NYH 204: Plant Music, Vol. 1

by Scott Ballard

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1.	Unmanipulated Improvisation with Plant Quartet 09:58	info	buy track
2.	Unmanipulated Improvisation for Piano and Jazz Guitar Via Peace Lilly and Jv-1080 10:14	info	buy track
3.	Unmanipulated Improvisation at Santa Cruz Vet Hall with Peace Lilly and MC-303 Pt. 1 10:05	info	buy track
4.	Improvisation with Peace Lilly and Volca Keys 02:15	info	buy track
5.	Improvisation with Peace Lilly and MC-303 Pt. 3 02:23	info	buy track
6.	Improvisation with Jade Plant and Volca Keys - Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz (Part 1) 15:02	info	buy track
7.	Improvisation with Jade Plant and Volca Keys - Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz (Part 2) 18:08	info	buy track

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Originally released by Vinvent Koreman, on his Dutch experimental house and techno label - New York Haunted. Plant impriviasations via MIDI Sprout and various modules.

"For the longest time I've tried to sign animals to the label. Not as a joke, but as a genuine signifier that all life has creativity. So when I found Scott Ballard online, someone who has been experimenting with interfaces to have plants make music, I was over the moon. Scott has been using different plants and different midi equipment with the sprout midi interface which gets some very nice, varied and ingenious results.

Most of the tracks here are un-manipulated improvisations of the plants. The peace lily has some mean hooks and reacts to light and air with a jerky set of melodies. Some of the melodies return like a theme in a recording, some evaporate like the water the plants got. Scott manages to pull this all together with a great ear for the melodic and dramatic cues by his flora. As a bonus item you can find pictures of the sessions, but let's be honest, the music really does all the talking here! Think about this release the next time you water your plants..."

- Vincent Koreman, New York Haunted

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released July 22, 2020

Scott Ballard, plants and MIDI Sprout.

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Scott Ballard Santa Cruz, California

Singer/ Songwriter/ Producer - spanning many genres, from solo acoustic songwriter to beats, soundscapes, musique concrete, noise and quirky pop music.

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