Spurred on by yesterday’s little piece, I turned my attention to using a couple of single second samples of Judie Tzuke’s vocal, from the magical Stay With Me Till Dawn, to create a gentle lullaby soundscape. Made in the early hours, just before the sun came up.

All done in Ableton Live using multiple instances of Simpler and internal effects.

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Alba.mp3
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It feels like a slow start to 2012 and I need the light to improve and yearn for the daylight hours to be just a little brighter. The darkling is getting to me. Here’s how it sounds.

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Darkling.mp3
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Happy New Year to you all.

Unable to sleep, with my brain a little fuzzy, I’ve noodled with an old track in Ableton Live and used it to make something new that reflects my head on this first day of 2012.

I hope it eases you into the new year.

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New Year’s Day.mp3
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It’s cold, it’s frosty and I made this little stretch drone whilst wrapped in the warmth of my duvet early this morning. Not feeling particularly creative, but enjoyed this enough to share it.

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Inverno.mp3
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Here is my thirty-second compilation for you all to (hopefully) enjoy.

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Thanks for your support.

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.

311 to 320 – 96kbps – zip file (54Mb)
311 to 320 – 320kbps – zip file (176MB)

A long, slowly moving piece reflecting the heavy fog that hung in the air in the South-East of the UK earlier this week and thus, I fear, the imminent arrival of winter.

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Brume.mp3
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The final piece in this series of five. It’s an odd one though. Whilst not detached, it’s haunting, dissonant and unsettling. I visited the beaches, experienced a range of emotions and heard voices of every course. When we look at the world today with its economic and political turmoil, we must remember the losses suffered and rememeber that love and respect is the only way forward for us all.

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Utah.mp3
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The fourth of five pieces born out of my trip to Arromanches. I’m under the weather with a severe cold, so my ears are not great and I have particularly nasty tinnitus. That said, sometimes this makes a piece a little unique, despite its melodic simplicity.

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Sword.mp3
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I woke up at around 4am this morning, sleep was fitful, so I decided to play with a short field recording of a distantly played violin performance. As I stretched, layered and effected the sounds, I was bathed in the light of the Full Moon, almost sensing its pull. As I let the combined layers drone on, I slipped into a barely awake state and imagined the Moon falling to Earth and filling the sky with an increasingly intense luminance.

What your brain imagine if you let this piece gently accompany you to sleep?

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Moonfall.mp3
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Here is the thirty-first compilation that I have made for you all.

Consider checking out all my releases on Bandcamp? You can grab pristine versions of most of my work so far and have a variety of formats to choose from. They are free to download, but if you can contribute a just couple of pounds/euro/dollars, it would help and delight me v.much.

Thanks for your support.

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

301 to 310 – 96kbps – zip file (37Mb)
301 to 310 – 320kbps – zip file (122MB)