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Field Notes

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    Field Notes Cassette! My recent album in its only physical form. I sourced an old stock of previously recorded cassette tapes and RE-RECORDED onto them! Wrapped them in 100% recycled chipboard, and enclosed them in 100% Upcycled jewel cases. Field notes, at its analog finest ?

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    Side B - Orange - tracks 7-11

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    Field Notes short sleeve T-Shirt. This garment is 100% UPCYCLED! No new waste was created. I worked with the fantastic brand Ecologyst to source second-hand white tees and then we screen printed them to create one-of-a-kind tees. These are real special, and there are only a handful left.

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1.
The Prophet 04:05
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2.
Aegean Sea 02:49
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3.
Tiger Lily 02:51
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4.
A Conversation in the Mountains 02:59
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5.
Patio Party 03:03
6.
7 Moods 01:12
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7.
Turkey Tail 02:52
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8.
55555 03:25
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9.
Sphere 03:07
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10.
Phases 03:14
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11.
I Love the Sun 03:08
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12.
Morning Bells 04:00
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13.
Papaya 02:12
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14.
Hope is a Choice We All Make Together 03:18
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about

Combining the spirit of Mort Garson’s ‘Plantasia’, the generative approaches of Brian Eno, and the inspiration of the bestselling ‘The Secret Life of Plants’, ‘Field Notes’ is the new album by West Coast musician and producer Tarun Nayar aka Modern Biology, due out for Earth Day - April 21, 2023.

Most well known for his viral plant and mushroom ‘music’ videos (which have been streamed over 100 million times), his third full length release is a more open format exploration of electromagnetic fields and musical notes that draws inspiration from his formal training in biology. These 13 vignettes were created outside in the lush temperate rainforests and rocky beaches of the Pacific Northwest and carry a nostalgia reminiscent of early New Age music or Japanese ‘environmental’ music from the early 80s.

Nayar’s process sees him hike, climb, and sometimes wheelbarrow his modular synthesizer and other analog equipment deep into nature to create live ambient soundscapes, often using wind sensors, sun sensors, latent electromagnetic radiation, field recordings and floral and fungal bioelectricity to create deeply contextual compositions that express the aliveness of a certain time and place. He then takes these recording into the studio to mix and layer in other elements and instruments to create these deeply personal sketches - or field notes as it were.

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released April 21, 2023

Mother Nature - Notes and Rhythms
Tarun - Additional instrumentation + extremely subjective decisions on scales and timbres 😊

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modern biology Vancouver, British Columbia

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Explorations of bioelectricity, Indian raga, and analog synthesis.

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