Show Notes
Conor Crimmins is a talented DJ, surfer, flute-player, and more. Among many other excellent projects he has produced an album, AEROPHONE, which has been described as, "Banging dance music with spacy flute lines". Tune into this episode to hear, well, some real banging dance music with spacy flute lines!
APPLICABLE LINKS: The album, "AEROPHONE": https://conorcrimmins.bandcamp.com/album/aerophone One of multiple films that feature his music: https://vimeo.com/265552227 The album from Arum: https://arumireland.bandcamp.com/album/arum Flute maker, Stephan Morvan: https://morvanflutes.wixsite.com/stephane-morvan And, of course, Conor's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conor.crimmins.flute/
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