Book of Air is a series of bundled compositions exploring each time specific musical parameters closely related to sound, frequency and time. How is the perception of sound influenced by time? What happens when we slow down time, stretch time, and so use time as a microscope to zoom in on sound? How do we relate to time in music as improvising and performing musicians? There are currently two projects in Book of Air: fieldtone and vvolk.
Fieldtone refers to ‘roomtone’: Roomtone is the “silence” recorded at a location or space when no music is played or dialogue spoken. Every room is different, and these recordings always carry their unique character. The compositions of fieldtone are inspired by the tempo and sonic textures of specific nature locations. The sound to be found in nature has a very slow groove. A groove embedded by silence, and so slow it can almost only be felt while spending a few hours in the nature at sea, during a forest trip, in open fields, etc… It is this groove and the “silence” of nature that was an inspiration for the fieldtone compositions. By embedding this silent slowness into the compositions, the details of the sounds played become much more prominent. In this way the silence itself, amplifies the sounds that are played, and will also amplify the room surrounding the listener. The music is performed by an ensemble of string instruments supplemented with drums.
CREDITS
01 SHEN sow tyray
02 SHILLE gwer canne
03 PHIO beres
04 O chiba ram ren
Music performed by
NATHAN WOUTERS – double bass
INDRE JURGELEVICIUTE – kankles
BERT COOLS – electric & acoustic guitars
BENJAMIN SAUZEREAU – electric guitar
STIJN COOLS – drums & composition
Recorded on 16-19/07/2013 in Gembloux
released November 15, 2015
Recording supervision by IVAN MORENO
Mixed by STIJN COOLS
Mastered by UWE TEICHERT
Cover picture by SANDRA SENA
Layout by XING DETHIER
Published and Released by Sub Rosa SRV412
Produced by granvat & Sub Rosa 2016