Torben Snekkestad - saxophones/reed trumpet
Peter Bruun - Prepared tǎpan and micro percussion
August Wanngren - sound
Simon Toldam - prepared piano

Wingbeats is a musical composition that explores the realm of what the musicians of Paris Peacock call Magnified Micro Music. The ensemble creates this soundscape using maximally cranked microphones placed close to their acoustic instruments played at a whisper's volume. This technique allows them to explore a sonic field that is not often heard, much like a magnifying glass for sound. The inspiration for this unique approach comes from British photographer Levon Biss' super-magnified images of insects, which reveal unseen spellbinding patterns and colors. With a duration of 40 minutes, Wingbeats uncovers a universe of subtle sonics and offers a captivating new perspective on the world of sound, just as Biss' photos do on the world of insects.

 Simon Toldam says:

"Wingbeats refers to Edward Lorenz's seminal article from 1972 about the chaos theory and the butterfly effect ("Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly's Wings in Brazil Set Off a Tornado in Texas?”). The chaos theory is a reminder nothing is set in stone, small acts can have great might.

Now more than ever, I find it important to pay attention to details and have a genuine trust, that even small changes in our life have a severe impact on the world we are living in. To me, this mindset is similar to the art of improvised music; the very first little sound played will set the direction for the whole performance, and therefore bears a defining importance.”


Paris Peacock - Wingbeats will be released as a NFT (Non-fungible token) on the Danish contemporary music label ILK Music, and will eventually appear on various streaming platforms.

 The NFT format allows Paris Peacock to present the music via a specifically designed web page that invites the listener to explore the universe of WINGBEATS in multiple ways. Besides enabling streaming and downloading of the music in high resolution, the platform gives you exclusive access to supplemented content that illuminates the music and its magnifying conception in various ways through; video, essays, documentation material, as well as extended liner notes by musician/composer Simon Toldam. All of which will give you a distinctive and compelling insight into the artistic process of the WINGBEATS project.

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Paris Peacock is an esteemed group of musicians renowned for their singular creativity and free-spirited approach to music, and for being highly sought-after on the European jazz, improvisational, and contemporary music circuit.

As both leaders and sidemen, they have each toured the world with renowned musicians, such as; Han Bennink, Barry Guy, Andrew Cyrille, Chris Speed, Marc Ducret, Django Bates, Tim Berne, Maja S. K. Ratkje, Nate Wooley, Georg Riedel, and many more.

You can find their music on labels like: ECM, Hatology, ILK Music, Trost Records, Edition Records among others.