echoes of a little natural journey
a voyage on a smaller scale. not a big odyssey from one end of the world to the other, but rather a little journey from this rock to that mushroom, from this mushroom to that leaf, from this leaf over here to that blade of grass over there.
the whole idea was inspired by a single ant i saw at the park. that ant was alone, but it was moving forward, with a purpose, a determined course- as if it were on little journey.
at that moment, i unconsciously started singing. and then it occurred to me that an album about a journey on a smaller scale could sound great.
and i started working on it. i knew that i wanted to make longer tracks, with many parts so that it would feel like they were telling a little story that really felt like a bug's journey.then i decided that i wanted to show that visually too, to experiment with things that i've never tried to do before.
so i made the drawings and tried to put together this simple animation that accompanies the whole journey.
and woah, it was difficult at the start (respect to all the animators and video editors out there). but i learned, and got better at it, and i came up with this video you have here !!then, as the project developed, came the idea of the interludes- little pieces to describe changes in the environment and scenery the different bugs were traveling in.
cambrian animals !!
an artistic rendition to some of the animals that lived during the cambrian period because they're just too beautiful and fascinating :]
the cambrian period began ~540 million years ago and lasted ~55 million years. during that time, life forms started to reaaally diversify, and so many interesting looking critters appeared.
and there’s something so captivating about how they look. i find them weird, cute, awesome, and funny all at the same time.
i think it was last year that i discovered my fascination with paleozoic fauna. if i remember correctly, my introduction to it was an anomalocaris meme. i loved that creature so much that i needed to know more about them. and when i did i wanted to start learning more about other creatures.then at some point i just started drawing them, and later i was so obsessed that i wanted to dedicate an album to them,, and here it is !!
i don’t know, life on earth is such a breathtaking thing and it’s kinda shocking to think about how there were living beings so different from us and so long before us that one day just... disappeared.
and life just kept going. like the whole universe and time and things just started to happen and life appeared and developed and diversified and created so many different things and... and here we are.
life led us to this moment.
it’s strange, but also beautiful in so many ways.
music for bugs
my first album, made purely out of love for the little critters 💚
each track is inspired by a different kind of bug and is located in some natural landscape.
i don't really remember when was the moment that i started liking bugs, but after ending my introductory year for biology in university i was already very in love with them, and creatures in general.at that time i was drawing them frequently, and once i thought “hey it would be nice to make some music based on the drawing !!”i didn’t have any kind of long term project in mind with this, but when i finished with that early tortoise beetle video i was like “this is nice, i could make more”, and that’s what i did.
at first i wasn’t very clear about the sound idea and i just did what the bug inspired me to do, but as i kept composing, it started to sound more cohesive.. like there was a unique style for this.i was actually scared about that when i decided to make an album, i thought it would sound like many unrelated things mashed together. but to my surprise it didn’t and other people told me the same thing, so yeah that’s cool.
egocentric boring words
hiii im camiidae. my real name is camilo, im from argentina, i was born in 2003, and im non binary (he/she/they).
im studying biology in university but i have no idea what to specialize in… i just like spending time outside learning how things work and and creatures 🐝 🪲🌱🐌 🐀🍄🦗🦎🕷️🌿🪱🦕 🪰 🐟🦋🦀🦠🐞
i like hugs, im vegan, i like having existential conversations, and i like listening to music by albums.
also fuck capitalism and this neo-feudalism dystopia we live in !!!1!!!11!!i make music and drawings, but the thing i tend to do with my projects is merging both things. i always feel like my music is empty if it doesn't have something drawn that goes with it, so if i compose some music i first need to know what im composing it for, and concept drawings help me a lot with that !!
i think that's why i got more into youtube, since it lets me merge both things in a way i like :]i don't know when was the exact moment i decided i wanted to make art. it's blurry because art was always present in my life. when i was a kid i loved drawing monsters and creatures. then i started going to a music school where i learned to play the piano and some music theory. i never questioned all that, it simply came to me so it felt natural to follow something related to that.
at first i wanted to compose soundtracks for films, and then for videogames. being a videogame composer sounded so cool to me. the thing is, i knew absolutely nothing about composing. i just knew how to read and translate a piece of paper into mechanical notes on a piano. i just dreamed of having a pc to start making music.and when i got it i faced a wall. i was mindlessly “learning” without putting anything into real practice, putting exaggerated amounts of pressure in myself.
i lived like that for a year until i broke. i didn't enjoy making music anymore, it was literally suffering.
so i stopped. and i started drawing again. and i started getting more and more interested in biology and science. and it felt so, so good.
and then i made a choice, i finally said “i don't want to make music for a living, i want to make music only if i want, and if i don't enjoy the process then i will stop… and i'm going to study biology, yeah”and then.. i started making music again. but that's not it, i WANTED to make music. THAT was the achievement. and that desire to make music just kept growing, and the desire to have artistic projects involving both drawings and music too...then, at one point i started uploading my compositions to youtube, and almost 9 months after finishing with "music for bugs", it blew up and so many people found my art. i was stunned by how many people around the world enjoyed it,, it was wonderful and it gave me more courage to keep creating more and more, and it also made me appreciate me and my work a lot more !!
and also it reminded me how beautiful human beings can be and how much love we can spread because omg that album got soooo many kind and sweet comments <3then i kept exploring sounds and experimenting with new ideas and now, ironically, i'm making a living out of this ??? life sure has its twists.
now i'm spending my weeks studying biology and making albums and i'm so happy with how this turned out !!
ok that was too much serious stuff, here are some more random things i like:🏔️trekking
🎥films that make you go like man..... this is cinema
🎏pokémon (gastrodon my beloved)
👽sci-fi literature: space, aliens, huge spaceships, super advanced technology.. love it.
🤸calisthenics
🦎rainworld
🍊fruits
🫘BEANS omg i love beans and rice and olive oil 🛐🛐🛐also here are some music genres i find myself listening to most of the time: prog rock/metal, electronic, jazz fusion, videogame soundtracks.
i made this playlist where i add the things i like to keep a record. (i try to keep it one song per artist).and here is a link to a discord server i made where we talk about bugs nature art and many things. it's very wholesome and people are so nice !!1! → 🍂join under the log🐛if you like what i do you can share my work with someone, and also support me with the buttons down here to help me continue sharing what i love doing.
thank you for taking the time to read this and i hope you are living a happy life,, seeya !! <33333