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Music

The other current running under everything else here — three decades of sailing, painting, sculpture and writing, threaded through with music the whole way.

Michel Lippitsch describes himself as a synergist at heart — curious, an environmentalist, and an ethnographer deeply attuned to the rhythms of life and the biosphere. Music runs alongside the rest of the work the same way sailing, cooking, diving, photography, painting and sculpture do — one discipline feeding the next. Sea chanteys on the deck of the RV Heraclitus, campfire sessions on Jong-racing nights at Teluk Bakau, evenings at Planet Samudra Cafe: after decades of putting that restlessness into other mediums, he is now composing and releasing it as sound, from Bintan, Indonesia.

Michel Lippitsch in his studio

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262 tracks and counting, recorded and released from Bintan.

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In the Studio

However the song wants to happen — a laptop and a mixer at night, harmonica mid-set, a keyboard on the porch, whoever's around to play.

The next generation, working out a riff at home
The next generation, working out a riff at home
At the decks
At the decks
Harmonica, mid-set
Harmonica, mid-set
Djembe, live
Djembe, live
Djembe, live
Djembe, live
Keys and skins, same stage
Keys and skins, same stage

Album Covers

Artwork from the releases — paintings and photographs doing double duty as covers.

For the Oceanic Winds
For the Oceanic Winds
Releasing a Guitar Shark on a Full Moon Night
Releasing a Guitar Shark on a Full Moon Night
An Harmonica on the Beach... and Then
An Harmonica on the Beach... and Then
Memories, the Mother of the Arts
Memories, the Mother of the Arts
A Quieter Space
A Quieter Space
Remember the Minds
Remember the Minds
The Java Session
The Java Session
All Over and I Like It
All Over and I Like It
Blue Minds
Blue Minds
Et si les sirènes existaient? Vol. I
Et si les sirènes existaient? Vol. I
Ou peut-être que non Vol. II
Ou peut-être que non Vol. II
Groove Me
Groove Me
Jalan Jalan
Jalan Jalan
Salt, Light, Wonder
Salt, Light, Wonder
Without Saying
Without Saying
Suave
Suave
Spirations
Spirations
Oceanic As Ever
Oceanic As Ever
Once Upon A Time On The Heraclitus
Once Upon A Time On The Heraclitus
Is Thinking Of Crossing A Bridge Enough?
Is Thinking Of Crossing A Bridge Enough?
Harmonica Dua
Harmonica Dua
Gotong Royong
Gotong Royong
Grooving With The Times Of Our Time
Grooving With The Times Of Our Time
Cruising On A Southeast Asian Ride
Cruising On A Southeast Asian Ride