Music for Aquatic Apes

Ambitious pieces. This is too big for me but I'm diving in anyway...

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The Line

0:09:07
Aquatic Ape · 2025
Concertino for bass flute model & synths. This piece articulate a deep ASMR synth background representing the call from the sea with a brave soloing flute. Inspired by historic photographies from the "Hiercheuses" in western europe and their biological uprooting. I was decided to wrote a third part but leaving it to the synth gives some space.
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Miniloop

· Workpath · Fragments ·

Short research steps that emerge during work. I might use these for a more sophisticated piece, but most of the time, I still don’t know how.

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Winter

0:01:40
Miniloop · 2025
It could start as a Hip hop track, but then sadness took over, making it feel a bit desperate. It turns into an exploration of the specific sound of the Rhodes piano.
Cinematic Electronic Music

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Maraude

0:01:07
Miniloop · 2025
In English, 'marauder' typically refers to someone who roams around in search of opportunities. In French, 'maraude' also refers to searching for people to help. I like this word a lot.
Cinematic Electronic Music

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Meet meat

0:00:34
Miniloop ·
I don't what this sound stand for. A Tribal beat with few synths tell us to urge.
Cinematic Electronic Music

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Migration of the butterfly

0:02:44
Aquatic Ape · 2025
This was an exercise. To practice melodic writing, I forced myself to write automatically, without looking back, trying to move from one thing to another. I stopped because I was tired, but I learned a lot and used a few ideas in the 'The Line' project.
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Naif synth

0:01:59
Miniloop · 2025
A very naive experiment with harmony using VCV Rack to explore a harmonic movement around the IIm -> VIIM progression... but I liked the atmosphere. It uses a special note distribution to create the effect, though I've lost the trick.
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Mini Loop

0:00:36
Aquatic Ape · 2025
Just some virtual modular synth experimentation. My first saved output. It creates an amazing acoustic illusion as the beat seems to move constantly, but it is actually always perfectly out of sync in the same way.
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Lucy Waterz
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I'm now a proud member of this repertoire proposed by @dogmazik and containing full of interesting accounts on free musics.

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For French speakers, this podcast is an excellent historical series on synthesis and electronic music:
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The website is live!
Explore it here: lucywaterz.com

I’ve published my first modest audio creations.
Enjoy listening!

 Lucy·Waterz
Lucy Waterz is a music project exploring storytelling through sound synthesis.
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Cardinal Synth is opensource and a fascinating playground for studying modular synthesis. It can be integrated into Ardour as a plugin, unlocking countless possibilities.

cardinal.kx.studio/




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This is my first post. I'll try to publish news for this project here.

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About

Lucy Waterz does not exist. The name is a metaphor inspired by the 'aquatic ape' hypothesis.

Behind this name, I aim to explore storytelling through music: evoking emotions, painting scenes, and crafting cinematic narratives.

This is a modest composition project, honestly, I don't know where I'm going with this; it's mainly exploratory and experimental. This project serves as my playground to learn sound synthesis, and experiment with open-source tools. By sharing this work process, I hope to open doors for collaborations.

I've been learning sound synthesis since October 2024.

In the future, I aspire to create soundtracks for theater productions or short films.

Enjoy listening, and please feel free to share any thoughts or comments that come to mind.

Contact

I like to exchange with most people. Don't hesitate to send me a message, and I'll be sure to respond.

I’m based in Belgium.

 
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Support

Your support helps me continue this exploration: creating new pieces, collaborating with others, and bringing these sounds to life in unique ways. Every contribution, big or small, fuels this journey. It helps me dedicate more time to learning, and experimenting.

If my music inspires you, moves you, or simply sparks your curiosity, consider supporting me on Tipeee.

Tipeee is a French-based platform that allows creators to receive support directly from those who appreciate their work.

https://fr.tipeee.com/lucywaterz

Friends

Special thanks to Alain Wergifosse, who taught me so much; Sigma, my sister in mind; my two dearest Hervé(s); my children; and Crevard d'Amour, who all sustained and blew on the fires, and still do.

I’d also like to thank Olivier Guyaux, whose exhibition "Déesses et Hiercheuses" deeply moved me, and who kindly allows me to use his images.

Trieuses · Hiercheuses · Western Europe · Historical picture · Reframed by Lucy Waterz · Date & author unknown · (If you have any information, please let me know)