Trembling

2024 Release

All compositions by Callum Mintzis (2019 - 2022)
Produced by Callum Mintzis

Recorded at the Brian Brown Studio, Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia (April 2022)

Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Pat Telfer
Artwork & Design by Mietta Mintzis
Photoraghy by Callum Mintzis in Himalaya, Nepal

A few days before travelling to Nepal, I sat in a studio alone. For several hours, I recorded sketches which had been written with no specific purpose throughout 2019-2022. They became a great comfort to my travels. As I sat in moments of isolation in the Himalayas, these sketches reminded me of home. On one such occasion, a wild mountain dog sat with me, trembling.

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A crop of wheat lies naked to the sun, her gentle eyes conversing with the hills and the birds. Children ride bicycles, as bells ring for the cattle calling home. Laughter sings to the rivers, and the sweet breeze replies. The cobbles lay in rows, holding up the carts and animals, peoples and their pride. There, a sparrow walks and sees that here, there is no time.

Two birds play as lovers to the paddocks, their eyes met by the same green in which they fall, dancing to the dreaming of the winds. Clouds elope with the seasons. They travel together, pouring themselves for the birth of trees, birds, and rivers. Bowing humbly in apology, the clouds move on. A court of foxes' wade through thickets of long, green grass, with their heads sorely higher than the grass itself. Here, there is no time.