Light comes down
This was a fun little piece to write! It started out as I was playing with building out a drum rhythm, and then grew from there into a semi-breakbeat type of hybrid
More music on Bandcamp!
I haven’t updated my Bandcamp page in several years… But that’s just changed! I’ve uploaded music from the last year or so there. So now you can download it in super-high fidelity,
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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
Waltz in C Minor
This piece was written purely as a way to help me get to grips with a completely new music production workflow. With a new Komplete Kontrol S61 (which is fantastic) comes the
Where you were: collected pieces
Where you were by barryvan
[Music] Falls apart
This piece starts out quietly, but moves into a fuller, orchestral and synthetic middle section. To my ear, it would work quite well in a game, with its emotive melody underpinned by
[Music] Next to you
Although originally conceived as a lyrical piano piece, this track is at its best in the central section, where bass and synth lead dominate (at least in my opinion). It’s somewhat experimental
[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] If only for you
I love glitch kits. Perhaps its the strong transients or the unique timbre — whatever it is, though, they lend a unique sound to a piece. In this track a glitch kit
[Music] Tabula Rasa
This is a more down-beat, semi-acoustic, easy-listening pop track — just waiting for lyrics and vocals. For those interested, the primary chord progression is A, F#m7, Fmaj7, Esus7 – E. It’s a
[Music] Skyclad
Ah, synthpop! Ah, 7/8! I have a fondness for both, and so it seemed only natural to bring them together. [audio:https://www.barryvan.com.au/music/Skyclad.mp3] (Download) Skyclad by Barry van Oudtshoorn is licensed under a Creative
[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