Welcome to my music project!
Heiffhem is a drone, dark ambient, gothic folk project played mainly using guitars and effects.
All music is played and recorded live in my home studio.
News
I've posted a new song. I hope you'll enjoy it.
I've finished my 3 string talharpa. It took me about 2 days to complete.
I used concert ukulele strings and tuned it to open D major (ADF#)
It doesn’t sound great bowed (so it’s not yet a talharpa)… But when played with a
bottleneck and a guitar pick, it sounds great, a bit like a koto !
I'll try with another kind of rosin (more suitable for nylon strings) and maybe make my
own bow.
I've upgraded my homestudio by adding a good condenser microphone. This will be a great replacement for the line output of my amplifier which have a lot of annoying noise. In addition this microphone will allow me to record some accoustic instruments.
I'm also building a small bowed string instruments inpired by the scandinavian tagelharpa. It will have two or three strings (I'm not sure yet) and probably be tuned to open D.
This EP is a tribute to Sunn O))) and Ennio Morricone.
Interpreted and recorded live by Frederic Minne (aka Heiffhem) on Friday November
the 13th 2020 at Studio LaRamée in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Instruments used : Baritone guitar, effects, ebow, violin bow, drumstick.
Albums
MORICO)))NE (EP, 2020)
This EP is a tribute to Sunn O))) and Ennio Morricone.
Interpreted and recorded live by Frederic Minne (aka Heiffhem) on Friday November
the 13th 2020 at Studio LaRamée in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Instruments used : Baritone guitar, effects, ebow, violin bow, drumstick.
Recorded using Hotone Mojo Diamond and Zoom H4n. Edited with Audacity. Cover made with
The Gimp. Heiffhem logo made with Inkscape.
Cover image remixed from
"Tomb"
by legends2k is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Pictures
Studio LaRamée (1)
Studio LaRamée (2)
Studio/Recording
Most of my music is iprovised and recorded live by myself in my home studio I call « Studio LaRamée » located in Belgium.
For recording I usually use the following gear :
- a solid state amplifier head or a bass combo amplifier for guitars
- a 4 tracks mixer for other instruments
- a mouth harp microphone into a guitar amplifier for voice, percussion, noises…
- a Drum Thing mini by Electro Faustus for percussions
- a condenser microphone
- a Zoom digital audio recorder
I edit my tracks using Audacity running on my Ubuntu laptop.
I play on my home made cigar box guitar and my baritone electric guitar made from salvaged wood by
Re-Bel guitars
, both played through a bunch of effects (mainly some reverb, delay, chorus, distortion, tremolo,
and a looper).
Sometimes i also use a couple of cheap analogue synthesizers.
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- heiffhem at riseup dot net