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Space Trumpet

Space Trumpet was an excuse to try out my new plugin "Little Spacey" from Expert Sleepers and also to exercise the Kore sounds from Acoustic Refractions.

MIDI was supplied via IAC from Reaktor using... (more)

Hwamgaarl Cabaret

"So I imagine that the Theocrat of Pan Tang (after a hard day of summoning awesome horrors from other planes to do his bidding) drops in to the gardens of pain to catch some of the Hwamgaarl Cabaret... (more)

Never Tell

Honestly I have no idea where this came from or how.

I was messing with Omnisphere patches and came across a lovely, flutey, breathy sound that put me in mind of the scenes inside the monolith at the... (more)

Old Joe Clark Can Bite Me

I'm learning to play piano and my teacher has given me 'Old Joe Clarkes Boogie' to play. For 2 weeks it has kicked my ass. But I'm getting to grips with it now and this is my revenge!

From A Dark Place

Increasingly I think the music I am making is less about sound design and more about expressing some of the things inside of me that want out. I guess I may be starting to know what I want.

This... (more)

Glass-A

This one almost got abandoned, I didn't seem to be getting anywhere with it.

It started as I was looking for a sound for another track (which really isn't getting anywhere) and I came across a chime sound... (more)

Folding Space From Ix

So this track was purely for the fun of it. I was messing about in Omnisphere and came across this wonderful sound that reminded me of the guild highliners in Dune.

I built a beat around... (more)

Crystal Liquid

This is quite an old track that got abandoned because I didn't feel it was right or going anywhere.

But listening to it in iTunes this morning I thought it passed muster. I don't think it has enough... (more)

In Your Arms

I've had a bit of a love/hate relationship with this one.

I enjoyed making the beats and think that part came out pretty good but everything after that felt rather haphazard and didn't feel right... (more)