Played around in the early hours with some of the ambient sounds recorded at Leogland in Windsor. This is a montage of a few loops, heavily treated with effects in Ableton Live, with a simple sub harmonic synth lifting up the natural tones of the layered recording. Again, this won’t be for everyone, but I hope it pleases some ears.

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I made this dark and brooding piece in the early hours. It’s made from just a few samples of me playing with a glass of red wine. Using my hands to make it sing, I then manipulated it in Ableton Live, using only its internal effects. To experience the intended result, this track needs headphones and a dark silent space in which you can relax undisturbed.

As I let my mind drift, I started to hear additional frequencies, fleeting voices, but I couldn’t be sure if they were real or imagined. I hope you get something from it? It won’t be for everyone.

I’ve also made a stretch version of this, but at 120 mins in length, I’ve yet to decide if I’ll post it.

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Crimson.mp3
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After a stressful work day yesterday, I found it hard to focus when noodling last night.

The night was quiet and the air, static. I decided to try and make something new from old.
I took one of my pieces from just over a year ago and experimented with some of Ableton’s effects and tools to create a melodic drone-like piece.

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Something deceptively simple. Made with a few milliseconds of Joy Division’s Atmosphere, passed through a complex effects chain. It’s one for the restless and the sleepless.

I may develop this piece somewhat. It has a sound to it that I really love.

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My rough and ready experiments with the Zoom H4n continue on.

This piece is solely made up using the sounds I recorded at Silent Pool in Surrey yesterday evening. One raw and looped, a couple are heavily effected and one made into an arpeggiated instrument. My lovely girl @nixnoo introduced the place to me, it’s an errie, yet beautiful spot. So this piece is for her.

Hope you get something from it too?

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Dedicated to Alejandro Mendez, his family, friends & colleagues.

Here is the twenty third zip file containing the latest ten tracks posted.

There are two zip files, one for lower bitrate MP3s and the other for the rather better 320kbps files.

All of the tracks here are free for you to download and distribute.

As ever, thank you for listening. I appreciate you taking the time to check these out.

221 to 230 – 96kbps – zip file (30Mb)
221 to 230 – 320kbps – zip file (70Mb)