Rachel Carson is the inspiration for Return to the sea. Ms. Carson made marine biology her vocation, writing an influential trilogy of monographs on oceanic ecology. She then took her passion to fight the chemical industry against the proliferation of…

Release date: February 3rd Rather than strive for some artistic progress when working on these pieces, I allowed myself to simply follow my inclinations, to see where they led. The first piece completed in this venture was “Oblong”, and its…

The night sky is awe-inspiring in scale and complexity. I’m fortunate to live where light pollution is limited, so its splendour is readily available.  Recently, I have been prompted to see it with fresh eyes, on discovering the celestial mechanics…

The album is anchored by the multi-movement instrumental Utter. To provide some balance – put some vegetables and parsley on the plate, as it were – it has been surrounded by three simpler pieces, two of which are songs. The…

A coin has two sides, as does this collection of pieces. In the midst of building pieces based on “the unaccommodated man”, an intriguing phrase from King Lear*, I changed tack to work on the the music for a make-believe…

Delver and Amanda are characters who appear and interact throughout the album, which follows a simple boy-meets-girl storyline. There’s also a cameo by another character, Ray. A pair of  multi-section instrumental pieces – “Telescope” – bookend the story, while “Incubate” draws on the…

Here is an assortment of pieces gathered from various sources. Most of them originate through my typical process, which is to develop the score while solving a compositional problem. Several of the pieces began as character studies. To get hold…

Lyrics are available on the individual track pages. Artists: Maria Alejandra Velásquez-Sossa – soprano David Sossa Fernández – guitar Buff Allen – drums and percussion Trevor Tunnacliffe – other sounds Cover photo taken in Candlestick Cave, Vancouver Island by Ron…

    Vocals on Your body is a temple – Geoff Webb Percussion on Humus – Navaro Franco Image credit – ink splatter by Maki-Tak http://maki-tak.deviantart.com/art/Splatter-Ink-Blot-Texture-344647493 Available on Bandcamp

Release notes from Happy Puppy Records: “This debut single release from the group known as Unthunk might appear to be nothing more than a strange odd ditty on first listen. However, further listens (especially to the b-side “Spiny Urchin”) reveal…