Today we’re asking the OMBLES to get their hands dirty with a brief based on SOIL!
Yes… you did read that right.
Our friends at GAS Music recently created a music album called ‘Soil Samples’ using sounds made entirely from soil.
We’ve teamed up with GAS and the Soil Association, who are helping to spread the word today, to bring you a brief that combines the benefits of soil, and the sound it makes, in perfect harmony.
Check out the video below to see what the project is all about and how healthy soil is important for healthy food and healthy people.
One Minute Brief of the Day:
Create impactful posters that promote the ‘Soil Samples’ music album whilst highlighting the importance of how healthy soil leads to healthy food and healthy people…
To enter…post your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs, @GasIsMusic & @SoilAssociation with the hashtag #SoilSamples + a link to https://open.spotify.com/album/2Av6GNkiDCpCBfuetxUHnK
Get creative and enter as many times as you wish. Remember your name/handle in the top-left corner of your entries. Deadline 6pm BST
You can also enter by sharing your entries in the comments on our pinned Linkedin post.
PRIZE:
The winner will receive a copy of the EP, with a bespoke design featuring soil pressed into the vinyl itself and a value of £250, hence a real collector's item.
About the Album:
Healthy soil is a busy, noisy place. All the micro-organisms, worms, moles, even the fungi down there, are all moving to a beat of their very own. We recorded them, shared the sounds with some talented musicians and producers, and the result is in your hands. The original underground music.
The underground album offers a literal interpretation of the genre. Called “Soil Samples,” the extended play vinyl record features four musicians who created music from soil microbiome recordings.
Sound engineers from GAS Music in the UK spent weeks recording the lively vibrations made by organic soil, initially on a farm in Manchester. Too much ambient noise in the fields caused them to move tanks of soil and plants to the BBC Philharmonic’s recording studio where they could use an anechoic chamber specially designed to absorb sound waves.
They captured the soil sounds – which noisily ramped up sometimes like when the vegetation was watered – and then changed the frequency so it could be heard by people.
But what does soil and its “music” have to do with health? Soil microbiomes are connected to human gut biomes via the food grown in the ground and then eaten by people. The quality and diversity of the soil matters because “Noisy soil is healthy soil.”
The four-track “Soil Sample” promo album is launching soon with four artists including producer Mark Reeder of MFS Records and Derrick McKenzie who’s part of the popular band Jamiroquai. The clear vinyl EP was pressed with some of the actual organic soil from the research pressed into the vinyl. The tracks are also available on streaming audio channels including Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music.
The EP is available on all major DSPs including Apple and Spotify:
Apple Music: Soil Samples - EP - Album by Nehemiah, Derrick Mckenzie, Mark Reeder & The Family Baloo - Apple Music
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Av6GNkiDCpCBfuetxUHnK