If you have a spare 18 minutes, here’s a new track made while I was in residence at the Audio Foundation. It is a bit of an epic, combining violin, synth, voice and drums with some sounds that were bouncing around in my head at the time – the Auckland motorway, the factory above my studio, the kids playing at the school next door, ocean waves and news of unchecked state terrorism. More to come!

FOREIGN OBJECTS by i.ryoko

Plus, here’s some photos from the Chinese Lantern festival in Albert Park, Auckland on 16th Feb:

Lanterns

Lanterns

Lanterns

Lanterns

In other news, Womad is happening in Taranaki this weekend and I just checked the weather forecast to see a tropical storm is gonna be visiting at the same time!! How fun.