Brilliant, improvised ambient piece performed by Megafauna at Midsummer Music Festival in Smithers, Canada. Utilising a vast archive of bird calls, each sound is treated as a sample, modified and moulded into a liminal symphony and a dialogue between the artist and the nature. The final result manages to capture the serenity of those calls, but also the brooding feeling of something unknown perched behind each sound. Buy this recording here.
MEGAFAUNA (Xadaa Barlovv) and Homesick Ghosts (Elli McGuire + Josh McCorkle) are two artists I was not aware of before they reached out, but I am so glad they did. Their new single "Freeze" promotes the upcoming EP "Nature Is Healing", which is set to premiere on August 1st. "Freeze" is simply sublime, its faint melody, painted with flute, evokes the fairy aura of "Pinic At Hanging Rock". But the field recordings and sound design, paired with a drone lurking in the background, transform this meditative ambient piece into something more eerie and mysterious. Love it! Pre-order the EP here.