Deep River dreaming
I’ve written a few times about heading down to Western Australia’s “Great Southern” region. There’s a small bush-shack we stay at. It’s on a property surrounded by national parks, and is far
Dusk
Another piece written while I was in WA’s Great Southern region! As I was writing this piece, the evening chorus of kookaburras started up, blending in with the music. And they fitted
Phlogiston
Back in 2011, I wrote a track called “Conflagration” — a moody EDM track with lots of classical orchestration, built around an ascending baseline figure. Then in 2012, I reworked it into
Alone again
My family and I have been heading down to the south-west of Western Australia for holidays quite frequently; we have a cabin out in the bush near Walpole. I’ve found that heading
Book review: The long way to a small, angry planet – Becky Chambers
On the back of a review by Terence Eden (who somehow manages to blog every day about a wide range of interesting things!), I picked up Becky Chambers’ debut novel. I wasn’t
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Waltz
I wrote this piece in active contrast with a lot of the other pieces I’ve written over the past while. It’s a small chamber piece that meanders through what is effectively a
Exhale
Probably one of the most down-the-line dance tracks I’ve written in a while! There are still a few unusual elements in there, though. This is the first track that I’ve really used
Liminal: Four new tracks
I’ve just released four new tracks to tickle your earballs! They mix a lo-fi retro vibe with more modern instrumentation and sounds. Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Music, YouTube… wherever you
Tears for you
The YouTube video includes a capture of my DAW (Reaper) for this track. Hopefully the mix is better on this one; I’m still struggling to get the whole thing to sound coherent
How many do you see?
My style combines lo-fi video game sounds with dance, big sweeping orchestral lines, and piano performances. I first started writing music electronically using a tracker — originally ModEdit, but I found my
Malcontent
This track really hearkens back to music I was writing a decade or so ago. In fact, some of the sounds are from that era, including the “boomwhackers” (which give the “tag”
Sky on fire
Once again, it’s been a long interval between tracks. But here’s one at last! It’s quite fun to write in this style, with a half-time feel — the feel popularised by dubstep.