ETHNIC WOODWIND
Alex is a professionally-trained flautist and ethnic woodwind specialist with over 15 years of experience performing and recording flutes both as a session player and throughout his own soundtracks. His woodwind playing is featured on everything from indie to AA/AAA game titles including Nightingale (Inflexion Games) and Atomfall (Rebellion Games). He has over 30 different wind instruments from across the globe, many of which he has collected himself while travelling to different countries and exploring the diverse music traditions of the world. Here are a selection of some of the instruments in his collection and their country of origin, samples* of which can be listened to on the right:
Dizi, Xiao, Bawu, Hulusi - China, East Asia
*Shakuhachi - Japan, East Asia
Native American Drone Flute - North America (Indigenous)
Quena, Panpipes - Andes, South America
Khlui, Khene - Thailand/Laos, South East Asia
Irish flute, tin whistle - Ireland, Europe
*Duduk - Armenia, Eurasia
Ney - Egypt, Africa
*Suling - Bali, Indonesia
*Bansuri - India, South Asia
Bansuri Live Samples:
Duduk Live Samples:
Shakuhachi Live Samples:
Suling Live Samples: