination.

Varied ambient & nature sounds through an array of speakers spread across the experience for Circle Welness Spa. Highly customized and scrutinized mixs of classic and contemporary ambient music, together with treated exclusive & found field recordings from nature. 2 hour program or 90 minute shortened version.

some personal words on the project here

First Feature Length Score

" i got the call 2 months ago while i was in the sierra nevada de santa marta, colombia. everything in perfect alignment. i’ve been working towards this for years..

i am scoring my first proper full-length feature film

working with a director & writer i feel in joyous alignment with - the emmy-award-winning Jason Mannings. his art and output is beautiful and world-class. our communication is excellent and fluid in the way that i fully want and need. together, there is constant learning and growth and full-spectrum depth and joy, clear vision, and inclusiveness towards the unseen and unknown (happily and honestly tracking our blindspots and areas of difficulty and challenge). all with great space for other projects and without a feeling of urgency or rush. fully reflective of exactly the way i want to be working now.

greatly looking forward to eventually sharing this with the world and also soaking in every piece of the process. it will take some time. it will take all the time it needs. it will be a few years from now, safe bet, so don’t “hold tight” just yet! ..much else to share in the mean time. love "

Music & Sound Design for Louis Vuitton

MASSIVE THANK YOU to More and More for including me in these projects.

more music-for-screen news coming soon as well..

Owl Remix part of Huuhtaksklin Video

very nice to have the remix of tsimka's owl in this short film piece. also because the collab album is past the half way point of completion. stay tuned!

courtyard series and tsimka collab announce

"one of a current musical collaborations i have going on right now, which i feel so good and whole about, rich with depth and learnings and new/next/needed energy.

tsimka and i started with a simple remix in 2020. and now were past the halfway mark of working on a full release together (somewhere between a long EP and a shorter album). full of natural sounds and words and energy of the west coast.

friday aug 12th will be our first time performing together and first time revealing the sounds we’re been working on. there will be an opening solo set from me (contemplative soundscapes and quiet rhythms), then an intermission, then the two of us together. early evening sit down show, in the little outdoor courtyard of the fire hall arts centre (follow link for tix and more info). 🌻"

SUMMER FESTIVALS 2022

“thankful for the festivals that had me this year and everyone who came out. a few more dates to come and some recordings of certain sets to be released as well. big thanks AQUA LUCIDITY (sunshine coast), BASS COAST (merrit), SHAMBHALA (salmo), WONDERMENT (victoria), HARVEST (northern ontario).

Gateway

available via hotham sound with full liner notes here

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stream on soundcloud here

foxy digitalis review here

statement on social media #1 here

statement on social media #2 here

conversation with olivia davies about the project here

nice set from caro that begins with a selection from gateways here

New New Mixs and New Older Mixs on Soundcloud

after many months of filtering through the srchives - a good couple handful of older mixs from various eras have been posted to the soundcloud. some are re-posts that were missing for a few years after a somewhat accidental soundcloud purge, and some are never=heard-before mixs from the vaults.

this was in partial preperation for some brand new mixs to be shared. one of which has already gone up: true self mix

Crystal Creek 2021

sunday october 10 on a newly minted twitch channel low indigo presents : CC2021 online edition

with dj sets from: CARO , MICHAEL RED , RHOMBI , DONNA DADA

opening prayers from KERRI PRAYINGWARRIOR

image design by BRACKEN HANUSE CORLETT

in bracken's words: "whenever I use hands I think of the creative and healing qualities they can have in our day to day…whether they are used in making music, gathering, or used expressively. In many of our dances hands are a key physical tool to tell the story or show transformation."

FULL VIDEO STREAM ARCHIVE CAN BE VIEWED HERE

artists getting paid for this stream, multiple folks getting paid for cultural consultation over the past 2 years, and a lot of admin and other necessities for CRYSTAL CREEK FESTIVAL all have benn generously supported by Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia this year. #creativebc #amplifybc

A LITTLE NOD TO THE FUTURE that a lot more context and story around CRYSTAL CREEK and also around LOW INDIGO as a presenter will be be revealled. and there is great excitement about getting a lot of those details out into the open

7 tracks in 'an untold history' (knowledge network)

more music on screen. 7 tracks appearing in the important and impactful tv series ‘British Columbia: An Untold History’ on The Knowledge Network. totally free to watch with a (free, no strings attached) knowledge network membership.

every minute counts across all episodes, much deserving of several re-watches to better integrate and better understand BC's history and how & why things are playing out today and into the future. some of it is not an easy watch, helping emphesize it's importance.

produced by leena minifie, composer: cris derksen, sound designer & music supervisor: velcrow ripper. other music from loscil and ruby singh

Hwuy’xwet Pune’luxutth (Opening Penelakut)

Race Face Creator Series presents: Hwuy'xwet Pune'luxutth (Opening Penelakut) Filmmaker: Jason Mannings At its core, Hwuy'xwet Pune'luxutth follows a group o...

watch the full film now on youtube. many thanks to jason mannings and the people of penelakut island and all others who contributed to this project. a GOFUNDME for future trailbuilding is also up and running now.

more music for film & screen

Things have been more publicly quiet, compared to recent years, as more behind-the-scenes work of composing for screen has been developing and getting more prioritized focus.

So far in 2020: music for a Patagonia commercial has been completed, 10 pieces for Destination BC (videos and commercials) have been created, music in The New Coorporation, and a small handful of songs have been confirmed for a numbered of yet-to-be announced short and feature length films, and relationships with high-calibre budding and establised filmmakers continue to be cultivated.

Watch a playlist of music-for-screen projects that exist of youtube here.

Slowtempo A/V Streams

some live DJ streams have started to happen via TWICTH a small handful have happened so far, more will be announcing via the twitch page (in the about section) and via facebook. archives remain up for 2 weeks on twitch and also get posted to soundcloud. still keeping it intentionally hyper-casual at this point, to give space to feel out what feels most natural and what's actaully needed (in the now over-saturated world of live streams). vasho pekar joins with live visual experimentation and manipulation. the music is presently remaining in the 'slowtempo' sphere and the mic is active.

Remix + Instrumental for TSIMKA

remix and remix instrumental version is out now, as part of tsimka's debut ep. tsmika sings in her own Nuuchahnulth language, from (what's known as) the west coast of vancouver island. best link is buy or listen on bandcamp. all other platforms to listen are here.

Brand New Studio in East Vancouver

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..