Recording: Nidus

Artist: Nidus

Song: the gauzy meshwork of an invisible thought [excerpt]

Recorded at Cedarvale Ravine, September 11, 2021.

Nidus - the gauzy meshwork of an invisible thought [excerpt]

Wow. So it's been, uh, 515 days since I've posted a recording, so hopefully I remember how this-all works. Given everything we've learned in the past year-and-a-half, I'm pretty sure it'd be premature to evince any hearty sort of "we're back, baby!" sentiments — I feel like things will remain somewhat trepidacious for the next while. I'm still pretty unsure with gathering indoors in any sort of numbers, but we'll see how things develop in the next month or so. Stay tuned, is what I'm saying — presumably the next field recording will come sooner than this one.

Having reconnoitred an off-the-path clearing that had been turned into an informal zone filled with handcrafted wood sculptures/structures, Nidus invited some friends out for a safely-distanced Saturday drift. These sonic sorcerers (Marc Couroux, Jason Doell and Matthew Ramolo) are known for their durational explorations, so setting aside a couple hours to timestretch and agitate the soundfield felt like a reasonable return to action. Sounded nice against the fading sunlight, and even with a slightly-accelerated wrap-up this felt like a cozy return to drifting inaction.

I brought along my toy camera and gathered some footage, so here's some different sounds you can absorb in video format: