← more from
Irregular Patterns
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Owl

from The Path by Alex H Duncan

supported by
Reduced Listening
Reduced Listening thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

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

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Poster/Print

    Original lino print
    Handprinted by artist and creator Lydia Jane Duncan
    40cm x 40cm
    Signed and dated
    includes streaming/download code
    ships out within 7 days
    edition of 15 

      £60 GBP or more 

     

  • The Path
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Flower press CD bundle includes:
    fully functioning laser engraved flower press
    The Path on cd
    + exclusive cd of All War is Murder
    set of photos
    limited edition Sonic Tree prints by Lydia James Duncan
    unlimited streaming and download

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

    Sold Out

about

When I was a young boy, my father made me a peculiar promise: that if it was in any way possible, he would let me know that all was fine when he passed on. Obviously, it was a bizarre promise – that my dad would send me a message from beyond the grave – so I forgot all about it.

My dad loved owls; he loved them so much he’d leave out food for the ones who lived in our woods. He died when I was 38 years old on a cold, brittle December day, and the week after we buried him, an owl came screeching and knocking at our window. It stayed there for a long time pecking and communicating with us in its own insistent language. It came and stared in our window every night for over a week and my three-year-old son insisted it was Grandpa.

Straight faced and unprompted, for him it was simply a fact of life – Grandpa had come to see us. Mystery and magic speak to us constantly, if only we had eyes to see. We need to learn how to reconnect like a three-year-old, to deepen into the myths of our land: we need to remember to worship the sea, the trees and the owls. Instead of being in thrall to an economic system that only rewards the few and sets us on a path into the Underworld, we could choose to worship the reality of our Living Earth, who rewards all who care for her. Nature is our true path, one we should never have stepped away from.

credits

from The Path, released January 13, 2024

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Alex H Duncan image

Alex H Duncan UK

“Welcome to my world where humans tread very carefully."
I am fascinated by music primarily made from plants and fungi using a plantwave. I collect the midi and put together music made by non humans. Understand them, listen, maybe be a bit kinder. After all they do sustain our very existence.


Want more? Mixcloud, Camp Radio, Plant Noise ... more

contact / help

Contact Alex H Duncan

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Alex H Duncan, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring interviews with LA music scene pillar Kamasi Washington, and new London-based duo Mrcy.

listen now