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Imagine if colours not only worked together to create images but also soundscapes? What music would a walk
through the countryside or the setting sun create? Through the creativity of synaesthete musician and composer,
Erick Ramsey, here in collaboration with singer and songwriter Elaine Samuels, we can enter this fascinating,
visual and musical realm, through their song and video, ‘Beyond Mytholmroyd’s Red Dawn’, which was released
on July 10th 2021.
Beyond Mytholmroyd’s Red Dawn
(for the complete discussion download the press release PDF)
Erick Ramsey (Ramalho) is a synaesthete musician based in Rio De Janeiro,
Brazil, with a background in Early Modern English literature and the reception of
Greek and Latin in England. He’s currently working on a PhD’s dissertation on
philosophy of music and mind. Ramsey’s project ‘Spinneys in the Silver-Toned
Rain’ features his work on music, philosophy and literature as well as
collaborations with both fellow musicians and painters in exploring musical and
philosophical takes on neurodevelopmental synaesthesia and the cross-sensed
experience of sound in and through colour.
Questions (for the complete discussion download the press release PDF)
Let’s find out more about this forthcoming song, which was released as a video,
on July 10th 2021, and about synaesthesia, by asking Erick himself…
Q1. What exactly is synaesthesia, when did you realise that you had it
and other people did not and how does it affect your life?
Well synaesthesia is a neurological condition, though not a disease, in which the
brain is wired differently, and two or more senses overlap. In my case, I hear
musical pitch at the sight of colour, and I also feel my skin is actually wet
whenever I see liquid splashing, even at a distance. Synaesthesia is an inborn
trait and those who have it tend to think…(find out more from the PDF)
Q2. Where does the title ‘Beyond Mytholmroyd’s Red Dawn’ come from?
As a musician I keep trying to reach ‘that place’, an artistic state of mind where
both musicians and audience seem to feel as being elsewhere, a magical realm of
sensations and feelings. So I look for unusual sound layers, echoes, delays and
lyrics that match the synaesthetic pictures I’ve got in my mind. In this particular
track, the ‘Red’ of a dawning sky maps onto D minor, for that’s the way it
sounds…(read more by downloading the PDF of the full press release).
Q3. How did you bring this special work together?
‘Beyond Mytholmroyd’s Red Dawn’ is part of my project ‘Spinneys in the Silver-
Toned Rain’. The project aims to bring together musicians, painters and
philosophers of mind and perception who collaborate in finding ways of introducing
audiences to synaesthesia, both in scholarly takes and in art-form. Painted
landscapes and prog soundscapes merge into one another. As I admire medieval
and folk tunes…(read more by downloading the PDF of the full press release).
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Look out for this synaesthetic song, Beyond
Mytholmroyd’s Red Dawn’ which was released on
July 10th 2021 and get a glimpse of the world
where colours give off sound, & sound has colour!
Elaine Samuels - vocals, songwriting & acoustic guitar
Erick Ramsey - bass, ambient bass and composition
Colin Powel - electric guitar
Ronaldo Rodrigues - keyboards
Elcio Cafaro - drums
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Beyond Mytholmroyd’s Red Dawn
(for the complete discussion download the press release PDF)
Imagine if colours not only worked together to create images but
also soundscapes? What music would a walk through the
countryside or the setting sun create? Through the creativity of
synaesthete musician and composer, Erick Ramsey, here in
collaboration with singer and songwriter Elaine Samuels, we can
enter this fascinating, visual and musical realm, through their
song and video, ‘Beyond Mytholmroyd’s Red Dawn’, which was
released on July 10th 2021.
Erick Ramsey (Ramalho) is a synaesthete
musician based in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, with a
background in Early Modern English literature
and the reception of Greek and Latin in
England. He’s currently working on a PhD’s
dissertation on philosophy of music and mind.
Ramsey’s project ‘Spinneys in the Silver-Toned
Rain’ features his work on music, philosophy
and literature as well as collaborations with
both fellow musicians and painters in exploring
musical and philosophical takes on
neurodevelopmental synaesthesia and the
cross-sensed experience of sound in and
through colour.
Questions (for the complete discussion
download the press release PDF)
Let’s find out more about this song, which was
released as a video, on July 10th 2021 and
about synaesthesia, by asking Erick himself…
Q1. What exactly is synaesthesia, when did you realise
that you had it and other people did not and how does
it affect your life?
Q2. Where does the title ‘Beyond Mytholmroyd’s Red
Dawn’ come from?
Q3. How did you bring this special work together?
Read the answers by downloading the press release PDF
Artist Contributors
Elaine Samuels - vocals, songwriting and acoustic guitar
Erick Ramsey - bass, ambient bass and composition
Colin Powel - electric guitar
Ronaldo Rodrigues - keyboards
Elcio Cafaro - drums
Look out for this synaesthetic song, Beyond Mytholmroyd’s Red
Dawn’ which was released on July 10th and get a glimpse of the
world where colours give off sound, and sound has colour!
