A Walk In The Shadow Garden
Rudy Adrian :
Nature inspired New Music
Rudy Adrian
A Walk In The Shadow Garden
Release Date: 3/24/23
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A Walk in the Shadow Garden, as on previous albums throughout his career, Spotted Peccary Music artist Rudy Adrian paints serene nature scenes with sound. A percussive trilling on the first single “Dawn Redwood” could be the hammering of a woodpecker’s beak. Glittering chimes evoke light through tangled branches on the track “Hemlock Grove.” Such is the music of nature to Adrian, where these twin passions of a life upon the Earth have been forever forged.
Inspired by the sacred environment found when alone in a garden, Adrian planted his own sonic garden for the listener, painting vibrant scenes with electronic textures and chimes as well as acoustic guitar and flute. The eleven compositions here invite exploration without calling attention to themselves. Adrian eschews vocals and even melodies to create an open space for the listener: a companion piece for rest, reading, forest bathing and walks down winding forest trails.
With this release, Rudy Adrian speaks truth in the purest form of Ambient Music. A Walk in the Shadow Garden is testament to this form and to an electronic architect at the height of his powers inviting the listener into his place of peace.
Watch the video on YOUTUBE or catch the SPMLive stream of the complete album -- set to visuals --today only on YouTube or Twitch at AmbientElectronic.tv
Available for purchase at SPOTTED PECCARY MUSIC
**About Rudy Adrian:**
Music and nature have always gone hand in hand for Rudy Adrian. He first started making electronic music while studying Forestry Science at the University of Canterbury, and in the following years at the University of Otago while completing a degree in Botany. The natural world continues to be a common thread in Rudy Adrian’s music through the exploration of sonic landscapes, where melody and rhythm play a secondary role to the tones and textures created by synthesizers, acoustic instruments and the human voice.
