Moths & Stars, by Aviva Endean

Moths & Stars

by Aviva Endean

supported by

Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) thumbnail

	/

Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Matte laminate and embossed sleeve, monochrome printing with insert card.

Includes unlimited streaming of Moths & Stars via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 7 days

Purchasable with gift card

$12 USD or more
Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$9 USD or more

1.	Between Islands 04:07	buy track
2.	Nightwork 06:18	buy track
3.	Moths & Stars 06:41	buy track
4.	Same River, Twice 05:36	buy track
5.	What Calls In The Quiet 02:36	buy track
6.	Mirror Signals 10:39	buy track

about

From Aviva Endean

Coming from a background as a performer and clarinet player, the opportunity to record my own music opened up a whole new context to think about music. Sounds are freed from being confined to one place, one time, or even one perspective. I wanted the recording to have a right-up-in-your-ear kind of intimacy - so close, that you could hear the beating of a moth’s wing, but I also wanted the listener to experience the expansiveness of the recorded space, like the vast night sky.

The microphones became extensions of my instruments, getting right up close to capture the microscopic, creating tones of feedback which captivated me, or zooming out to capture multiple acoustic spaces. My recording and composing process became more intuitive and explorative, another form of play. I could start creating and see where the piece would take me, and notice how new relationships were formed as I folded multiple time/spaces in and over each other.

Sometimes I would begin by gleaning sounds from my archives, and listening to how they could be reimagined and transformed alongside the discoveries my microphones and instruments were finding. In ‘Nightwork’ I wanted to find a way to revisit some microtonal humming that I had recorded for a sound design project, and then discovered the Leslie speaker as a way to spin my bass clarinet sound around the microphones, creating bass tones emerging as waves out of the densely layered pitches. Sometimes a new instrumental fascination, such as the e-bows and magnets on ‘Mirror Signals’ or the binaural microphone feedback on ‘Moths & Stars’ would call for me to find further layers of clarinets and field recordings to be woven into their story.

credits

released December 2, 2022

license

about

Aviva Endean Melbourne, Australia

Aviva Endean is a composer, sound artist and clarinetist. Her practise focuses on creating spaces for a deep engagement with sound, with the hope that attentive listening can connect people with each other and their environment.

contact / help

Contact Aviva Endean

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Aviva Endean, you may also like:

Approach
by Lawrence English

supported by 23 fans who also own “Moths & Stars”

Award for Best Soundtrack For Staring Into The Void 2022 Mark Norgate
go to album
Shadow Phase
by Peter Knight

supported by 17 fans who also own “Moths & Stars”

Amazing album! Peaceful work of precision, spiritual exploration and depth. Profound vibes. alapastel
go to album
The Prey And The Ruler
by Senyawa + Lawrence English/Aviva Endean/Peter Knight/Helen Svoboda/Joe Talia

supported by 16 fans who also own “Moths & Stars”

This record is absolutely stunning! The contribution by Senyawa on the final track is divine but also down to earth almost Pagan! Great contribution to the short list of eternal music! Alan Ramskill
go to album
For Leolanda
by Maria Moles

featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 26, 2022
go to album
A Cassowary Apart
by Andrew Tuttle & Padang Food Tigers

A largely improvised, long-distance collaboration between Brisbane multi-instrumentalist Andrew Tuttle and London duo Padang Food Tigers. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 3, 2021
go to album
ELEGI
by SVIN & Århus Sinfonietta

The Danish avant-garde rock trio join forces with a classical music ensemble for this harrowing LP, a dronescape inspired by grief. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 26, 2022
go to album
Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea
by Olivia Block

supported by 16 fans who also own “Moths & Stars”

One of her strongest works ever. This album has deep ambient drone instrumentals, but also some almost krautrock-y moments which I seriously love. 5/5. Zen Sounds
go to album