Spiritual Transcendence

The Long Drive

Lofi Jazz Samples

Tuvan Voices

The Endless Wooded Maze Of Christenbachs Keys For Beethoven

The Shimmering Sun On The Lake Of Nagasaki

Setting Out For The Drive

Floating Through The Sky

Opeth - Dirge For November

A Spiritual Awakening

Spa Meditation

Return To The Crate

Vibes Of The Freeway

Inside Totlo Underground Mountain

Morocco (Clean Bass)

Tuvan Drones & The Wakandan War Rhino

Made using the Uilleann Pipes from Spitfire Audio LABS.

Rise Of The Uilleanns

With some additional Omnisphere piano accompaniment.

Spitfire Audio LABS Improv - Uilleann Pipes

LoopCloud Lo-fi Sample Arrangement

LoopCloud Arabic Sample Arrangement

Chilled Jazz Sample

J.S. Bach - Invention No. 13 (C# Tuned November Piano)

J.S. Bach - Invention No. 13 (Synth Reverb)

The Number You Have Dialed Has Been Changed: Part 2

Tonal Percussion Counterpoint

Armenian Duduk Inspiration (from Buddha's Lounge)

Samples taken from Batman: The Animated Series (The Forgotten), Brazil (1985), Kulture Jazz (The Healer's Voyage On The Sacred River), and The Shining (Ally Bowlly - It's All Forgotten).

Drifting Off To A Nightmare

Samples taken from Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Michael Nyman, Shirley Walker, Wadada Leo Smith, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Steven Wilson, and Aardman Animations.

Searching The Endless Wooded Maze Of Christenbachs Keys For Beethoven

Eschenbachs Keys For Beethoven (Additional Cello Outro Accompaniment)

Walking Across The Skyline

Late Night Improv - Apple Midi Synth + Vaults Celeste

(SoundPaint) 1994 LP Studio Guitar improv (with McRocklin Suite + Valhalla Vintage Verb)

Late Night Improv - (SoundPaint) 1969 Legacy Piano

Late Night Improv - (SoundPaint) 1980 Tenor Saxophone

Late Evening Improv - (SoundPaint) 1980 Tenor Saxophone

Afternoon Improv - 1980 Tenor Saxophone (Baritone Legato)

Late Night Piano Session (07-03-2024)

Evening Piano Session (10-03-2024)

Late Night Improv - (Omnisphere) Backwards Neosoul

Neon Glow

Plastic Tin Drums (Bluetooth Speaker Reverb)

What Is Normal?

Back & Forth

(Delicate Clarinet) Solo In C Major

(Lofi Panda) Brooklyn Upright - Release (Morning Improvisation)

(Lofi Panda) Cozy Felt - Basic (Morning Improvisation)

(Lofi Panda) Felt Piano - Basic (Morning Improvisation)

Baby Mandal's Pretty Piercing

This piece was inspired by Conlon Nancarrow; not that I'm very familiar with his work, but his method was enough to inspire me to create a piece in a similar style to his own. It was made using one note, replicating it and dragging it to exactly the right place as many times as I needed, for both piano and harpsichord. That is, until I added in a new sound at the end, giving a lot of distortion to it.

I did not expect it to become as popular as it has, given that it was a rather momentary, on the spur, and random creation, and it is less conventionally accessible than many of my other pieces. My only regret may be that this has overshadowed my other work in terms of popularity.

I've created a sequel, and am currently working on a third Conlon Nancarrow inspired piece, but so far they've not measured up to the original. However, there are some interesting and exciting twists in the second piece, 'The Next Level', and I've put the third piece to the side, 'Piano Madness: The Spirit of Conlon Nancarrow Returns', having been unsatisfied with it, though I may attempt it again at some point.

Conlon Nancarrow Tribute

This is the first segment of a sprawling, multi-part composition I have planned. This first instalment has a melancholy and reflective mood, evoking loneliness, contemplation, and soul-searching out on the road, whilst in a car journey. The Middle-Eastern tinged intro was composed a while before any of the rest had begun being worked on, and for a while I thought I’d never work it into a fully fledged piece, which is why it’s finally a relief to have done so. It already establishes a blue mood in the first eleven seconds, foreshadowing the melancholic tone of what’s to come, and although the piece never returns to that intro, I think it’s a vital component to it.

I always hesitate to finally upload something to SoundCloud for the public, because once it’s there, you can’t make any final adjustments. Therefor, I took my time to get the instrumentation and textures right, adding layer upon layer until I was satisfied with what I’d done, though there’s always the fear that I’ll still think of something to add. I’d done a fair amount of composing on the piano for ‘Desert Road Trip’ in general, I did a large amount of the composing for this first instalment on the computer to create harmonies that I never would’ve come up with on the piano. There are, in total, 14 presets used in this piece, which include pianos, clarinets, strings, and synthesisers, along with bass, drums, and guitar. All in all, I feel that this leaves much room for further variety and progress in the upcoming pieces.

Desert Road Trip

As the title suggests, the overall tone and feel of the piece is one of uncertainty, by turns hopeful, peaceful, melancholy, and sinister. The title is based on the idea of someone who’s at a low point in their life, looking for guidance and assurance, but who doesn’t know where to turn, and may be may be willing to accept any kind of proposal, unguarded for any potential negative consequences. It suggests to think twice before taking what seems like an offer of freedom and opportunity, and to question with suspicion the motives of those making the offer. My idea is that it’s a religious cult offering to save you and set you on the right path, pious and sincere in their beliefs, targeting those too too confused and unsure of themselves to be critically minded and toward them, those who fall for manipulation easily, and are blind to the opportunity they already have. I leave only the music, and whatever you can muster of your own imagination, to tell the rest of the story.

We Are Your Saviours (Proceed With Caution)

Driving Across the City Outskirts

British musician, composer, arranger, and sound designer hailing from Cardiff, Wales.

2024 marks the beginning of a new creative foray in my musical journey, expanding my virtual studio tech plugins from Logic Pro X to incorporate Omnisphere, Spitfire Audio, DecentSampler, SoundPaint, Native Instruments, LoopCloud, GoranGrooves, Valhalla, PolyChrome DSP, Clark Audio, TAQSIM, 8Dio, Insanity Samples, Arturia, u-he, various internet wav files, live recordings, YouTube and Spotify converted mp3, in order to create new music and push forward into new terrain, blending contemporary cinematic composition, sampling, and sound design.

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