Venus Bay Fireside Sessions, by Duo Windborne: Ryan Williams & Rodney Waterman (recorders)

Venus Bay Fireside Sessions

by Duo Windborne: Ryan Williams & Rodney Waterman (recorders)

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Comes in an attractive gatefold colour card case, graphic design by Martin Bennet. 17 tracks, 40 mins 42 secs.

"It’s good to hear music that sounds so fresh and newly minted. As if channelling visual artist Paul Klee, Rodney and Ryan ‘take a line for a walk’, moving freely from different starting points, playing games using hockets, jigs, ostinatos, divisions and rhythmic variations, to improvise a collection of musical vignettes. Long live the wooden fipple flute played with such skill.”
— Michael Atherton, Australian musician, composer, academic and author, March 2024

“What a beautifully produced recording in terms of sound […] There’s remarkable L-R separation between the channels and remarkable chemistry between the players. Remember, these are improvisations […] a really fine release.”
— Michael Field, 2MBS Fine Music Sydney, ‘Just In’, Broadcast 9-4-2024

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1.	Silvereyes 01:05	buy track
2.	Mangrove Inlet 01:40	buy track
3.	Fish Creek Fugue 03:54	buy track
4.	Pippies 02:05	buy track
5.	Rivulet 03:29	buy track
6.	Waratah Bay 03:13	buy track
7.	Lime Kiln In Nomine 02:03	buy track
8.	Sea Cry 02:45	buy track
9.	Bald Hills 01:24	buy track
10.	Sanderling 01:53	buy track
11.	Eastern Grey Blues 03:31	buy track
12.	Cape Liptrap 02:56	buy track
13.	Embers 02:58	buy track
14.	Atherton Drive 01:59	buy track
15.	Splinters 01:17	buy track
16.	Numb Fingers 01:49	buy track
17.	Browns 02:30	buy track

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DUO WINDBORNE
Recorder players Ryan Williams and Rodney Waterman improvise together freely within a flexible framework of rhythmic, melodic, and textural groove. They experiment with playful transitions and juxtapositions; listening and responding in real time to each other’s spontaneous musical suggestions and explorations. Duo Windborne first performed in concert in December 2016, and have since published videos (YouTube) of many of their improvisatory collaborations. 'Venus Bay Fireside Sessions' is the duo’s first album release.

VENUS BAY FIRESIDE SESSIONS
On May 6, 2023, Ryan and Rodney travelled to Venus Bay, South Gippsland, Bunurong and Gunaikurnai Country, to spend a long weekend recording improvised duos using various recorders and endblown flutes. All tracks on this album (except Track 17* – recorded live in concert, 2016) are presented exactly as they were performed in a friend’s Venus Bay beach house. The track titles all relate to the artists’ wider Venus Bay experience and were chosen after the recordings were made. The house recording sessions were held fireside as the weather was consistently wet, windy, and cold. Ryan and Rodney made time each day to enjoy walks along the beach near Point Smythe. Sea Eagles, Pacific Gulls and Oyster Catchers were commonly seen along the way. The sunsets and dramatic storm cloud formations were spectacular, and humbling.

During the recording weekend, Ryan and Rodney were delighted to meet local visual artist, Mandy Gunn, in her gallery at nearby Tarwin Lower, and to improvise in response to some of her beautiful paintings, captured here on video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyUPXbxrvtY

*Track 17, 'Browns', is a live track, with audience, recorded during Duo Windborne's first concert (Bluestone Chapel, Montsalvat, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Dec 4, 2016). Ryan and Rodney are playing Low Whistles in D by Australian maker, David Brown. Here is a video of the Montsalvat performance of 'Browns': www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XGYJjRTV2U

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released December 8, 2023

• Recorded and mixed by Rodney Waterman and Ryan Williams.
• Mastered by Mischa Herman (Track 17, was a mono audio file recorded in concert in Dec 2016, brought to life by Mischa's magic).
• Performed, produced and composed by Ryan Williams and Rodney Waterman.
• Recorded by the fireside on a freezing, wet and wintry long weekend, in a friendly abode (Atherton Drive), Venus Bay, South Gippsland, Bunurong and Gunaikurnai Country, Victoria, Australia, May 6-8, 2023.
• Cover image and other photos by Ryan Williams and Rodney Waterman.
• Graphic Design and photo editing by Martin Bennet.
• Special thanks to Mischa Herman, Martin Bennet, Elizabeth Doig, David Jamieson, Mandy Gunn, Elizabeth Bennet and Josie Graham.
• Instruments made by Fred Morgan, Jo Saunders, Tim Cranmore, Michael Grinter, Gunnar Stenmark, Joel Meyer and David Brown.

INSTRUMENTS PLAYED BY RYAN AND RODNEY

TRACKS 1, 8, 14
• Ryan –Soprano Recorder in C (A=392), Joanne Saunders after Steenbergen
• Rod – Alto Recorder in F (A=392), Fred Morgan after Bressan

TRACKS 2, 4, 6
• Ryan – Voice Flute in D (A=415), Joanne Saunders voicing, Fred Morgan design, after Stanesby and Bressan
• Rod – Voice Flute in D (A=415), Fred Morgan after Stanesby and Bressan

TRACKS 3, 7, 11, 15, 16
• Ryan – Tenor Fourth Flute in Bb (A=A415), Tim Cranmore after Stanesby Jnr
• Rod – Alto Recorder in Eb (A=A415), Fred Morgan after Stanesby and Bressan

TRACKS 5, 10
• Ryan – Ganassi Recorder in G (A=440), Michael Grinter after Fred Morgan/SAM 135
• Rod – Ganassi Recorder in G (A=440), Fred Morgan after SAM 135

TRACK 9
• Ryan and Rod - Swedish Månmarkapipa flutes in A (A=440), Gunnar Stenmark

TRACKS 12, 13
• Ryan – Alto Recorder in Eb (A=415), Joel Meyer after Bressan
• Rod – Alto Recorder in Eb (A=A415), Fred Morgan after Stanesby and Bressan

TRACK 17
• Ryan and Rod – Low Whistles in D (A=440), David Brown

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Rodney Waterman Eltham, Australia

Rodney is an Australian musician who specialises in the recorder. His repertoire is eclectic, with a particular interest in improvisation. In 2001, his album, Água e Vinho, with guitarist Doug de Vries, was released by ECM Records, Germany. His latest recording is an independently released improvised duo album with recorder player Ryan Williams; 'Venus Bay Fireside Sessions.' ... more

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