Displaying Music with the Tag: Contemplative
Bell Click V
-Joel Laviolette
A sparse pitched bell melody with downtempo beats to help you find your groove.
Tags:Ambient, Bells, Contemplative, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Pluck, Rain, Sound Design, Wistful
Borrowed Names
-Joel Laviolette
A generative musical piece that explores the randomness in letter to pitch transformations and finding beauty in that randomness.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Generative, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Wistful
Chamukwenjera Chakoromoka
-Ancient Forward
A lively afro-pop song featuring Newton Gwara on vocals.
Tags:Contemplative, Drums, Full Band, Guitar, Happy, High Energy, Jump, Mbira, Profanity, Shona, Sweat, Trance, Uplifting, Vocals
Come What May
-Joel Laviolette
An Mbira and Reggae groove sprinkled with Garage Bass
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Modular Synth, Sound Design
Dangurangu
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Demos: Annie St. Blues
-Joel Laviolette
An old tune from my 2009 "Song a day" series.
Tags:African, Contemplative, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Singer Songwriter, Story, World Music
Demos: Buddhist Forgiveness Prayer
-Joel Laviolette
The Buddhist Forgiveness Prayer set to music
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Meditation, Prayer, Vocals, Wistful, Yoga
Demos: Old and In The Way
-Joel Laviolette
A short tune written in a Jazz Standard style.
Tags:Blues, Contemplative, Guitar, Jazz, Lo-Fi, Singer Songwriter, Story
Eden’s Circle
-MbiraMe
An ambient modular synth sound design exploration.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Electronic, Generative, Modular Synth, Sound Design, Wistful
En Galop
-Rattletree
Rattletree's brooding take on a Joanna Newsom classic
Tags:Contemplative, Cover Song, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Full Band, Story, Vocals, Wistful
Going To The City
-Ancient Forward
A contemplative song exploring the struggles of the youth in Zimbabwe.
Tags:Contemplative, Distorted, Drums, Foreign Language, Full Band, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Shona, Story, Sweat, Trance, Vocals
Hollow Bells
-Joel Laviolette
The modular synth ricocheting it's FM beauty against modular percussion. Alien landscapes result
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Generative, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Wistful
In Her Smile
-Joel Laviolette
A song I wrote back in 2005. All brought about from a lunch with a stranger
Tags:Acoustic, Contemplative, Demo, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Singer Songwriter, Vocals
In The Flow
-Rattletree
Coming soon on Ecstatic Wave Records! A half-step Indie Rock song about giving ourselves a break.
Tags:African, Aggressive, Contemplative, Dance, Distorted, Drums, Dubstep, Electronic, Full Band, Guitar, Sound Design, Story, Synth Heavy
Kanotamba MuBani
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Life Dreaming (small talk)
-Joel Laviolette
A meditative journey-intended to be played in the background while going inward.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Electronic, Lo-Fi, Meditation, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Odd Time Signature, Sound Design, Wistful
Mapiye Mana
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Max Eliminates the Phrases and We Were Never the Same
-Mbirame
The first mbira music generator created fully with Max 7. Read the details for a deeper explanation.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Generative, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Wistful
Mbavarira
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Mellow Morning
-Siena Laviolette & Joel Laviolette
Debut track by the D&D Duo (Daddy and daughter)!
Tags:Aesthetic, Ambient, Chillout, Contemplative, Downtempo, Guitar, Meditation, Pads, Rain, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Muchenjedza Mutonga
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Mwana We Shumba
-Joel Laviolette
A song for my brother. Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
My Time and My Mind
-Joel Laviolette
Does our belief create our reality or vise versa?
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Modular Synth, Sound Design
Nostalgia
-Joel Laviolette
Beautiful piano and light strings set the mood for this forest scene.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Hans Zimmer, Lo-Fi, No Vocals, Orchestral, Sound Design, Strings, Timpani
Nyuchi
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Om Shanti
-Joel Laviolette
An ambient soundscape that takes the listener on a downtempo journey.Audio sample taken from Guruji Patabi Jois doing the opening chant of Ashtanga Yoga.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Field Recording, Foreign Language, Sound Design, Vocals, World Music, Yoga
Pärt Inspired
-Joel Laviolette
A Modular Synth piece inspired by Arvo Pärt's minimalist tintinnabuli technique.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, Downtempo, Electronic, Hans Zimmer, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, Sound Design
Seems Like It’s Been So Long
-Joel Laviolette
A story of a man trying to find his way through the spirituality and ancient traditions of a music that he was drawn to.
Tags:Acoustic, African, Contemplative, Demo, Downtempo, Drums, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Odd Time Signature, Singer Songwriter, Story, Vocals, World Music
Space Sunset
-Joel Laviolette
An orchestral riser cue
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Hans Zimmer, Lo-Fi, No Vocals, Orchestral, Sound Design, Strings, Timpani
Starfire
-Joel Laviolette
A tribe is chanting somewhere in the forest. You can't tell from the sound if they are miles away or only over the next hill. In any case, the music will guide you safely to them.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, DJ, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, IDM, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Modular Synth, Pads, Rain, Sound Design
The Earth Loves You
-Joel Laviolette
Intricate synths and a bass interweave with sound design elements and percussion in this contemplative piece.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Full Band, Meditation, Odd Time Signature, Vocals, Wistful, World Music
Video Game Music: Character Theme
-Joel Laviolette
A Character Theme for a video game. Meet Peashooter!
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, No Vocals, Odd Time Signature, Sound Design, Story, Video Game, Wistful
Video Game Music: Town Theme
-Joel Laviolette
A short theme for a Town Theme in a video game
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Video Game, Wistful