Music & Field Recording
Sounds & noises.
I love programming sounds, using modular synths, binaural recording and signal processing. I am interested in finding patterns everywhere and music happens to have a lot of them.
I had released multiple albums under Lithuanian label ColdTear records under monicker Optical Frameworks.
I was nominated for a Vinyla musical rewards in category of “Discovery of the year” for my field-recording and ambient work.
field recording
Video: Recording of a storm. Both video and audio taken on rainy spring of 2016 in Zlin, Czech Republic. Audio recorded using multiple cardiod mics in HRTF setup.
Video: Three DIY contact microphones on an old gate and playing around, w Barbora Bencikova as a co-player.
Video: Upbeat track I made while on Erasmus in Turkey.
Video: A little minimal piano improv.
Video: Dub-tech live noise-making.
Video: More dub-infused soundscapes with field recordings and tape.
Video: Remix of Herbie Hancock music into an odd time signature.
field recorded ambiances
SoundCloud: This was probably the style that used to suit me the most. It involved me finding interesting real-world places to record and then incorporating dub-like ambiances processed throught old tape machines to intensify the mood.
dub techno
SoundCloud: Making analog and noisy dub techno tracks were also my favourite for a long time!
beats & drums
SoundCloud: Another part of music story for me was making beats in odd time signatures and incorporating more oddly colored tonal scales. This track features 5/4 rhythm with quartal harmonies.
Video: For a long time I was passionate about african music theory, this is my favourite polyrhytmic composition based around Takada rhythmic patterns from Ghana region.
Piano
SoundCloud: I made few attemps at piano pieces, too.
Video: Improvisation on piano during my time I lived in Turkey for a while.
Voice
SoundCloud: I have always found singing weird. So I made few weird song with my voice, too.
EDM
SoundCloud: In the beginings I did a lot of d&b inspired stuff, most of it is lost, but hey!
Optical Frameworks
Video: Track ‘One Session’ recorded in industrial SVIT zone in Zlin. All sounds are processed field recordings only.
Video: Last Autumn by Optical Frameworks
Optical Frameworks was an ambient-drone-dub-field-recording project of mine based on fiddling around with lo-fi analog devices at hand such as multi-head tape recorders, DIY hydrophones and contact microphones, blending with processed layers of field-recordings I took during my travels. I had released six albums on the Lithuanian label ColdTear Records.
If you would like to hear more, explore my oldest youtube videos, there are hundereds of videos.