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'reviver' ambient recording

by VIDEO BLUE

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Reviver 35:01
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released July 23, 2018

'reviver' was made in response to my own dealings with anxiety and panic attacks.
When overwhelmed, listening to and creating sound helps.

I wanted to create something that could be used in mindfulness-practice, meditation or as a discreet backdrop to something more physical.
Something you could sleep to, run to, or write to.
A piece designed for introspection in a world like ours.

There was a plant on our living room table, called a Calathea Ornata (thats the image on the artwork). I watched it in different states, moving upwards, fighting for light as a response to the onset of darkness; and then in a relaxed state as it bathed in sun in the morning. I learned this was called nyctinasty, and it seemed like a good metaphor for the swings in mental well-being a day can offer.
This recording takes that journey; an experience with darkness but ultimately uplifting catharsis.
This was a reviving thing to make; hopefully it can benefit others.
One is never alone.

www.mind.org.uk


Made in Hackney, London, January 2018.

Includes audio within from:
Crowds, Marrakech, 2015.
McKeowns pub, Dundalk, 2017.
Contains excerpts of 'SXF' from Video Blue's 'Simmer' EP (2015), unreleased recordings from Mile end, 2013, & Jim's original music from 'Artefact of Thought' (film) by Daniel Keane (2011)
Dedicated to the memory of Dr. Paddy Martin
© Video Blue 2018

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VIDEO BLUE is Jim O'Donoghue Martin.

London-based Irish musician.

''Irresistible vocal... favourite new track this week by a country mile'' - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music

''One man armed with a guitar and a bunch of beats, he’s got a very fine handle on how to turn both parts of his musical personality into a bundle of captivating, impressive leftfield pop gems.'' - Jim Carroll, The Irish Times ... more

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