Music Samples

The Cinderhill sounds I've produced personally, except the bat chirp sound has been recorded by my acquaintance Esa Saunamäki. The Cinderhill sound is based a lot on wind instruments, as they breathe with the dragon. Their rhythms are a bit chaotic - childrenlike, a bit like objects in the wind. Cinderhill music is in a sense always on, they just tap into it in their séances and release the cumulated energy of their magical existence by representing it with sounds. The sound of a dragon roarer imitates the sound of the flying dragon. This song could be enhanced by a solo female voice singing wordlessly. (download mp3)

The witch sample is made with an overtone flute played by Antti Kero and a nyckelharpa (the Swedish national instrument) played by Paula Susitaival, tibetan meditation bell by J Mellow (a producer friend). Nyckelharpa is not a witch instrument, I needed the violin kind of melancholy and oddness so I used it for the effect. Witches are tormented and oppressed people, tangled with the energies of the world they live in. (download mp3)

The dragontamer samples features a guitar played by Jeremy Naus (around which the rest of the song was arranged), djembe played by Hermanni Hänninen and bagpipe by Petri Prauda. There's also a sample of an instrument called Kudu, which is used for a bass sort of. The out of tune and rhythm feel is intentional - a loosely and haphazardly connected session by dragontamers around a fire, a long way from their homelands. It's possible to imagine how this could be enhanced by a melodious violin or a tin whistle, also dragontamer instruments (download mp3).

These songs were made for Knutpunkt (Nordic larp convention), I thought we could use these for the costume show. Also these give a presentation of the instruments of the factions, giving flesh for the ideas of the musical culture. The Cinderhill and witch music is strongly based on improvisation, whereas dragontamer music is more determinantly melodious.

Sarana
Dragonbane Music Coordinator