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Awakening

by Sean Murphy

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The last few weeks have been filled with so much uncertainty but it has certainly offered much time for reflection and experimentation. "Awakening" is my second ambient creation during this time.

The track started as a series of experiments using the shakuhachi as the sounding instrument and the Strymon Timeline as a delay filter. I created a series of sounds over the course of an hour and then spent the next couple of weeks mixing and manipulating the sounds to create this ethereal soundscape. After much listening I started to get this vision of something dormant awakening - much the way many of us have felt as we've had time to reflect and much the way we've seen the earth grab this moment of time and flourish into the most beautiful spring I've experienced in my life! That feeling of awakening led me to wanting to add a heartbeat to this recording. Well, it so happens that I have a nice collection of recorded heartbeats and I was able to take one of those and put it through a series of filters and reverbs and add it to the track.

Close listening is recommended. I hope the music helps to awaken something in you!

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released May 4, 2020
Recorded April 2020 while Sheltering in Place in Memphis, TN

Shakuhachi, Sampling, Digital Processing, Mixing, Mastering, & Photography by Sean Murphy

Produced by Sean Murphy & Anne J. Froning

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Sean Murphy Memphis, Tennessee

Sean Murphy is a multidisciplinary artist living in Memphis, Tennessee. He is a musician, ethnomusicologist, instrument maker, sound healer, teaching artist, nature lover, listener, explorer…

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