In “The Leaves don´t leave the Tree”, Athene Noctu4 continues to explore the relationship between the sounds coming from instruments or acoustic found objects and the field recordings of phenomenologies of nature, with digital electronics of software such as Pure Data or Supercollider. The result is medium or long-term pieces that invite us to feel the mystery that surrounds us, sometimes dark and other times bright, although always mesmerizing. The music slowly develops intertwined with textures that become asymmetrically percussive. Although if the listening persists we realize that this asymmetry is transformed into complex harmonies that create almost elusive structures that invite deep and meditative listening. “The Leaves Don´t Leave The Tree” is the fourth album by Athene Noctu4, produced in 2023 and recorded in his home studios in Córdoba (Intronauta Music) and edited in collaboration with Kalamine Records (digital edition).
The Central Idea of the album comes from a book called A Course In Miracles, which tells us that "Ideas don´t abandon their source." Another way of saying that we are a collective Mind and that no matter how much we divide and create ghettos among ourselves that seem to differentiate us more and more, we all come from that mind that is One and that we can never leave.
credits
released February 20, 2023
Written, mixed and produced by José María Pérez-Flor
Recorded at Intronauta home studio, Córdoba, Spain, in January 2023
Athene Noctu4: Electronic, found objects, field recordings, flutes, bass with violin bow, gongs, bamboo harp, voice.
Mastering by Juan Carlos Blancas
Artwork by Jenny MacCallam
Intronauta Music in collaboration with Kalamine Records February 2023.
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