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Vonu means turtle in Fijian. We holidayed in Fiji with our young family in 2017 and these beautiful Nannies sang a local traditional song on a rainy day outside our hut. I recorded them on my iPhone, and used it in this piece. I pitch shifted a few things and added a few syllables to make a coherent music line over what I had already created. I wanted to play guitar on this tune, so I did! There’s a pretty ripping solo throughout the climax which was a heaps of fun!

I guess there’s a holiday feel and a “take me away somewhere special” vibe here. I wanted it to be gritty but beautiful, tough but caring. The main guitar riff is actually a beloved vintage baritone guitar and the synth is my Korg 700 (a very rare 50 year old synthesiser).

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from Get Something Going EP, track released April 16, 2012
Eden Altman: composer, producer

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Eastward Melbourne, Australia

Guitarist for The Artful Escape (video game). Eastward’s organic touch is vinyl-esq beats, acoustic guitar and synths. Eastward often opens up a portal to a psychedelic web of retro-future collage that gently blends the foreign with the familiar. As per his pseudonym, Eastward persuades his listeners to embark on a journey, a journey that seems to go where the sun rises; EAST. ... more

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