Biography
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.
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Warmth, spontaneity, our surroundings, our hopes and dreams - that’s what’s at the heart of
this collective.
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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
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( 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 of human matter. Humores is a project about the substance of the human body, the way it changes, the wonders of coming into existence and eventually returning into nothingness. It’s about our flesh, our bones and the blood that runs within us. It’s the one thing we all have in common, the way our body evolves and eventually decomposes.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it.
The digital album is available for download (including full pdf artwork).
The limited edition DigiPak album is released through Garden of Eyes with a limited run of 200 copies.
Order through bandcamp:
- Buy 'HUMORES I - IV' here!
Click here to see all the videos for the HUMORES I - IV era:
- 'HUMORES I - IV' YouTube playlist
You can also stream the entire record on SoundCloud as well:
- 'HUMORES I - IV' SoundCloud set
[ Release date : 18/10/2012 ]
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Check the links below for happenings, news and tracks:
- Arafúra - official website
- Arafúra @ facebook
- Arafúra @ bandcamp
- Arafúra @ SoundCloud
- Arafúra @ Twitter
- Arafúra @ YouTube
- Garden of Eyes (label)
- info@arafuramusic.com
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.