Arafúra : Organic Ambient / Post-Rock uit Nederland

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Arafúra is mijn eigen organische ambient project. Hetvolgende kopieer ik gewoon uit m'n bio/etc. en dat is dus in het Engels. Dus mocht dat storend zijn, mijn excuses bij voorbaat! Ik moet overigens wèl vermelden dat er weinig conventionele gitaar passages in te vinden zijn, dus ik kan me voorstellen dat dit niet voor iedereen weggelegd is.

Arafúra is an organic ambient project by Michel de Jong, based in the Netherlands.

Manipulating guitar sounds, using celestial keys, sampling, old analog sources, strings, harmoniums, various acoustic instruments, non-acoustic instruments and programming to create organic soundscapes with a structured sensibility.

Warmth, spontaneity, our surroundings, our hopes and dreams - that’s what’s at the heart of
this collective.

The serene calmth before the social storm ...

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The debut Arafúra record, 'HUMORES I - IV' has been released! 'HUMORES III : Xanthè Cholè' - the first video out of four, has been released as well!

The digital album is available now for immediate download (including full pdf artwork and a press release).

The physical digipak album is available for pre-order and will be released through Garden of Eyes with a limited run of 200 copies.
All pre-orders will be exclusively signed by Arafúra & artist Yvonne Brouwers.

Order through bandcamp:
- HUMORES I - IV @ bandcamp

'HUMORES I - IV' is a multidisciplinary project by Yvonne Brouwers and composer Arafúra. The starting point for the project is the Humours theory that was developed by ancient Greek doctors Hippocrates of Kos and Claudius Galenus. This theory states that the human form exists out of four main bodily fluids that all have their individual characteristics. These four fluids are each represented by a 'chapter' of life.

These chapters have been the base for four different artworks, as well as four different tracks that each represent a phase of life. The metamorphoses that takes place within these phases is that of human matter. Humores is a project about the substance of the human body, the way it changes, the wonders of coming into existence and eventually returning into nothingness. It's about our flesh, our bones and the blood that runs within us. It's the one thing we all have in common, the way our body evolves and eventually decomposes.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it.

- Arafúra @ facebook
- Arafúra @ bandcamp
- Arafúra @ SoundCoud
- Arafúra @ last.fm
- YouTube Channel

[Dreverhaven]

Laat ik nou net een grote ambient liefhebber zijn. Ik heb nu even geen tijd, maar ga dit zeker even aandachtig beluisteren.

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Super! Ben benieuwd of je het wat vindt!

[ShredTallicA]

Doet me sterk denken aan Jon Hopkins en Helios, I dig

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Thanks! En dat van Helios is wel een groot compliment! Ik trek daar ergens wel invloeden uit, want Eingya heb ik ècht grijsgedraaid! Prachtige plaat ...

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The 2nd video for the HUMORES I - IV series has been released!

Here is 'HUMORES I : Phlegma'

HUMORES I:
Phlegma is about conception. It is the creation of human matter. The existance is fluid and eventually becomes solid.

[Dreverhaven]

Zo, dan heb ik het eindelijk geluisterd. Ik vind het mooi klinken. Het doet me een beetje denken aan Stars of the Lid, ook een beetje aan Eluvium. Heel vol.

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Bedankt! Die acts zijn door de jaren heen ook wel invloeden geweest!

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The 3rd video for the HUMORES I - IV series has been released!

Here is 'HUMORES II : Haima'

HUMORES II:
Haima is about birth. It is the separation of the new human matter from the old human matter.

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The fourth and final video for the HUMORES I - IV era has been released! This concludes the video portion of this era.

Here is 'HUMORES IV : Melaina Cholè'

HUMORES IV:
Melaina Cholè is about decay. It is the moment the solid matter of the body becomes liquid again and stops existing.

Click here to see all the video’s for the HUMORES I - IV era:
’HUMORES I - IV’ YouTube playlist
You can also stream the entire record on SoundCloud as well:
'HUMORES I - IV' SoundCloud set