Arafúra

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Arafúra is an organic ambient project by Michel de Jong, based in the Netherlands. Manipulating guitar sounds, using celestial keys, sampling, old analog sources, strings, harmoniums, various acoustic instruments, non-acoustic instruments and programming to create organic soundscapes with a structured sensibility. Warmth, spontaneity, our surroundings, our hopes and dreams - that’s what’s at the heart of this collective. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At this moment in time the line-up is as follows: - Michel de Jong: concept / guitars / keys / electronics / programming / production - Mirjam Vos: viola & violin - Bram Witvliet: cello - Marcia Sela vocals - Various guest musicians -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( RELEASES ) HUMORES I - IV: ‘HUMORES I – IV’ is a multidisciplinary project by Yvonne Brouwers and composer Arafúra. The starting point for the project is the Humours theory that was developed by ancient Greek doctors Hippocrates of Kos and Claudius Galenus. This theory states that the human form exists out of four main bodily fluids that all have their individual characteristics. These four fluids are each represented by a ‘chapter’ of life. These chapters have been the base for four different artworks, as well as four different tracks that each represent a phase of life. The metamorphoses that takes place within these phases is that

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Humores I - IV

Elements 1

Hope For Japan

Staralasis [Rough Sketch]

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zzzzzzzzzzz

The Gardens of Endless Blossoming

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Previous Material

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Promotional Concept Material [not yet released]

Concepts, Themes and Experiments

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The Future Elements - Elements 01

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Promotional Concept Material

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mine, all mine! records sampler (summer 2008)

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