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Borne out of David Cummins’ interest in the music and cultures of the world we live in, the ffusion project is his BA (hons) music production major project.

Over the last two years or so, I have been working on a portfolio that brings together the music of different cultures, different genres and different styles. Out of this work has evolved ‘the ffusion project’, a collection of compositions that bring together the unique iso-polyphonic singing of Albanian folk culture with the alternative and progressive rock genres that have been the backbone of so much of my music.

To reach this stage, I’ve explored, written and recorded jazz, folk, pop, indie and of course progressive rock music. I’ve been inspired by some of the greats, as well as some of the amazing session musicians I’ve worked with, to blend together the instrumentation and vocals of arabic music, choral and gregorian singing and chanting, south american indian chanting and drumming and so much more with my own style of music. Some of this music has been released as ‘the ffusion project – portfolio‘.

For the ffusion project I travelled to Albania to record the iso-polyphonic singing group ‘Thesaret Labe’ in their own environment as well as in the studio in Tirana. The result is the collection of tracks to be released mid April, the sample library that will also beavailable on this website from mid April 23 and the Kontakt instrument that will hopefully encourage you to explore the unique sound of Iso-polyphonic singing.

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Contributors and Artists

Written, produced and performed by:

David Cummins

dcummins1@futureworks.ac.uk

Collaborating Musicians

Polyphonic Singers – Thesaret Labe

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Guitar – Altin Gjoni

theworkingguitarist@gmail.com

Drums – Joe Savage

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Organisation and facilities Albania

Organisation – Altin Gjoni

theworkingguitarist@gmail.com

Studio Facilities – AK Records

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