Displaying Music with the Tag: Contemplative
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dangurangu
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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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
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Demos: Buddhist Forgiveness Prayer
-Joel Laviolette
The Buddhist Forgiveness Prayer set to music
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Meditation, Prayer, Vocals, Wistful, Yoga
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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
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Eden’s Circle
-MbiraMe
An ambient modular synth sound design exploration.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Electronic, Generative, Modular Synth, Sound Design, Wistful
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En Galop
-Rattletree
Rattletree's brooding take on a Joanna Newsom classic
Tags:Contemplative, Cover Song, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Full Band, Story, Vocals, Wistful
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kanotamba MuBani
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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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
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Mapiye Mana
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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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
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Mbavarira
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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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
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Muchenjedza Mutonga
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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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
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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
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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
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Nyuchi
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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