Main Musical Influences/Inspiration you, nature, jah & coffee.
An earthling who craves roaming within various genres of music, art, people & grocery stores...
not much & too much to say... so I'll shut up so u can spend time listening...
Visit the pics album with the 'eye' & pleeze feel free to comment while listening...
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LOST PLANET
Release Date: Fall-Winter 2008
energy-light-music
I find images of light & movement
can evoke landscapes
of sound within
that bring great inspiration
musically and other wise... hmmm. "
- FreeQ
Influences
...well it depends upon the day. everything...especially silence...and you.
of course if I may babble away, then my parents :) my wife, and Louie ...uhm, and I really do like the works of joseph campbell, eric satie... salvatore dali, paul klee, public enemy, joe jackson, max ernst, mae west, billy holiday, jim hall, tony bennette, caberet voltaire, ymo, gil evans, al green, the talking heads, peggy lee, bob marley, pat metheny, jaco, stevie wonder, cesaria evora, adrian sherwood, brian eno, beatles, fat freddy's drop, angelo badelamenti, digable planets, b52's, classical indian ragas/chants, classical middle eastern music, blade runner, holy mountain, fellini, sly & the family stone... and dearly a story book of work by Rupert Hine.
Mokshapriya for her love & teaching, Swami Muktananda for our synchronistic meeting in Rishikesh; Rodney Yee for his early great teaching & inspiration... and Geoff Jukes for his inspiring poise & friendship.
...and once again - silence is my greatest teacher.
Leaving behind the fragrance & colours...
we can see the beauty in everything?
Some unmixed pre-production ideas & pre-release tracks
- this world - inspired by rumi
- my feather crystal - short edited version, inspired by my window
- devi state - a track inspired while watching Akram Khan play guitar in my living room & recalling my days in 2005/6 video documenting his choreography, the story & behind the scenes of "Ma".
- submersible mind - inspired by meditation.
- angular movements - inspired by the dance of Johanna Devi
The above pieces originated from my music composed for a contemporary choreography mixing Bharata Natyam & Contemporary Dance held at Staatliche Museen Berlin (Museum of Culture) 2006/7 combining electronic and acoustic live performance.
LOST PLANET
Project Members: Various Creatures
"Lost Planet is a project I find really intriguing simply because it's more about an exploration of feel and sound than a pretense of needing a verse, chorus or even a reprise. It's inspired by movement & light... and it's about flow and transformation.
I like hearing the different responses of how this work hits people - some say they don't get it... or they love it :). In composing this work much was all improvised with one take parts via keys & guitars... I would mash record and just play... with a story, feeling or landscape in mind. I really like the idea of allowing the music to travel and let the ending arrive naturally in this domino effect style of composing... I have no plan with a something specific, ending in mind, creating sections or choosing a length of time..
Frequencies seem to call and communicate to us in interesting ways... something I also learned about studying Nada & Swara Yoga. To me all sound is some form of music... and this as we all know doesn't neccesarily have to be played by a typical musical instrument... if I can trigger it, bang it, squeeze it or whatever :) it doesn't matter...
For my spirit Lost Planet is an aural alchemy that inspires my mind toward imagination & inquiry... I also tend to think I'm on the wrong planet sometimes... thus... Lost Planet."
- FreeQuinci
2 Solo Artist EPs - Produced By Free Quinci
MQPSs (copenhagen, denmark)
spoken word, poetry & music
VALENTINE (rome, italy)
alternative pop/rock electro.
'As space defines beauty, silence defines sound.
...and with the experience of either, the other always manifests.... a lot may also depend on what's lubricating your perspective too. "
johannadevi ruff vid clip
I've been photographing/filming such images which are slowing evolving into an installation exhibit combining sound, images & social interaction.
The images sliding by are from a collection of fotos & dance video stills captured by Free mostly around Berlin. Some of his video work captures dancers Felix Ruckert, Akram Khan, Johanna Devi, Birju Maharaj & others. The ruff shakey handy cam vid is of a Johanna Devi choreography with music by me...
There's nothing genius about my shooting, but when I'm attracted to special movement & light.... The moments are generally very engaging and they spawn new ideas in my bizarre mind... it happens while capturing and after... I also like to use movement in my shooting process in order to capture special angles.
The images here at myspace will change from time to time when I find time.... time is the essence!
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Joy Askew, singer and musician has performed concert tours all over the world with such luminary artists as Peter Gabriel, Joe Jackson, Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Rodney Crowell & more.
Faced with the challenge of so much diversity, Joy studied voice throughout these years developing a technique that rose to all the challenges of performing on stages from Madison Square Garden to NYC's The Living Room. She has been teaching voice in NYC for 15 years and has released 6 solo CD's.
Singers of all levels of ability are welcomed to join. Limited space available.
..Hey Free Quinci! If you happen to be in Los Angeles this December...
..The Nutcracker Electronique Goes LIVE in LA This Christmas!..
For the first time ever, The Santa Monica Contemporary Ballet and EarthWalk Dance Company will be presenting The Nutcracker Electronique live in Los Angeles December 18-21, 2008! ..
.."Sexy! Stunning!"..
..I've created three brand new tracks for the performance. One of them, Pas de Deux, is up on MySpace right now!..
