canberrajazz.net

ePea Productions

ePea is a very small audio production service and a project of Bassist EP (Eric) of Canberra Australia

Contact > canbjazz@gmail.com

ePea has done hundreds of local live jazz and classical recordings. They are provided free to performers and are only for distribution with their agreement. You will find them occasionally published on YouTube or otherwise, broadcast on ArtSound FM92.7 and sometimes released on CDs.

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Youtube Musica da Camera > https://tinyurl.com/tmedcy3
Youtube Tilt Trio > https://tinyurl.com/tu9xwbf

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The Pots. Flesh

The Pots joins with MegSee to consider the themes of love and desire through the writings of several historical authors, Sappho and Euripedes, Dante and TS Elliot. But so as not to not limit our vision, we also hear of Hoodies and 18yo experience and the inevitable political rant and throw in some tortured Renaissance song.

1. At eighteen (4:50)
2. La vita nuova (6:25)
3. Hoodie (5:13)
4. Sappho feat. MegSee (3:37)
5. Love's philosophy (5:07)
6. Tired wired (5:08)
7. S'io odo alcun felice, e lieto amante (2:16)

Total time 32:37

The Pots is a project of bassist EP of Canberra Australia
ePea Productions/Studio -- ePea-010 -- 16 Aug 2025
except S'io odo ... released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
canbjazz@gmail.com -- http://canberrajazz.net/ePea.htm

Album notes
1. At eighteen. What does the 18yo mind know? Andrew O'Hagan suggests an answer in his novel Mayflies.
2. La vita nuova. Dante Alighieri writing on love and desire in 1294. "An expression of the medieval genre of courtly love in a prosimetrum style, a combination of both prose and verse" (thanks to Wikipedia).
3. Hoodie. Detached indulgence ...
4. Sappho. Sappho writes of lost same-sex love in Ancient Greece (Fragments 19) and a somewhat obscure reply from Euripedes (Cyclops 163-179). Thanks to MegSee for the authentic female voice.
5. Love's philosophy. Closer to home, TS Elliot yearns for a kiss in the early C19th.
6. Tired wired. My eternal despair returns over the quality of politics in our times.
7. S'io odo alcun felice, e lieto amante ( = If I hear some happy and joyful lover). Composer Philippe de Monte obviously interested himself in our theme, so this midi interpretation of his glorious madrigal. Search online to hear the authentic beauty of this work performed by three unaccompanied voices.

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Thanks
Thanks to Julia Dubnoff and Gregory Nagy for translations of Sappho and Euripides (https://www.uh.edu/~cldue/texts/sappho.html) and to the University of Houston Classical Studies department for permission to use them. Otherwise thanks to Andrew Hagan for his quote and TS Elliot and Dante for their writings now in the public domain. Thanks to Aaron Dalton (htttp://perlkonig.com/about/masters-thesis) for the midi from Philippe de Monte, distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 and sourced from the Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1916). Thanks to Wikimedia for the image from Toronto Pride (Public nudity - Toronto Pride 04) used as the source for this more discrete album cover. And finally, thanks to MegSee for her lovely female voice as Sappho. Despite all my electronic contortions, no way could I match it.

On this day
Sharing a date with the release of Flesh (16 Aug) are: Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best in the Beatles (1962), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut with Joni Mitchell as their opening act (1969) and The Ramones debut at CBGB NYC (1974). Otherwise, Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people (1975), IBM introduces software for AI (1988) and Anthony Albanese reveals Scott Morrison's secret self-appointment to 5 ministerial portfolios (2022). Also on this date, TE Lawrence (1935), Charles Bukowski (1920), Bill Evans (1929), Bruce Beresford (1940) and Madonna (1958) were born and Robert Bunsen (1899), Alex Buzo (2006), Max Roach (2007) and Aretha Franklin (2018) died.

The Pots. Indulgences

The Pots returns to the studio. The damnably bad government is gone but its replacement has little imagination and small ambitions. So what to write about? That's the challenge and, thus, forgive the indulgences. Not that Bach's glorious counterpoint requires an apology.

1. Sub dance (4:54)
2. Fantasise (4:25)
3. History (8:00)
4. Whether report (5:07)
5. Mania (4:42)
6. [JS Bach] Art of the fugue. Contrapuntus XI (8:46)

Total time 33:46

The Pots is a project of bassist EP of Canberra Australia
ePea Productions/Studio -- ePea-009 -- 25 Oct 2024
canbjazz@gmail.com -- http://canberrajazz.net/ePea.htm

Album notes
1. Sub dance. At last some political despair to sink my teeth into regarding subs, corruption, climate and the rest. Thanks to our degenerate political process and timid PM for this one. And yet, he is still the better of the poor pair.
2. Fantasise. A poor romantic's attempt at a love song. Back to politics?
3. History. History repeats. A tale of our times.
4. Whether report. A key melody reminded me of an influential band of my youth. Heavy.
5. Mania. The title tells the tale. Somewhat manic but fun to pull together.
6. [JS Bach] The art of the fugue. Contrapuntus XI. A stunningly effective display of counterpoint from the master.

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Thanks
Thanks to Mattis for release of his pic into the public domain through Wikipedia Commons for the album cover: "Life of St Francis of Assisi depicted in the series of chapels of the Sacro Monte di Orta in the commune of Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Northern Italy". ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacro_Monte_di_Orta_010.JPG ). And more locally, special thanks to Annabel for prompting my album no.9.

On this day
Relevant to these conflictual times and with little joy, Indulgences' release date (25 October) memorialises the Battle of Agincourt (1415) and the Charge of the Light Brigade (1854). Also timely, the date that the UN General Assembly voted the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate government of China, thus replacing the Republic of China (in Taiwan) on the Security Council (1971). On this day, Pablo Picasso 1881), composers George Bizet (1838) and Australian Don Banks (1923), jazzers Jimmy Heath (1926) and Robin Eubanks (1955) and Australian singers Helen Reddy (1941) and Chrissy Amphlett (1959) were born. And actress Mia Wasikowska (1989) was born in The Pots home town of Canberra. Not least, on this day renowned Cream bassist Jack Bruce died (2014).

The Pots. Score seeks movie

Another story, I guess, of modern love over dating apps. This time, a sprightly score strives to secure a monied movie. Let's see the outcome. A mix of prog rock, electronics, orchestral and one poppy plaything. And not a word of politics!

1. Returns (Establishment) (7:46)
2. Flutter (Setting) (9:42)
3. Chase (Action) (3:18)
4. Dove story (Relation) (4:40)
5. Resolve (Denouement) (7:57)
6. Party (Relief) (3:45)

Total time 37:04

The Pots is a project of bassist EP of Canberra Australia
ePea Productions/Studio -- ePea-008 -- 1 Jul 2023
canbjazz@gmail.com -- http://canberrajazz.net/ePea.htm

Album notes
1. Returns. Thus the fable opens
2. Flutter. Heart or other, any story requires a setting
3. Chase. What better action than a chase
4. Dove story. The relationship that every movie demands
5. Resolve. Denouement or mystery, such is life
6. Party. Whatever, it's over so let's party

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Thanks
Thanks to Wikimedia Commons Images for the cover pic of Pare Lorentz and Paul Ivano, Kern County, California by Dorothea Lange (1936). Thanks also to mary905 and Wikipedia Commons Audio for the public domain recording of the cooing dove (dove cooing.ogg, 2008).

On this day
Score seeks movie's release date (1 July) memorialises the invention of sunglasses in China (1200), Einstein introducing his theory of special relativity (1905), the establishment of SOS as the international distress signal (1908), The Beatles Sgt Pepper's album going no.1 in USA to stay for 15 weeks (1967) and the founding of Ms magazine by Gloria Steinem (1972).

The Pots. sky vs weather

Despair at the state of climate and politics and the rest. From lyrics written early one morning navigating Drake's Passage with about 125 hardy souls.

1. COP27 now (5:33)
2. Unrelenting (5:47)
3. The talking cure (7:22)
4. Mars (5:52)
5. Commentz feat. ChatGPT (8:49)
6. Crucifixus a 8 (1:49)

Total time 35:15

The Pots is a project of Bassist EP of Canberra Australia
ePea Productions/Studio -- ePea-007 -- 30 Mar 2023
canbjazz@gmail.com -- http://canberrajazz.net/ePea.htm

Album notes
1. COP27 now - Everyone has their reasons, their evidence. COP27 seeks a remedy. Many others seek interim satisfactions with ignorant justifications. And in the meantime, Pelin is resigned to a life without children.
2. Unrelenting - There exist many bends on the way to politics but the hockey stick is the just the biggest and the scariest.
3. The talking cure - It takes all types and they mingle in public spaces, not least cruises. Not easy, but the ability to converse, to share, to communicate is essential if inadequate.
4. Mars - Mars once had water, they say. How will our home, Earth, fare in a few hundred years?
5. Commentz feat. ChatGPT - Well, AI needed our help, but it got it roughly right. Maybe it can do all this better than us in the end.
6. Crucifixus a 8 - Antonio Lotti (1667-1740) laments the death of Jesus through an SSAATTBB choir as we mourn for the future of our planet.

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Thanks
This album was made with Public Domain and Choral Public Domain Library(CPDL) input. Thanks to all providers. To NASA for the cover pic AS11-44-6643 - Apollo 11 View of Moon limb and Lunar Module during ascent, Mare Smythii, Earth on horizon - NARA - 16687416 of 21 July 1969 (public domain). And to James Gibb for edit and midi of Lotti Crucifixus a 8 released under the CPDL license.

On this day
sky vs weather's release date (31 Mar) celebrates the date of birth of early classical composer Joseph Haydn (1732) in Rohrau, Austria, and mathematician, scientist and philosopher Rene Descartes (1596) in Touraine, France. Also on this date, Jimi Hendrix first burnt his guitar in the Finsbury Park Astoria theater in London (1967) and the Eiffel Tower was inaugurated (1889) in Paris.

The Pots. Mushroom meditations

Meditations for spirit and intellect. Bassist EP collects muse-worthy quotes to embed within minimalist expanses, pleasing to the ear and occasionally challenging to the spirit.

1. France (5:28)
2. Elliot Woolf Beckett (5:27)
3. Harrington Miller (7:12)
4. Gillard Einstein (6:56)
5. Sagan (8:12)
6. Greer Durrell Wilner (5:04)
7. Ridere con cari amici (4:27)

Total time 42:50

The Pots is a project of bassist EP of Canberra Australia
ePea Productions/Studio -- ePea-006 -- 15 Jan 2022
canbjazz@gmail.com -- http://canberrajazz.net/ePea.htm

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Thanks
Thanks to NASA for the cover pic The day the Earth smiled, photographed by the Cassini spacecraft from Saturn 19 July 2019. It's not strictly Sagan's Pale blue dot from Voyager dated 14 Feb 1990 but related and respectful and similarly awe-inspiring. Quotes are widely distributed on the Net other than that of Spike Wilner. Thanks to Spike for approval to use his quote from Smalls newsletter of 13 Dec 2016. (Ya gotta love Smalls!)

On this day
Mushroom meditations' release date (15 Jan) celebrates two favourite institutions. On this date, the British Museum opened to the public (1759) and Wikipedia went online (2001).

The Pots (appearing as the Potsherds)
Play midi for me

An admiring and sometimes playful postmodern venture into classical music through midi and more

1. J Pachelbel: Canon in D (4:13)
2. JS Bach: Concerto for two violins and strings, Dmin BWV1043, I Vivace (3:36)
3. JS Bach: Concerto for two violins and strings, Dmin BWV1043, II Largo ma non tanto (3:45)
4. JS Bach: Concerto for two violins and strings, Dmin BWV1043, III Allegro (4:22)
5. GF Handel: Capriccio Fmaj HWV481 (3:04)
6. WA Mozart: Symphony no.18 Fmaj K130, I Allegro (3:20)
7. WA Mozart: Symphony no.18 Fmaj K130, II Andantino grazioso (3:02)
8. WA Mozart: Symphony no.18 Fmaj K130, III Menuetto-Trio (0:52)
9. WA Mozart: Symphony no.18 Fmaj K130, IV Allegro molto (4:59)
10. H Purcell: Music for the funeral of Queen Mary Z860 (10:43)

Total time 41:56

The Pots is a project of bassist EP of Canberra Australia
ePea Productions/Studio -- ePea-005 -- 11 Nov 2021
canbjazz@gmail.com -- http://canberrajazz.net/ePea.htm

Thanks
This album was made with Public Domain and Creative Commons input. Thanks to all providers. All effort taken to recognise and attribute rights. Cover pic > Medieval Potsherds (FindID 891045).jpg, pic by Martin Foreman, North Lincolnshire Museum, CC Attrib 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons. Midi sequencing > Pachelbel - Michael Rondeau 2018, Werner Icking Music Collection, CC attrib 4.0 / IMSLP; Bach - Public domain / Mutopia; Handel - Michael Rondeau, Werner Icking Music Collection, CC Attrib 3.0; Mozart - Public domain / Mutopia; Purcell - Michael Rondeau 2018, Werner Icking Music Collection, CC attrib 3.0 / IMSLP.

On this day
Play midi for me's release date (11 Nov) celebrates several very significant events. This was the date Ned Kelly was hanged (1880) and of the deaths of Martin Luther King Snr (1984) and bassist Victor Bailey (2016). And, in a lighter vein, the birth of Kathy Lette (1958)

The Pots. Hope

A dedication of love set in cement lays claim to the hope of a generation in the days of failing climate, democracy and equality. Told in metal, electronics, EDM and even post-modern baroque.

1. Adult in the room (6:43)
2. Wisdom of Gramsci(3:50)
3. DiscoTex (7:34)
4. Hope%less (5:27)
5. Pergola (8:27)
6. Ah! PBO (6:28)
7. Ma fin est mon commencement (2:29)

Total time 40:59

The Pots is a project of bassist EP of Canberra Australia
ePea Productions/Studio -- ePea-004 -- 17 Sep 2021
canbjazz@gmail.com -- http://canberrajazz.net/ePea.htm

Album notes
1. Adult in the room - A dedication to Greta Thunberg and the youth climate movement expressed with anger at government and regret from another generation. A memorial to a failure beyond all imagination.
2. Wisdom of Gramsci - The wise words of Gramsci on maintenance of hope: pessimism of intellect, optimism of will. The alternative is despair. But then Gramsci died after a long prison term imposed under Mussolini.
3. DiscoTex - Some four-to-the-floor EDM cos you know we all love it! And there's hope in the social.
4. Hope%less - What of our political class? Bought by wealth and deniers and impervious to evidence that doesn't suit, and not much does. We voted for this?
5. Pergola - A floating electronica instrumental with metallic bursting interludes, like that hang outside that bar that memorable night.
6. Ah! PBO - Finding hope in the menial and repetitive. What is it? "Ah! PBO".
7. Ma fin est mon commencement - A crab canon over a palindrome from Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300-1377) with a post-modernist overlay. Like bickering over climate, forever back and forth.

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On this day
Hope's release date (17 Sep) celebrates the date of commencement of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zucotti Park NYC (2011) and the deaths of Hildegard von Bingen (1179) and Bernie McGann (2013).

The Pots. Pumpkin discomforts

Electronica meets metal and symphonics to muse on contemporary failures of power and politics and Parliaments

1. Double down (5.29)
2. My indulgence (4.16)
3. Slide into shadows (5.08)
4. Power (4.26)
5. Furlers (4.24)
6. A new spacetime (5.50)
7. Masses (2.54)
8. It's my life (4.00)

Total time 36:23

The Pots is a project of bassist EP of Canberra Australia
ePea Productions/Studio -- ePea-003 -- 3 Aug 2020
canbjazz@gmail.com -- http://canberrajazz.net/ePea.htm

See the Double down video > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6RjFjHY-s

Album notes
1. Double down - Rap/spoken word on contemporary Australia politics, angry with a government that serves its masters and hides it from view
2. My indulgence - Politics and the personal indulgences of those who aren't active on climate, etc, due to despair or other
3. Slide into shadows - On the secret trials currently in progress in Canberra (Bernard Collaery, Witness J, etc, and Julian Assange) and the public's uncaring, unknowing, uninterested responses
4. Power - About the dangers of power, after Trump's tear-gassed march for his Bible photo op
5. Furlers - Rock instrumental
6. A new space time - About webinars as frequent companions during Covid-19 shutdowns
7. Masses - Symphonic composition with leads from oboe, horn, bassoon, oboe
8. It's my life - A rocky tongue-in-cheek plea by the common man for his independence with some mocking of cosmopolitans. In the end, I warmed to him even if I don't fully agree.

Musically, listen for floating electronics over solid grooves, often comprising polyrhythms and odd times and instruments coming into and out of synch.

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On this day
Pumpkin discomfort's release date (3 Oct) celebrates a family birthday.

The Pots. Going viral

Instrumental and spoken word impressions from within the international COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.

1. Anticipation (3.47)
2. Determination (3.05)
3. Immoderation (4.02)
4. Disorientation (5.58)
5. Association (5.52)
6. Transformation (4.33)
7. Meditation (1.06)

Total time 28:27

Meditation is a digital rendering of Jesu dulcis memoria, attributed to Tom s Luis de Victoria

The Pots is a project of bassist EP of Canberra Australia
ePea Productions/Studio -- ePea-002 -- 12 Apr 2020
canbjazz@gmail.com -- http://canberrajazz.net/ePea.htm

Album notes
1. Anticipation - Awaiting the Covid19 pandemic as it spreads across the globe
2. Determination - Aware and prepared, determined to face the pandemic
3. Immoderation - Diverse responses to the virus: languor and desperation and toilet paper
4. Disorientation - Settling in for the duration; when will this virus leave? (written just a month or two into the pandemic)
5. Association - Picturing the future of a receding virus. It's party time; considering what we will have lost; remembering our need of other people
6. Transformation - What will come after the virus; will our government prepare a new future or snap back to a failing past?
7. Meditation - a digital rendering of Jesu dulcis memoria attributed to Tom s Luis de Victoria

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Thanks
Thanks to Tristan and Richard for the cover image

On this day
Going viral's release date (12 Apr) was Easter Sunday 2020.

The Pots. It's about time

A mix of electronics, double bass, minimalism and spoken words of despair about climate and more.

1. Poet and the gambler (4:38)
2. Bassics op.2 no.1 (2:34)
3. Our time (5:27)
4. Bassics in 5 (2:00)
5. Think it possible (4:28)
6. Tempohomely (0:56)
7. Tubs are thumpin' (3:45)
8. Spaceager (4:55)
9. Dummies (6:04)

Total time 34:48

The Pots is a project of bassist EP of Canberra Australia
ePea Productions/Studio -- ePea-001 -- 1 Jan 2020
canbjazz@gmail.com -- http://canberrajazz.net/ePea.htm

Album notes
1. Poet and the gambler - Both poet and gambler despair in the face of climate denial and government intransigence
2. Bassics op.2 no.1 - Solo double bass
3. Our time - A paean to a profound quote from Oliver Cromwell (1650)
4. Bassics in 5 - Solo double bass
5. Think it possible - Contemporary identity politics of both Left and Right and the essentialist individualism that defines it
6. Tempohomely - Synthesiser instrumental
7. Tubs are thumpin' - What does it forebode that anger grows in society as politicians are increasingly despised?
8. Spaceager - Analog synthesis instrumental
9. Dummies - An uninformed and uninterested voting public that's misinformed by government and proofs offered in a series of letters to the editor on climate change

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On this day
It's about time's release date (1 Jan) was, obviously, New Year's day (2020).

Musica da Camera Canberra
Sorrowful song

Conductor - Leonard Weiss
Soloist - Louise Page (soprano)

1. Handel - Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo) (5:24)
2. Handel - Ombra mai fu (Serse) (3:30)
3. Handel - Spietato (Amadigi di Gaula) (7:38)
4. Purcell - When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) (4:53)
5. Handel - Piangero la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare) (7:27)
6. Gluck - Che faro senza Euridice (L'Orfeo) (4:22)
7. Mozart - Deh vieni non tardar (Le Nozze di Figaro) (4:56)
8. Mozart - Ach, ich fuehl's (Die Zauberflote) (4:06)
9. Mozart - E Susanna... Dove Sono (Le Nozze di Figaro) (6:48)

Total time 49:17

Players
Violin 1: Heng Lin Yeap, John Dobson, Rosemary Macphail, Christine Davidson, Susan McClelland, Sarah Bloustein
Violin 2: Gillian Bailey-Graham, Ian McKerracher, Heather Shelley, Diana McGrath, Jon Rosalky
Viola: Paul Whitbread, Suzanna Powell, Dorothy Mackerras
Cello: Helen Larmour, Margaret Kahn, Phil Emerson, Sara Burns
Bass: Eric Pozza
Flute: John Smiles
Oboe: Yu-Lan Chan, Caroline Fargher
Bassoon: Airlie Andrews, David Whitbread
Horn: Angela Liu, Anne-Mari Siiteri

Recorded live at St Peter and Paul s Cathedral, Goulburn, 23 Sep 2018

Recorded and mastered by Eric Pozza canberrajazz.net

Cover photo Entombment of Christ (1672) in Saint-Martin Church in Arc-en-Barrois (Haute-Marne, France) by Vassil (Own work, 16 Oct 2008) CC by 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) via Wikimedia Commons

2022 Musica da Camera / musicadacamera.org.au / MdC-002

Listen or download digital album > https://musicadacameracanberra.bandcamp.com/

Listen at various streaming sites including >
Spotify > https://tinyurl.com/4hcedf7k
YouTube > https://tinyurl.com/24cyvjy3

MdC front cover

Musica da Camera Canberra
Music from Mannheim

Conductor - Christian Renggli
Soloist - Justin Julian (viola)

1-3. Sinfonia in G major / Johann Stamitz (6.14)
4-6. Sinfonia in E flat major / Johann Stamitz (7.50)
7-9. Viola concerto in D major / Carl Stamitz (22.50)
10-12. Sinfonie in G major / Franz Xaver Richter (12.13)
13-15. Sinfonia (Overtura) No.1 / Franz Ignaz Beck (8.45)
16-18. Orchestral Quartet Op.4 No.1 / Carl Stamitz (14.38)

Total time 75:10

Players
Violin: Rosemary Macphail, Heng Lin Yeap, Thea Lau, Ian McKerracher, Christine Davidson, Susan McClelland, Gillian Bailey-Graham, Heather Shelley, Jon Rosalky, Jeustelle Staver, Sarah Bloustein, Diana McGrath
Viola: Paul Whitbread, John Dobson, Heather Powrie
Cello: Helen Larmour, Margaret Kahn, Phil Emerson
Bass: Eric Pozza
Clarinet: Lis Hoorweg, Jane Russell-Jones
Horn: Angela Liu, Anne-Mari Siiteri

Recorded live at St Peter and Paul s Cathedral, Goulburn, 5 Nov 2017

Recorded by Eric Pozza canberrajazz.net
Mastered by Kimmo Vennonen kvp.net.au
Musica da Camera group portrait by Steven Shaw

Cover photo of SchlossEhrenhof (Mannheim Palace, now Mannheim University) by Hubert Berberich (HubiB) (Own work) CC by 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) via Wikimedia Commons

2018 Musica da Camera / musicadacamera.org.au / MdC-001

Listen at various streaming sites including >
Spotify > https://tinyurl.com/srcx6do
YouTube > https://tinyurl.com/sv7t2tg