This new short instrumental piece, Walks of Camino Cliffs, started — like many of mine — with just a name. I was playing around with the word “camino”, which in Spanish means “road” or “walk.” The name stood out because it felt active yet ancient, almost like a quiet echo from a path someone once took long ago.
The phrase “walks of camino cliffs” isn’t traditional — it’s intentionally a bit skewed. But that’s part of how I work. The song came together improvisationally, and the cliffside visuals (you’ll notice a subtle mountain in the art) started to feel like they were guiding the music’s tone — soft, layered, and edged with quiet tension.
A surprising connection to the Camino de Santiago
Interestingly, only after sketching the sound and naming the piece did I realize the deeper tie to something real: the Camino de Santiago, or “Way of St. James,” a famous pilgrimage route through Spain. It’s a historical and spiritual walk that many have taken over the centuries — sometimes for religious reasons, sometimes just to reconnect with life.
While I’m Christian Protestant, and the Camino is often associated with Catholic tradition, I’ve always appreciated the symbolism behind things like this — the idea of traveling for renewal, of walking roads walked long before you, and of cliffs as both borders and invitations.
This song isn’t a literal soundtrack to that pilgrimage — but it’s drawn from the same kind of spirit: walking forward, slowly, with awareness. Finding paths through sound. Standing still at the edge of something old and open.
If that speaks to you, or even just calms you for a moment, then I’m glad I shared it.
— Josh Montague
Watch ‘Walks of Camino Cliffs’ on Youtube.
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Related: Ambulant Funnel Waves
As I worked on this piece, it reminded me of another song of mine — Ambulant Funnel Waves — which also explores motion, shifting forces, and symbolic journeys. You can listen to that one here:
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