I'm composing and recording some new music. I'm experimenting with audio from a fm radio and an old mp3 player captured through my cigar box guitar pickup.
I'm watching Twin Peaks as well as some other David Lynch movies and it has a huge influence on what I play at the moment...

A lot of things happened since the last update of this website :

• I've built another cigar box guitar. It's a 5 string instruments inspired by Keith Rochards guitars. I plan to add an electric pickup in the future.
• One of my virtual servers died during the OVH fire in March so I had to get a new one and rebuilt the services from scratch.
• I've upgraded my other cigar box guitar in order to avoid the strings to cut into the wood.
• I'm testing some softwares to put my music on my own server and to a get rid of my soundcloud account...
• I've recorded some new material since january, but none of it has been published yet. This is mainly caused by the covid-19 situation and the surge of work due to teleworking. In addition one of my grandmothers died a few weeks ago... This year has been quite difficult...

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.

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