Umlaut - Zephyrs, Streams, Birds, and Bees '2024

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This music was born during a morning walk between a river and an old canal. The
title “Zephyrs, Streams, Birds and Bees” comes from the poem
“Ode to Psyche,” by John Keats. When creating this album I was not
seeking answers to life’s big questions. It was one of those lucky times
when the music just poured out of me. The album is an exploration of novel
vehicles for cultivating peace and tranquillity. Simple vocal lines act as
calming triggers and draw the listener into deeper currents of sound. Diverging
from his more fractured musical landscape, Ãœmlaut has opened a back door to
incorporate simpler phrases into an unknown yet familiar universe. What began
with his first album, “Vasco da Gama,” in which similar themes of
exploration were introduced, this new album touches upon the inner
landscape—that interval of suspended animation between hearing and
listening. To paraphrase Brian Eno’s reflection on ambient music,
“Zephyrs, Streams, Birds and Bees” moves away from the narrative and
moves towards the landscape.

Recorded in Connecticut
Music composed & constructed by Jeff Düngfelder
Mixed & Mastered at the Hopmeadow Studio, Weatogue, Connecticut

Jeff Düngfelder: electronics & effects



1.01 - Umlaut, Umläut - Zephyrs . . . No. 1 (6:54) 
1.02 - Umlaut, Umläut - Zephyrs . . . No. 2 (7:36) 
1.03 - Umlaut, Umläut - Zephyrs . . . No. 3 (7:12) 
1.04 - Umlaut, Umläut - Zephyrs . . . No. 4 (6:00) 
1.05 - Umlaut, Umläut - Zephyrs . . . No. 5 (6:12) 
1.06 - Umlaut, Umläut - Zephyrs . . . No. 6 (6:06) 
1.07 - Umlaut, Umläut - Zephyrs . . . No. 7 (7:24)

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