Other Forests by Veii
Collections of instruments and sounds arranged modeled on/evoking trees and forests, both biologically and imagined. Composed with the behaviors and associations of the named trees and weather/movements in mind, the first five works present an exploration of place and sensation of the forests and trees as we would find them naturally.
The latter four works delve into the creatures and concepts that inhabit the forests in our imaginations, exploring the darker, mystical, and foreboding natures of the woods in folklore and fictions.
The pathway taken over the course of this collection begins with the first steps inward, and moves deeper into this rhizome of imagined treescapes, becoming ever darker and more obscured - and leaving us in the heart of the woods.
Album download includes additional digital art and photos.
Tracklist
| 1. | Into the Pines | 3:30 |
| 2. | Crown of Maples | 3:25 |
| 3. | Groves | 4:07 |
| 4. | Dappling Rain | 2:59 |
| 5. | Aspens Ascendant | 5:20 |
| 6. | Owls/Echoes/Omens | 5:12 |
| 7. | Turn | 5:30 |
| 8. | Witch of the Wood | 5:03 |
| 9. | Lost the Way/Off the Path | 6:46 |
Videos
Credits
Composed October 2014 - August 2020
All recordings completed in Philadelphia, PA
Video and photographic art taken 2009 - 2020 at:
- Rehoboth, DE
- Philadelphia, PA
- Lancaster, PA
- Baltimore, MD
- Elkton, MD
- Earleville, MD
- Urbana, IL
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Williamsburg, VA
Special thanks to beta listeners, album art critiquers, and/or tolerant housemates: Lauren Murphy, Jacob Rossi, Adrienne Loughton, Connor Powers, Ash Wilson, Leigh Bauder, Jay Colbert, Destiny Douglas, Jenny Derkacs, Wes Schaal, and Breanne Long
License
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Various sound art media, including works for instruments, voices, electronics, and field recordings. Explorations of the cerebral and vector qualities of sound, literally and metaphorically: its shape, direction, movement, and communication. Digital manipulation generates not artificiality but new and very real qualities to the actions of listening and seeing.