The Growing Bean Is Green And Musical
- Spring/Summer 2026A publication illustrating the combined practice of artists Sigrid Volders and David Edren, featuring photography, text, ceramic artwork and music.
The publication features my texts ‘Words on Out There’ and ‘The Bean’ plus an exclusive music track titled ‘音楽豆 - Ongaku Mame‘ which can be listened to by scanning a QR code.
available in EU soon!
Photos by David Edren, Sigrid Volders, Vasantha Yogananthan and Mieke Verbijlen.
Words & Music by David Edren.
Ceramic Artwork by Sigrid Volders
Booklet design by Hiro Abe (print Gallery Tokyo).
Published by Nidi Gallery, Tokyo
Printed in Japan.
Folded cover with 15 printed inserts.
Size: 190 x 190 mm
packshots by Kohei Yamamoto
Sixteen Post Cards
- March 2026Limited Edition Booklet with 16 Journal images from various locations.
Each page is a postcard that can be torn out of the booklet.
Photos by David Edren.
Booklet design by Yudai Osawa.
my last copies are available for purchase by sending me a message!
~ also available at frameofseasons Yokohama, For/M Kyoto and at the following events ~
15/3 Vague Gallery, Kobe
20/3 FOR/M, Kyoto
28/3 光婉 | KŌEN, Tokyo
01/4 frameofseasons, Yokohama
07/6 Grambacht, Mechelen °
21/6 Huiskamer, Deurne °
Printed in Japan.
Alamode 310g Uncoated paper with a natural texture.
Size: 148 x 103 x 5mm
packshots by Yudai Osawa
° EU only / limited numbered edition of 18 copies.
Binnenin
(2024) - available here... anatomical and cellular symphonies, catharsis of invisible biochemical processes, painting the micro-dimensional flows of the subtle body or imaginary geographies of hidden micro-bodies. Here, Edrens organic electronic music is enriched with new lymphs that also vaguely recall the influences of non-European music in an intimate and twilight dimension, poised between exotic ambient and cinematic suggestions. A miniaturistic description of liquid currents, labyrinthine veins, weaving streams, molecules and particles in multi-orbital dances, muscular chords, drowning bubbles, light waves; all in a confident compositional overview that is absolutely unique and fascinating.
tracks:
Opening / Schemer / Nucleoïde / Partikel / Stroomlijn / Lichtgolf / Kernel / Binnenin
The music on this album was originally conceived as a soundtrack to the film ‘Omgeving’, which i performed live on August 18th 2023 at Filmhaus Saarbrücken.
Released October 14th 2024
on limited edition 12” Vinyl LP
through Black Sweat Records (BS086)
Music By David Edren.
Recorded Sept-Dec 2023 at StSt Kalmthout.
Additional production,
Edit and Mix April 2024 at StSt.
Artwork by Csenge Csató.
Daarbuiten
(2024) - available hereAfter finalizing the conceptual 'Electronic Gamelan Music' album in 2017, i started to transform its workflow and sounds into a different format. I first performed these new ideas at the Kraak festival in March 2018 and at the AB club the following June. During the summer of 2018 i took it up to myself to record these tracks into a new album.. After the summer i put the recordings to the side and (as things go) my focus shifted towards other projects. Forward 2 years; In 2020 (during the first Covid lockdown), i did release some of these sounds (in a very preliminary form) as a digital only release. I gradually started to envision a new album focusing on the outside world, nature, our basic surroundings.. This idea eventually led me, during a 3 year search, towards my 2023 release 'Relativiteit van de Omgeving'. At the beginning of 2024 i stumbled upon my initial 2018 recordings and decided it was time to re-imagine these sounds into a new whole. Daarbuiten (dutch) translates as 'Out there / Outside'.
tracks:
Nevelwoud I / Nevelwoud II / Ijskristallen / Nevelwoud III / Terugkeer / Daarbuiten / Zomerstorm / Verdwenen
Released June 14th 2024 on CS
through Muzan Editions (MEDS091)
Music By David Edren.
Recorded in the summer of 2018 at LittleForest, Antwerp, except Nevelwoud I recorded live at Kraak Festival, March 4th 2018 (Beursschouwburg, Brussels) and Ijskristallen & Verdwenen recorded June 4th 2018 at AB Salon Brussels by Mich Leemans. Additional production & mix February-April 2024 at StSt, Kalmthout.
Most tracks were performed live during the recording process in 2018 and some tracks were actually recorded at live performances. Additional production took place between February and April 2024.
I'd like to think the album offers an organic flow of sounds/ideas and evokes a 'live feel'. I envision it as an ode to the outside world and its multifaceted reality. Its tracks hinting towards atmospheres, vibes and hidden stories.
David Edren, May 2024