Forest

As part of an assignment, I wrote music for a painting. I chose this beautiful painting by Ryuchi Yamashiro. The simplicity of it all immediately struck me. Through the use of a shakuhachi flute, granular synthesis, and FX chains, I wanted to try and evoke the feeling of a quiet forest, with a danger nearing. All the flute parts have been composed, performed, and recorded by me. It was important for me to use a real flute, as opposed to a virtual one, so I could get very strong experession into the parts.