When (TBD ongoing)

to listen is to move
through
sound is time
travel

When is
our vessel
whether there
or somewhere

time is
weather

Moving Through the Boreal Forest (2023)

field recordings, percussion, & poetry | Sean Dowgray, Dary Farmer, Maïté Agopian, artists | Listen & Support Here

Moving Through the Boreal Forest presents a sonic ecosystem of field recordings throughout Alaska, found sounds from my explorations throughout In A Time of Change: Boreal Forest Stories (ITOC), and performed sounds of my own creation. The timbral diversity of various percussion instruments combined with the many sounds of the boreal forest presents a sonic dialogue that has been of primary interest to me throughout ITOC as a music performer, a listener, and learner of this particular biome. The field recordings reorient the percussion instruments back to their original material state: wood, metal, stone, earth, and skin. In turn, the performed sounds open up the expressive aspects of the forest itself. At times the field recordings are most prominent, other times the performed sounds are heard alone, and occasionally the two are indistinguishable.

Anniversary Leaves (2023)

field recordings and percussion | Sean Dowgray, artist | Listen & Support Here | Listen on Spotify

Anniversary Leaves is a compilation of field recordings consisting primarily of thunderstorms, wind moving through trees, and vehicles passing over a bridge. The primary underlying recording - which comes in and out of focus throughout "Anniversary Leaves" - was recorded in the late night of my 6th anniversary with my partner, Ida in the anticipation of an oncoming storm (which ultimately never arrived). We were surrounded by trees which were shaken continuously by the heavy winds. Layered onto this recording are many other recordings of leaves put in motion by wind, as well as a small number of other captured sounds and a handful of performed sounds.