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Live at the Montague everorchid 4 views Cassiopeia & Memories from the Akasha live at the Montague, 25.11.11. Live Camera by Ruse Twentythree, Films by Ever Orchid. Copyright Fire Lines Records 2011, London All...
Babel of Iraq - Dedicated to Brian Haw everorchid 91 views Download Audio: http://vibedeck.com/everorchid/albedo-feature-2009 Music & Film by Ever Orchid. Dedicated to Brian Haw (1949-2011) for his Peace Campaign in Parliament Squa...
WANGÜLÉN - Subterfuge Beltane everorchid 16 views A Beltane celebration. Featuring Smike Anthony Bardwell, Ever Orchid, Ruse Twentythree and special improvisation guest Nos Poneko on the drums. Thank you Nos!
Casting Moonshells Trailer everorchid 44 views 23 Music Videos in one DVD, Casting Moonshells. All films and songs produced by Ever Orchid. Copyright Fire Lines Records 2007-2011, All Rights Reserved.
Sheer' Stark everorchid 43 views Download Audio: http://vibedeck.com/everorchid/that-through-which-the-sound-comes-2007 Cameras by Indira Dominici & Ever Orchid. Music & Film by Ever Orchid. Copyright Fire...
Ether of Speech everorchid 92 views Download Audio: http://vibedeck.com/everorchid/that-through-which-the-sound-comes-2007 Music and Film by Ever Orchid. Cameras by Walki Freedreamer Tinkanesh and Ever Orchid...
Queen Sequoiadendron everorchid 29 views Download Audio: http://vibedeck.com/everorchid/albedo-feature-2009 Music and Film by Ever Orchid, Camera by John Williamson. Copyright Fire Lines Records 2008-2011. All Rig...
Angel's Shoes everorchid 23 views Download Audio: http://vibedeck.com/everorchid/that-through-which-the-sound-comes-2007 Music and Film by Ever Orchid, Camera by John Williamson. Copyright Fire Lines Record...
Nymphaeaceae everorchid 43 views Download Audio: http://vibedeck.com/everorchid/dryad-anthousai-2010 Music & Film by Ever Orchid. Copyright Fire Lines Records 2009, All Rights Reserved.
Isis Equinox everorchid 28 views Download Audio: http://vibedeck.com/everorchid/albedo-feature-2009 Music & Film by Ever Orchid. Cameras by Ever Orchid & Ruse Twentythree. Copyright Fire Lines Records 2009...

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Orchids; Nature; Shamanic Chants; Cats; Astronomy; Chopin; 80's Radio; Meditation; Butterflies; Dancing; Caravaggio.

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Aria Art
Haunting Cantatas from the soul
Shamanic, abstract and spiritual vocal expressions combined with sound collages and film performance

"Until today, I have done four music albums, 23 music videos and one film soundtrack.
"That through which the sound comes", the first album, is based on what I 'thought' was my intention of how to work with sound as art, back in 2007: using soundscapes as canvases, I would try to 'compose' voice, words and instruments in a more 'free-expression' way, on an attempt to replicate the action of a creation of a visual painting in the same way as a sound piece.
After this work was concluded, and much voice 'humming' came across this 'free way of composing and playing' in different parts of the work, while doing the second album,
In "Albedo Feature", 2009, something unexpected happened; the humming became the main structure of the song. It felt like the natural and true 'will' of the work I have been trying to develop -- a humming formed by instinct, mindless feelings, non-thoughts. Also, I believe humming can be considered one of the oldest languages or form of singing since pre-historic times, and played an important role as such. As I speak three languages and I consider them all equally important in my life, and still, they are not the original 'idioms' or dialects' from the lands I came from and lived at, my mind struggles to find a specific language to identify and sing with. I sing in English; Spanish; Portuguese; Latin; I tried even ancient Egyptian. But still, the choice of a more 'universal' language was a dilemma. In 'Dryad Anthousai', 2010, the third album, another radical change; I decided to... not use any lyrics anymore. Mainly because of the language problem, and thinking of ditching the words on an intention to ignore what 'convention might expect from a sound/music artist -- "lyrics"' -- I let the humming take control of the song. It did for a few songs only; yet the result in me was enormous. I felt so 'at home' just singing with no lyrics, I thought, 'Let me keep this wonderful new door open and explore this better in the next work'.
And there comes "Anemonadic" in 2011, the fourth & last album so far. As my previous promise to my own voice, it has no words or lyrics. The songs have names though -- and the only song with words is the piece 'O Fortunae' from the medieval poem Carmina Burana which orchestra and opera was composed and adapted by Carl Orff, so here is my own voice arrangement for this part. All the other 13 tracks are voice and sounds only -- no words or lyrics at all. We very often listen to songs in foreign languages that we do not know what they are singing or what their words mean -- but somehow, we connect with the feelings, melody and intention of that piece in such a way that, at moments, we lose the interest in the song once we understand the original meanings from its words.
Language can be a tool, but also a barrier for expression, comprehension and understanding; as I work my best so far to make these vocals as strong and expressive as possible to not have to need any words at all, it reminds me of instrumental music - the notes and rhythm played solely by an instrument where it needs no words to be understood, appreciated and connected with. I used to listen to Chopin as a small child -- and I remember then, having the impression that he was 'saying' things with his piano. It was so obvious to me, to 'read' complete sentences nonstop from everything he played, and whole stories would come through his pieces, with tension, suspense, sad endings, and love promises."

Ever Orchid, London January 2011

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