Selected Ecotones by Kenan Serenbetz

An ecotone is a transitional area where two or more distinct biological communities meet. They are often highly biodiverse, and they may contain species that only exist in the conditions created by the transition.

Selected Ecotones is a collection of instrumental pieces I recorded between 2022-2023. For each track, I sat down with some instruments and a cassette recorder and improvised. When performing Field Song live, I use these pieces as transitional music while I switch out tape loops, creating a “sonic ecotone” between the soundscapes.

Kenan Serenbetz creates music that explores and extols the web of relationships that we share with all the beings of the earth. His work is rooted in preindustrial vocal traditions, ecology, and plant medicine.