Sonic Divination, by Matthew Ariaratnam

Sonic Divination

by Matthew Ariaratnam

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$7 CAD or more

1.	January 29 09:39	buy track
2.	Living Goddess 04:31	buy track
3.	Just Passing Through 03:09	buy track
4.	Like a Bubble 03:59	buy track
5.	Blow Your Mind 03:39	buy track
6.	10 of Pentacles 03:39	buy track
7.	5 Minute Puja 05:06	buy track

about

Sonic Divination was a method to create and improvise by myself during the pandemic in 2021. I played around with inspiration from a tarot deck called the Tantric Dakini Oracle that has themes referencing images and philosophy in Hinduism and Buddhism. I would pull a card and record my first impressions of that card. I tried to make it a goal to record at least one improvisation a day. This is a selection of the result. The majority of the music you hear are subsequent first takes layered on top of each other to distill down the energy of the card pulled at that moment of time. The titles of the tracks are the names of the cards.

January 29 is the only track with no relation to a card from the Dakini Oracle, but it was the first track I recorded when I started this project and was created in the same way as all of the Tarot inspired tracks. First takes layered on top of each other.

10 of Pentacles is inspired by the same card in the Hermetic Tarot deck.

Thanks as always for listening to my music. This one goes out to my guitar teacher, Terry McKenna, who helped me figure out I was a guitar weirdo.

credits

released May 20, 2022

Performed by
Matthew Ariaratnam - Electric Guitar

January 29, 10 of Pentacles, 5 Minute Puja recorded by Matthew Ariaratnam

Living Goddess, Just Passing Through, Like a Bubble, and Blow Your Mind recorded by Harley Small

Mixed by Matthew Ariaratnam
Mastered by Harley Small harleysmall.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Jocelyn Sanchez studiocreamy.com

license

some rights reserved

about

Matthew Ariaratnam Vancouver, British Columbia

Matthew Ariaratnam plays guitar
on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish People including the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.

@mattplaysdumbpop

matthewariaratnam.wordpress.com

contact / help

Contact Matthew Ariaratnam

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Matthew Ariaratnam, you may also like:

4 (trio)
by 4 (trio)

supported by 5 fans who also own “Sonic Divination”
go to album
Domestic Dream Deity
by dumbpop

supported by 4 fans who also own “Sonic Divination”
go to album
Take Good Care
by dumbpop

supported by 4 fans who also own “Sonic Divination”

When he said "what the fuck am i doing with my life?" i felt that yung_boi
go to album
Wagtail
by Julius Schwing

Tasmanian guitarist Julius Schwing embraces the visceral sounds of finger playing, incorporating them into his experimental guitar work. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 8, 2022
go to album
Head in the Clouds
by Headroom

Space rock jams get experimental and slightly evil with zoned out synths and wheezing guitar lines plus soft, sweet vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 20, 2017
go to album
Gabbeh
by Unchained

A luxurious suite of daydreaming introspection full of soothing instrumental guitar from always-great label A Colourful Storm. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 29, 2024
go to album
brutalovechamp
by Brandon Seabrook's Epic Proportions (Pyroclastic Records)

The experimental guitarist's most laser-focused, melodic, and compact effort yet. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 31, 2023
go to album