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
Diffuse
After a long hiatus, another (short) track. This one came about as a result of playing with some of the presets in NI Rounds — and was greatly facilitated by today being
Reflections
Probably the last track I’ll write before 2015, this one is about looking back at life and everything that’s happened. You can grab and listen to it on Soundcloud, or use the
Where you were: collected pieces
Where you were by barryvan
[Music] Unforgot
It’s been far too long since I published a piece of music. Part of the reason for that is that I was, for a while, without a sound-card in my computer —
[Music] Evermore
This track is somewhat experimental in its textures and timbres: it combines instruments such as traditional Indian percussion with pipe organ and pitched-down, vibrato-ed cor anglais. For all that, it’s a simple,
[Music] Flat
At the end of a long week, I sat down to write this piece. Writing music has always been cathartic for me; this piece expresses pretty much exactly how I felt when
[Music] Daylight
For some reason, 7/8 has always appealed to me. This laid-back track layers 7/8 lines at normal- and half-speed to establish a “flow” — which is then disrupted at the end by
[Music] Tasman
This is a more laid-back track that mixes ambient synths with viola, violin, and flute. It’s in a similar vein to “Terminal” from a year or two ago, but somewhat simpler and
[Music] Frequency
This track is, in many ways, a harkening back to my earlier compositions. Its structure is more straightforward, its arrangement is more natural and less synthetic, and it came about from a
[Music] Cascade
This track is actually from a couple of weeks ago. I just never got round to putting it up here. 🙂 It’s really a background track: something you listen to while you
Generative Music
Continuing my HTML5 and canvas experiments, I’ve put together a generative music system. Essentially, a series of particles move across a field, occasionally triggering sounds — the sound triggered depends on their